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April
2009
Tuesday evening walks resume!
Navigation course with Eoghan May 10th 2009
Mountain Education page
updated.
Courses added for
Mountain Skills
Walking Group Leader
Mountain Leader
Navigation
Book Review
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BogTrotters HillWalking Club,
Dublin, Ireland 2008
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 Meeting
every Sunday In Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
About the Club
Hello and welcome to
our club website. The club is an easygoing hillwalking club
based in Dublin that walks every Sunday and on Tuesday nights
during the Summer and early Autumn
months. We meet at the Tuning
Fork pub
(directions here >>>)
in Rathfarnham (outside!) South Dublin every Sunday morning
at 9.45am. (Check each walk though for any time changes.)
All walkers please remember
that from February onwards all our Grade 2 and 3 walks will
have a new meeting time - meet at 09:45 at the Tuning Fork
to leave at 10:00. Please let others know that are not on
the mailing list.
Grade 1 walks meet at 9.15am to leave at 9.30am
In addition we, have four one
day trips and about four weekends-away each year - take a
look at the Other
Events
page.
We are a small club with about 50 members and each walk sees
about 8 to 16 people take part hillwalking mainly in Wicklow
and Dublin.
Bogtrotters club is affiliated to the Mountaineering Council
of Ireland and all club members are members of the MCI. Among
the benefit of MCI membership is insurance which is necessary
as a member. The other benefits are explained on the New
Members page.
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Grading
of Walks
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The club walks are
graded as follows in accordance with their challenge.
Grade 1
– Tough / good level of fitness required (6 hours + with
a lot of climbing and mostly on rough ground)
Grade 2 – Strenuous / suitable
for most regular walkers but tougher than grade 3 at about
(5 – 6 hours)
Grade 3
– Moderate / suitable for beginners if they have a reasonable
level of general fitness (4 – 5 hours). Please note though
that these walks are mostly off tracks and are across rough
terrain and steep hills.
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New Members
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If you are interested in joining
then visit the New
Members page for more information about the club and
trying out the walks and us! You can also contact the leaders
and ask them about the walk.
You must read the safety page before coming on a walk! Please
make sure you have the essentials
if you arrive for a walk as you WILL need them this is Ireland
after all the land of 4 seasons in one day!
New members are requested
to come along on a grade 3 walk first of all regardless
of their previous experience. This is because one persons
level of experience and fitness compared to another is based
on their point of view and leaders of the walks being responsible
need to assess your level of fitness etc compared to the
rest of the group and the walk planned.
The aim is to enjoy the walk!
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Bulletin Board
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Our bulletin board
lists all the current walks as well as all previous walks
and trip and any comments members wish to make. In addition
useful information and news items such as TV programmes about
walking, outdoor shop sales, changes in walks (rare) are among
those items which can be posted.
While anyone may view the board only members of the club may
actually make posts.
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Weather
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For those of you interested
in checking out the weather before we walk in particular leaders
then here are two of the main sites.
Met
Eireann
Using the Regional forecast and 3 day reports. Try the rainfall
radar as its very good. Usually the Met errs on the side of
caution but prepare for the worst as it is Ireland and the
top of a mountain can be quite different from the bottom!
Go
to Met Eireann >>>
Wind Guru.
Used mostly by people for water based activities but its got
a very good reputation for accuracy. Just put in your location,
the current link is set to Brittas bay in County Wicklow.
Go
to Wind Guru >>>
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For site tech problems contact
the web administrator
bogtrotter @ bogtrotters.net
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A walk around the coronation plantation
Kippure before a tasty BBQ.
For more photographs view our
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