All inclusive Shannon

Climbed today 27/6/2014. After the arduous drive up Tountinna with its fabulous views over Lough Derg. I turned my attention to one of the smaller hills hereabouts and on the way to find a suitable route up I was stopped by a nice lady in a jeep, who asked me to pull over to the side of the very narrow road I was driving on as a small herd of calves was trundling its way towards us. I enquired about access to the hill, she told me that there was no problem and that I could walk up through her field to access the summit. I parked at A (R75653 77831) at a Coillte barrier the entrance to a dead or dying forest. I walked east along a narrow road for about 50mts and climbed a gate into a rough field and headed uphill keeping the forest on my immediate left, before reaching the very left hand corner of the field I entered the forest on the left and easily made my way up through the dying trees to the obvious high point of this hill. Not great views from here, Keeper Hill can be seen to the east and Tountinna to the South. Time taken from car to car with a 16yr old teenage daughter in tow 40mins and a distance of approx 2km. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1102/comment/17517/

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