Tain Way - Ravensdale Traditional Cache
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The cache is a magnetic nano placed with a Colorado 300 reading 5m accuracy. There is no pen so bring your own.
The terrain is rated 1.5 as wheelchair users would not be able to access the cache without help.
Parking for one car is available at the coordinates (don't block the locked barrier) and additional car parking is available several hundred metres further down the road.
This cache can be done as a drive by or as the start of several additional caches by following the markers for the Tain Way. An information board is available at the coordinates
This is one of a series of caches placed on the Tain Way. They are a mix of drive bys and hiking caches, sprinkled along the Way.
THE TAIN WAY
The route is about 40km long and some can be walked comfortably in two days. It starts in the heritage town of Carlingford,rises out of the town to run as a forest track along the northern slopes of Carlingford Mountain, giving wonderful views of the Mournes, before dipping to sea level at the town of Omeath. The Way then rises steeply on narrow roads and tracks through open country to a pass (430m) in the midst of the mountains. It then descends again to Ravensdale, where there are forest trails.
It then takes us high onto another spur of the Cooleys, with good views back along the Irish Sea coast, before descending into a long valley. The Way crosses that valley and climbs onto the southern ridge of Carlingford Mountain on an ancient grassy track. From there it is downhill all the way back into Carlingford.
This walk is named after the legendary "Tain Bo Cuailgne" (The Cattle Raid of Cooley), which involved the exploits of Cu Chulainn, the Ulster warrior hero known as "The Hound of Ulster".
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gbc, erne, evtug
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