Lazy Leopard's Lair

Geocaching

Caches Hidden

• 12th June 2002
  • GC6397 - Roaring Down
    I use the road that runs along the top of North Downs as a way of avoiding the M25 some days on my way to work. Recently I stopped to see whether there was anywhere a cache could be hidden, and found this place. View cache page.
• 9th February 2002
  • GC3660 - Inbound from Proxima
    I've had the idea for this virtual multi-cache for a while, and surveyed the location before I went to Australia, but the puzzle took a while to work out. Being virtual, this cache has an on-line log book, and the only treasure you'll get is the dubious pleasure of solving the problem. View cache page.
• 14th January 2002
  • GC327A - Old Rough
    It was the last day of my holiday, and I still had two fluorescent green plastic boxes stocked and ready to hide. This park seemed like a reasonable choice because it is neither manicured garden nor pristine bush, but does have plenty of paths through it. Besides, it was a good place to walk the dog. We headed off after a picnic lunch, and found a suitable spot fairly easily. The dog enjoyed himself too. View cache page.
• 7th January 2002
  • GC3191 - Grim Jarrah
    On our way from Nannup Valley to Australind we took a detour to have a look at the mine at Greenbushes. Afterwards we were looking for a picnic spot, and our map suggested there would be one at Grimwade. The only spot we found at Grimwade seemed a bit grim, so we back- tracked until we spotted the Bibbulmun Track crossing the road. It seemed as good a spot as any to stop, so we did. I went for a wander, and found this hiding place. The cache is another yellow ammo box. View cache page.
• 5th January 2002
  • GC3190 - Willow Giants
    I promised I'd try to hide a cache or two while I was on holiday in Western Australia, so I prepared four boxes, and looked for opportunities. We were staying at Nannup Valley, so Willow Springs looked like a reasonable place to start. The Bibbulmun Track passes through it, and it's not in a national park. We found a spot after having a picnic lunch, and I came back in the evening to hide the cache. It's a small ammo box which has been painted yellow. View cache page.

Travel Bugs

• TB45B - A Wandering Minstrel
  This bug is a key-fob with a picture of one of my harps on it. It was released on December 26th 2001 at GC29E6 "Cache number 12". View bug page.
• TB455 - Bearly a Minstrel
  This bug is a small teddy bearing a badge with a picture of one of my harps on it. He was released on January 14th 2002 at my cache GC29E6 "Old Rough" (see below). View bug page.
• TB770 - Another Wandering Minstrel
  This bug is a key-fob with a picture of one of my harps on it. It was released on February 15th 2002 at GC2947 "The cache at Pooh Bridge". View bug page.
• TB72D - Wandering Giant
  This bug is a key-fob with a picture of a lone bull elephant on it. It was released at GC5BC3 "The Gatwick Bug Hotel" on 13th June 2002, and got to GC9F84 "Undercarriage Down", but then fell victim to a cache vandal in November 2002, and vanished. View bug page.
• TB36C - Measuring the World
  This bug is a key-ring tape-measure I swapped at GCNQ71 "Doris's Bough Beech Bench Cache", attached a tag, and released, all in one visit. View bug page.
• TB456 - Woodbridge Tide Mill Bug
  This bug is a key-ring from the Woodbridge Tide Mill, and was released while I was on holiday in Toronto, in GCVTKH K&K squad visiting Njo. View bug page.

Caches Hunted

• 2nd November 2024
  • GCE08B - Savernake Forest
    We were out for a walk with friends, and exploring this area for the first time. The idea I might find a cache or three only occurred to me some little way down the track, and I only had my phone with me, but it proved up to the task. I took a bit of a through-the-brambles route rather than looking at the map and walking the easy way. What with leaf fall and so on, the cache was well hidden and took a while to find, but I got there in the end. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC6C29V - Savernake Saunter #17 - Long Harry
    On a wander with friends, right past this spot. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC6BBD4 - Savernake Saunter #1 - Parking nearby
    We were out for a wander with some friends today, exploring this forest for the first time, and I found three caches along the way. This was the last one, just before we headed home. TFTC View cache page.
