Instead of the usual meeting in the Den this week the Raven Troop will be taking flight this Thursday to Donabate – for a walk and a bit of mapwork.
Lets hope the tide doesn’t come in on us.
For those of you brave enough for the ultimate wilderness challenge of this years County Expedition we have some prepared a gearlist.
This Thursday you will be given your tents and cooking gear for the trip to split between yourselves. On Friday you will be getting the food. I’ll have the maps and compasses for the patrols.
We will be meeting at the den at half six on Friday – make sure to have a dinner in you first. Home around 2pm on Sunday.
Personal gear: 1. Hiking boots
2. Rain gear (top and bottoms)
3. Torch (with spare batteries)
4. Sleeping bag (with sleeping mat)
5. Eating utensils
6. One change of clothes
7. Spare jumper
8. Hat and Gloves
9. Personal emergency rations
10. Survival bag and whistle
11. Toilet roll and wash gear
All packed inside a rucksack lined with black bags – not hanging out.
We are going to be doing some serious hiking down in Kerry and it is absolutely vital that you have the right gear or you won’t be able to go.
Here we go:
Bring your Neckerchief, leave your uniform at home
Boots ( wear them rather than carry in haversack)
Rain Gear (top and bottoms)
Survival bag
Whistle
Torch
Three pairs of socks
Spare jumper
Water bottle
Hat / cap
Cup, plate knife, fork, spoon
Small Haversack (Day bag)
Two full changes of clothes
Sleeping bag
Toiletries / towel
If you have them:
Map, Camera and a good sense of humour, whingers will be left behind, either at the hall or on the Mountain
remember you are responsible for all your property so make sure your name is on everything
any questions, contact one of the leaders
regards
The Leaders
We may have been telling you about this for some time but we have finally set the dates for our trip to Kerry to climb Carrantuohill.
We will be staying in the Killarney International Youth Hostel on Friday 30th of April until Monday 3rd of May.
The cost has been provisionally set at €60 a head.
The hostel is really good and it has loads of woods for wide games and the like. Check it out here.
The plan is to climb this >>>
Weather permitting. [and not from this particular side either]
We also hope to do some lightweight camping in the Hags Glenn as part of it – again weather permitting.
So hopefully we can be like this >>>>>
Hey dudes, hope you are all getting pumped about heading to Glenmalure. As many of you know now, Glemalure is a super remote hostel in the middle of the Wicklow wilderness so you all have to BE PREPARED!
FYI if the weather stays this bad we may have to abandon plans – so fingers crossed for a quick end to the cold snap.
Right so, here is the list.
Essentials:
Hiking boots Two changes of clothes Good waterproof raincoat with hood Rain trousers or gaiters Several pairs of thick socks Warm Hat & Gloves Thick jumper Survival bag (sometimes called a bivvy bag – available for cheap in outdoor stores) Whistle Toiletries Eating utensils (whatever will get you by) Sleeping bag Ground mat Water bottle Torch (with extra batteries – you will be using this a lot) Emergency rations (a few bars or sweets – don’t go over board) A few black bags (for lining your rucksack if it rains) Optional Gear (if you have it): Map of Wicklow (Discovery Series 56) Compass GPS (or whatever cool nav gear you might have) Pen knife Camera Gaiters A deck of cards Do not bring: Mobile Phones Spray Deoderant (just roll-on – the spray is a fire hazard) Sheath knives (anything bigger than a penknife will be confiscated) MP3 players (all personal music players are forbidden) Electronic games Fuel or anything the leaders deem a fire riskKeep checking the website as the plan for the trip will be going up in the next week. Peace Out.
The Leaders
On Saturday 25th of October we will be heading to Glendalough to do the miners walk. It’s a great walk with good views and most of it is boards (which means you can bomb along). We will be doing a few bases too – first aid and navigation.
When: 9am
Where: The Den
Back: 6pm
What to bring:
Hiking boots, rain gear (top and bottoms), warm hat, gloves, scarf, lunch, water, warm drink, spare jumper, survival bag, necker, whistle, personal first aid kit (a few plasters). If you have it: map of wicklow, compass, GPS.
Ian
PS
You can send photos to my new address for the website ian@brackenstownscouts.com
And did you notice that the website is now at www.brackenstownscouts.com (and the old address too)
On the 3rd of November we hiked from Greystones to Bray on the coast walk. Check out the Photos in the Gallery.
