Season 11 opens with crime journalist and podcaster Nicola Tallant hiking the challenging Boolas Loop in the Comeragh Mountains in Co.Waterford. 

This magnificent 10km loop starts just outside the village of Rathgormack and is wild and rural, rocky and steep.  The climb to the top is most definitely worth it for Nicola with view changes revealing rolling landscapes as well as hidden mountain lakes known as Boolas. 

Nicola is joined for a section of this walk across the top of the ridge by local hiker Michael O'Donoghue who shares the geographical glacial history and some local stories with her before she makes her way back down the mountainside to the start at Curraheen.  

This is a proper mountain hike but worth every step.