Hill Walking

Great idea TP........ we are always looking for new routes to walk and for HD take his photo's....and it beats sitting in a smelly ol pub on a Sunday afternoon. My brother met his wife while hill walking in Wicklow, and to this day they still go off most weekends with their baby in tow.
Last interesting walk we had was in Dun na Ri Forest Park in co Cavan, fantastic place with lots of secret trails for the kids and a river running through the middle of it. Would recommend a day trip to it.

Is the Hill up the MAlahide road from Fairview to Donnycarney church classed as a hill ??? Well if it is thats my hill walking 

yep, exgrovehead, it is me who is doing the camino. in 4 weeks from today i will be in spain, waiting to start. Only another 595 km to go!!!!!!!!!

Tp

You should come down to Kerry to do Brandon or the Reeks walk.   Now that the weather is getter a bit better ( not much) Brandon from the Faha side is a really nice walk - I would leave the reeks until later in the year.   Anyway You are welcome - I will provide Tea / Soup if required

Nice idea for a thread!

 

Unfortunately, I don't get to go up to Wicklow as much as I'd like to these days. Last time I was up was on a drive with herself a while back and decided to walk up to the top of Kippure. Citing boredom as a reason, she turned back halfway up but as I later found out, it was actually gross unfitness that had led to her refusal at the first fence!

 

Most of the time I'll go up on the bike. Past the Yellow House in Rathfarnam, up Killakee and then continue on to the T-junction outside Glencree. It's really beautiful on a summers morning, climbing through the clouds until you're at the top, just you, the peaks, the valleys and of course, the sheep! Baaaa! If the wind's not too bad (it can be like hell on earth up there on a bike if it's howling badly), I'll continue on up to the Sally Gap. Otherwise, it's an exhilarating bomb down into Enniskerry! I'd do it everyday if I could!

 

I'm actually planning a day out hiking soon in Wicklow possibly taking in some of the Wicklow Way from Marlay Park. Anyone got any recommendations?

 

And also Tuplopenny, any idea where I'd get a decent GPS for the bike without costing the earth?

Used to do a lot of walking and cycling, although as anyone knows me will know me it was a long time ago. Used to cycle from Clontarf out to Enniskerry, or on up to either the hostel at Knockree or Glencree, Stay overnight. Following day to Glendalough. Stay a day or two and then via Rathdrum  to Aughavanagh over to Balinclea and home  

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/ireland/dublin/349204148

Fridays walk, another one that you can do on public transport or with one car as its a loop. Bit of road walking at start and finish.

Weather was great on friday, looked like we were going to get rain, but held off.

Manhattan Dave - for GPS i use

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=349&locale=en_US

i just like the way its a watch and you dont have to mind it. They are fairly cheap at moment as a new model 405 is being launched this month.