A Straight Zigzag

Did this and Garravagh on 4/3/16. Hard to find Knockshanawee but got lucky - took the turn for Coachford off the main Cork-Macroom road. Could see the hill up on my right. Drove around to the northern side and took single track road L6218. Boreen off this on RHS. Ignored boreen and kept driving past a house or two. Ignored farmgate on RHS. Parked about 150 yards short of a house on RHS, where there is an opening to a field. From here it's straight up for 10-15 minutes - it's a zigzag route though because of plenty of barbed wire, ditches and electric fencing to negotiate on private land, which lends a furtive air to the whole experience. Not really recommended, perhaps worth it just to see the trig sitting on top, and I mean on top, of a ditch separating two summit fields. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1280/comment/18453/

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On a Cork Farm.

In an area where land is valuable the trig on this hill is located app 50m from the summit in the hedge growth.Access is slightly restricted as you have to cross private land. Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1280/comment/17979/

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Easy stroll, just ask permission

I took a route up from the southern side, off the N22 at Farnanes Cross Roads. I parked up at The Thady Inn and strolled up the road to the Castlemore Riding School. I had phoned ahead to make sure they had no problem with me being on their land. They told me that the fields around the trig didn't belong to them but to a farmer called Murphy. They gave me his number and when I phoned him he was more than happy to let me wander around as there was no cattle up there at the time. He seemed happy that I had asked for permission and even gave me directions to the field I needed.
It was a clear day and the views were fantastic. I could see all the way to Temple Hill, Galtymore and the Knockmealdowns.
Impressive for a hill just over 200m Linkback: mountainviews.ie/summit/1280/comment/24155/

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