Found on 2009-10-30 at 19:00:00
Placed by: The Bellringers
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1GZ3T
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Grabbed on the way from a bug drop at Short Back and Sides.
GPSr was suffering 'the London effect', but managed to settle on the right street at least after walking around the area bit. So had to rely on the hint.
Went for what seemed the only place it could be and after feeling around for a few minutes laid my fingers on the cache. Keep forgetting how difficult it is to sign the log and fit it back in these little blighters, and I've got 3 of them myself!
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Friday 30 October 2009
Thursday 29 October 2009
Firefox Ubiquity and Geocache GC Code search
I really like Mozilla's new Ubiquity extension for firefox.
It's like having a command line for the web. I can't see too many users adopting it as the command line is too scary for most casual and Windows users (even though, ironically, it's easier to use).
However, since it's an open platform I thought I'd have a go at my first firefox extension. I'm not a software developer and outside of building MS Access DBs in my youth, I haven't really done much development. So although it's pretty basic, I'm quite proud actually!
But I did manage to come up with small command for searching geocaching.com via coord.info.
Subscribe to it here: http://gist.github.com/234537
I'd welcome anyone who would wish to extend it as I'm not really hot on javascript.
Hopefully it will provide some use to a few geocachers maybe.
Edited 14/11/09: Accidentally deleted the first gist. Added new link.
It's like having a command line for the web. I can't see too many users adopting it as the command line is too scary for most casual and Windows users (even though, ironically, it's easier to use).
However, since it's an open platform I thought I'd have a go at my first firefox extension. I'm not a software developer and outside of building MS Access DBs in my youth, I haven't really done much development. So although it's pretty basic, I'm quite proud actually!
But I did manage to come up with small command for searching geocaching.com via coord.info.
Subscribe to it here: http://gist.github.com/234537
I'd welcome anyone who would wish to extend it as I'm not really hot on javascript.
Hopefully it will provide some use to a few geocachers maybe.
Edited 14/11/09: Accidentally deleted the first gist. Added new link.
Sunday 25 October 2009
GC1XRK7: Coal Post #53
Found on 2009-10-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1XRK7
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Tricky one to find but reread the hint and broadened the search. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1XRK7
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Tricky one to find but reread the hint and broadened the search. TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC1XRKG: Coal Post #54
Found on 2009-10-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1XRKG
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Kind of came at this from the wrong direction. Parked in Tom and Barbera's street but then we walked down onto Batchworth Lane and quickly realised it was the other side of the treeline. Fortunately there appeared to be a couple of large holes in the side and we were able to cut through and bushwhack to the footpatch then back quickly locate CP54.
Finding the cache however proved a little more tricky. We only had one headtorch as Mrs F had left hers in the car. Didn't rely on the GPSr, instead started hunting round for hinted location but had no success for about 15 minutes. Then Mrs F took the GPSr and decided to give it a go, she quickly called me over the GZ and together we spied the obvious place.
It helps that we've seen one of these types of hides before. Getting good at spotting things that look more intentional than they should. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1XRKG
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Kind of came at this from the wrong direction. Parked in Tom and Barbera's street but then we walked down onto Batchworth Lane and quickly realised it was the other side of the treeline. Fortunately there appeared to be a couple of large holes in the side and we were able to cut through and bushwhack to the footpatch then back quickly locate CP54.
Finding the cache however proved a little more tricky. We only had one headtorch as Mrs F had left hers in the car. Didn't rely on the GPSr, instead started hunting round for hinted location but had no success for about 15 minutes. Then Mrs F took the GPSr and decided to give it a go, she quickly called me over the GZ and together we spied the obvious place.
It helps that we've seen one of these types of hides before. Getting good at spotting things that look more intentional than they should. TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC1XRKM: Coal Post #55
Found on 2009-10-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1XRKM
[font=Trebuchet Ms]I have no idea why it takes us so long to get our a**es in gear all day but this was the start of another evening of night-caching for _TeamFitz_.
Easy find, after dodging traffic. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1XRKM
[font=Trebuchet Ms]I have no idea why it takes us so long to get our a**es in gear all day but this was the start of another evening of night-caching for _TeamFitz_.
Easy find, after dodging traffic. TFTC![font=Verdana]
GCXVBQ: Comedy Classics #3 (The Good Life)
Found on 2009-10-25 at 19:00:00
Placed by: currykev
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCXVBQ
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found between doing CP54 and CP53!
Must admit, The Good Life was a bit before my time but I do remember the repeats on TV. Wasn't sure which house but can now see from the gallery.
Can't believe where teh cache was located, I'd up the terrain for that one. Had Mrs F climb on my knee to grab then the hysterics when she realised she'd put her hand through the spiders web of the large beastie who was guarding it.
TFTC! Dipping Rav4 TB.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: currykev
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCXVBQ
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found between doing CP54 and CP53!
Must admit, The Good Life was a bit before my time but I do remember the repeats on TV. Wasn't sure which house but can now see from the gallery.
Can't believe where teh cache was located, I'd up the terrain for that one. Had Mrs F climb on my knee to grab then the hysterics when she realised she'd put her hand through the spiders web of the large beastie who was guarding it.
TFTC! Dipping Rav4 TB.[font=Verdana]
Saturday 24 October 2009
GC1KWA9: Raan Away's Nano
Found on 2009-10-24 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Jason_Grant
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KWA9
[font=Trebuchet Ms]W00t! Found after so many DNFs. Spotted by wife was being guarded by a pretty evil looking arachnid. Do we get poisonous spiders in the UK? This one looked pretty badass and his friend nearby seemed to be having a midnight snack!