• 27th May 2024
  • GC4WXR3 - Little Bridges #162 Oldbury Brook
    Substantial work in the area may have disturbed the hiding place. (Posted four photos of the area as it looked on the day.). View cache page.
  • GC33G6A - Team Rugby Eastington 4
    Quick find. Unfortunately I didn't have a writing implement, and my geocaching rubber stamp has had a mishap, for which my apologies... TFTC View cache page.
• 29th May 2023
  • GC4JCXT - Robinswood's Most Wanted
    A quick find as we were wandering past on a sunny bank holiday monday. TFTC (It could use a new log book - no space to sign!) View cache page.
• 2nd September 2021
  • GC70MAB - Battery Point
    We were exploring the area, and I checked to see what caches might be around while sitting on a bench close to the memorial. A little while later, on the way back to the car, I took a short diversion to find the cache. TFTC. View cache page.
• 12th September 2020
  • GC1PG8X - G005 Church Micro 569 Elberton Village Church
    Cache a bit damp but not too hard to find. Lots of blackberries nearby. TFTC View cache page.
• 5th September 2020
  • GC5FW10 - Lord of All You Survey?
    It's been a while since I hunted a cache down. Still have an eye for it though. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1H6H1 - May Hill
    I've been seeing this hill from my kitchen window for almost two years now, and finally made a trip to have a look at the curious grove of trees close up. Here's a view over the Severn. My house is somewhere over that way, close to the horizon. Thanks for the cache, and particularly for the additional geological information. Answers emailed. View cache page.
• 26th March 2017
  • GCJJ89 - Grand Old Duke of York
    While walking from the masts to the trig point, my eye was drawn to something a little way from the path. "Bet there's a geocache there" I thought. And there was. :) TFTC View cache page.
• 10th March 2017
  • GC1056R - Titterstone Clee Hill Summit
    A quick find after a SOTA activation, before heading down. TFTC View cache page.
• 12th February 2017
  • GC6MBF7 - Our 100th cache
    A quick find on a short afternoon walk through the woods. Dropped off Vomar Racer # 74 - Lays cheese onion. TFTC View cache page.
• 4th December 2016
  • GC5Q1RM - Eierpflanze? - Eggplant?
    The weather had not been so pleasant, but I neded to find a cache in Germay during my visit, and this one was the easiest to reach. An interesting hide. Danke. (Vomar Racer # 74 - Lays cheese onion visited.) View cache page.
• 3rd August 2016
  • GC2NZE3 - WW2 Type 28a Pillbox (Bodiam Castle)
    A bit of trouble extracting the cache itself, but otherwise an easy find, with bonus passing steam trains. TFTC View cache page.
• 23rd July 2016
  • GC67XXH - Morrèl de las Fadas
    Stopped to look at the dolmen and find this one on our way home after a week staying in Cesseras. MPLC View cache page.
• 20th July 2016
  • GC5DP44 - L'olivier de la tour carrée
    First of three on a short walk from the place we're staying. Relatively easy once we were looking in the right place. MPLC View cache page.
  • GC5J1P9 - Vestiges de la chapelle Saint Salvy
    Second of three on a short walk from the place we're staying. Easy to find once we were looking at the right location, but needed hints from previous logs to get there, as GPS had put us 40 metres away. MPLC View cache page.
  • GC5DP65 - Les ruines du moulin à vent
    Third and last for our short morning walk. Startled a rabbit close to the ruins. Left a keyring and picked up a travel bug to move along. MPLC (Vomar Racer # 74 - Lays cheese onion) View cache page.
• 2nd June 2016
  • GC2QJMK - Senner Bunker
    Found while on a last walk at the end of a four day visit. DfdC View cache page.
• 21st May 2016
  • GC1W15X - SideTracked - Liskeard
    It was a wet morning, so we went looking for some caches that didn't need long walks. This was the first. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC33HRV - Rosie and Jim
    It was a wet morning, so we went looking for some caches that didn't need long walks. This was the second. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC5TRQP - Coombe Halt
    It was a wet morning, so we went looking for some caches that didn't need long walks. This was the third. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3V0E9 - The Weiry Branch Line
    It was a wet morning, so we went looking for some caches that didn't need long walks. This was the fourth, last, and longest walk of the morning. TFTC View cache page.
