GlencolmcilleSliabh Liag Hillwalkers invites you to join them tomorrow for a four-hour walk at Seven Lakes in Glencolmcille, Co Donegal. Participants should have some hillwalking experience, be properly equipped and bring lunch. Meet at the car park in Carrick, Co Donegal at 10am. 086-6063923.
Wicklow walkAn Óige Hillwalkers Club is organising a 13km hike in Wicklow on November 27th to include Luggala and Knocknacloghoge. Walkers should be properly equipped and bring lunch. Transport is by bus (€12) from Burgh Quay, Dublin at 10am with a second pick-up/drop-off point at the bus stop before Loughlinstown roundabout. hillwalkersclub.com.
Mick FowlerMountaineering Ireland and Berghaus present the lecture Mick Fowler – the mountaineers' mountaineerat Tollymore National Outdoor Centre (December 1st), the Great Outdoors, Dublin (December 2nd) and Kerry Outdoor Sports, Killarney (December 3rd). Fowler and Paul Ramsden won the Piolet D'Or (golden ice axe) eight years ago for a first ascent of a mountain in China called Siguniang by its north face. Tickets €10. The Lynam lecture takes places in the Edmund Burke Theatre, TCD on November 24th. mountaineering.ie.
End of year walksConnemara Wild at Heart Winter Festival takes place from December 28th-30th. On December 28th there will be an introductory talk hosted by Michael Gibbons followed by guided walks on Errisbeg and Omey Island over the following days. Packages start from €199pps for two nights, and €299pps for three nights, inclusive of breakfast, dinner, packed lunches and guided walks. Tickets for the event can be purchased at the five participating hotels: Abbey Glen Castle Hotel (095-21201), Clifden Station House (095-21699), Lough Inagh Lodge (095-34706), Ballynahinch Castle (095-31006) and Cashel House Hotel (095-31001).