TFTC! Dipping Rav4 TB.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: Jason_Grant
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KWA9
[font=Trebuchet Ms]W00t! Found after so many DNFs. Spotted by wife was being guarded by a pretty evil looking arachnid. Do we get poisonous spiders in the UK? This one looked pretty badass and his friend nearby seemed to be having a midnight snack!
TFTC! Dipping Rav4 TB.[font=Verdana]
GC1PPDH: The Night Mail
Found on 2009-10-24 at 19:00:00
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPDH
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Solved this one last Friday after a number of stops and starts on the mini railway. Decided to do it tonight since I was out late with the Watford Street Angels and had a big lie in this morning, Mrs Fitz went shopping and I didn't get the chance to do any caches during the day.
The first task was to convince Mrs F to actually go night-caching with me. The conversation went something like:
"Let's go night-caching"
"Aww no, can't we just wait till tomorrow after church?"
"No, I've got one I want to do and it's a night-cache, it can only be done at night, with firetacks"
"Umm"
"Look I can do this one alone"
"No, I'll come but I only want to do this one"
Task complete!
Onto the cache. Parked up in the street nearby and got my headtorch on whilst Mrs F used my bicycle LED torch. As we were approaching the entrance Mrs F spotted the sign for the Burial Ground - what the heck? Where are you taking us?! This set her on edge whilst I chuckled.
By the third firetack we were having trouble spotting them, so I suggested we go back to the car and get the big torch which would be much stronger. So we made our way back to the car. Got the torch out, turned it on... Oh batteries are almost flat. Guess we're just going to have to rely on our instinct.
Headed into the woods and it wasn't too difficult to find the waymarks. Sometimes we needed to spread out or go forward a bit till the next shiny spot was in range but generally easy. Of course Mrs F was a bag of nerves, leaving me to be the brave one. She wasn't too bad as long as we were moving, but when we got stuck and had to look around into the darkness for the next firetack she began to loose her nerve.
"Don't worry," I said "No-ones going to be out here". I continued offering support and suggested that at times when I was scared I used to recite Psalm 23 to myself, "Shut up!" she wailed, "just don't talk".
I can't remember how many firetacks we had gone past but at one point I was doing a 360 and I saw 2 bright LED lights staring back at me from about 25m. Then one blinked off and on again, it was then I realised it was a fox who was obviously as puzzled as I was to see him!
I think after we had passed the gate, Mrs F had started to calm down and was enjoying herself. She had spotted most of the firetacks with her eagle eyes. but later we found ourselves losing the trail. We got to a point where we just couldn't find the next firetack. We'd even tried walking on ahead some considerable distance but ended up coming back and then trying to explore the remaining area.
Mrs F did well to hold her nerve, I think the passion to get the cache had taken over nerves over having to stop and look around. After finding ourselves at what seemed like a dead end, I decided to switch gears and suggested we look for a cachers trail. It was then we left the obvious path and started heading towards an open area which wasn't a path but certainly traversable. Suddenly Mrs F called out "I see it!" and there it was - 2 firetacks.
Impressive large cache. Left TB and GC, sweeped up all the other Travellers, otherwise TNLNSL.
Thanks for all the hard work on this one, well planned, well thought out and very fun in the end.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1PPDH
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Solved this one last Friday after a number of stops and starts on the mini railway. Decided to do it tonight since I was out late with the Watford Street Angels and had a big lie in this morning, Mrs Fitz went shopping and I didn't get the chance to do any caches during the day.
The first task was to convince Mrs F to actually go night-caching with me. The conversation went something like:
"Let's go night-caching"
"Aww no, can't we just wait till tomorrow after church?"
"No, I've got one I want to do and it's a night-cache, it can only be done at night, with firetacks"
"Umm"
"Look I can do this one alone"
"No, I'll come but I only want to do this one"
Task complete!
Onto the cache. Parked up in the street nearby and got my headtorch on whilst Mrs F used my bicycle LED torch. As we were approaching the entrance Mrs F spotted the sign for the Burial Ground - what the heck? Where are you taking us?! This set her on edge whilst I chuckled.
By the third firetack we were having trouble spotting them, so I suggested we go back to the car and get the big torch which would be much stronger. So we made our way back to the car. Got the torch out, turned it on... Oh batteries are almost flat. Guess we're just going to have to rely on our instinct.
Headed into the woods and it wasn't too difficult to find the waymarks. Sometimes we needed to spread out or go forward a bit till the next shiny spot was in range but generally easy. Of course Mrs F was a bag of nerves, leaving me to be the brave one. She wasn't too bad as long as we were moving, but when we got stuck and had to look around into the darkness for the next firetack she began to loose her nerve.
"Don't worry," I said "No-ones going to be out here". I continued offering support and suggested that at times when I was scared I used to recite Psalm 23 to myself, "Shut up!" she wailed, "just don't talk".
I can't remember how many firetacks we had gone past but at one point I was doing a 360 and I saw 2 bright LED lights staring back at me from about 25m. Then one blinked off and on again, it was then I realised it was a fox who was obviously as puzzled as I was to see him!
I think after we had passed the gate, Mrs F had started to calm down and was enjoying herself. She had spotted most of the firetacks with her eagle eyes. but later we found ourselves losing the trail. We got to a point where we just couldn't find the next firetack. We'd even tried walking on ahead some considerable distance but ended up coming back and then trying to explore the remaining area.
