Europe's First

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In Leinster, Ireland

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Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland.

The first geocache in Europe, placed on 3rd June 2000 - just one month after the demise of selective availability.

When selective availability was turned off, and the geocaching game took off, I decided to hide a cache near where I was living in Bray, Co. Wicklow. I was delighted to see that I manged to place the cache before anyone else in Europe placed one.

And so all was well, until 15 June 2003, when I went to visit the cache and found it to be gone! Disheartened, I found it too difficult to replace the cache.

Enter Donnacha who, on 31 May 2004, placed a replacement cache within eyeshot of the original location. The coordinates listed above refer to the coordinates of the replacement cache - the original cache was at 53d 11.477' N, 6d 04.804' W, hidden under stones where the two walls meet. You can view photos here and here. If you are visiting the replacement, do say hello to the original location!

The difficulty rating is because the area is quite steep, and there is quite a bit of heather around.

And so the cache lives again! Enjoy!

Replacement cache, original contents

• Pack Of Balloons
• Wine Saver
• 5 x name tag keyrings
• 4 x screen washer
• Simpson's airfreshener
• pen, pencil, pencil sharpener, rubber and, of course
• the logbook

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

Haqre gur ovt juvgr ebpx, pbirerq ol fbzr fgbarf naq qrnq urngure. (Decrypted Hints)

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Cache Logs

November 5 by Leedieke (119 found) Tijdens de mooie kliff wandeling van Greystone naar Brey, en aangemoedigd door mijn medewandelaars, de berg opgeklommen om deze cache te loggen. Prachtig uitzicht. TB out [view this log]

November 2 by 123Svende (210 found) What a view from here - and nice to do Europe's first, have done Denmark's first as well. TFTC In TB [view this log]

October 25 by nisse_perlemo (134 found) Europe's first, a slice of history here at the Bray cliffwalk. Well hidden, relatively muggel free and with commanding views! TFTC [view this log]

October 24 by miisa (679 found) Found this historical cache together with kapeka. Last time I walked this path around Bray Head was 20 years ago. The place was as beautiful as I remembered. Greetings from Finland! TFTC! [view this log]

October 24 by kapeka (1668 found) Huge view. Nice path. Greetings from Finland. TFTC [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 8:35:17 AM
Last Updated: 11/12/2009 11:01:52 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum