With the aim of starting the year as I mean to go on, I decided to get outside on New Year’s Day and go geocaching. Nothing too strenuous, just a walk around the Cliff Walk in Bray to tick off the new virtual cache, Bray Head [Bray to Greystones Walk] (GC8917D). I also took the… Read More Hello 2020: Walking in to the New Year | The Geocaching Junkie
You might have noticed that I haven’t published anything here since August (four months ago – where does the time go?!). The truth is, having a demanding full-time job, on top of being mummy to an even more demanding toddler means that I have little time to write anymore, and even less time to go… Read More Geocaching: Join the Club | The Geocaching Junkie
Next Sunday – August 25th – will mark my 6th anniversary of being a geocacher. I can still remember the sense of exhilaration upon discovering this entirely new and exciting world – I could hardly wait to fully immerse myself in all things geocache related. There were a few things I didn’t know when I… Read More 8 Things Nobody Tells You When you Start Geocaching | The Geocaching Junkie
Geocachers collect many things: smiley faces, geocoins, favourite points, stories … I think my most treasured geocaching collector’s items are the souvenirs – those little pieces of artwork on your profile that you earn for visiting a specific location, or partaking in a special challenge. HQ’s latest souvenir promotion is particularly appealing! Cache Carnival kicks off on 25th… Read More 6 Reasons being a Cache Owner is the Best | The Geocaching Junkie
The last four months of 2018 were pretty cache light for me. I had every intention of carrying on with my usual geocaching when I became a mother, but the new tiny human in our lives had other ideas. When I finally snapped out of the newborn haze and rediscovered my sanity (to a degree),… Read More 7 Things I Learned When I Went Geocaching while Baby-Wearing | The Geocaching Junkie
New Year’s Resolutions. Three words that immediately make me feel anxious. Every year I make them and more often than not, I don’t achieve most of them. At the start of 2018, I shared four geocaching goals for the year. Looking back on them now, I can only laugh at how spectacularly I failed. In… Read More Hello 2019 | The Geocaching Junkie
What a year it’s been! In geocaching terms, this has been my most cache-light year, with a find rate of 0.5 per day. The first 4 months of the year were dominated by morning sickness (which isn’t just for mornings, as I found out the hard way!). Trying to muster up the enthusiasm to go… Read More 18 Memorable Moments in 2018 | The Geocaching Junkie
Since 2015 I’ve collated Christmas gift guides for geocachers, with an exhaustive list of ideas included in my 2017 guide. The gift suggestions are still relevant now so it remains a good idea repository if you’re struggling to come up with something special for the geocacher in your life. So I thought to myself, what… Read More 8 Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas for Geocachers | The Geocaching Junkie
Since Europe’s First (GC43) is hidden in my hometown of Bray in north County Wicklow, I often receive requests for information and advice from geocachers planning to visit Ireland to target the famous cache. I always enjoy hearing from geocachers the world over who are planning on making the pilgrimage to Bray to make this… Read More The Geo-Tourist’s Guide to Europe’s First Geocache (GC43) | The Geocaching Junkie
There are few books from my childhood that stick out in my memory. I spent hours getting lost in Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree series and being equally enthralled and terrified reading Roald Dahl’s The Witches. My favourite stories by far, though, were The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. I must have read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe… Read More Chronicling C.S. Lewis in Belfast | The Geocaching Junkie
