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Turbine nightmares

Turbine nightmares


Postby Jaywizz » Wed Aug 12, 2015 10:27 am

Donalds included on this walk: Bowbeat Hill, Dundreich

Date walked: 23/06/2013

Distance: 15.5 km

Ascent: 520m

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Pleasant walk from the car park, short but steep ascent then most unpleasant track through the wind farm, odd cranking noises raised the hairs on the back of my neck. Very unsettling and glad to be away from the whirling blades on Bowbeat and across the open moor (bog?) to Dundreich.
WH Bowbeat Hill.jpg
Looking back to the stuff of nightmares (Bowbeat)

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Descent from Dundreich by pleasant grassy slopes, no turbines, no bog
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