I've enjoyed my experimentations with social media so far, but have found it's gotten rather out of hand and beyond my control. It's important to have an online presence, but there needs to be some kind of focus which draws it all in.
Contrary to popular theory, there are quite a few Wes Fitzpatricks out there on the interwebs and I don't want the casual googler to become confused. I have no idea what the other Wes Fitzpatricks will make of this blog, particularly if it rises in search ranking. Not my intention of course, my intention is only to collate the bits that belong to me and of course reduce confusion.
This is the first post, I started it late and I'm a little tired. There's a lot more I want to say and a lot more coherently, so I'm not sure if this post will stay.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Monday, 5 October 2009
GC1ZGG6: Coal Post #52
Found on 2009-10-05 at 19:00:00
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ZGG6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]~*~ FTF ~*~ [:D]
Well I've been seeing these Coal Posts popping up all over the place and was in the mood for the hunt. Got the notification on my BB on the tube heading home so I quickly changed, grabbed my GPSr and loaded the coords and headed out.
What I didn't realise is that the wife left me with an empty tank, so the light was blinking yellow as I raced for this one but I decided not to stop for petrol and glad I didn't now. Parked in Rofand Rd first but I don't know the area and couldn't see a footpath so I ended up driving round to Sandy Lodge Way and approached over the tube lines.
Very dark, had my head-torch on, got to GZ and was confused for a moment - but I didn't read the description properly. At this point I decided to call and leave a text message for the wife.. in case they need to find my body later I told her I was headed for Coalpost 52.
Anyway, reread the description - thank God for mobiles and EDGE - and quickly located the large rusty Coalpost, it was then only a short time after that I got the cache!
Signed the log, noticed the other coords written on there - is this for some kind of bonus? Anyway as I was taking some pictures lo and behold I saw another flashlight approaching and guessed it might be a cacher. We did the secret geocaching signal and it was of course [b]TrainSPLOTer[/b].[font=Verdana]
Also trod in dog poop again, I don't know how I do it but I'm a magnet for the stuff. GZ now fully saturated with the smell due to my wiping and spreading it all over in a frantic attempt to remove the substance from the sole of my boot - sorry about that.
TFTC!
Dipping Rav4, it got me there in time and on fumes!
Placed by: bones1
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1ZGG6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]~*~ FTF ~*~ [:D]
Well I've been seeing these Coal Posts popping up all over the place and was in the mood for the hunt. Got the notification on my BB on the tube heading home so I quickly changed, grabbed my GPSr and loaded the coords and headed out.
What I didn't realise is that the wife left me with an empty tank, so the light was blinking yellow as I raced for this one but I decided not to stop for petrol and glad I didn't now. Parked in Rofand Rd first but I don't know the area and couldn't see a footpath so I ended up driving round to Sandy Lodge Way and approached over the tube lines.
Very dark, had my head-torch on, got to GZ and was confused for a moment - but I didn't read the description properly. At this point I decided to call and leave a text message for the wife.. in case they need to find my body later I told her I was headed for Coalpost 52.
Anyway, reread the description - thank God for mobiles and EDGE - and quickly located the large rusty Coalpost, it was then only a short time after that I got the cache!
Signed the log, noticed the other coords written on there - is this for some kind of bonus? Anyway as I was taking some pictures lo and behold I saw another flashlight approaching and guessed it might be a cacher. We did the secret geocaching signal and it was of course [b]TrainSPLOTer[/b].[font=Verdana]
Also trod in dog poop again, I don't know how I do it but I'm a magnet for the stuff. GZ now fully saturated with the smell due to my wiping and spreading it all over in a frantic attempt to remove the substance from the sole of my boot - sorry about that.
TFTC!
Dipping Rav4, it got me there in time and on fumes!
Saturday, 3 October 2009
GC118F6: Gray's Inn
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: goldpot
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC118F6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found in the evening whilst doing the tourist thing in London with my sister in law.
Quite easy to identify given the title hint but on finding the container it contained a mischievous message which had us scratching our heads and wondering if this was some kind of puzzle or joke.
Thanks to Goldpot for confirming we found this one! Didn't sign log for obvious reasons.[font=Verdana]
Placed by: goldpot
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC118F6
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Found in the evening whilst doing the tourist thing in London with my sister in law.
Quite easy to identify given the title hint but on finding the container it contained a mischievous message which had us scratching our heads and wondering if this was some kind of puzzle or joke.
Thanks to Goldpot for confirming we found this one! Didn't sign log for obvious reasons.[font=Verdana]
GC1D3FT: Poetry Please - St Giles-in-the-Fields
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Superdale
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1D3FT
[font=Trebuchet Ms]As I was approaching GZ I noticed 2 muggles one sitting on the bench and the other on the concrete slabs behind stood up and looked at me as I approached. The second muggle then spoke and it turns out he was another geocacher (zetolas) who had got there 5 minutes ago.
