A wide game is planned for the meeting on Friday, 13 January. As this is an outdoor activity, all scouts should bring raingear and warm clothes as well as full uniform.

New members are asked to come down for 1900 to meet with their Watch Leader before the start of the meeting.

Please be reminded that all scouts must return an Activities Consent Form for 2017 to the Section Leaders at the start of the meeting.

Boatwork sessions will resume this weekend, and will run from 1100-1300 on Saturday and Sunday mornings as usual, unless another event is taking place. All scouts must complete 14 hours of boatwork before the boating season.

Go raibh maith agaibh.

We have been notified by Irish Ferries that the 1150 Dublin Swift sailing from Holyhead to Dublin has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Manannán will instead be accommodated on the 1410 sailing on the Ulysses.

The change of schedule is as follows:

1410 Depart Port of Holyhead

1725 ETA in Dublin Port

1800 collect from Dublin Port Terminal 1 (Irish Ferries)

Go raibh maith agaibh.

Manannán will be going on a hostelling trip to Anglesey, Wales, for 2 nights from 4-6 November. We will be staying in Anglesey Outdoors Hostel. The following are final details of the trip.

Times

We will be meeting outside Terminal 1 (Irish Ferries) in Dublin Port at 1300 on Friday 4 November. Our ETA back in Dublin Port on Sunday 6 November is 1339, so collection will be between 1400-1430, also from Terminal 1 (Irish Ferries).

Directions

Drop-off and collection will be from Terminal 1 (Irish Ferries) in Dublin Port, please click here for directions. Cross the Eastlink Bridge, and follow signs for Terminal 1. Then follow signs for Foot Passengers Check-In (separate lane to Car Passengers). Please allow time for traffic around the Terminal.

Gear list

All Scouts must wear their Manannán hoodie and neckerchief on the ferry.

All gear must be packed in one back-pack as we will be walking to the hostel. All Scouts must also leave some space in their bag to help carry their Watch’s shopping; this will be arranged by Watch Leaders on arrival in Dublin Port. No loose items are permitted by Irish Ferries. Please click here for information on luggage on Irish Ferries.

Medication if required – must be brought to attention of Section Leaders

Packed lunch for Friday

Passport

Hiking boots (to be worn on ferry as we will be walking to hostel)

Rain gear (jacket and leggings)

High visibility vest

Change of clothes for 2 nights (t-shirts, jumpers, trousers, underwear etc.)

Warm clothes (fleece, hat etc.)

Towel

Wash bag/toiletries

Swimming shorts

Old clothes for activities (as specified by activity operators):

• old t-shirt/ rash vest x2 (long-sleeved x1)
• old trousers that can get muddy
• old runners that can get wet

Water bottle

Torch

Mobile phones ARE NOT PERMITTED on this trip.

Itinerary

If you have any questions regarding this trip, please contact the Sections Leaders. Scouts should contact their Watch Leader with any questions.

Congratulations to Manannán on coming first and third in this year’s Fry Cup.

The balance of €100 for Manannán’s upcoming hostelling trip to Wales is due at the meeting next Friday, 14 October. The final deadline to pay this balance is Friday 28 October.

Please note that we will have no meeting on Friday 21 October.

For any Scout who requested Scouting Ireland Travel Insurance, this costs an additional €10.60 on top of the balance. We arrange this through National Office, and no further action is required by Scouts for this.

A Medical and Consent Form required by the activity operators, Anglesey Outdoors, has been sent out to parents. We ask that this be filled out and returned with the balance.

The following are details of our hostelling trip for your reference:

We will be getting the ferry from Dublin Port to Holyhead on the Friday afternoon, 4 November, and returning to Dublin by ferry on the Sunday afternoon, 6 November. We will be staying in Anglesey Outdoors hostel, and activities will be arranged through the hostel. The itinerary will be as follows:

A full gear list will be posted on the website closer to the date, along with final arrangements.

The total cost of this trip is €150, with a cost breakdown as follows:

• Transport (ferry): €39
• Accommodation (hostel): €32
• Activities: €45
• Food: €20
• Miscellaneous: €14
• =Total cost: €150

The final balance now due is €100. Cheques must be made out to ‘GASOGA MARA 8’.

If you have any questions regarding this trip, please do not hesitate to get in contact with the Section Leaders, or Scouts should contact their Watch Leader.

Well done to Manannán on a successful day at the Sea Scout Sailing Regatta in Malahide:

• Team Racing – 3rd
• B.P. 18 Seamanship Challenge – 1st
• Leader’s Race – 2nd (Finn)