Overbury (my employers) have recently merged with our sister company, Morgan Lovell. As part of the merger we have refurbished our offices at Fort Dunlop. It all looks very smart, but I think we may have over done the lime green......
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Going Green
Had to share this!
Overbury (my employers) have recently merged with our sister company, Morgan Lovell. As part of the merger we have refurbished our offices at Fort Dunlop. It all looks very smart, but I think we may have over done the lime green......
Overbury (my employers) have recently merged with our sister company, Morgan Lovell. As part of the merger we have refurbished our offices at Fort Dunlop. It all looks very smart, but I think we may have over done the lime green......
It Works!
Ok so the cheeky little app works a treat, how about a photo.....
This was taken in the Beaujolais run a couple of years ago in Macon in France.
I'm on the right of the picture looking like a right knob-end!
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This was taken in the Beaujolais run a couple of years ago in Macon in France.
I'm on the right of the picture looking like a right knob-end!
Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Blogging on the Go!
As ever I've been thoroughly neglecting the blog. So, I've just downloaded a little app for the iPhone so that I can do a few more regular updates when the mood takes me!
This is the first post from the iPhone, so let's see if it actually works eh?
This is the first post from the iPhone, so let's see if it actually works eh?
Thursday, 8 April 2010
IT Days of Yesteryear
OK, I know, I've neglected the blog since last November, can't believe it's been that long. As the weather and daylight is now much improved, I'll be out on the geocaching trail alot more throughout the summer and will be blogging my little heart out.
I work for a construction company, and I visited the BT telephone exchange in central Birmingham yesterday, and boy do they have some out of date kit!
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Monday, 26 October 2009
Spandau Ballet & Cache No.3000
I've been neglecting the blog of late, but Saturday encouraged me to write something!
First off, after a bit of DIY (something else that gets neglected!) I jumped in the car with the geomutt to grab caches 2999 and 3000, which were a couple of new puzzle caches not far from home. I'd solved one of them, but the other eluded me, so I decided to resort to chance, knowing that they were likely to be on the same footpath.
Found the first one easily enough, then tottered off down the path with the clue in mind, and found cache No.3000 in the second place I looked!
Onto the main event of the day....you may have read a blog of mine earlier this year about me bidding for (and winning) 2 tickets to see Spandau Ballet with backstage passes thrown in. Well, Saturday was the day.
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been exchanging voicemail and texts with Alison Hadley (Tony Hadley's wife no less, which makes me sound like a bit of a name-dropper!). She assured me that the tickets and passes would be at the Box Office for collection on the night.
We arrived nice and early, at around 6.30pm, just in case there was a problem, and it was a good thing we did!
I asked the (rather grumpy) lady in the ticket office if there were some tickets left for me.....nothing....oh dear....
I called Alison Hadley.....voicemail.....oh dear....dismay!!!!
I left here a message, and settled in hoping for a response. In the meantime, I spoke to a very helpful Steward, who got on the case trying to contact someone backstage to find my tickets.
While he was doing his stuff, Alison finally called me back, and told me she was also on the case.
Progress !
My phone then rang again, this time, it was Tony Hadley's manager! My tickets were on the way! I returned to the (rather grumpy) woman in the ticket office, and explained the situation, and that she should expect my tickets to arrive shortly. She gave me a look that said "You chancer, trying to blag some tickets". The look on her face was a picture when the guy walked in with the tickets :-)
Finally, we got inside the Arena, only to realised that we didn't have backstage passes! Anyway, we found our seats, and I sloped off to talk to security at the side of the stage. As I was talking to them, Alison called me again to make sure I had got in.
A very nice chap then arrived and waved us through to meet the band!!
We met all 5 of them, had our photos taken, and got them all to sign our programme.
We went back to our seats and waited for the show to begin, and what a show it was!!!! They were absolutely brilliant, one of the best gigs I've ever been to.
A thoroughly cracking night out!
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Geocaching Targets for September
I've decided to act like a large global corporation, and set myself a few targets for the month of September, and as I have 10 days off at the end of the month, I'm hoping to achieve them too!
