Curraheen Circuit 26/09/2006

Met Bairbre at Curraheen Church at 09.30hrs and headed up the track to the waterworks. We stopped to have a look at what was once a lovely building but is now starting to crumble. It was built in 1879 to supply water to the town of Tralee and continued in use until about 1980. It was fed by the Curraheen river.

We left the waterworks and headed for the hard climb to Knockauncorragh. Mist was now starting to creep in around us and by the time we reached Glenbrack the mist was well down.

At Gormagh the map and compass had to come out to guide us to the start of the climb to Baurtregaum. It was now raining heavily and by the time we reached the top we were soaked. A quick bite to eat and change into dry tops (not that it made much differance as we were as wet in a few minutes) - ten minutes in all. We dialled in forty-four degrees on the compass and started down. Too wet for a photo on top. As we decended the rain stopped and the mist began to clear.

We had one more look at the waterworks and continued to the cars, ariving at 14.30 hrs. For training purposes I took a full rack of gear and felt it very much on the climb to Baurtregaum.