Views over Thur
The Holey Soles hill walking group, in conjunction with guide Dave Lawless would like to invite you to our annual Fr. Ed charity walk on Sunday Oct 6th.
The walks will take place in Glenfarne, Co. Leitrim with registration at St. Michael’s National School from 10.30am. The hill walk departs at 11.00am and the ramble at 11.15am. Carparking will be available at nearby St. Michael’s Church, Glenfarne. Directions HERE
Fr. Ed O'Connell who managed the projects in Peru for several years will be joining us on the day.
Ramble
The ramble will be an easy 8km walk along the scenic Barrs Line where walkers will enjoy panoramic views of Glenfarne valley, Thur Mountain and Cuilcagh Mountain in the distance.
Hill Walk
The hill walk is 10km and follows an historic route over Thur Mountain, walking alongside Cullentra Lake, crossing Middle Thur and Thur Mór and returning the same way. Walkers will enjoy great views of Sliabh an Iarainn, Cuilcagh Mountain and Lough MacNean. Walkers will be shuttled by minibus to the start of the walk at McManus Quarry.
We will be following the route taken in pre-famine times by locals carrying the coffins of their loved ones to Kilmakerril Graveyard. Stories are told of people being so weak from hunger they were unable to finish the journey and had to bury their dead on the mountain. You can learn more about this history in a video, ‘Kilmakerrill Graveyard’ recently produced by Leitrim County Council’s Heritage Office which we will show after the walk. Complimentary refreshments will be served after both walks. The Warmi Huasi Project, run by the Columban Missionaries in Peru, works with vulnerable children and adolescents at risk of poverty and violence by providing a range of supports and programmes. For more information visit WARMI HUASI .
If you can't make the walk but would like to contribute, you can do so by buying a ticket on our Eventbrite page HERE. 100% of the funds raised on the day goes to the charity.
Sorry, dogs strictly not allowed.
Please wear suitble walking boots and wet gear. For those doing the hill walk, a hot drink and lunch are advised.
Please see the guidelines for walkers HERE
For more information contact: Sheila O’Keeffe, 087-6470902
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
By registering for our walks, you agree to the following;
I for myself, my executors, administrators and assigns hereby release disclaim and discharge the organisers of the above walk (including the Guides) and also the landowners or occupiers over whose land the walk traverses from all liability in respect of personal injury occurring to myself, howsoever caused, and all loss and damage to my property caused before during or 24 hours after the walk.
I understand that I participate in the walks completely at my own risk.
I acknowledge that if I have a health issue, it is my responsibility and mine alone, to take appropriate steps in safeguarding myself. I declare that I am fully fit and capable of doing a strenuous hill walk.
I fully understand that, like mountain sports and other such outdoor activities, hill walking is a dangerous sport with a risk of personal injury or death and that I walk at my own risk, and I accept these risks and I am responsible for my own actions and involvement.
I understand that it is myself who is responsible for getting the proper instruction in the techniques and equipment necessary for hiking or hill walking or scrambling or climbing or mountaineering and I assume all responsibility for injuries to myself or to third parties.
I understand that I cannot bring a dog on this walk.
I understand that the Organisers of this walk do not recognise any liability for injury or damage caused to, or by, walkers, climbers, third parties or property arising from such persons.
I understand that if any person participating in this walk, including myself, helps others, for example by advising a route, showing the way, reading a map or SatNav/GPS, helping others over fences, steep or rough terrain, streams or such obstacles, or making suggestions, that does not incur or imply any responsibility on that participant. It is only myself who is responsible for myself in any such interactions.
I have read and understood and agree to this disclaimer with its general principle that I understand that nobody else is responsible for me and I’m not responsible for anyone else.
