More Pictures below the map of the route we took

New map of Blackstairs, Mount Leinster and The Barrow Valley available

This new map of Blackstairs, Mount Leinster and The Barrow Valley is now available from their  website. Printed at 1:25,000 scale, the map covers from Bagenalstown to Bunclody and Ballywilliam to The Rower, an area of c.650 square kilometres. To facilitate this, the map is printed both sides of the sheet with an overlap at the Scollagh Gap (Sculloge Gap). Printed on tough Enduro paper, the map is both water resistant and very tough. Retail price is €9.95. Surveyed extensively on foot and by bike, with hundreds of previously unmapped place names, this map constitutes a fine record of both uplands and valley.

It can be ordered directly from there here or click on the picture

In a effort to save some battery , I mistakenly turned off the sports tracker at the top of Mountain River when we stopped for something to eat. We continued over the river and back to the forest , all downhill after having something to eat. Roughly 9km distance . Well worth it for the views