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The East Antrim Rambling Club, founded in 1979, organises a programme of walks every Sunday throughout the year, Summer and Winter. Wednesday morning walks also take place two or three times each month with some additional walks in the summer months.
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Sunday Walks August - September 2021 This is a summary of the walks in the next few weeks. The full summer programme is available here
DATE	WALK	IMP (interim meeting point)	WALK MEETING POINT (ordnance survey grid ref, OS sheet number)	DESCRIPTION (distance, elevation if over 200 metres, nature of terrain, useful information)
8^th August	Delamont Country Park	No IMP	Net Walk (near the harbour) Killyleagh J531524 Sheet 21	7 Miles Circular walk from Killyleagh Harbour to Delamont Country Park and Gibbs Island. Mostly track and road, Gibbs Island can be wet under foot. Boots recommended
15^th August	Tollymore Forest, Mourne Way and Newcastle Challenge Trail	No IMP	Donard car park Newcastle J374305 Sheet 29	9 Miles 210 Metres Forest paths and grassy trails, Boots and poles recommended
22^nd August	Cavehill	No IMP	Belfast Castle Garden Fountain J575497 Sheet 21	5 Miles 400 Metres Taking in 3 tops Colinward, Ballaghahagan cairn and McArts Boots and poles recommended
29^th August	Butter,Carn,Ott Mountain	No IMP	Spelga Dam carpark J265273	8 Miles 300 Metres Track,hill,road ,no steep climbs Boots and poles recommended
5^th September	September weekend	No IMP	TBC	TBC
12^th September	Dungonnell Way	No IMP	Car park just on Ballymena side of Cargan on A43 D173163 Sheet 9	9.5 Miles 448 Metres Circular walk on track and road, gentle gradient Trainers/walking shoes should be fine .Boots recommended if wet
19^th September	TBC	No IMP	TBC	TBC
26^th September	Trostan	No IMP	Glenariff Forest car park There is usually a charge for parking D210202 Sheet 9	10 Miles 300 Metres Track, open hillside Boots and poles recommended

Wednesday walks September – November 2021 The full Wednesday programme is available here. Walks begin at the designated meeting point at 10:30am. Anyone with a query about the start point should contact the walk leader.
Date	Details of Walk
22^nd Sept	Drains Bay – Carnfunnock. Meet at Drains Bay Car Park (with Children’s’ play area and toilets, opposite beach)
6^th Oct	Lough Neagh Loughshore / Rea’s Wood / Dublin Road / Antrim Castle Gardens / River Walk. Meet at the car park adjacent to the Gateway complex.
13^th Oct	Dublin Walk. Postponed until April 2022
20th Oct	Whitehead – Meet at NIR Station
3rd Nov	North Belfast Parks - Grove Playing Fields - Alexandra Gardens - Waterworks (Queen Mary Gardens). Meet Jellico Ave., Grove entrance.
17th Nov	Minnowburn to Giant’s Ring. Meet Minnowburn Carpark J325685