Walk The Line
Mayo County Council hopes to make Mayo the walking capital of Ireland and will be producing a draft walking strategy for the county in December.
They could for clarity replace the word December with a week after a poorly planned road on Achill collapses for clarity’s sake.
CFAA bite the heels of the men at Údarás na nGaeltachta who hold the purse strings, lapping up every opportunity for extra money through grants and subsidies for the “better-development†of the island and its tourism industry. There seems to be plenty of money to develop the walkways but no money to fix the roads or invest in a new bridge.
The commonage is the property of those tenants that have a share in it. Mayo County Council, CFAA nor Achill Tourism have tenancy stakes in ANY of the commonage lands in Achill.
Mr Stephen Corrigan of Achill Tourism told The Mayo News the majority of the proposed route will be going through commonage and said he hoped to have the route marked on maps and on the internet by next summer. One minute of searching their website provided me with the relevant information that I needed.
Rather than the information being freely available you could however instead buy the brochure online for the princely sum of €7.50.
A Blurb of the brochure reads:
This 84 page publication provides full, easy to follow trail directions for 14 delightful circular or loop walks to suit all ages and abilities ranging in distance from 2.5 to 21km. Together with trail directions, each walk is accompanied by a clear route map and numbered descriptions of the various points of interest. The walks are way marked and the time taken, distance covered, aggregate height and difficulty grade is noted for each walk.
The guide also includes pictures of the area and information about Achill, its traditions, geology, archeology and flora and fauna.
All information is given in both English and Irish as the Irish language is still spoken in the area.
No doubt the bilingual part of the brochure was for the eyes of the men in Údarás clutching their cheque-books.
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