GCTRA6: Under Cover...A Matter of Time

Found on 2010-05-31
Placed by: JollyJax
Size: Small (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: , United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCTRA6

We arrived in Fringford mid afternoon having never been before and to do a good trail. We were caching paperless and attempted this after the other 2 nearby caches. We were on Shanks's pony and so we arrived at specified GZ but were utterly confused by the cache page wording and clues - since we were expecting a multi in the sense of a container or questions to answer at the start. We therefore decided to abandon it and get on with the traditionals, with hope in the back of our minds that a lightbulb might flick on and we could come back to it.

Several caches later we were heading back down Main Street towards the car to head home. We were thoroughly exhausted due to the humidity but suddenly both spotted a rather prominent yellow sign and both of us knew this must be it. We headed back to the car then pelted down main street in search of the other clues. Then the cache description all started to make sense, we finally found ourselves at the church and parked up here and began to look for one of those elusive public footpaths which tend to look like a small gap between two neighbouring property fences.

After finding the footpath, we were well on our way and into another beautiful area - unfortunately it was now that I discovered why it pays to buy a backup battery for my DSLR and so I exhausted the battery and could take no more photos. But this was a nice ending to our caching experience and a great place for a hide. I was very pleased to have managed to get this one before we left!

FYI: We found the first set of coords to be most accurate. Also this seems to be a bit of a hybrid multi-puzzle. I think it would better suited listed as a puzzle, as we found it confusing. However I say this coming from the paperless perspective where some formatting is lost in the mobile software so it's less clear where the back-story ends and the clues begin.

TFTC!