Found on 2010-06-24
Placed by: The Cache Hoppers
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC188TC
Mrs Fitz found this one, nice easy cache n' dash. To be honest we'd had a long day driving and passed up many caches along the way as we were just too tired so it was nice to get one like this to round off our holiday.
Realised we had left the pen in the car when we got to GZ so I hope the photograph of the log will do.
Rav4 TB dipped. TFTC!
Thursday, 24 June 2010
GC12AE3: Castlebridge
Found on 2010-06-24
Placed by: Bootle
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC12AE3
Great cache location!
We were staying up the road in at Birchwood B&B overnight before catching the ferry this morning. Spent last night having food at Fordes which was superb. We were lucky enough that the local musicians had decided to meet and play that night on the off chance so we had a great meal accompanied by traditional Irish music minus the tourists. Thoroughly recommend it.
We came out of the pub and Mrs Fitz spotted the greenhouse and I thought it was such an interesting structure, I immediately wanted to photograph it - the broken glass only adds to it's mysterious alure. Too bad the property is closed off, but I guess that's safest.
Got back to the B&B but we didn't have any caches loaded for the area. Mrs Fitz used her Android to check for any nearby which is how we discovered this cache - right next to the greenhouse! So we decided to go for it after breakfast before heading to the ferry. Turns out it was the perfect time as the youths (who seemed to be doing a re-enactment of Grease last night) were not around at 7am in the morning and I was able to stand on the picnic table and take some photos of the greenhouse.
We weren't aware of the local history or the link to Hollywood just down the road, otherwise we would have booked an extra night here and arrived early. We'll definitely be back I think.
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
Placed by: Bootle
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC12AE3
Great cache location!
We were staying up the road in at Birchwood B&B overnight before catching the ferry this morning. Spent last night having food at Fordes which was superb. We were lucky enough that the local musicians had decided to meet and play that night on the off chance so we had a great meal accompanied by traditional Irish music minus the tourists. Thoroughly recommend it.
We came out of the pub and Mrs Fitz spotted the greenhouse and I thought it was such an interesting structure, I immediately wanted to photograph it - the broken glass only adds to it's mysterious alure. Too bad the property is closed off, but I guess that's safest.
Got back to the B&B but we didn't have any caches loaded for the area. Mrs Fitz used her Android to check for any nearby which is how we discovered this cache - right next to the greenhouse! So we decided to go for it after breakfast before heading to the ferry. Turns out it was the perfect time as the youths (who seemed to be doing a re-enactment of Grease last night) were not around at 7am in the morning and I was able to stand on the picnic table and take some photos of the greenhouse.
We weren't aware of the local history or the link to Hollywood just down the road, otherwise we would have booked an extra night here and arrived early. We'll definitely be back I think.
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
GC146JA: Merlin's Hill
Found on 2010-06-24
Placed by: Satellite Kid
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3.5)
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC146JA
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Nice break from our driving back to Watford from Fishguard (and ferry) to exercise our legs and view the area from above. We didn't see some of the parts listed in the description and I have an explanation for that below. Since we usually cache paperless, all I have is a little blackberry screen to view the cache description and I guess I didn't read it thoroughly enough - we thought we had the right footpath since it looked like a typical public footpath... turns out apparently it was not. We discovered this when we came down and had an encounter with a Welsh Dragon of sorts....
Definitely something weird on this hill with all the thistle and nettle bushes on this hill - Merlins revenge for being locked up?
Now for the Welsh dragon, encrypted so as not to lower the integrity of the cache listing....
]
This contains _TeamFitz_'s personal opinion...
On returning to the 2 gates at the bottom we were greeted by a woman who had come out to do some weeding... or rather to use weeding as an excuse to confront us. She claimed to be the land-owner and enquired as to whether we got lost. I replied and stated we had been up on the hill - she then pointed out that this path was not a free path but there was a charge.
We apologised and said we saw no sign informing us it was private and we offered to pay, we didn't have enough change but asked if she took a debit card which she didn't. She seemed more intent on putting us right about the private land part and why we didn't pay.
