i found the knockmealdowns fantastic. i wasnt looking to foward to a day in the mist as pretty much most of ireland has been covered in fog the last few days so i wasnt suprised that when i arrived at the car park i could only see 30 metres. i got all the gear on took bearings and headed off for sugarloaf hill from the car park at S031101 E. this is when it all got good at 450metres i emerged into bright sunshine i couldnt believe it. by the time i reached the top of sugarloaf hill i had shed a few lairs and the view was incredible. as far as i could see it was just cloud except for the mounatins over 500 metres and the galtys to the north you felt you were in the himalayas and the air was incredibly fresh. so on a big high i headed off and went up knockmoylan and then knockmealdown. the path is well trodden and there is not much difficulty and theres not much climbing to do so the going is quite quick. i went back the same way as i didnt want to end up on the road and have to walk alongside it for 2k. total time was 3 hours 10. the only problem was i didnt bring a camera Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/45/comment/2064/