Half a Click Traditional Cache
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Nearing the top of the forest road in Cruagh Woods there is a nice diversion route – the Cruagh Mountain Access Route (constructed by the Dublin Mountain Partnership) – a 400m bog bridge bringing you up to the open mountain.
A short way before you reach the "summit", you will pass 500 metres altitude, half a kilometre above sea level. You will be rewarded with unobstructed views of Dublin on your way back down.
You are welcome to note your altitude reading (if you can get one) at the cache location in your log.
The Cruagh Geocaching trail
I have placed seven geocaches along this route: 4 Traditional hides, 2 Unknown caches (one to be solved at home, the other to be solved at the location), and an enigmatic and difficult Multi Stage cache. Although the walk can be completed in either direction, I would suggest an anticlockwise approach for geocachers planning to search for all seven hides. Turning right at the fork will, initially, appear to be taking you further away from the caches, (if you watch your GPSr), but the path doubles back before long and your GPS will be happy again.
A 100% successful campaign would ideally see the order of events as:
GC47Q64 Have you got the right tine?
GC47Q6J The hills are alive with the sound of music [Puzzle box]
GC47Q6Y Cruagh Cryptek [Stage I]
GC47Q6Y Cruagh Cryptek [Final]
GC47Q7D I lúib na Ccoille Craobhaí
GC47Q7V Half a Click
GC47Q8B Little Dodder
GC47Q90 The day the music died
GC47Q6J The hills are alive with the sound of music [Final]
Good luck!
The area is managed and maintained by Coillte and the cache is placed in line with the “Leave No Trace” principle.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre, pybfr gb wbvag, fperj ba evtug unaq fvqr