Walking/Trails... what have you? (3 Viewers)

[Jill Hives]

i'll copy it for you if you can't find it...

If you're in Cork, have you walked Sheep's Head? Seriously, I got kinda weepy up there it was so beautiful.

 

[cmndr mind fuck]

Was there years ago, amazing place alright.

 

[pissypants]

I have a spare copy of that Irish Times walks book 1.
Anyone interested PM me..

 

[damien]

just back from walking from my gaff in phibsboro to leixlip along the royal canal. 15-ish kms, took just over 2 and a half hours.
good buzz walking from near the heart of the city right out into the countryside.

no hassle between here and ashtown as suggested earlier in the thread, i've done it a few times now and it seems totally fine. wouldn't do it after dark though. it's not the nicest though.. industrial areas through cabra and then new slightly ugly apartments beyond.

however, past ashtown it getsa really secluded. listen to some music and you won't notice the sound of the traffic from the navan road. going over the M50 is cool. just you & the canal on a bridge, with commuters below and above (on the exit/entrance ramps).

then the stretch after the M50, out by coolmine and clonsilla, is amazing; a narrow, muddy path with the canal a good 10ft below. lots of trees on both sides and practically deserted.

after that it gets quite rural with some farmland and a few lads out fishing, etc. a bit less interesting but still cool.

got a train back from leixlip to drumcondra. handy as fuck. definitely recommended.

 

[Cryptid]

Some random photos from walking in West Clare if anyone's interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36443591@N06/. Will name, assign order and upload more soon.

 

[Lili Marlene]

you're not in any of them. what's the freakin' point???

 

[Cryptid]

you're not in any of them. what's the freakin' point???

What's the freakin' point of what?

I'm not very photogenic.

 

[Cryptid]

Well, if you insist..

 

[pissypants]

Some random photos from walking in West Clare if anyone's interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36443591@N06/. Will name, assign order and upload more soon.

wow. savage.

 

[pissypants]

Took ma and da pants up to Glendalough and walked the path from the upper lake carpark to the old lead mine. They'ed been to Glendalough before, but never in their 65 years had they gone this way...

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

that your pic?love it.im a big fan of all things industrial,was only up the ballycorus lead-mines last week,if you fancy a short walk just get the 44 bus to the scalp then climb up the left hand side of it and its a nice handy walk through the woods and up to the tower.if you carry on down the other side theres also pucks castle to check out nearby and if you head down towards the n11 at the silver tassie pub you should walk under the old tram way bridge which is very impressive in its own right.

 

[pissypants]

that your pic?love it.

Cheers dude, hard to take a bad picture up there.
I'm gonna check out that ballycorus lead-mines on teh internetz too...

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadmines

http://www.kilternan.info/History/chimney.asp

bit of info there about it,grew up out in ballybrack and the place always fascinated me,managed to find a part of the undergound flue last week,pretty creepy down there but interesting as well,i think it was blocked up for a while but semms to have fallen in in places so caution is needed if going into it.

 

[classic seanc]

And in or around there, you could go walking around the Scalp road, which is also pretty cool but short. See:
http://books.google.ie/books?id=qbwTAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197&dq#PPA197,M1

That's a deadly book by the way, if only because it's 160 years old

 

[Cryptid]

Very nice photo indeed. I totally agree about Ballycorus Hill. I was there on Sunday. Love the spiral staircase around the outside of it - pity some of the steps are gone. I parked on Quarry Road and walked up through a load of forest. The mines themselves sound cool. Must go back and check out that other stuff.

I walked from Shankill Shopping Centre to Bray via the coast recently too. You can only do it when the tide is out. A bit underwhelming. It looks better looking south from Killiney. Shanganagh Park is nice though.

I am definitely going to take a week off and walk the Wicklow Way. It looks great. Has anyone done it?

The book 'Between The Mountains And The Sea' is good too. http://www.obrien.ie/book223.cfm

 

[jcdonaggio]

Jaysus I thought Croke park to Rathmines was adventurous until I read this thread. Also done Rathmines to Marley park. Will try that Killiney Hill route.

 

[Cryptid]

I'm taking a week off in May to walk the Wicklow Way, ala http://www.wicklowway.com/. Has anyone done this? Any advice?

I figure it's:

a) A Cheap Holiday;
b) Healthy/Active;
c) Scenic.

Maybe I should have used bullet points.

 

[Jill Hives]

I'm taking a week off in May to walk the Wicklow Way, ala http://www.wicklowway.com/. Has anyone done this? Any advice?

I figure it's:

a) A Cheap Holiday;
b) Healthy/Active;
c) Scenic.

Maybe I should have used bullet points.

How long does it take? Do you camp along the way? This sounds awesome.

 

[D0njo]

just back from walking from my gaff in phibsboro to leixlip along the royal canal. 15-ish kms, took just over 2 and a half hours.
good buzz walking from near the heart of the city right out into the countryside.

no hassle between here and ashtown as suggested earlier in the thread, i've done it a few times now and it seems totally fine. wouldn't do it after dark though. it's not the nicest though.. industrial areas through cabra and then new slightly ugly apartments beyond.

however, past ashtown it getsa really secluded. listen to some music and you won't notice the sound of the traffic from the navan road. going over the M50 is cool. just you & the canal on a bridge, with commuters below and above (on the exit/entrance ramps).

then the stretch after the M50, out by coolmine and clonsilla, is amazing; a narrow, muddy path with the canal a good 10ft below. lots of trees on both sides and practically deserted.

after that it gets quite rural with some farmland and a few lads out fishing, etc. a bit less interesting but still cool.

got a train back from leixlip to drumcondra. handy as fuck. definitely recommended.

Cool, I'll give that a go next week!

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

I'm taking a week off in May to walk the Wicklow Way, ala http://www.wicklowway.com/. Has anyone done this? Any advice?

I figure it's:

a) A Cheap Holiday;
b) Healthy/Active;
c) Scenic.

Maybe I should have used bullet points.

fair play,plan on doing the same come september,wanna get loads of walks in and aim to do st james way next spring http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way_of_St._James

off to the sugarloaf tomorrow if its a nice day.and maybe even if its not.