Slieve Donard

Because you've hit that level that gravity is holding you up, and you don't feel like you're falling, so you have to pick something that's static.

So I had picked Slieve Donard.

So the first cycle that I went on, the first turn, turned out to be brilliant.

It was the best thing I had ever done.

... they're still on the list at some point.

But it then occurred to me that I would really love to climb Slieve Donard.

So Slieve Donard is the highest peak in Northern Ireland.

Poppy and I got close to the top of it on our trip when we were in Ireland, but we had to turn back due to dangerous weather.

So I was thinking this would be a wonderful birthday present to myself.

So imagine my surprise when I read that many people say the Castlewellan is Northern Ireland's most beautiful Parkrun.

Nice.

It's close to the Mourne Mountains, which is where Slieve Donard can be found.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus, our Lord." And what an amazing and wonderful portion of scripture that is.

Now, on a few occasions, I've climbed mountains, pretty small ones, you know, Slieve Donard, or Goat Fell in the Isle of Arran, or, uh, Croagh Patrick on, uh, in County Galway.

But I've wondered as I gazed at the summit, will I ever get there? It seems a long way away.

And I think many Christians are like that when it comes to Christlikeness.

He asks him to go further afield to explore a bit outside the fort, and he keeps pushing and pushing Ivor, who is continually protesting, saying, "I think this is far enough, Cú Chulainn.

I think we should, we should head back to the fort now." Until eventually they find themselves in the Mourne Mountains on top of Slieve Donard next to the great mound of Slane.

This is an 850-meter mountain, the tallest point in the kingdom of Ulster.

And while they were sat beside the great mound, the great burial chamber of Slane on top of this mountain, Cú Chulainn is asking Ivor about everything they can see in the distance.