Found on 2009-12-27 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Team Balders
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1HA7W
This cache marks the end of a months caching drought for us! I don't know what it is about Christmas but things just get busy and before you know it you're gorging yourself on roast dinner with turkey and Terry's chocolate oranges.
We did this on a drive back through Corley to my mums house in Bedworth. Good location for a quick Cn'D, also had 2 TBs but sadly due to the small size of the container they wouldn't fit in.
Dipping Rav4 TB.
Sunday 27 December 2009
GC1HZX7: Astley micro
Found on 2009-12-27 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Barking Frog
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1HZX7
After the muddy adventure of the last cache (Seeswood Search GC2103E) I was just barely able to convince Mrs Fitz to stop for this last one to make it #200. As we parked on the grass opposite I asked her if she wanted to search with me and she replied rather sullenly only if I looked up the hint before we got out the car.
Well, it was quite an adventure making our way across the road in the dark I can tell you - we really had to concentrate on listening for cars as well as looking out for the tell-tale headlights. Took a while to search for this one in the dark as the coords were a bit fuzzy and seemed to point to the log that looks like a bench out front. I let the wife search the location whilst I was looking elsewhere but her normally sharp geosense had failed her on this occasion and I found it when she moved over and let me get in.
Thanks for the adventure! Dipping Rav4 TB.
Placed by: Barking Frog
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1HZX7
After the muddy adventure of the last cache (Seeswood Search GC2103E) I was just barely able to convince Mrs Fitz to stop for this last one to make it #200. As we parked on the grass opposite I asked her if she wanted to search with me and she replied rather sullenly only if I looked up the hint before we got out the car.
Well, it was quite an adventure making our way across the road in the dark I can tell you - we really had to concentrate on listening for cars as well as looking out for the tell-tale headlights. Took a while to search for this one in the dark as the coords were a bit fuzzy and seemed to point to the log that looks like a bench out front. I let the wife search the location whilst I was looking elsewhere but her normally sharp geosense had failed her on this occasion and I found it when she moved over and let me get in.
Thanks for the adventure! Dipping Rav4 TB.
GC2103E: Seeswood Search
Found on 2009-12-27 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Hillhappy1
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2103E
We were now headed back home to Watford after a few days with the family in Bedworth so this was the 3rd cache of the day but 2nd night cache after Bring on the Clowns (GC226RE).
We were driving via Arbury Road and looking at the GPSr I could see it was going to be 1/2 a km so maybe half an hour, so it wasn't much to convince the wife to stop and do this one. However, picking the middle of the night in the middle of winter is not the smartest time to do this cache.
Parked in the suggested location and worried a bit about leaving the car but it proved ok in the end. We headed down the logical footpath thinking this was probably going to be an easy trek, but then the footpath abruptly ends and leads you into a giant muddy field! It was my stupid idea to follow the stream around the edges of the field so we got out feat and jeans thoroughly muddy and soaked through. Not so much a problem for me wearing worn out boots, but for my wife who cried out "I'm not wearing the right shoes for this! These are my best boots!" Being the good sport she is, she was happy to carry on, it was a bit late now anyway since they were already caked with mud.
Then I finally had a lightbulb moment and decided to try the middle of the field which wasn't so bad, it was wet but the ground didn't suck you in with squelches as you moved over it - also we avoided the hazard of the electrified fence which my wife was kind enough to point out before I grabbed it for balance.
After crossing into the next field and going through one more muddy patch we finally made our way towards this nicely placed cache. It was a beautiful night at least, clear sky and the moon providing much of the light for us. We could see the outline of the trees on the horizon of the next field, unfortunately we don't have a good enough camera to capture the moment - but there's an idea for next Christmas!
Took the Florida Travel Bear TB, unfortunately, due to the small size of this cache I was unable to leave any of the TBs I had with me, but it was an enjoyable trek nonetheless! TFTC!
Placed by: Hillhappy1
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2103E
We were now headed back home to Watford after a few days with the family in Bedworth so this was the 3rd cache of the day but 2nd night cache after Bring on the Clowns (GC226RE).
We were driving via Arbury Road and looking at the GPSr I could see it was going to be 1/2 a km so maybe half an hour, so it wasn't much to convince the wife to stop and do this one. However, picking the middle of the night in the middle of winter is not the smartest time to do this cache.
