THE Cache
This is a Challenge cache so to log a 'Find', as well as signing the log, you must also meet the criteria listed below. You may sign in advance of qualification and log a 'write note'. 'Found' logs that do not meet the requirements will be deleted. The cache is not at the listed coordinates but in a visible waypoint at the bottom of the page.
In order to meet the challenge you must of found 1 cache with the "Boat" attribute in 3 of the 5 Irish Geocaching Regions, i.e. Dublin, Ulster, Munster, Connaught, Leinster. There are no restrictions on find dates, cache types or any other sneaky ones.
You may use this Challenge Checker to see if you qualify. I would be grateful if you would add the result to your log.
The cache itself is a micro container tied in place. It was placed while seated in a sit on kayak. The cache is not much of a stretch but depending on water levels, flow etc it may be closer to the water than when it was placed.
Random Joke
What do cats like to eat on a hot day?
A mice-cream cone!
Loch Ross Kayak Trail
This is one of a series of caches around Lough Ross. The Lough is quite open and in windy conditions can get very choppy. The rivers that enter and exit it can have wildly varying water levels in them depending on recent rainfall.
The caches were placed using sit on Kayaks. I do not recommend inflatable kayaks as some of the placements are not friendly to that type of craft. Any other type of craft is at the finders discretion and at their own risk.
The series are all tied in place. Please do not untie them. A tweezers might be need to pull the log out of the micro containers, although this series does have a mixture of sizes and types. Some caches will require you to exit your watercraft and step up into a tree, None of the tree climbs are particularly high or difficult.
On the first cache in this series I have indicated a waypoint which is for the parking area. There is plenty of parking, a slipway, some picnic tables, a basketball court and a public toilet that is even open occasionally.
You might also be tempted to try and do these from land. There are no public rights of way to any of the final locations and most overhang the lake/rivers so please stick to the water.