Get those boots on!

Get those boots on walk all over the recession! Ireland is a beautiful country to explore and exercise is good for the spirit in these awful times!
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY is being organized this year on the 4th October 2009. It is a celebration of Ireland’s wonderful variety of trails and a chance for everyone to enjoy some of our most beautiful countryside, forests, mountains and lakes. South Dublin County Council will be participating in the event with four walks organized in our parks:
• Guided Walk of a section of Dodder Valley Park: This will be a stroll in a section of the Dodder Valley to the rear of Rathfarnham Shopping Centre that should open your eyes to the often unseen natural world that is right on our doorstep
• A Walk in Waterstown Park, Liffey Valley: A gentle walk in Waterstown Park, a constituent park of the planned Liffey Valley Regional Park. It will explore the natural and the built heritage of the park.
• Tymon Park Guided Walk: A walk around the perimeter of the park, taking in the woodland, grassland, pitches, wonderful playgrounds, lakes and so much more that is available in this Regional Park and in the process discovering the new Slí na Sláinte routes in the park.
• Clondalkin Village to Corkagh Park: This event starts in Clondalkin Village and proceeds from there by way of Clondalkin Park and along the River Camac to Corkagh Park. On the way it passes an old millstream, Clondalkin Sports and Leisure Centre, woodland and playing pitches, old mills, allotments and the location of the old Corkagh House.
National Trails Day 2008 was very successful, with more than 6,000 people across the country getting out to enjoy trails in a variety of ways at over 67 events held across the country. Last year there were “bat walks”, mountain bike cycles, family orienteering, Leave No Trace hikes, trail conservation work, heritage walks and just plain ordinary walking!

So get the boots on, make the sandwiches and hit the trail on October 4th for a great day out enjoying nature. Remember to bring your camera and submit your photos to the fantastic photo competition.