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We operate two Self-catering Businesses in County Down
Dundrum Bay Holiday Homes Tory Bush Cottages
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Why I did the Geo-Ambassador Course
• Personal Knowledge, I had a little bit of knowledge but you know what they say about a little bit of knowledge.
• I wanted to able to talk to my guests about the Mournes. They always ask was Bearnagh a Volcano, indeed I had written a blog about that back in 2008.
• I knew this region was special, I just didn’t know how special until I did the course.
• The worldwide classification system for granite was based on the system first used in the Mournes
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What I got out of the CourseI certainly learnt a lot about the Geology, Geomorphology and Archaeology of the area both on the course and on subsequent Field trips and Bus Tours.
Personal development• This talk• Radio Ulster, I compared the Mournes to a ‘Big Blister’• Taking guided Tours of Tollymore
Personally for me what I got out of the course was an abiding interest in Tollymore Forest Park. I had been born and bred beside the Park, it was our childhood playground. I have learnt so much in the last two years and my passion is to share this knowledge.
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Tours of Tollymore to date
First for Mourne Cooley Gullion2 Tours for EHOD on behalf of Follies Trust
Halloween Tour part of Hallowtides2nd Tour for MCG
4 Public toursTour for MHT for local tourism businesses
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Ghostly Church Building, where is it?, what is it?
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Tour in Association with Mourne Rambler Bus
Along with two other Geo-ambassadors we are trialinga ‘Day of Guided Walking Tours along the route of the Mourne Rambler’, on Sunday the 16th of August
• Tollymore 09.15-11.15• Spelga Dam, Ott Mountain 11.31-14.31• Silent Valley 14.53-16.53
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EHOD tour planned for September
A walking tour looking at Industrial Heritage within Tollymore Forest Park. This will include Timber Production, and the location of Sawmills, - the Oak for Titanic Grand Staircase came from Tollymore. The built infrastructure featuring the Gothic Architecture, of the Follies; Entrance Gates and limekiln.
It will also take in the site of 3 mills on the edge of the forest, a wool mill; a flax mill and a corn mill.
And finally talk about the latest industry, the Film and TV industry.
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The legacy of the MCG Geo-Tourism Project
• Collaborations and business opportunities.• The project shows what can be done but also that
much more still to be done.• Geo-Tourism Study Visits• Visitors of Cruise ships - Belfast and Warrenpoint?• Promotion of the region as Geo-destination• To get visitors we have to express our uniqueness
and our geology and geomorphology is our uniqueness.