Quote from: Paul B on March 07, 2016, 02:51:59 pmSee above about sea cliff stuff, this rules out Fair Head and the Burren which kills that idea for me (really want to climb at the latter). It's also (comparatively) expensive to get there by ferry and I've spent two weeks in Belfast watching it rain before spending the lone good day holding down a skyhook for a headpointing hero. The mournes were constantly in fog.Word, some of the Burren is above a huge nontidal platform, so it's not really a seacliff vibe.
See above about sea cliff stuff, this rules out Fair Head and the Burren which kills that idea for me (really want to climb at the latter). It's also (comparatively) expensive to get there by ferry and I've spent two weeks in Belfast watching it rain before spending the lone good day holding down a skyhook for a headpointing hero. The mournes were constantly in fog.
Quote from: dave on March 08, 2016, 11:20:37 amQuote from: Paul B on March 07, 2016, 02:51:59 pmSee above about sea cliff stuff, this rules out Fair Head and the Burren which kills that idea for me (really want to climb at the latter). It's also (comparatively) expensive to get there by ferry and I've spent two weeks in Belfast watching it rain before spending the lone good day holding down a skyhook for a headpointing hero. The mournes were constantly in fog.Word, some of the Burren is above a huge nontidal platform, so it's not really a seacliff vibe.Fair Head isn't a sea cliff either. It is usually easier to ab in because the terrain below is pretty tough going but that depends what part of the crag you're going for. I'd see the weather as a bigger problem though like for Scotland, May/June is usually about as good as it gets weather wise over here.
While not seacliffs in the "cliff coming straight out of the sea" variety, both places provide ample opportunity for an unsupervised pooch to get swept out to sea/spanner themselves in big dirty boulders. I'd say the mournes would be the best bet for a first trip with dog, but the lack of gear and bugger of a walk in might dampen the enthusiasm. Maybe head over next year when mutley has better crag training?
The main thing I can glean from this thread is to never get a dog.
Quote from: Schnell on March 08, 2016, 11:32:47 amQuote from: dave on March 08, 2016, 11:20:37 amQuote from: Paul B on March 07, 2016, 02:51:59 pmSee above about sea cliff stuff, this rules out Fair Head and the Burren which kills that idea for me (really want to climb at the latter). It's also (comparatively) expensive to get there by ferry and I've spent two weeks in Belfast watching it rain before spending the lone good day holding down a skyhook for a headpointing hero. The mournes were constantly in fog.Word, some of the Burren is above a huge nontidal platform, so it's not really a seacliff vibe.Fair Head isn't a sea cliff either. It is usually easier to ab in because the terrain below is pretty tough going but that depends what part of the crag you're going for. I'd see the weather as a bigger problem though like for Scotland, May/June is usually about as good as it gets weather wise over here.Apart from Ballycastle Descent Gully areas, which areas do you not ab into? I'm struggling to think of a worse crag to take a dog than Fairhead. The top is totally flat and I can imagine a hound accidentally diving off into oblivion having not realised there's an edge and 50m drop below.