Author Topic: Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip  (Read 1949 times)

henryb

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Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip
« on: 13:16:12, 06/09/20 »
My second walk last week-end saw me visit Ballycroy national park. Leaving Westport I drove through Newport, past Lough Feeagh to the forest park to do the letterkeen loop walk. The walk was very easy to navigate as it was simply a case of following waymarked arrows. There are three loop walks to choose from: red, blue and purple. I chose the purple route of 12km as this visited the highest point at 311 metres. The track was marshy in places but finished on a good track through the forest back to the car park. Having read the reviews before hand I expected an exciting walk and my experience matched these reviews; it was the best low level walk I've ever done. One thing I discovered was that a lot of places didn't have a name but were numbered on the OSI map. After the walk I drove to Beltra Lough to plan a walk for a later trip.


Point 266:
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Bangor trail:
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Srhamore:
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Retrospective view from summit ascent:
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Ballycroy national park forest:
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Glennamong:
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Westwards panorama:
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Birreencorragh:
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Birreencorragh:
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Bunaveela lough:
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Glennamong:
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Letterkeen forest:
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Buckoogh:
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Summit view from point 311:
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Birreencorragh:
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Glennamong:
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Bullaunmore:
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Views from the forest track:
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Beltra Lough:
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richardh1905

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Re: Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip
« Reply #1 on: 16:42:44, 06/09/20 »
Lovely wide open spaces, Henry - you seem to get more than your fair share of the good weather!  :)
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Re: Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip
« Reply #2 on: 17:01:34, 06/09/20 »
Lovely stuff once again Henry O0
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Re: Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip
« Reply #3 on: 17:52:59, 06/09/20 »
Really lovely pics henry  O0
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henryb

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Re: Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip
« Reply #4 on: 19:30:04, 06/09/20 »
Thanks for replies folks; I got very lucky with the weather as I went expecting one good and one bad day but got two good days as the forecast changed on Monday for the better. :)

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Re: Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip
« Reply #5 on: 21:53:36, 07/09/20 »
Fantastic pics Henry  O0

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Re: Letterkeen loop, co Mayo ROI trip
« Reply #6 on: 19:48:25, 13/09/20 »
Thanks Mel, it was a lovely walk :)

 

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