In which the brother returns from his antipodean antics and wished he hadn’t bothered. Dan Duffy teaches us to always turn at the snow line , Mr Power gets frostbite and I develop COCbite .Herself got the usual hypothermia , shes moving to austrailia too.
It was lashing at the glen and all of us had harboured a secret hope taht no one else would turn up so we could go home . But damnation there were 5 of us . Mr PS was recovering from his treacherous attendance at the 6.1ers xmas do , his back obviously not bad enough to affect his appetite for glasses of cold milk.
Obviously the open mountain held no attraction so the initial plan was to do the 5 hills of the Ulster way . Batts , High Batts , Sheep pen etc . But after the high Batts we couldnt face the cold descent so darted in to reverse trails , across a surprisingly low ford and reverse to Slieve meel exit , black down to Ulster way and home by trails..absolutely frozen and soaked .
Rudolph duathlon next Sat .
1.NOT A RACE ..just a bit of craic
2.Fancy dress please .
3 Meet top carpark 9.30
4 teams of 2 allocated on the day ( Barry and Rowan will not be a team!)
5 run /walk up switchbacks to cairn , down the glen , if you really dont want to run walk(Kenny) you can cycle.
6.On bike at carpark , up trails , to fallow north shore/ bridge and straight back .
7. £10 to Charity ( TBA)please
8. Minced pies and mulled wine at finish .
COC