Parked in the suggested location and worried a bit about leaving the car but it proved ok in the end. We headed down the logical footpath thinking this was probably going to be an easy trek, but then the footpath abruptly ends and leads you into a giant muddy field! It was my stupid idea to follow the stream around the edges of the field so we got out feat and jeans thoroughly muddy and soaked through. Not so much a problem for me wearing worn out boots, but for my wife who cried out "I'm not wearing the right shoes for this! These are my best boots!" Being the good sport she is, she was happy to carry on, it was a bit late now anyway since they were already caked with mud.
Then I finally had a lightbulb moment and decided to try the middle of the field which wasn't so bad, it was wet but the ground didn't suck you in with squelches as you moved over it - also we avoided the hazard of the electrified fence which my wife was kind enough to point out before I grabbed it for balance.
After crossing into the next field and going through one more muddy patch we finally made our way towards this nicely placed cache. It was a beautiful night at least, clear sky and the moon providing much of the light for us. We could see the outline of the trees on the horizon of the next field, unfortunately we don't have a good enough camera to capture the moment - but there's an idea for next Christmas!
Took the Florida Travel Bear TB, unfortunately, due to the small size of this cache I was unable to leave any of the TBs I had with me, but it was an enjoyable trek nonetheless! TFTC!
GC226RE: Bring on the Clowns
Found on 2009-12-27 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Hillhappy1
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC226RE
Arrived at my mums house on Christmas Day and in the evening I managed to steal some time to check out caches in the local area. Surprised to see this puzzle has appeared nearby so I knew I had to have a go at it - which didn't prove too difficult in the end, we even managed to guess a couple without Going Out Or Getting Lost If Not Good ANSWERS.
Anyway, did this one in the dark, parked at the beginning of the road which it outside a farm where I used to deliver a paper on my paper round. This used to be the hardest part of my paper round because I'd deliver all round Collycroft estate, then I'd have to cycle or walk all the way up Coventry / Nuneaton Rd to deliver one paper to this farm and one to a house across the road. I even remember when Bermuda was just a waste ground before they built the Cinema, Fitness club, pubs and restaurants. It was quite exciting for us Bedworth folk at the time, especially since I was still a teenager and still didn't have a car. Yeah so this cache brought back some memories oddly enough.
Anyway, you can tell the hider of this cache is real clown.... thanks for giving me and my wife a cache that made us laugh. [:o)]
Placed by: Hillhappy1
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC226RE
Arrived at my mums house on Christmas Day and in the evening I managed to steal some time to check out caches in the local area. Surprised to see this puzzle has appeared nearby so I knew I had to have a go at it - which didn't prove too difficult in the end, we even managed to guess a couple without Going Out Or Getting Lost If Not Good ANSWERS.
Anyway, did this one in the dark, parked at the beginning of the road which it outside a farm where I used to deliver a paper on my paper round. This used to be the hardest part of my paper round because I'd deliver all round Collycroft estate, then I'd have to cycle or walk all the way up Coventry / Nuneaton Rd to deliver one paper to this farm and one to a house across the road. I even remember when Bermuda was just a waste ground before they built the Cinema, Fitness club, pubs and restaurants. It was quite exciting for us Bedworth folk at the time, especially since I was still a teenager and still didn't have a car. Yeah so this cache brought back some memories oddly enough.
Anyway, you can tell the hider of this cache is real clown.... thanks for giving me and my wife a cache that made us laugh. [:o)]
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Thursday 10 December 2009
OpenStreetMap for Short Trips and Holidays with GPS
Last week I took my wife to Prague Where we enjoyed the Christmas markets and caught up with our Czech friends.
I had brought my Garmin along with Western Europe maps installed looking forward to trying out a few of the caches there. To my surprise, but more to my ignorance, The Western maps do not seem to extend as far as the Czech Republic, so there I was looking at a blank map background.
Thankfully, I did manage to pack the trusty netbook, and the hotel had a free wired Tubes connection so I fired it up and got looking for an OpenStreetMap image file.
A few minutes of googling and I was able to find this site, which provided a free routable gmapsupp.img file of the Czech Republic. Simply connected my Garmin, renamed the original gmapsupp.img and replaced it with this one and we were up and running with routable street names in no time!
the OSM wiki actually maintains a list of Garmin download sites around the world, which is perfect if you're ever planning a short/holiday trips and don't want to fork out for expensive proprietary maps.
I hadn't really got interested in the OSM project before now, but I must admit, it makes me feel like getting my GPSr out and contributing if I find some spare time.
