Found on 2010-01-31 at 20:00:00
Placed by: drsolly
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 4 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC171QJ
I solved this one a few months ago, at the same time as The Robot Arm but just didn't get round to plugging in the new coords and going out to find. Had a particularly busy and frustrating weekend but I wanted to get out and do maybe a couple of caches at least just to get over the hump.
It started Friday when Mrs Fitz broke the screen on my netbook through an incident involving a foot getting entangled in a power cord. Not a problem since the hdd can be recovered and we have household insurance. So I ordered a new one from Amazon and paid for express 1 day delivery. Well that never turned up within one day. Then doing some printing of documents I needed quite urgently, our printer ran out of ink. So off I went to Tesco at 8pm in the evening to grab some print cartridges for £40 - only to find when I got back the printer has completely died too, but not until after I had opened the cartridges and slotted them in! At this point I am wondering if Mrs Fitz is using nefarious means to try and get me away from spending too long working on computers?
Approached the area and parked nearby originally thinking I had entered the wrong coords until we read the hint. Approaching the cache I got the distinct sense that this wasn't just any cache, this was an M&S drsolly extra puzzly cache. After meandering around for a little while sighted the container and did the business.
So not a good weekend - but I found your cache. TFTC!
Sunday 31 January 2010
GC20FR9: Just not cricket
Found on 2010-01-31 at 20:00:00
Placed by: David & Shirley
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC20FR9
Found on the way back from another Solly puzzle in Amersham. It had just started snowing for about 20 minutes, but sadly didn't settle and we had parked some distance away so I didn't have my camera with me. Mrs Fitz did go back and get the car and drive right up to ground zero but by that time the snow had dissipated.
Took a pathetically long time looking for this due to my usual (paperless caching) mistake of entering a keyword from the title of the cache to do a search, clicking on the first result and reading the wrong description/size. Hence we ended up searching around for a magnetic nano hidden high up rather than this small container. At least I realised this mistake before driving away as I have done before and the cache was almost immediately in hand. Doh!
Nice to find a container large enough for travel bugs, and now I can drop the final two I had in my possession and be bug free for a little while. TFTC!
In: Benjie TB, Travel Bear TB
Out: Nothing
Dipped: Rav4
Placed by: David & Shirley
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC20FR9
Found on the way back from another Solly puzzle in Amersham. It had just started snowing for about 20 minutes, but sadly didn't settle and we had parked some distance away so I didn't have my camera with me. Mrs Fitz did go back and get the car and drive right up to ground zero but by that time the snow had dissipated.
Took a pathetically long time looking for this due to my usual (paperless caching) mistake of entering a keyword from the title of the cache to do a search, clicking on the first result and reading the wrong description/size. Hence we ended up searching around for a magnetic nano hidden high up rather than this small container. At least I realised this mistake before driving away as I have done before and the cache was almost immediately in hand. Doh!
Nice to find a container large enough for travel bugs, and now I can drop the final two I had in my possession and be bug free for a little while. TFTC!
In: Benjie TB, Travel Bear TB
Out: Nothing
Dipped: Rav4
Sunday 24 January 2010
Saturday 23 January 2010
GC4C3C: MI-5 Reservation (Herts)
Found on 2010-01-23 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Finger
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC4C3C
Last one of the day caching with Mr Ben after a good hike around Aldenham and part of the Otterspool. Been meaning to snag this one for a while since it's always on my radar when we head to the M1 from Watford.
Easy find, very noisy area which is a shame as it's a nice reservation to walk around. We spotted someone had carved a huge acorn out of one of the tree stumps a bit further down the trail, on the way here. May come back and place a cache there for others to visit and see.
Took Travel Bear TB, Left Cammo Duck TB (finally after finding a cache big enough)! Also took a slimey bug toy for the nephew, but as it was quite dirty (from the water in the cache) in haste to bag it up forgot to leave a trade item. I'll make sure to drop 2 trades for 1 in the next cache we visit.
