Geocaching

Monday , 25 May 2015 The morning was pleasantly sunny and we opted for the Tranmere foreshore where three caches had been placed since our last visit.  Although the breeze was minimal it was enough to make us pleased to be wearing warm tops. In addition a cache in the hills was on the agenda and this involved walking past some huge modern and very formal looking houses; lots of coloured pebbles and evenly spaced plants. Sibling Reminded us of a cache that was near here once.  Took Hannah TB and left new beetle TB Pipeline The cache reminded us of a Budgietas one that existed for a time at Risdon Road Log Roll Peter didn't look high enough, but Sue made the find quickly when she arrived. Track Works Went round in a bit of a circle partly to avoid the hillocks  created on the old track. The cache was spotted but then it took a while to open because of the stiffness of the screw. Rolf's Letterbox In strict terms we probably ought mark as a DNF, but it was getting...

Friday , 15 November 2013 The day was split between finishing off the Tranmere group and some newer ones at Lindisfarne It was an ominously bad start with the first 3 as DNFs, but a rescan brought it back to 2 from 3. Eventually we pared that back 1 DNF until adding another later in the day. Quite a few foot kilometres were involved as we drove to a car park for each area and walked to the caches. Dennis Woz Here Walked up from having lunch at Lindisfarne village. The park was a bit on the neglected side, although fortunately the grass had been cut. Froggy Is Not Amused Made a search but it would have been useful to have gloves as protection from the sharp parts of the hiding place. Streets of Lindisfarne As we got close the likely hiding place became clear. Foreshore Track - Bee Diamonds Took the hard and low approach, but clearly if the tide had not been low this way would have been under water. Took the best way out that we could see, but there was a lots of long grass and stick...

Sunday , 10 November 2013 A morning walk turned into a finish after 2:30 and we hadn't had lunch. A bad start ended with a bad finish but in between we managed to get a decent score along the Tranmere tracks. We are residents of the western shore and whilst standing in sunshine we could look back to our home front near the mountain to see showers falling. Wise Men 2 We had two tries at this, the first search for the day but without success and lots of dog owning muggles about. On the return walk we looked from near the path, then read a few logs to discover it was a bit further away than an arms length. Bus Stop Nano Found as described, but could not extract log, even with tweezers. Concreate Took a bit of searching made harder by all the activity about, including a swimming race. A great container. Left a TB. Post Cap Saw a spot that matched the hint and also read the August 2013 log entry mentioning that a tool was needed to get at the cache. We couldn't budge anything so...