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March 7th 2010 Walk Report

This Sunday saw further preparations being made for this year’s festival with our scheduled A and B walks both leaving from Lisvarrinane Village. Traditionally Sunday walks during the May Bank Holiday Festival Weekend take place in the Galtee range and this year is no different with one exception, we will have a total of four walks on the Sunday. The A high level Walk is a closely gu

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Added by John Brennan on March 8, 2010 at 11:14pm — No Comments

How to: Use Google Calendar to remind you of upcoming walks

UPDATE: It's also possible to be notified of upcoming walks by SMS using Google Calendar.

The Ballyhoura Bears website uses Google Calendar to store details of all upcoming walks. If you haven't heard of Google Calendar, it is a free Internet calendar that lets you keep track of your own events and share your calendars with others. It's the ideal tool for managing personal and professional schedules. It is… Continue

Added by John Brennan on March 6, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Walk Report: 21st February 2010

Plans are well underway for this year’s Walking Festival which takes place as always over the three days of the May Bank Holiday weekend. This Sunday’s walk saw the final preparations being made to the Marathon route, designed to test the endurance of the fittest of hillwalker. Thirty one ‘A’ and ‘B’ walkers combined to put the second 13miles of the route through its paces, and assuredly it lived up to its promise. The majority travelled by bus to Glenanaar, where we left off two weeks ago. We a… Continue

Added by John Brennan on February 23, 2010 at 8:52pm — No Comments

Sunday, February 14th 2010, Walk Report

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) The Club is continuing it’s theme of rehearsing the walks that will be undertaken in the upcoming Ballyhoura International Walking Festival while at the same time providing attractive walks for members. The Comeraghs was the range that was selected for last Sunday’s “A” walk. Mary Ryan was the selected leader and not to miss out on a moment of daylight she assembled her group at Melody’s Pub at 9.30 a m where she outlined the day that she had planned… Continue

Added by John Brennan on February 16, 2010 at 8:09am — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears 7th February 2010

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO)
In preparation for The Ballyhoura International Walking Festival on the May Bank Holiday weekend last Sunday’s “A” and “B” walk was a combined walk taking in the first half of the marathon route. Twenty-six of us assembled at Glenanaar Car Park. Leaving our cars there we were transported by bus to the start in Kilfinane on a cool breezy morning. The planned route was to leave the town for Magnier’s Wood and thence to Fox’s Field before heading wes… Continue

Added by John Brennan on February 9, 2010 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears 17th January 2010

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO)
These notes are always harping on about what great walking there is in and around the Ballyhoura Region. This claim was put to the test on Sunday when the club chose Kilfinane as the starting venue for its “A” and “B” walks. We were delighted to welcome members of our neighbouring club, the Galty Walking Club, to this venue. To strengthen attendances from both clubs the leaders chosen for the day were dual members, Willie Ryan and Michael Moroney.… Continue

Added by John Brennan on January 21, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Walking Report Jan 10th 2010

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) One of the real pleasures of walking as a pastime is that you can be faced with the unexpected at little or no notice. One would have thought that we had plenty of notice of the conditions that were going to prevail last Sunday; frosted ground and severe cold. It is easy to prepare for this – you just wear the proper footwear, wrap up and away you go. Until the snow arrives, that is. Now there in a new plan, especially when the snow lodges on the alread… Continue

Added by John Brennan on January 15, 2010 at 2:33pm — No Comments

Discovery maps

OSI are currently doing "buy two, get two free" on discovery series maps. Just mention that you saw it advertised on mountain views Continue

Added by bridget hennessy on January 5, 2010 at 2:16pm — No Comments

beginner walks

Conditions around Darragh where the beginner walk is scheduled for are very icy. The road is impassable, with cars getting stuck in the ice. I would advise people not to travel in this area tomorrow, 28th Dec. The area around the bridge and creamery is under several inches of solid ice and completely unwalkable. Other roads leading to this point are in a similar condition. Further beginner walks are scheduled for the new year. Please see the calendar for details. Continue

Added by bridget hennessy on December 26, 2009 at 6:44pm — No Comments

Phishing Warning

HI to fellow Bears please be aware that you may receive an unsolicited email from sources including "Janebaby6 at yahoo.com" via the Ballyhoura Bears website. This is a phishing attempt to get you to give your personal email address. If you do this you may be subjected to virus attack or to requests for other personal information. Do not respond to such unsolicited mesages. Ignore them. Regards, Denis Continue

Added by Denis Bates on December 8, 2009 at 5:18pm — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears 6th December 2009

