On Saturday 11 club members completed the Blackstairs Challenge, a 30 k walk along the spine of the Blackstairs range from Killanure near Bunclody to Glynn in Co. Carlow with over 1600 m of climbing and taking an average of 9 hours to complete.First lady home was Club Member LIz Sinnott in a time of 6 hours 17 minutes; new member , Betty Bolger, also completed the Challenge for the first time.
On Sunday, John Atkinson and Turlough O Brien led a walk on Mt Leinster taking in Knockroe on return . The picture shows some of the group at the Knockroe Dolmen – a major archaeological feature not marked on the OS map!
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