Summer League #10: Glenbower Wood, Killeagh TUESDAY JULY 12TH Event Info

Presently there are 73 league finishers who have already bagged a 2016 Summer League finisher technical t-shirt. A further 20 competitors can join them and orienteer in style this autumn if they attend Tuesday's event. As you need to attend 6 events to complete the league there are a further 12 participants who can still earn a t-shirt if they attend the Glenbower event and the grand finale at Farran Forest Forest Park on July 19th which will be a fun relay race, BBQ and prize-giving.

Glenbower is a long narrow wood stretching along the Dissour river. The bed rock in the area is a form of easily eroded sandstone which explains why this relatively small river has cut such a steep ravine. Glenbower gets it's name of "gleann-bodhar" or "Deafening Glen" from the roaring of the Dissour river in flood when it is rushing headlong through the valley. 

The deep gorge of the Dissour River means the terrain is quite physical in places. There is a good network of large paths throughout the forest and to ensure you don’t get your feet wet there are numerous bridges crossing the river – the Metal Bridge, White Bridge, Black Bridge and Green Bridge.