Found on 2010-08-30
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 5 / Terrain: 5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1F4NV
We completed the 100 a few weekends ago (102 caches to be exact) with a few left over to go back and find. We managed it in 48 hours, so whilst not worthy of the wall of fame, impressive feat on foot if I do say so myself.
It was a fun series in all with many highs and lows: hides, paths and moods.
Plugged in the codes this morning and got the coords, so we were ready and since I'll business travelling next month we decided this was our last shot to go for it before the end of summer (or is already over?).
Headed out late, 5pm and found a place to park in a close just off the main road North of the cache. Headed down into the field and surroundings looked familiar. We got to the end of the field and then it seemed that we'd taken the wrong shortcut. Climbed the farmers gate, only to later realise there was a stile nearby in the corner of the field.
Cache was not difficult to reach but surrounded by nettles and brambles which were hostile to my pale bare legs (knew I shouldn't have wore my shorts). Glad we did not have to walk far for this one (well, actually we did but you know what I mean).
Quick photo op at GZ, admire the tat that is left after all the goodies have been pillaged and we were on our way back to the car.
On the way back I remarked to the wife we should go by No. 50 and see if we could try again... so we did.
Took: Munster GC
Dropped: Travel Bee
Visit: Celebrate Love
Thanks for a great series, which is obviously heck to maintain, but we didn't mind helping out. Now just to sweep up those one's that eluded us!
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Monday, 30 August 2010 at 13:01:48.
Monday 30 August 2010
GC1ER4K: ch050 - Chiltern Hundred, Westdean Lane
Found on 2010-08-30
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 4 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER4K
We originally intended just to come out and do the bonus but this one has been bothering me since we DNF'd so I casually mentioned to Mrs Fitz we should drive by and have another quick look....
On the way over, I got an email alert for smithcox's find, so I felt certain this would be no trouble. Of course, this gave us as much trouble as it had in the dark with torches - 45 minutes later we were frustrated and still cacheless.
We'd searched all the spots we had before, including some obvious and some not so obvious places. We knew from previous logs that we should be looking up but all the climbing and poking yielded no fruit.
I looked at smithcox's log again and even though we found something tool-like hanging off a branch, there wasn't a way we could see that it would prove useful for what we intended and in the end it was a red herring.
We were about to give up (how many times does a geocacher say this in their log eh?) and then Mrs Fitz found something else which could be described as a tool but not something we'd call a tool, but using it and with a bit of help from me, Mrs Fitz was able to try something and.... yes..... it was a cache after all!
Kicking ourselves for this one as we've done so many now. I had looked at this on the first attempt but I also spotted the huge spiders nearby and decided that it just couldn't be. Well, it was. TFTC!
Coords in the description were confusing and seemed to be wildly out, took a reading ourselves, if it's any help to others. The hint is confusing only if you don't know what you're looking for.
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Monday, 30 August 2010 at 13:08:25.
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Monday, 30 August 2010 at 13:09:08.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 4 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER4K
We originally intended just to come out and do the bonus but this one has been bothering me since we DNF'd so I casually mentioned to Mrs Fitz we should drive by and have another quick look....
On the way over, I got an email alert for smithcox's find, so I felt certain this would be no trouble. Of course, this gave us as much trouble as it had in the dark with torches - 45 minutes later we were frustrated and still cacheless.
We'd searched all the spots we had before, including some obvious and some not so obvious places. We knew from previous logs that we should be looking up but all the climbing and poking yielded no fruit.
I looked at smithcox's log again and even though we found something tool-like hanging off a branch, there wasn't a way we could see that it would prove useful for what we intended and in the end it was a red herring.
We were about to give up (how many times does a geocacher say this in their log eh?) and then Mrs Fitz found something else which could be described as a tool but not something we'd call a tool, but using it and with a bit of help from me, Mrs Fitz was able to try something and.... yes..... it was a cache after all!
Kicking ourselves for this one as we've done so many now. I had looked at this on the first attempt but I also spotted the huge spiders nearby and decided that it just couldn't be. Well, it was. TFTC!
Coords in the description were confusing and seemed to be wildly out, took a reading ourselves, if it's any help to others. The hint is confusing only if you don't know what you're looking for.
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Monday, 30 August 2010 at 13:08:25.
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Monday, 30 August 2010 at 13:09:08.
Sunday 29 August 2010
GC219RG: To Boot
Found on 2010-08-29
Placed by: Hillhappy1
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC219RG
Finally found this with Geocritter (my nephew, doesn't have an account) and my non-caching brother!
We DNF'd on this one a long while ago so I emailed HH to check the coords, he advised we were one digit out on the Westings, however the irony is that I realise we had found the correct GZ before, but the number I sent to HH was wrong.
So after checking all along this bank we even went to up to the top of the bridge wondering if it was hid there but no. After looking over previous logs, read a couple of things which gave me us a bit more direction. Headed back to to GZ and this time looked in the less obvious place, after routing around and putting my hand here and there, I finally spotted the thing which was right in front of my face, but had not noticed!
At least Geocritter managed to dodge all the dog****, me and my bro were not so lucky. Geocritter's 4th cache, really loves geocaching and perhaps I'll open a separate account for him soon but he's just a bit young yet to be let run riot on the internets.
Thanks Hillhappy for another excellent cache!
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Sunday, 29 August 2010 at 16:28:24.
Placed by: Hillhappy1
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC219RG
Finally found this with Geocritter (my nephew, doesn't have an account) and my non-caching brother!
We DNF'd on this one a long while ago so I emailed HH to check the coords, he advised we were one digit out on the Westings, however the irony is that I realise we had found the correct GZ before, but the number I sent to HH was wrong.
So after checking all along this bank we even went to up to the top of the bridge wondering if it was hid there but no. After looking over previous logs, read a couple of things which gave me us a bit more direction. Headed back to to GZ and this time looked in the less obvious place, after routing around and putting my hand here and there, I finally spotted the thing which was right in front of my face, but had not noticed!
At least Geocritter managed to dodge all the dog****, me and my bro were not so lucky. Geocritter's 4th cache, really loves geocaching and perhaps I'll open a separate account for him soon but he's just a bit young yet to be let run riot on the internets.
Thanks Hillhappy for another excellent cache!
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Sunday, 29 August 2010 at 16:28:24.
Tuesday 17 August 2010
GC27W7E: Helical Ridges
Found on 2010-08-17
Placed by: Loony Londo
Size: Not chosen (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC27W7E
Actually "found" on 17/8 but just got to logging today (30/8) having time to do research.
After Going Out Or Getting Lost If Not Good answers, found an obscure blog or two, and those led me onto some of the key scientific and trade descriptions. I think I have the correct answers but prepared to accept if I got them wrong - I particularly found the stone masons term of reference difficult to obtain but I think I understand it.
Anyway, I went for this one on my way back from the Saudi Arabian Embassy, after submitting my application for a visa to go there for business. It was grey day which turned a bit wet and I had spent an hour waiting for the embassy to open that morning (open one hour later due to Ramadan). Took a while to locate as I was using solely my Android phone which got me to within 30m of GZ but a quick gaze through the previous logs confirmed my location.
Learned something new again thanks to Geocaching, and got to see the HQ of that paragon (arguably) of financial reporting. Much more satisfying than a couple of Gowalla check-ins!
Won't let me upload an image just now (down for maintenance)... will upload asap.
Placed by: Loony Londo
Size: Not chosen (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC27W7E
Actually "found" on 17/8 but just got to logging today (30/8) having time to do research.
After Going Out Or Getting Lost If Not Good answers, found an obscure blog or two, and those led me onto some of the key scientific and trade descriptions. I think I have the correct answers but prepared to accept if I got them wrong - I particularly found the stone masons term of reference difficult to obtain but I think I understand it.
Anyway, I went for this one on my way back from the Saudi Arabian Embassy, after submitting my application for a visa to go there for business. It was grey day which turned a bit wet and I had spent an hour waiting for the embassy to open that morning (open one hour later due to Ramadan). Took a while to locate as I was using solely my Android phone which got me to within 30m of GZ but a quick gaze through the previous logs confirmed my location.
Learned something new again thanks to Geocaching, and got to see the HQ of that paragon (arguably) of financial reporting. Much more satisfying than a couple of Gowalla check-ins!
Won't let me upload an image just now (down for maintenance)... will upload asap.
Sunday 15 August 2010
GC2BY9Q: Corn Field Cache
Found on 2010-08-15
Placed by: masslehoff
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2BY9Q
We were in the area doing cache maintenance in Cassiobury Park so decided to hit this one whilst we were here. Mrs Fitz found it after we tried the wrong side of the fence, she found a hole she could fit through and disappeared as I walked ahead. Nice large sized container but I hope it survives the winter - maybe a lock n' lock would do here.
Nice walk and a lovely view in the late evening sun, pretty sure this is a wheat field though?
TFTC!
Placed by: masslehoff
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2BY9Q
We were in the area doing cache maintenance in Cassiobury Park so decided to hit this one whilst we were here. Mrs Fitz found it after we tried the wrong side of the fence, she found a hole she could fit through and disappeared as I walked ahead. Nice large sized container but I hope it survives the winter - maybe a lock n' lock would do here.
Nice walk and a lovely view in the late evening sun, pretty sure this is a wheat field though?
TFTC!
Saturday 7 August 2010
GC2A72F: Route 66 - 17 - Yellowstone National Park
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A72F
Final one of the day for us and WCC Crew were impressed with the larger size. Now back to Watford with a sore hiney - must really get a new bicycle seat as the standard one on this is hard, with no suspension!
Thanks for another enjoyable series GUM54!
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A72F
Final one of the day for us and WCC Crew were impressed with the larger size. Now back to Watford with a sore hiney - must really get a new bicycle seat as the standard one on this is hard, with no suspension!
Thanks for another enjoyable series GUM54!
GC2A728: Route 66 - 16 - Montreal
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A728
Seems like the council/highway authorities wanted to cover all bases for walkers, The top of this post has arrows pointing all ways! Will upload a photo later when I get the chance to examine my SD card.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A728
Seems like the council/highway authorities wanted to cover all bases for walkers, The top of this post has arrows pointing all ways! Will upload a photo later when I get the chance to examine my SD card.
GC2A721: Route 66 - 15 - Grand Canyon
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A721
Another one found by TeamNoodle whilst I had walked past it without a thought.
Nice view from here, good view of the M25 and it's STILL a car park on the Northbound!
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A721
Another one found by TeamNoodle whilst I had walked past it without a thought.
Nice view from here, good view of the M25 and it's STILL a car park on the Northbound!
GC2A71V: Route 66 - 14 - Niagara Falls
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A71V
These were getting easier to find now, saw something that was a bit out of place and there the cache was.
Great walk/cycle route here.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A71V
These were getting easier to find now, saw something that was a bit out of place and there the cache was.
Great walk/cycle route here.
GC2A71K: Route 66 - 13 - Empire State Building
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A71K
TeamNoodle found this one whilst we were all looking around the gate. Nice spot and the rain was petering out.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A71K
TeamNoodle found this one whilst we were all looking around the gate. Nice spot and the rain was petering out.
GC2A71D: Route 66 - 12 - Chicago
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A71D
Another trickier find but it did not evade us for long. As we were signing the log the heavens opened and it poured down for about 10 minutes.
Thankfully we were able to take cover under the nearby barn shed. Don't think the farmer would have minded.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A71D
Another trickier find but it did not evade us for long. As we were signing the log the heavens opened and it poured down for about 10 minutes.
Thankfully we were able to take cover under the nearby barn shed. Don't think the farmer would have minded.
GC2A715: Route 66 - 11 - Alcatraz
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A715
Found quickly enough, this was a bit of a busy junction but thankfully no-one got ran over. Still sunny at this point.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A715
Found quickly enough, this was a bit of a busy junction but thankfully no-one got ran over. Still sunny at this point.
GC2A711: Route 66 - 10 - McDonalds - Free Wi-Fi?!
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A711
Ha ha, didn't seem to have a drive thru on this one so no Big Mac and Fries for us!
Spotted the cache easily but let the WCC Crew and TeamNoodle have a go at spotting it.
Log signed then we headed down to the pub for some lunch and a rest stop.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A711
Ha ha, didn't seem to have a drive thru on this one so no Big Mac and Fries for us!
Spotted the cache easily but let the WCC Crew and TeamNoodle have a go at spotting it.
Log signed then we headed down to the pub for some lunch and a rest stop.
GC2A70N: Route 66 - 9 - Slot Canyon
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A70N
Now the name of this one intrigues me as I've never heard of Slot Canyon, neither has Mrs Fitz. Sounds like it's off the tourist trails.
Easy find once again.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A70N
Now the name of this one intrigues me as I've never heard of Slot Canyon, neither has Mrs Fitz. Sounds like it's off the tourist trails.
Easy find once again.
GC2A70G: Route 66 - 8 - California desert
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A70G
We searched quite a while from this one until we discovered that one of the the WCC guys were standing right over it with their bike leaned up against the post!
Again WCC Team very amused at the size.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A70G
We searched quite a while from this one until we discovered that one of the the WCC guys were standing right over it with their bike leaned up against the post!
