Tain Way - Pedestal Traditional Cache
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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 a couple of steps off the forest track and in line with the leave no trace policy. The cache name negates the need for a clue.
Parking is available where the trail rejoins the road approximately 450m from the cache. The track has slight gradual elevation changes from this point and is good enough to mountain bike.
The views from this section of track on a good day are excellent as it looks towards Gullion and the surrounding area.
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
(No hints available.)