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Mournes UK's Top Tourist Target
They've provided a challenge for climbers and Duke of Edinburgh Award candidates alike and even inspired a song. Today the Mourne Mountains can add top British travel destination to that list (hat-tip Slugger) as the Guardian's Stephen Moss has declared it number 1 of his top 10 truly great British holidays.
He describes the range as like the lake district but less crowded and points out that from the top of Sleive Donnard (the highest mountain in Northern Ireland) you can see all 4 countries of the United Kingdom at once - at least if the weather's good enough. Makes me wish I'd taken the time to look a bit closer when I was down that way last summer.