Sea Kayaking Trips Available This Week, In Glengarriff Bay:

Sea Kayaking Trips Available This Week, In Glengarriff Bay:
 

Wed 26th 3pm
Thurs 27th 3pm
Sun 30th 7am (Dawn Trip)

beginner friendly, all gear provided to keep you warm and cosy inc spraydecks + neoprene gloves 

Winter Bushcraft Courses - Glengarriff, Cork

Planning to run some Winter Bushcraft Courses, this Dec and Jan, at our bushcraft base in Glengarriff, Cork.

No overnight sleeping in the woods.
Once dinner is done, you'll finish for the day. Then start again the following morning, fire lighting and cooking breakfast.
Plenty of accommodation in Glengarriff, if you need it.
Completely beginner friendly.
Choose from a two-day or a three-day course.


Two-Day Bushcraft Skills 1:
1. Wed 17th - Thurs 18th Dec 2025
2. Fri 2nd - Sat 3rd Jan 2026
Price €330pp Without Accommodation. All Food Provided.


If Needed, Accommodation Can Be Booked Here: https://www.outdoorsireland.com/news/glengarriff-accommodation/

Including Glengarriff Hostel (https://glenhostel.ie/) @ €35 Per Night + Black Sheep B&B (https://blacksheep.tripcombined.com/) @ €30-€40 Per Night

If Booking With Glengarriff Hostel Or Black Sheep B&B Use Ref 'Winter Bushcraft'

You will need no accommodation breakfast, as course food is provided - and cooking breakfast is part of your course


Three-Day Bushcraft Skills 1:
1. Wed 17th - Fri 19th Dec 2025
2. Fri 2nd - Sun 4th Jan 2026
Price €495pp Without Accommodation. All Food Provided.


For Details Contact Nathan Kingerlee - Outdoors Ireland

Bushcraft Training Day - Sun 30th Nov - Glengarriff, Cork

Bushcraft Training Day coming up on Sun 30th Nov, in Glengarriff.

Designed for forest school leaders, outdoor instructors, leave no trace trainers; it is also totally beginner friendly and open to anyone.

Over the day we will be looking at different ways of fire lighting; and different ways of using and rigging tarps.

Places Available
info@outdoorsireland.com For Details

Green Huntsman Spider - Rock Climbing - Glengarriff

Sitting on a rockface, on this weekends climbing course, and this beautiful rare Green Huntsman Spider came scampering by

Never seen one before, and in Ireland they're only found in the southwest.

Thanks Ellie and Tough Soles for this photo!

 

Glengarriff Woods Nature Reserve

Killarney National Park

Leave No Trace Ireland

When it comes to rock climbing - your body is a tool...

When it comes to rock climbing - your body is a tool.

How you use your body balance and center of gravity; how you shift your body weight; how you breathe...

Do you face into the climb (square-on), or do you face sideway (side-on)?

Using your leg power/leg energy far more than using your arm power/arm energy is ideal.

Do you use and trust the small holds?

Here's two of my old blog posts to do with climbing technique:
1. https://outdoorsireland.blogspot.com/2017/07/11-different-rock-climbing-techniques.html
2. https://outdoorsireland.blogspot.com/2016/02/13-rock-climbing-techniques-we-teach-on.html

Mountaineering Ireland

What a great October 🙂

What a great October 🙂

Still the occasional kayak trip; skinning rabbits on a Bushcraft Week; making gorse-flower bread on a Bushcraft 1; coming across glowing blue beetles on a Map Reading Course; and most recently - thanks Peter + Paul for completing an intensive six-day Scrambling Ropework Course...