• 20th May 2016
  • GC1YQMA - Supermarket Sweep - Liskeard
    A faily quick find. We were staying nearby, and stopped at the supermarket to get something for lunch before a day of Summits On The Air activating. TFTC View cache page.
• 4th May 2016
  • GC68CPR - Emmetts#2
    Happened to be in the area and thought to check for caches. This one was the nearest. TCTC View cache page.
  • GC4GFP0 - Emmetts Ram Pump
    Happened to be in the area and thought to check for caches. This second one was the farthest, but took us somewhere interesting we might not have visited otherwise. TCTC View cache page.
  • GC68ACH - Emmetts#1
    Happened to be in the area and thought to check for caches. This one was the third and last. TCTC View cache page.
• 10th March 2016
  • GC5P14R - Isleworth Blue School Governors
    I've walked past this post countless times without really looking at it. Then I noticed this cache and went looking. Third time's the charm. I found the cache a few days back, but didn't have anything to write with, so left it un-touched. I came back a couple of days ago with a pen, but found the log too damp to write on with it. Today I had time to dry out the log, so I could, finally, write in it. There's only one space left. TFTC View cache page.
• 1st October 2015
  • GC2GNW0 - Brocken wieder frei
    On a busy day (it seems to me) in fine weather on the Brocken after a while activating DM/SA-001 for SOTA earlier. TFTC View cache page.
• 7th September 2015
  • GC1DWH5 - The Rocky Road
    A fine day, and I was heading up Hardown Hill to do a Summits On The Air activation, so solved the puzzle and went to the indicated co-ordinates, but the bracken was thick and time was short, so didn't manage to find it. View cache page.
  • GCHCHF - Buzzards and Beeches
    I was going up Lewesdon Hill lto do a Summits On The Air activation, and took a slightly longer route up to find this one. Not hard to find, but, as other comments have noted, probably nearer twenty than five, so I wonder whether the cache has been moved. One trackable ( "Rusty Seattle 3" ) spotted in the cache. TFTC View cache page.
• 6th October 2014
  • GC4QZ35 - Helden der Zee
    Went for a stroll while waiting for the check-in at the ferry terminal to open, and found this along the way. Also spotted "FTF Micro Coin". TFTC View cache page.
• 2nd October 2014
  • GC4098Q - Nicht allein...
    Stayed a night with friends nearby, and found this while out for a walk in the morning. TFTC View cache page.
• 24th August 2014
  • GC3PFWE - Twitcher
    A quick find after a walk round the woods. TFTC View cache page.
• 22nd August 2014
  • GCQ8XA - Henry's Hever Cache
    The numbers weren't too tricky and we collected most of them while we were looking round the Castle. It didn't take long to find the cache. TNLNSL TFTC View cache page.
  • GCYEPJ - Princess Saphire
    Sorted out the clues after a visit to Hever Castle, and then went down the road for a quick fond on our way home. TFTC View cache page.
• 20th August 2014
  • GC2FBCF - Darwin's Wormstone
    Another interesting visit to Down House. I figured it was time I logged this cache. Thanks. View cache page.
• 26th July 2014
  • GC58AQV - Come Pine With Me
    Looked about for a while before I spotted the kind of object I was expecting... TFTC View cache page.
• 23rd July 2014
  • GC4KDBP - The New Adventures of Old Christine
    A quick walk with Friendly Flyer on a sunny morning. TFTC View cache page.
• 15th May 2014
  • GC2KPT3 - VIA FRANCIGENA # 9 VUES SUR LA HEM
    A quick cache find before an afternoon of SOTA activity. MPLC View cache page.
• 26th April 2014
  • GC11XHF - LM Trail # 1
    Found while on my way up to the trig point for a SOTA activation. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC11XHJ - LM Trail # 2
    Found while on my way up to the trig point for a SOTA activation. TFTC View cache page.
• 21st October 2013
  • GC2C8B1 - Gates of Greenwich #1.2
    A quick find before having lunch in the nearby pub. TFTC View cache page.
