Wild Camping Mournes | Shannagh River Bivy
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- A walk in the Western Mourne Mountains of 28km, exploring new ground along the Aughnaleck River, the Shannagh River and the Miners Hole River with an overnight bivy on the Shannagh River. Nearly 1,400m of climbing taking in 6 mountains. Great weather and few people in the generally quiet Western hills of the Mournes.
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Excellent! Thx for giving me again a short nice „mental vacation“ thx for sharing!
Cheers Armin👍 It was a cool micro adventure and a good mental vacation for me too👍 All the right ingredients for good health - mountains, rivers, lakes, fresh air, a night under the stars, plenty of walking and little noise from the 'real world'😊
Amazing video thank you . Heaven is in the mourne. Mountains Beautiful . 😊👍
Cheers Jason👍 The Mournes are beautiful 😊
Wonderful adventure in the mountains! I really enjoy how you capture the atmosphere of the hills… flowing, tumbling water, long rock walls, clumps of grass and heather, … far off views of the lake. Loved seeing the horses and cows too, adorable! 🩷🩷 Great camp spot and bivy set up … I wonder if I could sleep in one… I’d love having lesss weight to carry! Interesting to hear about the water issues… it all looks so clear and clean. We always filter and/or boil water just to be safe. There are so many animals and pollutants here that it’s always recommended. Thanks for bringing us along! 😄👍👍 - Jen
Cheers Jennifer👍 The Mournes get alot of visitors (much more since Covid when many more people started going hillwalking) and there continue to be issues with people leaving rubbish etc on the hills. We have no National Parks here in N. Ireland, like you do over there with I think strict guidelines and enforcement on how to treat the parks. The water high up is very clear and I would usually boil though have on occasion drank it straight from source. I do love the bivy when the weather is right though the tent is good (and perhaps more comfortable) for these longer nights with more time to get through😊
Great video Gerry, good to see you doing the western mournes, I also often think about the lack of trees and how the mournes would have once been covered in native forests like parts of the Lake District and Scotland. Love the shannagh river waterfalls,cows and horses
Cheers David👍 The Western Mournes are definitely not as frequented and are well worth a visit👍 Hopefully at some stage in the future there will be more opportunity for trees to naturally establish themselves, tough this would obviously mean less 🐑🐑 it was really cool to follow some of those rivers that I haven't walked before👍
Gerry your smile said it all as you showed us the spot where you were going to set up camp, I bet the tea and ginger nuts tasted good!
Thanks again for sharing your walk and adventure. Brilliant sights and sounds of running water, good for the soul.
Cheers Richard👍 I had no idea if there would be a suitable spot to camp along the Shannagh River and it was so cool to find somewhere just as light was starting to fade😊 It is always so good to have something hot to eat and tea (with biscuits) at the end of the day, it really sets you up for a night out wild camping. I love the sound of running water and being able to explore some of those rivers in the Mournes is just so cool😊
How they kept that wall straight.... Impressive. Lovely Lough with a great view of the mountains.
Ben, the Mourne Wall is a marvel at 22 miles through the mountains. The Mournes and the wider coast of County Down are superb and well worth a visit🏍😊
@@gerrymcveigh definitely by the looks of it.
Class gerry. Love the way you go off track and make your own way. Following the river from loughshannagh looks absolutely stunning. A Real inspiration for me. Keep her lit mucker 👌
Cheers Paddy👍 I love following those mountain rivers which have all sorts of surprises as you walk along them and they take you into new places in somewhere like the Mournes where I have been walking for many years👍 Always good to go exploring off the track a wee bit😊
I love it all over the mountains of mourn thanks for sharing this video gerry my mountain friend stay safe and all the best from me in England 😊
Cheers Paul👍 I love the mountains of Mourne too👍 and it is pretty cool to be able to spend some time in them.
Another great walk Gerry. It was certainly "the road less travelled" and well worth it. Just beautiful. The river falling off the plateau from Loughshannagh was superb and looks like your overnight spot worked well too. Loved this. Thanks for sharing
Alyn, it was great to follow those rivers - I was eyeing up your Red Moss River at the start of the walk though it was heading in the other direction😊 It was great to follow the Aughnaleck River as a different way of approaching Eagle Mtn. The Shannagh River is a cracking walk down from the Lough with a couple of wee gorges and plenty of waterfalls👍 and it was way cool to find a anew wild camping spot😊
Love the footage Gerry, thanks for sharing
Cheers Nigel👍 A bit off the usual tracks in the Mournes and it was really cool to follow the rivers and explore some new ground.
Hi Gerry. Agree about the lack of trees, how different the landscape would be with a few more. Love the quietness of the Western Mournes. re the water quality - The policy of Daera of "going for growth" has been at the expense of the environment. We produce enough food for 10 million people but with only a population of 1.9 million - we are drowning in slurry.
The fact that I get excited about a solitary tree says it all! Love the current conversations about rewilding and the potential for farmers to get payments to allow the land to be naturally. I don't visit the Western Mournes enough and it was good to be reminded how cool and how quiet they are👍 The amount of slurry put on fields here is enormous and you can see it in the lowland rivers. I am not too hopeful of any change, especially looking at the state of rivers in England.
Hi Gerry. Lovely sounds of water there, and lots of it. Nice spot to spend a night, it looked well sheltered. Hope that pony didn't keep you waiting too long before he "nayed" 😂. All the best 👍
Andrew, there was lots of water and it was so cool to follow all those rivers, taking me off the beaten track in the Mournes. Always cool to walk new ground, especially in an area that I have been visiting for many years😊 It was cool to find a spot on the Shannagh River to wild camp and it came at just the right time as darkness was falling. The pony performed right on cue🐴😊
Great video Gerry as per usual. You certainly love the Mournes area. Good to see you out and about and still sticking to the bivi bag for your sleep. Certainly a braver chap than I.
Cheers Mike, the Mournes are hard to beat for all that they give in such a small area👍 It was positively balmy overnight so the bivy was no bother - much cooler now though now that Autumn has finally kicked in.
@@gerrymcveigh I’m going to be sticking to some tarpology, bivi bag, warm sleeping pad and super warm sleeping bag from now on.
If that fails it’ll be back to the tent. But I plan to stick it out for as long as I can.
Great watch. That was some miles to hike, fair play. Cracking wee pitch there as well. Keep the videos coming 👍
Cheers👍 Enjoyed your visit out this way recently too👍 Some great (and tough) walking on those hills. It was cool to find a wee camp spot as I wasn't sure if there was one along the Shannagh River😊
@@gerrymcveigh cheers Gerry for that. It’s always good to get out and get a few mile in, and a bonus if you can squeeze in an overnighter 👍
Another great video Gerry lots of running water sounds. I love it something very relaxing about it. I can't wait to get out again it's been a while feels like a year 😂
Adrian, it was water all the way on that trip💧💧 There are definitely withdrawal symptoms if haven't been out walking for a while though it all comes good again when you return😊
Another brilliant video matey.
Cheers James👍 Always good to be out in the Mournes and even better to be exploring some new places - those rivers can take you to interesting places😊
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Take care and stay happy
Have a great day my friend
Nice video Gerry. Wishing you a wonderful day 😊
Cheers, always cool to have mountains close to the sea😊
Some walk Gerry. Loved this video. Well done 👍
Cheers Michael👍 It was cool to do something different following the rivers, which definitely gave a new perspective on places visited in the past😊
Great video Gerry, you got a great shot of the Lizard!
Cheers Patrick👍 It was a cool wee trip in the lesser visited Western Mournes and it was cool to walk some new ground and follow those rivers👍
Gorgeous view at 5:17 wow
Cheers Ben, it is nearly up there with Donegal for gorgeous views😊
@@gerrymcveigh still very impressive
Nice new cap Gerry, you get away with nothing on camera! 😎 What a great route to follow and fab views from your bivy spot. No shortage of water for the tea and ginger nuts either 🎉 Some lovely sights along the way - would the new potential bivy spot not be a bit too noisy from the waterfall if full like that? You covered some distance again Gerry!! 😮 A lovely route to see!
Miriam, my old cap literally fell apart from so much use and this one will go the same way😊 It was great to be planning an following a new route through the Mournes, always worth taking a bit of time to look at the map and get a sense of what might work👍 I think I got a bit exciting with that waterfall and a wee bit of flattish ground - the noise was deafening😊 I also had some feedback that camping so close to water might challenge the Leave No Trace principles so will be thinking about that in the future.
One of your best mooches about the mountains for a while gerry. Yeah, I get the concern about the rivers - I was watching Loch Neagh the other night - what a mess. But hey, the scenes and views were as good as ever. Fantastic route too, which led you down that gorge in search of c amp. Very impressive indeed! Nice and still also - no midges I take it? Well, you sure were one of the few people out there - such a great feeling. All the best as always. Mark
Mark, you know well over there how industrialised farming impacts our waterways as well as the profiteering water companies. Over here there is a similar cycle of industrialised farming, with fields being sprayed with cow slurry month after month to grow grass that feeds the cows over winter. This high enrichment of the earth has to run off into our waterways, especially after the wet summer, and ends up with the situation we have with Lough Neagh. On lighter note it was cool to explore some rivers that (hopefully) had no pollutants👍
@@gerrymcveigh Ah, I know gerry it's a tragedy. There is basically surplus phosphate. And all due to consumer demand really. Yeah, I see you with the rivers again - good fun. Have a great week ahead.
