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Just 2 walks to go to hit our target of completing 52 different local-ish circular walks. We didn’t make much progress in late July or August owing to holidays – a big European rail trip and our usual summer family visit to Ireland. We did notch up a couple of walks in County Antrim, and then our penultimate local walk project outing when we got back… almost there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Antrim Forest Walks (17, 18 Aug)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Two short walks in forest park areas of south County Antrim – in both cases, following the forest trails. 2.6 miles in Tardree Forest and 3 miles in Randallstown Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first was at Tardree Forest<\/a>, a short distance from Antrim. A cool summer’s afternoon with a bit of light rain around. The first half of the walk is on soft forest paths that climb fairly sharply up through the pine trees from the car park, with small diversions required in a couple of places blocked by tree-falls. At the top of the walk, there is a great view northwards to where the volcanic plug of Slemish Mountain<\/a> rises out of the lush, rolling landscape. The walk turns around the hill and drops back to the car park largely on broad, gravelled tracks. A good spot for a short walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robert and Joy with Slemish in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n