Target No.1 - Most Finds in a Month
My previous record of 290 should get surpassed this month, I've got 43 finds already, and with maybe another 40-50 this weekend, I'll need about 200 on my holiday, and on the first day I should get around 70 on the Sussex Amble.
Target No.2 - Progress the D/T Challenge
I have identified (and solved) a couple of puzzle caches ready for my trip to Cornwall (actually I'll have to detour near Plymouth on the way from the Isle of Wight to get them, and will probably end up putting the tent up in the dark!), these should add a couple of ticks to the D/T grid, making 70 boxes completed out of 81.
Target No.3 - Most Finds in a Week
Previously 133 in March of this year, easy-peasy to beat this one once the Sussex Amble is done!
Target No.4 - Have a fabbo time!
Easy.
I've invested in a POYG Broadband dongle, and hope to Blog my way through the week, with photographic proof of my efforts!
Caches found at time of posting......2633.
Target No.1 - Most Finds in a Month
My previous record of 290 should get surpassed this month, I've got 43 finds already, and with maybe another 40-50 this weekend, I'll need about 200 on my holiday, and on the first day I should get around 70 on the Sussex Amble.
Target No.2 - Progress the D/T Challenge
I have identified (and solved) a couple of puzzle caches ready for my trip to Cornwall (actually I'll have to detour near Plymouth on the way from the Isle of Wight to get them, and will probably end up putting the tent up in the dark!), these should add a couple of ticks to the D/T grid, making 70 boxes completed out of 81.
Target No.3 - Most Finds in a Week
Previously 133 in March of this year, easy-peasy to beat this one once the Sussex Amble is done!
Target No.4 - Have a fabbo time!
Easy.
I've invested in a POYG Broadband dongle, and hope to Blog my way through the week, with photographic proof of my efforts!
Caches found at time of posting......2633.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Lack of Blogging
I've been busy working (for a change) and caching furiously in my spare time.
Plans for the trip at the end of this month are pretty much complete, and I'm targetting 250 caches in the week.
Caches found at time of posting......2590
Plans for the trip at the end of this month are pretty much complete, and I'm targetting 250 caches in the week.
Caches found at time of posting......2590
Sunday, 9 August 2009
Country Folk and their Country Ways.....
At last some half decent weather, so we headed for Dove Dale for some of the new caches that were placed for the recent Pirate Mania event.
Three earthcaches, plus lots of trads to do on an excellent walk, including an ascent of Thorpe Cloud for one of the earthcaches, a short but steep climb!
With just three caches left to do, we started to hear a PA system blaring out in the countryside, and as we got nearer, we found that we had stumbled upon Manifold Valley Country Fair, so we dropped on for a walk round.
They were having some bizarre sort of dog racing, using their own pets. An arena of sorts had been set up, around which some 500 people were gathered. The course itself was about 50 yards long, and consisted of a rather rickety box in which the runners were placed, and a fluffy penguin (yes, a penguin) attached to a piece of string. The "hare", or "penguin" was propelled from the start line to the non-existent finishing line by way of a loop of string tied around a bike wheel (with the tyre missing), this was further enhanced by the use of the pedals on the bike to make the fluffy toy fly along at a rapid rate of knots!
Utterly bizarre, but they loved it! They were getting themselves into a right frenzy, it was only a matter of time before a fight broke out!
We had a quick look at the owls, the market and one more glance at the "dog racing" before beating a hasty retreat.
One of the strangest things I've seen while out caching!
Caches found at time of posting......2460.
Three earthcaches, plus lots of trads to do on an excellent walk, including an ascent of Thorpe Cloud for one of the earthcaches, a short but steep climb!
With just three caches left to do, we started to hear a PA system blaring out in the countryside, and as we got nearer, we found that we had stumbled upon Manifold Valley Country Fair, so we dropped on for a walk round.
They were having some bizarre sort of dog racing, using their own pets. An arena of sorts had been set up, around which some 500 people were gathered. The course itself was about 50 yards long, and consisted of a rather rickety box in which the runners were placed, and a fluffy penguin (yes, a penguin) attached to a piece of string. The "hare", or "penguin" was propelled from the start line to the non-existent finishing line by way of a loop of string tied around a bike wheel (with the tyre missing), this was further enhanced by the use of the pedals on the bike to make the fluffy toy fly along at a rapid rate of knots!