Again WCC Team very amused at the size.
GC2A6ZN: Route 66 - 7 - Los Angeles
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6ZN
The guys from WCC quite enjoyed this one seeing as they'd never been caching before.
Clever hide but I've seen enough of these now to know!
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6ZN
The guys from WCC quite enjoyed this one seeing as they'd never been caching before.
Clever hide but I've seen enough of these now to know!
GC2A6YB: Route 66 - 6 - Roswell
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6YB
So I guess this is a walking series now I realise there's so many stiles!
Great view from the cache, this one we spread out and were kicking the ground for a bit until one of the guys looked up and spotted it.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6YB
So I guess this is a walking series now I realise there's so many stiles!
Great view from the cache, this one we spread out and were kicking the ground for a bit until one of the guys looked up and spotted it.
GC2A6XV: Route 66 - 5 - Golden Gate Bridge
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6XV
Evaded us for a while, but when you look at the hidey place hard to figure out why - I guess the guys were still getting their geosense.
M25 looking really slow Northbound.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6XV
Evaded us for a while, but when you look at the hidey place hard to figure out why - I guess the guys were still getting their geosense.
M25 looking really slow Northbound.
GC2A6XJ: Route 66 - 4 - Forks
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6XJ
Had to stop and pump up my tires on the way to this one, despite having pumped them up the night before - thankfully they lasted the rest of the way round.
This hide was a bit more inventive but was easily found nonetheless by me this time.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6XJ
Had to stop and pump up my tires on the way to this one, despite having pumped them up the night before - thankfully they lasted the rest of the way round.
This hide was a bit more inventive but was easily found nonetheless by me this time.
GC2A6XB: Route 66 - 3 - Hollywood Boulevard
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6XB
Another one found again quickly by the WCC Team! I forgot how quick it is to do a series on bike.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6XB
Another one found again quickly by the WCC Team! I forgot how quick it is to do a series on bike.
GC2A6WV: Route 66 - 2 - Central Park, NYC
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6WV
I quick ride from #1 this was found by one of the WCC Team. Weather was holding out nicely.
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6WV
I quick ride from #1 this was found by one of the WCC Team. Weather was holding out nicely.
GC2A6V4: Route 66 - 1 - Yosemite National Park
Found on 2010-08-07
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6V4
Out cycling the Route 66 today, came with TeamNoodle and brought a few other non-cachers logged under WCC Team (no account).
I have to say I've only been to the USA once and it wasn't the mainland so most of these places are lost on me but maybe next year I'll plan to visit a friend.
Cycled from Watford and it's the first time I'd been on my bike this year so I was really feeling it, but nice to do a smaller series than the Chesham 100 last weekend!
This was an easy find for TeamNoodle.
Took TB
Left GC
Placed by: GUM54
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2A6V4
Out cycling the Route 66 today, came with TeamNoodle and brought a few other non-cachers logged under WCC Team (no account).
I have to say I've only been to the USA once and it wasn't the mainland so most of these places are lost on me but maybe next year I'll plan to visit a friend.
Cycled from Watford and it's the first time I'd been on my bike this year so I was really feeling it, but nice to do a smaller series than the Chesham 100 last weekend!
This was an easy find for TeamNoodle.
Took TB
Left GC
Sunday 1 August 2010
GC1EWDY: ch108 - Chiltern Hundred, Pednor Bottom West
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDY
Parked up nearby, but we weren't staying - quick find hardly worth a mention really but since this was the last cache we actually found (couldn't find 109) I guess that leaves it to us to thank Dr Solly for his hard work, and for being available for us all weekend to give the code whilst we replaced the missing ones.
There are a few for us to come back for, but I think we have enough for the bonus. I can proudly confirm that now all of the caches we found, bar one, have the bonus codes written somewhere in them or on the log. So a few more people should be able to go for the bonus now!
Thanks for the series! Glad to see those rings disappear (almost)!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDY
Parked up nearby, but we weren't staying - quick find hardly worth a mention really but since this was the last cache we actually found (couldn't find 109) I guess that leaves it to us to thank Dr Solly for his hard work, and for being available for us all weekend to give the code whilst we replaced the missing ones.
There are a few for us to come back for, but I think we have enough for the bonus. I can proudly confirm that now all of the caches we found, bar one, have the bonus codes written somewhere in them or on the log. So a few more people should be able to go for the bonus now!
Thanks for the series! Glad to see those rings disappear (almost)!
GC1EWDK: ch107 - Chiltern Hundred, Pednor Bottom
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDK
Too easy, and Rav4 is definitely the way to go with the hundred - don't know why we didn't think of it earlier!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDK
Too easy, and Rav4 is definitely the way to go with the hundred - don't know why we didn't think of it earlier!
GC1EWDH: ch106 - Chiltern Hundred, Pednor Bottom East
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDH
Now this was a bit trickier, had to spread out a bit before we found it - wasn't quite a high reach - there are others in the 100 which require more of a stretch.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDH
Now this was a bit trickier, had to spread out a bit before we found it - wasn't quite a high reach - there are others in the 100 which require more of a stretch.
GC1EWDB: ch105 - Chiltern Hundred, Pedonr Vale Farm
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDB
We were able to pull up nice and close, it was found and signed before the engine got cold.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWDB
We were able to pull up nice and close, it was found and signed before the engine got cold.
GC1EWD3: ch104 - Chiltern Hundred, Westdean Lane
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWD3
Easy find for Mrs Fitz...
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWD3
Easy find for Mrs Fitz...
GC1EWD0: ch103 - Chiltern Hundred, Westdean Lane view
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWD0
We actually did this one last - the reason being at the time I had no reception on the mobile so I couldn't contact Dr S to confirm a replacement drop.
On the way back, after obtaining the code we stopped quickly in the car and tucked the replacement neatly away in near enough the spot it should be in going by the hint.
On the first time up here though, on foot, we didn't have much time to spare, desperate to relieve ourselves and me personally needing a No. 2 we headed out and decided to get back to the car asap and skip the last of the caches further up.
Finally finding releif in The Bell we resolved to drive the last few caches and give our feet a rest.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWD0
We actually did this one last - the reason being at the time I had no reception on the mobile so I couldn't contact Dr S to confirm a replacement drop.
On the way back, after obtaining the code we stopped quickly in the car and tucked the replacement neatly away in near enough the spot it should be in going by the hint.
On the first time up here though, on foot, we didn't have much time to spare, desperate to relieve ourselves and me personally needing a No. 2 we headed out and decided to get back to the car asap and skip the last of the caches further up.
Finally finding releif in The Bell we resolved to drive the last few caches and give our feet a rest.
GC1EWCT: ch102 - Chiltern Hundred, Wych Elm Farm
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWCT
This one was a little more trickier - it was not in the obvious place nor where the GPSr at first led us, but then I decided to check out the place that didn't look like it had a cachers trail, and I had to drop my rucksack too, there I did find it.
I should mention at this point that we were both now feeling the effects of a large pub meal and drinks and were desperately in need of relief.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWCT
This one was a little more trickier - it was not in the obvious place nor where the GPSr at first led us, but then I decided to check out the place that didn't look like it had a cachers trail, and I had to drop my rucksack too, there I did find it.
I should mention at this point that we were both now feeling the effects of a large pub meal and drinks and were desperately in need of relief.
GC1EWCK: ch101 - Chiltern Hundred, Wych Elm Farm view
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWCK
As we got to this another very large jogger coming down the road so we had to lurk a little. This is sure a popular road for joggers. Not a problem this one.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWCK
As we got to this another very large jogger coming down the road so we had to lurk a little. This is sure a popular road for joggers. Not a problem this one.
GC1EWCB: ch100 - Chiltern Hundred, Great Friar's Hill
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWCB
Yay #100! But not quite a hundred found yet. Just as I had laid eyes on the cache an old lady came jogging down the road then stopped for a chat - folks sure are friendly round the Chilterns. It was about 5 minutes then she was off again and we grabbed it.
Replacement once again, so got the code from Dr S and this is written on the log now.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWCB
Yay #100! But not quite a hundred found yet. Just as I had laid eyes on the cache an old lady came jogging down the road then stopped for a chat - folks sure are friendly round the Chilterns. It was about 5 minutes then she was off again and we grabbed it.
Replacement once again, so got the code from Dr S and this is written on the log now.
GC1EWC0: ch099 - Chiltern Hundred, Pednor Road
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWC0
Good trek to this one. Not a difficult find, just as we found it a lady opposite had come out of here house to tell us where it was!
Solly has his spies everywhere.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EWC0
Good trek to this one. Not a difficult find, just as we found it a lady opposite had come out of here house to tell us where it was!
Solly has his spies everywhere.
GC1EW9B: ch098 - Chiltern Hundred, Chesham Ring link
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW9B
A little bit of hunting around but then I spotted something reflecting from the trees.
Log is slighlty damp but looks like it is drying out, will survive so we didn't replace. Dog walking roamer from earlier with the slobbery dog caught up with us and like most of the locals was up for a chat - but unlike most of the locals didn't know what we were doing.
Since we could see the route from yesterday we were wondering if we were meant to double back or if there was a road, he indicated there was. He then began to recommend the Queens Head - which we said we'd been to yesterday. We told him our car was parked up the hill and our next waypoint was too (since he'd asked about the GPSr). We bid him fairwell and were on the way again.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW9B
A little bit of hunting around but then I spotted something reflecting from the trees.
Log is slighlty damp but looks like it is drying out, will survive so we didn't replace. Dog walking roamer from earlier with the slobbery dog caught up with us and like most of the locals was up for a chat - but unlike most of the locals didn't know what we were doing.
Since we could see the route from yesterday we were wondering if we were meant to double back or if there was a road, he indicated there was. He then began to recommend the Queens Head - which we said we'd been to yesterday. We told him our car was parked up the hill and our next waypoint was too (since he'd asked about the GPSr). We bid him fairwell and were on the way again.
GC1EW8Y: ch097 - Chiltern Hundred, Drydell Lane
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8Y
Found the replacement right away, but as there was no number another reach for the Batphone and on to Dr S.
Interestingly, he asked us to check again and indeed, the original cache was there, as it had always been - I think we would have spotted this too if not for the replacement being found first.
Original cache signed, replacement taken out (we put the replacement log that had a lot of signatures on it, with the original). I am glad now we honestly DNF'd on the ones we genuinely thought were more difficult, rather than issuing another throw-down.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8Y
Found the replacement right away, but as there was no number another reach for the Batphone and on to Dr S.
Interestingly, he asked us to check again and indeed, the original cache was there, as it had always been - I think we would have spotted this too if not for the replacement being found first.
Original cache signed, replacement taken out (we put the replacement log that had a lot of signatures on it, with the original). I am glad now we honestly DNF'd on the ones we genuinely thought were more difficult, rather than issuing another throw-down.
GC1EW8T: ch096 - Chiltern Hundred, Pednor Mead Farm
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8T
On the way to this one we were greeted by a dog walking roamer, but why is it always the slobbery dogs which are the friendliest? This one came bounding over (the dog, not the owner) and I reached down to pet (as one does) and my hand was gunked.
Ah well, least we had tissue.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8T
On the way to this one we were greeted by a dog walking roamer, but why is it always the slobbery dogs which are the friendliest? This one came bounding over (the dog, not the owner) and I reached down to pet (as one does) and my hand was gunked.
Ah well, least we had tissue.
GC1EW8M: ch095 - Chiltern Hundred, older tree
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8M
Quickly spotted, quickly logged!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8M
Quickly spotted, quickly logged!
GC1EW8A: ch094 - Chiltern Hundred, The Highlands
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8A
Found the replacement cache, quick call to Dr S for code and we wrote this on the log.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW8A
Found the replacement cache, quick call to Dr S for code and we wrote this on the log.
GC1EW86: ch093 - Chiltern Hundred, ad astra
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW86
Mrs Fitz started the climb whilst I ambled round the back and spotted it straight away. Bish, bash, bosh job done! No TB in this m'fraid.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW86
Mrs Fitz started the climb whilst I ambled round the back and spotted it straight away. Bish, bash, bosh job done! No TB in this m'fraid.
GC1EW82: ch092 - Chiltern Hundred, electric fence?
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW82
Very visible from the path, well to me at least, Mrs Fitz went to the wrong side at first. Enjoying the walk down this old track and the weather was superb, not sunny but not raining either - and a cool breeze.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW82
Very visible from the path, well to me at least, Mrs Fitz went to the wrong side at first. Enjoying the walk down this old track and the weather was superb, not sunny but not raining either - and a cool breeze.
GC1EW7X: ch091 - Chiltern Hundred, The Gate
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW7X
What's so weird about this gate is that it seems like it's quite a new one too - at least it hasn't weathered much. Quick find after going in the wrong direction and getting pranged by another branch - ouch!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW7X
What's so weird about this gate is that it seems like it's quite a new one too - at least it hasn't weathered much. Quick find after going in the wrong direction and getting pranged by another branch - ouch!