• 21st September 2013
  • GC34012 - Dave's Cache
    A quick find on a damp morning after an evening celebrating a friend's 60th birthday. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC27W9Z - Church Micro 1162 Llandaff Cathedral
    A quick find on a damp morning after an evening celebrating a friend's 60th birthday. The cathedral was being prepared for a service in the afternoon, so it's as well we chose to visit it first. TFTC View cache page.
• 4th May 2013
  • GC3RYXA - Zig Zag Arachnid
    Curiously, found it easily, but as others have noted there's a lot of trash around the place, so a trash-out bag would be a good item for the next hunter to take. Also, the container's disguise is no longer attached, so a little TLC needed there, too. Fine views from the spot, though. TFTC View cache page.
• 1st May 2013
  • GC31DTK - Snowy Mountain
    First of six road-side caches on our drive back down to Perth. An interesting view once we turned round to look the right way! TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3CVYT - Indian Ocean Art
    Second of six road-side caches on our drive back down to Perth. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2GX8M - Wedge Point View
    A good view of Wedge from this, the third of six road-side caches we found on our way back to Perth. We met a couple of roos very close to GZ. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2Y290 - Spot A Roo?
    Fourth of six road-side(-ish) caches we found on our way back to Perth from Jurien Bay. We got rather closer views of roos from the previous cache, but this one had better views overall. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2Y29X - Which One?
    Fifth of six on our drive back from Jurien Bay to Perth, and probably the furthest from the road. Easy enough to find. The log book was a bit damp. We tried to dry it out a bit, but didn't have the time to let it dry completely. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC4412Z - Banksia
    Last cache of the day. Interesting views and information. TFTC View cache page.
• 30th April 2013
  • GC1XM08 - Molah Lookout
    First cache of the day on our second day in the Jurien Bay area. We were heading south from Jurien Bay to visit Lake Thetis, and this was a good place to take a look at the coastline. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC22XQZ - Lake Thetis
    A quick find before we set off for the walk around the lake. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2A43V - Lake Thetis - Living Fossils
    Another facsinating place of particular interest to geologists, this. Also a good place for ornithologists to spend a while. I expect the herpetologists might also find much of interest at the right time of year, but I'll leave that to them. We took plenty of photos. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2MZE7 - Lake Thetis 2
    This one was a bonus, and a nice hide. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC239FZ - Hanson Bay Lookout
    Spent quite a while hunting for this one. Did find a few bits which might once have been cache treasures, or just stuff dropped by kids, but nothing conclusive. We did, however, meet the friendliest wagtail ever. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2FZNH - Thirsty Outlook
    Excellent hide. TFTC :) Good views too. We were a bit concerned about the deconstruction activity happening down on the point, though. Apparently parts of the car park and so on are being removed before they become dangerous. Or something like that. All down to the way the coastline is changing, apparently. Hope they aren't going to demolish the lookout too... View cache page.
  • GC22Z2H - Jurien
    A brief stroll late in the afternoon. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1X949 - Mt Lesueur
    Last of the day. We decided a little late in the day to visit this park, but it was well worth the drive, and we got to watch a fine sunset from a little further round the drive. TFTC View cache page.
• 29th April 2013
  • GC3A4EM - Paconaua
    The first cache for this short trip up to Jurien Bay. Saw a small snake on the path. Fine views, and a good hide. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC2A441 - Pinnacles - Enigmas in Stone
    A visit here was the main reason for coming up to this part of the country. The weather was fine on the day we drove up, so we went to have a look mid-afternoon, spent quite a while wandering around the Pinnacles, and took lots of photos. TFTC View cache page.
• 28th April 2013
  • GC3H3EJ - Charlies Big Backyard
    Took the dogs for a walk to check up on "Old Rough" just a bit further down the course, and then decided to find one or two caches on the way back to the car. This one took us down a few different paths, and the dogs loved exploring. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3K673 - How much wood can a Woodchuck, chuck???
    Took the dogs for a walk to check up on "Old Rough" just a bit further down the course, and then decided to hunt one or two caches on the way back to the car. Guessed roughly what we'd probably be looking for, and spent a while looking here, but didn't manage to find it. Then the dogs began to get restless again, so decided to move on, leaving this un-found. View cache page.
