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Hill-walking: Tools and Utilities. | |
Calculate Sunrise/ Sunset. Utility. Sunrise and sunset calculation for your next walk. |
Conversion
Tool Utility. I use metric measurements, but perhaps you prefer miles and feet etc. Also does map lengths. |
Hill-walking: Irish Resources. | |||
The
Irish Rambler's Club. An excellent hillwalking club of which I have been a member for many years. It has around 600 members and is based in the Dublin/ Wicklow area. Weekly walking is usually in five or six grades with some walks on various other days. The Ramblers organise the Lug Walk every other year. |
Wayfarers
Association An excellent hillwalking club of which I was a member for many years. It has around 300 members and is based in Dublin/ Wicklow area. Weekly walking is usually in three grades. The Wayfarers annually organise the Blackstairs Walk. |
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Geo Tours is an Irish business that explores Irelands geology and archaeology through providing guided tours of its amazing landscapes. Geo Tours also provides workshops and night classes for those who wish to develop an interest in geology as a hobby. |
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Lists of Irish Mountains for research or
planning purposes etc can be found here.
produced in conjunction with MountainViews.ie which also has comments, photos, walks and much other information and GPS data: MountainViews. |
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Outsider
magazine.
Covers several different adventure sports. |
Ireland360 Panoramic views of Ireland including many mountain tops, environs. Well worth a visit. Needs Quicktime. |
Irish
Trigpointing A website for those interested in Irish Trig Pillars. |
Án Oige Hillwalking Club Web site of this well known club. |
Bray
Strollers Bray Strollers Hillwalking Club - Co. Wicklow |
Hazel Luskin's Site Hazel emails "I am concentrating on the people who would end up on a stretcher if they attempted any of your walks - I reckon 3 hours is about my max. including the stop for lunch!" |
Peter
Reuderink A really well done account of walking part of the Wicklow Way in Feb 99. Good photos/ layout/ text. Everyone thinking of creating webpages about walking/ mountaineering will find interest on this homepage. |
Dungarvan Hillwalking Club web
site An excellent modern site with lots of information and great local connections. |
Glenans
Hillwalking Describes their walks with photos and general guidelines. |
Coillte Meitheal is a group of Trail Maintance volunteers drawn from varous departments and areas in Coillte Teoranta (State Owned Forestry Company). | 'Selected Munster Hillwalks' Includes pictures and walks in the area. A site to watch. |
Comeragh Mountaineering
Club. Based in Waterford City with local mountains the Comeraghs. Photos, program, walk info, club info. |
Monaghan Hillwalking. | Tom Fox's Photography Includes some fine mountain photos. |
Waterford Walking A local Walkers site. | "Ireland's
Leading Hiking Expert Picks the Country's 10 Best Climbs" Joss Lynam on Hillwalking. (Never mind the title.) |
The
Knockmealdowns, Comeragh etc. Some interesting routes with local knowledge. |
Mountain
Pursuit Challenge Scouting Ireland CSI organises and runs four national Mountaineering weekends every year, one in each of the four provinces. |
Tailor-made
tours Self-guided walking holidays on Ireland's Waymarked Ways |
Unique Ascent organises walking and climbing in Donegal in extreme places. |
Gaiterheaven.com "Welcome to Gaiterheaven.com - a hiking website updated twice a week Mondays and Fridays." Has hikes, photos, links etc. |
Hillwalking in the Glen of Imaal |
RTE Teletex page
161 Met Eireann's general forecast in Aertel format. |
Croagh Patrick An aficionado of the Reek, a mountain in Mayo, has this site. |
De la Salle Scouts Information and superb pictures of the Comeraghs. |
Mid-Ulster Walking Club
A walking club based centrally in Northern Ireland. |
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Wicklow -
Natural Heritage Area. An interesting site with information about Wicklow for newcomers and frequent visitors. |
Ask about Ireland A cultural resource about Ireland. Excellent.