TFTC!
Placed by: Finger
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC4C3C
Last one of the day caching with Mr Ben after a good hike around Aldenham and part of the Otterspool. Been meaning to snag this one for a while since it's always on my radar when we head to the M1 from Watford.
Easy find, very noisy area which is a shame as it's a nice reservation to walk around. We spotted someone had carved a huge acorn out of one of the tree stumps a bit further down the trail, on the way here. May come back and place a cache there for others to visit and see.
Took Travel Bear TB, Left Cammo Duck TB (finally after finding a cache big enough)! Also took a slimey bug toy for the nephew, but as it was quite dirty (from the water in the cache) in haste to bag it up forgot to leave a trade item. I'll make sure to drop 2 trades for 1 in the next cache we visit.
TFTC!
GCJE1Y: Hornet's Hide 19 - Otterspool Trail #3 (Herts)
Found on 2010-01-23 at 20:00:00
Placed by: The Hornet, adopted by The Bongtwashes
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCJE1Y
We had done a few of Two Black Deefas caches, when I suggested this one was not far and I was certain we could walk to it from here. Mr Ben was hesitant as he'd check Google maps the night before and felt certain that there would be a couple of rivers preventing us from reaching the Hornet's Hides near the M1 but I felt confident that the footpath would lead us to some kind of bridge... and it did... well... a bridge was there, but beyond it, not much (see pics)!
Still cache was easy to locate, once again by Mr Ben who was beating the snot out of _TeamFitz_ with his command of the force.
"Is it a magnetic?" he asked whilst tapping something against the beams of the bridge, whilst _TeamFitz_ were still searching.
"Not sure..." I replied without looking up, but it was then that Mrs Fitz got my attention and we saw what Mr Ben had been tapping all along.
TFTC! We decided it was going to be near impossible to get to 17 and 18 from here so they'll have to wait for a nice summer day.
Placed by: The Hornet, adopted by The Bongtwashes
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 3 / Terrain: 2.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCJE1Y
We had done a few of Two Black Deefas caches, when I suggested this one was not far and I was certain we could walk to it from here. Mr Ben was hesitant as he'd check Google maps the night before and felt certain that there would be a couple of rivers preventing us from reaching the Hornet's Hides near the M1 but I felt confident that the footpath would lead us to some kind of bridge... and it did... well... a bridge was there, but beyond it, not much (see pics)!
Still cache was easy to locate, once again by Mr Ben who was beating the snot out of _TeamFitz_ with his command of the force.
"Is it a magnetic?" he asked whilst tapping something against the beams of the bridge, whilst _TeamFitz_ were still searching.
"Not sure..." I replied without looking up, but it was then that Mrs Fitz got my attention and we saw what Mr Ben had been tapping all along.
TFTC! We decided it was going to be near impossible to get to 17 and 18 from here so they'll have to wait for a nice summer day.
GCJE1Z: Hornet's Hide 20 - Otterspool Trail #4 (Herts)
Found on 2010-01-23 at 20:00:00
Placed by: The Hornet, adopted by The Bongtwashes
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCJE1Z
Tricky little hide which eluded us for a while, eventually jointly found by me and Mr Ben and had the cache in hand.
Nice stroll from the flooded Otterspool #3. Mrs Fitz noticed the nearby house had an interesting decoration in the form of hanging potted christmas trees from a washing line. TFTC!
Placed by: The Hornet, adopted by The Bongtwashes
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCJE1Z
Tricky little hide which eluded us for a while, eventually jointly found by me and Mr Ben and had the cache in hand.
Nice stroll from the flooded Otterspool #3. Mrs Fitz noticed the nearby house had an interesting decoration in the form of hanging potted christmas trees from a washing line. TFTC!
GC1AKVQ: Fore²
Found on 2010-01-23 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Two Black Deefas
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1AKVQ
Nice easy find as demonstrated once again by Mr Ben, who really was showing up _TeamFitz_ at this point.
