This September the VIVA Wheelers are returning to the Burren for the third time, basing themselves in Ennistymon at the Fall’s Hotel and offering two routes (60km and 100km) for the cyclists along with a guided hike for the non-cyclists who’d like to join them.
The 100km route runs from Ennistymon to Lahinch and Doolin and then follows the coast to Ballyvaughan where we'll have a lunch-stop in the Tea Rooms there. After lunch we head into the Burren via the R480, passing the Poulnabrone Dolmen on our way to Kilfenora and home to Ennisdymon.
The 60km route runs from Ennistymon to Lahinch and Doolin before turning for Lisdoonvarna and Kilfenora and back to Ennistymon and will also have a refreshment stop.
Set off time is 10.00am for both routes.
Rooms available in the Falls (approx. €260 for double / twin & €230 for single including breakfast). We'll be having our dinner there that evening with the cost included in your sponsorship.
The sponsorship for the cyclists is €200 and €150 for the hikers. Our "Heifer Draw 2024"is up and running again and participants can sell tickets for the draw to raise the sponsorship if they wish. (We have a special deal for first-time participants and younger vets - less than 5 years qualified - their sponsorship is €100).
As always, we are grateful to Zoetis for their sponsorship of the meal for the participants. The Zoetis sponsorship of €2,500 this year brings their total sponsorship since 2011 to over €27,000.
Please register as soon as possible to give us an idea of the number of participants which helps the planning of the event.
For more information and to register please contact Mike Burke on mike@viva.ie / 086 – 2568357
The Wheelers are fundraising this year for a new project in Nepal which commenced in December 2023. The project, which aims to support marginalized goat keepers in the central Kaski district is being run in conjunction with a local NGO, Animal Health Training and Consultancy Service (AHTCS) and will run for three years and VIVA are providing €75,000 over that period to fund it. VIVA has a long association with AHTCS with their Chairperson, Ciaran Gobl, spending a year working with them back in 2008. In a unique initiative, the Mid-West Veterinary Clinical Society (MWVCS) have also come on board with a grant of €10,000 towards the cost of the project.
