GC3F2MF Tain Way - Switchback (Traditional Cache) in Leinster, Ireland created by retirecache

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GC3F2MF ▼

A cache by retirecache Message this owner

Hidden : 3/21/2012

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is one of a series of caches placed on the Tain Way. They are a mix of drive bys and hiking caches that are sprinkled along the Way.

The Cache

This cache is a simple micro placed along the roadside and links the end of the forest track to the start of the off road section that leads to Anglesey Mountain.

Parking with care - watch for rocks in the grass - at the cache coordinates but the road is narrow and it might be better to walk back from the safer parking spot that leads to Tain Way - A Lonely Tree

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 Tain 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 Tain 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)

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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)