opencanoe

Hi Folks,

we've put together an informal weekend for anyone who wants to join us in Jonathan Swift Park, just outside Mullingar in Westmeath

Directions can be found here: http://maps.google.com/maps?tab=ml

We have camping space booked, and there are B&Bs close by for the faint hearted! We dont have a very formal plan, but the general gist is:

Saturday

We're going to meet at Lilliput at 9am, travel over to the river Inny, our nearest river and make our way down. Its a nice stretch with nothing too challenging on it. Alternatively, Lilliput is on Lough Ennell so people can stay there either.

Saturday Evening

Campfire and Ceili. We're hoping to have a bit of a barbeque and a ceili. Bring an instrument if you can play (or even if you cant). We'll have a few gazebos and maybe a marquee if we're lucky, just in case it rains.

Sunday

This is going to be a day of rest. We re going to head out for a paddle on Lough Ennell. If people are interested, we can also do a trip down the river Brosna. Its a nice fairly flat stretch.


We're not going to plan the weekend to death. Its just a means of getting a whole load of canoeists in the same place to meet up and have a paddle. If theres anything more that people want from the weekend, just give myself or James a shout.

The location is fairly central, not too far off major roads. Hope to see you all there.

John
086 163 7509
johnjb02@gmail.com

James
086 333 2134
jmcglynn1@gmail.com

Sorry John
Wont be able to make this one.
I'll be doing a recce on Lough Erne on the May B/H wekend. Interested?

Sorry Dave, I definitely wont make that. I'm in enough trouble for going to this weekend the day before my exams start. I'll pass on the invite this weekend though