GC1EW7K: ch090 - Chiltern Hundred, Little Hundridge Lane
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW7K
A few more scratches and another one found quite quickly. Thankfully Mrs Fitz knows her trees.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EW7K
A few more scratches and another one found quite quickly. Thankfully Mrs Fitz knows her trees.
GC1ETWM: ch089 - Chiltern Hundred, Herberts Hole
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETWM
Quite tricky, camo blended in quite well with surroundings - took Mrs Fitz a few seconds to spot after me and she usually sees them first.
Had to jump up on the branch, Mrs Fitz was quite (un)helpful in giving me a shove which made me put my hands on some nettles - ouch!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETWM
Quite tricky, camo blended in quite well with surroundings - took Mrs Fitz a few seconds to spot after me and she usually sees them first.
Had to jump up on the branch, Mrs Fitz was quite (un)helpful in giving me a shove which made me put my hands on some nettles - ouch!
GC1ETWC: ch088 - Chiltern Hundred, Pednor Lake
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETWC
Aah so the last log explains why it didn't match the hint. I had gone on ahead of Mrs Fitz but my search was hampered by dog walking roamer who suddenly decided to slow down suspiciously as I hovered around GZ.
Placed back where it was found as we were not sure where the original hide was - took a while to spot the "lake"!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETWC
Aah so the last log explains why it didn't match the hint. I had gone on ahead of Mrs Fitz but my search was hampered by dog walking roamer who suddenly decided to slow down suspiciously as I hovered around GZ.
Placed back where it was found as we were not sure where the original hide was - took a while to spot the "lake"!
GC1ETWA: ch087 - Chiltern Hundred, Great Pednor Farm
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETWA
We are really starting to feel these steep climbs now. Nice to be in the open again but not keen on these overgrown pathways.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETWA
We are really starting to feel these steep climbs now. Nice to be in the open again but not keen on these overgrown pathways.
GC1ETW4: ch086 - Chiltern Hundred, Bellows Wood
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETW4
I like it when the hints are little less abstract... trouble is when they're not abstract, they're generic!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETW4
I like it when the hints are little less abstract... trouble is when they're not abstract, they're generic!
GC1ETVY: ch085 - Chiltern Hundred, Capps Wood
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETVY
Yep, exactly what the hint says, GPSr was a little off though under the tree cover.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETVY
Yep, exactly what the hint says, GPSr was a little off though under the tree cover.
GC1ETVN: ch084 - Chiltern Hundred, Cogdells Farm
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETVN
We lifted our eyes but no eye had seen, no ear had heard... till we called Dr S and confirmed it was missing. Another replacement with code and logbook has been left here.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETVN
We lifted our eyes but no eye had seen, no ear had heard... till we called Dr S and confirmed it was missing. Another replacement with code and logbook has been left here.
GC1ETVD: ch083 - Chiltern Hundred, Cogdells Lane
Found on 2010-08-01
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETVD
After going to church and giving our bodies a bit of a rest this morning, we decided to go for pub lunch at the Artichoke in Croxley. It was here after eating their huge gourmet burger that we were recounting our previous day, and Mrs Fitz was still adamant she could have gone on for night-caching the final ring.
We both thought it would be great if we could at least do the 100 in a weekend, if not a day. It was then that she stated she could quite easily head over and do it now. Well I was feeling quite stuffed and thought she was only bluffing - in order to tell people later that I held her back and we could have done it. So I kind of went along in a double-bluff, thinking I would get her to climb down.
The bluffing back and forth continued (though she insists she was genuine all along). I had already texted Dr S that we were done and would try the final ring another time, but as we drove back home in the car I was really starting to get excited about going out there again. At the same time, bluffing or not, Mrs Fitz was losing her enthusiasm and tried to seduce me into taking a nap when we got back home - but I was by this time all fired up and getting on my caching gear.
So moments later we were back in the car, and heading back. I sent another text to Dr S to check he'd be on hand and he said "Go for it"!
Arrived at GZ, parked on the side of the road without blocking access and found quite quickly. Onward Samwise!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETVD
After going to church and giving our bodies a bit of a rest this morning, we decided to go for pub lunch at the Artichoke in Croxley. It was here after eating their huge gourmet burger that we were recounting our previous day, and Mrs Fitz was still adamant she could have gone on for night-caching the final ring.
We both thought it would be great if we could at least do the 100 in a weekend, if not a day. It was then that she stated she could quite easily head over and do it now. Well I was feeling quite stuffed and thought she was only bluffing - in order to tell people later that I held her back and we could have done it. So I kind of went along in a double-bluff, thinking I would get her to climb down.
The bluffing back and forth continued (though she insists she was genuine all along). I had already texted Dr S that we were done and would try the final ring another time, but as we drove back home in the car I was really starting to get excited about going out there again. At the same time, bluffing or not, Mrs Fitz was losing her enthusiasm and tried to seduce me into taking a nap when we got back home - but I was by this time all fired up and getting on my caching gear.
So moments later we were back in the car, and heading back. I sent another text to Dr S to check he'd be on hand and he said "Go for it"!
Arrived at GZ, parked on the side of the road without blocking access and found quite quickly. Onward Samwise!
Saturday 31 July 2010
GC1ECRK: ch025 - Chiltern Hundred, Chesham Vale
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRK
This crash barrier failed to stop us from crashing... energywise - I think we were all getting a little tired and lazy. I went straight to the spot but after a quick peer found nothing - Mrs Fitz checked again and came up trumps!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRK
This crash barrier failed to stop us from crashing... energywise - I think we were all getting a little tired and lazy. I went straight to the spot but after a quick peer found nothing - Mrs Fitz checked again and came up trumps!
GC1ECRQ: ch026 - Chiltern Hundred, Bower farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRQ
So this appeared tricky due to all the lurkers nearby smoking and engaged in conversation, with presumably their car parked right in front of the cache. As we stood in front wandering what to do, another truck pulled up the other side of us - the owner pointing to the cache and raising his eyebrows.
I am guessing as this is a Pathfinder Ostrich Farm the ostrich farmers here are in on the game - probably why the other lurkers cared not what we were up to! I can only apologise we didn't stop to talk to the helpful Ostrich farmer, we were all a little tired and wanted to move on.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRQ
So this appeared tricky due to all the lurkers nearby smoking and engaged in conversation, with presumably their car parked right in front of the cache. As we stood in front wandering what to do, another truck pulled up the other side of us - the owner pointing to the cache and raising his eyebrows.
I am guessing as this is a Pathfinder Ostrich Farm the ostrich farmers here are in on the game - probably why the other lurkers cared not what we were up to! I can only apologise we didn't stop to talk to the helpful Ostrich farmer, we were all a little tired and wanted to move on.
GC1ECRX: ch027 - Chiltern Hundred, ostrich farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRX
Ha ha! I see what you did with the hint there - I like it.
We got to see the ostriches run when they saw food coming. After finding the cache, another younger, helpful farmer on a quad bike pointed out the hide to us, we said thanks and then we were on our way... up... another hill!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRX
Ha ha! I see what you did with the hint there - I like it.
We got to see the ostriches run when they saw food coming. After finding the cache, another younger, helpful farmer on a quad bike pointed out the hide to us, we said thanks and then we were on our way... up... another hill!
GC1ECT1: ch028 - Chiltern Hundred, Ramscoat Wood
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECT1
Found the tree, found the cache, protected by several layers of spider webs, which I tried to photograph but didn't really show up - must get one of those macro lenses.
Anyway, a quick stick and the webs were gone, cache retrieved.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECT1
Found the tree, found the cache, protected by several layers of spider webs, which I tried to photograph but didn't really show up - must get one of those macro lenses.
Anyway, a quick stick and the webs were gone, cache retrieved.
GC1ECTB: ch029 - Chiltern Hundred, leaving Ramscoat
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECTB
Found by MrBen - whilst I followed GPSr he followed his geosense - and the obvious place really when you think about it.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECTB
Found by MrBen - whilst I followed GPSr he followed his geosense - and the obvious place really when you think about it.
GC1ECTH: ch030 - Chiltern Hundred, swing high
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECTH
Ha, this was quite fun. MrBen felt sure it was in one of the hedges, whilst I went right to GZ. Then we decided to look up the hint and, well, I was correct - just looking at the wrong end.
Meanwhile Mrs Fitz had abandoned caching and was regressing back to her schoolgirl days....
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECTH
Ha, this was quite fun. MrBen felt sure it was in one of the hedges, whilst I went right to GZ. Then we decided to look up the hint and, well, I was correct - just looking at the wrong end.
Meanwhile Mrs Fitz had abandoned caching and was regressing back to her schoolgirl days....
GC1ECTM: ch031 - Chiltern Hundred, Great Hivings
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECTM
Found easily enough... but then I don't think the hint matched the place we found it, but then it looks like a replacement anyway.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECTM
Found easily enough... but then I don't think the hint matched the place we found it, but then it looks like a replacement anyway.
GC1EHD8: ch032 - Chiltern Hundred, Mount Nugent Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHD8
Try as I might, I just don't recall this one.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHD8
Try as I might, I just don't recall this one.
GC1EHDJ: ch033 - Chiltern Hundred, Captain's Wood
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDJ
Another find by MrBen - whilst we were looking round what seemed like a odd type of tree - he found an even odder looking tree which turned out to be it. Had a quick count of the trunks to be sure... then a short discussion over polygon counts to convince Mrs Fitz that the hint was not 8 but 6.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDJ
Another find by MrBen - whilst we were looking round what seemed like a odd type of tree - he found an even odder looking tree which turned out to be it. Had a quick count of the trunks to be sure... then a short discussion over polygon counts to convince Mrs Fitz that the hint was not 8 but 6.
GC1EHDQ: ch034 - Chiltern Hundred, West of Hivings
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDQ
This one took us a while... and it seemed there was not easy route to it, as we had passed and then cut through the hedge but heading back up along the path rendered an easier option.
This is where tragedy befell my lovely wife. As we were walking down, MrBen looked down at the back of her legs and in a quite understated manor said "What's that on the back of your legs?". To Mrs Fitz's horror, she had trodden in dogs**t, and not only that, whilst obviously raising her legs to step over some branch or bramble she had managed to smear it all over her jeans.
It was then that we began to smell it and it was quite embarrassing for her but she handled it well, I'm quite proud to say. We opted for finding a pub where she could clean her jeans and in the meantime tried to get most of it off her shoe.
Dog owners - please pick it up you lazy b*s! Sick of treading in it and the only thing that surprises me is I managed to dodge it all day (it's usually me that gets it).
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDQ
This one took us a while... and it seemed there was not easy route to it, as we had passed and then cut through the hedge but heading back up along the path rendered an easier option.
This is where tragedy befell my lovely wife. As we were walking down, MrBen looked down at the back of her legs and in a quite understated manor said "What's that on the back of your legs?". To Mrs Fitz's horror, she had trodden in dogs**t, and not only that, whilst obviously raising her legs to step over some branch or bramble she had managed to smear it all over her jeans.
It was then that we began to smell it and it was quite embarrassing for her but she handled it well, I'm quite proud to say. We opted for finding a pub where she could clean her jeans and in the meantime tried to get most of it off her shoe.
Dog owners - please pick it up you lazy b*s! Sick of treading in it and the only thing that surprises me is I managed to dodge it all day (it's usually me that gets it).
GC1EHDV: ch035 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge Road
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDV
Spotted the likely tree and got pranged on the way to it - but we retrieved the cache easily enough.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDV
Spotted the likely tree and got pranged on the way to it - but we retrieved the cache easily enough.
GC1EHDY: ch036 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge Road East
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDY
Easy find. After signing and returning, we turned round to see a cow dead still, staring silently at us, waiting for us to move so he could go over and get quenched. Well at least that's how it appeared, but as I said before I think they're planning something...
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHDY
Easy find. After signing and returning, we turned round to see a cow dead still, staring silently at us, waiting for us to move so he could go over and get quenched. Well at least that's how it appeared, but as I said before I think they're planning something...
GC1ECN1: ch007 - Chiltern Hundred, gnarly
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECN1
I think this was easy enough, to be honest after doing so many this weekend I can't quite remember how this one went!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECN1
I think this was easy enough, to be honest after doing so many this weekend I can't quite remember how this one went!
GC1ECN6: ch008 - Chiltern Hundred, bridleway
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECN6
Another one I cannot recall finding now, but probably really easy.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECN6
Another one I cannot recall finding now, but probably really easy.
GC1ECNJ: ch009 - Chiltern Hundred, up and in
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECNJ
MrBen went for this one whilst Mrs Fitz had already sussed the hidey hole and I directed MrBen to it from the path - a team effort!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECNJ
MrBen went for this one whilst Mrs Fitz had already sussed the hidey hole and I directed MrBen to it from the path - a team effort!
GC1ECNQ: ch010 - Chiltern Hundred, up the junction
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECNQ
Well we got to this spot and it seemed that there had either been a camp/party fire here, lots of rubbish and we feared that the cache would have been destroyed too - but as Mrs Fitz went up and started looking she spotted it immediately.
Very sad looking at all the charred trees, and there is still a burning smell.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECNQ
Well we got to this spot and it seemed that there had either been a camp/party fire here, lots of rubbish and we feared that the cache would have been destroyed too - but as Mrs Fitz went up and started looking she spotted it immediately.
Very sad looking at all the charred trees, and there is still a burning smell.
GC1ECNY: ch011 - Chiltern Hundred, Botley
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECNY
I think MrBen was clearly held back by his injured hand, I have seen him dive into bushes on previous caching trips... this time it was my turn to scramble up and go a bit further down from where our GPSr was pointing, then found it - nice big-ish container.
Logged and on our way. Though I was starting to get concerned that we were going a bit slow.
Dropped off Marion's Sauerland GC - apologise but I've logged it in CH005 instead and only have the trackable reference, not the code.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECNY
I think MrBen was clearly held back by his injured hand, I have seen him dive into bushes on previous caching trips... this time it was my turn to scramble up and go a bit further down from where our GPSr was pointing, then found it - nice big-ish container.
Logged and on our way. Though I was starting to get concerned that we were going a bit slow.
Dropped off Marion's Sauerland GC - apologise but I've logged it in CH005 instead and only have the trackable reference, not the code.
GC1ECP9: ch012 - Chiltern Hundred, Lee farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECP9
Wasted a bit of time getting to this one as we didn't read the directions properly on the cache description. The farm looks private, but then you spot the brilliantly concealed public footpath sign behind the large farm sign - almost as difficult as the cache.
If anyone needs the toilet or anything I would advise going to this pub as it will save you in the long run - we didn't and weren't able to find a pub/toilets till we got back to Chesham and CH046 (however I was informed later by Team Noodle that there is another one en route which is also slightly hidden away).
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECP9
Wasted a bit of time getting to this one as we didn't read the directions properly on the cache description. The farm looks private, but then you spot the brilliantly concealed public footpath sign behind the large farm sign - almost as difficult as the cache.
If anyone needs the toilet or anything I would advise going to this pub as it will save you in the long run - we didn't and weren't able to find a pub/toilets till we got back to Chesham and CH046 (however I was informed later by Team Noodle that there is another one en route which is also slightly hidden away).
GC1ECPK: ch013 - Chiltern Hundred, Codmore view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECPK
We spotted this rusty old machinery and MrBen was starting to rub his injured hand nervously, hoping it wasn't hidden somewhere in there - but then we went on a bit further and we realised the clever hint!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECPK
We spotted this rusty old machinery and MrBen was starting to rub his injured hand nervously, hoping it wasn't hidden somewhere in there - but then we went on a bit further and we realised the clever hint!
GC1ECPV: ch014 - Chiltern Hundred, passing Codmore
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECPV
So we were at this point trying to arrange a hookup with Team Noodle but they were having trouble getting their cache on... I was starting to already get nervous about the time. Anyway we were finding these caches fairly quickly which was a good thing, and the weather was clearing up.
Mrs Fitz said "I bet it's in there" and it was!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECPV
So we were at this point trying to arrange a hookup with Team Noodle but they were having trouble getting their cache on... I was starting to already get nervous about the time. Anyway we were finding these caches fairly quickly which was a good thing, and the weather was clearing up.
Mrs Fitz said "I bet it's in there" and it was!
GC1ECQ3: ch015 - Chiltern Hundred, Brockhurst farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQ3
I think I remember this one... but then that might have been another one of the 100 I'm thinking about...
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQ3
I think I remember this one... but then that might have been another one of the 100 I'm thinking about...
GC1ECQ6: ch016 - Chiltern Hundred, Hilltop view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQ6
Aah now I remember this one because I found it (Mr Fitz) and I remember thinking on the hint and observing the environment around us. Then, on the way forward we bumped into some old lady dog walkers who we had a bit of chat with.
Locals are very friendly round these parts, but when you got 95 caches to do today (a target getting further and further out of sight) - not helpful!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQ6
Aah now I remember this one because I found it (Mr Fitz) and I remember thinking on the hint and observing the environment around us. Then, on the way forward we bumped into some old lady dog walkers who we had a bit of chat with.
Locals are very friendly round these parts, but when you got 95 caches to do today (a target getting further and further out of sight) - not helpful!
GC1ECQ9: ch017 - Chiltern Hundred, Lyegreen farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQ9
Shortly after finding this one I think we crossed paths with another group of cachers, but did that awkward "we're not geocaching" kind of walk/look and didn't stop to find out.
Could this have been Ruckingturtle, or some other guys who haven't logged online yet - or was it just another weird looking band of people like us?
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQ9
Shortly after finding this one I think we crossed paths with another group of cachers, but did that awkward "we're not geocaching" kind of walk/look and didn't stop to find out.
Could this have been Ruckingturtle, or some other guys who haven't logged online yet - or was it just another weird looking band of people like us?
GC1ECQC: ch018 - Chiltern Hundred, Lye Green
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQC
Yay, another one I remember... GPSr was giving us some trouble, but after doubling back quite a bit we found the hint and then the cache.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQC
Yay, another one I remember... GPSr was giving us some trouble, but after doubling back quite a bit we found the hint and then the cache.
GC1ECQM: ch019 - Chiltern Hundred, Nashleigh farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQM
Can't quite remember this one but I remember where we were. The sun was out now and the day was warming up - even out clothes had begun to dry out. Somewhere along here I think it dawned on me that even if we made the 100 - it was going to be a long day. I also began to realise that trying to arrange a hookup with other cachers was going to slow us down considerably...
However, thinking about it now with hindsight, we were already going too slow stopping for too long between caches. We now know if you're going to do this you need to be constantly on the move.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQM
Can't quite remember this one but I remember where we were. The sun was out now and the day was warming up - even out clothes had begun to dry out. Somewhere along here I think it dawned on me that even if we made the 100 - it was going to be a long day. I also began to realise that trying to arrange a hookup with other cachers was going to slow us down considerably...
However, thinking about it now with hindsight, we were already going too slow stopping for too long between caches. We now know if you're going to do this you need to be constantly on the move.
GC1ECQQ: ch020 - Chiltern Hundred, wine tree
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQQ
This one eluded Mrs Fitz and MrBen whilst I remember finding it straight away. Near to the road now but no sign of TeamNoodle!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECQQ
This one eluded Mrs Fitz and MrBen whilst I remember finding it straight away. Near to the road now but no sign of TeamNoodle!
GC1ECR3: ch021 - Chiltern Hundred, A 416
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECR3
Too easy this one. After finding something that looked like a cache tucked into the kissing gate which turned out to be some kind of plastic protected pocket literature - perhaps another subversive game going on we don't know about?
A call to TeamNoodle, they haven't left home yet so we arrange to meet back in Chesham.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECR3
Too easy this one. After finding something that looked like a cache tucked into the kissing gate which turned out to be some kind of plastic protected pocket literature - perhaps another subversive game going on we don't know about?
A call to TeamNoodle, they haven't left home yet so we arrange to meet back in Chesham.
GC1ECR7: ch022 - Chiltern Hundred, Pressmore farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECR7
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Checked the previous logs then picked up the batphone to get a code from DS and dispatch another replacement.
Hopefully the farmer is not going to give us grief with this one, but possible needs to be relocated much further away? New hint below.
]
Under water, it's a breeze
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECR7
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Checked the previous logs then picked up the batphone to get a code from DS and dispatch another replacement.
Hopefully the farmer is not going to give us grief with this one, but possible needs to be relocated much further away? New hint below.
]
Under water, it's a breeze
GC1ECRA: ch023 - Chiltern Hundred, boardwalk
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRA
Oddly enough we understood the hint straight away and also copped the nature of the hide - thanks to Mrs Fitz musical knowledge. So suspecting it may be gone we called Dr S who then turned us the right way around, so to speak, and we soon had it in our hands.
Good one.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRA
Oddly enough we understood the hint straight away and also copped the nature of the hide - thanks to Mrs Fitz musical knowledge. So suspecting it may be gone we called Dr S who then turned us the right way around, so to speak, and we soon had it in our hands.
Good one.
GC1ECRF: ch024 - Chiltern Hundred, Little Pressmore farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRF
Well there's an obvious one, and a less obvious one and we found it with the less obvious. Don't remember seeing any bugs or coins in the cache though?
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECRF
Well there's an obvious one, and a less obvious one and we found it with the less obvious. Don't remember seeing any bugs or coins in the cache though?
GC1EB13: ch001 - Chiltern Hundred, Chesham Station
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EB13
We've been looking at this series since Winter and waiting for the right time (and season) to do it. For a long time whenever I've cared to look towards the Chilterns to seek out caches there's these flipping huge rings splattered all over the map... so it's time to clear these off the map and join the ranks of those who've done the Chesham 100.
I had communicated with Dr Solly the week before and agreed to bring some containers and replace any missing. We started at this one about 7.30am and were already discovering that the first one appeared to be missing. We did indeed find what was left of the string.
Quick call to DS to confirm and a replacement was dispatched. The hint will still work but it's a bit further down, not on a string and with new coords. Contains logbook and series clue.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EB13
We've been looking at this series since Winter and waiting for the right time (and season) to do it. For a long time whenever I've cared to look towards the Chilterns to seek out caches there's these flipping huge rings splattered all over the map... so it's time to clear these off the map and join the ranks of those who've done the Chesham 100.
I had communicated with Dr Solly the week before and agreed to bring some containers and replace any missing. We started at this one about 7.30am and were already discovering that the first one appeared to be missing. We did indeed find what was left of the string.
Quick call to DS to confirm and a replacement was dispatched. The hint will still work but it's a bit further down, not on a string and with new coords. Contains logbook and series clue.
GC1ECHA: ch002 - Chiltern Hundred, bridge
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECHA
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Quick check of the previous logs and hunt around GZ. Quick call to DS confirmed this looked like it was a goner.
Another replacement, but hid in a slightly different place (same coords), encrypted below:
]
Hole in the fence, RHS of bridge.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECHA
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Quick check of the previous logs and hunt around GZ. Quick call to DS confirmed this looked like it was a goner.
Another replacement, but hid in a slightly different place (same coords), encrypted below:
]
Hole in the fence, RHS of bridge.
GC1ECHG: ch003 - Chiltern Hundred, Chesham heights
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 3)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECHG
After replacing 2 caches on the series we were itching to find a genuine Solly - alas it was also not to be. Found what seemed to be the place but reading previous logs seems like some vandalism may have taken place. Back on the Batphone to DS to confirm.
It was a bit difficult in deciding where this could be rehidden securely until MrBen found another sleeper a bit further up the path. I remarked that there were quite a few spiders webs around that one, but he reckoned no-one would mind... actually considering the number of spider webs we had to break later, this might be par for the course this time of year!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 3)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECHG
After replacing 2 caches on the series we were itching to find a genuine Solly - alas it was also not to be. Found what seemed to be the place but reading previous logs seems like some vandalism may have taken place. Back on the Batphone to DS to confirm.
It was a bit difficult in deciding where this could be rehidden securely until MrBen found another sleeper a bit further up the path. I remarked that there were quite a few spiders webs around that one, but he reckoned no-one would mind... actually considering the number of spider webs we had to break later, this might be par for the course this time of year!
GC1ECMN: ch005 - Chiltern Hundred, Dungrove farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECMN
Yay, finally a Solly cache! Nice container, not seen one like this before quite unique (having never done the Chiltern 100 before [;)] ) Not a difficult find, and a relief actually.
Dropped Sauerland GC - it wants to get back to Germany but I couldn't find a cache in London big enough!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECMN
Yay, finally a Solly cache! Nice container, not seen one like this before quite unique (having never done the Chiltern 100 before [;)] ) Not a difficult find, and a relief actually.
Dropped Sauerland GC - it wants to get back to Germany but I couldn't find a cache in London big enough!
GC1ECMY: ch006 - Chiltern Hundred, at the junction
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECMY
To be fair to MrBen, he was using a Garmin Gecko (replacement for his lost GPSr) which seemed to be sending him 30ft off under tree cover.
I immediately spotted the kind of thing I'd hid a cache in, but looking down I saw lots of spider webs, then I saw the cache, then I saw another way of retrieving that did not mean having to put my hand in aforementioned webs.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ECMY
To be fair to MrBen, he was using a Garmin Gecko (replacement for his lost GPSr) which seemed to be sending him 30ft off under tree cover.
I immediately spotted the kind of thing I'd hid a cache in, but looking down I saw lots of spider webs, then I saw the cache, then I saw another way of retrieving that did not mean having to put my hand in aforementioned webs.
GC1EHFH: ch046 - Chiltern Hundred, Bury
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFH
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Reached the tree and it does look a bit like a dump underneath sadly, quick call to Dr S and confirm it's gone, quickly dispatched replacement. Couldn't hide this in the tree or any others really since it's a lock n' lock - I wouldn't put it in that tree anyway.
New coords, New hint below:
]
Stumped.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFH
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Reached the tree and it does look a bit like a dump underneath sadly, quick call to Dr S and confirm it's gone, quickly dispatched replacement. Couldn't hide this in the tree or any others really since it's a lock n' lock - I wouldn't put it in that tree anyway.