  • GCNM23 - Northern Terminus
    An escape from the Sunday Market, and a handy nearby cache. This one took a while. I looked in every possible location I could from ground level, but couldn't see it. Then a couple of youngsters arrived, and they were clearly hunting for it too. They gave me an idea. I'm glad my shoes weren't muddy... TFTC View cache page.
• 26th April 2013
  • GC2FARJ - Little Lookout
    An impulse stop-and-search while on my way home from the shops. Fine views. TFTC View cache page.
• 24th April 2013
  • GCVKKF - Frog'n'Rock
    A short walk and a fairly quick find once I'd done my mountain goat impressions from the path on the ridge. A surprising location, this, with some big koi in the lake. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2JRT2 - Brookside
    Spent a good while looking around GZ for this, but there are a fair number of potential hiding places matching the clue, a lot of end-of-summer leaf litter, and though I peered into quite a few likely looking hidey holes, none of them looked promising enough for me to reach into, what with the reputation some Aussie wildlife has. Given the ease with which others have found this, I wonder whether it's gone missing? Thanks, anyway. Must come back when the Tavern's open sometime... View cache page.
• 22nd April 2013
  • GC2C5FW - First Stop
    Nearest un-found cache to the place I'm staying, so I gad to go out and find it eventually. This afternoon was the day. Found easily enough, but I'll have to go back later with a pen so I can sign the log. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC2C5FY - All Fired Up
    Out for an evening walk without the dogs, so had a chance to come and look for this one. Not too tricky. TFTC View cache page.
• 17th April 2013
  • GCPN08 - Tanked
    Found this on a quick walk before collecting a kid from the nearby school. The summer has not been kind to the trees round the hiding place, so the cache was an easy find. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1KHWT - Room 4 1 more
    Second cache found on a quick walk before collecting a kid from the school nearby. TFTC (Maintenance note: The cache had been found by a toothy critter who'd given the container and contents a bit of a chew, possibly because something edible had been left in it. Put container and lid back together with the log book inside, hopefully in the correct hiding place, but could probably use a new container.) View cache page.
• 15th April 2013
  • GC338B - Paddington's Quokka magazine
    I tried to do this one quickly in the time we had available between checking out of our place at Geordie Bay and catching the ferry back to Freo. I approached it by a slightly unorthodox route, but found it in the end, and also had a good time looking round the remains of the gun battery. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC35WKC - In Plane View
    A quick and easy last cache for this visit to Rottnest. TFTC View cache page.
• 14th April 2013
  • GCTP8M - Bishops Retreat
    First of six on my third day's caching on Rottnest. We first cycled down to West End and had a look around, and then came back to Cathedral Rocks for a picnic lunch. We saw quite a few seals and dolphins, and had to defend our lunch from skinks and gulls. The cache wasn't too hard to find. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3B63V - SSRR : Little Parakeet
    A quick find on our way home after a long ride to West End and back. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3B3DJ - SSRR : Look out Geordie
    As we were staying in Geordie Bay this should really have been the first cache we found. I wasn't. It did, however, provide the final number that made GC3B648 findable. However, first we went back for tea and to get some packing done. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC3B648 - SSRR : Radar
    If I'd done my homework and planned my caching a little more carefully I'd have found this earlier. As it was I didn't have all the pieces until we got back from our ride to West End, and nobody else was up for a return ride, so I set off on the best bike available when the afternoon was cooling, and saw at least a hundred skinks on the road along the way. I had a bit of a look around the site after finding the cache, and then decided to take a longer way home in order to take a look at some of the bays along the southern shore. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3XMVF - A View to a Kill
    This was a bonus because I'd chosen a longer way home. I'd visited Oliver Hill the previous day, but this location gave me a good view of it. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC4765 - Quokka Treasure
    Last of the day on my way back to Geordie Bay. Fine views across the lakes in the evening light. TFTC View cache page.
