klaus23
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I think that you could do a lot worse than Holm View, near Weston-Super-Mare in the South-West. I thought it was a superb cache!
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The longest unfound cache in Ireland (and Great Britain) is Points West, off the coast of Galway. In May, it will have been unfound for 4 years.
Frustratingly, it's only an hour's drive away. The key is finding someone with a boat
But if anybody wants to come over and give it a whack, let me know!
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I did think about doing this for Ireland, offering myself as a guide for visiting Geocachers at a price, but there's all sorts of insurance considerations to take into account, as well as doing it full-time/part-time etc.
I just didn't think it was feasable, but if anyone would be interested, give me a shout
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All the UK grid squares will become available soon - but you dont have to wait for them to appear,
<Wlw studies map on site...>
A small point, but please stop referring to "UK" when what you actually mean is "Great Britain".
Thanks.
Get in there... or perhaps, "just Britain"
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Well done Leecee. Enjoy the 200th when you get there!
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I've got a couple of invites, if you mail me through my profile with your e-mail address I'll send you one (or two, or three)...
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I had a yellow Etrex and then went to a Legend. Personally I think the Legend is far better, as it has more options, a better display, more memory, basemap capability, the all important thumbstick and best of all, there isn't a big price difference.
I'd go for the Legend every time. But if cost is a factor and you're not after the extra stuff, then the Etrex does exactly the same thing.
Hope this helps, let me know if you need anything more specific about the two.
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You'll be able to tell when you cross the international boundary because there is a restriction on the ferries where cigarettes and alcohol cannot be sold in the Onboard Shops while within territorial waters (within 12 miles from shore).
While in International waters (the area between the two territorial waters) the sale is permitted. But you won't be crossing any boundary somewhere in the middle, however, the shop will stop selling alcohol and cigarettes when the ferry enters Irish waters, so you can celebrate your arrival that way.
You will not be able to smoke on Irish Ferries because as an Irish owned, Irish registered vessel it has to abide by Irish Law no matter where it is in the world, so no cigarettes in the bar, or anywhere on the boat, folks.
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Great stuff stonefisk - I'm looking forward to doing some of your caches in Monmouthshire soon
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As The Rookie is no longer quite The Rookie, and with over 100 finds is one of the most seasoned cachers in Ireland, he has chosen to morph into his alter-ego "Hello, I'm Johnny Cache".
Unfortunatly "Johnny Cache" already exists so he had to make do with the great Man's introduction.
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Good stuff gentlemen - thanks for stopping by my cache in Portishead en route
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As I hope to be traveling on the ferry with the visitors, it will be interesting to be the Irishman who will lead you all off the boat,
And there was I thinking that I was considered a Honorary Irishman
, My Lass has a Irish passport, the kids are entitled to one if they choose, I've lived in Galway, and worked in Tuam, and Rosscommon . And I miss primary school fund raisers, starting at midnight, and that was next to the local Garda station 
, we moved back to be closer to family!Dave, an Englishman in Wales
I guess we're all in the one boat (pardon the pun) these days.
If I got married to my girlfriend (English/Welshwoman), and because of German/Spanish roots on my fathers side, and Irish/Scottish roots on my mothers, part of my wedding speech would include a mention that I was retiring from international football!!!
By the way, whereabouts in North Wales are you? My girlfriend has family in Mold. It's a nice part of the world, if a bit short on caches
Last week it was really funny. Her aunt rang my mobile from her landline in Mold, and cheerily proclaimed: "Hello, it's Carole, in England!" I said: "Are you at home?" She said:"Yes.". So I replied: "Surely you're in Wales then." She said that she was. "Oh good," said I, "I thought you'd been invaded."
Good to see a Galway connection. I'm living in Oranmore, I'm sure you've passed through there before.
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I'm sure we can arrange for virtual pints. If not, check here.
Perhaps when you attend the event in September, someone will drive you down the quays to the Brewery.
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...and vent your political fury, or just kick back with the locals
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I'm looking forward to this. Sadly I can't commit to the planning stage as I will be moving to England between now and the event. As I hope to be travelling on the ferry with the visitors, it will be interesting to be the Irishman who will lead you all off the boat, and I'm looking forward to everybody meeting up.
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To clarify:
I was approached per e-mail over the Christmas period by Alison and Simon who were anxious not only to finalise their design and get the coins minted, but to also settle on a template that was agreeable to everyone.
The discussion began at two opposite ends, one of which was the non-political option and the other the "original UK" only design.
In the MSN chats that followed, everyone voiced their opinions, expressed their reservations and worked towards what I, Simon and Alison felt was an acceptable compromise.