New coords, New hint below:
]
Stumped.
GC1EHFQ: ch047 - Chiltern Hundred, Lowndes park
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFQ
After a refreshing rest stop and enjoying the park with TeamNoodle we head down to this cache. Not obvious at first but then I jumped up on some nearby street furniture and laid hands on the replacement.
Quick call to DS and updated the coords on the log sheet too.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFQ
After a refreshing rest stop and enjoying the park with TeamNoodle we head down to this cache. Not obvious at first but then I jumped up on some nearby street furniture and laid hands on the replacement.
Quick call to DS and updated the coords on the log sheet too.
GC1EHFW: ch048 - Chiltern Hundred, Lowndes park north
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFW
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Checked the tree and found a bent nail which I presume is what was is left of the cache. Called Dr S to confirm, whilst some of our team went to sit down and eat ice-cream.
We checked a few of the trees and bushes around, agreed with Dr S a new hiding place, hopefully with less chance of being disturbed. MrBen placed this one.
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Magnolia bush.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFW
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Checked the tree and found a bent nail which I presume is what was is left of the cache. Called Dr S to confirm, whilst some of our team went to sit down and eat ice-cream.
We checked a few of the trees and bushes around, agreed with Dr S a new hiding place, hopefully with less chance of being disturbed. MrBen placed this one.
]
Magnolia bush.
GC1EHG0: ch049 - Chiltern Hundred, the backs
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHG0
Another easy find. Here we said farewell to TeamNoodle and MrBen as he felt it was time and he had more important things to attend to such as his girlfriend - he has yet to learn that geocaching is more important than family! - just kidding.
So here Mrs Fitz and I were left umming and aahing over whether another ring - or even the series was doable. But Mrs Fitz was well up for it and so since I felt I still had the energy, and renewed from the rest we had, we should attempt it. So we got in the car and drove up to Chartridge Lane, parking near CH082.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHG0
Another easy find. Here we said farewell to TeamNoodle and MrBen as he felt it was time and he had more important things to attend to such as his girlfriend - he has yet to learn that geocaching is more important than family! - just kidding.
So here Mrs Fitz and I were left umming and aahing over whether another ring - or even the series was doable. But Mrs Fitz was well up for it and so since I felt I still had the energy, and renewed from the rest we had, we should attempt it. So we got in the car and drove up to Chartridge Lane, parking near CH082.
GC1ER4Y: ch051 - Chiltern Hundred, Chartridge Pond
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER4Y
Yep, quite easy and quite a cheeky hide I think.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER4Y
Yep, quite easy and quite a cheeky hide I think.
GC1ER56: ch052 - Chiltern Hundred, The Bell
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER56
So we got here and had a good look around all the trees. After a little while searching we verified it's most likely not here, so we wrote a new log, dispatched new cache and code. No extra hint, it's in almost the same place but it's not down now it's up - another one I think that could be relocated entirely if the farmer is messing with it.
Checked on the way back from Chartridge ring today (01/08/10) and it was still there.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER56
So we got here and had a good look around all the trees. After a little while searching we verified it's most likely not here, so we wrote a new log, dispatched new cache and code. No extra hint, it's in almost the same place but it's not down now it's up - another one I think that could be relocated entirely if the farmer is messing with it.
Checked on the way back from Chartridge ring today (01/08/10) and it was still there.
GC1ER5C: ch053 - Chiltern Hundred, Cogdells Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5C
This one required a bit of a stretch and care as not to be stung by all the holy - but I managed it, trick is to go forward slowly.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5C
This one required a bit of a stretch and care as not to be stung by all the holy - but I managed it, trick is to go forward slowly.
GC1ER5E: ch054 - Chiltern Hundred, Capps Lane
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5E
Another quick find, less obvious place. At this point Mrs Fitz is talking about pulling an all-nighter and going for the 3rd ring. I'm just aching and sore.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5E
Another quick find, less obvious place. At this point Mrs Fitz is talking about pulling an all-nighter and going for the 3rd ring. I'm just aching and sore.
GC1ER5H: ch055 - Chiltern Hundred, Capps Lane, North
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5H
Phone battery: 10% we decided to write down the hints at this point, also checked the logs and saw one which may be a goner, so I sent a text to Dr S for the code in advance - thanks Dr S for your trust!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5H
Phone battery: 10% we decided to write down the hints at this point, also checked the logs and saw one which may be a goner, so I sent a text to Dr S for the code in advance - thanks Dr S for your trust!
GC1ER5M: ch056 - Chiltern Hundred, Ashotts Lane South
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5M
So at this point we were pretty psyched to still be in the game and only 5 more to go but it was a little more tedious due to reliance on torches. I don't even remember where we found this one.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5M
So at this point we were pretty psyched to still be in the game and only 5 more to go but it was a little more tedious due to reliance on torches. I don't even remember where we found this one.
GC1ER5R: ch057 - Chiltern Hundred, Ashotts Lane, Northing
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5R
Heh, nice trick hint there - we still found it! [:P]
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER5R
Heh, nice trick hint there - we still found it! [:P]
GC1ER65: ch058 - Chiltern Hundred, Ashotts Lane, middle
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER65
Again, this took us a while, wasting precious sunlight till we realised we had to dip back in the hedge again - quick found after that.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER65
Again, this took us a while, wasting precious sunlight till we realised we had to dip back in the hedge again - quick found after that.
GC1ER69: ch059 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge Farm view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER69
So this was it, the sun had dipped just below the horizon but was still giving us sunlight in the fields, but now we find a bunch of caches hidden in the hedges, huh?
Spent a while with the torch,but Mrs Fitz finally got it when we found the opening, had to backtrack from where the GPSr had settled.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER69
So this was it, the sun had dipped just below the horizon but was still giving us sunlight in the fields, but now we find a bunch of caches hidden in the hedges, huh?
Spent a while with the torch,but Mrs Fitz finally got it when we found the opening, had to backtrack from where the GPSr had settled.
GC1EHE7: ch037 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHE7
Another cache, another steep hill, with MrBen versing us in how intelligent pigs are... or something like that. Sorry Ben I just couldn't listen over the sound of my legs screaming "Make it stop!"
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHE7
Another cache, another steep hill, with MrBen versing us in how intelligent pigs are... or something like that. Sorry Ben I just couldn't listen over the sound of my legs screaming "Make it stop!"
GC1EHE8: ch038 - Chiltern Hundred, Chartridge
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHE8
This one evaded us for a while - that was my fault - reading the log and hint for the next cache, whoops!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHE8
This one evaded us for a while - that was my fault - reading the log and hint for the next cache, whoops!
GC1EHEF: ch040 - Chiltern Hundred, Pednor road view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHEF
Not a difficult hide - right there in full view - but we were so tired now we were starting to get a bit lazy I think. I laid eyes on it after about 5 minutes of searching. At least we were going downhill again.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHEF
Not a difficult hide - right there in full view - but we were so tired now we were starting to get a bit lazy I think. I laid eyes on it after about 5 minutes of searching. At least we were going downhill again.
GC1EHEX: ch042 - Chiltern Hundred, Rose Acre view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHEX
Yep, it was, just like the hint said. Found quickly by MrBen.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHEX
Yep, it was, just like the hint said. Found quickly by MrBen.
GC1EHF2: ch043 - Chiltern Hundred, single tree
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHF2
Here TeamNoodle had caught up to us, going backwards and for a little while as we caught up the feelings of pain subsided. We were able to find this quite quickly but now had to move on at a bit of a slower pace for the littlest member of TeamNoodle who was thoroughly enjoying her day treasure hunting so far.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHF2
Here TeamNoodle had caught up to us, going backwards and for a little while as we caught up the feelings of pain subsided. We were able to find this quite quickly but now had to move on at a bit of a slower pace for the littlest member of TeamNoodle who was thoroughly enjoying her day treasure hunting so far.
GC1EHF8: ch044 - Chiltern Hundred, Chiltern Link
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHF8
This took us forever, all of us searching high and low and none could find it. We were about to call it quits after about 15 minutes and then Mrs Noodle popped behind a tree and came out with the cache in her hand! It was a bit further on from the coords I think.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHF8
This took us forever, all of us searching high and low and none could find it. We were about to call it quits after about 15 minutes and then Mrs Noodle popped behind a tree and came out with the cache in her hand! It was a bit further on from the coords I think.
GC1EHFC: ch045 - Chiltern Hundred, mound view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFC
TeamNoodle could not find this one earlier but I think they must have had the wrong coords too, zero'd in on this with my trusty 60CSx and it was Mr Noodle who discovered it pretty much straight away.
Now off to the Queens Head for a good rest, a pint, some grub and a clean up. I think this is where we lost the most time but c'est la vie. The Fullers Honey Dew was superb.
It was at this point I decided to whip out my new solar power charger which I'd bought this week, I'd had it sitting in sunlight all day yesterday so was hoping to charge up my Android phone so we could keep getting hints and logs but it was a dead duck - I might return it and go for one of those unenvironmental battery chargers instead.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1EHFC
TeamNoodle could not find this one earlier but I think they must have had the wrong coords too, zero'd in on this with my trusty 60CSx and it was Mr Noodle who discovered it pretty much straight away.
Now off to the Queens Head for a good rest, a pint, some grub and a clean up. I think this is where we lost the most time but c'est la vie. The Fullers Honey Dew was superb.
It was at this point I decided to whip out my new solar power charger which I'd bought this week, I'd had it sitting in sunlight all day yesterday so was hoping to charge up my Android phone so we could keep getting hints and logs but it was a dead duck - I might return it and go for one of those unenvironmental battery chargers instead.
GC1ETMR: ch082 - Chiltern Hundred, Raymond's Cottage
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMR
So I had in my mind that 82 was the start of the Chartridge ring which we assessed was the smallest and so a good chance of completing for us in good time. However it turns out this one was the end of the Asheridge ring, so we decided to do this ring instead, backwards.
This time we were focused, as soon as we found a cache either me or Mrs Fitz would start heading towards the next one whilst the other signed and replaced. We found this was a good system and got us round much faster than before.
I'd say for anyone contemplating doing the 100 in a day and walking, this is how it's gotta be.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMR
So I had in my mind that 82 was the start of the Chartridge ring which we assessed was the smallest and so a good chance of completing for us in good time. However it turns out this one was the end of the Asheridge ring, so we decided to do this ring instead, backwards.
This time we were focused, as soon as we found a cache either me or Mrs Fitz would start heading towards the next one whilst the other signed and replaced. We found this was a good system and got us round much faster than before.
I'd say for anyone contemplating doing the 100 in a day and walking, this is how it's gotta be.
GC1ETMP: ch081 - Chiltern Hundred, Caravan site
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMP
Found quite quickly, don't really recall it.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMP
Found quite quickly, don't really recall it.
GC1ETMK: ch080 - Chiltern Hundred, Tile's Farm view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMK
Another one found, another log signed and we were on our way.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMK
Another one found, another log signed and we were on our way.
GC1ETMH: ch079 - Chiltern Hundred, Tile's Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMH
Didn't take us too long to find the replacement cache, but no code, so a quick call to Dr S and we added this to the log.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ETMH
Didn't take us too long to find the replacement cache, but no code, so a quick call to Dr S and we added this to the log.
GC1ER95: ch078 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge Road
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER95
Only difficult part was avoiding getting run over! Off to the next....
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER95
Only difficult part was avoiding getting run over! Off to the next....
GC1ER92: ch077 - Chiltern Hundred, Valley view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER92
When we read the hint, we realised we'd walked down the wrong way (left hand side). So we could either walk all the way back up or there seemed to be a faint trail through the thorny partition that had grown over - we cut through this and it wasn't as difficult as first thought. Cache was soon found.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER92
When we read the hint, we realised we'd walked down the wrong way (left hand side). So we could either walk all the way back up or there seemed to be a faint trail through the thorny partition that had grown over - we cut through this and it wasn't as difficult as first thought. Cache was soon found.
GC1ER8W: ch076 - Chiltern Hundred, Tile Farm view
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8W
I can remember the hint but not the actual cache. I think it was easy enough.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8W
I can remember the hint but not the actual cache. I think it was easy enough.
GC1ER8P: ch075 - Chiltern Hundred, Captain's Wood
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8P
This one was difficult. GPSr was not settling, but was still far off from actual hiding place. We found it after broadening our search.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8P
This one was difficult. GPSr was not settling, but was still far off from actual hiding place. We found it after broadening our search.
GC1ER8K: ch074 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge views
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8K
Another easy find, so quick I don't remember this one either. I remember we did some replacement caches and called up Dr S for the codes. Not sure if this was one.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8K
Another easy find, so quick I don't remember this one either. I remember we did some replacement caches and called up Dr S for the codes. Not sure if this was one.
