It was a brand new year and I actually had not planned to start it with a bang. With the water woes in Belfast and that I had just recovered from a tiny spate f illness did not add much to the enthusiasm. A good friend of mine just threw open the door for a trip and then on Momentum took care of the rest. 9 AM on second of Jan we just considered of going out somewhere for a trip and by twelve we had the car rented by 1 the destination was set. It was Mourne mountains in County Down. not that far off a place. We did not want to spend too much time Travelling anyway.
We headed to Tesco, stocked up with snacks for the trip and the trusty GARMIN showing us the way out the city off we went. Stopped by the road side in the country snap for a quick bite and a group before snap.
We had no accommodation booked. We did reach the mountain range by four pm and then we looked up on the internet for a hostel for us boys to stay. We did find one right in the heart of the place. The place was massive with a huge lunge and the whole building for ourselves. The size was a boon as a bane at the same time. To warm the place up took a lot of time.yet nothing can stop us from being merry. One of our Tamil friends recommended a good Romatic yet serious Tamil movie and we all Kannada boys did watch that. We all liked the movie and spent some time debating the outcome of the movie. We hit the bed in the wee hours and since this was a trip where none of us were bound by time and not that we had any plans to act accordingly, everyone got up very lethargically. Had a breakfast which was not that fulfilling. We headed to Silent Valley which was a small reservoir in the mountain range.
The whole lake was frozen, not thick enough for us to walk upon. The patterns created on the surface was beautiful. We could see crystal clear water with fish init bemeath the solid surface.We wanted to test our physical selves, hopped a fence and started hiking the mountain. Now a lesson that i learnt is a mountain is not as high as it appears. Once you get to the edge we find just at the curve is another large elevation. boys were exhausted at the first level which must have been just under 400 meters.
I wanted to go on to the top. One friend followed me to the next level and it was tranquility there.No gusty wind and plenty of sunshine. Just then I saw the next elevation and that is when I had the epiphany.
Life is pretty much like this, we have a goal to get to and just as you reach it , we see another one over the horizon and we go ahead for that. Along the way we find some who accompany us but when the going gets tougher you are on your own. The final leg, which must be 800 meters and above, i was all alone and the wind forging through the high grass. I could hear my heartbeat and my lungs were doing their best. ever time i looked around the view only kept getting better. My efforts were not in vain and finally I made it. Judging by the size of the road where our car was parked, i realised that i have come quite a long way. I headed back wondering if the boys were still there. One cannot track back the original way because its all grass. I came to the point where it looked familiar and called out for the boys. No one around. There was a slight panic inside. I looked around hard and with the Grass background could not spot anyone or anything. Finally when saw tiny specks of moving objects on the tarmac I realised that they did not ditch me for fun.
one of them had a desire to see a beach so we headed to the Kilkeel beach. it was a small fishing town. Spent some time where on the sunny beach. had lunch at a fast food restaurant there and then we headed to the New castle of Northern Ireland. We did see a little bit of the town and then we drove back to home away from home sweet home.
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