Utterly bizarre, but they loved it! They were getting themselves into a right frenzy, it was only a matter of time before a fight broke out!
We had a quick look at the owls, the market and one more glance at the "dog racing" before beating a hasty retreat.
One of the strangest things I've seen while out caching!
Caches found at time of posting......2460.
Tuesday, 28 July 2009
Pen Y Fan 3 Peaks!
Saturday seemed to be the only day of the short weekend that would provide some half decent weather, so we headed off for the Brecon Beacons for a bracing stroll up the hills.
The main target was Pen-Y-Fan, the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons, and the highest point in southern England....and of course a few caches, including a nice Earthcache, which are sadly under-represented on my caching profile.
We parked up to the north, and started to make our way up Cefn Cwm Llwch, with the summit nowhere in sight. After half an hour of plodding ever upwards, the summit came into view.
After a good 90 minute slog up the slope, we arrived at our goal, and grabbed the first cache of the day, a virtual at the summit.
We then headed off to the nearby Corn Du, just a tad lower at 873m (13m lower than Pen-Y-Fan) and grabbed Tommy Jones, a sad cache commemorating a 5 year old boy who got lost on the hills and died in 1900.
We then made our way back up to Pen-Y-Fan, and down Craig Cwm Sere and up to Cribyn, after doing SWMCC 4 and bumping into some fellow geocachers (Capt Rico & Crew) on a trip up from Cornwall.
After doing the Earthcache at Cribyn, we enjoyed the views for a few minutes, then started to make our way back down to the car, and completed a 9 mile circular walk in just under 5 hours.
Great fun.
Caches found at time of posting......2408.
The main target was Pen-Y-Fan, the highest peak in the Brecon Beacons, and the highest point in southern England....and of course a few caches, including a nice Earthcache, which are sadly under-represented on my caching profile.
We parked up to the north, and started to make our way up Cefn Cwm Llwch, with the summit nowhere in sight. After half an hour of plodding ever upwards, the summit came into view.
After a good 90 minute slog up the slope, we arrived at our goal, and grabbed the first cache of the day, a virtual at the summit.
We then headed off to the nearby Corn Du, just a tad lower at 873m (13m lower than Pen-Y-Fan) and grabbed Tommy Jones, a sad cache commemorating a 5 year old boy who got lost on the hills and died in 1900.
We then made our way back up to Pen-Y-Fan, and down Craig Cwm Sere and up to Cribyn, after doing SWMCC 4 and bumping into some fellow geocachers (Capt Rico & Crew) on a trip up from Cornwall.
After doing the Earthcache at Cribyn, we enjoyed the views for a few minutes, then started to make our way back down to the car, and completed a 9 mile circular walk in just under 5 hours.
Great fun.
Caches found at time of posting......2408.
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
An Odd Statistic?
Like many geocachers, I use GSAK to manage my database of caches, and also use the excellent FindStatsGen macro to put all manner if useful (and indeed useless) statistics on my profile page at GC.com.
I'm a bit of a freak when it comes to things like this, and I find myself reviewing the stats almost every day, in fact, every time I find a cache, I update my stats page almost immediately!
Anyway, I was looking at it earlier today and spotted something a bit strange....but true.
It appears that I don't do much caching between 40 and 50 miles from home. Although I have found 445 caches in the 50-100 mile range, and 169 in the 30-40 mile range, I seem to have managed only 25 caches (1.04% of my total finds) between 40 and 50 miles from home.
It certainly not because of a lack of caches to find, there are hundreds of them!
Caches found at time of posting......2387.
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Wet in Wales
Despite the appalling weather forecast, Julie and I jumped in the cachemobile early on Sunday morning and headed for Mid-Wales...Newtown to be precise.
At the last minute, Julie's son Jon, and his girlfriend, Anna, decided to tag along. Anna was quite excited about the prospect of find "treasure"; I told her not to get her hopes up!
After an uneventful one and a half hour car drive, we arrived in Newtown just about 10.00am, and it wasn't raining.