GC1ER8F: ch073 - Chiltern Hundred, Savecroft Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8F
Another one I have great difficulty recalling. I do remember feeling positive we were going to do this. The sun was low but still visible and casting some glorious colours on the meadows - unfortunately we were in a race against the daylight so I couldn't stop to take more photos.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8F
Another one I have great difficulty recalling. I do remember feeling positive we were going to do this. The sun was low but still visible and casting some glorious colours on the meadows - unfortunately we were in a race against the daylight so I couldn't stop to take more photos.
GC1ER8B: ch072 - Chiltern Hundred, Johnson's Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8B
Approaching this one made me think of that moment in The Shawshank Redemption where Red finally goes and finds Andy's "geocache". No money in this one though. Too bad.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER8B
Approaching this one made me think of that moment in The Shawshank Redemption where Red finally goes and finds Andy's "geocache". No money in this one though. Too bad.
GC1ER87: ch071 - Chiltern Hundred, Huge Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER87
I facepalmed. I searched all around this but because I'd recently been caching and seen a rat-trap this kind of looked like some kind rat-trap contraption too and I didn't want to touch it.
However when Mrs Fitz had caught up she immediately pointed it out. Doh!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER87
I facepalmed. I searched all around this but because I'd recently been caching and seen a rat-trap this kind of looked like some kind rat-trap contraption too and I didn't want to touch it.
However when Mrs Fitz had caught up she immediately pointed it out. Doh!
GC1ER84: ch070 - Chiltern Hundred, Hilltop Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER84
After bushwhacking a bit too early and eager, it didn't take long to find after following the far more logical footpath.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER84
After bushwhacking a bit too early and eager, it didn't take long to find after following the far more logical footpath.
GC1ER7W: ch069 - Chiltern Hundred, Bellingdon
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7W
Another quick and easy one... watch that electrified fencing!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7W
Another quick and easy one... watch that electrified fencing!
GC1ER7P: ch068 - Chiltern Hundred, Bellingdon Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7P
I think I remember this, it was quite high. The sunlight was starting to fade under tree cover now so we had to use torches.
I found the small chairs either side of the path bizarre and creepy. Do small trolls come out at night to watch for weary travellers?
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7P
I think I remember this, it was quite high. The sunlight was starting to fade under tree cover now so we had to use torches.
I found the small chairs either side of the path bizarre and creepy. Do small trolls come out at night to watch for weary travellers?
GC1ER7J: ch067 - Chiltern Hundred, Two Gates Lane
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7J
I'm trying really hard to remember all of these but I'm just not. Logging these is as much a mental endurance as the series was a physical endurance!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7J
I'm trying really hard to remember all of these but I'm just not. Logging these is as much a mental endurance as the series was a physical endurance!
GC1ER7D: ch066 - Chiltern Hundred, Bloomfield Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7D
No, one more find that's basically lost in my swiss cheese memory.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER7D
No, one more find that's basically lost in my swiss cheese memory.
GC1ER79: ch065 - Chiltern Hundred, Southview
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER79
Now, I remember when we found this I remember seeing that bunny but here's another one I can't for the life of me remember how we got there or where we went next.
I think our brains had melted at this point and we were on auto-pilot - following the arrow and not much else.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER79
Now, I remember when we found this I remember seeing that bunny but here's another one I can't for the life of me remember how we got there or where we went next.
I think our brains had melted at this point and we were on auto-pilot - following the arrow and not much else.
GC1ER73: ch064 - Chiltern Hundred, oil drum
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER73
OK I do remember this now, well more specifically I remember walking through this meadow with the low level sunlight casting glorious rays and colours across it. We were counting down the number of caches to go and praying that the sun would stay up for at least another hour.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER73
OK I do remember this now, well more specifically I remember walking through this meadow with the low level sunlight casting glorious rays and colours across it. We were counting down the number of caches to go and praying that the sun would stay up for at least another hour.
GC1ER71: ch063 - Chiltern Hundred, Bank Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER71
After a little jaunt past an over-friendly pony we were glad to finally arrive at a road again. However this had us stumped for quite a while.
We searched everywhere and I was worried about my fading phone battery again, I'd managed to charge an extra 10% in the car, but it was holding up good. Finally I logged on and checked the previous logs, and something someone said sparked a bit of recognition - then it was easily found.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER71
After a little jaunt past an over-friendly pony we were glad to finally arrive at a road again. However this had us stumped for quite a while.
We searched everywhere and I was worried about my fading phone battery again, I'd managed to charge an extra 10% in the car, but it was holding up good. Finally I logged on and checked the previous logs, and something someone said sparked a bit of recognition - then it was easily found.
GC1ER6W: ch062 - Chiltern Hundred, Not Chartridge Pond
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER6W
Tricky, we weren't searching far enough back from the road. After wandering around for a bit, I went further towards the back and happened upon the correct hinted thing.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER6W
Tricky, we weren't searching far enough back from the road. After wandering around for a bit, I went further towards the back and happened upon the correct hinted thing.
GC1ER6P: ch061 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge Road
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER6P
I guess we were really struggling to maintain focus now, after finding this we headed up the footpath until I had the smart idea of checking the GPSr to see where we were headed and so we had to head back!
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER6P
I guess we were really struggling to maintain focus now, after finding this we headed up the footpath until I had the smart idea of checking the GPSr to see where we were headed and so we had to head back!
GC1ER6J: ch060 - Chiltern Hundred, Asheridge Farm
Found on 2010-07-31
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER6J
I guess the original cache may be trapped but the replacement was found quick enough by Mrs Fitz - quite well hidden. No need to move the gate post or anything.
No code number again on this replacement - unfortunately my phone battery was very low so I didn't want to risk phoning Dr S to get the code.
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ER6J
I guess the original cache may be trapped but the replacement was found quick enough by Mrs Fitz - quite well hidden. No need to move the gate post or anything.
No code number again on this replacement - unfortunately my phone battery was very low so I didn't want to risk phoning Dr S to get the code.
Wednesday 28 July 2010
GC2AHMM: Upside down trees
Found on 2010-07-28
Placed by: Langstonpnehk
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2AHMM
Having a prayer meeting and drink at the Red House nearby with Ross from Team Noodle and I was demonstrating my new Android phone and it's geocaching capabilities.
Noticed this cache was here and yet still not found so we headed over after finishing our pints. Easy enough to find after sticking my hand in the right place. Really nice park, will have to bring my nephew. TFTC!
28 July 2010 | 21:02
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 at 15:14:17.
Placed by: Langstonpnehk
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2AHMM
Having a prayer meeting and drink at the Red House nearby with Ross from Team Noodle and I was demonstrating my new Android phone and it's geocaching capabilities.
Noticed this cache was here and yet still not found so we headed over after finishing our pints. Easy enough to find after sticking my hand in the right place. Really nice park, will have to bring my nephew. TFTC!
28 July 2010 | 21:02
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 at 15:14:17.
Tuesday 27 July 2010
GC28V2C: Lincolns Inn Chapel
Found on 2010-07-27
Placed by: currykev
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC28V2C
Grabbed during lunchtime - another nice cache n' dash in an interesting off-street location. Weather is behaving very strange of late, incredibly humid and rather than pouring down like a monsoon it's more like walking through a steam room with small globs of water vapour attaching itself to your clothes.
3rd cache found using my Moto Milestone GPSr, accuracy is not bad but I have to find better apps for showing my actual position. Found the cache when I eventually looked in some less obvious places.
TFTC!
Logged via Android.
27 July 2010 | 12:58
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 at 07:32:40.
Placed by: currykev
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC28V2C
Grabbed during lunchtime - another nice cache n' dash in an interesting off-street location. Weather is behaving very strange of late, incredibly humid and rather than pouring down like a monsoon it's more like walking through a steam room with small globs of water vapour attaching itself to your clothes.
3rd cache found using my Moto Milestone GPSr, accuracy is not bad but I have to find better apps for showing my actual position. Found the cache when I eventually looked in some less obvious places.
TFTC!
Logged via Android.
27 July 2010 | 12:58
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 at 07:32:40.
Monday 26 July 2010
GC20AB0: Salter's Hall
Found on 2010-07-26
Placed by: Woppy'n'Jules
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC20AB0
Well, I guess it is easy when you know where to look. Was on the bus on the way to the Tube when I had a brainfart "Hey, I got my Android phone now, why don't I make a second attempt at this one that's been staring me in the face for so long".
Powered up my Moto Milestone GPSr with Google Navigator and it led me right to the place my Garmin did before - so it must be here. Had to wait for a couple of lurkers and then this time however I broadened my search a little and a quick bend down to rummage through my bag I spotted it.
I don't know whether anyone else experienced this but it seems to me the coords are perhaps a little soft but the actual location is an easy grab even with plenty of lurkers around. TFTC!
Logged via Android.
26 July 2010 | 18:04
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Monday, 26 July 2010 at 12:33:01.
Placed by: Woppy'n'Jules
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC20AB0
Well, I guess it is easy when you know where to look. Was on the bus on the way to the Tube when I had a brainfart "Hey, I got my Android phone now, why don't I make a second attempt at this one that's been staring me in the face for so long".
Powered up my Moto Milestone GPSr with Google Navigator and it led me right to the place my Garmin did before - so it must be here. Had to wait for a couple of lurkers and then this time however I broadened my search a little and a quick bend down to rummage through my bag I spotted it.
I don't know whether anyone else experienced this but it seems to me the coords are perhaps a little soft but the actual location is an easy grab even with plenty of lurkers around. TFTC!
Logged via Android.
26 July 2010 | 18:04
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Monday, 26 July 2010 at 12:33:01.
Wednesday 21 July 2010
GC2B20C: London Event @ The Founders Arms, Southwark
Found on 2010-07-21
Placed by: Coremaker goldpot
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2B20C
We've arrived!
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Well, first to log attendance and first to log arrival.... but we weren't actual FTFers so it doesn't count.... maybe next time.
Thanks again Goldpot for a great evening and chance to catch up with everyone and meet some new faces, particularly overseas visitors!
Forgot to bring our TB's as I thought the event was Thursday in my mind and forgot to check the callendar. Doh!
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Thursday, 22 July 2010 at 03:10:07.
Placed by: Coremaker goldpot
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2B20C
We've arrived!
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Well, first to log attendance and first to log arrival.... but we weren't actual FTFers so it doesn't count.... maybe next time.
Thanks again Goldpot for a great evening and chance to catch up with everyone and meet some new faces, particularly overseas visitors!
Forgot to bring our TB's as I thought the event was Thursday in my mind and forgot to check the callendar. Doh!
This entry was edited by _TeamFitz_ on Thursday, 22 July 2010 at 03:10:07.
Saturday 10 July 2010
GCVQ02: Rose & Castle Pub Quiz
Found on 2010-07-10
Placed by: vix92008
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCVQ02
Finally had a chance today to return and find after visiting family. We did this as an (almost) quick cache n' dash on the way back to Watford. Rose & Castle very busy, unfortunately we didn't have time to stop for a drink. Lovely evening and more importantly - dry yay!
Arrived a GZ and looked around, spotted what seemed to be evidence of previous cachers search attempts but it looked a bit thorny so we opted for the clue right away - feeling a bit tired and worn out by the nephew giving us the run around earlier... decided to run off away from us and dodge cars in a pub car park that sort of thing!
TFTC! Dropped 3x TBs and Geocrety TB.
Placed by: vix92008
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCVQ02
Finally had a chance today to return and find after visiting family. We did this as an (almost) quick cache n' dash on the way back to Watford. Rose & Castle very busy, unfortunately we didn't have time to stop for a drink. Lovely evening and more importantly - dry yay!
Arrived a GZ and looked around, spotted what seemed to be evidence of previous cachers search attempts but it looked a bit thorny so we opted for the clue right away - feeling a bit tired and worn out by the nephew giving us the run around earlier... decided to run off away from us and dodge cars in a pub car park that sort of thing!
TFTC! Dropped 3x TBs and Geocrety TB.
Thursday 1 July 2010
GC1CY58: Square Hole, Round Peg
Found on 2010-07-01
Placed by: SpeedyBeale
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1CY58
I was heading back to Euston Station after grabbing a cache nearby. I didn't want to do any more micro's and was a bit tired but I saw this was only 400m away and it was a mystery that could be done at the location - I had a fairly good idea what was required having done a similar virtual I decided to go for it.
Arrived at GZ - well, actually, outside GZ. Couldn't get into the park as there was some kind of open air concert on (ticket only) but they had speakers facing outside and lurkers all over sitting listening to the Opera. Thankfully, all I was needing to do was walk around and jot down information so I didn't look too conspicuous, but searching for the cache was going to be a doozie, trying not to look like I was trying to sneak into the concert.
Put together the clues, and thankfully discovered I didn't have to actually enter the private place, but I did have a small audience behind me at GZ, where I had spotted the cache immediately.
I decided to adopt the 'leaning and looking at the poster info' position to remove the cache by slight of hand. Incredibly, no-one noticed, neither did they seem interested in me unravelling a crumbling paper log and signing it.
Had to wait a few minutes before replacing, a few of the same lurkers still standing around, but just did the same thing again to get it back in place.
