Volunteers needed

Galway Mountain Rescue Team are looking for volunteers to assist at the Howl at the Moon fundraiser at the Galway Wind Park on 12th October. If you are interested, please get in touch.  For further info on this event see here https://roswaywalkingclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/howl-at-moon-fundraiser.html

Dates for Club calendar

Registration for new and returning members will take place on Thursday 10th October and Thursday 17th October between 8 and 9pm in Gullanes (foyer).

McGillycuddy Reeks, August 2019 © F. Maguire

The membership fee will increase to €60 for the 2019/2020 walking year. This is the first increase since the Club was founded in 2006.

The Club AGM will be held on Thursday 14th November, followed by the walks planning meeting on Thursday November 21st (meaning now would be a good time to start thinking about walks you'd like to propose! Support/training always there for those who would like to take the first step and lead a walk).

Further details will be posted closer to the time.

Mountaineering Ireland Autumn Gathering and Chris Bonington lecture

This year's autumn gathering will be hosted by the Kilmacthomas Walking Club from Co. Waterford and takes place from 18-20 October 2019. If you haven't attended one before, the gatherings are a great way to mix and mingle and explore new parts of the country. The gathering will be based out of the Park Hotel in Dungarvan (where we stayed there when we walked St Declan's Way in 2014!). Details/booking here MI Autumn Gathering 2019

For those of you who remember Chris Bonington from the Bovril ad in the 1980s, the great man himself will be giving the Mountaineering Ireland Lynam Lecture on his many adventures at 7.30pm on the 18th of December at the Chartered Accountants Ireland lecture hall, 47-49 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. For further information and tickets click here Chris Bonington lecture

Club walk Sunday 22nd September 2019

Croagh Patrick. Meet Gullane's car park @ 11am to car pool. Boots, wet gear and snack. Leader: C. Dolphin.

Kerry Way Walking Weekend

Please note this is not a Club event but is organised by GoVisit Ireland.

Walking weekend is coming up on 27-29 September, based in Glenbeigh Co. Kerry. Cost: €290 per person sharing and includes the following:

2 nights’ Hotel accommodation with ensuite facilities in Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry
2 Full Irish breakfasts
2 packed lunches
2 evening meals
2 Kerry Way Walks
Transfers to and from walks where required
Experienced local walking guide
Welcome briefing

Friday 27 September 2019 – Arrival Day. 7pm Welcome Briefing at Glenbeigh Hotel

Saturday 28 September 2019 – Walk Glenbeigh to Glencar
Distance: 13km • Ascent 350m

Sunday 29 September 2019 – Walk Kells to Glenbeigh
Distance: 17km • Ascent: 300m

More info here Kerry Way details

Howl at the Moon fundraiser

The Galway Mountain Rescue Team are organising a fundraising event at the Galway Wind Park, Shanapheasteen Road, Oughterard, Co. Galway on Saturday 12th October. You have a choice between doing the  17km full route or a shorter 9km moonlit walk through the park. Participants will be provided with a route map with manned checkpoints to provide support. For those who don't feel confident navigating, there will also be guided group walks. Further details are available at http://www.howlatthemoon.ie Tickets are currently on sale and there is an opportunity to avail of early bird pricing for the next couple of weeks.
No need to remind club members of the amazing work these people, who are on call 24/7/365, do, so please make an effort to support them in any way you can.

Club walk Sunday 8th September

There's a change to the advertised walk for this weekend and the club will now be doing a section of the Beara Breifne Way. Grade: Easy. Duration: 2-2.5 hours. Meet Killure Church at 10am. Boots/snacks required. Leaders: Mike and Pat Glynn.

The Beara Breife Way is the longest waymarked trail in Ireland and was inspired by the route taken by Dónal Cam O' Sullivan Beara and his followers, who set out from Dunboy Castle on the Beara Peninsula on New Year's Eve in 1602 to march to Leitrim Castle, stronghold of the O'Rourke's of Breifne. The epic journey took two weeks. Of the one thousand who set out, only thirty five survived. Such was the hardship they endured that the route and the story has survived to the present day. For more info see https://www.bearabreifneway.ie/