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This checkin to GC9VD2M Claremorris_01 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Two of us hunted for about 10 minutes without any luck. We found a the host object without difficulty and soon found a man-made hook upon touch we suspect the cache might once have resided. Eventually we had to give up and move on. Nice location, but might need CO attention.
This checkin to GCA0R10 Leabharlann 📚 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
QEF for my mother and I as we passed through Claremorris. Excellent hiding place for the area and a great condition of cache, FP awarded. SL, TFTC.
This checkin to geohash 2024-11-25 53 -8 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs.
Field East of Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Today we need to drive North up the entire length of the M18 and M17 to get to our next accommodation. If we take only a minor diversion at Tuam we can see how accessible this hashpoint is, on the way!
On today’s leg of my mother and I’s expedition to go hashing around the West coast of Ireland (hampered only by the floods of Storm Bert) we were scheduled to drive a few hours up the country to move from our old accommodation of the last few nights to our new accommodation of the next two. On our way we accidentally drove the wrong way down the M6 for a spell (as you can see on our tracklog) as we intended to visit Athenry for some geocaching, before pushing on to the hashpoint.
We drove past the field with the hashpoint in order to dodge an incoming tractor and to scout out safe parking spaces. Finding a suitable verge, we pulled up and took a look at the pasture with the hashpoint. The gate into it was seriously churned up with mud, so I switched to my wellies and my mother pulled on a pair of waterproof trousers, and we waded out.
Once past the gate, it got a lot easier and we were able to quickly find our way to the hashpoint at 13:10.
It was the middle of a muddy field. Not exciting, but a good view of rolling countryside and wind farms.
We swiftly made our way back to our car to avoid any questions from passing farmers about what we might be doing hanging our near a piece of mystery agricultural equipment we were near.
Then, after changing back into our regular footwear so we didn’t bring tonnes of mud into our rental car, made our way down into Claremorris. There, we enjoyed a celebratory carvery lunch, toured a handful of local geocaches, explored a path that Google Maps (only) claims exists – possibly a trap street? – and walked around a lake with lots of scultpures until we discovered that the route we’d planned to take was underwater. At that point, we figured it was time to go check-in to our new AirBnB and returned to our car to set off.
A highly-successful trip.
(includes drive from old accommodation, geocaching, hiking, drive to new accommodation, etc)
Download full journey tracklog.
(from where we parked to the hashpoint and back)
This checkin to GC5EJVD Town Gossip reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Like many others before us, we failed to find this cache. Based in the hint, we’re confident we were looking in thir right place. A real shame for it to be missing, but my mum and I enjoyed this piece of art.
This checkin to GC9P641 Arch kebab 2.0 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
QEF for me and my mum during our flying visit to the town. Attached is a photo of us about to enter the Konami Code and see if it gives us extra lives or something.
This checkin to GC5GDTX Walls and Games reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
A delightful walk under the walls of the castle and the priory while visiting Athenry on our way to a geohashpoint stone way North of here. Clues easily collected, we quickly found the cache and signed the log before the rain got any heavier! TFTC!
It’s been a long day of driving around Ireland, scrambling through forests, navigating to a hashpoint, exploring a medieval castle, dodging the rain, finding a series of geocaches, getting lost up a hill in the dark, and generally having a kickass time with one of my very favourite people on this earth: my mum.
And now it’s time for a long soak in a hot bath with a pint of the black stuff and my RSS reader for company. A perfect finish.
This checkin to GC6VYP1 Congratulations reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
We really wanted to attempt this one, but it wasn’t to be. We added up all the numbers we’d collected on our journey but got a number three out from the requisite checksum. We attempted to guess what we’d recorded incorrectly and had a couple of reasonable guesses, but the growing darkness was making it increasingly difficult (and a little dangerous) to be out exploring without torches, so we had to give up (we’d probably not have found it in the dark anyway).
The whole series was delightful and we loved finding them. It was a shame not to get the bonus (which was our own fault really: setting off too late and having to rush made us make a mistake, clearly!), but we had so much fun with the ones we did find that it was all worthwhile anyway. Big kudos to the CO; thanks!
This checkin to GC6VYKX The Twist reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Struggling in the dark, I slipped onto my bottom as I attempted to get around to the far side of the twisted host, and while I picked myself up and beat off my muddy jeans my mother quickly found the cache. Hurrah!
This checkin to GC6VYKF Reach For The Stars reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
We had to try a couple of candidates in the growing dark before we found the right host, and even then needed to stretch quite a long way to open and close this cache container. But eventually we’d managed.
This checkin to GC6VYK0 Riverdance reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
We were slightly concerned about this one, given the cache description. Wading across a river didn’t sound fun given recent floods: it could be deeper and faster than expected. Fortunately there turns out to be a bridge here now, and doubly-fortunately we were able to find the cache without too much difficulty.
The sun was beginning to set over the horizon; we didn’t have long left to complete the loop…
This checkin to GC6VYJC Love Shack reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Some muggles were sitting on the nearby barrier so some stealth was required for us to carefully retrieve and return this one. TFTC.
This checkin to GC6VYJ1 Pump Up The Volume reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Sent my mother in to to a variety of holes in boulders to try to find this one before we picked it up and had the cache – and its bonus number – in-hand!
This checkin to GC6VYHH Under The Boardwalk reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Power-walking on around the trail we quickly found the clue object. I figured it was worth braving the (high) water and getting below the bridge, so I scrambled down and soon found the cache. Good location!
This checkin to GC6VYHC California Dreamin' reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
We quickly circled this tree before spotting the right location. Good colour for this cache container. Making a note of the number, we pressed on…