Seven brave club members decided to start the New Year with a bang by heading up Leinster’s highest peak Lug na Coille. Sadly, the forecast ‘partially cloudly’ conditions turned into ‘blanket mist’ pretty quickly as our group ascended the Table Track to summit Lug via Camenabologue.
A slightly rushed beginning to the descent to shake heat back into cold bodies led to the classical mistake of picking the Corrigaslaggaun spur off Lug na Coille instead of the planned for Clohernagh descent. Thankfully everyone kept their wits and calm about them and an alternative – if 10 km longer (!) – route back to the cars was quickly identified as our group broke through Drumgoff wood via some bush-hacking to rejoin the Wicklow Way and civilisation.
Despite the disappointment of missing out on the fabulous descent off Clohernagh including the ‘zig-zags’, we got lovely views of Kelly’s Lough on the way across Lough Mountain as well as a true adventure leaving many in the group refreshed in spirit if not in their legs! Now hopefully we’ll all stay on course in this Sunday’s Master’s Cross-country.
Glendalough AC 