Achill Island is the largest island off the coast of Ireland, located in county Mayo, on the West coast and is connected to the mainland by the 200 yard long Michael Davitt Bridge. Achill is part of the Bay Coast section of the Wild Atlantic Way, the longest defined coastal touring route in the world, that… Read More Destination: Achill Island | The Geocaching Junkie
On 3rd June 2000, exactly one month after the first ever geocache was hidden in Beavercreek, Oregon by Dave Ulmer, Europe’s First (GC43) was hidden on Bray Head, in county Wicklow, Ireland. I’m very lucky to live just a stone’s throw from this historic piece of geocaching heritage and it was among my first 20 finds. I didn’t really understand the importance of… Read More Celebrating 15 years of Geocaching | The Geocaching Junkie
I went on two weekend trips in May, and although the sole purpose of neither trip was geocaching, I naturally managed to fit a few good caches in there 🙂 The first trip was to the Giant’s Causeway on the North Antrim Coast in Northern Ireland. This was my second ever visit to the area and it’s still as impressive as… Read More A Giant Weekend & a Wander around Walden | The Geocaching Junkie
April has been a relatively quiet month for me on the caching front. Of course, I have still been finding a minimum of one cache per day (April 30th is the 262nd day of my streak!), but I haven’t had time to go on any major geocaching adventures. The highlight of the month by far… Read More CITO 2015 and a birthday FTF adventure in the woods! | The Geocaching Junkie
January was a month full of great events for me, as well as working towards my New Year’s resolution of completing my DT matrix and picking up a few Bring Back the Caches (aka Lonely Logs). Inniskeen Road: July Evening (GC33FGZ) – Found it! 3rd January 2015 I’ve slowly been working towards a challenge cache in… Read More Events, DTs and more events!! | The Geocaching Junkie
