Northern Ireland 4 – Tyrone

 Sunday 20th July 2025

Set off from my extra night in Glen Park just up the road to Gortin Glen Forest Park. 

This is all slightly confusing for me and for Google Map, but if I think of the Forest Park as the walking area plus trails and huge playground while Glen Park is the caravanning site, then add on a restaurant / wedding venue and a dinosaur park, then it all seems to make more sense.

The trails are good and well away from the car park and playground. I choose one marked "strenuous" and though I feel it on the slopes the woodland areas are calming and the walk satisfying. On return to the café I find I'm not far short of my 10,000 steps / 5 mile target and I'm bound to reach it by walking back to the van. My shift away from Swatragh has proved a winner and today is my first day without driving as the campsite is virtually within the Forest Park.

And so a restful afternoon, reading, content that I've ticked off 5 miles in Tyrone. And as a treat I indulge in a bar meal at the restaurant, washed down with the obligatory Guinness.