• 13th April 2013
  • GC3B63M - SSRR : City of York Bay
    First of the day, and it took a bit more finding than it should have done. Getting back up that hill afterwards was fun, too. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1D9BV - Harry Potter's Godfather
    After visiting City of York Bay I headed across to Oliver Hill, and passed this one on the way. It didn't take too long to find. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3XMVX - Pandion haliaetus
    Met up with the rest of the party at Oliver Hill after I'd done a tour of the guns, and then we all pedalled over to Little Salmon. They went to swim round the underwater trail at Little Salmon, and I went back to do this cache and take a look at the nest instead. TFTC View cache page.
  • GCJ7KR - Where the eagle dare
    I walked back and forth past this one a couple of times before finding the right way into the bush. TFTC View cache page.
• 12th April 2013
  • GC3B4TJ - SSRR : Blowhole
    First of fifteen caches I found, some with others and others solo, during a four-night stay on Rottnest. This one was on an afternoon stroll from Geordie Bay after the rain eased and it looked like a good time for a walk, but too chilly for a swim. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC3B3F0 - SSRR : The way to Longreach
    Bit of rock-scrambling to track this one down, I think. Glad the kids have feet like mountain-goats. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC35WJT - Below the Turbine
    We should have taken the bikes to go and find this, but we didn't realise that until we were more than half-way there. TFTC View cache page.
• 29th August 2012
  • GC36EWE - The Wooden Snake
    The light was fading, or maybe dark clouds were rolling over, when I got close to the location. It took a while for my eyes to adapt to the gloom. Thankfully there weren't any nettles, but I did wade through quite a few brambles, and did my best to avoid at least some of the holly, in my quest for the cache. Eventually I spotted it. Why do slugs like caches, I wonder. I had to evict half a dozen (or so) of the horrible slimey beasties before I could get at the cache itself. TFTC View cache page.
• 21st August 2012
  • GC3J8RF - Mister Men
    A quick find before a radio club BBQ at the VSC. TFTC View cache page.
• 14th August 2012
  • GC2FM1H - The Hussey's Cache
    Third time lucky, but even then only with a little encouragement from someone who knew that it was where I was looking. I have a strong aversion to reaching deep into holes into which I can't first have a good look, as I grew up in Africa and I've spent time in Australia, so for me this somewhat raises the subjective difficulty of this cache. While searching, I also found quite a few slugs and snails. When I opened the cache I found some more small slugs inside. Discovered "Nineball #2". See "Needs Maintenance" note. ;)
    The container has had a hole nibbled in it, so water and slugs have managed to get in. The slugs have dined out on the log paper. I dried out the paper and evicted the slugs, but chances are rain and more slugs will get in before long. View cache page.
• 3rd June 2012
  • GC2FM1H - The Hussey's Cache
    I found myself in the park, ad wandered down to GZ to see whether I'd have any more luck than last time. However, a pair of canada geese with a gosling were discouraging visitors from straying anywhere near GZ, and they've also left their calling cards around the area, which conspired with the damp weather to make it all a bit less than pleasant. I think I'll wait til the geese have gone and the weather's a little less damp for attempt the third... View cache page.
• 19th May 2012
  • GC349CG - Church Micro 2119 - St Pauls Crofton
    Just off the bus on my way home from London, and it was still light and it wasn't raining, but I didn't have my GPSr with me, so I decided to look for this one based on what I remembered from reading its description and looking at the map a while back. Didn't take too long to find. TFTC View cache page.
• 16th April 2012
  • GC3D4BV - Louis XVI
    We'd been shopping in the Gallerie Lafayette and other places along the way, and stopped in the park to eat our lunch. TFTC View cache page.
• 15th April 2012
  • GC27K4E - Montmartre la blanche
    Thanks for an interesting explanation for the striking appearance of this Paris landmark. View cache page.
  • GC3AHEQ - Entre touristes & pigeons #1- Le Lapin Agile
    A fairly quick find, but it drew us away out of the crowds and so we explored a little more. TFTC (Log book is completely full.) View cache page.
  • GC3BNG2 - Careful Harry, this will be dangerous!