When I asked what she meant by this, she pointed to the sign for the Merlin Centre. Now I know there was not Centre up on that hill and told her so, but she insisted that the sign was for the footpath and we owed her 3 quid. When I stated that the sign is for the centre, and that there was no sign marking the path as private we got into a bit of an argument. Her insisting Wales is a different country to England, which technically it is, but is covered by the same laws.
She was quite insistent that her sign was enough to show that the path was private, I disagree - I told her plainly that it appears to be for the centre, not the path. I stated that I'd done a lot of walking and most landowners would put a specific sign up for the path to ensure there was no trespass. To be honest at this point it seemed to me she's got a good system going on here - catching honest walkers out by not displaying clear signs for access and fees.
We asked where the public path was, she was evasive, stating that part of the path - that she is charging for - is public. At no point did she point out where we could access the hill for free!
This is where the conversation got ridiculous, she went saying that she didn't have to display signs, that anyone wishing to use the path should ask. So we made a point of asking if the road we were standing in was private. Of course not, she answered, so we retorted "How would we know if we didn't ask?"
_TeamFitz_ have respect for all private land owners, we've even stopped to talk with some whilst walking through their land on occasion. But this one seems to be in it for the profit - I'd like to know if she pays tax on any of the fees she takes and I'd be interested to know if she has a traffic order or bylaw in place to prevent access. We didn't press this since we just wanted to get on.
Unless there is blatant disregard or destruction, we never judge how other cachers find the cache. I also don't want to encourage other cachers to antagonise this land owner or to blatantly flaunt local rules. It was an honest mistake we made and we certainly would have taken the public path if we had been more aware. However I hope this log would help future cachers and make them aware of the Welsh Dragon they may meet if they take this footpath and not feel intimidated into paying for access [i]through to[/i] to the public path. She needs to get clearer signage - no other landowners seem to have this problem.
Placed by: Satellite Kid
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3.5)
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC146JA
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Nice break from our driving back to Watford from Fishguard (and ferry) to exercise our legs and view the area from above. We didn't see some of the parts listed in the description and I have an explanation for that below. Since we usually cache paperless, all I have is a little blackberry screen to view the cache description and I guess I didn't read it thoroughly enough - we thought we had the right footpath since it looked like a typical public footpath... turns out apparently it was not. We discovered this when we came down and had an encounter with a Welsh Dragon of sorts....
Definitely something weird on this hill with all the thistle and nettle bushes on this hill - Merlins revenge for being locked up?
Now for the Welsh dragon, encrypted so as not to lower the integrity of the cache listing....
]
This contains _TeamFitz_'s personal opinion...
On returning to the 2 gates at the bottom we were greeted by a woman who had come out to do some weeding... or rather to use weeding as an excuse to confront us. She claimed to be the land-owner and enquired as to whether we got lost. I replied and stated we had been up on the hill - she then pointed out that this path was not a free path but there was a charge.
We apologised and said we saw no sign informing us it was private and we offered to pay, we didn't have enough change but asked if she took a debit card which she didn't. She seemed more intent on putting us right about the private land part and why we didn't pay.
When I asked what she meant by this, she pointed to the sign for the Merlin Centre. Now I know there was not Centre up on that hill and told her so, but she insisted that the sign was for the footpath and we owed her 3 quid. When I stated that the sign is for the centre, and that there was no sign marking the path as private we got into a bit of an argument. Her insisting Wales is a different country to England, which technically it is, but is covered by the same laws.
She was quite insistent that her sign was enough to show that the path was private, I disagree - I told her plainly that it appears to be for the centre, not the path. I stated that I'd done a lot of walking and most landowners would put a specific sign up for the path to ensure there was no trespass. To be honest at this point it seemed to me she's got a good system going on here - catching honest walkers out by not displaying clear signs for access and fees.
We asked where the public path was, she was evasive, stating that part of the path - that she is charging for - is public. At no point did she point out where we could access the hill for free!
This is where the conversation got ridiculous, she went saying that she didn't have to display signs, that anyone wishing to use the path should ask. So we made a point of asking if the road we were standing in was private. Of course not, she answered, so we retorted "How would we know if we didn't ask?"
_TeamFitz_ have respect for all private land owners, we've even stopped to talk with some whilst walking through their land on occasion. But this one seems to be in it for the profit - I'd like to know if she pays tax on any of the fees she takes and I'd be interested to know if she has a traffic order or bylaw in place to prevent access. We didn't press this since we just wanted to get on.
