klaus23

Can you send me an e-mail through the site and I'll send you back a document on caches I would recommend?

congrats - I hope to visit some of your caches in Co.Donegal over the summer

see Seasider

It's nice to be nice

No (smartypants) - we're on opposite ends of the country. There are about 40 active cachers on the island so the planting is continuing at around 2-4 per month.

I always log on the web and in the notebook as for DNF's, only if I've been back once with another person to help

Congrats mate

See you next time round then

by the way, the page also contains this little faux We also filmed from the exact same position that the ‘geochechers’ had filmed

It's taken me two runs to see 'her', but it looks pretty convincing. I can make out two arms, as if suspended, and can clearly see her breasts (no giggling down the back there) and hair. Can't wait to show this to the girlfriend when she comes home later heehehe

Thought I'd do some back-slapping today... Donnacha and I logged our 100th Find together yesterday. Both of us have cached abroad (me in the US and UK, him in the US and France), but the majority of the caches were found in Ireland. Considering we only have 180+ caches on the island it's quite an achievement. We're not the first Irish-based cachers to reach the mark - merann has beaten us to it, but all the same, it's quite a good feeling. It's been an eventful year as I have managed to organise a lot of contact between cachers here along with two event caches. We are having our first 'annual' bash near Dublin in July if anybody is interested. It took me under 1 year, and probably 5000+ miles on my poor car. Donnacha hit the ton in almost two, and has made a burst of almost 20 caches in the past 30 days to get to this stage. For the record, the 100th find was Crotty's Treasure - and it was quite a dilemma as the cache was missing. Intrigued? Read on... http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=9600

Unusually for Ireland, and for the first time in my life, I got two ticks last month. Even stranger, they were on my left and right thigh, in almost the exact same spots, as if placed there in a symetrical manner I disinfected and pulled head and all out with tweezers. I guess I'll know what to expect from now, as I was almost sure that ticks were no threat to me.

I don't know of any cachers in Limerick. We have a forum for Irish cachers under http://www.egroups.com/geocaching_ireland (which I own and moderate) Maybe you could try and elaborate what you need and perhaps one of the members will be able to help you out.

was it not the 'cache pirate' who was doing this in the US?

I had this discussion with someone recently - I paid up for premium membership because, as Deego said - it's the cheapest part of the hobby. Yes, there's car running costs and the price of the GPS, but when you look at something like mountain biking, or sailing, or even football, then you'll be paying out money each month for equipment maintainance, marina fees, referees fees, pitch rental etc. So, when I weigh up paying a few euro a year to contribute to a site that gives so much back to it's members, then I really don't have a problem with that. When I joined there weren't many benefits avaliable to Premium Members, apart from the pda downloads and access to premium caches. I had toyed with the idea of placing a premium cache but in a way I feel that I would be imposing a choice I made on someone that would like to find it. Of course, as wildtrekker said, it's a nice reward to paying members, but when I weigh it all up I get great satisfaction out of people visiting my cache(s) - and, as a Premium cache would reduce visits by about 90% then it would be counter-productive. Not everyone can afford to spend the money on the membership, and I probably would never have started if I had to pay for a start-up membership, so why deny people the opportunity to find your caches. At the end of the day, most cachers get a cache nicked or thrashed sometime. It's part of life. And remember - it may be a Premium Cache- but is it well hidden? Although there may be a minority of people trashing caches from the co-ords on the web - but most thrashed caches are in plain view or badly hidden, or easily stumbled across.

Evening all, After two smaller event caches this year the time has come to put together an island-wide event. Although the cache page is not up yet, the date has been set as the 17th July (Saturday) and the venue will be Glendalough, County Wicklow (30 miles south of Dublin). There should be a strong showing from us locals here, and are wondering if we could extend some hospitality 'across the water'. Of course, there will be two (mountainous) caches done on the day, and no doubt some pints of stout can be arranged for in the evening. If anyone is interested in coming along, please let me know. There are about 30 caches in the Dublin/Wicklow area so it would be a good opportunity for some caching over here in good company. I will post the link to the event cache page in this thread once it is up (sometime next week) and hope to see some visitors there. To see (or take part) in the organisation - join geocaching_ireland

When I worked in hotels during my college days we used to sent trainees out for "Lobster Guns" ("You see, it's more humane than dropping them in hot water") or "Buckets of Guinness Gas". ("Those pints are terrible- can someone go for more gas"). The Guinness Gas one was funnier as we used to ring the next place - so if we sent someone to the Great Southern Hotel we would call them,they would tell our trainee that they had none to spare and he would would be told that the Foster Court Hotel had some, this would repleat itself and at long last someone halfway across town would hand the guy a bucket with a cloth over it and be told that if he moved the cloth or dropped the bucket the resulting explosion would kill him. Once the poor lad had returned we would get him to hand over the bucket and promptly 'drop it' - and once we had a guy dive head first out the door to get away from the impending 'explosion'.

I think it's 'hidden history' - bringing somebody on a themed/historical walk or trek.

'Don't chase foxes till their hearts explode from the strain' would be a good 'things not to do'

I agree with Pengy and Tigger -I was in a discussion with a friend lately who didn't agree with my practice of pilfering caches for travelbugs, he pointed out that you should trade TB's 1 for 1. But if you've swam out to an island, or hiked 6 hours to a cache, then I would say take em all! - as it could be months before a TB is moved on. I've done all the caches in a 70 mile radius near me, so I often go on TB hunts nearby before heading off on a long drive.

Although it's a minor technicality it still bugs me slightly... There is no such place as Southern Ireland. Although there is an entity known as Northern Ireland, this does not mean that there is a paradoxical 'southern' state. There is, of course, the Republic of Ireland. Bear also in mind that Northern Ireland is also referred to as 'Ulster' sometimes, although this is not entirely true, as the area termed Northern Ireland contains six counties - and not nine - as the ancient province of Ulster does (the difference being Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal). So, folks, I point to an opinion I still hold since I started caching - that more attention should be paid to the word 'geo' and hence geographical, not political boundaries. Brillig shows the island of Ireland, the GeocacheUK database uses the two islands, unfortunatly the Geocaching Association of Great Britain only sees fit to extend it's representation to the six counties. Anyway - enough about numbers and borders - get out into the open!

It's a sign of the times really - people always know their mpg now. In terms of cool, I'd go for Volvo Man's Sovereign, although Team Paradises V8 Landie is very nice. But, if I bought a cachemobile tomorrow morning, it would be a big oil burner - something like an 1990 E-Class Mercedes. They run to the ends of the earth. I know a guy in Germany who has his on 500K and is still on the same engine.

and paying off the loan for it and changing the oil and hoping the warning lights turn off and maintain it ever so often and and and and

I, unknownst to me, stood on a badger skull while writing a log. The skull, half buried, then gave way with a horrible splintering sound. I thought for a second that I'd broken my leg.

I know there may be some moaning but I'm a bit of a car nut and I was wondering what people drive on cache hunts? If they like their car and consider it useful for caching let me know - if you don't think it's suitable - why not? I'll go first. I have a 2000 Fiat Punto Sporting. - Advantages: - The 1.25 twin cam 16v engine produces over 80 bhp but around 45 mpg - Comfortable seats - Firm suspension, despite being 2.5 inches lower than standard model ensures that she does not bottom out when being off the beaten track - You can wedge the GPS between windscreen and dashboard - Electric Sunroof - CD Changer Disadvantages: - Very hard shock absorbers ensure backpain after long drives