    Took three attempts, this one. The first, before lunch, was unsuccessful. Over lunch we worked on the clue. After lunch we went back, and found a couple of other geocachers posing with the cache, so we went away and let them re-hide it. Then we came back a third time, and found it. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2KEZX - Jean Aicard
    This was very near the place we were staying, so we walked out late one afternoon to find it, and learn a bit more about the area. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2ZCK7 - Mur des Revolutions
    This was near the place we were staying, so we walked out one evening to look for it, and after some time sitting on a bench comtemplating the wall, and a bit of searching, we found it. TFTC View cache page.
• 7th April 2012
  • GC2JKZN - Shipbourne Stroll #5
    Happened upon this one while on a walk from Ightham looking for bluebells. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2JK3P - Shipbourne Stroll #3
    Having found #5 serendipitously, we decided to wander on round, and this was the second cache of the day. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2WM4K - Shipbourne Stroll part II #29
    Having found #5 serendipitously, we decided to wander on round, and this was the third cache of the day. Also spotted "Cache Kong" within. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2WM4F - Shipbourne Stroll part II #28
    Having found #5 serendipitously, we decided to wander on round, and this was the fourth cache of the day. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2WM4C - Shipbourne Stroll part II #27
    Having found #5 serendipitously, we decided to wander on round, and this was the fifth and last cache of the day. TFTC View cache page.
• 12th October 2011
  • GC2GC6Z - Oxted Meridian Orbit #13
    Nice easy find, but the steps are good exercise if you go up! Left some Aussie animals. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC31NGE - Like a Rat up a Drainpipe
    So nearly decided to give this one a miss, but then spotted a route, and soon had the cache in hand. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2K8E0 - Tatsfeild Sculpture
    Contents were decidedly soggy. I dried the bits that were dryable on-site, and put a new bit of dry paper in for my log. TFTC
    
    Maintenance log:
    Needs a dry cache note and new log (I left a single small piece of notepaper that should do for a find or three more). It's not clear why the contents should get so wet, as the container seems to close well, but it might be worth checking for cracks...
    
    Edit: I peeled open and dried out the soggy wad of paper I took from the cache, and I've attache photos of all the bits that were written on... View cache page.
• 6th October 2011
  • GC2XEAJ - BB Box 8
    A quick find while my passengers were visiting the quilters' shop nearby. TFTC View cache page.
• 3rd October 2011
  • TB4A075 - Tindo´s CacheMobil
    Discovered at Freusburg in the hands of Tindomerel, who also grabbed "Windsurfer No. 1" and "Saturn Geocoin #1" from me. :) View trackable page.
  • TB49WT6 - Tindo´s Rot 13 Key Coin
    Discovered at Freusburg in the hands of Tindomerel, who also grabbed "Windsurfer No. 1" and "Saturn Geocoin #1" from me. :) View trackable page.
  • GC2NPH3 - Mövenblick Hotel Frechen Nord BAB 4
    A quick find along the way on our drive home after a long weekend of music-making in the castle at Freusburg. Lots of travellers discovered. TFTC "Linguini", "Going on a "Bear Hunt"", "Pooh and friends", "The Goofers European Vacation Geocoin", "Long Distance Relationship - Fernbeziehung", "NiederRhein Geocoin 2010 BRING ME HOME! by Dondombe" and "The Love Bug". View cache page.
• 31st August 2011
  • GC2FM1H - The Hussey's Cache
    A pleasant little park popular with dog walkers and duck feeders even on a weekday morning. I had a good look around, but couldn't find the cache. There's been some fairly aggressive foliage-pruning around the base of a large tree which seems to be at GZ, so the cache may have been swept away while that work was going on. Thanks. View cache page.
• 24th August 2011
  • GC2W1F8 - bawdsey wanderer
    A short wander from the picnic site car park, and an easy find. The snails seem to like this hiding place. :) View cache page.
  • GC2WZRR - bawdsey picnic
    An easy find. TNLNSL, TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCJ9K8 - Bawdsey, East Lane
    A pleasant wander up from the East Lane car park. Interesting to see the effort that's gone into the coastal defences along here, both the ones against flooding and the ones against invasions. The pill-box in the sea nearby was a little surreal. TNLNSL, TFTC. TB3ZQEX "The Left One......( or right. )" and TB28K2N "Dr. Trackabull" discovered here. TB18R5W "Windsurfer No. 1" and TB1P5F2 "Saturn Geocoin #1" visited. View cache page.
