Found on 2010-06-17
Placed by: Haasi83, Katjuscha79, Ripcurl20
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1ECH2
Excellent cache idea!
We came to this one after attempting Corks Food Emporium nearby - unfortunately the emporium had closed, little did we realise (caching paperless) that this multi would lead us back there!
However seeing that it was just one clue we needed, I was able to use my BlackBerry for Going Out Or Getting Lost If Not Good answers! Anyway, after plugging in the coords (and trying a couple of different combinations, are we counting the century or calling it by year? Wasn't sure of the coords at first but then the cache description made sense.
I turned to Mrs Fitz and said "Are you sure you want to do this one now? It's up a big hill." but she mocked me saying,
"Come on, you're not scared of a little hill?" So we made our way down the street onto St Patricks Street and rounded the corner my wife paused and went "Oh... shall we do this tomorrow?" I laughed of course and replied,
"You're not afraid of a little hill are ya?!"
So up the hill we went, after a brief stop at Laura Ashley to gaze through the windows at furniture (the wife anyway). We slowly made our way to the top then as we neared tried to check the alternate coords again. It didn't matter what combination, it always seemed to point towards the houses, but the hint indicated we were already in the right place.
So I said to Mrs Fitz, let's just go round and see. Well the hint was good enough as we were able to locate GZ and I soon spotted something that looked like a hidey hole and there it was.
A nice break from the long walk and a lovely view. We traded for the Slovak coin (not a GC) and left a hacky sack. TFTC!
Thursday, 17 June 2010
GC1X4GD: Monster Series
Found on 2010-06-17
Placed by: Spark_ie
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1X4GD
Well, since we were brought over here by one of the other multi's we decided to hit the caches on this side of the river and I was glad to see it was a Monster cache.
Appropriate location for Dracula I think, this one had to be one of the easiest to find today, walked right up to it!
I'm not sure if we are sticking around for another day in Cork, but I'd love to get the other monsters and have enough time to go to he Monsters Ball, also near our hotel.
Placed by: Spark_ie
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1X4GD
Well, since we were brought over here by one of the other multi's we decided to hit the caches on this side of the river and I was glad to see it was a Monster cache.
Appropriate location for Dracula I think, this one had to be one of the easiest to find today, walked right up to it!
I'm not sure if we are sticking around for another day in Cork, but I'd love to get the other monsters and have enough time to go to he Monsters Ball, also near our hotel.
GC2258X: Dancing Butter Bells
Found on 2010-06-17
Placed by: Spark_ie
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC2258X
What a cool little ghetto to bring us to! Too bad it was already gone 9pm when we arrived, only a few of the pubs left open. There was some kind of film crew filming an interview in front of the church on the other side as we arrived but we didn't stick around to see what it was about.
Again, quite easy, spotted it right away - before the wife too, as she normally gets these ones before me. I was taking photos of the nearby streets and out staggered a stereotypical drunken Irishman, he was in good spirit as he yelled out "Take a photo of me, we are real Irish!" - I laughed but now I wish I had because it would be a good photo to go along with the story!
Hopefully not the last cache in Cork, but we have found the people of the city fun, friendly and great to talk to - thankyou for your hospitality.
Onto a pub for a pint of Murphy's - aah that's so much better than Guinness!
Placed by: Spark_ie
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC2258X
What a cool little ghetto to bring us to! Too bad it was already gone 9pm when we arrived, only a few of the pubs left open. There was some kind of film crew filming an interview in front of the church on the other side as we arrived but we didn't stick around to see what it was about.
Again, quite easy, spotted it right away - before the wife too, as she normally gets these ones before me. I was taking photos of the nearby streets and out staggered a stereotypical drunken Irishman, he was in good spirit as he yelled out "Take a photo of me, we are real Irish!" - I laughed but now I wish I had because it would be a good photo to go along with the story!
Hopefully not the last cache in Cork, but we have found the people of the city fun, friendly and great to talk to - thankyou for your hospitality.
Onto a pub for a pint of Murphy's - aah that's so much better than Guinness!
GC229RC: The Banks of my Own Lovely Lee
Found on 2010-06-17
Placed by: Spark_ie
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC229RC
We are staying in a hotel nearby and exploring this rather upmarket city. Found this cache after spending far too much time and failing at finding your other cache in the park.
A nice walk, and nice camo - made me laugh. Noticed a strange occurrence of boiling(?) bubbling water near the bank of the river a bit further down, not sure what was causing this - a burst pipe or some sort of naturally occurring geyser?
TFTC!
