Cookstown District Council
Sperrintrek Hill Walking Weekend
Date: Saturday, 25 September 10
If you’re looking for a hill walking challenge then here it is… Sperrintrek 2010. Cookstown Tourist Information Centre has teamed up with the Mid-Ulster Walking Club to bring you another weekend of fantastic hill walking on the 25th and 26th September.
Saturday 25th September - Albritain Horseshoe
Grade: A Distance: A - 13.5K (8.4 miles) B - 11.5K (6.4miles)
Walking Time: B – 4 hours, A - 5 hours High Point: 627m
A mountain horseshoe walk on the eastern flank of the Sperrins over open heath, heather and tussock grass. Group A will visit four mountains - Mullaghneany (627m), Oughtmore (569m) Spelhoagh (568m) & Meenard (620m) while the B group will only ascend the first three of these thereby saving 2 miles or one hour of walking. As ever the scenery is magnificent.
Sunday 26th September - Carnanelly Circuit
Grade: A Distance: A - 10.5K (6.5 miles)
Walking Time: 4 hours High Point 562m
The Carnanelly Circuit is mixture of forest track, mountain heath and short road section near the end. The walk starts from the car park at the entrance of Goles Forest just off the Glenelly Road. The track is followed west to it’s boundary with Slievenamaddy. The route then follows onwards to Caranelly’s summit. The summit area allows fantastic views across to Sawel, Dart and the ‘Mullaghs’, south and west towards Mullaghcarn near Gortin and Cuilcagh mountain on the Fermanagh - Cavan border and northwest towards the Derryveagh mountains in Donegal. Walkers will skirt the outside of the forested area before beginning a fairly long descent into the Glenelly valley, crossing the Glenelly river before joining the main Glenelly Road. A short walk east will bring the walkers to the Goles Stone Row just off the road on the left. From here it is a short road walk back to the carpark where the bus will await to ferry walkers back to the Burnavon.
Transport Arrangements
Bus transport (departing at 9am sharp) will be provided from Burnavon Arts and Cultural Centre Cookstown to the starting point of the Carnanelly Circuit Walk. The bus will wait to transport walkers back to the Burnavon for approximatley 5pm. FREE carparking is available in the car park behind the Burnavon Centre.
For more details, maps and online booking log on to www.sperrintrekkers.com
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