Derwent Circuit

Wednesday 10 October 2012

With a fairly nice day forecast we decided to drive up to New Norfolk and try to find a few caches we had noticed. Reading some past logs for one at Granton had intrigued and so that was to be the starting search for the day. We were also amused when a car pulled up near a lookout but the occupants walked past it for what we later discovered was a cache site.

 

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Peter put his hand on what eventually proved to be the cache, but as it didn’t budge decided it wasn’t a container. Sue then noticed a suspicious characteristic and after a bit of fiddling we had it.

 

Murphys gone flat

Even though we had seen a hide similar to this we did not find it for a while. After searching about Peter then rechecked the GPS and walked to where it pointed and promptly put his hand on and object and there it was..

 

New Norfolk, Historic Town

The hint was very helpful and only the muggle who walked by caused us to be a bit cautious. Left trackable geocoin.

 

Stop N' Go

On following the GPS we ended at a fence, so it was a walk around this and Sue soon spotted the cache. The little kids in the playground seemed to take no notice of us.

 

The Tynwald Tin

We walked from “Stop N’ Go” to this with the good views of Tynwald house. Pit about all the weed species in the area though.

When the GPS told us to turn off the track Peter arrived at GZ first and concentrated on matching the hint to the area. When Sue managed to get down the loose dirt slope she soon spotted the cache. Peter had said that over there looked a likely spot but it didn’t match the clue; well he was wrong.

Getting the container open was quite hard and peter had to prise the lid off with the help of the edge of the cliff rock.

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  Old tower, Tynwald House and Hop Kiln

 

Peppermint

We drove up the road with car behind and pulled off at the top of the hill to have lunch. The occupants of the other car pulled up at the lookout, but quickly disappeared on the other side and before long were back on left. When we got out the GPS it pointed to exactly where the others had gone and we suspected that they may well have been geocaching.

It took us a while to find the containers and sure enough the log had an entry from “membsec” for today.

 

Peppermint Crisp

The car navigator got us to this spot and the cache was quick to locate. “membsec” who we saw at “Peppermint” had also been here today. Left a geocoin.

 

Scout corner

We quickly found a cement brick out in the open just at the back corner of the building, but could not find a container.

 

A Life Style: 14 4 9/18H-C3

Drove and worked out the answers and unlike RebornCyclist had no problem getting out; mind you this was early afternoon with a few others walking to and fro.
Answers sent to OldSaint, but logged in anticipation of our answers being approved.

 

Holey Holey Holey

This proved a frustrating search and it was a pity that we didn't take more notice of earlier logs. We made the mistake of several others in assuming the cache name was an indication that the likely hiding place was in a hole in a rock; which there were many of, but none we searched had a container.

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Scenes from Pulpit Lookout

 

Riverside Walk

We parked at the suggested spot and walked in a quite cool breeze to the site, passing a few departing fishermen on the way. Looked at the wrong spot at first but rectified that and then realised what the hint meant.

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