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Mark Brennan, centre, receiving an award from Jean Cantwell - Gavin Bate to the left.John FitzGeraldMark Brennan outlines the origin of the "Dan Clancy" chair on Slievecorragh (Wicklow)Martin Critchly describes the opportunities of winter walking.

Annual fundraiser, Glendalough on St Patricks Day

organised by

Partnership America Latina and the Little Sisters of the Assumption

for deprived children in Latin America.

The walk starts at 10.30 - tea/coffee, sandwiches will be available - 3 different grades led by Irish Ramblers Club.

Meeting place: Visitors' Center, Glendalough. Organiser - Kathleen Forde (Rambler) kforde123@hotmail.com

WAI Quiz 2011

The Wayfarers Association is celebrating 40 years this year!   

 The Joyce Country Challenge 2010

The Joyce Country Challenge 2010 was blessed with good weather and was enjoyed by all, organisers and walkers alike.

Happy Smiley Faces At The End Of The Hike ...

The next event being organised by the Walkers Association of Ireland is a talk on the Camino de Norte.

When: Thursday March 26th at 8pm

Where: Upstairs in the Yellow House Pub, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

John Cruise will be giving an illustrated talk on walking in Spain. The
full Camino del Norte is a walk of 756km (established in the 9th
century), however John tells us that there are many shorter sections.
John walks frequently in Wicklow and has also completed the Camino
Frances and Camino Portugues.

Men Survive Lugnaquillia Ordeal

Hauling Sledge in poor weather.The Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by the Defence forces based in the Glen of Imaal to two men missing in the Lugnaquillia area at 21:00 yesterday evening (Monday, 09 February 2009).

With deteriorating weather conditions, the Glen team notified Gardaí and neighbouring Dublin /Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team to the call and rapid response search parties were dispatched onto the mountain with high priority.

The Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and neighbouring Glen of Imaal Red Cross MRT were alerted just after 2pm today to help an injured hill walker in the vicinity of Djouce Mountain, on a popular walking route just behind the Powerscourt Waterfalls.

An experienced hill walker in her 20's had slipped on the path her group were following and incurred a fracture to her lower leg in the fall. Other walkers in her group had attempted to move her closer to a forestry access road, but decided to contact Mountain Rescue for assistance as she was in quite severe pain at this time.

After the launch in April last year this was the first public meeting of the WAI.

From the Modern Navigation course (next course Oct 4th - but possibly sold out) to our support for Challenge Walks the WAI has made modest but continuous progress. Walkers Association AGM Sept 2008A major innovation launched at this meeting was the Winter Meets which will feature holiday information exchange. The first of these is the report of holidays in the Tatras and West Crete (see http://www.walkersassociation.ie/node/290)