Lovely sunny day, great views, nice caches....sweet as a nut....
Caches found at time of posting.....2045......
Sunday, 10 May 2009
A Sunny Day in the Cotswolds
I spent 4 hours doing an 8 mile figure of eight walk today taking in the Hinchwick Valley series, plus four other trads to the north-west, all by Stag Ramblers.
Lovely sunny day, great views, nice caches....sweet as a nut....
Caches found at time of posting.....2045......
Lovely sunny day, great views, nice caches....sweet as a nut....
Caches found at time of posting.....2045......
Which Way Would You Go????
I saw this sign yesterday half way up The Wrekin....
"The Other Way" pointed to the summit, so I went that way.....
"The Other Way" pointed to the summit, so I went that way.....
Saturday, 9 May 2009
Plodding Along
I've been plodding along with the cachin' this week.
Managed 12 on Thursday, mainly cache and dashes along the Bromsgrove Feeder road on my way to Brockencote Hall for a fabulous dinner.
Did the new series of caches based on Hindu words near Meriden over a couple of evenings while walking the dog. Incidentally, these caches have completely scuppered my forthcoming series for the summer, as most of them are on my proposed route! I'm currently searching for an alternative route, maybe one near Shustoke.....
Been out to climb the Wrekin this afternoon with the dog and the girlfriend (not one and the same I can assure you!), and grabbed the 4 trad's and completed the Earthcache. Not bad visibility up there today, so I took a picture or two.
Julie and the mutt at the summit trig point.....
View from near the summit......
Caches found at time of posting....2034.
Managed 12 on Thursday, mainly cache and dashes along the Bromsgrove Feeder road on my way to Brockencote Hall for a fabulous dinner.
Did the new series of caches based on Hindu words near Meriden over a couple of evenings while walking the dog. Incidentally, these caches have completely scuppered my forthcoming series for the summer, as most of them are on my proposed route! I'm currently searching for an alternative route, maybe one near Shustoke.....
Been out to climb the Wrekin this afternoon with the dog and the girlfriend (not one and the same I can assure you!), and grabbed the 4 trad's and completed the Earthcache. Not bad visibility up there today, so I took a picture or two.
Julie and the mutt at the summit trig point.....
View from near the summit......
Caches found at time of posting....2034.
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
FTF Mayhem!
Left the office late this afternoon, and the iPhone bleeped as I was stuck in traffic....4 new caches less than a mile from where I was!
Luckily not far from home either, so a quick change, drop the gpx files into the Oregon, grab the dog and back for the hunt.
Found the first one, a multi, and a blank log book....yippee!!!!!
Moved on to three traditional caches and 3 more blank logs. Bumped into the cache owner, "uklifesaver" and "fatface" on the way back to the car, then a phone call from Team Balders, who had just started the caches from the other end and admitted defeat when he saw my name in the first log book! Soz Kev!
Nice way to start the week!
Caches found at time of posting.....2005!
Luckily not far from home either, so a quick change, drop the gpx files into the Oregon, grab the dog and back for the hunt.
Found the first one, a multi, and a blank log book....yippee!!!!!
Moved on to three traditional caches and 3 more blank logs. Bumped into the cache owner, "uklifesaver" and "fatface" on the way back to the car, then a phone call from Team Balders, who had just started the caches from the other end and admitted defeat when he saw my name in the first log book! Soz Kev!
Nice way to start the week!
Caches found at time of posting.....2005!
2000 Up!!!!
I wasn't expecting to do any cachin' this weekend, but after doing all the shopping etc on Saturday....Julie (my non-caching girlfriend) wanted to go out for a walk as we are off to do Scafell Pike in 3 weeks and she needs to get some "practice" in before we go.
She therefore offered to accompany me and the dog on a caching expedition in Gloucestershire to do a little "Hillside" series of 9 caches, plus another one on the way round.
This is the first time she has been out caching with me, as she maintains it's a bit sad (which it is) for sad people (of which I'm one).
She actually spotted one of them before I did, so although she won't admit it, she "gets it" now....I think....
Anyway, on Sunday we headed for the Clent hills for 6 caches I'd identified a few weeks ago, so I wasn't expecting to reach 2000. However, the wonders of the PQ ensured that the 5 new caches placed in the Clent Hills by the National Trust gave us 11 to attempt, and we found the lot!