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Eoin
Delaney's Mountaineering in Ireland. Good and extensive selection of walks mainly in Connemara, with pictures, routes and maps. |
Mourne
Wall Walk An innovative site detailing a Mourne Wall Walk in 34 stages. Has photos, 2 sorts of map and various interesting innovations. Recommended. |
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Hill-walking: Irish
Commercial Resources. Nobody pays me to advertise these guys and I feel free to comment on them. |
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East-West
Mapping. This gives details of various map and guidebook publications for walking etc. in Ireland. Covers Waymarked Walks, OS maps, general hillwalking and climbing guides. |
WicklowWay.com is a website that has been set up to help walkers strategically plan out their journey along the Wicklow Way, a waymarked way in Wicklow, Ireland. | |||
Kerryway This is a description of Ireland's longest waymarked way. | Dingleway. A description of the waymarked way around Dingle. | Michael Gibbon's Walking Ireland, "Walking on Ireland's sacred Mountains is exhilarating, watching the awesome power of the Atlantic pounding the cliffs almost 2,000 feet below." | ||
Walking in Mayo Includes Castlebar walking festival. |
Northern Ireland. Official site of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. |
Ian Taylor Ian Taylor Trekking. Everest Base, Kilimanjaro, Inca Trail, Mera .. |
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Mysatnav
an Irish company that specialises in the sales of leading brands of GPS Satellite Navigation systems for the mobile user. |
Celtic Nature Expeditions. Web. Email: celticexpeditions@tinet.ie |
Hillwalk
Ireland Hillwalk Ireland will take you to hiking heaven! With great value walking tours in Dingle, Kerry, West Cork and Wicklow; trekking in Ireland has never been easier.” |
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Guide to Ireland. |
Ireland
at Home
This site covers self catering accommodation all over Ireland Ireland at Home offer a wide variety of holiday homes in places that are useful for hillwalking such as West Cork, Kerry, Clare, Connemara and Donegal. |
Shannon Region Trails
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Monaghan Outdoors, info on the outdoors for Co. Monaghan. www.monaghan-outdoors.com |
Footfalls
Walking Tours A small family fun walking holiday company based in Co. Wicklow. |
Munster
Mountaineering website. Munster Mountaineering offer guided walking,
trekking and climbing in the mountains of southwest |
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The Mountains of Mourne A website outlining the history, culture and value of the Mournes. Well worth a look. |
Holiday Hound Guide for holidays in Ireland. Locations, itineraries, info etc. | ||
TourClare Comprehensive list of accommodations in the county, lists of usual and unusual Things to Do, helpful information for every town. |
FirstAid.ie First Aid Training Service is a Galway based company providing First Aid Courses nationally. | Ireland West Tourism - Holiday Homes & Cottages to rent in the West of Ireland - Connemara, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon. | ||
Hotel in Glencar, Co. Kerry. Near mountains. www.glencarhouse.com | OKSports. Sports Shop.
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Swift: a guide to Irish web
sites. Structured a little like Yahoo. |
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Joyce's
Ireland Walking Tours Commercial site advertising walking holidays. |
Time Out
Tours operate activity and special interest tours of Ireland. E-mail: |
SOS Walking
Tours in Donegal. Site is in English, German and Irish.
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Budget Accomodation in Strandhill, Co Sligo. Web. |
www.ionadsiul.ie - a new hill walking centre located in Glencolmcille, County Donegal. |
Ger's Running A site that promises information on Irish Running, Walking etc. |
Hill-walking: General Resources. | |||||||
European
Ramblers' Association. Also contains a map of European Long Distance Paths. |
Ramblers'Association
(UK) |
Hiking Links. Claims to be the world's largest trail database. |
Resources
for Hillwalkers. UK oriented resource list. |
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Long
Distance Walkers Association. The LDWA is an Association of people with the common interest of walking long distances in rural, mountainous or moorland areas. |
Mountaineering Council of Scotland. | Another
resource list including Hillwalking material. (UK based) |
Mountain Bothy
Association. (Scotland) |
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European
High Points Map with some description. |
http://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/ Lists summits in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Yes, it turns out that this site in the UK is also run by someone named Simon, surname Edwardes. And another, Simon Stevens: simonsmountainlists.com !
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Simon's Mountain Lists Another Simon with lists mainly about the UK.
Has an interesting section "Bagging Take a look at the associated Alpine site. |
South East National Trails web site (Britain) (www.nationaltrails.gov.uk) Maps, details on how to get their, countryside, history, wildlife and more is covered in detail. |
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Ton de Maagt
Hiking Page. Information about hiking and hillwalking in several European countries. |
http://www.walking-routes.co.uk Has 100's of links to UK web pages which carry online walking routes, hiking trails, route directions, route maps etc. Some with GPS info. |
UK
Challenge Walks List of events from the LDWA (Long Distance Walks Association |
Yorkshire
- The Three Peaks Walk |
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www.gps4less.co.uk Discount Sat Nav
for recreation, Automotive and Marine use. Garmin Authorised dealer - priced
to beat the rest. This is a UK dealer that I found quick and responsive when buying a Garmin GPSMAP60. |
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A new type of venture. This UK based outfit produces internet TV descriptions of walks. For newcomers this could be informative and a compelling way of introducing walking.
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Lakeswalks - Walks in The Lake District devoted to walking in the English Lake District |
An
owner-run guided walking business offering bespoke single- and multi-day
itineraries in the Scottish Highlands".
