Dolomites Holiday Date Change

The new date is the 9th to 16th September 2017

Unfortunately the previous week became fully booked, very quickly.

Just one €200 deposit required asap.

Contact Tony 

087 258 8171

6th November Nire Walk

30km/hr northerly breeze dry sunny and very cold, it had been the driest October in many a year. The planned walk, a visit to all the nire valley lakes, warm clothes thick hats, thick gloves and keep moving was the order of the day. We left the nire carpark and were blown up the ridge to Coumfea lake and a little shelter from the biting wind. Then moving on to the Coumalocha lakes we stopped between the two lakes for a cold quick bit to eat in the November sunshine.

We climbed over the next ridge and dropped down into the lower sgilloge lake and were greeted and entertained by “sionnach rua”playing and posing for pictures like a model. We then continue up to the next sgilloge and again our friend reappeared blocking our way across the little bridge until we paid a little fee. A sight which none of us had ever experience before and most likely never to forget for a long time, we then continued the walk back down to the nire car park.  Another glorious day on the hills!      
   “A Hillwalker”.

November News Letter

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER.               MEMBERSHIP NOW DUE

SEMRA. Long way round 15km night walk. 26^th November.     semra.ie

T Shirts for Sale      €25     See Erich Baumann

CHRISTMAS MULLED WINE WALK.

Sunday 11^th December. 14:00 outside the Park Hotel or 14:30 at the Curragh Ardmore.

Mulled Wine.         
                                         Mince Pies.                                          Cakes.

CHRISTMAS PARTY.

The annual Christmas party will be in the Dungarvan Tennis Club on Saturday the 17th December. This is a great fun filled night with live music in the beautiful tennis club. So hope to see you there.               2 Course Dinner with club members providing dessert

Tickets available from committee members. €30

LEENAUN MAY 2017

Our annual weekend away next year will be in the Leenaun Hotel. The proposed date is Friday May 12th / Saturday 13th at a cost of €110 per person for two nights B & B, one evening meal & 1 sandwich. One extra night is €35 (B&B) and one extra meal at €20. Single supplement is €12:500 per night.  Names to Peter who is coordinating.

AGM

49 Members attended this years AGM where refreshments and a slide of our recent Austrian holiday were displayed.        A light hearted awards ceremony also took place.

·         With regard to discussion at the AGM about the size of donation to be made from the Comeragh Crossing to a chosen charity, no EGM minutes can be located, and there are no specifics in the Club Constitution. Following further discussion by the Committee, the amount of donation will be decided by the Comeragh Crossing Committee depending on the profits made.

COMERAGH CROSSING

Richard Dykes has agreed to be chairman of the crossing committee and is actively seeking a management team to put on a first class walking event on the 1^st July 2017. All positions must be filled to facilitate the running of the event.

More details next year.

SUMMER HOLIDAY

The possibility of a “Topflight” walking holiday to Italy in September is being investigated, details will be made available when available.

If you have walk reports, news or adverts please forward them on to Anne at

annedykes241@gmail.com

Dolomites Summer 2017

See Tony Fitzgerald for details