Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particularly to interest me on shore (apart from Geocaching), I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.
Little did I realise how much adventure I'd experience and the terrible exploits of Captain Ahab and his terrifying obsession with capturing the great Leviathan known as Moby Dick, such a pretentious and mysterious monster.
We shall gather this spring evening in the hosteliary named after this great whale to discuss these exploits - and more.
Ishmael.
The event will start at 6.00 p.m. and go on as long as anyone wants it to or to closing time, whichever arrives first. The bar is family friendly until 9pm when children are no longer allowed. The time has also been arranged to allow for some local caching among the vast array of caches recently places here, for those wishing to do so while there is still daylight.
I have arranged for us to have our own area in the bar. There is a menu of sandwiches and soup. More details of this will be published in due course.
The venue is conveniently located in the heart of Youghal and can't be missed due to its enormous mural portraying the White Whale known as Moby Dick on it's side wall! Best approached from the north due to Youghal's one way system.
There will not be a special area for trackables - it will be up to each individual to make travel bugs and Geocoins available for discovery/swapping.
If you're new to caching or are a regular on the scene, an event like this is an excellent informal way of meeting the names you see on cache logs.
And the name? Well, during filming of the 1956 film Moby Dick, the harbour scenes seen in the film were actually filmed immediately opposite the pub and the name was changed to reflect this fact - there is memorabilia to this effect on the pub's wall.