Geoff, no easy way to climb Slieve Donard though that is the one to avoid the crowds👍 A lovely day for it☀

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Definitely not Gerry, always nice to get to the summit anyway you do it. Fortunately we got a cracker afternoon/early evening for the hike 👍

Definitely want to try this now mate. Thanks for video

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Hi Colin, definitely a great hike and good way to do Slieve Donard if you want to avoid the main path. Cheers for watching 👍, ps it does get steep near the top but nothing you wouldn’t have done before.

Hey just seen this mate! What a slog!!!

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

It was definitely a tester, but very enjoyable at the same time. The sun on the back helps as well 👍.

Of all routes up Donard that is a tough one. I’ve only gone up from Crossone once and recall thinking it was my last time ever, so far it has been and is likely to remain so. There was a horrendous boulder field with real ankle breaking stuff.

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Hi, cheers for commenting 👍 . It definitely was tight enough this way but I’ve heard Crossone is difficult as well. We where on Crossone the other week and looked up towards Donard and seen a boulder field so that put us off the idea of it, don’t fancy breaking an ankle.

Another nice one mate. Just as tough through forest across at The Ice House, Black Stairs and Thomas’s. Best chippy in Newcastle is the wee chuck wagon beside the Barbican garage on Dundrum Rd. Enjoyed bud as always.

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Robert 👍. We had thought of doing the black stairs but wasn’t sure you could get up by there. Is that wagon at the petrol station on the road heading toward murlough caravan park do you know? Thanks for watching and commenting 👌 always appreciated

@robertmccrea1957

3 ай бұрын

@@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors yes mate as you head out of Newcastle the big garage Circle K I think just out of town on left. First Road on left immediately after garage it’s in there on left. Great scran.

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

@@robertmccrea1957 yep that’s the petrol station I know. We spend a lot of time in Murlough caravan park and always looking a good chippy, cheers for the advice. We went bayside catch a few weeks back and had a good feed but I’ll try that the next time we are down there 👍.

@robertmccrea1957

3 ай бұрын

We are just across the road in Mourneview. Kettles always on mate.

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

@@robertmccrea1957 I’ve walked through there a few times, a great site, 👍

Great video. I do enjoy a bit of scrambling myself.

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Cheers Thomas. Hand to beat getting down and working the hands as well. I see you done a great hike over the weekend 👍

@thomasshafe

3 ай бұрын

@@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors It was a great day out my we legs are still sore. I knew it would be tough. Glutton for punishment, back out on Sunday for the 4 birds 👍

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

@@thomasshafe the four birds will be a good walk as well. We done the three birds and it was tight enough. Have a good hike 👍

Fair play to yas taking on that route! Back in 2016 came down that way from Donard to Thomas mountain, the air show was on and below Thomas was a great perch to watch it from while having a bite of lunch, dozen or so guys with big cameras had same plan. The red arrows came that year, some flew pretty close and ya could see the pilot really clearly. Meant to be coming back to Newcastle again on 22nd of June, unfortunately I’ll be working, recommend Thomas if your about.🛩️

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

That’s a great call mate, I must say to Stephen about that date, be real good to see that up close. How did you find coming down off Donard that way? Thanks for watching, always appreciated 👍

@BestlifeWildCampingBushcraft

3 ай бұрын

@@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors I think it was dead on Geoff, pretty easy going downhill and it was dry at the time, imagine if wet it might get slippery.

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

@@BestlifeWildCampingBushcraft yea there was a couple of rock faces we had to go up so they would get pretty slippery in the rain.

Great watch m8 . Never looks steep in the video , but when you know you know . That is mighty steep and a real killer 😂😂. Donard is hard enough going the normal route .

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate. Yea no camera does it justice. I’m not a big fan of doing donard but we enjoyed this route. Really tight near the top. If you know you know 😂. I’ll get round to yous up Lamagan when I get the kids to bed 👍

@daveandemmaoutdoors3171

3 ай бұрын

@@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors cheers . Was busted after lamagan 😂😂

Tough route, well done. As a mountain runner I would do that route but just go straight for Thomas and then Donard, bar the black stairs its the fastest way up. Zero traffic in comparison to the GRT

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, fair play for running the mountains, I’d love to give it a go some time. Your definitely right about the traffic on the trail. Would you run the mountains much during the week?

@FDGRebel

2 ай бұрын

@@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors I would at the weekends just. Early start with the head torch say about 4/5am, all weathers. Keep the vids coming, love them

@GeoffGreenawayOutdoors

2 ай бұрын

@@FDGRebel that sounds brilliant. Definitely something I’d be interested in doing. Thank you for the comments, keep up the running 👍