The Club made a return trip to the Galtees for their annual Christmas get together weekend. Events kicked off on Friday evening with a night walk up to Galty Mór completed in a cracking four hours with magnificent visibility making head torches unnecessary until the later stages of the walk .
The main event of the weekend is the Saturday walk and this year a section of the Galtees not previously visited was tackled with a climb to Carraig na Binne (the Rock of the Cliff : appropriately named given the steep fall to the North ) with a return along the turf road parallel to the Blackrock River . Unfortunately it was only as the river came into view on the return leg that visibility improved to reveal the steep hills either side of the river vallery. A short cut back to the cars through a wood became something of an adventure as a search was made for the path clearly marked on the OS map but not so clear on the ground – eventually the group emerged from thick forestry onto the path which took us back to the cars just as dusk set in !
Saturday evening saw the group enjoy a well earned meal in the warm surrounding of the Kilcoran Lodge Hotel.
Sunday’s walk started from the well appointed King’s Yard
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