Mrs F did well to hold her nerve, I think the passion to get the cache had taken over nerves over having to stop and look around. After finding ourselves at what seemed like a dead end, I decided to switch gears and suggested we look for a cachers trail. It was then we left the obvious path and started heading towards an open area which wasn't a path but certainly traversable. Suddenly Mrs F called out "I see it!" and there it was - 2 firetacks.
Impressive large cache. Left TB and GC, sweeped up all the other Travellers, otherwise TNLNSL.
Thanks for all the hard work on this one, well planned, well thought out and very fun in the end.[font=Verdana]
Wednesday 21 October 2009
GC16Y72: The Clock Tower
Found on 2009-10-21 at 19:00:00
Placed by: maxkim
Size: Not chosen (Difficulty: 4.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC16Y72
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Finally got you! [:)][:)][:)]
I'd visited about 3 or 4 times over the last few weeks and circled this island so many times - I even took photo's on my camera phone to examine later at my desk. So yesterday after thinking I has sussed it and failing yet again it was time to call in backup - Mrs Fitz, the other half of _TeamFitz_ to see if she could spot it.
I can't believe I've eyed this thing suspiciously on every visit but simply assumed it was a normal part of the surroundings. Ironically it was only with the full _TeamFitz_ present that I suddenly had a lightbulb moment and thought - why would it be positioned there?! Reached out, and it indeed proved to be a fake - soon had the log in our hands.
Speaking of hands, Mrs Fitz's hands were particularly grubby as she'd made the same mistake as me on my last visit [:D] and tried another similar type of object on another side of the tower which looked suspicious but indeed proved to be real. But for a while there I really did think that was the cache and was puzzling over how to extract the log.
This is certainly a brilliant hide, first time I've seen one like it and gives me some twisted ideas for future caches. I wouldn't quite say it's in full view but it's definitely visible and there's no need to use your hands to feel for it - or get your hands all grubby either.
Beast of spider guarding the door to the tower. Took a picture from the camera phone but somehow the light reflected of its back and made it seem even more fearsome.
Very difficult, very deserving of it's 4.5 stars but I think this should be a traditional, I avoided it for a long time thinking there was more of a puzzle to be worked out. Oh and this is [font=Trebuchet Ms][b]Find #150![/b][font=Verdana][font=Verdana]
Placed by: maxkim
Size: Not chosen (Difficulty: 4.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC16Y72
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Finally got you! [:)][:)][:)]
I'd visited about 3 or 4 times over the last few weeks and circled this island so many times - I even took photo's on my camera phone to examine later at my desk. So yesterday after thinking I has sussed it and failing yet again it was time to call in backup - Mrs Fitz, the other half of _TeamFitz_ to see if she could spot it.
I can't believe I've eyed this thing suspiciously on every visit but simply assumed it was a normal part of the surroundings. Ironically it was only with the full _TeamFitz_ present that I suddenly had a lightbulb moment and thought - why would it be positioned there?! Reached out, and it indeed proved to be a fake - soon had the log in our hands.
Speaking of hands, Mrs Fitz's hands were particularly grubby as she'd made the same mistake as me on my last visit [:D] and tried another similar type of object on another side of the tower which looked suspicious but indeed proved to be real. But for a while there I really did think that was the cache and was puzzling over how to extract the log.
This is certainly a brilliant hide, first time I've seen one like it and gives me some twisted ideas for future caches. I wouldn't quite say it's in full view but it's definitely visible and there's no need to use your hands to feel for it - or get your hands all grubby either.
Beast of spider guarding the door to the tower. Took a picture from the camera phone but somehow the light reflected of its back and made it seem even more fearsome.
Very difficult, very deserving of it's 4.5 stars but I think this should be a traditional, I avoided it for a long time thinking there was more of a puzzle to be worked out. Oh and this is [font=Trebuchet Ms][b]Find #150![/b][font=Verdana][font=Verdana]
GC22E5: A Meating place for Martyrs
Found on 2009-10-21 at 19:00:00
Placed by: McDeHack
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC22E5
Quick CnD on the way to the tube station with Mrs _Fitz_. Didn't take long but nice to get to know a bit of history here - liked the cache name too, very appropriate.
Got back home and you wouldn't believe but they were showing Mel Gibson's Braveheart on TV that night!
Dipping Canadian Tourist GC, will log it out later (don't currently have it on me).
Placed by: McDeHack
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC22E5
Quick CnD on the way to the tube station with Mrs _Fitz_. Didn't take long but nice to get to know a bit of history here - liked the cache name too, very appropriate.
Got back home and you wouldn't believe but they were showing Mel Gibson's Braveheart on TV that night!
Dipping Canadian Tourist GC, will log it out later (don't currently have it on me).
Tuesday 20 October 2009
GC1Z2N7: Under The Viaduct And Inside The Lock
Found on 2009-10-20 at 19:00:00
Placed by: loobcom
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1Z2N7
Decided to grab this cache after a third failed attempt to find The Clock Tower nearby.
I a bit to hasty grabbing the hint as I spent an unnecessarily long time searching the wrong doorway. I actually was using the flash on my camera phone to sneak photos behind the gates and then examine the image to see if I could see it. It was only when I consigned to failure and started walking back to the office that I spotted another doorway and then it was quickly found. [:P]
Quite a few roamers about and a few odd looks here and there but I did my best to look intentional and fiddle with my phone whilst they passed by. TFTC!
Placed by: loobcom
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1Z2N7
Decided to grab this cache after a third failed attempt to find The Clock Tower nearby.
I a bit to hasty grabbing the hint as I spent an unnecessarily long time searching the wrong doorway. I actually was using the flash on my camera phone to sneak photos behind the gates and then examine the image to see if I could see it. It was only when I consigned to failure and started walking back to the office that I spotted another doorway and then it was quickly found. [:P]
Quite a few roamers about and a few odd looks here and there but I did my best to look intentional and fiddle with my phone whilst they passed by. TFTC!
Sunday 18 October 2009
GSAK and GPSBabel
I run Ubuntu and predictably there's a derth of support for Geocaching on Linux based systems. It's not that there isn't open source alternatives - it's just that they're not quite designed for caching.
A truly great piece of shareware for Geocaching on Windows is GSAK, but there is no official Linux version and after 21 days you get a nag screen unless you pony up for the registered version. So imagine my surprise to find that GSAK relies upon an open source technology called GPSBabel to do the actual leg-work of exporting data to your device from your OS.
Basically GSAK is the glossy database that goes over the top - and it is a fine tool don't get me wrong. Anyway I found a way to make GSAK work on Linux, by replacing the gpsbabel.exe file with an executable script named "gpsbabel.exe". The original info I got from the GSAK forum provided by alancurry.
alancurry's script didn't work exactly, I had to make some tweaks:
Right now, after using it for 100+ days I'm getting bothered by the nag screen ('The GSAK Spouse'), but I'm not going to pay and register it and there are a few reasons for this:
If I find a way to make it work, maybe I'll post it as an open source project and invite others to contribute. I'll need to if I was to try and build a GUI since I know nothing of GUI development.
A truly great piece of shareware for Geocaching on Windows is GSAK, but there is no official Linux version and after 21 days you get a nag screen unless you pony up for the registered version. So imagine my surprise to find that GSAK relies upon an open source technology called GPSBabel to do the actual leg-work of exporting data to your device from your OS.
Basically GSAK is the glossy database that goes over the top - and it is a fine tool don't get me wrong. Anyway I found a way to make GSAK work on Linux, by replacing the gpsbabel.exe file with an executable script named "gpsbabel.exe". The original info I got from the GSAK forum provided by alancurry.
alancurry's script didn't work exactly, I had to make some tweaks:
#!/bin/bashI then saved this script as "gpsbabel.txt" in "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/gsak/".
case "$1" in
-i)
gpsbabel -i garmin -f usb:0 -o gpx -F "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/gsak/Temp/babel.gpx"
exit 0
;;
-N)
gpsbabel -N -i xcsv,style="$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/gsak/GSAK.STL" -f "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/windows/profiles/{username}/Application Data/gsak/babel.txt" -vs -o garmin -F usb:
exit 0
;;
*)
;;
esac
Right now, after using it for 100+ days I'm getting bothered by the nag screen ('The GSAK Spouse'), but I'm not going to pay and register it and there are a few reasons for this:
- The developer appears to have no intention of supporting Linux.
- Since it's buggy under wine (crashes often) I only use it to load PQs and export them to my GPSmap 60CSx, I don't save the data - I usually wipe it and start over each week.
If I find a way to make it work, maybe I'll post it as an open source project and invite others to contribute. I'll need to if I was to try and build a GUI since I know nothing of GUI development.
Other Blogs...
For anyone who's interested, I have a few other blogs that ocassionally update. They can be seen by looking at my profile or just follow the links here...
Saturday Morning Coffee - started after I got married to document our wedding trip and honeymoon.
Incredible Humans - My first attempt at creative blogging. I was just playing with filters in Gimp one day and found a way to turn a photo into a comic panel effect. Then I heard about Lewis Gordon Pugh, and sort of came up with this idea.
Stories Cut Short - My second foray into creative writing. Kind of a shortcut to writing novels - a bit of a "what if" collection. As in, what if the greatest stories never got told because the protagonist did something stupid, or got killed, or didn't do something at all?
I also can be found at Identi.ca, the open-source alternative to Twitter. Though I may re-open my twitter account some time.
Saturday Morning Coffee - started after I got married to document our wedding trip and honeymoon.
Incredible Humans - My first attempt at creative blogging. I was just playing with filters in Gimp one day and found a way to turn a photo into a comic panel effect. Then I heard about Lewis Gordon Pugh, and sort of came up with this idea.
Stories Cut Short - My second foray into creative writing. Kind of a shortcut to writing novels - a bit of a "what if" collection. As in, what if the greatest stories never got told because the protagonist did something stupid, or got killed, or didn't do something at all?
I also can be found at Identi.ca, the open-source alternative to Twitter. Though I may re-open my twitter account some time.
Saturday 17 October 2009
GC1C6RB: Twenty Four ! (Bucks)
Found on 2009-10-17 at 19:00:00
Placed by: nottheactor
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C6RB
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Solved Friday (16-10-09) after a little bit of thinking and then the lightbulb went on.
Trouble is, depending on how you approach the problem, which tools you decide to use - if you do use a tool to make the job easier/quicker then you may find, as I did, that you have at least 3 slightly (fractionally) different sets of numbers.
I finally did find the number that fit the equation and had the coords noted down.
Parked on the road nearest to the cache, which was still some distance hiking, though I suspect there may have been an easier way to this one. It was late in the afternoon and just before we found the cache it turned into night caching. I had forgotten my head torch but thankfully had my bike torch in my rucksack so we were able to sign the log and examine the contents. Not that D needed the torch to simply stick her arm in a dark hole to retrieve the container.
Literally had to fight bushwhack through thorns and branches to get to GZ. Obviously we hadn't come from the right direction but I couldn't really see what would have been the right direction. Nevertheless exited from the opposite direction which gave us much less confrontation from the brambles.
Took Hanna Charity GC and left Elementary/Cobra GC's. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: nottheactor
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C6RB
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Solved Friday (16-10-09) after a little bit of thinking and then the lightbulb went on.
Trouble is, depending on how you approach the problem, which tools you decide to use - if you do use a tool to make the job easier/quicker then you may find, as I did, that you have at least 3 slightly (fractionally) different sets of numbers.
I finally did find the number that fit the equation and had the coords noted down.
Parked on the road nearest to the cache, which was still some distance hiking, though I suspect there may have been an easier way to this one. It was late in the afternoon and just before we found the cache it turned into night caching. I had forgotten my head torch but thankfully had my bike torch in my rucksack so we were able to sign the log and examine the contents. Not that D needed the torch to simply stick her arm in a dark hole to retrieve the container.
Literally had to fight bushwhack through thorns and branches to get to GZ. Obviously we hadn't come from the right direction but I couldn't really see what would have been the right direction. Nevertheless exited from the opposite direction which gave us much less confrontation from the brambles.
Took Hanna Charity GC and left Elementary/Cobra GC's. TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC1P6EQ: At Your Convenience - Little Chalfont
Found on 2009-10-17 at 19:00:00
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1P6EQ
[font=Trebuchet Ms]A 'convenient' cache n' dash on the way to Twenty-Four ! after completing Geocaching Robot Arm.
Parked in the convenient car park and waited for some young lurkers playing a version of hacky sack which entails kicking a tiny rubber ball into the corner of the car park and catching it as it bounced back. Obviously unconcerned for about the number of cars in the car park and potential for dings from their game.
After they departed was able to park up close and go look. GPSr was leading me a bit astray. D found it whist I was busy bushwhacking through the nearby hollybushes.
Log is extremely damp and brown. Was able to sign it but recomment this is attended too. I think it's not quite ready for a 'needs maintenance' log but maybe it will soon?
Dipping Rav4 TB and oh, thanks for the umm.. education.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1P6EQ
[font=Trebuchet Ms]A 'convenient' cache n' dash on the way to Twenty-Four ! after completing Geocaching Robot Arm.
Parked in the convenient car park and waited for some young lurkers playing a version of hacky sack which entails kicking a tiny rubber ball into the corner of the car park and catching it as it bounced back. Obviously unconcerned for about the number of cars in the car park and potential for dings from their game.
After they departed was able to park up close and go look. GPSr was leading me a bit astray. D found it whist I was busy bushwhacking through the nearby hollybushes.
Log is extremely damp and brown. Was able to sign it but recomment this is attended too. I think it's not quite ready for a 'needs maintenance' log but maybe it will soon?
Dipping Rav4 TB and oh, thanks for the umm.. education.[font=Verdana]
GC1P9GC: The Geocaching Robot Arm
Found on 2009-10-17 at 19:00:00
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 3.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1P9GC
[font=Trebuchet Ms]The other half of _TeamFitz_ was getting quite tired now from all the driving and bad directions from me. But she persevered, well done to her.
Doing this paperless as usual, didn't have a clue of the area or where to park, orignally parked on teh road closest to the cache but soon realised this was not the optimal place to approach from. Soon found a parking spot to the south and was quite surprised at the surrounding location. Nevertheless we managed to avoid getting injured since it was late in the day.
GSPr started to bounce as we got nearer to GZ, but after walking a bit beyond, then realising where we needed to go the ammo can was soon found. Great location and some interesting trees and I see someone has left an informative plaque nearby which explains coppicing.
Too bad all the generous swag has now deteriorated in quality, however was able to trade a DVD movie for the wind up torch.
Also took Bagel Deojii TB and left the Erzgebirgscoin GC.
Once again thanks for the interesting challenge, solved Thursday whilst my sister-in-law watched. Was a bit of a cross between the turtle navigation program when I was at school, and the grabber machine that they have in service stations and seaside venues. Have to say tin-man had me stumped but not for long![font=Verdana]
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 3.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1P9GC
[font=Trebuchet Ms]The other half of _TeamFitz_ was getting quite tired now from all the driving and bad directions from me. But she persevered, well done to her.
Doing this paperless as usual, didn't have a clue of the area or where to park, orignally parked on teh road closest to the cache but soon realised this was not the optimal place to approach from. Soon found a parking spot to the south and was quite surprised at the surrounding location. Nevertheless we managed to avoid getting injured since it was late in the day.
GSPr started to bounce as we got nearer to GZ, but after walking a bit beyond, then realising where we needed to go the ammo can was soon found. Great location and some interesting trees and I see someone has left an informative plaque nearby which explains coppicing.
Too bad all the generous swag has now deteriorated in quality, however was able to trade a DVD movie for the wind up torch.
Also took Bagel Deojii TB and left the Erzgebirgscoin GC.
Once again thanks for the interesting challenge, solved Thursday whilst my sister-in-law watched. Was a bit of a cross between the turtle navigation program when I was at school, and the grabber machine that they have in service stations and seaside venues. Have to say tin-man had me stumped but not for long![font=Verdana]
GC1R3WD: Fishpool Fumble
Found on 2009-10-17 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Lois
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1R3WD
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Well the other half of _TeamFitz_ was desperate to come to St. Albans for some some shopping so we decided to check out this cache we'd logged a DNF for back in July.
Armed with the extra knowledge of just how devious these types of hides can get found it straight away. It helps that we've now done one like this since our first visit. Sneaky, sneaky.
Funnily enough I spotted the thing that is in full view on the last visit too, but at that time I didn't think to investigate it more. Now _TeamFitz_ knows better!
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Lois
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1R3WD
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Well the other half of _TeamFitz_ was desperate to come to St. Albans for some some shopping so we decided to check out this cache we'd logged a DNF for back in July.
Armed with the extra knowledge of just how devious these types of hides can get found it straight away. It helps that we've now done one like this since our first visit. Sneaky, sneaky.
Funnily enough I spotted the thing that is in full view on the last visit too, but at that time I didn't think to investigate it more. Now _TeamFitz_ knows better!
TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC1MPY9: Church Micro 464 leverstock green
Found on 2009-10-17 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Bones1 (no 33 cache)
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1MPY9
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Nice little cache n' dash on the way back from St. Albans shopping.
We parked opposite but headed into the graveyard at first, expecting this to be a graveyard cache, but we were wrong, so we hopped over the wall and there it was.
TFTC.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: Bones1 (no 33 cache)
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1MPY9
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Nice little cache n' dash on the way back from St. Albans shopping.
We parked opposite but headed into the graveyard at first, expecting this to be a graveyard cache, but we were wrong, so we hopped over the wall and there it was.
TFTC.[font=Verdana]
GC1MPYG: Bones 32 The Post
Found on 2009-10-17 at 19:00:00
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1MPYG
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Another sharp break, quick U-turn and park on the side of the road for this quick CnD.
Liked the sneaky hide. Some guy looking over at what we were doing from one of the local houses.. was that you Jeff? Couldn't tell.
Dipping Rav4 TB, TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1MPYG
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Another sharp break, quick U-turn and park on the side of the road for this quick CnD.
Liked the sneaky hide. Some guy looking over at what we were doing from one of the local houses.. was that you Jeff? Couldn't tell.
Dipping Rav4 TB, TFTC![font=Verdana]
GCM44J: M1 J8 Motorway Cache Break (Motorway Mayhem)
Found on 2009-10-17 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Alibags (with a little help from her friends!)
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCM44J
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Did this on the way back from St. Albans - headed towards Amersham as I had some solved puzzle caches I wanted to find.
First ammo can we've found, sadly looks like the latch is broken. Well hidden. GPSr was leading us about 10m into the nearby field but the hint was good enough.
Dropped Pirate TB, didn't see Jamtubs TB. TFTC.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: Alibags (with a little help from her friends!)
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCM44J
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Did this on the way back from St. Albans - headed towards Amersham as I had some solved puzzle caches I wanted to find.
First ammo can we've found, sadly looks like the latch is broken. Well hidden. GPSr was leading us about 10m into the nearby field but the hint was good enough.
Dropped Pirate TB, didn't see Jamtubs TB. TFTC.[font=Verdana]
Thursday 8 October 2009
GC143RE: Short back and sides
Found on 2009-10-08 at 19:00:00
Placed by: frozboz
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC143RE
[font=Trebuchet Ms]GPSr sending me everywhere due to what I call the 'London effect' - worse than a forest full of trees.
First it lead me right in front of the office building nearby, and for about 10 mins I dodged muggles leaving work shining my keyring light into the foilage there. Hints weren't helping at this point obviously until I read them over again slowly. Then I moved up the path to the gardens.
Once again I tried applying the method described in the hints and came up with nothing. I headed down into the gardens to get a look from the other side of the wall and found a homeless guys stash hidden under there. Decided to make like a tree and split before homeless guy came back - did not TNLNSL.
I was about to call it quits when I took another look over the road and it dawned on me where I was going wrong. Perhaps this is because it was already really dark so it wasn't immediately obvious.
Tried several spots in this ivy mullet, now taxis had turned up at the office buildings but the drivers didn't seem vaguely interested in what I was doing. Still couldn't find the cache - even applying now both methods described in the hints.
Once again I was about to give up when I decided to have one last try and broaden my search - found it almost immediately - I'd say that your methods described for finding the cache are now wildly off, but it's probably moved along from its original location - there are obvious signs of the visits from other cachers too.
TNLNSL. Last cache for this evening, better get home now as the other half of _TeamFitz_ calling on my mobile wondering where I got to.
I was half expecting the anti-terror squad to turn up since I don't know how many security cameras I was under tonight carrying an electronic device, a large backpack and going back and forth looking under handrails, walls covered with ivy, fences and outside office buildings.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: frozboz
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC143RE
[font=Trebuchet Ms]GPSr sending me everywhere due to what I call the 'London effect' - worse than a forest full of trees.
First it lead me right in front of the office building nearby, and for about 10 mins I dodged muggles leaving work shining my keyring light into the foilage there. Hints weren't helping at this point obviously until I read them over again slowly. Then I moved up the path to the gardens.
Once again I tried applying the method described in the hints and came up with nothing. I headed down into the gardens to get a look from the other side of the wall and found a homeless guys stash hidden under there. Decided to make like a tree and split before homeless guy came back - did not TNLNSL.
I was about to call it quits when I took another look over the road and it dawned on me where I was going wrong. Perhaps this is because it was already really dark so it wasn't immediately obvious.
Tried several spots in this ivy mullet, now taxis had turned up at the office buildings but the drivers didn't seem vaguely interested in what I was doing. Still couldn't find the cache - even applying now both methods described in the hints.
Once again I was about to give up when I decided to have one last try and broaden my search - found it almost immediately - I'd say that your methods described for finding the cache are now wildly off, but it's probably moved along from its original location - there are obvious signs of the visits from other cachers too.
TNLNSL. Last cache for this evening, better get home now as the other half of _TeamFitz_ calling on my mobile wondering where I got to.
I was half expecting the anti-terror squad to turn up since I don't know how many security cameras I was under tonight carrying an electronic device, a large backpack and going back and forth looking under handrails, walls covered with ivy, fences and outside office buildings.[font=Verdana]
GCGBGB: Last Delivery (London)
Found on 2009-10-08 at 19:00:00
Placed by: purple_pineapple (adopted from Jessex)
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCGBGB
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Decided to take a little diversion on the way out of work to do some caching. Funnily enough this is the first cache I'm doing since changing my name, but missing the other half of _TeamFitz_.
Had to rely on the hint as GPSr had the 'London effect' and was zinging me over to the wrong end of the park. Quick and easy find, took Pirate and Croc TBs.
Nice park, didn't see much of it though as night had already fallen by time I did this - few muggles though which is a plus.
TFTC.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: purple_pineapple (adopted from Jessex)
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCGBGB
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Decided to take a little diversion on the way out of work to do some caching. Funnily enough this is the first cache I'm doing since changing my name, but missing the other half of _TeamFitz_.
Had to rely on the hint as GPSr had the 'London effect' and was zinging me over to the wrong end of the park. Quick and easy find, took Pirate and Croc TBs.
Nice park, didn't see much of it though as night had already fallen by time I did this - few muggles though which is a plus.
TFTC.[font=Verdana]
Wednesday 7 October 2009
Wes Fitzpatrick Attempts to Lasso the Hydra
I've enjoyed my experimentations with social media so far, but have found it's gotten rather out of hand and beyond my control. It's important to have an online presence, but there needs to be some kind of focus which draws it all in.
Contrary to popular theory, there are quite a few Wes Fitzpatricks out there on the interwebs and I don't want the casual googler to become confused. I have no idea what the other Wes Fitzpatricks will make of this blog, particularly if it rises in search ranking. Not my intention of course, my intention is only to collate the bits that belong to me and of course reduce confusion.
This is the first post, I started it late and I'm a little tired. There's a lot more I want to say and a lot more coherently, so I'm not sure if this post will stay.
Contrary to popular theory, there are quite a few Wes Fitzpatricks out there on the interwebs and I don't want the casual googler to become confused. I have no idea what the other Wes Fitzpatricks will make of this blog, particularly if it rises in search ranking. Not my intention of course, my intention is only to collate the bits that belong to me and of course reduce confusion.
This is the first post, I started it late and I'm a little tired. There's a lot more I want to say and a lot more coherently, so I'm not sure if this post will stay.
Monday 5 October 2009
GC1ZGG6: Coal Post #52
Found on 2009-10-05 at 19:00:00
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ZGG6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]~*~ FTF ~*~ [:D]
Well I've been seeing these Coal Posts popping up all over the place and was in the mood for the hunt. Got the notification on my BB on the tube heading home so I quickly changed, grabbed my GPSr and loaded the coords and headed out.
What I didn't realise is that the wife left me with an empty tank, so the light was blinking yellow as I raced for this one but I decided not to stop for petrol and glad I didn't now. Parked in Rofand Rd first but I don't know the area and couldn't see a footpath so I ended up driving round to Sandy Lodge Way and approached over the tube lines.
Very dark, had my head-torch on, got to GZ and was confused for a moment - but I didn't read the description properly. At this point I decided to call and leave a text message for the wife.. in case they need to find my body later I told her I was headed for Coalpost 52.
Anyway, reread the description - thank God for mobiles and EDGE - and quickly located the large rusty Coalpost, it was then only a short time after that I got the cache!
Signed the log, noticed the other coords written on there - is this for some kind of bonus? Anyway as I was taking some pictures lo and behold I saw another flashlight approaching and guessed it might be a cacher. We did the secret geocaching signal and it was of course [b]TrainSPLOTer[/b].[font=Verdana]
Also trod in dog poop again, I don't know how I do it but I'm a magnet for the stuff. GZ now fully saturated with the smell due to my wiping and spreading it all over in a frantic attempt to remove the substance from the sole of my boot - sorry about that.
TFTC!
Dipping Rav4, it got me there in time and on fumes!
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ZGG6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]~*~ FTF ~*~ [:D]
Well I've been seeing these Coal Posts popping up all over the place and was in the mood for the hunt. Got the notification on my BB on the tube heading home so I quickly changed, grabbed my GPSr and loaded the coords and headed out.
What I didn't realise is that the wife left me with an empty tank, so the light was blinking yellow as I raced for this one but I decided not to stop for petrol and glad I didn't now. Parked in Rofand Rd first but I don't know the area and couldn't see a footpath so I ended up driving round to Sandy Lodge Way and approached over the tube lines.
Very dark, had my head-torch on, got to GZ and was confused for a moment - but I didn't read the description properly. At this point I decided to call and leave a text message for the wife.. in case they need to find my body later I told her I was headed for Coalpost 52.
Anyway, reread the description - thank God for mobiles and EDGE - and quickly located the large rusty Coalpost, it was then only a short time after that I got the cache!
Signed the log, noticed the other coords written on there - is this for some kind of bonus? Anyway as I was taking some pictures lo and behold I saw another flashlight approaching and guessed it might be a cacher. We did the secret geocaching signal and it was of course [b]TrainSPLOTer[/b].[font=Verdana]
Also trod in dog poop again, I don't know how I do it but I'm a magnet for the stuff. GZ now fully saturated with the smell due to my wiping and spreading it all over in a frantic attempt to remove the substance from the sole of my boot - sorry about that.