2x micros this evening, the other was a trad, but for some reason this was infinitely more satisfying to find, and the opera music made the clue-gathering and searching much more pleasurable. TFTC!
Placed by: SpeedyBeale
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1CY58
I was heading back to Euston Station after grabbing a cache nearby. I didn't want to do any more micro's and was a bit tired but I saw this was only 400m away and it was a mystery that could be done at the location - I had a fairly good idea what was required having done a similar virtual I decided to go for it.
Arrived at GZ - well, actually, outside GZ. Couldn't get into the park as there was some kind of open air concert on (ticket only) but they had speakers facing outside and lurkers all over sitting listening to the Opera. Thankfully, all I was needing to do was walk around and jot down information so I didn't look too conspicuous, but searching for the cache was going to be a doozie, trying not to look like I was trying to sneak into the concert.
Put together the clues, and thankfully discovered I didn't have to actually enter the private place, but I did have a small audience behind me at GZ, where I had spotted the cache immediately.
I decided to adopt the 'leaning and looking at the poster info' position to remove the cache by slight of hand. Incredibly, no-one noticed, neither did they seem interested in me unravelling a crumbling paper log and signing it.
Had to wait a few minutes before replacing, a few of the same lurkers still standing around, but just did the same thing again to get it back in place.
2x micros this evening, the other was a trad, but for some reason this was infinitely more satisfying to find, and the opera music made the clue-gathering and searching much more pleasurable. TFTC!
GC2B068: Eureka!
Found on 2010-07-01
Placed by: Physics.org
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2B068
Well I was going to attempt a FTF on this one but technology failed me completely, here's my story...
Saw this cache get published this afternoon with a bunch of others and pondered over whether I should go for it after work. About 5pm I decided why not, so I fired up my work laptop with the intent of grabbing my latest PQ and also downloading the gpx file. This is where my problems began.
My month's usage of PAYG mobile broadband had finished yesterday - So when I plugged in the dongle I could not retrieve any email. I had to log onto vodafone site and order online, after retrieving my password I had forgotten.
Once I had it ordered, I logged onto email and downloaded the PQ as well as the gpx file for the new cache. Then I ran my script that uses gpsbabel to send to my Garmin - only my work laptop doesn't have gpsbabel isntalled!
Not a problem I thought, go into software centre and install, but Vodafone just didn't wasn't working well with the package manager, so I decided to resort to McDonalds free wifi. By now it was 6pm and I walked to the nearest McDoos and ordered a diet coke.
Sat down and opened the lappy, instantly noticed my old battery was showing only an hour to live- not a problem I thought, just plug into the wall socket. Trouble is McDoos seem to have turned off their wall sockets so I had no external power. I then logged onto McDoos wifi but it kept dropping the signal.
Finally I got a stable but slow signal and was able to download and install gpsbabel. I then loaded up the cache page to discover it had already been found, but since I'd already committed I thought may as well follow through. GPX loaded onto the Garmin, I shut down my laptop with 0% of battery to spare. What I did discover at least, is Ubuntu and Windows is under-reporting my battery life - it was on 0% for a good 20 minutes.
Now all that was left was to wait for the satellites to register whilst on the street. Which they did after about 30 minutes (I continued walking during that time). All in all I didn't get to the park till about 7.30pm.
I was in this area during winter-time and it's incredible how I didn't recognise it at first - all covered in green. Got to GZ and there just happened to be a bloke with a fag sitting right on top of the cache! So I sat down on the other side of the bench and waited whilst he finished his phone call to his girlfriend or whatever.
He finally got up after about 10 minutes and I was able to grab the cache and noted 2x signatures. I'm pretty sure I could have been a contender for this one, but I just wasn't prepared - just a few more days waiting for my Android phone then there'll be no more of this searching for signal and waiting for software to work.
TFTC!
Placed by: Physics.org
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC2B068
Well I was going to attempt a FTF on this one but technology failed me completely, here's my story...
Saw this cache get published this afternoon with a bunch of others and pondered over whether I should go for it after work. About 5pm I decided why not, so I fired up my work laptop with the intent of grabbing my latest PQ and also downloading the gpx file. This is where my problems began.
My month's usage of PAYG mobile broadband had finished yesterday - So when I plugged in the dongle I could not retrieve any email. I had to log onto vodafone site and order online, after retrieving my password I had forgotten.
Once I had it ordered, I logged onto email and downloaded the PQ as well as the gpx file for the new cache. Then I ran my script that uses gpsbabel to send to my Garmin - only my work laptop doesn't have gpsbabel isntalled!
Not a problem I thought, go into software centre and install, but Vodafone just didn't wasn't working well with the package manager, so I decided to resort to McDonalds free wifi. By now it was 6pm and I walked to the nearest McDoos and ordered a diet coke.
Sat down and opened the lappy, instantly noticed my old battery was showing only an hour to live- not a problem I thought, just plug into the wall socket. Trouble is McDoos seem to have turned off their wall sockets so I had no external power. I then logged onto McDoos wifi but it kept dropping the signal.
Finally I got a stable but slow signal and was able to download and install gpsbabel. I then loaded up the cache page to discover it had already been found, but since I'd already committed I thought may as well follow through. GPX loaded onto the Garmin, I shut down my laptop with 0% of battery to spare. What I did discover at least, is Ubuntu and Windows is under-reporting my battery life - it was on 0% for a good 20 minutes.
Now all that was left was to wait for the satellites to register whilst on the street. Which they did after about 30 minutes (I continued walking during that time). All in all I didn't get to the park till about 7.30pm.
I was in this area during winter-time and it's incredible how I didn't recognise it at first - all covered in green. Got to GZ and there just happened to be a bloke with a fag sitting right on top of the cache! So I sat down on the other side of the bench and waited whilst he finished his phone call to his girlfriend or whatever.
He finally got up after about 10 minutes and I was able to grab the cache and noted 2x signatures. I'm pretty sure I could have been a contender for this one, but I just wasn't prepared - just a few more days waiting for my Android phone then there'll be no more of this searching for signal and waiting for software to work.
TFTC!
Thursday 24 June 2010
GC188TC: Motorway Mayhem M4 Reading Servs E'bound (J11-J12)
Found on 2010-06-24
Placed by: The Cache Hoppers
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC188TC
Mrs Fitz found this one, nice easy cache n' dash. To be honest we'd had a long day driving and passed up many caches along the way as we were just too tired so it was nice to get one like this to round off our holiday.
Realised we had left the pen in the car when we got to GZ so I hope the photograph of the log will do.
Rav4 TB dipped. TFTC!
Placed by: The Cache Hoppers
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC188TC
Mrs Fitz found this one, nice easy cache n' dash. To be honest we'd had a long day driving and passed up many caches along the way as we were just too tired so it was nice to get one like this to round off our holiday.
Realised we had left the pen in the car when we got to GZ so I hope the photograph of the log will do.
Rav4 TB dipped. TFTC!
GC12AE3: Castlebridge
Found on 2010-06-24
Placed by: Bootle
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC12AE3
Great cache location!
We were staying up the road in at Birchwood B&B overnight before catching the ferry this morning. Spent last night having food at Fordes which was superb. We were lucky enough that the local musicians had decided to meet and play that night on the off chance so we had a great meal accompanied by traditional Irish music minus the tourists. Thoroughly recommend it.
We came out of the pub and Mrs Fitz spotted the greenhouse and I thought it was such an interesting structure, I immediately wanted to photograph it - the broken glass only adds to it's mysterious alure. Too bad the property is closed off, but I guess that's safest.
Got back to the B&B but we didn't have any caches loaded for the area. Mrs Fitz used her Android to check for any nearby which is how we discovered this cache - right next to the greenhouse! So we decided to go for it after breakfast before heading to the ferry. Turns out it was the perfect time as the youths (who seemed to be doing a re-enactment of Grease last night) were not around at 7am in the morning and I was able to stand on the picnic table and take some photos of the greenhouse.
We weren't aware of the local history or the link to Hollywood just down the road, otherwise we would have booked an extra night here and arrived early. We'll definitely be back I think.
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
Placed by: Bootle
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC12AE3
Great cache location!
We were staying up the road in at Birchwood B&B overnight before catching the ferry this morning. Spent last night having food at Fordes which was superb. We were lucky enough that the local musicians had decided to meet and play that night on the off chance so we had a great meal accompanied by traditional Irish music minus the tourists. Thoroughly recommend it.
We came out of the pub and Mrs Fitz spotted the greenhouse and I thought it was such an interesting structure, I immediately wanted to photograph it - the broken glass only adds to it's mysterious alure. Too bad the property is closed off, but I guess that's safest.
Got back to the B&B but we didn't have any caches loaded for the area. Mrs Fitz used her Android to check for any nearby which is how we discovered this cache - right next to the greenhouse! So we decided to go for it after breakfast before heading to the ferry. Turns out it was the perfect time as the youths (who seemed to be doing a re-enactment of Grease last night) were not around at 7am in the morning and I was able to stand on the picnic table and take some photos of the greenhouse.
We weren't aware of the local history or the link to Hollywood just down the road, otherwise we would have booked an extra night here and arrived early. We'll definitely be back I think.
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
GC146JA: Merlin's Hill
Found on 2010-06-24
Placed by: Satellite Kid
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3.5)
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC146JA
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Nice break from our driving back to Watford from Fishguard (and ferry) to exercise our legs and view the area from above. We didn't see some of the parts listed in the description and I have an explanation for that below. Since we usually cache paperless, all I have is a little blackberry screen to view the cache description and I guess I didn't read it thoroughly enough - we thought we had the right footpath since it looked like a typical public footpath... turns out apparently it was not. We discovered this when we came down and had an encounter with a Welsh Dragon of sorts....
Definitely something weird on this hill with all the thistle and nettle bushes on this hill - Merlins revenge for being locked up?
Now for the Welsh dragon, encrypted so as not to lower the integrity of the cache listing....
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This contains _TeamFitz_'s personal opinion...
On returning to the 2 gates at the bottom we were greeted by a woman who had come out to do some weeding... or rather to use weeding as an excuse to confront us. She claimed to be the land-owner and enquired as to whether we got lost. I replied and stated we had been up on the hill - she then pointed out that this path was not a free path but there was a charge.
We apologised and said we saw no sign informing us it was private and we offered to pay, we didn't have enough change but asked if she took a debit card which she didn't. She seemed more intent on putting us right about the private land part and why we didn't pay.
When I asked what she meant by this, she pointed to the sign for the Merlin Centre. Now I know there was not Centre up on that hill and told her so, but she insisted that the sign was for the footpath and we owed her 3 quid. When I stated that the sign is for the centre, and that there was no sign marking the path as private we got into a bit of an argument. Her insisting Wales is a different country to England, which technically it is, but is covered by the same laws.
She was quite insistent that her sign was enough to show that the path was private, I disagree - I told her plainly that it appears to be for the centre, not the path. I stated that I'd done a lot of walking and most landowners would put a specific sign up for the path to ensure there was no trespass. To be honest at this point it seemed to me she's got a good system going on here - catching honest walkers out by not displaying clear signs for access and fees.
We asked where the public path was, she was evasive, stating that part of the path - that she is charging for - is public. At no point did she point out where we could access the hill for free!
This is where the conversation got ridiculous, she went saying that she didn't have to display signs, that anyone wishing to use the path should ask. So we made a point of asking if the road we were standing in was private. Of course not, she answered, so we retorted "How would we know if we didn't ask?"
_TeamFitz_ have respect for all private land owners, we've even stopped to talk with some whilst walking through their land on occasion. But this one seems to be in it for the profit - I'd like to know if she pays tax on any of the fees she takes and I'd be interested to know if she has a traffic order or bylaw in place to prevent access. We didn't press this since we just wanted to get on.
Unless there is blatant disregard or destruction, we never judge how other cachers find the cache. I also don't want to encourage other cachers to antagonise this land owner or to blatantly flaunt local rules. It was an honest mistake we made and we certainly would have taken the public path if we had been more aware. However I hope this log would help future cachers and make them aware of the Welsh Dragon they may meet if they take this footpath and not feel intimidated into paying for access [i]through to[/i] to the public path. She needs to get clearer signage - no other landowners seem to have this problem.
Placed by: Satellite Kid
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3.5)
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC146JA
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Nice break from our driving back to Watford from Fishguard (and ferry) to exercise our legs and view the area from above. We didn't see some of the parts listed in the description and I have an explanation for that below. Since we usually cache paperless, all I have is a little blackberry screen to view the cache description and I guess I didn't read it thoroughly enough - we thought we had the right footpath since it looked like a typical public footpath... turns out apparently it was not. We discovered this when we came down and had an encounter with a Welsh Dragon of sorts....
Definitely something weird on this hill with all the thistle and nettle bushes on this hill - Merlins revenge for being locked up?
Now for the Welsh dragon, encrypted so as not to lower the integrity of the cache listing....
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This contains _TeamFitz_'s personal opinion...
On returning to the 2 gates at the bottom we were greeted by a woman who had come out to do some weeding... or rather to use weeding as an excuse to confront us. She claimed to be the land-owner and enquired as to whether we got lost. I replied and stated we had been up on the hill - she then pointed out that this path was not a free path but there was a charge.
