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