About the Club
Hello and welcome to our club website. The club is an easygoing hillwalking club based in Dublin that walks every Sunday and on Tuesday nights during the Summer and early Autumn months. We meet at the Tuning Fork pub (directions here >>>) in Rathfarnham (outside!) South Dublin every Sunday morning.
In addition we, have four one day trips and about four weekends-away each year - take a look at the Other Events page.
We are a small club with about 50 members and each walk sees about 8 to 16 people take part on a members walk mainly in Wicklow and Dublin.
Bogtrotters club is affiliated to Mountaineering Ireland and all club members are members of MI. Among the benefit of MI membership is insurance which is necessary as a member. The other benefits are explained on the New Members page.
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New Members Joining
If you are interested in joining then visit the New Members page for more information about the club and trying out the walks and us! You can also contact the leaders and ask them about the walk.
You must read the safety page before coming on a walk! Please make sure you have the essentials if you arrive for a walk as you WILL need them this is Ireland after all the land of 4 seasons in one day!
Please visit the new members page
Grading of Walks
The club walks are graded as follows in accordance with their challenge.
Grade 1 – Tough / good level of fitness required *Typically grade 1 is 18-24km (with substantial climbs
(6 hours +)
Grade 2 – Strenuous / suitable for most regular walkers but tougher than grade 3 (5 – 6 hours) 14-18km
Grade 3 – Moderate / suitable for people if they have a reasonable level of general fitness and some hill walking experience (4 – 5 hours). Please note though that these walks are mostly off tracks and are across rough terrain and steep hills. 10-14km
A Grade 3 open walk will take place on June 10th 2012.
The leader for this walk is Benédicte.
The walk is open to non members who have the required level of fitness for a grade 3 walk as well as the necessary minimum level of equipment of hiking boots and raingear.
Please read the new members and safety pages BEFORE you join us for the walk.
We would also ask you to contact the club secretary Chris to let us know if you are going so we have an idea of numbers.
Enjoy.