Did Croagh Patrick on Sunday, with my sister and nephew who wanted to give hill walking a go having heard me evangilising about it for so long. Wanted to take them somewhere with good views so they wouldn't be disappointed, without repeating walks I've already done. I was also fed up seeing peoples faces when they heard I was into hillwalking, asking if I'd been up Croagh Patrick and being told "no". Originally we planned to do the east tops too, but The Reek looked like challenge enough when we were standing at the bottom, and it was indeed a hard walk. Amazing to see the variety of people managing it, albeit at their own pace. The views are astonishing, and that tempted us to continue on over Ben Goram. That meant a long walk back by road to the car park at the bottom of the pilgrims track, but it was a great mountain, and I think we have two new converts (to hillwalking, not religion that is!). First foray into Mayo's mountains for me too, and hopefully not the last. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/65/comment/18014/