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POWSERS MOUNTAINEERING CLUB GLOSSOP ENGLAND |
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Photographs |
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The Frank Wood Collection |
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A party of ten club members visited the Killarney National Park in Easter week 2007. In fantastic weather conditions all week, we could not wait to climb up Carrantoul , the highest mountain in Ireland, on the famous Macgillycuddys Reeks (1,041m)... and five of the party made it on Easter Monday, after a training walk the day before, when we were dropped off my bus, to walk back to Killarney via. Torc Mountain.
Unfortunatly the views were not too good on Carrantoul, due to the clag, but whilst we sat around eating lunch, we did get odd glimpses of the valleys below, when it cleared.A great day even so.
A small sub group walked a little of the Dingle Way one day, and on another, a trio of us did an 11 mile walk along the Kerry Way, descending the Black Valley, in great conditions.
Arguably though, the best day of the week came on the Thursday, when all the party managed to climb to the top of the Purple Mountain (832m) followed by Tomlies(735m) Mountain. Parking at Kate Kearneys cottage, we walked up and through the Gap of Dunloe, in great conditions, most of us in shorts, before ascending steeply for what seemed like hours. The views were well worth the effort, on the clearest day of the week. The third of the three peaks here, Shehy Mountain, was managed by Smudge and Frank W (why not complete the three whilst up there?). Smudge came out of the week with the most tops over 2,000 feet, doing a few solo trips to notch them up.
Killarney was lively and as we all enjoy an odd beer or two, the evenings were spent listening to the various local bands in the bars. Highlight of the week were Bog & Allen on the Friday evening when they played requests by our group that included their Irish number 1 of a few years back "Give the Woman in the bed more Porter" A great end to the week...we must have been good guests as the hostel manager brought in a bottle of spirits late that night for us to celebrate what was a tremendous week. |
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The magnificent view from the summit of Carrantoul |
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The Gap of Dunloe |
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Left to right: Brian Barnes, Jim Bintcliffe, Frank Connelly & Frank Wood on reaching the summit of Carrantoul, the highest point in Ireland. |
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The summit of Purple Mountain. Left to right; Viv Bintcliffe, Frank Connelly, "Smudge", Dave Woods, Joe James, Frank Wood, Kate Norris. |
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Coming off the Purple Mountain |
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Left to right; Frank Wood, Jim Bintcliffe and Frank Connelly taking a break at Torc Waterfall. |
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Recent pictures from Wales on Arenig Fawr |
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Bernard Foster |
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Frank and Dale on the summit |
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Arenig Fawr lies in southern Snowdonia between Trawsfynydd and Bala close to the A4212. Llyn Arenig Fawr is a reservoir half way up the mountain that provides water to Bala and the surrounding area. On the summit is a memorial to the US air crew of a Flying Fortress bomber which crashed in the mountain in 1943. |