Wild Camping in Ireland | Glencorbet | 12 Bens | Galway

[@RamblingOn]

Excellent, I have this one saved to watch later when I get some tea and some peace 😅

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers, I hope you got the tea and the peace😊

[@RamblingOn]

@@gerrymcveigh I did indeed. Great video, I appreciate you not laying out nude air drying 😅 Class footage as always 👍

[@damianmcdonagh7908]

Fantastic, absolutely fantastic. Thanks for posting.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Damien, the 12 Bens are just a beautiful place - as is all of Connemara of course😊

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Very nice gerry just a beautiful landscape and great tour of your travels in Ireland in great weather which helps 👍

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Rod, great weather and stunning landscapes are the perfect partners I think😊

[@jj8526]

Fabulous footage and yet another enjoyable video. Well done Gerry..👏👏

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers JJ, it was a great trip even with the heat and the midges😊 there is nowhere better to be scorched and bitten😊

[@spinx1200]

Awesome as always pal nice 1 🚶🏻👣🚶🏻👣👣🚶🏻

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers, it was an awesome walk👍😊

[@shaunmcelhinney3195]

Fantastic gerry Connemara is something else. Love the video. 😎

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Shaun, Connemara is stunning👍👍

[@patrickobrien8902]

Some amazing views again Gerry and what a sunset

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Patrick, it was a great trip and it is always cool to have view out west to see the sun set☀️😊

[@desbelfastireland9982]

THANKS GREAT VIDEO.......... DES CREAN ,,BELFAST,, IRELAND

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Des😊👍

[@KonradKealeysIreland]

Fantastic upload Gerry , wonderful views 👏👏

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Konrad, it is a really beautiful part of Ireland😊

[@Mountain-Mac]

This place was one of my favourite hikes

[@gerrymcveigh]

There is some stunning walking in the 12 Bens. That was the first tine I had camped there and it was pretty tough with the heat and the midges😊

[@zenith7024]

Not too often we have to cool off by a mountain lake in this country, the tropical weather was great, something that is very rare here, great video btw, look forward to the next one

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Martin, totally agree it is usually how many layers we need to keep the coolness, wind and rain off😊 The ground was very dry and I have never seen it drier up here in the Sperrin Mountains until our recent rain. Those little loughs were a delight to get some fresh water and to cool off💧❄️

[@armingilsdorf9675]

I love your style, Gerry! Regards from Germany! BTW some years ago I visited Connemara and Kylemore Abbey, couldn’t had a walk coz taking care of my mother (84) whilst travelling with her across Scotland. Great time with her! But I’ll will be back once.....thx for sharing again!

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Armin👍 Connemara is stunning as is Kylemore Abbey and they will be there waiting for you😊

[@MiriamKennedy]

Fabulous Gerry! Well timed aswell as I just sat down for lunch and had the treat of an effortless tour of the Glencorbet Loop from the sofa 👍 I very nearly did this same hike this weekend but changed tack and headed to the Maumturks instead - so I was just across from you (2 weeks later!) Loved the ginger nut stack, the spectacular sunset and the wild life in the Loughs. The mountains looked so dramatic and the blue sky helped show them off! Beautiful video and yet another mountain range for me to explore! All good 🤗

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Miriam, the Muamturks looked well cool from across the Inagh Valley (as they always do). Have only walked the central section and are on the list (that we both have). I loved the ginger nuts too, perfect with a fresh cuppa😊 Glencorbet is well worth a visit, though the rockier more dramatic circuit around Glencoaghan drew the eye, as did the Owenglin and Glen Eidhneach - both stunning valleys, never mind the mountains above. It looks like we have plenty more visits ahead of us👍

[@MiriamKennedy]

@@gerrymcveigh I’ll never be bored with all these places to explore and adding to the list! Very grateful to have found such a fulfilling interest in life that gives so much. Your adventures always inspire me for more 😉

[@gerrymcveigh]

Inspiring each other and others is a cool effect of doing something we love😊

[@TomMcClean]

Boy Gerry you certainly get around! and you know your way around! Frogs and dragon flies away up there! lol I would say that water would be baltic Gerry. Very tempting but not a good idea unless you are throughly prepared and used to it. Midges! Ahhhhhhhhh! Another amazing walk Gerry! Well done.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Tom, we both get around and know our away around! Or we are in the process of finding it😊 The water wasn't to bad and I was so tempted to get fully in as it was so warm. We are on the same page with midges. Thank you😊

[@TomMcClean]

Ah Gerry you are too kind. You overestimate my capabilities. Anyway I'm surrised the water was warm! I hate uneven jagged stones on my feet though in any water. I have had this experience when 'wild' type swimming a few times. You did well not to fall in!

