This may be a stupid question.....
I have to go to Belfast for some work on Friday and plan to go down to Newcastle and spend the weekend there, having a walk on the Mournes if the weather is any good. An unfamiliar range to me. I went up Slieve Donard in the rain 30 years ago and saw nothing. Except more rain.
Suppose I get a taxi up to Trassey Bridge, walk up to the Hare's Gap then follow the ridge over Slievenaglogh, Slieve Corragh and Slieve Commedagh. The section up from the Hare's Gap looks rough. Does it matter which side of the Mourne Wall I go, N or S? Or are there plenty of places to cross? Or more of an obvious path than I could make out on photos?
And, just supposing I continue to Slieve Donard, which is the better descent? Down the Glen River? Or stick with the Wall till it cuts across the Brandy Pad and drop to Bloody Bridge, where there's a bus up to Newcastle? The latter, with the sea in front appeals more, but maybe I missing something.