TFTC!
Dipping Rav4, it got me there in time and on fumes!
Saturday 3 October 2009
GC118F6: Gray's Inn
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: goldpot
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC118F6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found in the evening whilst doing the tourist thing in London with my sister in law.
Quite easy to identify given the title hint but on finding the container it contained a mischievous message which had us scratching our heads and wondering if this was some kind of puzzle or joke.
Thanks to Goldpot for confirming we found this one! Didn't sign log for obvious reasons.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: goldpot
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC118F6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found in the evening whilst doing the tourist thing in London with my sister in law.
Quite easy to identify given the title hint but on finding the container it contained a mischievous message which had us scratching our heads and wondering if this was some kind of puzzle or joke.
Thanks to Goldpot for confirming we found this one! Didn't sign log for obvious reasons.[font=Verdana]
GC1D3FT: Poetry Please - St Giles-in-the-Fields
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Superdale
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1D3FT
[font=Trebuchet Ms]As I was approaching GZ I noticed 2 muggles one sitting on the bench and the other on the concrete slabs behind stood up and looked at me as I approached. The second muggle then spoke and it turns out he was another geocacher (zetolas) who had got there 5 minutes ago.
We both searched around for a few minutes before coming to the conclusion it was where the muggle was sitting with his headphones on eating lunch. We sat down nearby and talked and waited till the muggle finished his lunch then took off, and it was then spotted immediately.
Swapped TBs and Geocoins with [b]zetolas[/b], will 'drop' Cornish Bear TB and Snappy The Thai Croc TB for the mileage.
Also dipping Prague GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:16:15 AM.]
Placed by: Superdale
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1D3FT
[font=Trebuchet Ms]As I was approaching GZ I noticed 2 muggles one sitting on the bench and the other on the concrete slabs behind stood up and looked at me as I approached. The second muggle then spoke and it turns out he was another geocacher (zetolas) who had got there 5 minutes ago.
We both searched around for a few minutes before coming to the conclusion it was where the muggle was sitting with his headphones on eating lunch. We sat down nearby and talked and waited till the muggle finished his lunch then took off, and it was then spotted immediately.
Swapped TBs and Geocoins with [b]zetolas[/b], will 'drop' Cornish Bear TB and Snappy The Thai Croc TB for the mileage.
Also dipping Prague GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:16:15 AM.]
GC1KKMR: West End Trail - Back on the grid.....
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKMR
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Fairly easy one to spot, but tough retrieval. Like the previous finder, I found browsing the services of the nearby shop useful whilst I made the grab.
No fan of the the TV show or the NWO but definitely a large building with lots of interesting symbols on it - certainly one for conspiracy theorists.
Dipping Canadian Tourist GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:17:03 AM.]
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKMR
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Fairly easy one to spot, but tough retrieval. Like the previous finder, I found browsing the services of the nearby shop useful whilst I made the grab.
No fan of the the TV show or the NWO but definitely a large building with lots of interesting symbols on it - certainly one for conspiracy theorists.
Dipping Canadian Tourist GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:17:03 AM.]
GC1N1QH: Last Man Standing II
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Iron Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1N1QH
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Very bold hide, found by my sister-in-law who is visiting from Canada as we were headed to Covent Garden for drinks.
What's funny is that she had stopped to look at this before we moved on and I assumed my GPSr was leading me to the alley just beyond and round the back. But the GPSr then decided to play nice and lead us right back onto the street at this point my s-i-l had a lightbulb moment with the title and it was then found very quickly! [:P]
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:18:23 AM.]
Placed by: Iron Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1N1QH
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Very bold hide, found by my sister-in-law who is visiting from Canada as we were headed to Covent Garden for drinks.
What's funny is that she had stopped to look at this before we moved on and I assumed my GPSr was leading me to the alley just beyond and round the back. But the GPSr then decided to play nice and lead us right back onto the street at this point my s-i-l had a lightbulb moment with the title and it was then found very quickly! [:P]
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:18:23 AM.]
GCG42B: aiii que dolor
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gorka115
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCG42B
Came into London today with visiting sister-in-law so she could do the tourist thing. I was quite nerded out by the time I reached this cache as we had been to the British Library and had been looking at some of the 1000+ year old texts there as well as some of the ones written by people who lived in London 100-200 years ago.
Dropped off s-i-l at British Museum and anyway, didn't realise I was about to be given another history tour!
Definitely a productive area, maybe something in the water in these parts? It's astounding that over 100 years ago all these intelligent and artistic minds lived in one place and literally changed the world with their ideas and inventions... and what does London produce now? Egotistical popstars, desperate Z-listers and a celebrity obsessed culture. Where did it all go wrong?
Placed by: Gorka115
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCG42B
Came into London today with visiting sister-in-law so she could do the tourist thing. I was quite nerded out by the time I reached this cache as we had been to the British Library and had been looking at some of the 1000+ year old texts there as well as some of the ones written by people who lived in London 100-200 years ago.
Dropped off s-i-l at British Museum and anyway, didn't realise I was about to be given another history tour!
Definitely a productive area, maybe something in the water in these parts? It's astounding that over 100 years ago all these intelligent and artistic minds lived in one place and literally changed the world with their ideas and inventions... and what does London produce now? Egotistical popstars, desperate Z-listers and a celebrity obsessed culture. Where did it all go wrong?
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