Please
note that there can be an extra few walks listed here that are not on
the
printed list.
Always check the weekly e-mail from
Sean or this site for extra walks.
May
2008
Sun 4
NIRE VALLEY, Comeraghs
(B+: 17 km, 850
m, 6 h).
Ballymacarbery Village (on Dungarvan / Clonmel road) 10:30 (Michael
Carey)
Tue 6
BALLYANNON WOOD Bluebell walk
(D). Lakeview
Service Station on Midleton / Whitegate road 19:00 (Mary Kelly)
Sat 10
MANGERTON MOUNTAIN
(B). Molly
Darcy’s car park
10:15 (SC)
Sun 11
MOYLAN GLEN / SUGARLOAF, Knockmealdowns
(C: 8
km, 550 m, 4.5 h). Grubb Monument 11:15 (Helen & Billy)
Sun 11
HEALY PASS mystery circuit.
(B: 15 km, 750m,
5.5 h) Eccles Hotel Glengarriff 10:30 (Noel)
Tue 13
GARRYVOE beach & road, south of
Castlemartyr
(D).
Garryvoe Beach car park 19:30 (Helen Lynch)
Sat 17
KILLAVULLEN LOOP, Nagle Mountains
(C: 4
h). Ballyhooly Church 10:30 (Brendan & Joan)
Sat 17
Weekend in Kenmare Bay Hotel Houses: Ann
McGrath 086 8531774 or Grace O'Sullivan 023
41207
Sun 18
GLENINCHIQUINN, Kenmare
(C: 400 m, 4.5 h).
Pay
farmer eur 4. Kenmare Bay Hotel 10:30
(Grace)
Sun 18
BOUGHILL
(B+:
15 km, 920 m, 6 h). Moll’s Gap
10:30 (Joan
Faherty)
Tue 20
CORRINHILL WOOD
(D).
Forest car park near
Fermoy Golf Club 19:00 (Mary
Kelly)
Sat 24
GRUBB MONUMENT-LIAMLYNCH LOOP,
(B+: 22
km, 1160 m, 7 h). Grubb Monument 10:30 (Michael
Carey)
Sun 25
SHEEP’S HEAD
(Long
C: 16 km, 380 m, 5.5 h).
Cork 09:00 & Kilcrohane near Bantry 10:15 (Deirdre &
Grace)
Tue 27
CHARLESFORT Cliff Walk
(D). Car park
by water
on road to Scilly in Kinsale 19:00
(Grace)
Sat 31
SGILLOGE LAKES, Comeragh Mountains
(C: 4 h).
(Mary Kelly & Helen Lynch)
June
2008
Sun 1
REEKS WALK, self-guided
(A+: 21 km, 1900 m,
8.5 h)
or NORTH
WALES WEEK-END. Details from Michael Carey or
SC
Mon 2
CASTLEFREAKE sand dunes, beach & forest
(D).
Cork 10:00 & The Long Strand sand dunes car park 11:00 (Grace
or
SC)
Tue 3
COPPEEN Loop walks
(D). Cork
18:00 &
Barrett’s Bar, Coppeen (on Crookstown / Dunmanway road) 19.15
(SC)
Tue 3 Proposals for Summer BHC fixtures list (July to
Oct) required by 3rd
June.
Sat 7
GREENANE FROM KILCORAN WOOD, Galtees
(B: 5 h).
Corbett Court 10:00
(P.G)
Sun 8
BEARA WAY, LAKE INCHIQUIN
(Long C: 12 km,
550
m, 5.5 h). Sailors Bar, 5 km from Kenmare on the road to
Lauragh 11:00
(Deirdre &
Grace)
Sun 8
GLANRASTLE – Rock art circuit
(B: 15 km, 900 m,
6 h). Square in Kenmare 10:30
(Noel)
Tue 10
OLDCOURT WOOD
(D).
Garryduff Sports Centre,
Rochestown 19:00
(SC)
Sat 14
SLIABH NA MUC, Glen of Aherlow
(C: 4 h).
Corbett Court 10:30 & Lissvarrinane Village Ch. at 11:00 (Mary
Kelly & Helen L)
Sun 15
CAPAGH GLEN & BENAUNMORE
(C+: 600 m, 5 h).
(Glenflesk Church 10:45 (Helen &
Billy)
Sun 15
IASC AN CUILINN-CARRAUNTOOHILL-O’SHEA’S GULLY
(A: 1300 m, 5
h, steep gully climb). Fossa Church 09:45
(Michael
Carey)
Tue 17
THE GEARAGH
(D).
Statoil Garage on Cork side
of Macroom, before turning off for Ballingeary, 19:30
(Deirdre)
Sat 21
GOUGANE BARRA FOREST WALK
(C) &
GB
HORSESHOE
(B).
Cork 10:00 & GB Hotel 11:00 (Helen & Billy &
SC). Mid-Summer walks with food & entertainment
afterwards at Creedon’s of
Inchigeelagh.
Sun 22
SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN
(B: 575 m, 5 h).
Eccles
Hotel Glengarriff 10:15 (Deirdre &
Grace)
22-29 DINGLE WEEK 2008 (Dunquin). Booking deposits of
eur 50 to Jerry Quirke or SC for half-board or
self-catering.
Tue 24
JAMES’S FORT & SANDYCOVE
(D). Kinsale
Bridge car park 19:00
(Grace)
Sat 28
THE BLACK DITCH WALK, Eastern part of Nagle
Mountains
(Easy
C: 12 km, 310 m, 3 h). Glenville RC Church 10:15 am
(John
Desmond)
Sun 29
HAG’S TOOTH CIRCUIT to THE BONE, The Reeks
(A:
12 km, 1300 m, 6 h). Fossa Church 09:45 (Michael Carey)
Some
Rules !!!
1. Please note that for insurance
reasons,
all
walks are strictly
for fully paid-up B.H.C. / M.C.I. members.
2. Please bring you membership card so that you can show it,
if needed, to the Walk Leader at the start of
each
walk.
3. Participants in A,
B
and C
walks must be over 18 years of age, must wear suitable
hillwalking
gear, including boots, and must make their own personal
judgment
as to their capacity to undertake the category of walk.
4. Dogs not allowed.
Depart Melbourn Business Park car
park
, Model Farm Road. This place is about 300 metres on the city side of
where
the Tennis Village used to be. Please do not obstruct the
entrance
to Pinewood Studios furniture store as they open on Saturdays and some
Sundays.
Times = 8.30am for A
walks, 9am for B
walks, and 9.30am for C
and D
walks, unless otherwise stated, weather permitting.
Car-pool available. The normal practice
is €5
per passenger for short journeys (up to 50 miles) and €10 for medium
journeys (50 miles +).
Only FULL CARS should go to the start area of
the walks so as not to upset the local landowners & others too much.
If you require further information on
any
walk,
or wish to pay deposits, please call in to meet us in the Poacher's
Bar,
Kingsley Hotel (opposite County Hall), Cork, after 9.30p.m. on any
Thursday
evening.
Remember.......No
B.H.C. card
/
M.C.I. card / name on B.H.C. membership list, NO GO !!!
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