McArt's Fort Cache Ulster, Ireland
By
rundmck on 10-Mar-15. Waypoint GC5P9B9
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Logs
Nice cache with good camo at a great spot. Excellent views on a glorious Autumn day with not a cloud in the sky. Well worth a favourite point.
SL. TFTC. # 2003
SL. TFTC. # 2003
17 October 2015 15:29
Great views from up here - practically all County Down, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Despite a lot of people up here, area around GZ was clear. Coords spot on I would say but I did find it a little hair-raising accessing the cache cos I'm a fraidy cat. Took a few minutes to put my hand on it as it's so well camo'd, I think I was staring straight at it for several minutes. Great cache! TFTC
Great views from up here - practically all County Down, Scotland and the Isle of Man. Despite a lot of people up here, area around GZ was clear. Coords spot on I would say but I did find it a little hair-raising accessing the cache cos I'm a fraidy cat. Took a few minutes to put my hand on it as it's so well camo'd, I think I was staring straight at it for several minutes. Great cache! TFTC
Sadly, a DNF here today, in a short, curtailed outing to Cavehill, which thankfully yielded 2 finds (1 being a FTF!).
THE DAY’S STORY
A bit of a frustrating day today! First, I had to delay my geocaching plans until I’d got Mrs HH’s car safely through its MOT in Newtownards. Then I drove back to Holywood, dropped the car off at her place of work and walked home to pick up my geocaching gear plus my car. So it was after midday before I was finally en-route to Cavehill Country Park.
Parking at the car park off the Hightown Road, my plan was to find the new cache here (Loughview Cache) first, then pick up the other ‘unfound’ caches in the area on my way back down. As it turned out I only managed to look for three caches, having to cut short my outing in order to pick up my daughter from her work over Glengormley way at 14.30!
No matter, I enjoyed the walk. This was the first time I’ve approached Cavehill from this side. It’s a nice walk and although it was a little hazy today, the views were still good. A short burst of light rain early on gave way to sunshine later. Another lovely warm, windless day, as this year’s amazing early autumn weather continues!
THIS CACHE
Fresh from my success with Loughview Cache [GC64HFK] nearby, this was my next target ‘unfound’ cache as I started to head back to my car.
I spent far too long searching here all to no avail! I have to say I had issues with the accuracy of the published coordinates, which one would expect to be spot on in this high ‘open’ location. But my GPSr was showing GZ to be on flat ground, well back from the cliff edge, where I believed the cache must be hidden. In the attached photo, my rucksack is placed where my GPSr was showing the cache to be but this is obviously not the correct location!
This inaccuracy made it difficult to pinpoint where exactly I should have been looking, although if you don’t want to kill yourself by going over the edge, there appears to be really only one potential spot for a hide that can be accessed safely from above.
Frustrated at not being able to pinpoint precisely where I should be looking, I phoned a previous finder. Despite knowing what I was looking for, and my friend’s efforts to guide me to where the cache is hidden, I still wasn’t able to locate it.
No matter. One for another day, hopefully.
On to the next … Where the Wind Blows [GC5PE3A]
THE DAY’S STORY
A bit of a frustrating day today! First, I had to delay my geocaching plans until I’d got Mrs HH’s car safely through its MOT in Newtownards. Then I drove back to Holywood, dropped the car off at her place of work and walked home to pick up my geocaching gear plus my car. So it was after midday before I was finally en-route to Cavehill Country Park.
Parking at the car park off the Hightown Road, my plan was to find the new cache here (Loughview Cache) first, then pick up the other ‘unfound’ caches in the area on my way back down. As it turned out I only managed to look for three caches, having to cut short my outing in order to pick up my daughter from her work over Glengormley way at 14.30!
No matter, I enjoyed the walk. This was the first time I’ve approached Cavehill from this side. It’s a nice walk and although it was a little hazy today, the views were still good. A short burst of light rain early on gave way to sunshine later. Another lovely warm, windless day, as this year’s amazing early autumn weather continues!
THIS CACHE
Fresh from my success with Loughview Cache [GC64HFK] nearby, this was my next target ‘unfound’ cache as I started to head back to my car.
I spent far too long searching here all to no avail! I have to say I had issues with the accuracy of the published coordinates, which one would expect to be spot on in this high ‘open’ location. But my GPSr was showing GZ to be on flat ground, well back from the cliff edge, where I believed the cache must be hidden. In the attached photo, my rucksack is placed where my GPSr was showing the cache to be but this is obviously not the correct location!
This inaccuracy made it difficult to pinpoint where exactly I should have been looking, although if you don’t want to kill yourself by going over the edge, there appears to be really only one potential spot for a hide that can be accessed safely from above.
Frustrated at not being able to pinpoint precisely where I should be looking, I phoned a previous finder. Despite knowing what I was looking for, and my friend’s efforts to guide me to where the cache is hidden, I still wasn’t able to locate it.
No matter. One for another day, hopefully.
On to the next … Where the Wind Blows [GC5PE3A]
DNF on a morning hike around Cave Hill.
Arrived at the Fort with the clouds dissaprearing and giving me a nice view. It was very quiet at the Fort and I had all the time to search around the cache, but without any luck. I knew that the 4 star terrain meant that a wee bit of extra effort was necessary. I looked at the obvious places were the coordinates and the hint send me. Was hard not too take to much risk with the high cliffs and not finding the container at the bit safer and more obvious places. After about 20 minutes of searching, I decided too not take any more risk and just take the DNF. Maybe better luck next time...
Arrived at the Fort with the clouds dissaprearing and giving me a nice view. It was very quiet at the Fort and I had all the time to search around the cache, but without any luck. I knew that the 4 star terrain meant that a wee bit of extra effort was necessary. I looked at the obvious places were the coordinates and the hint send me. Was hard not too take to much risk with the high cliffs and not finding the container at the bit safer and more obvious places. After about 20 minutes of searching, I decided too not take any more risk and just take the DNF. Maybe better luck next time...
