GCVB8X: Baggy View

Found on 2009-07-31 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Boardslider
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCVB8X

Nice view of the Baggy from here, we hiked over from Hanglider Heaven and though the sun was not out, it probably made our hike easier.

Wife found this one and cleaned it a bit as it was a bit damp and muddy inside. Took Ninja Duck TB, no sign of "www.wuppertal.de".

TN Left a silicon gel packet (not as a trade item but just to soak up moisture).

TFTC.

GC1J371: Cairn Top

Found on 2009-07-31 at 19:00:00
Placed by: pklong
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 3)
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1J371

After a 3km hike this morning and a rainy afternoon spent on the 2p slot machines in Ilfracombe, when the rain ended we thought this wouldn't be too difficult to do a short hike and find this one.

Parked as suggested and headed up. I don't know why but I always to get a bit of tunnel vision when I stare at the GPS and so just after the gate off we despite my wife's pleas to stick to the path, off we bushwhacked in a straight line until we met up with the path again. For future hunters, no need to bushwhack this one.

As we ascended to the peak, it then began to rain again, and the already slippy path got muddy in some parts. But what's a bit of mud eh?

Got to the top and surveyed the bay of Ifracombe under heavy grey clouds - took some pictures, then looked around for the cache. After reading the hint we started looking round the most obvious place, wind and rain now beating against our windbreakers and whistling around our ears.. it's all about the cache.

So we dug around, found a few holes around this concrete slab and no cache did we find. To tell you the truth we were starting to get a little disheartened and testy. The obvious questions of doubt were starting to rise "has it been muggled?" we asked. After about 30 minutes of searching and being battered by the elements, I sat down on the bench got out the BlackBerry and started reading through previous logs for a clue - but to no avail.

It was then I mentioned the words we do not speak.

"I think we may have to log this as a D__ N__ F___." Even the wife who passionately did not want to give up was starting to feel it. "Well, at least we got the view,." said I trying to put a positive spin on it.
"I don't care about the view!" my wife yelled sulkily.
"Well, let's just get out the GPS and do one last check" I said.

I walked away about 10m then walked back again, and the GPS seemed to lead me past the concrete slab and towards the path again. I said to the wife we should just check along the sides here before leaving. Lo and behold a minute later, an excited noise from wife as she spotted a new concrete.

"Cement!" she squealed. Well she got the idea anyway.

And there we found your deceptively hidden little cache. I'm sure you have a giggle to yourself when you thought of all those geocachers who will wander around that bench scratching their heads. Well, we found it, and we put it back.

Took thrupence, left a micro stamp collection. Also took TB and GeoCoin. Dipping Canadian Tourist.

GCVB8T: Hanglider Heaven

Found on 2009-07-31 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Boardslider
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 3)
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCVB8T

Camping just up the road in Woolacombe and bracing the cloudy but dry weather for this one. Some huge crosswinds hiking down through the fields from above.

Very nicely hidden and brilliant view of the long stretch of beach. Got a glimpse of the nice HH stash coin, left my Travel Turtle GC.

GCTTWV: Motorway Mayhem M5 J27...Have a Break!!

Found on 2009-07-30 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Wadders
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCTTWV

Quick cache n' dash on the way to Devonshire for camping.

Yet another one my wife finds automatically whilst I am busy looking up the description on the BlackBerry.

TFTC. Dipping Rav4 TB for mileage.

GC1P80P: Madonna's Bra

Found on 2009-07-30 at 19:00:00
Placed by: pklong
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1P80P

Witnessed a spectacular sunset here at the bosom of Madonna. I love Ilfracombe, came here with my family camping every year as a kid, and I have now brought my Canadian wife twice.

Almost perfect weather today, and forecast tomorrow defies the gloomy outlook by our weather meisters.

TFTC. Dipping Rav4 TB for miles.

GC1H861: LQ

Found on 2009-07-29 at 19:00:00
Placed by: goldpot
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1H861

Great little cache n' dash right after work today. Spotted it as I walked up to the hiding spot, but was not sure that it was the cache till I put my hand down. Got a sudden gust of wind as I picked it up.. like some kind of Omen or something.

Nice view of the Thames - don't usually get a sunny moment to view it.

