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East Antrim Rambling Club
Wednesday Morning Walks – September 2022 – March 2023
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Note:-
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Walks start on 21st September and
subsequently take place on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
each month, usually also on the 5th Wednesday if there is one.
Walks begin at the designated meeting point at 10.30am, unless stated
otherwise. If travel by train is suggested, those not travelling by train should meet at the destination station
entrance at the train arrival time indicated in the “Details of Walk” column.
Anyone with a query about the start point or about transport should contact
the walk leader
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Date
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Details
of Walk
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Leader
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Phone
No.
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21st
Sept
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Helen's Bay. via
coastal path to Bangor. Meet at Helen's
Bay NIR station at 10.35. (10:02 Train from Belfast GVS arrives 10:35).
Alternatively travel by car to Helen’s Bay and walk to station. Car Park is
15 minutes from Station.
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Patricia Hagan
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07443 499119
9336 0910
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5th
Oct
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Castlerock – Mussenden Temple.
Travel by train from GVS 09:10, Lanyon Place 09.20, Yorkgate 09.24, Mossley
West 09.33 to Castlerock, arrive 10.50. Return @ :08
minutes past every hour.
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Marlene
Boe
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028 9083 3092
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19th
Oct
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LURGAN PARK.
Meet at GVS Station 10.00. (W’head 9.15, C’fergus
9.24, J’town 9.36, W’bbey
9.40, Y’ gate 9.46, arr
GVS 10.00. Mossley West 9.26) Train from GVS dep. 10.11
arr. Lurgan 10.50. Optional lunch at Brownlow House.
Return trains to GVS xx 21 & xx
51.
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Patricia Hagan
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07443 499119
9336 0910
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2nd
Nov
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Quolie Reservoirs
Lower and upper Reservoirs are 5 mins drive from
Broughshane. Meet at car park at
Houston`s Mill in Broughshane at 10.30, the car park at Quolie
reservoir will take 3 cars so car share is required. Walk is on tarmac, 4.5
miles. Bring a packed lunch or snack and eat at The Thatch in Broughshane.
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Linda
Cross
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07732
652049
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16th
Nov
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Downpatrick:
Mound of Down, River Quoile. Meet at Downpatrick Bus
Station at 10:30. (St Patrick’s grave at Cathedral nearby.) Ulsterbus 516
(stopping bus) from Europa Bus Centre @ 09:00 arrives
Downpatrick at 10:10.
Goldliner 215 (express bus) from Europa Bus Centre
@ 09:15 arrives Downpatrick also at 10:10.
Wearing boots suggested as the ground may be wet.
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Margaret Marshall
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9070 1537
07870 134027
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30th
Nov
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Lanyon
Place – Lagan Towpath – Ormeau Park – Stranmillis Embankment - Botanic
Gardens. (Larne line Train arrives Lanyon Place 10:21.
Return train from Botanic Station at xx:20 and xx:50)
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Elma Godfrey
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9086 1070
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7th
Dec
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Derriaghy (NIR Station) – Lagan
Towpath - Lisburn (Train from GVS at 10:10 arrives Derriaghy 10:26). Meet at Derriaghy NIR Station at 10:30.
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Alastair Jack
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9083 5956
075 9799 5290
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21st
Dec
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Lanyon Place - Titanic Quarter - Clarendon Dock – Yorkgate. Meet
at Lanyon Place Station entrance at 10:30. (Return train from Yorkgate xx:29
& xx:59)
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Isobel Jack
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9083 5956
07594 167025
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4th
Jan
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STORMONT ESTATE
Meet at Lanyon Place Station
entrance at 10.00. (Train from W’head
9.15; C’fergus 9.24; J’town
9.36; W’abbey 9.40; Y’gate
9.46; Lanyon Place 9.52. Mossley West 9.26) Glider to Stormont
9.58/10.06/10.14. Return trains from Lanyon xx 25 & xx 55
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Alastair Jack
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9083
5956
075 9799 5290
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18th
Jan
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Postponed
due to Wintry Conditions.
Abbey Church Monkstown (White Church)
- Knockagh Road - Ulster Way Lane - Cullyburn Road - 3-Mile Park. Meet at Abbey Church.
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Elsie
Spoerri
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07721
466478
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1st
Feb
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A new walk in the Ballyclare area. Meet at Ballyclare Leisure Centre.
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Linda
Cross
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07732
652049
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15th
Feb
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Whitehead – Jubilee Wood – Coastal Path. Meet at
Whitehead NIR Station at 10:31. Train from GVS 09:45, Lanyon 09:50,
Jordanstown 10:09.
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Isobel Jack
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9083 5956
07594 167025
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1st
March
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Comber
to Dundonald. Travel by Ulsterbus 511 (Shrigley)
leaving Laganbank Bus Station at 10.00, scheduled
to pass Lanyon Place Train Station at 10:02,. Larne
line train arrives Lanyon Train Station at 09:52.
Train from Mossley arrives Lanyon at 09:41. The bus
stop is across the road from the train station entrance and a few metres to the right.
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Alastair Jack
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9083
5956
075 9799 5290
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15th
March
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Purdysburn Ravine Nature Trail (In the grounds
of Knockbracken Health Care Park)
Meet
at Cairnshill Park & Ride 299 Saintfield
Road BT8 7SH
Park & ride bus from Adelaide Street to Cairnshill
Park & Ride on Saintfield Road - 10.05 arriving
Park &Ride 10.25. Return 12.25
7A bus from Howard Street, stopping opposite Europa bus station,
GVS, 1 minute later, every 20 minutes (9.30), 9.50, 10.10
-timetabled to take 23 minutes but generally longer.
Get off at Cairnshill Court – first stop
after turn into Cairnshill Road from Saintfield Road. (Return every 20 minutes 4/24/44 minutes
past hour). Cross the Saintfield Road to the Park
& Ride, heated waiting building (toilets) - Margaret will wait there.
Nature
trail follows Purdysburn River,
we can also go into nearby fields – boots and sticks advised.
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Margaret Marshall
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9070 1537
07870 134027
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29th
March
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Portadown – Newry Canal
Path. Train from GVS 10:11, arrives Portadown 10:57. Return trains at xx:15,
xx:45 & 13:04 (Enterprise)
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Alastair
Jack
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9083 5956
075 9799 5290
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