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
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