Thanks for a great walk. The waterfall is very beautiful from that angle. Interesting to hear about your forebears earning a living from the Powerscourt forests. Truly wonderful landscape.
Pleasure! Yes, my ancestry is very much 'rustic', on both sides, so probably explains my interests. The landscape is indeed appealing, on a good day, but, worryingly, devoid of fauna, I thought...
All those dark coniferous forests don't seem a very rich environment for birds, but they might have still been lying low from the August moult. I hope it was only something like that.
Cheers Shay! Yes, back to the ancestral home. I was lucky with the weather that day, unlike when you did that section (if I recall correctly). My next visit is likely to be on the West Coast, next Spring. ;-)
Have you recorded any walks around the Causeway Coast in Co. Antrim? I would love to see anywhere up there, Portballintrae, Dunluce Castle, White Rocks, its so beautiful and I haven't been since 1993.
No. I'm based in Hertfordshire and get out to Eire from time-to-time, but agree with your sentiments. My next visit is likely to be on the West Coast in March. ;-)
Thanks Barry. Did I say otherwise? Can't recall, but I'm certainly aware of Carrauntohill being the highest as I've done it, and it wasn't that bad reaching the iron cross at the top. I thought getting up Lugnaquilla, from Baravore, and involving a scramble up a rock face, was much harder! ;-)
What a load of rubbish, appreciate what you've got in the UK. You will NOT NOT NOT get shot if you stray off the Wicklow Way. Private Property in the Irish mountains is well marked. All other and areas are free to enter. The ways are well marked and if they are not, there is nothing to prevent you walking on them. There are much fewer people walking on the hills here and they respect where they are walking. In the UK, the local landlord owners enforce their private property rights by providing or arranging for well defined tracks that the public must adhere to. We don't have those restrictions in Ireland as we got rid of the ruling landlord landowner class and the hills are a lot more accessible than they would have been under English Landlordism. And the hill you didn't know the name of is the Great Sugarloaf.
Your "Glendalough" is actually "Roundwood" or the Vartry Reservoir.
Thanks for a great walk. The waterfall is very beautiful from that angle. Interesting to hear about your forebears earning a living from the Powerscourt forests. Truly wonderful landscape.
Pleasure! Yes, my ancestry is very much 'rustic', on both sides, so probably explains my interests. The landscape is indeed appealing, on a good day, but, worryingly, devoid of fauna, I thought...
All those dark coniferous forests don't seem a very rich environment for birds, but they might have still been lying low from the August moult. I hope it was only something like that.
Agreed! There's a lot of commercial forestry in Wicklow, which is not conducive to wildlife and past hunting hasn't helped the raptors :-(
lovely video glad to see you came back for more walking in wicklow hope you enjoyed it buddy
Cheers Shay! Yes, back to the ancestral home. I was lucky with the weather that day, unlike when you did that section (if I recall correctly). My next visit is likely to be on the West Coast, next Spring. ;-)
Have you recorded any walks around the Causeway Coast in Co. Antrim? I would love to see anywhere up there, Portballintrae, Dunluce Castle, White Rocks, its so beautiful and I haven't been since 1993.
No. I'm based in Hertfordshire and get out to Eire from time-to-time, but agree with your sentiments. My next visit is likely to be on the West Coast in March. ;-)
Great video mate loved it only thing is carrauntohill is th biggest in Ireland she's a monster
Thanks Barry. Did I say otherwise? Can't recall, but I'm certainly aware of Carrauntohill being the highest as I've done it, and it wasn't that bad reaching the iron cross at the top. I thought getting up Lugnaquilla, from Baravore, and involving a scramble up a rock face, was much harder! ;-)
What a load of rubbish, appreciate what you've got in the UK. You will NOT NOT NOT get shot if you stray off the Wicklow Way. Private Property in the Irish mountains is well marked. All other and areas are free to enter. The ways are well marked and if they are not, there is nothing to prevent you walking on them. There are much fewer people walking on the hills here and they respect where they are walking. In the UK, the local landlord owners enforce their private property rights by providing or arranging for well defined tracks that the public must adhere to. We don't have those restrictions in Ireland as we got rid of the ruling landlord landowner class and the hills are a lot more accessible than they would have been under English Landlordism. And the hill you didn't know the name of is the Great Sugarloaf.
And what he thought was a raven or hawk was a hooded crow and the scots pines were sitka spruce.