Hiking The Ireland Way with The Hiking Rev, Stage 15 - South Sperrins Way, Lough Bradan to Gortin

[@brianshields5307]

Full Irish Breakfast is awesome and totally healthy !!

[@TheHikingRev]

Amen! 😁

[@gerrylo9359]

Great music. I think the cows gather because they think they will be fed. I’ve been totally surrounded! God bless you. Beautiful country.

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks Gerry. I’d gather too if I thought I was going to get fed. 😂

[@stephenrrose]

I think a full Irish Breakfast has no calories and you either get on down the trail or take a nap!!! Love the partial John Muir quote! The scenery and music are just fantastic! Thank you Rev for taking us along! I stand corrected that was a full quote you gave! helps to read both parts!!! 🙂

[@TheHikingRev]

I had to hike BIG miles (kilometers) to work off the Full Irish Breakfast. 😂

[@ervinslens]

Another brilliantly executed episode! Just flawless presentation man!

[@TheHikingRev]

Thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed it. You made my day. 😁

[@adamosman7284]

Hello Rev the champion🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅

[@TheHikingRev]

“We are the champions, my friend.” 😁

[@KhurshidsChannel]

Beautiful trail. very nice video. Thanks for sharing. 👍77

[@TheHikingRev]

You’re very welcome. 😁

[@derekhanson2151]

I always have a great time watching your videos, the way that you talk makes me feel like I am right there with you on this amazing journey. I can imagine that it exhausting at the end of a long day but you always seem upbeat and positive and just having a great time in general. Much love Rev and see you next time

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks again Derek. You’re so kind and encouraging. Whenever I’m having a “not so good day,” I think about the many people who would love to do what I’m doing, but can’t, for one reason or another. I know that one day I’m not going to be able to do what I’m doing now. So, what I can do today, I will and what I can’t do tomorrow, I won’t. “This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” -Psalms 118:24

[@derekhanson2151]

@@TheHikingRev Well said sir, take each day as it comes and do your absolute best. Whenever we think life stinks always have to remember that it could be worse and that we have to be grateful for what we have. That is a great passage and I really need to start reading the bible and going to church again. Bless you Rev🙏

[@judithpearson3968]

Hi Rev. Breakfast looked great. I can see getting addicted to that. Great adventure once again. Don't think the sheep liked you or the drone. You made the ladies a bit nervous. They weren't as curious as the cows. Again, it's beautiful countryside. Thanks for sharing. Take care. Stay safe. See you next time.

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks Judith. I’m so glad you could come along with me. 😁

[@Terraducky]

I love a "Full Irish"! This looks like a grand hike and I can't wait to see more! What a beautiful country and full of fantastic stories and history!

[@TheHikingRev]

Yes. I thoroughly enjoyed my trek of the Emerald Isle. 😁

[@franfoley7820]

That's boxty country. Love it.

[@TheHikingRev]

Gotta love boxty. 😁

[@kevincallaghan5224]

Big Brother the Ireland Breakfast looks like the Best I ever seen … Mmmm Good! Keep it up ! Lov u, Little Brother from Mobile, Al

[@TheHikingRev]

Hey “my brotha from the same motha.” The only thing better for breakfast is “Shrimp and Grits.” 😁

[@43963]

Beautiful content again Rev! Nice editing with good music and a good laugh now and than. Your shirt has seen many milesI. Must be very comfortable I guess. It´s getting a sort af Hiking Rev trade mark 😊😊. Cheers, Henk.

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks Henk. Yeah I had to retire it after my last hike. 😁

[@Tailsnpaws]

A beautiful trek once again Rev. Thanks so much for taking me along. I enjoyed every step of this short journey. Looking forward to the next one. Stay well, be safe and keep ‘em coming.

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks. I’m so glad that you’re able to come along with me. 😁

[@charlesperry1051]

Another great video. By the way, we call it the Appa LATCH ian trail. Those of us who live less than 20 miles from it anyway. ;-)

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks Charles. I’ll have to remember that. 😁

[@paulpeopleperson3594]

Another inspiration Rev thank you.

[@TheHikingRev]

You’re quite welcome Paul. 😁

[@acoeseviagens]

You are so cute like a very nice grandfather. I love the irish things but the original breakfast is like full meal for me. In Brazil the breakfast is a little bit light. Nice video buddy.

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks. I usually don’t eat anything else the rest of the day when I eat a Full Irish Breakfast. BTW…the moniker of which I’m the most proud is that of “Grandpa” to my 7 grandkiddos. 😁

[@michaelmcphee2930]

Ive enjoyed many an Irish breakfast. I didnt see any farl there on your plate , though. Not long to go now. Keep it up. Thanks for these posts. I haven't mussed one. Those sheep looked nervous...

