Kanturk Hillwalkers and Mountain Climbers | Blog

It is very easy to describe this group outing. It was wet, windy and wild but after getting that out of the way, we did set of with a good group considering the conditions with a total of 9. We were delighted to see a new and young recruit in Maeve Lynes in joining, I only hope she does not question her father for dragging her out on a day like this. For most of us it was our first time up Caherbanagh so we were delighted to have an experienced guide with us in Denis O'Mahony who looked after us very well. On days like this it is vital to have a well experienced person with the group, as all is fine until something goes wrong. Thanks again Denis from all of us. Padraig, all wet but still smiling :) The proof that we did make it to the top, (the bottle isn't ours) Our group motto is 'Hillwalking is about Exercise, Scenery and Fresh Air' , we certainly got 2 of 3. The missing link was scenery!!! All the view was of cloud and fog. You will have days ...

A good group of 11 of us set off from Kanturk on a trip to The Paps passing through Rathmore, taking a left turn at Barraduff for Glenflesk, taking a left turn at Glenflesk towards Macroom and a few miles over the road we started to follow the signs for Clydagh Bridge and Shrone Lake. On the way back it was extremely foggy around Rathmore but after that it seemed to clear and that the fog was lifting. We got to our starting point where it was still cloudy and foggy which stayed with us all the way to the first, West summit. What we noticed here was the fact that Northern side was clear but because there was very little wind, there was nothing to blow away the fog and cloud from the Southern side. But the views from the Summit were stunning, we were over the cloud and fog. Looking west towards Mangerton and Macgillycuddy's Reeks Group photo on The Paps West There were spectacular views on three sides, all the way back to the Kerry mountains on one side ...