Hilltown - Banbridge

Hilltown to Banbridge

A bad weather forecast put off the younger members of our squad today.  Typical!  Only two of us OAPs made it to the start line for the 16 mile trek.  First stop along the river was the derelict Ballycoshone mill.

Mice, in cages, get food when they do this - no such luck for us.

Clonduff Church on a minor road near Rathfriland.  This remote church was the unlikely home of Margaret Byers, the founder of Victoria College in Belfast.

A heated argument about Brexit - not sure who won.

Ballyroney Station is one of my favourite old buildings.  It's hard to imagine steam trains calling at this remote spot 70 years ago. Who got on, who got off?

Two goats....

Six goats.

Not what you normally expect to find along the River Bann.  This is apparently the set for Game of Thrones (Series 6).  Brian and I are not in it.

The Downshire Arms Hotel in Banbridge.  It's almost as old as us and a fine place to end today's run.