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Wicklow way advice?

  • 16-06-2010 9:00am
    #1
    biglittlebill
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    Hey, 4 friends and myself are planning to do the wicklow way from glendalough to marleypark, after the leaving. Can you actually camp on the wicklow way? Can you light a fire? We are keen hikers and climbers so we conserve the trails so no problem with noise or rubbish. Oh and any advice is much apriciated! :D


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  • #2
    Donny5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Donny5


    biglittlebill wrote: »
    Hey, 4 friends and myself are planning to do the wicklow way from glendalough to marleypark, after the leaving. Can you actually camp on the wicklow way? Can you light a fire? We are keen hikers and climbers so we conserve the trails so no problem with noise or rubbish. Oh and any advice is much apriciated! :D

    There's not many places to camp, to be honest. It also depends on how long you want to take. Glendalough to Marlay Park is doable in 2 days and you could camp in Knockree. It'd be a tough first day, but the second wouldn't be too bad.

    If you wanted to do it in 3 days, you could go from Glendalough to Roundwood, then Knockree, then Marlay Park. There's a commercial campsite in Roundwood and it's not too far off the Wicklow Way. Otherwise there's a three sided shelter on the way, that you can stay in. It has a fire ring and is good for anything but driving rain. It's just before you come to Oldbridge, maybe 3km before.

    Apart from the shelter, you need a permit for fires in Coillte land, and they don't allow them at all in the National Park.


  • #3
    biglittlebill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭biglittlebill


    Ah crap ha. I have seen evidence of people camping and lighting fires, would it be a smart risk to take? We are giving it 3 days as we want to do some bouldering/climbing on the way


  • #4
    Donny5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,827 ✭✭✭Donny5


    biglittlebill wrote: »
    Ah crap ha. I have seen evidence of people camping and lighting fires, would it be a smart risk to take? We are giving it 3 days as we want to do some bouldering/climbing on the way

    I wouldn't worry about fires. I don't think anyone really gives a ****, at least not outside the Glendalough valley.


  • #5
    Yeasayer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Yeasayer


    If you want to camp you are "supposed" to write to Coillte for permission, although I doubt many people do to be honest. Camping in Glendalough is not allowed, although as you are starting from there you probably wouldn't be planning to camp in that area anyway. As Donny5 said however, there are not really that many places to camp along the route...definitely not as many as you would imagine there would be. A lot of the route is quite exposed, so if you have any wind or rain you would suffer big time.

    You might be as well to scout the routes out beforehand (if you aren't that familiar with them) and try and pick a place to camp, so you have a plan when you actually go to do the walk/camping. I've always thought the woods around Djouce as you come down from the mountain itself would be ideal for camping, but I have heard it can attract a rough crowd sometimes.

    Good luck anyway...tis a great idea!!


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