Nephin

This is a nice picture of Mount Nephin in Mayo and was taken, I believe, just after I came down off it last week with my great friend JL. It's difficult to tell mountain weather sometimes and a cloud that looks ominous on top may well be nasty, or is might just be mist that's not even that damp. The hollow part in the middle, I've found out, is called a 'glacial corrie' and for some reason I love these features. Like the weather they can also look stark, and are very common. Seeing these features untouched for millenia, and sometimes millions of years, is one of my favourite things about taking to the mountains: it can seem like you are finally back to the landscape you originally came from. The training for Carrauntoohil is going nicely now, and it's the 'Lug' in Wicklow in a fortnight. I can't wait!