Cache No.2000 turned out to be GCD488 Clent Eastwood (Worcestershire), and it wasn't a micro, it was a big ammo can! A fitting cache for the 2000th!!!!
Caches found at time of posting.....2001!
She therefore offered to accompany me and the dog on a caching expedition in Gloucestershire to do a little "Hillside" series of 9 caches, plus another one on the way round.
This is the first time she has been out caching with me, as she maintains it's a bit sad (which it is) for sad people (of which I'm one).
She actually spotted one of them before I did, so although she won't admit it, she "gets it" now....I think....
Anyway, on Sunday we headed for the Clent hills for 6 caches I'd identified a few weeks ago, so I wasn't expecting to reach 2000. However, the wonders of the PQ ensured that the 5 new caches placed in the Clent Hills by the National Trust gave us 11 to attempt, and we found the lot!
Cache No.2000 turned out to be GCD488 Clent Eastwood (Worcestershire), and it wasn't a micro, it was a big ammo can! A fitting cache for the 2000th!!!!
Caches found at time of posting.....2001!
Friday, 1 May 2009
A Great April for Caching!
Now April is over, it's time to reflect on another record breaking month for yours truly;
Most find in a calendar month : 290
Most finds in a day: 84
Most finds in a weekend: 84
Most consecutive days with a find: 63 up to 24th of April
Other highlights of the month:
4 FTF's
Broke through the 1700, 1800 and 1900 barriers
Series done this month:
8 more of the March Mayhem caches
Swynnerfield Circular: 12 caches
AWebbie Wander: 12 caches
Sent2Cov series: 13 caches (still a few to do though!)
Witton Weavers Way: 65 Letterbox caches done so far, lots more to do!
Completed the Chiltern Hundred by grabbing the 5/5 Bonus cache
Not a bad month all being said. I don't think May will be as productive...but I remember saying that a month ago!
Been out today and completed the Waterside Wander series near Moira starting from the Conkers place, nice walk, good caches, 14 of 'em!
Caches found at time of posting: 1980.....not far to go to the 2000!!!!!
Most find in a calendar month : 290
Most finds in a day: 84
Most finds in a weekend: 84
Most consecutive days with a find: 63 up to 24th of April
Other highlights of the month:
4 FTF's
Broke through the 1700, 1800 and 1900 barriers
Series done this month:
8 more of the March Mayhem caches
Swynnerfield Circular: 12 caches
AWebbie Wander: 12 caches
Sent2Cov series: 13 caches (still a few to do though!)
Witton Weavers Way: 65 Letterbox caches done so far, lots more to do!
Completed the Chiltern Hundred by grabbing the 5/5 Bonus cache
Not a bad month all being said. I don't think May will be as productive...but I remember saying that a month ago!
Been out today and completed the Waterside Wander series near Moira starting from the Conkers place, nice walk, good caches, 14 of 'em!
Caches found at time of posting: 1980.....not far to go to the 2000!!!!!
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
My First D5/T5 Cache.....sort of....
I've had one eye on the weather this week for two reasons....firstly, me and the better looking half of the household are thinking about a camping weekend, and secondly, I wanted to go "darn sarf" to complete the Chiltern 100 and grab the 5/5 Bonus Cache.
I watched the news last night (after the football, obviously!), and it seemed that today would be better than Thursday, so I got up nice and early...well, vaguely early....at 7am and set off for Buckinghamshire with plans made to grab enough additional Chiltern Hundred caches to convert my 97 into 100+ and to grab the bonus cache. I then had a nice little series of 13 caches in Ashley Green to do.
Anyway...parked up in Chesham at about 10am, and soon had two more to add to the total, making 99....one more needed. Toyed with moving the car, but another 4 were within a mile, so decided to walk the dog!
The next one was a DNF, ch050 on Westdean Lane, notoriously difficult for some reason. I bagged the next two (one to get me to a 100, and another as insurance).
I found myself a perch (a bench on the main road) and sat down in the sunshine and using the iPhone slowly entered the numbers I'd got from all 101 caches into a web page....I hit send....I waited.....slow connection....and it eventually tells me I've got 98 and need 2 more!!!!!!!
I must have typed a couple in wrong then....so I typed them in again....same result!!!!
Luckily I had a PAF on hand (Mark of Delta68) and fortunately he answered his phone. I was horrified to learn that he had heard that the Bonus cache had been muggled! Oh no!!!!!