Such a lovely area Gerry class footage as per usual 🧡 Must give this area a go eventually. See you on the trail Gerry 😊
Cheers 👍 It was cool to do some planning and come up with a new route that explored new ground. I love walking along mountain rivers and the ones in this trip provided some great exploring😊
@@gerrymcveigh yes noticed that Gerry 🙂🧡
Im catching up Gerry 😂 I saw you uploaded a new video and realised I hadnt seen this one. I love that feeling too when the whole place is diserted, thats when you can really relax. Stunning canp spot you found and that sexond one looked lovely too. Your shots in this video were exceptional, loved them all. Fair play Gerry, you make rambling in the Mournes look easy 😂
Cheers Jason👍 It is hard to get the time to catch up with everything! That was a cool wee trip just following rivers for a good part of it - over new ground, off the beaten track and away from others. Hard to beat😊
Brilliant video.
Cheers Thomas👍 It was good to be exploring somewhere different in the Mournes and I love walking along mountain rivers as they drop down😊
I can see why watching the video.
Fantastic video and the beautiful morne mountains. I did 4 nights there a few weeks ago from South west England as im currently working in Belfast for a while. Hopefully i get to head back there again soon!
Take care! 👍
That is pretty cool that you are getting to spend some quality time in the Mournes whilst over here for work (and pleasure😊). Was that 4 nights in a row? That would be very cool👍
@gerrymcveigh yeah it was 4 nights in a row, in different places. One night was at shanna lake which was stunning but quite busy! Did 23 miles buy the fourth day. I'm usually hiking dartmoor in England so it was really impressive to be amongst all the mountains! 👍
Cool👍👍
Howdy Gerry, love your vid and your vibe. I am pleased to hear you promote Leave No Trace. FYI: Camping right next to water is not considered LNT, unless when you get an urgent call of nature you make a dash and take 70 steps away from the water to discharge waste. Or use a WAG Bag. From Leave No Trace Ireland: "Although the topic of human waste can be a particularly uncomfortable issue with visitors to the outdoors, it is very important to address it directly. Never miss an opportunity to use a proper toilet facility. If you must go, in the outdoors, deposit solid human waste in a hole dug 10-12 cm deep at least 30 metres (70 steps) from water, campsites, and trails." It would be a public service if you could mention now and again LNT in some detail, especially with so much litter in Irish beauty spots. I don't mean to lecture; it's just I have seen a few vids lately of people in Ireland who promote LNT while camping by water. Another reason not to camp by water: it's a cold, wet place. Looking forward to more of your vids.
Cheers Michael👍 Not a lecture at all, always good to have conversations, especially on important topics like this👍 It is perhaps all to easy to say that you have left no trace without actually explaining what this means in practice. Definitely something I will talk about in future, as well as thinking about how close I camp to water.
@@gerrymcveigh Hi Gerry, Thanks for taking my comments in the spirit in which they were intended--positive comments. I am sure you are careful when is comes to leave no trace and minimizing impact on the environment. We can always learn and do more. I do hope that you spread the word through your channel. Looking forward to more vids. Happy trails!
Great video.
Cheers Paul👍 It was great to get away in the mountains for a couple of days😊
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Nice one Gerry. Your like Levison Wood, Walking the Nile. 😉 Fine set of hills they Western Mournes. Bet you would've got a cracking sleep beside that meditation, running water 😉 You better no show yurself in Go outdoors for a while 😂
Cheers Kev👍 Not quite the Nil😊 though I do love walking beside those mountain streams and rivers. There is something really calming and soothing about the flow and sound. I did have a pretty good nights sleep, there is nothing worse than waking and waking and checking the time, especially with the longer nights. It was cool for someone to recognise me in the shop though I have a terrible memory for names😊
@@gerrymcveigh Haha am the same. Get introduced to someone then 5 mins later, I've forgotten there name.
Been watching a few of Ur videos and thought I know that person. I didn't know u did this.
Kim, you can bump into people in the most unlikely of places😊 Thank you for watching👍
Super video as always 👌. I heard that there are very few trees in the mournes due to the sheep eating the shoots so they don’t get a chance to grow . Is this right ? Would be nice for a part of it to be left to let grow .
Cheers👍 It has to be grazing that stops the trees from getting established. You can see it in steep sided river gulley's where trees have managed to grow where sheep can't get to them. I know the National Trust have reduced the number of sheep grazing their land in the Mournes and hopefully farmers will get payments in the future to allow more natural processes to take place on upland areas.
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