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I had brought my Garmin along with Western Europe maps installed looking forward to trying out a few of the caches there. To my surprise, but more to my ignorance, The Western maps do not seem to extend as far as the Czech Republic, so there I was looking at a blank map background.
Thankfully, I did manage to pack the trusty netbook, and the hotel had a free wired Tubes connection so I fired it up and got looking for an OpenStreetMap image file.
A few minutes of googling and I was able to find this site, which provided a free routable gmapsupp.img file of the Czech Republic. Simply connected my Garmin, renamed the original gmapsupp.img and replaced it with this one and we were up and running with routable street names in no time!
the OSM wiki actually maintains a list of Garmin download sites around the world, which is perfect if you're ever planning a short/holiday trips and don't want to fork out for expensive proprietary maps.
I hadn't really got interested in the OSM project before now, but I must admit, it makes me feel like getting my GPSr out and contributing if I find some spare time.
View Larger Map
Saturday 5 December 2009
GC18YJ0: Tancici Dum / Dancing House
Found on 2009-12-05 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Luckyn
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC18YJ0
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Our friends Radek and Marcie were visiting from Eastern Czech Rep. for the day brought us to the Dancing House and I noticed there was a cache here!
Really like the architecture of the city and this is a such a unique and twisted building!
Great cache container too - not a micro, though was a bit concerned about the loose magnet and the cover which looked as though it would pop off at any moment (but it seems to hold).
I had a TB to leave but one of the old log books was too large and taking up room so I took this out and now have it my possession - will email the CO.
IN: Catamaran TB
OUT: Logbook
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Luckyn
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC18YJ0
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Our friends Radek and Marcie were visiting from Eastern Czech Rep. for the day brought us to the Dancing House and I noticed there was a cache here!
Really like the architecture of the city and this is a such a unique and twisted building!
Great cache container too - not a micro, though was a bit concerned about the loose magnet and the cover which looked as though it would pop off at any moment (but it seems to hold).
I had a TB to leave but one of the old log books was too large and taking up room so I took this out and now have it my possession - will email the CO.
IN: Catamaran TB
OUT: Logbook
TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC1F804: Haskova rodna hrouda
Found on 2009-12-05 at 20:00:00
Placed by: flyalot
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1F804
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Last cache in Prague on the way back to our hotel.
It's amazing what places you are unaware of when visiting a foreign city, thanks for the history write up (I used Google translate).
Cache was easy to find under cover of darkness. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: flyalot
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1F804
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Last cache in Prague on the way back to our hotel.
It's amazing what places you are unaware of when visiting a foreign city, thanks for the history write up (I used Google translate).
Cache was easy to find under cover of darkness. TFTC![font=Verdana]
GCT7GM: United Islands of Prague No.6
Found on 2009-12-05 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Dorcadion Team
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCT7GM
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Our last day in Prague. Our friends Radek and Marcie visited us from the Eastern side of Czech Rep. for the day. They took us over the West side of the City to see the views and we showed them this geocache and explained the sport.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Dorcadion Team
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCT7GM
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Our last day in Prague. Our friends Radek and Marcie visited us from the Eastern side of Czech Rep. for the day. They took us over the West side of the City to see the views and we showed them this geocache and explained the sport.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Friday 4 December 2009
GCYYE5: Old Limnigraph
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCYYE5
[font=Trebuchet Ms]I was a bit confused at first because I thought we were looking for a small size container, but this was soon located after using a bit of geosense.
Thanks for showing us an interesting building and a bit of history, log was a bit damp.
Dipping Catamaran TB (too big to drop), TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCYYE5
[font=Trebuchet Ms]I was a bit confused at first because I thought we were looking for a small size container, but this was soon located after using a bit of geosense.
Thanks for showing us an interesting building and a bit of history, log was a bit damp.
Dipping Catamaran TB (too big to drop), TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC10677: #1 Reynevan w Czechach / Bohuslavsky spital
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: RaRoch
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC10677
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Last one of the evening. GPSr took a while to settle but did eventually take us to the right place.
Not so pleasant hunt for this cache, it evaded us for a while until feeling around Mrs Fitz finally laid her fingers on it.
FYI, your En hint translation is garbled, but good work on translating the description. I have never heard of Reynevan but at least it helps to make sense of the placement of this cache.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: RaRoch
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC10677
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Last one of the evening. GPSr took a while to settle but did eventually take us to the right place.
Not so pleasant hunt for this cache, it evaded us for a while until feeling around Mrs Fitz finally laid her fingers on it.