Footpath was a little muddy, and we passed 2 kids on a motorbike who perhaps shouldn't have been there. Cache is very wet, as is the log book, but I see a previous finder has logged NM. TFTC!
Placed by: Two Black Deefas
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1AKVQ
Nice easy find as demonstrated once again by Mr Ben, who really was showing up _TeamFitz_ at this point.
Footpath was a little muddy, and we passed 2 kids on a motorbike who perhaps shouldn't have been there. Cache is very wet, as is the log book, but I see a previous finder has logged NM. TFTC!
GC1AMK4: Staddle Stones
Found on 2010-01-23 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Two Black Deefas
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1AMK4
Cache was found by Mrs Fitz whilst me and Mr Ben were consulting previous logs for the alternate coords.
We've never seen a barn raised like this before and it was nice to visit an overlooked historical structure. The village here is very nice, but it made me feel a little like we were walking through an outdoor museum or shop where you can admire the beauty and "look but don't touch"!
Thanks for bringing us to this area!
Placed by: Two Black Deefas
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1AMK4
Cache was found by Mrs Fitz whilst me and Mr Ben were consulting previous logs for the alternate coords.
We've never seen a barn raised like this before and it was nice to visit an overlooked historical structure. The village here is very nice, but it made me feel a little like we were walking through an outdoor museum or shop where you can admire the beauty and "look but don't touch"!
Thanks for bringing us to this area!
GC1B0ZX: Poe-tree
Found on 2010-01-23 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Two Black Deefas
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1B0ZX
Mr Ben beat _TeamFitz_ to this cache and was kind enough to demonstrate how easily he had done it - thanks Mr Ben!
Nice to see one with room for trades, took Benjie TB from Mr Ben who dipped it here. Left Florida Travel Bear TB.
Placed by: Two Black Deefas
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1B0ZX
Mr Ben beat _TeamFitz_ to this cache and was kind enough to demonstrate how easily he had done it - thanks Mr Ben!
Nice to see one with room for trades, took Benjie TB from Mr Ben who dipped it here. Left Florida Travel Bear TB.
Saturday 16 January 2010
GC1BGND: SUPERNATURAL – H`s Cache
Found on 2010-01-16 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Pyrodave0 & H
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1BGND
Solved at New Years, found today. Both me and the wife enjoy watching this show so the answers were not too difficult to work out with a little help from Going Out Or Getting Lost If Not Good answers.
Some great camo used on these caches, and a great little stroll to the final location. Once we arrived Mrs Fitz poured a circle of salt around GZ whilst I dug up the bones and dropped 2 TBs and traded the puzzle for a gold 'apple for the teacher' pin badge and the Colt.
It was then that the ghost appeared. I was able use a handy nearby iron pole to hold it off whilst Mrs Fitz burned the bones. Unfortunately, during all this action a couple of demons came by and muggled the Colt. I shot one in the back but the other got away.
TFTC!
Placed by: Pyrodave0 & H
Size: Regular (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 2)
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1BGND
Solved at New Years, found today. Both me and the wife enjoy watching this show so the answers were not too difficult to work out with a little help from Going Out Or Getting Lost If Not Good answers.
Some great camo used on these caches, and a great little stroll to the final location. Once we arrived Mrs Fitz poured a circle of salt around GZ whilst I dug up the bones and dropped 2 TBs and traded the puzzle for a gold 'apple for the teacher' pin badge and the Colt.
It was then that the ghost appeared. I was able use a handy nearby iron pole to hold it off whilst Mrs Fitz burned the bones. Unfortunately, during all this action a couple of demons came by and muggled the Colt. I shot one in the back but the other got away.
TFTC!
Saturday 9 January 2010
GC20JE7: St. George's Gardens
Found on 2010-01-09 at 20:00:00
Placed by: BBMLB56
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC20JE7
A bit of caching in London whilst I wait for the wife to finish at work doing overtime.. on a Saturday no less tsk tsk!
