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Issue 53/Winter 2011/12 IRELAND’S ADVENTURE MAGAZINE<br />
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magazine Dec Jan 2012 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8c73ac6a?page=61">there’s a lot of snow, I adviseconsidering snows</a> there’s a lot of snow, I adviseconsidering snows<a title="Outsider magazine Dec Jan 2012 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8c73ac6a?page=62">WINTER HIKING3 The Comeraghs –Coumshingaun – </a> WINTER HIKING3 The Comeraghs –Coumshingaun – <a title="Outsider magazine Dec Jan 2012 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8c73ac6a?page=63">55 The Mournes – Hare’s GapAds might lie, but </a> 55 The Mournes – Hare’s GapAds might lie, but <a title="Outsider magazine Dec Jan 2012 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8c73ac6a?page=64">BIKING SKILLSHandlingwet rootsWords: Niall Dav</a> BIKING SKILLSHandlingwet rootsWords: Niall Dav<a title="Outsider magazine Dec Jan 2012 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8c73ac6a?page=65">BIKING SKILLSApproach wet roots perpendicularly.</a> BIKING SKILLSApproach wet 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