We both searched around for a few minutes before coming to the conclusion it was where the muggle was sitting with his headphones on eating lunch. We sat down nearby and talked and waited till the muggle finished his lunch then took off, and it was then spotted immediately.
Swapped TBs and Geocoins with [b]zetolas[/b], will 'drop' Cornish Bear TB and Snappy The Thai Croc TB for the mileage.
Also dipping Prague GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:16:15 AM.]
Placed by: Superdale
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 1 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1D3FT
[font=Trebuchet Ms]As I was approaching GZ I noticed 2 muggles one sitting on the bench and the other on the concrete slabs behind stood up and looked at me as I approached. The second muggle then spoke and it turns out he was another geocacher (zetolas) who had got there 5 minutes ago.
We both searched around for a few minutes before coming to the conclusion it was where the muggle was sitting with his headphones on eating lunch. We sat down nearby and talked and waited till the muggle finished his lunch then took off, and it was then spotted immediately.
Swapped TBs and Geocoins with [b]zetolas[/b], will 'drop' Cornish Bear TB and Snappy The Thai Croc TB for the mileage.
Also dipping Prague GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:16:15 AM.]
GC1KKMR: West End Trail - Back on the grid.....
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKMR
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Fairly easy one to spot, but tough retrieval. Like the previous finder, I found browsing the services of the nearby shop useful whilst I made the grab.
No fan of the the TV show or the NWO but definitely a large building with lots of interesting symbols on it - certainly one for conspiracy theorists.
Dipping Canadian Tourist GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:17:03 AM.]
Placed by: Firelanterns
Size: Micro (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1KKMR
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Fairly easy one to spot, but tough retrieval. Like the previous finder, I found browsing the services of the nearby shop useful whilst I made the grab.
No fan of the the TV show or the NWO but definitely a large building with lots of interesting symbols on it - certainly one for conspiracy theorists.
Dipping Canadian Tourist GC.
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:17:03 AM.]
GC1N1QH: Last Man Standing II
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Iron Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1N1QH
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Very bold hide, found by my sister-in-law who is visiting from Canada as we were headed to Covent Garden for drinks.
What's funny is that she had stopped to look at this before we moved on and I assumed my GPSr was leading me to the alley just beyond and round the back. But the GPSr then decided to play nice and lead us right back onto the street at this point my s-i-l had a lightbulb moment with the title and it was then found very quickly! [:P]
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:18:23 AM.]
Placed by: Iron Man
Size: Small (Difficulty: 1.5 / Terrain: 1.5)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GC1N1QH
[font=Trebuchet Ms]Very bold hide, found by my sister-in-law who is visiting from Canada as we were headed to Covent Garden for drinks.
What's funny is that she had stopped to look at this before we moved on and I assumed my GPSr was leading me to the alley just beyond and round the back. But the GPSr then decided to play nice and lead us right back onto the street at this point my s-i-l had a lightbulb moment with the title and it was then found very quickly! [:P]
(Edited for: Wrong date)[font=Verdana]
[This entry was edited by fitzwesley on Sunday, October 04, 2009 at 11:18:23 AM.]
GCG42B: aiii que dolor
Found on 2009-10-03 at 19:00:00
Placed by: Gorka115
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCG42B
Came into London today with visiting sister-in-law so she could do the tourist thing. I was quite nerded out by the time I reached this cache as we had been to the British Library and had been looking at some of the 1000+ year old texts there as well as some of the ones written by people who lived in London 100-200 years ago.
Dropped off s-i-l at British Museum and anyway, didn't realise I was about to be given another history tour!
Definitely a productive area, maybe something in the water in these parts? It's astounding that over 100 years ago all these intelligent and artistic minds lived in one place and literally changed the world with their ideas and inventions... and what does London produce now? Egotistical popstars, desperate Z-listers and a celebrity obsessed culture. Where did it all go wrong?
Placed by: Gorka115
Size: Virtual (Difficulty: 2 / Terrain: 1)
Location: London, United Kingdom
Geocaching.com: GCG42B
Came into London today with visiting sister-in-law so she could do the tourist thing. I was quite nerded out by the time I reached this cache as we had been to the British Library and had been looking at some of the 1000+ year old texts there as well as some of the ones written by people who lived in London 100-200 years ago.
Dropped off s-i-l at British Museum and anyway, didn't realise I was about to be given another history tour!
Definitely a productive area, maybe something in the water in these parts? It's astounding that over 100 years ago all these intelligent and artistic minds lived in one place and literally changed the world with their ideas and inventions... and what does London produce now? Egotistical popstars, desperate Z-listers and a celebrity obsessed culture. Where did it all go wrong?
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