A total of 16 Wicklow people, groups and events have been nominated for the Outsider Awards 2023, the annual awards which celebrate the achievements, milestones and contributions that have taken place in the Irish outdoor community over the past year.
‘I see destruction everywhere.’ Hugh McLindon readily admits that he has a fatalistic side to his personality as he sits in the car park up at the Wicklow Gap, in the hills high to the west of Glendalough. The surrounding countryside here is among the most spectacular and breath-taking on this island with vistas across to the sea on one side and to the Midlands on the other.
REWILD Wicklow organised a field trip into the Wicklow Mountains as part of Heritage Week to see how last year’s peatland restoration project is coming along.