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Traditional CacheEurope's First

A cache by Chris O'Byrne     Hidden: 6/3/2000

Size: Size: Regular (Regular)     Difficulty: 2 out of 5     Terrain: 3 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)


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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



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
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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 January 31 by meave (67 found)

Found it on a great day .
Was hoping to do all the caches on this path but circumstances dictated different.
Fabulous area, hope to come back sometime.
Meave

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 January 30 by Alastair74 (315 found)
Found this with Gilliancclarke and Wildfowler great day. This cache was done in the dark and I am sure it has a great view by day but the view under a full moon is great to

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 January 30 by CluelessTwo (253 found)
What a great location. This cache has done Europe proud to be the very first one. The cache was easily found whilst taking a long look at the view. Very cold today, so just signed the logbook and left everything before heading for our Lunch in Roundwood.

TFTC

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 January 30 by wildfowler (409 found)
Just fixing the mileage for a GC I found in this cache!

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 January 30 by wildfowler (409 found)
Down in Wicklow for the day with gilliancclarke & Alastair74 for a day of caching! A must do cache this one! Probably not in the dark tho! Good fun all the same under a full moon! Took GC, left a GC! TFTC

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Current Time: 2/9/2010 9:31:46 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (5:31 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 2/3/2010 4:59:20 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (12:59 AM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum


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