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) Whew! That was some weekend we had. It seems as if our activities are extending in every direction putting our stamina to a real test. The weekend started as early as it could – on Friday night with our annual Christmas party. A bit on the early side you might say, but it was a great evening. Meticulous planning went into the preparations headed up by our Social Secretary, Eugene Stephens. Early on he made the decision that we should have a night to ou… Continue

Added by John Brennan on December 7, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

New Walking Calendar for 2010

The club walking calendar for Quarter 1 of 2010 has been finalised. I have attached a copy of the calendar to this post. You will need Adobe PDF Reader to view it. The calendar on the web site will be updated with this information in the coming days. Click here to download the calendar. John Continue

Added by John Brennan on December 3, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Important Safety Announcement: Double Parking at Ballynaboola Entrance

Cars were double parked at the entrance to Ballynaboola yesterday. The Fire Brigade & Ambulance had great difficulty in getting through the entrance to get to an injured mountain bike rider who was immobilized due to back injury. We remind member & visiting clubs to be mindful of the fact that they need to leave sufficient room for Emergency Vehicles to get through the entrance. If there is not enough room down at the road, then I would suggest driving up to the car park. Thank y… Continue

Added by John Brennan on November 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears Walks 29th November, 2009

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) Ah yes! The winter has arrived at last. That glorious Indian summer that we were lucky to have a few weeks ago has rapidly been replaced by the real seasonal winter weather. What harm. Isn’t this the time to get it? From a walkers point of view it just means that you plan for the expected conditions, tog out appropriately and get on with it. Somehow the conditions are seldom so bad when you get out, as they appear to be from the warmth and comfort of ho… Continue

Added by John Brennan on November 30, 2009 at 8:42am — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears Walks 22nd November 2009

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) It is to the credit of the Club that it has never cancelled a scheduled walk, irrespective of weather forecasts or prevailing conditions at the start of or during a walk. Sometimes adjustments have to be made to plans to provide for weather or ground conditions, and these are usually done in the interest of safety. Given the weather conditions that led up to last weekend, however, and the forecasts that were being given for Sunday it would have come as… Continue

Added by John Brennan on November 23, 2009 at 9:09am — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears Walks 15th November 2009

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) Lisvernane was the centre of our attraction last Sunday. The three Club walks started from there on what turned out to be a beautiful bright dry morning, and despite the forecast that we were liable to get heavy thunder showers, for some reason Lisvarrinane and its environs was not included in this assessment. First off was the new concept of Nordic walking. Robin Lee led off the eight enthusiasts at 9.00 a m. For the early risers in the village this m… Continue

Added by John Brennan on November 16, 2009 at 10:12am — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears 8th November 2009

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) There are a lot of new ideas in the club at present, and those that are given to reading these notes will have seen that these new ideas are being transferred into a wider variety of walks. Along with this, efforts are being made to find new walks within a reasonable distance from our base to provide our members with new challenges on new terrain. Eugene Stephens produced one such walk on Sunday last; the Slieve Bearnach horseshoe starting from the wes… Continue

Added by John Brennan on November 12, 2009 at 7:07pm — No Comments

Ballyhoura Bears October 31st and November 1st

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) Over the years that the Club has been in existence the membership has grown consistently such that it now stands at over 250. Inevitably this increase in membership places a demand on the club to provide a variety of walks and of walking activities. This demand is being addressed to the extent that last weekend there were four separate club walks on the calendar. Bridget Hennessy led a “Beginners Walk” out of Glenanaar Car Park on Saturday afternoon.… Continue

Added by John Brennan on November 2, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

rambling weekend

I would like to thank all those who took part in the rambling weekend last weekend and especially those who travelled long distances to be with us.A special word of thanks to our walk leaders and sweepers who once again delivered all high quality very enjoyable rambles and to whom we all owe a great debt of gratitude.We would welcome suggestions from members on the composition of the weekend and any actions you think that would help to grow this festival of walking .a special word to Mary Daly f… Continue

Added by ben o sullivan on October 20, 2009 at 12:48pm — No Comments

Ballyhoura Rambling Weekend

By Robin Lee (Ballyhoura Bears PRO) Last weekend the combined efforts of The Ballyhoura Bears, Ballyhoura Fáilte and Deebert House Hotel resulted in some one hundred plus walkers walking throughout the region on the Ballyhoura Autumn Rambling Wekend. Walkers arrived on Friday night from as far away as Wexford, Sligo and Dublin as well as closer to home to partake in this festival of walking and it was a wonderful success. The proceedings commenced with an informal meet and greet evening… Continue

Added by John Brennan on October 20, 2009 at 9:07am — No Comments