Powerscourt is a site that the troop have been using for years. The campsite is located within Powerscourt Demense and we camp with their kind permission.
Directions to Powerscourt:
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Directions to Powerscourt:
From the Memorial Hall drive towards Rathfarnham village. Continue past the Yellow house and then turn right onto Grange road.
Continue left at the T junction on Grange Rd towards Marlay park. At St Johns GAA club turn right. At the crossroads at Taylors Three Rock turn left.
Continue over the M50 and past Lamb Doyles. At the next crossroads turn right. This is now the Enniskerry Road. Keep going straight until the fork in the road and veer left.
When you get down into Enniskerry go straight past the monument up the hill with the church on the left. The road becomes windy and keep going straight. Approaching a narrow bridge which is signposted the Golden Gates of Powerscourt are on the right.
Leaders will be present to let people in and out.
Once inside the gates keep driving keeping left at the fork. We camp at the Wiers Bridge end which is as far as you can go in a car.
Gear List for October Camp-
- Rucksack
- Sleeping Bag
- Roll mat/ lilo
- Waterproofs- Coat and Bottoms. Spare coat if possible
- Warm clothes eg fleeces / hoodies
- Cutlery- Bowl, plate, knife, fork, spoon and cup
- Tea Towels (2)
- Tracksuit bottoms - We strongly advise against jeans as they are useless when wet
- T-shirts - lots of them as they add layers easily.
- Hat/ neck scarf
- Big towel
- Shorts (you never know what the weather will be like)
- Undewear including loads of socks
- Spare runners / hiking boots
- Torch
- Batteries
- Penknife (optional)
- Lighter / matches for lighting cookers
- Plastic bags for wet gear
- Scout Uniform is NOT needed for the weekend
This is just a guide for the guys. The main things to make sure you have is loads of t-shirts, socks and warm and waterproof clothes. Obviously we hope we wont need the waterproofs but normally with the October weekend you have to plan for the worst.
As the weather might be quite bad when we are putting up tents its a good idea to put the clothes inside a big plastic bag in the rucksack.
We advise scouts NOT to bring mobile phones / IPods or anything electrical or expensive that can be easily lost or broken.
All the leaders will have mobiles with them in case parents need to contact scouts.
