Skyhill

A walk through the woods

 

Wednesday, 11th January, 2012

 

We had a good walk this morning.  It was a test to see whether we are fit enough to walk with Dorothy and Trevor next week after missing nearly all the recent walks due to having workmen fixing the roof . . .  and then health problems.  We passed the fitness test!

 

We started up through the plantation behind our house - past some very handsome fungi on the remains of the old sycamore. 

 

 

Then we climbed up to the edge of the plantation above the Ballagarrow fields, where I took a photo of the almost completed work on the reservoir. 

 

 

After that we walked down the main forestry track towards Lezayre Road.   I took another photo of the reservoir site.

 

 

We continued down the track until we reached the Millennium Way about a hundred yards or so above Lezayre Road.  Then we walked up the Millennium Way until we reached the edge of the Slieau Managh plantation and the route down into Glen Auldyn.  I took this photo of the Scots pines up near Sky Hill farm - to prove that we walked all the way up to the top of the hill!