I had a string of 6 caches pretty much in a line heading north-east from Newtown along part of the the Severn Way (which, incidentally, does not appear to be on the Garmin Topo map of the UK....).
First up, Hendidley 2 (The "Organite" Cache), which is a fairly new cache, with a few recent finds. Four of us failed miserably, but there was a rope swing for us to play on!
We managed to find the rest of the caches without diffculty, and even managed to dodge the odd short shower.
Jon and Anna were surveying the route back to Newtown as it started to rain.
Near to the end, the heavens opened, and we were all soaked through by the time we got back to the car, so we abandoned the idea of grabbing the 3 caches near the town centre, and started to make our way home.
An enjoyable few hours nonetheless, with some good views along the way.
Caches found at time of posting......2387
At the last minute, Julie's son Jon, and his girlfriend, Anna, decided to tag along. Anna was quite excited about the prospect of find "treasure"; I told her not to get her hopes up!
After an uneventful one and a half hour car drive, we arrived in Newtown just about 10.00am, and it wasn't raining.
I had a string of 6 caches pretty much in a line heading north-east from Newtown along part of the the Severn Way (which, incidentally, does not appear to be on the Garmin Topo map of the UK....).
First up, Hendidley 2 (The "Organite" Cache), which is a fairly new cache, with a few recent finds. Four of us failed miserably, but there was a rope swing for us to play on!
We managed to find the rest of the caches without diffculty, and even managed to dodge the odd short shower.
Jon and Anna were surveying the route back to Newtown as it started to rain.
Near to the end, the heavens opened, and we were all soaked through by the time we got back to the car, so we abandoned the idea of grabbing the 3 caches near the town centre, and started to make our way home.
An enjoyable few hours nonetheless, with some good views along the way.
Caches found at time of posting......2387
Friday, 17 July 2009
Brummie Meet 4
I attended Brummie Meet 4 on Wednesday night, the fourth (obviously) meeting of like-minded lunatics we've held.
A top night was had by all, and I managed to behave myself at this one after the furore at the last one.....for those of you who don't know what happened....this is my log from Brummie Meet 3 on the 4th of March this year......
Well, what an evening that turned out to be. It started off with great beer, great chat and the usual great people.
At 10.20, there was only a few of us left, and I offered to get some drinks. The barmaid kindly informed me that due to an "IT" error (I suggested turning it off and turning it back on again), they couldn't serve beer, so I asked to see the manager. He came out (actually a scruffy chav walked out), and it was soon established that they could in fact serve beer, but he wasn't prepared to let me have any as the till wasn't working. He then went off into a rather long monologue about "my job's not worth it" (*which was of little interest, I just wanted a pint!). I offered to give him the correct money, or a bit more, to cover the cost of the drinks so that he could sort it out later. This didn't appear to acceptable to him, so I told him what I though of the service and made my way back to the safety of the allotted cachers area, only to turn around and find that the "manager" (I use the phrase loosely) had followed me and was obviously looking for an argument....so I obliged by giving him an argument!!!!
After a rather loud altercation in the middle of the pub, he asked me to leave, I didn't. After saying my goodbyes to the remaining cachers, Mark (the evenings non-cacher) and I decided to retire to a more customer-focussed establishment nearby. After calming down somewhat (another beer always helps!), the door swung open and in walk AJIGeo, The Strangler and Mumbo Jumbo!
More geochat for a while, then off home!
Aplogies to anyone who witnessed the "events", although I rather think you all found it somewhat entertaining!
Apologies also to Mark (who obviously won't be reading this) and to Harry the Furry Squid, for whom I was unable to buy a drink!
I also appear to have inherited the log book, and am now responsible for organising Brummie Meet 4. I fear we may have to look for yet another venue, as I may be barred from Bennetts! I've been to Bennetts many times over the years, and sadly it doesn't appear to be the place it used to be, which is rather sad as the beer was very good, and the company fantastic as usual.
Thanks to mj and The Strangler for organising it, a fun night in more ways than one!
T4TE. Stokesy.
A top night was had by all, and I managed to behave myself at this one after the furore at the last one.....for those of you who don't know what happened....this is my log from Brummie Meet 3 on the 4th of March this year......