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Statistical
Topics in Hillwalking
Interesting UK site. |
Rambling in UK We provide rambling news, rambling walks, rambling links and a list of rambling clubs for the UK Rambler | ||||
Hikenet (US) |
GUIDEPOST (UK) Maps and guidebooks sold online. Here. Big selection. |
Barb and Charl's
Long Distance Walks (UK) A sort of blog about various long walks in Britain. |
misc.fitness.walking US Based newsgroup. You need to have the tools setup for newsgroups to see this. |
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The
Wild Rover The site is a collection of forums and message boards. Chat
about all sorts of things such as hiking, climbing, camping, mountain biking. |
World Outdoor Web. Dedicated to the world of outdoor sports and activities, travel and adventure. |
Nuttalls Website. A website with lots of information about mountain guidebooks, bagging etc mainly though not exclusively for England and Wales. |
Caledonia
Hilltreks
Commercial site in Scotland with some good information and links. |
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Hiking,
Trekking & Camping @ ABC-of-Hiking.com
All Hiking, Trekking & Camping Information on our Hiking Portal. Hiking Tips & Techniques, Hiking Equipment Buying Guides and all information you need to go Hiking. |
www.walkingandhiking.co.uk
Is focused on safe trekking, rambling and strolling, which I thought may
be of interest. |
Resources
for the Walker Fairly long list of mainly UK resources. |
HILLWALKING
SCOTLAND CONNERY'S SCOTTISH WALKS Scotland's Mountains, Glens, Lochs, Valleys. Scottish Countryside at it's best. |
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Spencer Lane's guide to a walk, volkswalk or volksmarch over 20 miles (32 km.) in Britain and around the World. | IVV - International Federation of Popular Sports |
http://www.rivierarambling.fr Walks and Hikes on the French Riviera
Riviera Rambling is a site dedicated to walkers, hikers and ramblers who would like to discover or get to know better the beautiful landscape of the French Riviera. It is also a means for individuals to share their favourite walks, by logging into the site and posting details, to make it easier for others to follow. |
Walks
in Yorkshire All about walking in Yorkshire, Britain. |
Hill-walking: Articles and Photo Collections. | |||
Jotunheimen
(Norway) Photos (mixed quality, all are huge, some very impressive) and description. |
The Norwegian Mountain Touring Assocation : http://www.dnt.org/ |
Article
on Assynt Scotland |
Photos from Japan. Excellent site if you are a nut like me for mountain photo collections. |
"Scotland's Online Walking Magazine." here |
www.lakedistrictdesktops.com Free desktop wallpaper sized photographs of the English Lake District; a new image every other day. |
North
of Glasgow Walks. Scotland. |
Liathach
- Richard's Mountain Pages. Contains some interesting pictures. |
Torridon
Area Really good photos and site. |
GPS
Hill & Mountain Waypoint Bagging Lists (UK) Includes "Baggers 'tick-list'" and various lists, facilities. |
Some English Walks. | South
Scotland Nice format. |
mad about
mountains Photos, info about mountains, all you wanted to know about Skiddaw. Nice site. |
Melvin
Folkard's Hill-Walking Page. Some nice pictures including Helvellyn, Striding Edge. |
Mountain Photoview This collection, I promise you, is different. |
John Dawson's
Lake District Walks Web Site. Large on line guide book.(UK) |
Long Distance Walks (UK). Features some seven long distance walks and has illustrated descriptions for them. |
Some English Lake
District Photos. There's also some walks described. |
The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu Web |
Worldwide Mountaineering - Photographs, articles and information on walks, climbs, and treks on five continents. |
Photos of Scotland. |
Hill-walking: Accomodation. | |||
Wicklow, Ireland. Accomodation, photos, potted history and the Wicklow Way. |
Jigsaw Cottage. A great base for exploring the Wicklow Way and south Wicklow. | Scottish YHA. Includes a map of their Youth Hostels. |
GoIreland:
Goireland: Check out goireland.com's online reservation and information services. A site for Planning your trip to Ireland. |
On-line
accomodation listings. This may help you solve the perennial problem of arranging accomodation from far away. It does include accomodation in hill-walking areas but mostly hotels. |
Ireland By.Com Ireland Hotels - Ireland By.Com Stay in the magical city of Dublin or escape into the green Irish countryside. Book your accommodation in Ireland; hotels, townhouse suites, holiday apartments, B&Bs, and Castles throughout the Emerald Isle. |
Connemara
Country Cottages This is a group of self-catering cottages in Recess making it useful for walking in the Twelve Bens and the Maumturks. |
Hill walking Misc and Climbing | |||
Irish Climbing
On-line For anyone interested in climbing in Ireland this is the site. |
NIOA Orienteering maps in Northern Ireland. |
IOA Irish Orienteering Association. | Orienteering.
(UK) |
Irish Mountain Running
Association. Race calendars etc. |
Countrywide
Hillwalking Association CHA claims to be the longest established walking club in Ireland. |
Northern Ireland Fell
Runners
Association Link |
Setanta
Orienteers. I have happy memories of being a member, years ago. |
LONG DISTANCE TRAILS This list includes "official" trails over 50 miles (80km) in length. Paddy Dillon makes brief comments on each one based on his own personal experience of the routes. |
Walking
Ireland. Site setting out to list the waymarked routes. Not comprehensive yet. |
Walks by Inland
Waterways The site is a guide to walks by the inland waterways of Ireland for people with boats on the Shannon, Erne, and Barrow rivers, and on Irish canals. |
Mountainbiking
Association of Dublin I frequently strongly disapprove of the activities of many mountain bikers. |
Ascent of
Everest. One man's view. |
Caving Speleological Union of Ireland. |