FYI, your En hint translation is garbled, but good work on translating the description. I have never heard of Reynevan but at least it helps to make sense of the placement of this cache.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC14WV8: Terezka
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: termiter.cz
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC14WV8
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Very interesting out-of-the way bit of Prague history! It's too bad that this fountain is not well kept, but at least the original is safe.
The cache didn't elude us for long, like the camo job on this! A large tourist group turned up just as we were signing the log so had to wait a while and use stealth whilst replacing it.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: termiter.cz
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC14WV8
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Very interesting out-of-the way bit of Prague history! It's too bad that this fountain is not well kept, but at least the original is safe.
The cache didn't elude us for long, like the camo job on this! A large tourist group turned up just as we were signing the log so had to wait a while and use stealth whilst replacing it.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC189E5: Prague bridges 1 - Karluv most
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Benjo5
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC189E5
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Another good camo effort on this one. Easily found by looking for something that seems slightly out of place.
Thanks for the write-up on the history of the bridge. I remember watching the floods of the river a few years ago during that bad winter. It's nice that this bridge has been standing all these hundreds of years and is a testament to the effort and work of the original builders.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Benjo5
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC189E5
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Another good camo effort on this one. Easily found by looking for something that seems slightly out of place.
Thanks for the write-up on the history of the bridge. I remember watching the floods of the river a few years ago during that bad winter. It's nice that this bridge has been standing all these hundreds of years and is a testament to the effort and work of the original builders.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC19TTC: RIVERSIDE
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Mistr Dp.man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC19TTC
[font=Trebuchet Ms]GPSr was sending us all over the place until it finally settled next to the sign-pole. We looked around the wall and any holes we could find but found nothing.
Then I suggested to Mrs Fitz we try another place, since we've done a few caches like this now - and it turned out to be another cleverly hidden cache, but these no longer escape us now!
Didn't see any of the TBs listed. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Mistr Dp.man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC19TTC
[font=Trebuchet Ms]GPSr was sending us all over the place until it finally settled next to the sign-pole. We looked around the wall and any holes we could find but found nothing.
Then I suggested to Mrs Fitz we try another place, since we've done a few caches like this now - and it turned out to be another cleverly hidden cache, but these no longer escape us now!
Didn't see any of the TBs listed. TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC1AHY3: Stavovske divadlo / The Estates Theatre
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Mistr Dp.man
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1AHY3
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Took us a while to find this one as the batteries were low in the Garmin and it was sending us all over the place.
A quick look at the hint and a bit of thinking, soon had the cache in hand.
Thanks for showing us the Theatre and the bit of history behind it![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Mistr Dp.man
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1AHY3
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Took us a while to find this one as the batteries were low in the Garmin and it was sending us all over the place.
A quick look at the hint and a bit of thinking, soon had the cache in hand.
Thanks for showing us the Theatre and the bit of history behind it![font=Verdana]
GC1GZK1: Prazske legendy - O kostlivci s hrebem v hlave
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: M+B adopted krtekgps
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1GZK1
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found this one on the way to the castle, we didn't venture in to search for the skeleton however as it was getting a little dark and we still had some places we wanted to visit.
Another great story that we wouldn't have known about, if we get the chance we may come back to explore this more.
Cache was extracted easily enough. Few lurkers around but they didn't really notice us or what we were doing. It's easy to pretend you're looking at the information board! TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: M+B adopted krtekgps
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1GZK1
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found this one on the way to the castle, we didn't venture in to search for the skeleton however as it was getting a little dark and we still had some places we wanted to visit.
Another great story that we wouldn't have known about, if we get the chance we may come back to explore this more.
Cache was extracted easily enough. Few lurkers around but they didn't really notice us or what we were doing. It's easy to pretend you're looking at the information board! TFTC![font=Verdana]
GC1WAB7: Jindrich a Maria
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 3.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1WAB7
[font=Trebuchet Ms]
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We attempted this one last night, but didn't realise it was actually in the tower itself! Amazing because in the UK I know a cache like this would never get published, bravo!
We paid at the door and took a trip to the top too see the view of all Prague. We then made our way down the steps and started looking once we got below the restaurant level. However, this was tricky with little info to go on for us English speakers.
It was then that I wondered if the hint had been lost in translation, and so we headed back up the steps and after a little searching in the right places, located the cache!
On the way down we checked out the large nativity scenes that had been created with all the tiny models - such a great display.
IN: Garmin Visit UK GC, Moscow Russia Ingot GC, Speedy Slug GC.
