Mourne Mountains
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Oct 28, 2026
AshleyHOST
Established almost 130 years ago, the National Trust is the largest heritage conservation society in the United Kingdom, and its job is to look after places of a historic significance or natural beauty across the country.
AshleyHOST
This includes everything from old stately homes to national parks, and since I grew up in County Down here in Northern Ireland, My career as a park ranger inevitably saw me posted to the Morne Mountains.
AshleyHOST
The mountains encompass a few different forests and parks that come under the jurisdiction of the National Trust, Silent Valley, Tollymore, and Ross Trevor to name a few.
AshleyHOST
But since they're all in an area that's only about 15 miles across, they're all under the remit of the team I'm a member of.
AshleyHOST
Established almost 130 years ago, the National Trust is the largest heritage conservation society in the United Kingdom, and its job is to look after places of historic significance or natural beauty across the country.
AshleyHOST
This includes everything from old stately homes to national parks, and since I grew up in County Down here in Northern Ireland, my career as a park ranger inevitably saw me posted to the Mourne Mountains.
AshleyHOST
The mountains encompass a few different forests and parks that come under the jurisdiction of the National Trust, Silent Valley, Tollymore, and Ross Trevor, to name a few.
AshleyHOST
But since they're all in an area that's only about 15 miles across, they're all under the remit of the team I'm a member of.
11 MINS LATER
AshleyHOST
The only real feedback or reaction we got from the National Trust or the RSPB was to keep an eye out for any large escaped dogs and other such predators.
AshleyHOST
We all found that last part a wee bit ominous, but it was ultimately inconsequential.
AshleyHOST
There was no hound of the Baskervilles-type creature roaming the Mourne Mountains, but no formal investigation helped us figure out what actually happened.
AshleyHOST
Of all the things that I've seen or experienced during my time working for the National Trust, the incident with the dead sheep is the one thing that still sends shivers down my spine whenever I think about it.
Irene HamiltonGUEST
And you have this magnificent view.
Irene HamiltonGUEST
You're looking at the Mountains of Mourne and you've got Carlingford Town and the bay.
Irene HamiltonGUEST
It's just stunning.
Irene HamiltonGUEST
So you can cross over then and go into Kilkeel and the Mountains of Mourne after you've had a day in Carlingford.
Irene HamiltonGUEST
So again, for me, it's a gem.
Irene HamiltonGUEST
It's an area that, you know, isn't a known place.
AshleyHOST
Established almost 130 years ago, the National Trust is the largest heritage conservation society in the United Kingdom, and its job is to look after places of historic significance or natural beauty across the country.
AshleyHOST
This includes everything from old stately homes to national parks, and since I grew up in County Down here in Northern Ireland, My career as a park ranger inevitably saw me posted to the Mourne Mountains.
AshleyHOST
The mountains encompass a few different forests and parks that come under the jurisdiction of the National Trust, Silent Valley, Tollymore, and Ross Trevor, to name a few.
AshleyHOST
But since they're all in an area that's only about 15 miles across, they're all under the remit of the team I'm a member of.
11 MINS LATER
AshleyHOST
The only real feedback or reaction we got from the National Trust or the RSPB was to keep an eye out for any large escaped dogs and other such predators.
AshleyHOST
We all found that last part a wee bit ominous, but it was ultimately inconsequential.
AshleyHOST
There was no hound of the Baskervilles type creature roaming the Mourne Mountains, but no formal investigation helped us figure out what actually happened.
AshleyHOST
Of all the things that I've seen or experienced during my time working for the National Trust, the incident with the dead sheep is the one thing that still sends shivers down my spine whenever I think about it.
Sharon McCaffreyHOST
I went hiking for the first time at the weekend.
Sharon McCaffreyHOST
And we went up the Mourne Mountains.
Sharon McCaffreyHOST
And when we were about to start off and one of the girls said, so...
Sharon McCaffreyHOST
We're doing this mountain and that mountain.
Joanne McConvilleGUEST
What we'd agreed was that Joe would stay above me, but because I'd done so well on the first jump, Joe made the split second decision to come down in front of me to congratulate me.
Joanne McConvilleGUEST
So when I came round on the 360 degree, I didn't see the Mourne Mountains anymore.
Joanne McConvilleGUEST
I saw Joe's face.
Joanne McConvilleGUEST
The res- uh, the result of that was I lost altitude awareness.
Danny NormanHOST
Nice.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
It's close to the Mourne Mountains, which is where Slieve Donard can be found.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
So that was that.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
That was decided it was the birthday Parkrun to be.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
... "Rob, this is too soon.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
Wait." There's some Parkrun pedia for you.
Nicola ForwoodHOST
Castlewellan is in the southeast of Northern Ireland, close to the Irish Sea and lying between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve Croob or Crob? I don't actually know.
Danny NormanHOST
Croob.
Christian ServiniHOST
You might see a photograph, hear someone talking about a mountain range or watch a film and think, "I would love to go there." Perhaps you know your local trails really well, but the whole parts of the UK you've barely explored.
Christian ServiniHOST
The Peak District, the Lake District, the Scottish Highlands, the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland.
Christian ServiniHOST
You could spend years running in Britain and Ireland and still have an enormous amount left to discover.
Christian ServiniHOST
And then there's further afield.
Michael McKnightHOST
G- and again, great conditions, you know, um, very benign, 'cause that, that course can, if you get a bit of lying water, there's parts where it can get sticky.
Michael McKnightHOST
So look, moving to the mountains, um, just last week Danny was competing in the Mourne Sky Run event, and, uh, 'cause I know very little about it, I'm not gonna try and mansplain or bullshit, um, he's gonna tell us all about it.
Danny SquiresHOST
Yeah.
Danny SquiresHOST
Well, so yeah, basically saw this race pop up last year.
Danny SquiresHOST
I'm not sure exactly what it was, but-
Michael McKnightHOST
Dan, maybe you scared some people off.
Danny SquiresHOST
No, I doubt that because, um, as the results show, I am not s- that well versed in the Mourne mountains.
Danny SquiresHOST
But, um, yeah, still came away with a second place, so I can sort of talk, talk through the results from basically there was three races.
Bex MilnesHOST
Oh, yeah.
Bex MilnesHOST
That w- so yeah, to, to round off what was a lovely, relaxing week, I then flew over to Northern Ireland, to Belfast, and, um, had entered with Sam, um, the Mourne, uh, Mourne Mountains Ultra, which I hadn't quite appreciated [chuckles] is savage.
Bex MilnesHOST
So the, the route was 50 kilometers with 3,500 elevation, which for anybody that knows kind of ultra running, I would typically, over 50K, be quite happy with 2,000 meters of elevation, two to two and a half, and I'd be like, "That's a fun day out." So three and a half was a bit of a, a bit of a stretch, and a lot of that elevation came in the first, like, half to two-thirds of the race.
Bex MilnesHOST
Um-
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