News & Musings

3+ Ramblers on Lug Walk

3+s started at Barravore Car Park

Ramblers in Sligo

Fergus Roche organised a recent get-away in Sligo for four days, aimed primarily for Amblers and Grade 4’s. The trip was very well attended and was superbly well organised. The itinerary included a detailed hiking schedule as well as a range of cultural activities includin

3+’s looking for a pot of gold!

Thursday 3+ on Camaderry & Brockaghs Photos by Devon Nair

Slope Aspect Aid to Navigation

Slope Aspect Using slope aspect can be a very useful tool to help you relocate. In its simplest form just use the points of the compass - north, east, south and west - to work out which direction the slope you are on is facing and then look at the map to

Compass Reversed Polarity

Speaking with one of our micro navigation experts, Martin Rooney, on the 3+ walk yesterday he told me that he has had 5 walkers whose compasses had reversed polarity in the recent past. The main culprit for this is having the compass next to a mobile phone in the rucksack.