[@gerrymcveigh]

Tom, the same with my feet when I was walking up the River Maine recently with e low water levels, the stones cut the feet off me. I wonder how easy it was for our ancestors that a didn't have shoes to comfort everything😊

[@TomMcClean]

Ah now there's a thing Gerry. I reckon they had some sort of footwear. We often look back and think that the peoples 1000s of years ago had little knowledge when they actually had. Check out the amazing 'Ötzi, also called the Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3400 and 3100 BCE, discovered in September 1991 in the Ötztal Alps (hence the nickname "Ötzi") on the border between Austria and Italy. '

[@DroningaboutIreland]

Just when I think Ireland's beauty couldn't astound me again Gerry you pop up with another belter video, absolutely stunning and the message at the end regarding our health and wellbeing is brilliant advice, get outdoors as much as possible people, our country has endless beauty for those who want to see it, thanks for sharing 👍

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers, the beauty of these places always astounds me. I think I am on some middle age road trip visiting places I had been 10 or 15 years ago and it is great to revisit as 10 or 15 years is too long a gap😊 Totally agree, whatever age (and sometimes whether you like it or not at the time😊) it is great to be outdoors and immersed in nature and wild places.

[@WyeExplorer]

One of the best trips I've joined you on gerry. I agree a very shapely range but it has its hidden monsters. Ha ha, that bog land valley sounds like some kind of gauntlet. Good to get up high. Lovely pitch made by that sunset. Wow, you got the conditions right on this one. And what a descent the following morning. Yeah, impressive for sure. Well, good going with the Orange peel to. Take care gerry. Very enjoyable. Mark

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Mark, they are some of the most shapely mountains in Ireland and it is always brilliant to have a view of the sun setting off the west coast of Ireland (up high away from the midges)😊

[@WyeExplorer]

@@gerrymcveigh A pleasure gerry. For sure a visually pleasing one.

[@frozenmist-w4k]

Such amazing vistas, particularly the views out to the coastline and Islands, to be fair Id be slaughtered in that heat and wouldnt think twice about a wild swim naked of course.. Cracking views to be waking up to. The weather Gods were smiling, maybe even chuckling to themselves. Little piece of trivia, Im barred from Kylemore abbey....

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Colin, I was slaughtered in that heat🔥 It was 50/50 at one stage about the wild swim and I would have been grand as there was no one else there at all😊 The weather Gods were smiling, though I think they were chuckling with you down in Killarney. I am prepared to wait for another video for you to explain your barring from Kylemore Abbey - I think it would sound better with a crackling fire, good food and good wine😊

[@TeaInValhalla]

Good morning Gerry and what a way to start our day, you had some truly stunning conditions here, from the clouds casting shadows over the rolling hills to the bear still lakes and yarns! We love the dragonflies and frogs around atm, beautiful 🦋❤🐸 The range looked glorious, we love being up an mountain and being able to see the sea! ⛰🌊🤗 Nice spot for a paddle, bet that was heavenly! Well done on not falling in 🤭 this range reminded us if the Rhinogs in North Wales, really rugged and stunning! Easy to see why Diamond Hilll was such a popular point too ❤⛰ 10 million flying things lol we felt your itchy bitey pain! What an absolute amazing sunset, jeeze! Magical 🌅 What a night to be out, again loving your artistry and camera shots, really easy on the eyes. Nice calm cuppa to start the day too, bet it was hard to get going, looks like you could have stayed there all day! 🤗☕ That being said the hike up and out soon gave you some more stunning vistas, the shapes on some of the mountains are just an artist's dream! Really great video again Gerry, thanks for talkin us along with you, have a great week, Ceri and Kat ❤🤗🌞☕👍

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Ceri & Kat, you both know about these wonderful trips where we immerse ourselves in the beauty of what is around us (and if we can have it all to ourselves sometimes that can be a great bonus). Thank you for th=akign the time to watch and comment😊👍👍 I also bow to your mastery of emoji use😊

[@glennicholl6909]

Nice video Gerry, sorry I couldnt reply to your lovely comment on my recent video in the mournes!! must have been a glitch somewhere. Happy hiking and I'll take a dip in blue lough next time for sure.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers, I have noticed those glitches too and haven't been able to reply to comment. Always good to contemplate a dip and even better to do it😊

[@libmananchannel]

Hello my friend! Thank you for showing us such a wonderful mountain! I was impressed by the wonderful view! Thanks for sharing the great video!

