I climbed Mount Eagle with a group of friends to finish off a weekend on the Dingle peninsula. We started at the track GR Q352003 A and followed it to the lake and then just to make it a bit more interesting I went up the steep zigzag path while the others followed the other track around. The views to the islands are exceptional. However the view inland is quite something as well. I took this photo from the summit looking back over the peninsula towards the Brandons on the left, Connor Pass in the centre and the Central Dingle Mountains on the right. On the left is Smerwick harbour and on the right Ventry harbour with Dingle harbour behind. I descended towards Baile an tSleibhe and across a boggy area to meet the track down.
It was a somewhat satisfying end to a slightly disappointing weekend.
I had a mishap while climbing up Baurteguam from the Derrymore Glen the day before where a gust of wind took my feet from under me and sent my spectacles flying. Despite the best efforts of my “sighted” companions we could not find them, and after a jam tart and some soup, we decided to head down. Our trip was not totally in vain we did get some very nice purple stones for Margaret’s flowerbeds and I did manage to make it up Mount Eagle! Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/419/comment/2028/