Great park, quite a few dog walking roamers around but they took little interest in what I was doing. Didn't take long to locate this cache, also took a few photo's, I was experimenting with my new Gorrilapod that I got for my birthday. I'll try to upload a photo later, I left my camera in the car.
Thanks for bringing me to this park, peaceful and out of the icy wind blast!
Placed by: BBMLB56
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC20JE7
A bit of caching in London whilst I wait for the wife to finish at work doing overtime.. on a Saturday no less tsk tsk!
Great park, quite a few dog walking roamers around but they took little interest in what I was doing. Didn't take long to locate this cache, also took a few photo's, I was experimenting with my new Gorrilapod that I got for my birthday. I'll try to upload a photo later, I left my camera in the car.
Thanks for bringing me to this park, peaceful and out of the icy wind blast!
GC1KJ9J: Flonopoly Cache 7 - Kings Cross
Found on 2010-01-09 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KJ9J
Well I must admit I have swept by this cache on a couple of occasions and each time there were just too many lurkers both inside and outside the court for me to stop and actually look so I didn't feel it was worth logging.
Today, I determined I was going to get this one, I figured since it was cold and icy all the zombies would be tucked up at home, boy was I wrong. It seems no matter what time of day or night, or what season you come by this park there are always lurkers. However this time the kids in the court were just too into their game of football to notice me.
The coords to me seem a little off, I went outside the park first, then realised from the hint it had to be inside. I hovered around for a bit, checking under one of the benches and wondering whether it could actually be in the court itself. Then just as I was thinking about leaving this one again, I decided to go to the wall bend down and check and had soon laid my hands on the cache.
TFTC!
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KJ9J
Well I must admit I have swept by this cache on a couple of occasions and each time there were just too many lurkers both inside and outside the court for me to stop and actually look so I didn't feel it was worth logging.
Today, I determined I was going to get this one, I figured since it was cold and icy all the zombies would be tucked up at home, boy was I wrong. It seems no matter what time of day or night, or what season you come by this park there are always lurkers. However this time the kids in the court were just too into their game of football to notice me.
The coords to me seem a little off, I went outside the park first, then realised from the hint it had to be inside. I hovered around for a bit, checking under one of the benches and wondering whether it could actually be in the court itself. Then just as I was thinking about leaving this one again, I decided to go to the wall bend down and check and had soon laid my hands on the cache.
TFTC!
GC1KKRR: Flonopoly Cache 19 - Trafalgar Square
Found on 2010-01-09 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKRR
Last quick CnD before hitting the Odeon to see Avatar in 3D and I must say if you haven't gone to see it yet - go see the 3D version it will blow you away! _TeamFitz_ thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and although the storyline was a bit formulaic, it was still gripping and immense. I felt there was great detail and attention to realism too. Apart from it being an obvious sci-fi/fantasy adventure, there weren't too many leaps of logic or plot contrivances. Overall I give it a 9/10, it almost makes me want to buy a Blu-ray player for the DVD release. I'd definitely like to hunt some caches on Pandora - gotta be a terrain of 5 for those Hallelujah Mountains!
Cache was easy to find, retrieve, sign, replace. TFTC!
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKRR
Last quick CnD before hitting the Odeon to see Avatar in 3D and I must say if you haven't gone to see it yet - go see the 3D version it will blow you away! _TeamFitz_ thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and although the storyline was a bit formulaic, it was still gripping and immense. I felt there was great detail and attention to realism too. Apart from it being an obvious sci-fi/fantasy adventure, there weren't too many leaps of logic or plot contrivances. Overall I give it a 9/10, it almost makes me want to buy a Blu-ray player for the DVD release. I'd definitely like to hunt some caches on Pandora - gotta be a terrain of 5 for those Hallelujah Mountains!
Cache was easy to find, retrieve, sign, replace. TFTC!
