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Slieve Bloom Walking Events

Sunday February 28th 2010

Walk: Glendine East, Glendine Gap, Clear Lake

Guide: Gerry Hanlon

Assemble: Cattle Mart Mountrath 11am

Time: 4-5 hours

Distance: 13k/ 9mls

Grade:A

For Sale Landscape Of the Slieve Blooms Cost €30

A study of the natural and human heritage of the Slieve Blooms by Dr John Feehan

Price €30 available from the Slieve Bloom Rural Development Society Office, Community Centre, Kinnitty, Co Offaly.

€38 including post and packaging. Telephone 086 2789147.

E-mai:  info@slievebloom.ie

Slieve Bloom Guided Walks Programme December 2010 

Slieve Bloom Walking Guides

John Scully MCI Approved Walking Guide

Experienced local guide who has a deep knowledge of the local enviroment.

Address: Slieve Bloom Mountain Walks

              Clonabeg Clonaslee Co Laois

              Tel: +353(0)5786 48629  +353(0)862405187

              E-mail: alanscully60@hotmail.com

Self Guided walks

Eco Walks
Looped Walks
Long Distance Walks
DayTreks
Lough Boora Parklands Sculpture Walks
Lough Boora Parklands Wheelchair Accessable Walks

Slieve Bloom Walking Guides

Slieve Bloom 17th Annual Walking Festival April 30th to 3rd May 2010
View Downlaod Walks_brochure 2010 PDF Brochure

Annual Walking Festival Weekend
Click HERE for details

17th Annual Walking Festival Weekend View / download PDF Brochure

The Slieve Bloom Mountains / Environment Park offer some of the best walking opportunities in Ireland, whether you want just a leisurely stroll or you are looking for a more challenging hill-walk.This peaceful retreat has a wide variety of mapped walks to suit every type of walker

• Long distance walks The Slieve Bloom Way links with The Offaly Way at Cadamstown.
  
  
• Day Treks from Glenbarrow to Clonaslee, Clonaslee to Cadamstown, Cadamstown to Kinnitty.
  
  
• A variety of Looped walks at Glenbarrow near Rosenallis, Clonaslee, Cadamstown, Kinnitty,
  
  
• Eco Walks at Glenbarrow, Cadamstown, Knockbarron, Glenafelly and Gurteenamile.
  
  
• Wild Life, Wheelchair accessable and Heritage walks at Lough Boora Parklands just 10k from the Slieve Blooms

The Slieve Bloom Walking Club has organised a Programme of Summer Walks on most Sundays from May to mid November with Winter Walks posted on web-site as weather permits.The walking season kicks off with the Annual Walking Festival on the May bank Holiday Weekend each year. Local guides will enable you to get the most enjoyment and benefit from their knowledge of the Terrain and of the Flora and Fauna encountered along the way.

All the organised walks are graded from D Easy to A for the more regular walker.
Walking Breaks

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Organised Walking Programme
In and around the Slieve Bloom Mountains

The Slieve Bloom Rural Development Society and the Slieve Bloom Walking Club organise a Programme of Walks on most Sundays from May to Mid November, with local guides to enable you to get the most enjoyment and to benefit from their local knowledge of the terrain and of the Flora and Fauna encountered alone the way. Download a PDF file of the Walking Programme brochure HERE.

 

 

Slieve Bloom Guided Walking Programme for 2009
The Walking Programme runs from May to November
Click HERE for details

Spring walks

A programme of Spring Walks will be posted here weather permitting

Download the Slieve Bloom Walks Brochure in PDF format

WALKERS PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

• Registration takes place prior to the start of each walk: €5 per person per walk or yearly membership of €20 single, €30 family.
  
• Dogs are not allowed
  
• Walkers participate at their own risk
  
• Strong waterproof footwear footwear and protective outdoor clothing is advisable.
  
• Grade A and B walks are only for walkers who walk on a regular basis and have a reasonable level of fitness, are properly equipped and have sufficient food and drink to sustain themselves.
• A and B walks are in remote and wilderness areas of the Slieve Blooms, are only accessable on foot and are rarely frequented by hill walkers

Further details:-
SLIEVE BLOOM RURAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY
Community Centre, Kinnity, Co Offaly, Ireland.
Slieve BloomAccommodation and Walking Breaks Phone +353(0 )86 2789147
Information on Walks Contact: Gerry Hanlon Tel: +353(0)86 8210056
e-mail: info@slievebloom.ie

Slieve Bloom Eco Walking Festival 10-12th September 2010

Walk and Talk in the company of John Scully, Gloria Carter and Tom Joyce and discover new eyes for the landscape of the Slieve Bloom.

Guided Walks on Saturday and Sunday. Registration Friday Evening 6pm at Community Centre Kinnitty 11 am Cost €20

Friday Evening Walk Knockbarron Eco Walk

Leader: John Scully  Time: 11am  Duration 3-4 hours Distance: 10k

Saturday Morning Walk& Talk Lough Boora Parklands.

Saturday Evening Entertainment & Dinner at Slieve Bloom Bar Kinnitty Co Offaly

Glenbarrow Eco Walk: Sunday 20th September

Leader: Tom Joyce: Time :11am Duration:3-4 hours Distance: 12k

Eco Walking Accomodation Package €80 pps.September 10th & 11th 2010.

 

• 2 nights Bed and Breakfast.
• Tea/Coffe Home Baking on Arrival
• 2 Packed Lunches

 

News Item

The Walks Scheme The Slieve Bloom Way

 

A Walks Scheme has been introduced which will see farmers/private landowners and landholders/users receive payment for the development, maintenance and enhancement of approved National Waymarked Ways and Looped Walking Routes that pass through their land. 

 

The scheme is funded by the Department of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs and is now available to landholders on the Slieve Bloom Way.   Expression of interest forms and further information is available from Laois LEADER.

 

The closing date for the receipt of expressions of interest is September 5 2008.

 

Further details are available from:-

 

 

Ann Lanigan Slieve Bloom Rural Recreation Officer

Laois LEADER

Peppers Court

Portlaoise

Co. Laois.

057 8661900

Email. rrolaois@gmail.com