Category: Weekend away

Weekend away 21st- 23rd November

littlegreenman

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As advised at the Troop Meeting we are going hostelling for the weekend of 21st to 23rd November. The cost for the weekend is €35, this covers transport, food and accomodation.

We are going to the mountain ventures hostel in Glen of Imaal in south Wicklow … and yes this time it does have running water and showers. 

We have booked the entire hostel so we need as many Scouts as possible to go. The SPL’S and PL’s will be involved in planning the weekend so it should be good fun.  We hope all Scouts will attend. Let us know next Thursday 13th if you are coming with us.

The Leaders

Glenmalure Photos are now up

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Hey everyone the pics are now up but they are not in the Gallery.There was so many of them that it would have taken me hours, literally, to resize and publish then on this site so stuck them on another site, called Flickr, that makes it easy to upload them.

You can see them by clicking on the link in the bottom right of this page. Cheers.

Ian

Trip to Glenmalure

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I hope you are all getting in gear for our venture into the wilds next weekend. We have put together a jam-packed schedule for the trip, with loads of hiking, wide games and embracing the rugged conditions. Let’s hope no one ends up in tied to a tree…

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Trip goals – (1) Everyone can put up a light weight tent (2) Everyone can use a trangie (3) Everyone can recognise the basic features on a map (4) Everyone can take and follow a bearing on a compass (5) Everyone has fun

Friday
1900 Leave scout den in Swords
2100 Arrive at Glenmalure hostel – Unpack gear and claim beds then cup of tea.
2200 Wide game in the woods – Game ‘Lights Out’
0000 Back in to warm by fire – tea and biscuits – Star scouts prepare route card and lunch for climb tomorrow.
0100 Bed
Saturday
0700 Star scouts wake to prepare for Summit
0730 Star scouts breakfast and gear check
0800 Star scouts leave to climb Lugnaquillia (925) via Clohernagh (800) while everyone else wakes up.
0900 Breakfast
1000 Gear check and prepare lunches
1100 Leave for hike to Benleagh (689) Map and compass bases along the way
1230 Arrive at Benleagh and return to Fraughan Rock Glen
1300 Troop meet back up with Star scouts in Fraughan Rock Glen – Lunch
1400 Inter-patrol tent pitching and trangie working competition (if conditions are good)
1500 Game of ‘Bulldog’ in the heather (if conditions are good)
1600 Head back to hostel
1700 Prepare Dinner
1800 Dinner
1900 Chill out
2000 Wide Game in the woods – ‘Capture the flag’
2200 Back inside for tea and biscuits and warm by the fire
0000 Bed
Sunday
0800 Wake up
0900 Breakfast
1000 Inter-patrol map reading and compass work competition
1100 Pack-up, clean-up, and out
1200 Final parade – ‘Scout of the camp’ announced
1300 Head home

For a virtually uninhabited valley in south Wicklow, Glenmalure has played two big parts in Irish history, once in 1798 and once in 1580. The first scout to recount the history of the those two dates to Shay when we get to the hostel earns a bonus point for scout of the year competition. A good place to start is here.

The scout who can sing this song in its entirety gets five bonus points.

The Leaders

Gear List for weekend in Glenmalure

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Glenmalure is a pretty remote place so it is important that all scouts are PREPARED before going there. As the motto goes:  Be Prepared!

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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 risk

Keep checking the website as the plan for the trip will be going up in the next week. Peace Out. 

The Leaders