Ireland day 0372. Wednesday 05 October 2022- Tonelagee Recce

Today’s summary	Drove down to Laragh to recce the Brockagh / Tonelagee / St Kevins Way circuit which I did last June and which I am leading for DWC a week on Saturday.   Found it quite hard going with extensive bog, occasional heavy showers of bitterly cold rain, and gale force wind.   But some sun made up for it.   A bit slower than in June – and I didn’t add the short extension to the Lough Ouler overlook either this time.   Traffic heavy on the M50 both ways so over 90 mins to start and back to Malahide again at the end.   Val had a day off work and elected to stay behind and enjoy the delights of the Seamus Heaney exhibition and MoLI cafe in Dublin.
Today’s weather	Sunshine and heavy squally showers with a strong to gale force westerly wind.   Appx 12 at sea level, probably nearer 6C on the top in the rain
Today’s overview location (The blue mark shows the location of my route)			Close-up location (The green line shows where I walked) (Tonelagee recce

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(Summary blog only.   Last full blog was Day 0368).

 

Today’s photos (click to enlarge)

On the Brockagh.   The ridge from here to the Tonelagee final ascent was hard going – very wet and boggy	Fresh cut pine logs by the Glendasan river.   Smelled lovely!
No idea what this brilliant orange laminar fungus growing in the path above the Glendasan mines was.   never seen anything like it before.

Interactive map

(Elevations corrected at  GPS Visualizer: Assign DEM elevation data to coordinates )

Download file: Tonelagee Recce compressed corrected.gpx

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