Monthly Archives: November 2018

Weather sunny; distance 12.4 Km, Height gain 252m. On another Sunday morning, cold but with the winter Sun shining bright, John Cruise, Ken Keavney and Dermot Gunn met at Ballinteer House. Hugh Sweeney rang to say that he had a puncture in one of his tyres so we drove past his house to collect him on our way to Bray. The last time we did this walk one of the Lugs had a nasty accident that required assistance from Wicklow Mountain Rescue people as we descended down a rocky section of the track leading from the summit, this fact [...]

Weather sunny; distance 8.4 Km, Height gain 252m, height loss 252m. There was some doubt about this walk because Hugh Sweeney had attempted to survey it some weeks previously and found it was badly overgrown and not really feasible. He promised to attempt it again before the date of the walk so that we would not go on a wild goose chase if things had not improved. True to his word he made another attempt on the day before his Spanish holiday and emailed John and me to say that the track had been cleared and it was good [...]