Sliabh Anierin Mountain Walking

It was a lovely day in Drumshanbo, Co. Letirm for short hike up the Sliabh Anierin Mountain. Myself and the boy set out to go an do a little bit of exploring. We headed out the Dowra Road (R207) and took the first turn to the right at the L7305. You come to a crossroads which is marked as the Leitrim Way to the left and right. You don't take the left or the right but instead you go straight through the cross roads. You follow this road and you are driving up the mountain. You keep going up this road until you can't go any further. I met a farmer up there who said that I was more than welcome to park my car at his shed and continue walking up the mountain.

 

The shed and it's inhabitants...

So we headed up this way and into the forest. It's pretty dense in the forest but since the trees are planted in rows it was easy enough to make our way through.

As your walking through the woods you can see this in the middle of the forrest on your left.

































You come to a rather wide stream that is too wide to hop across so at that point you go right over the fence and into the field and you can continue walking up the mountain from there. You walk up the field for a bit and you come to another fence. We stopped here for a while and just took in the views. You can continue up the mountain past the fence but we ended the walk here today. We'll be back over the next couple of weeks and make our way to the top. So for now just enjoy the view. Nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon.































View from the mountain over the town of Drumshanbo and Lough Allen.



Someone used to live there but no one has lived here for a long time. You can't help but be fascinated by the history of the place.