As many of you probably know, I am a little obsessed with mountains and have a vague plan to reach the highest point in every European country before I die. Despite having climbed a few decent mountians in France and Italy, I'm not doing very well so far, with only Ireland, Britain and San Marino having fallen to my rampaging climbing boots. Either Romania or Poland will join that slightly pathetic club in October.

So it appears that I may need a more achievable goal. And I think found it last week, when a friend sent me a list of all the highest points in each of the thirty-two counties in Ireland. I've already reached a good few of them already, but on Sunday I decided to hit the reset button on those memories. How could I resist the three lowest highest country peaks, the lowest of all being my very own home county of Westmeath?

So here are a few pics of five intrepid voyagers, conquering the highest points in Meath, Westmeath and Longford, clocking in at a vertigo-shaming 258m, 278m and 279m respectively.

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Carnbane East in Co.Meath - that's a passage tomb on the top, much like the one at Newgrange, some 50km to the east.

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The view from atop Mullaghmeen, Westmeath's highest. You can see Carnbane East in the distance.

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A big phew! at the top of Longford's Cairn Hill. There's a huge RTE transmitter at the top, as well as a road the whole way to the top. We parked at the bottom though, and hiked strolled up.

So, just twenty-nine to go now...