GC1KKT2: Flonopoly Cache 20 - Leicester Square
Found on 2010-01-09 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKT2
Met my wife in London after she had finished work and had promised to take me to see Avatar 3D for my birthday.
Well we got the tickets and had a couple of hours to kill so decided to do a few more caches, unfortunately the snow had started to fall and the icy winds made it difficult to read up the cache pages (e.g. for trail clues) - which is why I'm thankful for this micro series!
Mrs Fitz found this very easily, putting me to shame yet again. A smoker was using the door entrance nearby but we were able create an effective visibility block whilst signing and returning. TFTC!
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKT2
Met my wife in London after she had finished work and had promised to take me to see Avatar 3D for my birthday.
Well we got the tickets and had a couple of hours to kill so decided to do a few more caches, unfortunately the snow had started to fall and the icy winds made it difficult to read up the cache pages (e.g. for trail clues) - which is why I'm thankful for this micro series!
Mrs Fitz found this very easily, putting me to shame yet again. A smoker was using the door entrance nearby but we were able create an effective visibility block whilst signing and returning. TFTC!
GC1KKT4: Flonopoly Cache 21 - Coventry Street
Found on 2010-01-09 at 20:00:00
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKT4
Found on a little caching excursion whilst killing time before going to see Avatar 3D at the Odeon.
GPSr was just pinging us everywhere due to the London Effect so the clue was greatly received. Found quite easily - very bold placement - it never ceases to amaze me how most people just don't notice things around them as they go about their journeys.
TFTC!
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKT4
Found on a little caching excursion whilst killing time before going to see Avatar 3D at the Odeon.
GPSr was just pinging us everywhere due to the London Effect so the clue was greatly received. Found quite easily - very bold placement - it never ceases to amaze me how most people just don't notice things around them as they go about their journeys.
TFTC!
GC1ZXEQ: Gt.Ormond St. (almost)
Found on 2010-01-09 at 20:00:00
Placed by: currykev and boycie
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ZXEQ
Headed into London today to meet the wife who was doing a bit of overtime so had the chance to grab a few caches.
I arrived at Sur'alan Sugars favourite hospital but then the GPSr was sending me all over the place and I ended up walking round the block more than once until I managed to deduct the hiding place using the hint. I have absolutely no idea how caching in London would be possible without the hints as I can never get a straight signal.
Anyway wandered into the park and back again, as I was making my way back out I spotted it immediately in the 'where would I hide it' place.
Took Happy Caching GC (Left it in the car, will log tomorrow) TFTC!
Placed by: currykev and boycie
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ZXEQ
Headed into London today to meet the wife who was doing a bit of overtime so had the chance to grab a few caches.
I arrived at Sur'alan Sugars favourite hospital but then the GPSr was sending me all over the place and I ended up walking round the block more than once until I managed to deduct the hiding place using the hint. I have absolutely no idea how caching in London would be possible without the hints as I can never get a straight signal.
Anyway wandered into the park and back again, as I was making my way back out I spotted it immediately in the 'where would I hide it' place.
Took Happy Caching GC (Left it in the car, will log tomorrow) TFTC!
Friday 8 January 2010
GC1C1Y8: What the Dickens #2
Found on 2010-01-08 at 20:00:00
Placed by: currykev
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C1Y8
You're right, this can be done in 10 minutes. 9 minutes figuring out I was standing in the wrong place and 1 minute actually solve n grab! It didn't help that my GPSr was basically going bonkers with the London Effect.
OK So I found Mr Dickens and indeed on either side of Mr Dickens were 2 plaques, so there I was trying to relate the clues to the plaques and it dawned on me, maybe I'm not supposed to be looking here. Then I went and stood in front of the office(?) entrance pondering the 2 plaques here, but still no number overhead - as I was pondering I was approached by a security guard who enquired as to my well-being and I said "I'm find thankyou." Then I had an "ah ha" moment and headed to the right place.
