We spent the weekend in Lough Dan hostel. Hiked up Kanturk and Scarr mountains in very very windy conditions! Great craic altogether!
Month: October 2017
Lough Dan – Hostelling Weekend – Friday 6th – Sunday 8th October
Hi all,
A massive welcome to our new Scouts who joined us at last week’s meeting. You all settled in really well and we hope you enjoyed it. At the meeting we discussed our upcoming weekend away. We will be hostelling in Lough Dan Scout Centre, Wicklow – http://www.loughdan.com/
The cost of the weekend is €25. We will be leaving on Friday evening and returning on Sunday afternoon.
As the Scouting Motto goes – Bí Ullamh (Be prepared), so in preparation we talked about what gear we need for the weekend at last week’s meeting. Below is a reminder of the gear needed.
Here is the gear list for the weekend:
- Neckerchief
- Sleeping Bag
- Two Full change of clothes
- Hat
- Gloves
- Thick jumper
- Day bag (backpack)
- Hiking boots
- Thick socks
- Rain gear – Rain Jacket (with a hood) and Rain Trousers
- Torch
- Emergency rations (sweets)
- Survival bag (bivi bag)
- Whistle
- Platypus/Water Bottle
- Towel
- Wash gear
If you have it:
Personal first aid kit
Compass
Fingal Scout County Camp Photos
Photos from the Fingal Scout County Camp. Approx. 550 scouts from all over the county spent the weekend camping in Malahide. The weekend was jam packed with bases and loads of activities…. Brackenstown were assigned the United Kingdom as our representative country. I think we can say we did a good job and flew the “Union Brack” with pride!