Geocaching in Ireland

Woo, finally! Cached in Ireland! I've only been to Ireland once before and that was a day trip to Wexford, spending a couple of hours in the rain after a pretty rough crossing from Fishguard. Very pleased to be able to supersede this experience with a ferry crossing from Holyhead which was not nauseating, good weather and a few days travelling the country.

Two new caching souvenirs earned!

Sadly I was only there for a few days, but in that time I got to visit the lovely tourist-friendly town of Kilkenny and peaceful Cavan near the Northern Irish border. I also enjoyed Ireland's own Daniel O'Donnell in concert twice (not really my type of music, but great live). Caching-wise, Ireland is not nearly as bountiful in caches as the UK which made keeping up my August caching streak a challenge but there are some good ones out there up and down the country because they're placed with consideration rather than for the numbers. Would I come back? Yeah, definitely! Shame the ferry crossing from Swansea to Cork has stopped because that would have been ideal. 

To my delight I was able to cache in Staffordshire and Anglesey too on the way there and back (four new counties in total!) Nothing special about the motorway service station cache in Staffordshire but I am very pleased to at long last get the cache at the station in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, the longest place name in the UK. Not been here for years and years (since before the concept of geocaching was even conceived) but I was aware of the cache placed at the station and thankfully was able to nab this one before the ferry crossing to Ireland. Being able to pronounce this name has been my party trick for years, and it doesn't look like I'll have anything better to offer any time soon!

Oh, and a new Irish-themed multicache is going to be placed somewhere in Hampshire soon. Just working on the concept for it now! Watch this space!