Carrauntoohil

Siobhan and Andy are taking their friends up Carrauntoohil for a day out. I join them. The walk is enjoyable and the craic is good. Up O'Shea's and down the Gates. A lovely day with weather to match.

Carrauntoohil

Andy taking his friend Mike to Carrauntoohil. I am invited along. I leave Lisleibane ahead of them but they catch me as we cross the stream for the first level.

Andy and Mike blaze ahead but I keep Margaret in my sights up Shea's. I find the going OK and when I reach the top they are still enjoying their snack. I join them in the shelter for a cuppa.

The descent is via the Heavenly Gates. The walk out the glen is lively, more of a run, but I enjoyed it.

A nice walk. The weather was good.

Hags Teeth

Window in rock face

A Friday off, and Margaret and Gerard are in Dublin, so I decided to do a walk with Patricia. We scrambled up the Hags Teeth, over the Hags Glen.

Patricia in rock face window

On the way up we came to a rockface with a hole the shape of a window in it. We stopped to take some photos of it.

The weather is nice, and the scrambling good. I am enjoying myself.

As we leave the scrambling and climb to Knockbrinnea the weather changes - rain and wind lash us.

We head for the Beenkeragh Skregmore Ridge in heavy rain and strong winds. We decided not to stop for lunch - the weather was too bad.

We descended the ridge towards Knockbrack, but before we reached Knockbrack we swung right and contured along the foot of Knockbrinnea to Lisleibane, where the cars are parked.

Four hours out, no break, bad weather - but I found the going not so bad.