Placed by: Spark_ie
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC229RC
We are staying in a hotel nearby and exploring this rather upmarket city. Found this cache after spending far too much time and failing at finding your other cache in the park.
A nice walk, and nice camo - made me laugh. Noticed a strange occurrence of boiling(?) bubbling water near the bank of the river a bit further down, not sure what was causing this - a burst pipe or some sort of naturally occurring geyser?
TFTC!
GC26P0N: Huguenot Cemetery
Found on 2010-06-17
Placed by: Marcus in Kerry
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC26P0N
#300 [:D]
What an interesting place for a cemetery - of course, the cemetery was probably here before the restaurant. It's great that they've renovated it and made an effort for us tourists however.
Enjoyed the camo, very good and not immediately spotted by us, we were far to interested in searching for a typical nano on the gate.
Restaurant waiter was checking us out but seemed to have a 'knowing' eye, as though he's seen odd looking people wandering around lost with a GPSr in hand one too many times!
TFTC!
Placed by: Marcus in Kerry
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC26P0N
#300 [:D]
What an interesting place for a cemetery - of course, the cemetery was probably here before the restaurant. It's great that they've renovated it and made an effort for us tourists however.
Enjoyed the camo, very good and not immediately spotted by us, we were far to interested in searching for a typical nano on the gate.
Restaurant waiter was checking us out but seemed to have a 'knowing' eye, as though he's seen odd looking people wandering around lost with a GPSr in hand one too many times!
TFTC!
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
GCX77Z: Declan's walk
Found on 2010-06-16
Placed by: CatMax
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , Ireland
Geocaching.com: GCX77Z
We came off the red-eye ferry at 5am this morning and decided to take a diversion to this medieval village and beach.
It had been a bit of a hectic morning. I was having trouble with pocket queries and so only ended up with a few loaded for Cork and none for the road. Since we decided to stay in B&Bs rather than camping, we didn't think to bring any extra batteries or chargers and now found ourselves running low on power when Mrs D used her Android phone GPSr to try and locate some nearby caches, but we did manage to snag coords for this one. Don't get me started on data roaming charges... all these iPhone and Android users abusing the system!
The weather was perfect today and despite according to my wife I stunk to high heaven (no shower, no change of clothes) we set off on the footpath and were treated to some truly beautiful sights - particularly the shipwreck and the watchtowers - we explored one of the watchtowers, but not the shipwreck - I just couldn't convince Mrs Fitz to go with me.
Took some photos and will try to upload these later. Hide was obvious when found, but it took a while for GPSr to settle and a bit of bushwhacking - many thorn scratches later.
Took the geokretty bug and left PC Timmy TB + Cache a Day GC!
TFTC!
Placed by: CatMax
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , Ireland
Geocaching.com: GCX77Z
We came off the red-eye ferry at 5am this morning and decided to take a diversion to this medieval village and beach.
It had been a bit of a hectic morning. I was having trouble with pocket queries and so only ended up with a few loaded for Cork and none for the road. Since we decided to stay in B&Bs rather than camping, we didn't think to bring any extra batteries or chargers and now found ourselves running low on power when Mrs D used her Android phone GPSr to try and locate some nearby caches, but we did manage to snag coords for this one. Don't get me started on data roaming charges... all these iPhone and Android users abusing the system!
The weather was perfect today and despite according to my wife I stunk to high heaven (no shower, no change of clothes) we set off on the footpath and were treated to some truly beautiful sights - particularly the shipwreck and the watchtowers - we explored one of the watchtowers, but not the shipwreck - I just couldn't convince Mrs Fitz to go with me.
Took some photos and will try to upload these later. Hide was obvious when found, but it took a while for GPSr to settle and a bit of bushwhacking - many thorn scratches later.
Took the geokretty bug and left PC Timmy TB + Cache a Day GC!
TFTC!
Monday, 31 May 2010
GC5F70: Claydon Spooks (Bucks)
Found on 2010-05-31
Placed by: Peter Howard (adopted by Sensei TSKC)
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC5F70
Our first find of the day - up visiting Claydon House and decided to use our National Trust membership and do some caching at the same time.
Nice easy find, we like these graveyard caches but this graveyard seems to be a bit neglected and yet still people are getting buried here! Dipping Rav4 TB.
Placed by: Peter Howard (adopted by Sensei TSKC)
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC5F70
Our first find of the day - up visiting Claydon House and decided to use our National Trust membership and do some caching at the same time.
Nice easy find, we like these graveyard caches but this graveyard seems to be a bit neglected and yet still people are getting buried here! Dipping Rav4 TB.
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