Mountain Sojourns

Super wee walk next time your up Antrin Coast near Carlough to Hidden Village of Galboly

Galboly, is a historic, abandoned village located in the hills above the Antrim Coast Road near Carnlough. Once home to around 60 people, its last resident was a Cistercian monk who lived there until his death in 2013. The village is now in ruins, featuring old stone houses and thatched cottages, and has been featured as a set in Game of Thrones.

Donard for Charity Tiny Life
Madeline TinyLife

Winter activities almost over looking forward to getting back to the Mournes.

The days are now getting longer !

Out walking in Donard Wood last night and came across this BIG powerful beast.

Bluestacks

Our valued & patient Donegal customers will be glad to hear that I’ve started out on two new maps for parts of Donegal. These are planned to be printed on B1 size Polyart paper, similar to our Cooley & Di**le Way maps of 2023.

I’m currently working on the sheet that will cover the Bluestack range just north of Donegal town. The outline map here shows the extent of the mapped area for digital purposes, the actual printed area will be slightly smaller. All the main peaks & approaches of these hills will be shown.

The Bluestacks is a translation of the Irish Na Cruacha Gorma, the blueish stacks or reeks. Though I believe locally they are often simply called The Cros said as ‘crows’. But we’ll find out more of that in due course.

The second sheet will cover the Derryveagh range and north to Muckish of which more detail in due course.

I have no idea of publication dates at this stage so there’s no point in asking! But if you wish drop me a line via email to [email protected] and I can add you to our mail list for notifications of progress and publication etc.

"It's not what you do, it's what you know how to do" hence REC 2 First Aid renewal in Tollymore Forest.