GC1BRKD: All Change/ End of the Line - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1BRKD

Spotted this one right away. I seem to be good at the caches hidden in this position. Finished this up then we headed to the White Bear for a pint of Guinness and some Nobbies peanuts.

Thanks for the great series and showing us a bike trail that we did not know of only round the corner from our home! We have lived in Watford for just over a year and geocaching has been great for discovering this area.

Cycled back up the canal and got to test our cycle helmets on those branches!

GC1C4YH: Off the Rails - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4YH

Another nice hide, but watch out for the nettles.

GC1C4YM: Railway Bridge - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4YM

Very well hidden, had to watch out for muggles on this nice sunny day.

TNSL left a girls beaded bracelet.

GC1C4YR: Tunnel - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4YR

Nice easy find, first place I looked.

GC1C4YV: Waiting Room - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4YV

Aside from the faint smell of dogs' message exchange, it was a nice view and a fairly easy find.

GC1C4YW: Tickets Please - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4YW

Rode our bikes today to complete the Ebury Way Series.

Nice puzzle, nothing complicated. Cache seemed quite empty - wonder if people have been trading fairly at all?

TNSL left a sticker and a '40 Days of Purpose' keychain.

GC196B8: Nightingale’s Cache

Found on 2009-07-24 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC196B8

Found in the fading light. Coords were a little off and took us to the bridge where there was much rubbish, so glad it wasn't there.

Wife also thought it would be "great spot" as she walked past.

Dipping Rav4 TB, TFTC.

GC1PPHR: Ricky Egg Hunt - Bonus

Found on 2009-07-24 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPHR

"So, do you think that extendible mirror would have worked back there?" said the wife smiling sarcastically. She was referring to something I wanted to buy for geocaching, as we walked away from GZ located in the middle of a field North of Rickmansworth.

I had worked out the coords wrong and not only had I done that, I had 'solved' the puzzle that a few days ago my wife expressed disappointment at not getting a chance to do it with me. Well, now she got her chance at least. But getting the coords wrong not by just a few feet, try over a mile away - through a cornfield and a thorny hedge.

So we got the right coords in and found the spot after a most enjoyable hike to the middle of some cornfield. At least I had the sense to question the coords before attempting the search.

Nice hiding spot, found a weird plastic shoe sole also at the spot - don't know if that was part of your hide so left it there.

Took the keyring torch and left a magnetic flashing light nano. Needs 3x of those small batteries to work, I don't know if it's waterproof so I wouldn't use it for a cache.

Dipping the Rav4 TB for miles.

As always, TFTH.

GC1K9Q1: Motorway Mayhem M4 Jct 3

Found on 2009-07-22 at 19:00:00
Placed by: TrainSPLOTer
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1K9Q1

Rolled a few rocks around until I found this one - brilliant hide! Recorded a video to show to friends.

Dipping Rav4 for miles.

GCMMPY: Heathrow Hikers' Cranford Park Cache

Found on 2009-07-22 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gary Box
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCMMPY

Quite enjoyed finding this one, despite struggling to find the identity of the comedian (I was born well after 1960's).

Had to look up who it was online but then once I'd got the name/date I found it (the gravestone).

Muggles having a wedding in the church and around the front but no-one round the location of the cache and they didn't seem interested in a guy in jeans and t-shirt wandering around with a GPS in one hand, a BlackBerry in the other and examining all the gravestones.

Nice hide. Did not see Duke Nukem TB, but left my Drop of Guinness TB. CITO'd a wet and soggy bar of soap (no-one's gonna take it).

GC1A0M5: Pixie Dell

Found on 2009-07-22 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Dave Mohican
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1A0M5

I am sorry to report upon finding the magical door to the Pixie Hideout that it was completely filled with sawdust.

Upon digging the cache out of the sawdust I noticed it too had been sabotaged and filled with sawdust.

Emptied the cache, tried to clean up best I could and CITO'd items that were damaged. Tried to put back and hide best I could. Obviously I, TNLNSL and suggest urgent maintenance.

Camera was also all used up (damaged?) so could not take a photo but I am adding a photo of the cache so you can see what state it was in when I found it.

Since there was no ransom note, have to assume Pixies are dead or relocated to a new hideout.

GC1RWKM: St. Andrews Gardens

Found on 2009-07-21 at 19:00:00
Placed by: BBMLB56
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1RWKM

Wife found this with me on her lunch break. Coords were a little off but hint was good enough.

Nice hide in a quiet spot, my first in London. Unfortunately I suspect this has been plundered by cache-pirates as there was no Geocoin and hardly any trades in it.

Looking back through your logs, could someone be targetting this cache knowing people leave swag and shiny's in it?

Anyway decided to trade for an interesting looking pin badge and left a few more items including a Slovak keyring in order to replenish.

Suggest next few cachers do the same, but check on inventory, and if it keeps going down, might be worthwhile moving this one.

TFTC.

GCXRJP: Thomas Coram (formally St George's Fields)

Found on 2009-07-21 at 19:00:00
Placed by: currykev
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCXRJP

50th Find! [8D]

Wife found this before I'd finished reading the description.

2nd in London, TFTC + History.

GC1Q20Q: Philipshill

Found on 2009-07-20 at 19:00:00
Placed by: marsden29
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1Q20Q

[:P] FTF!

I had about an hour before my wife got home on the tube, so I decided that's gotta be enough for 1/2 in the woods. Boy, was I wrong.

I parked up on Old Shire Lane, got out the car and switched on my Garmin. No response. Aah, Ok, batteries - good thing I brought spare rechargeables. Popped them in and off we go.

Lovely woods, thought I, reminded me of geocaching in Canada last month when I first started doing this. The sun was low and the sunset cast a perfect light through the tree trunks - I'll grab some photo's on the way back, said I.

Finally getting nearer to GZ, what's this, a steep hill of course. Make my way down and the coords are pointing me right on top of a pile of logs. I searched around a bit and then checked out the hint. Yup, this seems to be the right place.

Now, of course I read your little warning about the trees affecting the GPS, but I was in the middle of an opening and this GPSr is not bugging around, so I thought I was having a good day, so far.

But after searching around a few different piles of logs, both in and out the woods, I decided that I best lift some. And lift I did.

I think it was mainly my sweat that brought out the mosquitos. Pesky little things, hovering behind my ears, after a bite at my arms or forehead. You see I got bit a few days ago on the calf of my leg and it swelled up like a watermelon. I don't react very well to mosquitoes you see - I didn't want to get bitten on the forehead and end up coming out of the woods looking like the elephant man.

So here I am lifting logs, looking like a madman in the woods arms flailing trying to fend off these mozzies. I am definitely going to by some repellent for my next hunt.

Anyway after about 25 minutes of hauling logs I decide to go back and read your description again, then it dawned on me. What if GZ was literally under the trees (I thought the trees was just a warning for GPSr reception).

So then I decide to go hunting round the log piles under the trees and found your sneaky hiding place!

I opened the cache and retrieved my prize - a geocaching pen - very useful, but at this point I think I would have preferred to find a cigar. Signed the log and left a ribbon with a bell attached to it, and placed the cache back where I found it.

By this time it was getting dark, and it was then I realised I was in a bad phone reception area. Walking back up the hill I got 4 texts from my wife in order:

1. "Hi, which station are you picking me up from?"
2. "Going to Watford as I haven't heard from you."
3. "Walking home now."
4. "At home. Where are you?"

Doh!

I called and a tearful and worried wife answered and asked me to get back right away. So I dutifully stepped up my pace through the now very dark woods - couldn't take any of those planned photos anyway - and the batteries of my camera had now decided to cop out.

Back home to chicken and chips and much apologies to the wife.

TFTH.

GC1PPEJ: Ricky Egg Hunt - 1. William Penn

Found on 2009-07-19 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPEJ

Would you believe from the 2nd egg (5. Park Road) the wife was insisting we walk to this one? Until I pointed out to her that the GPSr was telling us it was over 2km away. Then she agreed that we should do the one in Ricky then go back to the Rav and drive over to the other end of town.

Sun began to shine just as we got in the car, when we got to the car park and got out the heavens opened and it literally poured down. I would have shaken a fist in the air if I had not been carrying an open umbrella, GPSr and a notepad in my hands.

Great view, will come back here to take photos when it's a bit dryer, but can't say much for the smell of dog crap.

GC1PPHF: Ricky Egg Hunt - 2. Quite Stylish

Found on 2009-07-19 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPHF

Right, onto the next egg, we decided to follow it straight from this one and walk up the side of the field - wife made a quick snack of the blackberries that were on the side of the dirt path.

Of course, not reading the logs before we went, we made the same mistake as previous cachers of walking round the field and not back up the road. If I wasn't such a good sport I'd say you had a little chuckle to yourself as you planted this second one! "Ho ho, wait till they realise they've got to trundle all the way back to the car park and up the road again."

Well, I guess we got the better of you there, we managed to cross over through a hole in the wire fencing.

Of course it's still pouring down with rain and yours truly is soaked, unlike the wife who sensibly brought her coat. She loves being right, as well as dry.

Wife discovered this, I had two mozzie bites on my right leg from yesterday which swelled up to the size of a cricket ball and was now finding it difficult and painful to crouch down.

Anyway, on to the last egg.

GC1PPHG: Ricky Egg Hunt - 3. Near Waitrose

Found on 2009-07-19 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPHG

3rd egg of the evening.

Boy I am enjoying these colourful eggs!

GC1PPHH: Ricky Egg Hunt - 4. Scout About

Found on 2009-07-19 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPHH

1st cache of this Easter Egg hunt. It had been raining on and off all day so we decided to chance it on an 'off' - boy was that dumb.

Nice easy find, colourful egg makes a nice change to the usual tupperware container.

GC1PPHJ: Ricky Egg Hunt - 5. Park Road

Found on 2009-07-19 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPHJ

[2nd egg.

By this time the GPSr was bugging out and taking us from one side of the car park to the other - and back again, so we had to rely on the hint.]

Wow, magnetic egg this time. Never seen a magnetic egg, but here we have a magnetic egg!

GC1PPHK: Ricky Egg Hunt - 6. St Mary's Church

Found on 2009-07-19 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPHK

4th egg found.

Nice to be able to do this hunt so far and know we are looking for eggs each time.

Once again GPSr is bugging out and sending us all over the place, but this time no hint needed, just used the force.

The log was a little wet in this one, but I suspect that may be down to someone logging in the rain and not a leak.

GC1PPHP: Ricky Egg Hunt - 7. Pooh Sticks

Found on 2009-07-19 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPHP

Our 7th egg and coincidentally Egg No. 7 in your series!

This hide presented no problem to the wife - who has developed a keen geosense since we started this game.

We didn't have time to follow the path down from the bridge into the woods and park, but really enjoyed finding these new places and routes, so we will definitely return.

Now we have all the eggs, but will return home to try for the bonus another day soon.

TFTH, Thanks for the tour of Ricky!

GC1FMD8: Harbours Mouth

Found on 2009-07-18 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gorleston Trekker's
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1FMD8

Great location and great view - perfect end to a nice afternoon in Great Yarmouth.

Well hidden cache, but stealth was difficult due to the muggle fisherman and his family nearby. Wife pretended to tie up her shoelaces twice.

TFTH.

GC1JG3Q: Peer Pressure

Found on 2009-07-18 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Norfolk Fox
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1JG3Q

OK, this is our first visit to Great Yarmouth and I have to ask, what's with all the puzzle caches?

I had planned a route all the way from Watford but everytime we stopped to do a quick cache n dash - a new puzzle to solve. Due to time constraints we had to leave some of them. [:(]

Anyway, are we supposed to research the answers online before seeking because we looked all around up and down the pier asked a couple of muggles and yet could find no billboard or office with the information.

Instead I looked at your hint, previous comments and deduced the location - good hide by the way and great location.

Would be worth noting where you can obtain this information from, without the need for armchair caching.

TFTC.

Canadian Tourist Geocoin came with us to see the pier.

GCN1GW: St. Laurence

Found on 2009-07-18 at 19:00:00
Placed by: johnboy.nc (maintained by Globetrotter.uk)
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCN1GW

Not sure such a Devilishly hid cache belongs in such a Godly place but here goes... [}:)]

After a great sunny afternoon in Great Yarmouth, we decided to attempt a little cache n dash on the way back to Watford.. and well whaddayaknow another puzzler!

Walked around the church, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible - being about as inconspicuous as a clown at a funeral, thankfully there didn't seem to be anyone there. I was half expecting to be accosted by one of those friendly vicars.

Looked up the clues then found the hinted spot. But not until after we had trampled disrespectfully over some graves and stood staring into a nearby tree for about 10 mins. It was clue number C that threw us off. We were undecided about whether the crucifix over the entrance archway would be considered as part of the roof or not - turns out it was.

We amended our coords and upon arriving at the new GZ it made a bit more sense. Now this was troubling - it was an obvious hide but somehow not obvious. First, the wife took a look and couldn't spot anything - even with a torch - I highly recommend a torch for this one.

Then after mooting around a bit and staring at the floor trying to suss if it was a red herring, I got up and took a look and on the off chance spied the hiding location of this none too obvious giveaway.

Left a Canadian Cent for the trouble. TFTH. [;)]

GC1TH02: Priory Gardens

Found on 2009-07-18 at 19:00:00
Placed by: mick&sally
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1TH02

Nice beautiful and quiet (when we visited) gardens.

We had a great sunny day in Great Yarmouth (a rarity I'm told) visited Britannia Pier and gambled all our 2p coins - winning some small toys perfect for geocaching!

This was well hidden and decided to leave my Trackabulldog GC. There were a few muggle kids around, some on bikes but none seemed to notice the wife and me in the bushes (ooh err)!

Took the playdough for my nephew and left a keyring with a horse on it.

GC1TH0A: Koolunga River View

Found on 2009-07-18 at 19:00:00
Placed by: mick&sally
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1TH0A

Great view of the river, nice and easy find.

TN Left a Homer Simpson.

GC1VTKE: In The Line Of Duty #3

Found on 2009-07-13 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Bill & Ben
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1VTKE

FTF! (our first)

Nice surroundings and a good hide. Took reflective pins and left a childrens' digital sports watch.

Thanks for the interesting bit of history.

GC1QGVD: Roman Wall

Found on 2009-07-11 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Stu
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1QGVD

Great cache. We unscrambled the clues and followed the new coords but somehow they led us all the way out to a private residence (which we didn't enter). So we had a look again and one number was wrong!

Dipped Canadian Geocoin and left a maple-leaf flag pin.

GC1C4Z0: Platform - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-12 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 3)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4Z0

I don't know and have never listened to that band, but my wife knew straight away.

Thanks for giving away another cache to my wife whilst I stand fiddling with my BlackBerry like a lost puppy! [V]

Finds today so far: 0x Fitzwesley 3x Mrs Fitzwesley

TFTH [}:)]

[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 4:33:07 PM.]

GC1C4Z2: Railway Sleepers - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-12 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4Z2

Second one found in this series and my wife found both.. I'm starting to get geo-envy.

Good hide!

GC1C4Z8: Turntable - Ebury Way Series

Found on 2009-07-12 at 19:00:00
Placed by: G0N & Gum54
Size: Other (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C4Z8

Living in Watford for only a year, and not knowing the area, bushwhacked to this from a Northerly position and found ourselves crossing a hidden metal bridge to nowhere and surrounded by nettles and thick brush.

Did I say we were on mountain bikes? No? Well, we were on mountain bikes. So we doubled back, cycled round to the park at Riverside Rd and finally discovered this sweet Ebury Way cycle route!

Thanks for the puzzle and cache.

GCWQ6T: Bushey Niblicks

Found on 2009-07-12 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Kebabs
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCWQ6T

We walked across the golf course from the car park in the late evening sun, so no golfer muggles disturbed.

Great hide, had to rely on the hint though. TN left Cecilia TB. Found with jonwill.

[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Monday, September 07, 2009 at 3:24:45 AM.]

GC1D8Z4: SideTracked - St. Albans Abbey

Found on 2009-07-11 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Sinclair of Rosslyn
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1D8Z4

After a couple of discouraging DNF was nice to get this one!

Good hiding place, took us a while to figure out the hint as GPSr was leading us all over the place.

Had to wait for a couple of muggle taxi drivers who decided to drive into and wait in car park for about 20 mins - not picking anyone up.

GC193RE: Croxleys Deadliest Cache

Found on 2009-07-08 at 19:00:00
Placed by: water_mad
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC193RE

Good hide - really liked the shape of this cache... We spent ages hunting for a small box but not this kind of box!