OUT: Nothing
Thanks for bringing us here!
FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS: Out of courtesy I will offer a better English translation of your hint encrypted here if that's ok:
]
Above restaurant level, not under.[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 1:49:43 PM.]
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 3.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1WAB7
[font=Trebuchet Ms]
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We attempted this one last night, but didn't realise it was actually in the tower itself! Amazing because in the UK I know a cache like this would never get published, bravo!
We paid at the door and took a trip to the top too see the view of all Prague. We then made our way down the steps and started looking once we got below the restaurant level. However, this was tricky with little info to go on for us English speakers.
It was then that I wondered if the hint had been lost in translation, and so we headed back up the steps and after a little searching in the right places, located the cache!
On the way down we checked out the large nativity scenes that had been created with all the tiny models - such a great display.
IN: Garmin Visit UK GC, Moscow Russia Ingot GC, Speedy Slug GC.
OUT: Nothing
Thanks for bringing us here!
FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS: Out of courtesy I will offer a better English translation of your hint encrypted here if that's ok:
]
Above restaurant level, not under.[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 1:49:43 PM.]
GCF496: Cache my Czech (Prague)
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: CARGOLAX
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCF496
[font=Trebuchet Ms]I've been to Prague 3 times and I still haven't figured out why people come up and touch the dog and the boy who seems to be falling into the waters..... it would be nice to have a write up on this cache page!
FWIW I think all the tourists touching these spots are daft and have always refused to do it myself. I always think wouldn't it be funny if someone came along overnight and washed and scrubbed the whole plates so there was no shiny spots anymore?
Anyway, I think I'll google that now and find out what's going on here![font=Verdana]
Placed by: CARGOLAX
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCF496
[font=Trebuchet Ms]I've been to Prague 3 times and I still haven't figured out why people come up and touch the dog and the boy who seems to be falling into the waters..... it would be nice to have a write up on this cache page!
FWIW I think all the tourists touching these spots are daft and have always refused to do it myself. I always think wouldn't it be funny if someone came along overnight and washed and scrubbed the whole plates so there was no shiny spots anymore?
Anyway, I think I'll google that now and find out what's going on here![font=Verdana]
GCKN5P: Vaclavak / Wenceslas square
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Bludicka & Pitr & Jita
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 4 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCKN5P
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found easily, a few roamers around but much trickier to put back.
Great view of Wenceslas Square. I took watch and made sure none of the lurkers were looking whilst Mrs Fitz replaced the cache.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Bludicka & Pitr & Jita
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 4 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCKN5P
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found easily, a few roamers around but much trickier to put back.
Great view of Wenceslas Square. I took watch and made sure none of the lurkers were looking whilst Mrs Fitz replaced the cache.
TFTC![font=Verdana]
GCVNTM: Prague Tribute
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Saman
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCVNTM
[font=Trebuchet Ms]We bought our tickets but decided to view see the video before going up which filled us in on the great history of of the Charles Bridge, I never realised the significance of the number of crabs, King Charles motivation for building the bridge and the importance of St Vitus.
The cache was not too difficult to find, great view from here, I have been up the tower before but never realised there was a cache here before I started Geocaching.
Didn't see the GC listed in the cache, sorry.
IN: Dave & Jens Prague GC
OUT: Nothing
Dipped: Camo Duck TB, Teach Me History (just too large to leave)
TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Saman
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCVNTM
[font=Trebuchet Ms]We bought our tickets but decided to view see the video before going up which filled us in on the great history of of the Charles Bridge, I never realised the significance of the number of crabs, King Charles motivation for building the bridge and the importance of St Vitus.
The cache was not too difficult to find, great view from here, I have been up the tower before but never realised there was a cache here before I started Geocaching.
Didn't see the GC listed in the cache, sorry.
IN: Dave & Jens Prague GC
OUT: Nothing
Dipped: Camo Duck TB, Teach Me History (just too large to leave)
TFTC![font=Verdana]
GCWH1A: Smallest House of Prague
Found on 2009-12-04 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCWH1A
[font=Trebuchet Ms]This was much more difficult to find than I think is intended.
The GPSr was leading us all over the place, till it finally settled on the right spot, however, we didn't have much time to search as a group of lurkers came out of the nearby pub for a 20 minute smoke and chit chat.
We waited up the road, thankfully they didn't notice us and as soon as they were finally gone back inside we headed to the spot and shortly after found the cache. Nice to see another non-micro container but still a bit too small for the TBs we have with us.
