Taste of adventureMór Active, a Co Kerry- based outdoor adventure company, has a free taster weekend on November 14th and 15th, to let you sample rockclimbing and hillwalking. It will provide all the equipment for the climbing session, on the Saturday from 10am to 1pm, but you need to bring your own gear, including boots, hillwalking clothing, waterproofs and rucksack, for the hike on the Sunday, from 10am until 4pm. Activities are based at Kate Kearney's Cottage, at the Gap of Dunloe. For more, or to book, call 086-3890171 or 066-94748857, or see moractive.com.
Guided walkHilltop Treks will be leading walkers up Lugnaquillia – the highest mountain in Co Wicklow and the 13th highest in Ireland – on Sunday, November 15th. Be at Glenmalure Lodge at 11am, suitably equipped with boots, rain gear, food, a change of clothes and everything else you'll need for the day. The walk, which should take five or six hours, costs €25. Call 087-7849599 or see hilltoptreks.ie.
Meet your matchThe Bluestack Ramblers are meeting for a strenuous walk of about the same length on Slieve Sneacht tomorrow. Meeting in Doochary, Co Donegal, at 10am, participants should be experienced hillwalkers. €5 per non-member. Call Bernard McGlinchey on 086-2187609.
Alternatively, you could opt for the even more strenuous demands of Ardara Matchmaking Weekend. Call Stephen on 087-2424590, Marie on 074-9541103 or Pat on 074-9537952.