Well, what an evening that turned out to be. It started off with great beer, great chat and the usual great people.
At 10.20, there was only a few of us left, and I offered to get some drinks. The barmaid kindly informed me that due to an "IT" error (I suggested turning it off and turning it back on again), they couldn't serve beer, so I asked to see the manager. He came out (actually a scruffy chav walked out), and it was soon established that they could in fact serve beer, but he wasn't prepared to let me have any as the till wasn't working. He then went off into a rather long monologue about "my job's not worth it" (*which was of little interest, I just wanted a pint!). I offered to give him the correct money, or a bit more, to cover the cost of the drinks so that he could sort it out later. This didn't appear to acceptable to him, so I told him what I though of the service and made my way back to the safety of the allotted cachers area, only to turn around and find that the "manager" (I use the phrase loosely) had followed me and was obviously looking for an argument....so I obliged by giving him an argument!!!!
After a rather loud altercation in the middle of the pub, he asked me to leave, I didn't. After saying my goodbyes to the remaining cachers, Mark (the evenings non-cacher) and I decided to retire to a more customer-focussed establishment nearby. After calming down somewhat (another beer always helps!), the door swung open and in walk AJIGeo, The Strangler and Mumbo Jumbo!
More geochat for a while, then off home!
Aplogies to anyone who witnessed the "events", although I rather think you all found it somewhat entertaining!
Apologies also to Mark (who obviously won't be reading this) and to Harry the Furry Squid, for whom I was unable to buy a drink!
I also appear to have inherited the log book, and am now responsible for organising Brummie Meet 4. I fear we may have to look for yet another venue, as I may be barred from Bennetts! I've been to Bennetts many times over the years, and sadly it doesn't appear to be the place it used to be, which is rather sad as the beer was very good, and the company fantastic as usual.
Thanks to mj and The Strangler for organising it, a fun night in more ways than one!
T4TE. Stokesy.
Nifty Little Web Page
Stumbled upon this page a few weeks ago, it's now my home page!
It basically gives you links to all the frequently used areas of the GC.com website, and allows you to search for caches, TB's and other players.
On the right hand side, you can add links to any website you like, almost like a "favourites list", so I've added in things like Wikipedia (perfect for the puzzle caches), an anagram solver, It's Not About the Numbers (for the UK map facility), plus a few other useful links.
Love it.
It basically gives you links to all the frequently used areas of the GC.com website, and allows you to search for caches, TB's and other players.
On the right hand side, you can add links to any website you like, almost like a "favourites list", so I've added in things like Wikipedia (perfect for the puzzle caches), an anagram solver, It's Not About the Numbers (for the UK map facility), plus a few other useful links.
Love it.
Not a Pain in The Butt!
I completed a nice cache today, Butt where's the cache? (Worcs), a puzzle cache with a D5/T1 rating, which was on my list as it filled another little hole in the D/T grid.
The puzzle itself is to find the instructions on the cache listing....they are there, honest!
Got myself to GZ, and then had to complete a bit of a multi-cache puzzle to get the final coords, and after a short and pleasant walk along the river, a nicely hidden cache awaited me.
One of the best multi/puzzle caches I've done for quite some time, and I've now got 65 of the 81 D/T boxes ticked.
Caches found at time of posting.....2365.
The puzzle itself is to find the instructions on the cache listing....they are there, honest!
Got myself to GZ, and then had to complete a bit of a multi-cache puzzle to get the final coords, and after a short and pleasant walk along the river, a nicely hidden cache awaited me.
One of the best multi/puzzle caches I've done for quite some time, and I've now got 65 of the 81 D/T boxes ticked.
Caches found at time of posting.....2365.
Monday, 6 July 2009
A Great Weekend's Caching!
We took advantage of the (occasionally) good weather again this weekend, and got out and about.
We spent the 2nd half of the series in the company of Snerdbe (Des and Bren), and came away with 21 finds in all.
On Saturday, we went to Maidwell (which is right at the top of Northamptonshire) to do 2 series in a figure of 8 walk of about 8 miles. The series were A Scenic Trail, and a nameless series of caches nearby which was toy animals with a micro container wedged in them.