[@gerrymcveigh]

Thank you😊

[@Kelfella]

Gerry you had me in stitches there going on about the wild swimming . Would be the perfect spot for it . Stunning place and the time-lapse of the sunset was spectacular.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Mark, I was very nearly stitchless to try and escape that heat - need to bring a pair of swim trunks next time we have that heat☀️ It is always amazing to watch the sun going down from the far west of Ireland (when you can see it) and that was certainly a great one. Thank you😊

[@krisshensley9388]

Great to see you out-and-about again, Gerry. And when you laugh (which was several times on this hike) it cracks me up every time. Always brings a smile to my face. I'll tell you, watching your videos helps my mental health. You clearly love your mountain hikes. To see such joy and appreciation is something special. You're a good soul.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Kriss, really appreciate your very kind comments. Being in the mountains and making these videos is good for my health and wellbeing and it is really cool to hear that they have a positive impact with others👍👍

[@OTWD_yt]

Good hiking some beautiful scenery and great video well put together

[@gerrymcveigh]

Thank you, it is a great place for hiking😊👍

[@2fat2furious1]

Beautiful scenery. Great dragonfly. The view really is amazing.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers, I love dragonflies and how they move so gracefully so was cool to get up close😊

[@kennybideau5435]

Great stuff Gerry. I’ve travelled the road from Oughterard to Cong many a time and looked in awe at the twelve Bens. Great to see them from another perspective and in such glorious weather too.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Kenny, I would use the word 'awe' too when looking at the 12 Bens, they look and feel like real mountains. Even the colours sets them apart from other places and there is nothing better than walking over rocky ground as there isn't too much of it here in Ireland😊

[@NorwayHikesTrails]

Great hike and scenery. Thank you for sharing and wishing you a wonderful week.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Thank you😊 I hope your week has been wonderful too👍

[@jimguitarfan]

Another beautiful video, thank you Gerry. I am sure missing trips back home just now, but that heat looked pretty brutal, like the stuff I have experienced here in Scotland on the hills this last July :). I haven't climbed any of the Bens on the north side, but l remember looking across to those scree slopes from Binn Gabher and thinking they looked ....interesting! What a spectacular landscape it is, and you had it all to yourself, as I did on that last occasion.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Jim, it was that same heat in July when Ireland was hitting 30 degrees, with barely a trickle of water to be found and parched ground even in the mountain bogs. Likewise, I was looking to the south and thinking they looked very interesting, fantastic mountain profiles. I think Glencoaghan is probably the most dramatic mountain walk I have done in Ireland (so far). Didn't see another person until I reached the heights of Ben Baun which did surprise me given the uptake in hillwalking during Covid.

[@seanferguson6728]

Brilliant. We were planning on doing the 12 Bens and the Maumturks last summer but something came up :-/ Hope to visit maybe next summer. Really great video!

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Sean, 2 fantastic mountain ranges maybe best left to pandemic free times😊

[@lifegoeson.....9928]

Amazing video ! Thank you so much for sharing I liked and subscribed. Stay tuned. Have a good day !!!!

[@gerrymcveigh]

Thank you👍 Subscribed back and have a good day too😊

[@rossfehily5354]

Absolutely fantastic. Really good views! Is there a car park at the start point? Looks semi official

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Ross, it is a beautiful mountain area😊 I parked on the R344 at the entrance to Lettershanbally Wood which has a good parking area and is a few minutes walk to the track into Glencorbet - this looks to have been recently upgraded. There is also parking for several cars in Glencorbet itself.

[@BoomBoom7621]

You should have done the wild swim Gerry!

[@gerrymcveigh]

The rocks were treacherous, if i had a towel with me it might have happened😊 I still want to do a wild swim somewhere👍

[@pipandbenji]

Beautiful range but they make you work for them!

[@gerrymcveigh]

George, totally agree, though it is all worth it in the end😊

[@FlorinSirbu.]

Hi Gerry, could you please advice where we can park overnight near Connemara National park? We'd like to do 12 Bens but we've kind of struggling finding where to park overnight. Any suggestions? Thank you.

[@gerrymcveigh]

Hi Florin, probably depends on where you are planning on walking. From memory there is a sizeable lay-by near Benlettery Youth Hostel which I have used for a day hike around the Glencoaghan circuit, which might work for an overnight. For an overnight on the Glencorbet circuit I used a new carpark at Lettershanbally Wood on the R344 road through the Inagh Valley, there are also some informal parking spaces in Glencorbet itself which you could easily use for an overnight. Might be worthwhile to pose the question on a forum such as 'Hiking Ireland' on Facebook for a more comprehensive response.

[@FlorinSirbu.]

@@gerrymcveigh Hi Gerry, we are planning to do the Mweelrea, Ben Burry and Lugmore and find a place to camp at a lower altitude, probably Doo Lough valley will be perfect and, on the second day we would like to take on the Glencoaghan horseshoe circuit possibly all of the 12 Bens depends on the weather conditions and you Sir, made that possible, thank you for advice and I’ll let you know how did we do :) Kind regards, Florin

[@troyboy671]

Brilliant video! What camera do you use?

[@gerrymcveigh]

Cheers Troy, I use a Gopro Hero 9 for talking, only recently upgraded from a Hero 4 and think it was worth it for the battery life alone. I use a Panasonic Lumix for all the other shots📷