Interesting house, shall have to google for more about this one. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCWH1A
[font=Trebuchet Ms]This was much more difficult to find than I think is intended.
The GPSr was leading us all over the place, till it finally settled on the right spot, however, we didn't have much time to search as a group of lurkers came out of the nearby pub for a 20 minute smoke and chit chat.
We waited up the road, thankfully they didn't notice us and as soon as they were finally gone back inside we headed to the spot and shortly after found the cache. Nice to see another non-micro container but still a bit too small for the TBs we have with us.
Interesting house, shall have to google for more about this one. TFTC![font=Verdana]
Thursday 3 December 2009
GC1GC4H: Prazske legendy - O Lokytkovi
Found on 2009-12-03 at 20:00:00
Placed by: M+B adopted krtekgps
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1GC4H
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Ahoy! from England.
Found on the way back to our hotel. Interesting legend, it's nice to learn something they don't tell you in the tourist brochures, thanks for sharing it.
Also clever hide, but didn't evade us for too long. Thanks for the Cache![font=Verdana]
Placed by: M+B adopted krtekgps
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1GC4H
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Ahoy! from England.
Found on the way back to our hotel. Interesting legend, it's nice to learn something they don't tell you in the tourist brochures, thanks for sharing it.
Also clever hide, but didn't evade us for too long. Thanks for the Cache![font=Verdana]
GC1W8GA: Ucastnici zajezdu
Found on 2009-12-03 at 20:00:00
Placed by: MajcoS&MilikS
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1W8GA
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Ahoy! from England.
_TeamFitz_ are visiting Prague for a few days, first time visiting together as a married couple. Staying in nearby Hotel Lunik.
Mrs Fitz understands a little Slovak, but unfortunately we don't get the film references - did this place feature in a scene?
Anyway, after a short hunt, we used our geosense and were able to locate the cache. It helps that we've seen a few like this now.
First cache in Prague/Czech Rep. Thanks for the Cache![font=Verdana]
Placed by: MajcoS&MilikS
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC1W8GA
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Ahoy! from England.
_TeamFitz_ are visiting Prague for a few days, first time visiting together as a married couple. Staying in nearby Hotel Lunik.
Mrs Fitz understands a little Slovak, but unfortunately we don't get the film references - did this place feature in a scene?
Anyway, after a short hunt, we used our geosense and were able to locate the cache. It helps that we've seen a few like this now.
First cache in Prague/Czech Rep. Thanks for the Cache![font=Verdana]
GC6F37: Prague, Stare Mesto
Found on 2009-12-03 at 20:00:00
Placed by: John Stead
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC6F37
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found this one whilst we were visiting the Christmas markets in the square.
Had the GPSr on and was doing the tourist thing whilst watching for nearby caches and realised we were standing very near this one. Helped that I had my Cacheberry at the ready for the clues.
Email sent to CO with answers. 3rd time in Prague but first time I've done caching here, love this city particularly in the winter time and the Christmas decorations and celebrations are great!
TFTC! Dipping Canadian Tourist.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: John Stead
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GC6F37
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found this one whilst we were visiting the Christmas markets in the square.
Had the GPSr on and was doing the tourist thing whilst watching for nearby caches and realised we were standing very near this one. Helped that I had my Cacheberry at the ready for the clues.
Email sent to CO with answers. 3rd time in Prague but first time I've done caching here, love this city particularly in the winter time and the Christmas decorations and celebrations are great!
TFTC! Dipping Canadian Tourist.[font=Verdana]
GCZT10: Maskaron
Found on 2009-12-03 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCZT10
[font=Trebuchet Ms]This one was spotted by Mrs Fitz quite quickly.
We had just come out of St Giles from a Christmas concert on some very small and hard pews, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable concert.
Had to run your cache page through Google translator to get the history. Very interesting, thanks for the time you spent on writing it up.
Also a nice hide, enough for a geocoin, but I left the geocoins at the hotel doh!
Thanks for the Cache![font=Verdana]
Placed by: Mel-Man
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Geocaching.com: GCZT10
[font=Trebuchet Ms]This one was spotted by Mrs Fitz quite quickly.
We had just come out of St Giles from a Christmas concert on some very small and hard pews, but it was a thoroughly enjoyable concert.
Had to run your cache page through Google translator to get the history. Very interesting, thanks for the time you spent on writing it up.
Also a nice hide, enough for a geocoin, but I left the geocoins at the hotel doh!
Thanks for the Cache![font=Verdana]
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