Due to a lack of forward planning on my part, we end ed up stumbling into the middle of the Scenic Trail Series, and suddenly realised that 6 of the first seven caches contained a number for calculating the whereabouts of the 8th cache.....oh dear....
A quick look at the map, and it seemed that we could find 4 of the numbers before getting to the area we thought the bonus cache would be, so off we went.
After getting 4 numbers, I had a stab at the other two (I actually got one correct!) but it didn't help find the cache, as the clue was "base of tree" and well, err, there were lots of trees.
So, we decided to continue on and find the rest of the caches, then come back for the Bonus cacge, which added another 2 miles to the walk, so at the end of the day, we covered 10 miles rather than the planned 8.
A good day out nevertheless!
We woke up on Sunday (Julie's birthday, so I took her caching as a treat, well, I thought it was a treat, she wasn't so sure).
At first we headed towards Ashby-de-la-Zouch to do one of 2 series of caches with no info on container, and no hint, so I'd mentally prepared myself for a frustrating day. However, as we neared Ashby, the weather turned and pouring rain came in and seemed to be set for a while, so we decided to about turn and drive 40 miles to Telford in Shropshire to do a new series (published last night) in Granville Country Park. A total of 19 new caches, and 4 older ones, gave us plenty to go at.....and all "regular" size boxes too...what a treat!!!!
We spent the 2nd half of the series in the company of Snerdbe (Des and Bren), and came away with 21 finds in all. A truly excellent series of caches over some beautiful countryside, although the terrain ratings on some of the caches listings seemed a little on the low side!
We also bumped into The Washers near the end, as they were just starting at 5pm!
Caches found at time of posting....2333
Friday, 3 July 2009
A Review of Caching in June
Not as productive a month as April and May in terms of numbers, but not a bad month in many respects.
I’ve had a couple of enjoyable days up in the Peak District, including a few on Kinder Scout to add some ticks to the D/T grid, now I’ve got 63 combinations completed ot of 81.
I’ve also compiled a list of potential caches for the “unticked” combinations and will be making a special effort to get more done over the coming months.
Highlight of the month was a superbly organised event “Summer in Sambourne”, thanks to AJIGeo and The Webbies for organising it, and the superb weather.
I managed to bag 6 FTF’s on the day, along with a group of cachers….The Strangler, Delta68, Stevo185 to name but a few.
A FTF later in the month equalled my record of 7 FTF’s in a calendar month; I was hoping to beat it, but sadly it was not to be.
Plans are now well underway for September and my week away caching with the dog. I’ve booked the campsites. First stop is Graffham, which luckily (deliberately) is in the middle of a 15 mile circular route containing the 72 cache Sussex Amble series. Second stop is the Isle of White, where Graham1875 will be joining me to grab a few of the 107 caches on the island. Then finally it’s off the Cornwall for 3 days for some R&R caching before heading home to log all the finds!
During June, I’ve done a couple series of note:
Fairbrook Naze – brilliant series along the Kinder plateau
A Quarry Caper – 14 caches in the Peak District
Let’s hope the weather holds for July, as I’m planning a return to the Mega Series in Hampshire to get that finished!
I couldn't add any links into this post as the GC.com website appears to be down at the moment (lots of GAGB forum activity though, seems no-one has anything else to do!)
Caches found at time of posting….2292.
I’ve had a couple of enjoyable days up in the Peak District, including a few on Kinder Scout to add some ticks to the D/T grid, now I’ve got 63 combinations completed ot of 81.
I’ve also compiled a list of potential caches for the “unticked” combinations and will be making a special effort to get more done over the coming months.
Highlight of the month was a superbly organised event “Summer in Sambourne”, thanks to AJIGeo and The Webbies for organising it, and the superb weather.
I managed to bag 6 FTF’s on the day, along with a group of cachers….The Strangler, Delta68, Stevo185 to name but a few.
A FTF later in the month equalled my record of 7 FTF’s in a calendar month; I was hoping to beat it, but sadly it was not to be.
