Category Archives: Walkies

Domino Danderers Dander For Dosh 2011 – Please Give us MONEY!

Folk of the Blogverse and others that come to read my witterings I make no apologies for coming to you cap in hand looking for $’s £’s and €’s for this year’s Domino Danderers Dander for Dosh. Eileen and I … Continue reading

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Summit for the weekend?

First off I have to give credit to Julie Clarke, long suffering better half of Andy who danders will me on Sundays for the title of this post., both apt and more erudite that my more usual post titles. Thank … Continue reading

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The Carntogher Trail

I was all set to do some serious off road, map an compass work up the Glenshane Pass this Sunday but alas the Norn Iron Weather let me down big time when I got up. Blowing a gale and pissing … Continue reading

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Slieveanorra, Glendun River and rain lots and lots of rain

This Sunday, Mr Andrew Clark and myself set ourselves the task of sumitting Slieveanorra, navigating the valley of the Glendunn river and various bits and bobs of the Antrim Hills. The weather in start contrast to last week was abysmal, … Continue reading

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Conquering the Grey Man’s Path – A mega sunday dander!

First let me say OOOO My legs hurt something awful! Gentle reader I hear you ask, “Why? Why? Why should this be so?” Well tis simple, myself and a colleague from work Mr Andrew Clark along with Ciara (C-MC) and … Continue reading

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Up the Glen of the Plough (Glenarriff County Antrim)

Today I took myself off to one of the jewels in County Antrim. Glenarrif or the “Glen of the Plough” on the Antrim Coast.  Glenarriff was formed by a big glacier in the last ice age and it cut a … Continue reading

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A new/old Sunday Dander for me – Fair Head Ballycastle

Having dandered mainly inland this year, I decided for this dandering Sunday to walk a walk that I have actually done before but over 30 years ago and I though it was time I revisited it to see (a) if … Continue reading

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3 Weekend Walks nothing startling but some beautiful “lost” places

This weekend I have a collection  of 3 walks, the first is the Errigal Train In Glenullin ( http://www.walkni.com/Walk.aspx?ID=144 ) which is a marvellous short 3 mile walk through a remnant of the ancient Irish deciduous woodland beside the River … Continue reading

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The Ascent of Benbradagh

Sunday being “Dander Day” I was up and about at 8am having planned a new walk up a local mountain, part of the Sperrins range in County Londonerry about a 15 minutes drive from Casa McDonagh and not that far … Continue reading

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My Walking year is over and I met my target .. TWICE!

Well the 10th April is my “End of Year” for walking and back when I got my HTC Desire and started using CardioTrainer I set myself a target of 500 miles walking for the following year. Even with me being … Continue reading

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