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Cycled past the Cock and Hen many times (years ago!) heading for the Spelga Pass. Never walked either of them, though I walked plenty of the others. Did the now defunct Mourne Wall Walk a couple of times, in and around 1979/80 including the Silver Jubilee walk. I still have the certificate and the tracksuit badge. The Mournes can be very difficult to photograph. I know of photographers who go up regularly and often don’t take the camera out of the bag because the light isn’t right, or anywhere near right. During the 1980s I was on top of Slieve Donard 5 times and I never once saw the view. Last time I was up was November 2007 when I walked up the Glen River from Donard carpark to the saddle, turned right for the Towers of Commedagh, then back. I had decided that if I felt OK I’d head up to the top of Donard, but feeling wrecked I decided to give that a miss. Got a lift downhill with a team of Polish lads who were repairing damage to the Wall (Grazie Polski!) and a few weeks later I had my heart attack. There’s an advert on TV currently showing stunning views of the Ring of Mourne, probably shot aerially, but mainly, I think, taken from the top of Slieve Lamagan. I would LOVE to be up there taking photographs!
Your shot of Hen Mountain, taken in lousy conditions suffers from the afore mentioned poor light, but any one who has ever been up a mountain will instantly identify with the conditions. Miserable! It’s good to be able to see the summit through the mist, and I can imagine you trying not to fall over backwards while shooting up a steep slope!
I’d say that in the prevailing circumstances you’ve done pretty well, and I hope you post more shots in the future.Thank you for the type, bigalguitarpicker.
I’m fairly new to trekking up mountains but it’s something that I wish to continue to do (with camera of course). It’s a unique feeling being up there and I can understand the appeal that takes people back again and again.
Here is a pic from two days ago when the conditions were amazing, (what a difference a day can make! ).
That one looks great. Try going up in Winter.I remember being fascinated by icicles which weren’t hanging down, but pointing out horizontally from the rocks, having formed when a strong wind was blowing.
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