Last wild camp of 2024

[Flintlock]

Weather check & a green light to go for Sunday/Monday past.
Meet up at Lurgan and west bound to Tyrone.
1st stop was to pay respects to a WW2 crash site near Gortin

A strange twist of fate that the pilot's home was only about 15 miles from the crash site.

 

[Flintlock]

Explored some roads in the Gortin area


Then headed off to Gortin village intending to stop in a cafe we know for lunch. Closed for renovations , so headed to the Glenpark Estate

They had a Sunday carvery, so got the works

 

[Flintlock]

Full bellies & done more miles to the 1st of two wild camp sites I had in mind
Gortin Plumbridge, B48 towards Donemana, then some single tracks back down to the Plumbridge/Draperstown Rd & onto the 1st possible site


Turned out to be too boggy & damp, so onto the 2nd one.

 

[wilbjr21]

A couple of really interesting things there.

 

[Flintlock]

Arrival & turned out to be perfect

Tents & hammock up & stove lit

Local sheepdog turned up to play a bit of fetch & get some treats

 

[Flintlock]

Lamb stew & rice for tea, washed down with Guinness

Reasonable nights sleep, and a lovely start to the day

 

[Flintlock]

Packed up and on the road for 9am
Some more roads through the Sperrins

Then onward to Claudy and Limavady. Up over the Bishops Rd

then onward to Portstewart for a stop

 

[Flintlock]

Followed the coast road south to Ballycastle (Ice cream stop) then over the Torr Head

Continued along the coast to Whitehead where we went our separate ways
Roughly 350 miles over the two days.

 

[walkingpictures]

That's a nice touch going to the WW2 crash site memorial

 

[Pukmeister]

No pics from Benone strand? 8/10 for effort.

 

[Flintlock]

If you insist lol

 

[Northern jock]

Looks like a good weekend

 

[Rusty]

As above ... bet that was a really good couple of days.