Again brilliant effort on the unique caches, but I'd call this a micro again because it is untradeable ie. this is the same size as a key-hider and any space is taken up by the log paper.

GC1937N: Croxleys Cache - 0DLiD

Found on 2009-07-08 at 19:00:00
Placed by: water_mad
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1937N

Nice hidden old orchard(?) here.

I like the unique cache containers so far - good effort. Not sure I'd call this a small container - recommend you change it to a micro (eg. if I were to bring a travel bug or even a geocoin it would not fit).

Also GZ about 5-10 ft away from cache - but it was fairly obvious one anyway.

TFTC.

GC1842B: croxleys 1st chocolate cache

Found on 2009-07-08 at 19:00:00
Placed by: water_mad
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1842B

Nice hide. Took us a while but the trees gave us some shelter from the rain. Would definitely recommend a torch for finding this one even with the hint.

Took Cecilia1of3 TB and Left Crop Circle TB, where the UFO dropped us off!

GC18428: the oldest cache in croxley?

Found on 2009-07-08 at 19:00:00
Placed by: water_mad
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC18428

Good hide. Had to bushwhack through some undergrowth - found by the wife.

Rescued a stamp collection which was soaked through (but intact) - currently drying out separately on our living room table. Left behind at 21st Birthday key.

GC1M3GA: Gunnersbury Triangle - woodland

Found on 2009-07-07 at 19:00:00
Placed by: holdsworth
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1M3GA

I was due in to our offices on nearby Chiswick High Road, spotted this little fella in my GPSr and decided to bunk off work early to go find it.

I didn't think to bring a coat this morning and just as I tweeted I was "Gone Geocaching..." did the heavens open and raindrops the size of apples dripped down. Still, the rain couldn't dampen my enthusiasm and it was not long till I stepped off the concrete jungle into this mysterious little jungle in the heart of Chiswick.

Went bushwhacking for this one and had to double back quite a long way - in my soaked cargo pants and cotton shirt - felt very inadequate and totally unequipped for this mini rain-forest.

Anyway, I found it. Brilliant location and hide, I did not want to put my hand there to retrieve it but plucked up the courage and when I opened the tin I almost dropped it as the spider inside startled me. Kudos to the last cacher!

I took Homer and left a small Porsche 911. I also took the crazy Crop Circle Geocoin - maybe this was the source of all the freak weather and mysterious growth?

TFTC!

GC4027: Hornet's Hide 2 - Whippendell (Herts)

Found on 2009-07-05 at 19:00:00
Placed by: The Hornet (adopted by The Dog Walkers)
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC4027

Great location, I was climbing all over the soggy tree stump whilst my wife found this nice and easily.

Left Team Rocket travel bug, TN
Did not see Panda TB.

GC6CFD: Hornet's Hide 11 - The Return (Herts)

Found on 2009-07-05 at 19:00:00
Placed by: The Hornet, Maintained by Belplasca
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC6CFD

Good trek, nice easy find. Now more than 3 logs since a bit concerned about visibility from muggles.

Took Dave+Jens Prague GC. Took toy, left stress AA TyreFit squidgy.

GCRD1H: Up the Cut

Found on 2009-07-04 at 19:00:00
Placed by: hurryhome
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCRD1H

Nice hide, pleasant canal walk, few muggles around but they did not really notice.

Dropped off TSB Geocoin, seemed like a suitable environment.

GC1DP10: Sidetracked Bedworth

Found on 2009-07-04 at 19:00:00
Placed by: SamanthaJune and Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi
Size: Other (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1DP10

Glad I read the description and that it was a nano.

Took no time at all, glanced down and there it was!

GC12G77: Peeking Duck

Found on 2009-07-04 at 19:00:00
Placed by: babycacheash
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC12G77

Didn't realise I need to log separate find - added retrospectively. Thanks.

GC10FXB: Motorway Mayhem M6 J3

Found on 2009-07-04 at 19:00:00
Placed by: vix92008
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC10FXB

[Nice and easy find.]

This was high up in the tree when we came across it. I was concerned that some geocachers may not be able to climb and retrieve it so I moved it lower down in the tree which was coincidentally a better more camouflaged place.

[Disappointing to see all the Ikea pencils left in there, left an ipod mini skin. TN.]

[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, July 19, 2009 at 12:56:07 PM.]