Plans are now well underway for September and my week away caching with the dog. I’ve booked the campsites. First stop is Graffham, which luckily (deliberately) is in the middle of a 15 mile circular route containing the 72 cache Sussex Amble series. Second stop is the Isle of White, where Graham1875 will be joining me to grab a few of the 107 caches on the island. Then finally it’s off the Cornwall for 3 days for some R&R caching before heading home to log all the finds!
During June, I’ve done a couple series of note:
Fairbrook Naze – brilliant series along the Kinder plateau
A Quarry Caper – 14 caches in the Peak District
Let’s hope the weather holds for July, as I’m planning a return to the Mega Series in Hampshire to get that finished!
I couldn't add any links into this post as the GC.com website appears to be down at the moment (lots of GAGB forum activity though, seems no-one has anything else to do!)
Caches found at time of posting….2292.
FTF!
Bagged myself an unexpected FTF last night.
Superted has been hiding one or two short multi's in Coventry's parks, and I was going that way anyway to finish off a couple, and during the afternoon a new one got published, so although it had been published for 4 hours, I thought I'd try my luck (4 hours around here normally gets at least a couple of finds!).
Nice park, and a nice hide despite it being a micro, although the park was populated with "youths" who were effing and blinding despite there being alot of small children around....
Anyway, found a blank log book, and went on to do 3 more multi's in the area for a nice walk with the geomutt.
Caches found at time of posting.....2292
Superted has been hiding one or two short multi's in Coventry's parks, and I was going that way anyway to finish off a couple, and during the afternoon a new one got published, so although it had been published for 4 hours, I thought I'd try my luck (4 hours around here normally gets at least a couple of finds!).
Nice park, and a nice hide despite it being a micro, although the park was populated with "youths" who were effing and blinding despite there being alot of small children around....
Anyway, found a blank log book, and went on to do 3 more multi's in the area for a nice walk with the geomutt.
Caches found at time of posting.....2292
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Blogging from my iPhone
I've just set up my blog account so that I can blog just be sending an
email, how cool is that?
email, how cool is that?
This means I can blog at will even when I don't have the PC or laptop
and a good Internet connection!
Friday, 26 June 2009
Caching in September
OK, I know it's not until September (or 83 days and 18 hours, but I'm not counting), but plans are well under way for my week away touring the UK. The better half of the household is off to Cyprus with her sister, and I'm heading south (I did north last year!).
First stopp, Graffham camp site, arriving on the Sunday for a little light caching, followed by tackling the Sussex Amble series of 72 caches on the Monday.
Tuesday sees me heading a little further south to Portsmouth for a ferry over to the Isle of Wight, where I'll be joined by Graham1875 to grab some of the hundred or so caches on the island.
After 3 nights there, and saying my goodbye's to Graham, I'll be heading off to Cornwall for another 3 nights (and days) of caching with the geomutt.
I've already got the PQ's set up and have started planning caches to grab while out and about, including some that help fill in the gap's on the D/T grid (I'm up to 63 of the 81 now...).
I was thinking about 2 days in Hampshire to complete the UK Mega Series, but I've decided to try and get that done before then, in fact, Julie and I are toying with one of the loops for this Sunday weather permitting, mainly as her son has a load of mates coming round for his birthday barbecue, and I don't want to be there when the neighbours start complaining!
I shouldn't be getting excited yet....but I am!
First stopp, Graffham camp site, arriving on the Sunday for a little light caching, followed by tackling the Sussex Amble series of 72 caches on the Monday.
Tuesday sees me heading a little further south to Portsmouth for a ferry over to the Isle of Wight, where I'll be joined by Graham1875 to grab some of the hundred or so caches on the island.
After 3 nights there, and saying my goodbye's to Graham, I'll be heading off to Cornwall for another 3 nights (and days) of caching with the geomutt.
I've already got the PQ's set up and have started planning caches to grab while out and about, including some that help fill in the gap's on the D/T grid (I'm up to 63 of the 81 now...).
I was thinking about 2 days in Hampshire to complete the UK Mega Series, but I've decided to try and get that done before then, in fact, Julie and I are toying with one of the loops for this Sunday weather permitting, mainly as her son has a load of mates coming round for his birthday barbecue, and I don't want to be there when the neighbours start complaining!
I shouldn't be getting excited yet....but I am!
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