Hello hikers!
This week’s AWCD hike/hillwalk will take us through the Ballinastoe Woods and up Barrack Hill to the Wicklow Way. We’ll return over White Hill, past the J.B. Malone Memorial, and back down to our cars via the Middle Earth Boardwalk. We’ll meet at the Pier Gates carpark on R759 at 9:20 for a 9:30 start. (Coordinates: 53.09538 N, 6.25063 W)
Date: Thursday, 20 October 2022
Meeting time: 9:20 for a 9:30 start
Hike Distance: 12.5 km
Hike time: 4 hours
Please bring: 1 liter water, lunch and snack, rain gear, hat and gloves, walking sticks
I have been asked by the AWCD to point out that walkers should be aware that they are responsible for their own safety and that they are NOT covered by the AWCD for Personal Accident Insurance. To hike with the Hillwalking group you must be a member of Mountaineering Ireland which provides us with insurance cover. If you have not walked with us before, you are allowed one guest walk before joining Mountaineering Ireland. You will need to sign a Guest Waiver Form. I will bring these on the walk.
Please sign up through Wild Apricot by the end of Wednesday (19 October) if you plan to join us on the hike. We will be setting up carpools to get to the trailhead; Please let me know if you can drive, and the nearest DART/LUAS station at which you can collect people. Carpool riders will be asked to pay 10 euro to their driver to help defray the cost of petrol.
I will set up a WhatsApp group for this hike.
Thank you!
Kathryn Abbott
089 275 3434