

Scout Hike- Rathfarnham to Enniskerry
We continued our Hillwalking month at the weekend with a long hike. We met at 8:30, jumped into cars and spun down the M1 and around the M50 to Rathfarnham. Our starting point was the Merry Plough Boy pub, familiar to many we are sure who have camped in Larch Hill. We checked that everyone had proper boots, rain gear and high vis vest as we knew it was going to be a wet day and that we'd be finishing in the dark. The plan was to hike over Glendoo and Prince William's Seat and


Scout Hike - The First Goose Chase
This month (November), the scout section is focusing on their Hillwalking Adventure Skill. They plan to do a number of hikes. Due to the number of new scouts in teh section this year, they decided to start off easy. They had planned to do the Greystones to Bray Cliff Walk, but due to upgrades on the train line, the journey from Balbriggan to Greystones would have taken 3 hours on teh train so it was decided to try an alternative route. We wanted to keep it a family freindly r