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!

Knockroe Dolmen
Knockroe Dolmen