We apologised and said we saw no sign informing us it was private and we offered to pay, we didn't have enough change but asked if she took a debit card which she didn't. She seemed more intent on putting us right about the private land part and why we didn't pay.
When I asked what she meant by this, she pointed to the sign for the Merlin Centre. Now I know there was not Centre up on that hill and told her so, but she insisted that the sign was for the footpath and we owed her 3 quid. When I stated that the sign is for the centre, and that there was no sign marking the path as private we got into a bit of an argument. Her insisting Wales is a different country to England, which technically it is, but is covered by the same laws.
She was quite insistent that her sign was enough to show that the path was private, I disagree - I told her plainly that it appears to be for the centre, not the path. I stated that I'd done a lot of walking and most landowners would put a specific sign up for the path to ensure there was no trespass. To be honest at this point it seemed to me she's got a good system going on here - catching honest walkers out by not displaying clear signs for access and fees.
We asked where the public path was, she was evasive, stating that part of the path - that she is charging for - is public. At no point did she point out where we could access the hill for free!
This is where the conversation got ridiculous, she went saying that she didn't have to display signs, that anyone wishing to use the path should ask. So we made a point of asking if the road we were standing in was private. Of course not, she answered, so we retorted "How would we know if we didn't ask?"
_TeamFitz_ have respect for all private land owners, we've even stopped to talk with some whilst walking through their land on occasion. But this one seems to be in it for the profit - I'd like to know if she pays tax on any of the fees she takes and I'd be interested to know if she has a traffic order or bylaw in place to prevent access. We didn't press this since we just wanted to get on.
Unless there is blatant disregard or destruction, we never judge how other cachers find the cache. I also don't want to encourage other cachers to antagonise this land owner or to blatantly flaunt local rules. It was an honest mistake we made and we certainly would have taken the public path if we had been more aware. However I hope this log would help future cachers and make them aware of the Welsh Dragon they may meet if they take this footpath and not feel intimidated into paying for access [i]through to[/i] to the public path. She needs to get clearer signage - no other landowners seem to have this problem.
Wednesday 23 June 2010
GC1G3HW: Cork Space Centre
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1G3HW
On our way back to Wexford for the ferry and plotted a few caches on the way.
Nice and easy find, in a clean and tidy area. Sun was out and a nice view of the valley. Got stung reaching for the cache but otherwise retrieval was not difficult.
We liked the sign. Ireland is such a tidy place, unfortunately England has some way to go to reach the standards Ireland has - there's so much litter in some places. The only thing we didn't agree with on the sign was apple cores and other fruit - I think it's akin to saying we should collect up all the berries that fall or the trees that fall over - afterall a tree trunk takes many years to decompose! Mrs Fitz was quick to point out that animals will most likely eat the discarded fruit.
So there you go. Rav4 TB dipped. TFTC!
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1G3HW
On our way back to Wexford for the ferry and plotted a few caches on the way.
Nice and easy find, in a clean and tidy area. Sun was out and a nice view of the valley. Got stung reaching for the cache but otherwise retrieval was not difficult.
We liked the sign. Ireland is such a tidy place, unfortunately England has some way to go to reach the standards Ireland has - there's so much litter in some places. The only thing we didn't agree with on the sign was apple cores and other fruit - I think it's akin to saying we should collect up all the berries that fall or the trees that fall over - afterall a tree trunk takes many years to decompose! Mrs Fitz was quick to point out that animals will most likely eat the discarded fruit.
So there you go. Rav4 TB dipped. TFTC!
GC1M5Y2: Master McGrath
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1M5Y2
Took a while to locate this one but eventually it was found after moving some grass. Nice little camo job again and thanks for introducing us to another bit of local history.
Dipped: Rav4 TB. TFTC!
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1M5Y2
Took a while to locate this one but eventually it was found after moving some grass. Nice little camo job again and thanks for introducing us to another bit of local history.
Dipped: Rav4 TB. TFTC!
GC1VZ8Q: Geology of the South East VII – Around the Bend.
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: Serapis
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1VZ8Q
Nice easy find, was being guarded by a spider but we soon saw him off. Interesting bit of history here, not boring at all - we liked the bridge.
ETA: Thanks for the neat geology lesson - interesting theories to read.
TFTC!
Placed by: Serapis
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1VZ8Q
Nice easy find, was being guarded by a spider but we soon saw him off. Interesting bit of history here, not boring at all - we liked the bridge.
ETA: Thanks for the neat geology lesson - interesting theories to read.
TFTC!
GC1X160: Kilbree Castle
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1X160
This took much longer than expected, or intended I think.
We started off by heading to GZ, we saw the interesting steps that lead down into the river - were these bridges one time that have collapsed? - they didn't look that old.
Searched around in all the likely places, consulted the hint and we looked up and down, even in places which were not as described (found several good places for the cache if relocated). After a good long time and fruitless search we assumed it was either muggled or possibly fell down the bank.
On the way back to the car, Mrs Fitz then spotted the out of place camo immediately - 100m+ from GZ coords. Peig may want to check this cache has not drifted from the original spot - or update the coords (I have added ours).
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
Placed by: peig
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1X160
This took much longer than expected, or intended I think.
We started off by heading to GZ, we saw the interesting steps that lead down into the river - were these bridges one time that have collapsed? - they didn't look that old.
Searched around in all the likely places, consulted the hint and we looked up and down, even in places which were not as described (found several good places for the cache if relocated). After a good long time and fruitless search we assumed it was either muggled or possibly fell down the bank.
On the way back to the car, Mrs Fitz then spotted the out of place camo immediately - 100m+ from GZ coords. Peig may want to check this cache has not drifted from the original spot - or update the coords (I have added ours).
Dipped Rav4 TB. TFTC!
GCG3BC: Dunbrody
Found on 2010-06-23
Placed by: Donnacha
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GCG3BC
On the way in from the ferry Mrs Fitz stopped nearby to view the Kennedy monument. It was about 6am we had sailed the red-eye and I was out like a log so only barely aware. I had no PQ so we had no idea of how many caches were on route.
So it's only fitting we stop here again on our way out to the ferry back to England (sadly) and nab this virtual. As we were getting out of the car, a local came over and implored us to go over and see the Kennedy monument since so many miss it, he then told us about a tea shop nearby where they serve the best scones and tea in New Ross. We told him we'd already seen Kennedy but didn't have the heart to tell him that we were not staying overnight and we were hitting the ferry tomorrow. Aah maybe next time.
Thanks for the history lesson and the cache. Rav4 TB Dipped.
Placed by: Donnacha
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GCG3BC
On the way in from the ferry Mrs Fitz stopped nearby to view the Kennedy monument. It was about 6am we had sailed the red-eye and I was out like a log so only barely aware. I had no PQ so we had no idea of how many caches were on route.
So it's only fitting we stop here again on our way out to the ferry back to England (sadly) and nab this virtual. As we were getting out of the car, a local came over and implored us to go over and see the Kennedy monument since so many miss it, he then told us about a tea shop nearby where they serve the best scones and tea in New Ross. We told him we'd already seen Kennedy but didn't have the heart to tell him that we were not staying overnight and we were hitting the ferry tomorrow. Aah maybe next time.
Thanks for the history lesson and the cache. Rav4 TB Dipped.
Tuesday 22 June 2010
GC13FAT: Killarney Micro #1
Found on 2010-06-22
Placed by: Marcus in Kerry
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC13FAT
Staying at a B&B nearby in Killarney, found this cache easily enough with the hint. Logbook still has plenty of whitespace on the back of the log pages where no-one has written.
Well, after the last couple of days of driving along the peninsula 10km and hiking, then only to DNF on a cache, it was nice to have a Cn'D with little effort required.
TFTC!
Dipped: Rav4 TB.
Placed by: Marcus in Kerry
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC13FAT
Staying at a B&B nearby in Killarney, found this cache easily enough with the hint. Logbook still has plenty of whitespace on the back of the log pages where no-one has written.
Well, after the last couple of days of driving along the peninsula 10km and hiking, then only to DNF on a cache, it was nice to have a Cn'D with little effort required.
TFTC!
Dipped: Rav4 TB.
GC14AQG: Where Eagles Dare...
Found on 2010-06-22
Placed by: Kerrydamo
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: , Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC14AQG
2x caches in under 30 minutes, a first for us in Ireland and a treat!
Cache was not too difficult to find, after I had finished leading us the wrong way further down below the garden. Thanks for the interesting walk and history to this place. We didn't see any Eagles this time, the sky was a little overcast too.
There were no trackables in this cache.
TFTC!
Placed by: Kerrydamo
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 2)
Location: , Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC14AQG
2x caches in under 30 minutes, a first for us in Ireland and a treat!
Cache was not too difficult to find, after I had finished leading us the wrong way further down below the garden. Thanks for the interesting walk and history to this place. We didn't see any Eagles this time, the sky was a little overcast too.
There were no trackables in this cache.
TFTC!
GC1EHNH: ROSSCACHEL
Found on 2010-06-22
Placed by: WATCHITMATE
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1EHNH
Well, we didn't realise there was a castle in Killarney, but we found it! Now onto the cache...
Walked the sandy trail, which reminded me of my younger days holidaying in Devon, we got down to the beach and then headed towards where we thought the cache was. It was an interesting place with these old stone walls which I assume were part of the old outer defences?
The place was completely dry you will be glad to know, and we discovered we had overshot GZ by quite a bit, when we looked at the hint.
TFTC!
Placed by: WATCHITMATE
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 3)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC1EHNH
Well, we didn't realise there was a castle in Killarney, but we found it! Now onto the cache...
Walked the sandy trail, which reminded me of my younger days holidaying in Devon, we got down to the beach and then headed towards where we thought the cache was. It was an interesting place with these old stone walls which I assume were part of the old outer defences?
The place was completely dry you will be glad to know, and we discovered we had overshot GZ by quite a bit, when we looked at the hint.
TFTC!
GC27T93: 360°
Found on 2010-06-22
Placed by: cham-69
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 3.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC27T93
Another cacher once asked the question on one of our caches, "Are _TeamFitz_ mad?" well now I guess we have the answer.
We had decided to stay in Killarney one more night to sample the area, and so I floated the idea to Mrs Fitz of attempting this one again. She was not so enthusiastic, but on seeing my enthusiasm, she was persuaded.
Not to be outdone by a mere mountain, _TeamFitz_ parked at the bottom car park where we had done before and made our way up to the fork where we had been before and chosen the red (closed) route. Instead we went on ahead to the blue and was greeted by a slow and friendly elevation.
Finally we found ourselves out in a valley and soon came upon a railway sleeper and a familiar looking sheep trail. Thankfully the sheep trail turned out to be the correct footpath, as evidenced by roamers coming down, and by the presence of more railway sleepers, which took much of the hard climb out.
Another hour later and we were at the top with the magnificent, yet cloudy view of Killarney, we could even see Ross Castle which we had been at earlier that morning. The cache was soon found - hidden quite well, though the contents are a little damp.
We sat down and ate some snacks, an old Irish fellow who had been up here many times before offered to take our photo, and then we sat and talked to him for half an hour about Ireland, tabloids and politics.
When I finally stood up I was hit immediately by the wind, which reminded me we were on a mountain. A rain cloud was on it's way so we decided to quickly make our way down. We caught a little bit of the rain but we were soon in the warmer climate and making our way back towards the falls.
We have now seen and hiked on both sides of Torc Mountain and have the photos and stories to prove it.
Thanks for the experience!
Placed by: cham-69
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 3.5)
Location: Munster, Ireland
Geocaching.com: GC27T93
Another cacher once asked the question on one of our caches, "Are _TeamFitz_ mad?" well now I guess we have the answer.
We had decided to stay in Killarney one more night to sample the area, and so I floated the idea to Mrs Fitz of attempting this one again. She was not so enthusiastic, but on seeing my enthusiasm, she was persuaded.
Not to be outdone by a mere mountain, _TeamFitz_ parked at the bottom car park where we had done before and made our way up to the fork where we had been before and chosen the red (closed) route. Instead we went on ahead to the blue and was greeted by a slow and friendly elevation.
Finally we found ourselves out in a valley and soon came upon a railway sleeper and a familiar looking sheep trail. Thankfully the sheep trail turned out to be the correct footpath, as evidenced by roamers coming down, and by the presence of more railway sleepers, which took much of the hard climb out.
Another hour later and we were at the top with the magnificent, yet cloudy view of Killarney, we could even see Ross Castle which we had been at earlier that morning. The cache was soon found - hidden quite well, though the contents are a little damp.
We sat down and ate some snacks, an old Irish fellow who had been up here many times before offered to take our photo, and then we sat and talked to him for half an hour about Ireland, tabloids and politics.
When I finally stood up I was hit immediately by the wind, which reminded me we were on a mountain. A rain cloud was on it's way so we decided to quickly make our way down. We caught a little bit of the rain but we were soon in the warmer climate and making our way back towards the falls.
We have now seen and hiked on both sides of Torc Mountain and have the photos and stories to prove it.
Thanks for the experience!
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