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NB: IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR OWN SAFETY, TAKE STOCK OF YOUR EQUIPMENT MUST HAVE: - Walking Boots-Raincoat and Leggings - Adequate clothing (layers are the best option) - Hat-Gloves - Packed lunch and at least 1 litre water (The Leader can refuse to allow you on the walk if you do not have the basics) SHOULD HAVE: - Torch- Extra Batteries- Whistle - Bivvy Bag- Basic First Aid (at least plasters and bandages) COULD HAVE: - 1:25000 Mourne Country Map (For the Mournes) or Sheet No. 36 OSI 1:50000 (for the Cooley's) - Compass GOOD IDEAS: - Carry some emergency rations - Have a change of clothes in the car
Websites: www.weebinnians.com, www.ufrc-online.co.uk/ Email: weebinnians@eircom.net Weather Forecast BBC Weather , RTE Weather, Other: Walks Programme
	Sunday 26^th December 2010 – Slieve Gullion Slieve Gullion Car park (J 041 197). (Click Here for Google Map and Street View) at 10:45am
Note: If the gate into Slieve Gullion Car Park is closed please drive to The Three Steps Pub which is just down the road. The Leaders who will be leading the next walk are: Paul Fegan , Mick O’Driscoll and any available leaders on the day. Après Walk: Will be decided on the day.
Leaders Weekend: The bi-annual leaders training weekend takes place in Knockshee YH Wicklow from Friday 14^th January to Sunday 16^th January 2011. All leaders are expected to attend. An email will be sent out to all leaders detailing the agenda for this weekend. Contact Thomas McKenna or Eoghan Bailey. The email address is weebinnians@eircom.net
Safety on the Hills: With the latest arctic weather condition, the Wee Binnians may a have to change the Start of the walks for safety reason. We ask you to keep looking at Website homepage, not this Newsletter, for any changes. A notice will put up onto our website should the starting point of our walk be change. The onus in on you to keep checking the website homepage. You can also contact Eoghan at 00353 (0)86 843 4440
News:
Christmas Walks: Date: Monday 27^th December: The annual walk in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation will take place on Monday 27th December in the Cooleys.  Meet at 11.30 at the Lumpers Pub, Ravensdale, and enjoy an archaeoligical and historical walk.  Afters , including a free draw, will take place in the Lumpers. Contact Venora O'Brien on (00353)87-6479715. (Not a Wee Binnian events)
Date: Tuesday 28^th December: The annual walk in aid of Neo-Natal Specials Babies Unit at the Royal Grup of Hospitals, Belfast, will take place on Tuesday 28^th December in Castlewellan Football Club starting at 11.00am. Register at the Castlewellan Football Club grounds. The manl walk is a 8 and 6 mile course over roads, lanes around Castlewellon Forest Park. Entry Fee is by donation. (£5 Min) For more information contact by phoning 02843725054 or emailing jayfla@hotmail.co.uk. There will be refreshments available after the ecevt in the football club. (Not a Wee Binnian events)
10% of Accommodation: (This might be of interest to you) WalkNI.com has teamed up with accommodation providers throughout Northern Ireland to offer walkers 10% off selected accommodation bookings made before 14 February 2011. Click on the link below to see all the choices of accomoodation providers in some of our best walking areas and find out how to avail of this special offer. For more information, visit www.walkni.com/UsefulWalkingInfo.aspx?ID=29.
Boots for Sale ' A pair of Meindl Bornes PRO MFS ladies boots size 6.  Worn once on hills. Selling price £100 or nearest offer. Phone 07595984458'
Events:
New Year Walking Festival: Date: 31 December 2010 - 03 January 2011. - Walk off the excesses of the festivities on some of the best walks in the country. All levels catered for from the casual stroller to those who wish to climb Carrauntoohil, Ireland’s highest mountain.... More (Not a Wee Binnian events) Christmas Walking Festival: Date: 31 December 2010 - 03 January 2011. Based in Westport town, this is a weekend of fun combined with healthy outdoor
pursuits to work off the excesses of Christmas with a choice of walks to suit the hardened hiker and the casual stroller. Day 1: Saturday January 1st - High Level walk..... read more.... (Not a Wee Binnian events)
Latest update on Wee Binnian St Patrick’s Weekend trip to Wales – It is booked up Reserve List: If you missed out on your opportunity to go on this trip, ask Eoghan Bailey to put your name on the reserve list. There may be a chance that you might get to go due to cancelations For those who are going on this trip: If you should discover that, for any reason that you are unable to go this trip please let Eoghan Bailey know at 00353 (0)86 843 4440
UFRC News: Fair Head Bunkhouse Survey: This may be of interest to you.
The Countryside Access and Activities Network (CAAN) in partnership with Mountaineering Ireland (MI) are currently working with a local farmer at Fair Head to develop a bunk house (10 minutes walk from the cliffs) for the climbing and outdoor recreation community. The farmer already provides a car park and allows informal camping on his land. The bunkhouse will see the restoration of a series of old stone buildings, better known as a ‘clachan’, to provide accommodation including a lounge, kitchen, sleeping area for 16 people and toilets and showers. There will be separate toilets and showers for campers and a small store for equipment. CAAN are currently trying to determine whether or not the proposal to develop the bunk house is a viable proposition and in order to do so, we need to gauge the level of usage that the bunk house would receive if it existed. The link for the survey is here - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cIacCphTZ%2bA9NHBX4o5jyw%3d%3d Please note the UFRC is working for you. By being a member of the Wee Binnian Walkers, you are also a member of the Ulster Federation of Rambling Clubs along with almost 1700 members from 25 other walking clubs.
Our Next walk: Sunday 9^th January 2011 – Rocky – Meet at Bridge Street Car Park, Newry: Rocky River Car Park (J 233 278), CLICK HERE to view Google Map The Leaders who will be leading the next walk are: Grade A: Sean Nickells, Frank McAteer Grade B: Deirdre MacBride, Thomas McKenna, Peter McGowan, John McCauley Grade C: Eileen McKeever, Paul Fegan and Patsy Gallagher Après Walk: Betty Doran, (Click Here for Google Map and Street View)
Other Information: Did you miss the last Newsletter?. Click here for the last Newsletter Safety Gear List: We ask members, particularly new members or people who are thinking of joining us, to read this information. Click Here Weather Forecast BBC Weather , RTE Weather, Other: Walks Programme Our Websites: www.weebinnians.com, Our Email address: weebinnians@eircom.net
Contacting Our Club Secretary: Secretary Eoghan Bailey - ROI 00353 (0)86 843 4440 or Assistant Secretary Nuala Mulligan.- 0044(0) 759 239 3801. (You may wish to take note of these numbers for future reference and we ask members to store these numbers into your mobile and store them as “Wee Binnians”) Newsletter compiled by David Sloan
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