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Title: Pigeon, Slievemoughanmore
Post by: henryb on 20:16:08, 08/01/17
Saturday's walk saw me take in two of the central Mourne peaks, Pigeon Rock and Slievemoughanmore. Starting from Dear's meadow, I followed the wall to the summit of Pigeon. As I approached the summit, I was engrossed in thick cloud which thankfully lifted, affording great views of Spelga Reservoir and Rocky mountain. The only drawback of this region is the terrain: it is very marshy. I followed the wall to the next summit of Slievemoughanmore which offers the best aerial view of any Mourne valley IMHO. As cloud rolled in again, I retraced my steps to the Mourne wall where I had lunch. I only saw four other walkers the whole day. Total distance was approximately 7.5 kms.


Knockchree and Slieve Muck from Dear's meadow:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15894436_1502421559786938_4951792267803371243_n.jpg?oh=c569e5968eb207e3a7fd656723e0502b&oe=59209596)


The view of the eastern Mournes from Pigeon:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15941144_1502424726453288_4690440278952749868_n.jpg?oh=be7dbf69403960c4c154ee7d42167ca0&oe=59129637)


Reflection of Butter from Pigeon:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/l/t1.0-9/15894606_1502424986453262_2766927007902860160_n.jpg?oh=bec72ff061ac9998b873106ad83c843a&oe=58E61E6E)


Spelga Reservoir from the ascent of Pigeon:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15826745_1502425166453244_803201498852451865_n.jpg?oh=4cc51cd1a17517f1f287d209dbba9bd8&oe=591C8AB9)


Spelga Reservoir from Pigeon:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15940855_1502425469786547_7483506265971862940_n.jpg?oh=198b72c1ff4b67063eb04e65d8db6e05&oe=5914117D)


View from Pigeon Rock:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15871485_1502426683119759_3427141169468409631_n.jpg?oh=04fb804235549ee304b047243678988f&oe=591F979E)


Eagle and Slievemoughanmore:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15940400_1502427183119709_181982558078919970_n.jpg?oh=4cd91a98443b090e401a92cf01020326&oe=58E63ED1)


Hen Mountain:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15965758_1502427349786359_6582510342499080507_n.jpg?oh=2c260ae206c46e9d61ac4c0a17d149f6&oe=58E97AB2)


View westwards from the ascent of Slievemoughanmore:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15894991_1502427493119678_6699247457951686017_n.jpg?oh=eeac2865a6240f6a954d7932e37aba30&oe=591BBBD6)


Spelga Reservoir and Butter:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15826382_1502428159786278_8592410772539227282_n.jpg?oh=7c29edf77b80f36ac47e777b7620452d&oe=591B8812)


NW panorama from Slievemoughanmore:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15940791_1502428393119588_5510113567673780591_n.jpg?oh=6754e20e104357c08ce03d42cbb91ae6&oe=59186572)


Hen and Rocky from Slievemoughanmore:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15940620_1502428823119545_7711547440675186992_n.jpg?oh=ade4444bdbfb65dce63271f597eece7c&oe=58E84660)


Retrospective view of Slievemoughanmore and Eagle:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15940977_1502429473119480_5934532253780456954_n.jpg?oh=38a57af1b0ea9ca5918379be1021e93c&oe=58DCACDB)


Spelga Reservoir from descent of Pigeon:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15941284_1502429873119440_6424798184531494335_n.jpg?oh=8644b44cb6f4c2a383884172c89e23a7&oe=5913AA90)


View to Knockchree from near Dear's Meadow:
(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15873610_1502430056452755_8081623259376272541_n.jpg?oh=8d0fc86a227b72364de70a536ee308c9&oe=58E6142B)