Once there, easy solve and once I had the coords I was struck with a bit a panto feeling. Quickly found the cache, but the logs were just too wet to sign, so I took a photo of the cache to verify I got my grubby mits on it (not a spoiler image I promise).
Thanks for introducing me to another hidden part of London!
Placed by: currykev
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1C1Y8
You're right, this can be done in 10 minutes. 9 minutes figuring out I was standing in the wrong place and 1 minute actually solve n grab! It didn't help that my GPSr was basically going bonkers with the London Effect.
OK So I found Mr Dickens and indeed on either side of Mr Dickens were 2 plaques, so there I was trying to relate the clues to the plaques and it dawned on me, maybe I'm not supposed to be looking here. Then I went and stood in front of the office(?) entrance pondering the 2 plaques here, but still no number overhead - as I was pondering I was approached by a security guard who enquired as to my well-being and I said "I'm find thankyou." Then I had an "ah ha" moment and headed to the right place.
Once there, easy solve and once I had the coords I was struck with a bit a panto feeling. Quickly found the cache, but the logs were just too wet to sign, so I took a photo of the cache to verify I got my grubby mits on it (not a spoiler image I promise).
Thanks for introducing me to another hidden part of London!
GC1Z2NK: Gates To The Charterhouse
Found on 2010-01-08 at 20:00:00
Placed by: loobcom
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1Z2NK
Last one before hitting Farringdon Tube Station and jumping on the Met line to go home to Watford... or so I thought. When the tube finally got to Moor Park the driver informed us that it was changing and going to Rickmansworth instead.... every single passenger got off and an empty train went to Rickmansworth! Can you believe that? I was so ticked, it was so bloody cold too! Then, 5 minutes later another Rickmansworth-bound train turned up... what about us Watford folk eh?!
Anyway this was a tricky little blighter. As I arrived at GZ my GPSr sighed and gave up the ghost. I looked at these gates and I thought "Great this nano could be anywhere!" After about 5 minutes searching I leaned against the wall to consult my Cacheberry again, I just so happened to peer up and there it was!
One of the magnets seems to have disappeared, it still has attraction but it's weak. TFTC!
Placed by: loobcom
Size: Other (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1Z2NK
Last one before hitting Farringdon Tube Station and jumping on the Met line to go home to Watford... or so I thought. When the tube finally got to Moor Park the driver informed us that it was changing and going to Rickmansworth instead.... every single passenger got off and an empty train went to Rickmansworth! Can you believe that? I was so ticked, it was so bloody cold too! Then, 5 minutes later another Rickmansworth-bound train turned up... what about us Watford folk eh?!
Anyway this was a tricky little blighter. As I arrived at GZ my GPSr sighed and gave up the ghost. I looked at these gates and I thought "Great this nano could be anywhere!" After about 5 minutes searching I leaned against the wall to consult my Cacheberry again, I just so happened to peer up and there it was!
One of the magnets seems to have disappeared, it still has attraction but it's weak. TFTC!
GC4201: St Etheldreda's (Central London)
Found on 2010-01-08 at 20:00:00
Placed by: The Wombles
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC4201
Good grief look at the size of that window! I think I've seen bigger elsewhere but still impressive. Didn't get to go in the church as I did this one after work.
There were a lot of lurkers around in cars, presumably waiting for partners/spouses but kept beeping their horns for some reason. Thankfully the cache is tucked out the way below street level, so I was able to meander down taking an interest in the church infoboard and such then sitting and looking like I was organising my bag for a quick and easy grab.
Thanks for bringing me here!
Placed by: The Wombles
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC4201
Good grief look at the size of that window! I think I've seen bigger elsewhere but still impressive. Didn't get to go in the church as I did this one after work.
There were a lot of lurkers around in cars, presumably waiting for partners/spouses but kept beeping their horns for some reason. Thankfully the cache is tucked out the way below street level, so I was able to meander down taking an interest in the church infoboard and such then sitting and looking like I was organising my bag for a quick and easy grab.