He gave me the coords for the Bonus (I had found more than a 100, so surely this isn't cheating), and he said he'd get Donna (Mrs Delta68) to e-mail me the numbers they got from the caches.
I drove on to Chesham Station to grab No.102 of the series for me, by which time an e-mail had arrived, which upon scrutiny revealed that I had got one of my numbers wrong. I then typed 102 numbers (which matched Delta68's) into said web page, only to be told that I now had 99 correct, and I could bugger off, I wasn't getting the coords!
Little did the web page know, I already had them, so I drove off towards GZ and found myself a suitable parking spot. By now I'd checked the listing for the Bonus cache, and it was active, so maybe drsolly had replaced the Bonus cache already?
On arrive at GZ, I find a blue piece of string...that's all...(see photo):
Dissappointed, I walked back to the car, and pointed the X-Trail towards Ashley Green for the series.
Now, the day gets better, I had one DNF, but a tremendous 4 mile stroll around the countryside, fabulous views, and some good caches.
Even the cows were paying an interest (I think they were checking I'd signed the log, the cache was in the bush at the bottom of the photo...)
Much happier now, I decide to head back to Brum by using the A5 rather than the M1, and bag a few caches on the way home, which I did....a rubbish Off Yer Trolley (dull), and interesting micro (Birth of Radar), and the final cache of the day, Roman View, making 25 caches in all on a day of ups and downs.
Upon my return home, I logged my caches, and logged the Chiltern Hundred Bonus as a DNF, and contacted the cache owner, who has kindly allowed me to log it as a "Find", which I have done, although it would have been nicer to have actually got my hands on a box!!!!
Total caches found at time of log: 1954
I watched the news last night (after the football, obviously!), and it seemed that today would be better than Thursday, so I got up nice and early...well, vaguely early....at 7am and set off for Buckinghamshire with plans made to grab enough additional Chiltern Hundred caches to convert my 97 into 100+ and to grab the bonus cache. I then had a nice little series of 13 caches in Ashley Green to do.
Anyway...parked up in Chesham at about 10am, and soon had two more to add to the total, making 99....one more needed. Toyed with moving the car, but another 4 were within a mile, so decided to walk the dog!
The next one was a DNF, ch050 on Westdean Lane, notoriously difficult for some reason. I bagged the next two (one to get me to a 100, and another as insurance).
I found myself a perch (a bench on the main road) and sat down in the sunshine and using the iPhone slowly entered the numbers I'd got from all 101 caches into a web page....I hit send....I waited.....slow connection....and it eventually tells me I've got 98 and need 2 more!!!!!!!
I must have typed a couple in wrong then....so I typed them in again....same result!!!!
Luckily I had a PAF on hand (Mark of Delta68) and fortunately he answered his phone. I was horrified to learn that he had heard that the Bonus cache had been muggled! Oh no!!!!!
He gave me the coords for the Bonus (I had found more than a 100, so surely this isn't cheating), and he said he'd get Donna (Mrs Delta68) to e-mail me the numbers they got from the caches.
I drove on to Chesham Station to grab No.102 of the series for me, by which time an e-mail had arrived, which upon scrutiny revealed that I had got one of my numbers wrong. I then typed 102 numbers (which matched Delta68's) into said web page, only to be told that I now had 99 correct, and I could bugger off, I wasn't getting the coords!
Little did the web page know, I already had them, so I drove off towards GZ and found myself a suitable parking spot. By now I'd checked the listing for the Bonus cache, and it was active, so maybe drsolly had replaced the Bonus cache already?
On arrive at GZ, I find a blue piece of string...that's all...(see photo):
Dissappointed, I walked back to the car, and pointed the X-Trail towards Ashley Green for the series.
Now, the day gets better, I had one DNF, but a tremendous 4 mile stroll around the countryside, fabulous views, and some good caches.
Even the cows were paying an interest (I think they were checking I'd signed the log, the cache was in the bush at the bottom of the photo...)
Much happier now, I decide to head back to Brum by using the A5 rather than the M1, and bag a few caches on the way home, which I did....a rubbish Off Yer Trolley (dull), and interesting micro (Birth of Radar), and the final cache of the day, Roman View, making 25 caches in all on a day of ups and downs.
Upon my return home, I logged my caches, and logged the Chiltern Hundred Bonus as a DNF, and contacted the cache owner, who has kindly allowed me to log it as a "Find", which I have done, although it would have been nicer to have actually got my hands on a box!!!!
Total caches found at time of log: 1954
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