From the designers point of view, it was felt that the Union flag had to be included in some shape or form to make the coin readily identifiable. In return for the inclusion of the flag, I asked that the outline of the islands would be inclusive of both islands and without borders.
So the compromise was mutual and I felt that we agreed on the final design. I feel that we all gave a little time to talk this out and was happy that the people that were designing the coin took the time and the interest to reach out to those that had reservations about the initial design. While the design may still be controversial to some, and others may not realise what the whole hoo-haa is about, from my own personal viewpoint everyone had to give a little.
I have spoken to Donnacha and Simon in the past hour and we are going to continue any further discussion away from the forums.
On that note, I hope that the geocoins go on to be a success for all concerned and look forward to future interaction between British and Irish cachers. The event in Dublin should be a great starting point for that.
Klaus
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Thanks to Donnacha, Beki, The Rookie, wildlifewriter, Lance Ambu, madramoor, madrarua (no relation
), paddy D, macca and friends, Bootle and kyleoconnell who all attended today.Thanks to everyone for coming along.
Klaus
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It's a telling statistic that the vast minority of their calls are to aid climbers/walkers who are in genuine difficulty due to broken legs or falls.
sorry to be pedantic, but can one have a 'vast minority'?
Possibly. But you know what I mean...
Apologies - it was late!
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I would hesitate to call them complete prats, it's much easier to get lost in woodland than anywhere else. Maps and GPS units may be useless, as there are neither visual waypoints and there might not be a GPS signal.
Mountains however are a different story. I've seen some crazy things while climbing:
Carrauntohill (weather: moderate)
- The English Stag party who climbed up in jeans, trainers and t-shirts nursing hangovers, with no food or water, but with a can of beer each for the summit.
- The parents wearing clothes better suited to the high street encouraging their similarly attired 4-year old to keep going up the mountain.
Slieve Donard (weather: Blizzard)
- The two women on their way down from the summit, wearing tracksuit bottoms and windcheaters, and no backpacks containing food or water.
Snowdon:
- The again, badly attired group of walkers who had at least 4 pints each in the summit cafe before heading back down the scree slope to the Miners Track.
And don't get me wrong - attire must not mean state of the art gore tex, but should at least include waterproofs, an extra layer and thermals. And don't get me started about footwear. A good set of boots is probably the most important thing you can have.
As for maps, I dare say most people never bring one. Or can't read it. Or rely on GPS navigation.
On Dec 31st I was up on Benbulbin at the Skylark cache. The weather was misty and visibility was down to 50ft. The top of the mountain is a plateau and there are no features you can use for navigation, add to that the cliffs on three sides. When we left the cache we tried to navigate without maps or GPS to see what would happen. We ended up going around in circles.
You always need both methods of navigation - map/compass and GPS.
Donnacha, who has friends in the Wicklow Mountain Rescue will tell you that at least 80%-90% of their call-outs are directly due to lack of equipment or navigational error. It's a telling statistic that the vast minority of their calls are to aid climbers/walkers who are in genuine difficulty due to broken legs or falls.
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I think I'm going to follow wildlifewriter's lead and abandon virtual caches - if there is a significant amount of people googleing for answers, it takes a lot away from the people that spend time and effort in actually visiting a place.
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Just looking at the other caches on the Island - Klaus, I take it "The Rookie" did "The Big One" with you as his log says the answer is in your email - maybe we could all say the same!!!!
Yes, he did visit all those caches with me. I can provide photos, ferry ticket stubs and descriptions of the interiors of both pubs on Clare Island if you like.
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If you look here you will see the number 1 ranked member registered Oct 2000 and placed the first cache in Europe before that in June 2000.
Not exactly active is he? One find last year, and that was his own cache!
Chris does still do a little bit of geocaching, but I think he rarely logs online.
Still, he's the first - and we've got the first cache in Europe in Ireland
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My handle is quite simplistic - Klaus is my first name.
The number 23 has a deeper meaning...
I am (for 5 1/2 more months) aged 23
I was born on the 23rd June.
It's my lucky number.
And (as Basketball is one of my other pasttimes - I used to play at Regional League level and got Schoolboy Caps for Ireland) it's the jersey number of one of my great heroes:
Step up, Michael Jordan.
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Yeah, saw that. There's no way they were ever near there. There's a nice physical cache on the island, but apart from that the three virtuals are lame. And the owner (bloke 1987) was inactive last time I looked.
, we moved back to be closer to family!
40 Uk Caches Still To Be Ftf
in United Kingdom and Ireland
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erm... can you take that up with the owner?