Unless there is blatant disregard or destruction, we never judge how other cachers find the cache. I also don't want to encourage other cachers to antagonise this land owner or to blatantly flaunt local rules. It was an honest mistake we made and we certainly would have taken the public path if we had been more aware. However I hope this log would help future cachers and make them aware of the Welsh Dragon they may meet if they take this footpath and not feel intimidated into paying for access [i]through to[/i] to the public path. She needs to get clearer signage - no other landowners seem to have this problem.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
GC1G3HW: Cork Space Centre
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1G3HW
On our way back to Wexford for the ferry and plotted a few caches on the way.
Nice and easy find, in a clean and tidy area. Sun was out and a nice view of the valley. Got stung reaching for the cache but otherwise retrieval was not difficult.
We liked the sign. Ireland is such a tidy place, unfortunately England has some way to go to reach the standards Ireland has - there's so much litter in some places. The only thing we didn't agree with on the sign was apple cores and other fruit - I think it's akin to saying we should collect up all the berries that fall or the trees that fall over - afterall a tree trunk takes many years to decompose! Mrs Fitz was quick to point out that animals will most likely eat the discarded fruit.
So there you go. Rav4 TB dipped. TFTC!
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1G3HW
On our way back to Wexford for the ferry and plotted a few caches on the way.
Nice and easy find, in a clean and tidy area. Sun was out and a nice view of the valley. Got stung reaching for the cache but otherwise retrieval was not difficult.
We liked the sign. Ireland is such a tidy place, unfortunately England has some way to go to reach the standards Ireland has - there's so much litter in some places. The only thing we didn't agree with on the sign was apple cores and other fruit - I think it's akin to saying we should collect up all the berries that fall or the trees that fall over - afterall a tree trunk takes many years to decompose! Mrs Fitz was quick to point out that animals will most likely eat the discarded fruit.
So there you go. Rav4 TB dipped. TFTC!
GC1M5Y2: Master McGrath
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1M5Y2
Took a while to locate this one but eventually it was found after moving some grass. Nice little camo job again and thanks for introducing us to another bit of local history.
Dipped: Rav4 TB. TFTC!
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1M5Y2
Took a while to locate this one but eventually it was found after moving some grass. Nice little camo job again and thanks for introducing us to another bit of local history.
Dipped: Rav4 TB. TFTC!
GC1VZ8Q: Geology of the South East VII – Around the Bend.
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: Serapis
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1VZ8Q
Nice easy find, was being guarded by a spider but we soon saw him off. Interesting bit of history here, not boring at all - we liked the bridge.
ETA: Thanks for the neat geology lesson - interesting theories to read.
TFTC!
Placed by: Serapis
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1VZ8Q
Nice easy find, was being guarded by a spider but we soon saw him off. Interesting bit of history here, not boring at all - we liked the bridge.
ETA: Thanks for the neat geology lesson - interesting theories to read.
TFTC!
GC1X160: Kilbree Castle
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1X160
This took much longer than expected, or intended I think.
We started off by heading to GZ, we saw the interesting steps that lead down into the river - were these bridges one time that have collapsed? - they didn't look that old.
Searched around in all the likely places, consulted the hint and we looked up and down, even in places which were not as described (found several good places for the cache if relocated). After a good long time and fruitless search we assumed it was either muggled or possibly fell down the bank.
On the way back to the car, Mrs Fitz then spotted the out of place camo immediately - 100m+ from GZ coords. Peig may want to check this cache has not drifted from the original spot - or update the coords (I have added ours).
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1X160
This took much longer than expected, or intended I think.
We started off by heading to GZ, we saw the interesting steps that lead down into the river - were these bridges one time that have collapsed? - they didn't look that old.
Searched around in all the likely places, consulted the hint and we looked up and down, even in places which were not as described (found several good places for the cache if relocated). After a good long time and fruitless search we assumed it was either muggled or possibly fell down the bank.
On the way back to the car, Mrs Fitz then spotted the out of place camo immediately - 100m+ from GZ coords. Peig may want to check this cache has not drifted from the original spot - or update the coords (I have added ours).
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
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