[@franfoley7820]

Boxty

[@michaelmcphee2930]

@@franfoley7820 potato farls? I was married to a woman from Down who made the occasionally. They went well with fried tomatoes

[@TheHikingRev]

Hey Michael. I did have some farl and boxty. Of course I loved them. 😁

[@michaelmcphee2930]

​@TheHikingRev I usually and willingly lose about a kilogram every 50 kilometres (1 pd for 14m) on a calorie restricted diet. I think I would gain that on potato farms and Irish breakfast. You're well fuelled, half your luck. Enjoy.

[@olegoathiking1962]

Thanks for more Ireland motivation! Is walking on spongy ground a little like walking on sand? Have a great day! 😀

[@TheHikingRev]

You’re welcome. Sand is dry and dusty. Bog is wet and squishy. Both are undesirable, IMHO. 😁

[@Thedagoneman]

Breakfast looked good. Thanks for another great video. Are the places you are staying at expensive?

[@TheHikingRev]

You’re welcome. Not really. The only problem is the exchange rate for the US Dollar. 😠

[@dblair6186]

I'm enjoying these videos of your hike and have been following on and off since you started out. I'm sure you are probably past it now, but if not, but please take care between Moydamlaght and Glenshane forests and then also on the Donalds Hill section. Those sections are fairly wild country and lack much marking. The trail line to take can be seen in the base Alltrails app map however & you can use that + GPS if navigation becomes difficult. I really like those trail sections myself but keep seeing videos of thru hikers who do not due to navigation issues and terrain. A lot of people now also seem to skip Castlerock to Portrush, its a road section but fairly safe and decent walking due to low traffic and footpath - though marked as a Link section, Coleraine to Portstewart within that is a little dull however. Hope you enjoy finishing up to reach Ballycastle.

[@TheHikingRev]

Thanks. I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. I am finished now but I followed the advice you gave and I had flawless travel to the end. There were some dangerous road walking sections that I avoided and did not regret it. 😁

[@dblair6186]

I'm really glad your navigation went well through the sperrins, if you made a clean run it will be the 1st vlog of that section I'll get to watch without someone looking fairly lost up there. There really are some pretty hair raising road sections involved, particularly the last section towards Ballycastle, I think the local council would like to route that along the cliffs but there are a lot of landowners to gain access permission from 1st!

[@TheHikingRev]

@@dblair6186 Thank you for your expert advice. Future IW walkers would do well to contact you for navigational logistics. Whatever agency (if any) is in charge of the Ireland Way needs to seriously consider rerouting certain sections of the trail and improving the signage in particular areas. I realize there are no “perfect” trails and you simply have to “take what the trail gives you.” That’s just part of the “experience.” But I feel that a lot of improvements have to go into the trail in order to make it appealing to more international thruhikers. IMHO.

[@dblair6186]

I can only agree, I haven't walked the beara breifne sections, but there seems to be a fair amount of road linkage used. Similarly some of the Ulster Way sections used to spend more time off road on wild ground and also were -supposed- to be fully way marked until the 2009 re-do (it was an historic running joke to accurately complete sections however as on the old version all waymarking very often dissappeared without any warning). A lot of people were mildly disappointed with the Link/Quality sections approach and the abandoning of some off road walks and (supposed) full waymarking. The trail was also simplified at that point with more road covered very particularly in the west most sections near Big Dog wood and north of Pettigo. All of that was really done with genuine good intent to save the trail which was becoming difficult to complete as many access to land issues had arisen, and particularly since the trail originator Wilfrid Capper had passed away in 1998. Capper did seem to have a particularly love of getting people to randomly & unexpectedly climb through a hedge and briefly into field on the old version. I only really know my 'local' sections from weekend trekking, and am very very far from any expert, particularly looking at your channel!

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

You are still carrying that frontpack (btw me too).

[@TheHikingRev]

😠 I know!

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

@@TheHikingRev We bear this with humour, don't we? What else can we do, apart from starting draconic , hurtful measures. No more wonderful Irish breakfasts?

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

I worked a couple of years in Cambridge, UK. There I had a kind neighbour who invited me for English breakfast on Sundays. He cooked everything, also black pudding and Haggis. It was wonderful!

[@ruthgoebel723]

I just couldn't do rhe black pudding when in the UK. Just couldn't! The international Appalachian Trail??? How does that work?

[@TheHikingRev]

Yeah, I know. If I thought about it long enough or watched it being prepared, I probably wouldn’t eat it either. From what I understand, the IAT goes through Ireland. 😁

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

These full Irish breakfasts mean instant atherosclerosis and heart attack.

[@TheHikingRev]

Been there done that.

[@danielduesentriebjunior]

@@TheHikingRev I remember your report on this! Wish you more wonderful years.

[@hatman077]

Ireland does have high mountains. You were in the wrong part of the island, you have to be in the west for that.

[@TheHikingRev]

Maybe next time. 😁