Rosway Walkers take part in European Week for Sport events

Three club members took part in some of the events organised around the country for European Week for Sport/Women in Sport. We enjoyed some great courses in Connemara, Mayo and Tipperary.  See video above. It was clearly warmer in the West!

Colder weather walking advice

Autumn is here-described so beautifully by the English poet John Keats as the 'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'. The nights will soon be longer than the days and the temperature is dropping back steadily, so it's a good time to replace your summer gear for the warmer stuff. Wear extra layers and keep a spare in the rucksack, make sure you have a hat and pair of warm gloves (and a spare pair) with you, check your boots for grip and if your waterproof layer isn't what it should be, re-proof it. When out on the hills or on longer walks bring a warm drink and plenty of snacks. 

See below a link to an old article. The title says it all. 

copped on guide to winter walking

Hopefully we'll all be able to keep walking over the next few months. 

Club walk Sunday 27th September 2020

Local walk. Meet Fairgreen carpark @ 11am. Footpath and quiet roads. Fairgreen-Station Road-Derrymullen-Stoic-Kilclooney-Cleaghmore and back to Fairgreen. Leader: M. Glynn.

To comply with Covid regulations please forward tour name to walk leader if going. 

A view of the Fairgreen c. 1900 (NLI LROY 08041)

Keeper Hill is a keeper

Thanks to Claire for sending on stunning photos from yesterday's walk on Keeper Hill. What a beautiful country we live in.

 

Club walk Sunday 20th September

Keeper Hill, Co. Tipperary. Choice of two walks. 

'A' walk to summit of Keeper Hill (694m). 17kms/3 to 3.5 hours. Moderate grade. Leader: C. Dolphin. 

'B' walk max. height 400m. 12.5kms/3 to 3.5 hours approx. Easy to moderate grade. Leader: K. Ward. 

For both walks, meet at Applegreen service station beside motorway in Birdhill (M7 Jtn 27, Birdhill, V94 TC3N) @ 9.30am sharp to travel on to start. To comply with Covid-19 guidelines please forward your name to Claire. Numbers restricted to 15 per group.

Keeper Hill is also known as Slieve Kimalta/Sliabh Coimeálta. Located in the beautiful Slieve Felim mountains in Co. Tipperary, it's said that its name came from 'a place where keepers of cattle met to keep their flock' (Ordnance Survey namebook, 28; www.loganim.ie). In Irish mythology it is associated with the story of Sadbh, one of Conn Céad Cathach's daughters, who fled to the hill with her two children and raised them there.

Some pics of today's local walk

 Bríd L. has sent on some pics of today's walk from Kellysgove/Pollboy to Shannonbridge. An ideal route for a greenway! Good turnout, great walk by all accounts and blessed with the weather. Thanks to Ger and Bríd B. for organising. 

Greenway submission

See submission on behalf of the Club here. Hopefully the result will be positive for the town. 

Ballinasloe and the Athlone to Galway section of the Greenway

Many of you may have noticed that there's a campaign on at the moment to ensure that Ballinasloe is included in plans for the Greenway between Athlone and Galway. To most of us, it's a no-brainer. Anyone who has had a holiday at home this year can see the amenity value of these projects and they life they bring with them. A project like this opens up rural communities to tourism and  Ballinasloe has more than its fair share of places to go and things to see-be they unspoilt landscapes or historical and archaeological sites. Also, something like this benefits the locals, as it provides us with a safe place to exercise and encourages us to be sociable too. 

 

The Committee will be putting forward an official submission on behalf of the Club. Any members who wish to have a say, please get in touch via email (roswaywalkers@gmail.com). As the deadline is September 7th, we'll be preparing the submission over the weekend. Don't let this chance pass to make something of our wonderful home place!

 

There was nowhere to go but everywhere....

The European Week of Sport takes place from 23rd - 30th September 2020 and Mountaineering Ireland and Women In Sport have joined forces and organised a number of events around the country.  The events are free of charge but you have to register and the advice is to do so as quickly as possible as places are filling up fast. Register here. 

European Week of Sport coincides with National Walking Day on 27th September. Although you are encouraged to walk where you like (making sure at all times you adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines), Mountaineering Ireland are inviting you to #walkyourarea #walkyourtown and find #hiddengems. Can I also add that the litter situation seems to have gotten much worse since the start of this never-ending pandemic. So if you don't mind, I'll throw my half penny in and say if you #walkyourtown,  #takeyour rubbish home with you and #leavenotrace. 

Club walk Sunday September 6th 2020

20km A to B flat walk from Ballinasloe to Shannonbridge along the canal, through forestry and bog with some of the route on road. Grade: Moderate. Duration: 4.5-5 hours. Meet Gun Club Pollboy at 10am. Boots, long trousers and snack required. Leaders: B. Barrett and G. Quinn. Please forward your name to one of the leaders if you intend to go. 

NB To comply with Covid-19 regulations, everyone needs to make their own travel arrangements. Walk starts at Gun Club in Pollboy and finishes at Bord na Mona entrance in Shannonbridge. To get to start point, cross over the motorway bridge at Pollboy and take a left directly after the bridge. Gun club entrance 1.5kms approx. on right. To drop a car at end point, turn right at St Kieran's Church in Shannonbridge, take the second left and keep going until you get to the second set of BnM gates on your right. Plenty of parking here along the road. 

Rosway coastal walk Connemara Sunday August 30th 2020

Lovely photo of Rosway walk last Sunday. A few people out and about aswell enjoying the good weather. 

©Bríd Lyons