Thanks for bringing me here!
Thursday 7 January 2010
Geocaching Statistics
A little while ago I discovered www.itsnotaboutthenumbers.com and was using their embedded html on my profile page. It's a fine web based tool but I've recently come across something cooler which provides even more details - and the best thing about it is it's cross-platform including Linux.
GCStatistics from MacDefender is a tool which you download to your desktop. Once you open it there is a button to automatically log into geocaching.com and order your 'My Finds' pocket query (limited to 7 days). When you get the email you then load the gpx/zip into GCStatistics and select the criteria you want to create statistical charts on all your finds.
You can then export to html, but you don't even have to switch to your browser and log in, GCStatistics will let you click another button to automatically upload the generated stats to your profile page.
I'm pretty impressed with this tool so I think I'm going to keep using it for the meantime. The stats are mainly for my benefit, there's really no way of competing in Geocaching since a lot of people have been at it a long time, but I don't have a problem with others seeing what we've been up to.
GCStatistics from MacDefender is a tool which you download to your desktop. Once you open it there is a button to automatically log into geocaching.com and order your 'My Finds' pocket query (limited to 7 days). When you get the email you then load the gpx/zip into GCStatistics and select the criteria you want to create statistical charts on all your finds.
You can then export to html, but you don't even have to switch to your browser and log in, GCStatistics will let you click another button to automatically upload the generated stats to your profile page.
I'm pretty impressed with this tool so I think I'm going to keep using it for the meantime. The stats are mainly for my benefit, there's really no way of competing in Geocaching since a lot of people have been at it a long time, but I don't have a problem with others seeing what we've been up to.
| Day and Month | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
| Jan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feb | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apr | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jun | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jul | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Aug | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sep | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oct | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nov | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec | 4 | 12 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
_TeamFitz_ has found 60 out of 366 possible calendar day combinations (16.4%). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 5 January 2010
Egosurfing
Happy New Year!
Hey I got a new domain: www.wafitz.net. I haven't done anything with it yet but I intend to start moving 'operations' over there. This blog, maybe a static webcam, geocaching related stuff. And I'm working on a weekly(?) podcast with my brother in law - we're just ironing out the technicalities.
Speaking of domains and online activity. Ever since I did my first egosurf (way back when we were all surfing web 1.0 with 56k dialup, Google was a sound a baby would make, email was the fastest way to communicate and AOL was a formidable giant of the web) this website is what drew in the top results. The image of the little girl has been "picture of the week" for the last 300 weeks. The whole website has never changed since it's been up and yet it still gets significant ranking when I google my name.
Of all the daft forum posts, stupid blogs and other nonsense I've done online, I'd rather anyone see those than to mistake fitzweb.org for one of my achievements. I am probably not helping by linking to it, it's probably bad form to even discuss it like this, but it's something that's bothered and haunted me for years so I felt maybe it's time to clear up any confusion.
Hey I got a new domain: www.wafitz.net. I haven't done anything with it yet but I intend to start moving 'operations' over there. This blog, maybe a static webcam, geocaching related stuff. And I'm working on a weekly(?) podcast with my brother in law - we're just ironing out the technicalities.
Speaking of domains and online activity. Ever since I did my first egosurf (way back when we were all surfing web 1.0 with 56k dialup, Google was a sound a baby would make, email was the fastest way to communicate and AOL was a formidable giant of the web) this website is what drew in the top results. The image of the little girl has been "picture of the week" for the last 300 weeks. The whole website has never changed since it's been up and yet it still gets significant ranking when I google my name.
Of all the daft forum posts, stupid blogs and other nonsense I've done online, I'd rather anyone see those than to mistake fitzweb.org for one of my achievements. I am probably not helping by linking to it, it's probably bad form to even discuss it like this, but it's something that's bothered and haunted me for years so I felt maybe it's time to clear up any confusion.
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