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August Hike: Great Sugar Loaf, County Wicklow | The Geocaching Junkie

The thing about New Year’s Resolutions is, you can make big declarations and everyone around you is likely to forget by February and subsequently nobody will hold you accountable. In other words, it’s often easy to wriggle out of them. Not so when you publicise your intentions in a blog post. In January, I wrote… Read More August Hike: Great Sugar Loaf, County Wicklow | The Geocaching Junkie

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March Hike: Divis & the Black Mountain | The Geocaching Junkie

March proved to be a much busier month than I anticipated, so I was down to the wire on where and when to hike, or even if I could manage to fit it in at all. In the end, a last minute decision was made on Saturday afternoon to head to Divis and the Black Mountain,… Read More March Hike: Divis & the Black Mountain | The Geocaching Junkie

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February Hike: Slemish – St. Patrick's Mountain | The Geocaching Junkie

I have discovered that not thinking too much about an impending hike, or trying to avoid too much advance research about the difficulty of the climb, helps to minimise my nerves beforehand. So basically, living in denial somewhat, is the extent of my planning for a hike. With this in mind, it was only when I arrived at the… Read More February Hike: Slemish – St. Patrick's Mountain | The Geocaching Junkie