• 15th July 2011
  • GC2ZRZ3 - Many Branches
    A short walk from home on a sunny afternoon. An easy find. TNLNSL. TFTC. "Windsurfer No. 1" visited. TB1P5F2 "Saturn Geocoin #1" visited. View cache page.
• 7th July 2011
  • GC149MA - Scarth Gap
    I had hoped this would be a quick find on our way down from Scarth Gap to catch a bus to Keswick, but we were't able to find it in the time we could allow ourselves. Thanks anyway. View cache page.
  • GC1BW9J - Ambleside Amble
    An easy find, for some reason; I usually take an age to find nanos. I did find the pen first, though. TB1P5F2 "Saturn Geocoin #1" visited. TFTC View cache page.
• 6th July 2011
  • GC2A0K5 - Smithy Beck Fork in the Forest Trail
    Suggestions that we tackle Pillar, High Stile, or even Scafell Pike were met with negative enthusiasm, so we opted instead for a day (or at least a morning) of geocache-directed wandering. This was the first of four we found today. Left a Kalgoorlie monster truck keyring, and picked up the TB1P5F2 "Saturn Geocoin #1". Then we wandered down the trail to have a look at the beck itself. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2A0JY - Smithy Beck Trail Sticks and Stones
    The second (after GC2A0K5) of four caches we visited today. The midges were voracious, which made the search and logging a little fraught. Found, eventually. Left a Kalgoorlie keyring. TB1P5F2 "Saturn Geocoin #1" visited. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2A0JR - Bowness Knott Knoll
    Third cache of the day (after GC2A0K5 and GC2A0JY). A lovely spot to sit and admire the view, and enough of a breeze to keep the midges away. Sat a while and enjoyed the location. Left a West Australian flowering gum keyring. TB1P5F2 "Saturn Geocoin #1" visited. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC2A0JM - Bowness Knott First or Last
    Fourth and last (after GC2A0K5, GC2A0JY and GC2A0JR) cache of the day. A quick find, after which we turned round and headed back up the dale towards the hostel. We took the long way back, up the south side of the river from one bridge to the next, as the weather warmed up during the afternoon. Left a Jewel Cave keyring from Western Australia. TB1P5F2 "Saturn Geocoin #1" visited. TFTC View cache page.
• 3rd July 2011
  • GCXHTK - The Magic Duck
    The start of five days in the Lake District. We caught a bus from Windermere to Rydal Church, and then walked away from the road round Rydal Water and Grasmere as a way of easing ourselved into walking with packs. This cache was at a handy "time for a brief rest" point. An easy find. Left a West Australian blue wren badge. TFTC View cache page.
• 2nd July 2011
  • GC1HRZQ - Reservoir View
    I was up on Firle Beacon with a radio for much of the afternoon, and had a look for his both on my way up from the Bo Peep carpark and then on my way back to the car. However, I'd not come with a suit of armour (which might have made a thorough search easier, or at least a little less painful) and I wasn't able to find it. Maybe another time... TFTC View cache page.
• 21st June 2011
  • GC16ZAC - Karen's House
    A return visit to bring "Windsurfer No. 1" back to Africa. It seemed appropriate...
    There were four other trackables in the cache, so here's a photo of all five. They are TB32RB8 "Alicia's Travel Bug", TB400NW "Sandy&Arno's Leopard", TB3ZM03 "Best of British Bus", TB3WRR6 "Land Rover Defender 90 Geocoin" and TB18R5W "Windsurfer No. 1". Those are TB numbers, NOT tracking codes, of course ;) View cache page.
• 26th April 2011
  • GC2NEQN - Doris's Cross View
    First find on a grey morning, and definitely the best of the day. Windsurfer No. 1 TB dropped by. View cache page.
  • GC2GT7X - Log Over The River Ravensbourne
    Location was easy enough to find. Actual container a bit trickier. Windsurfer No. 1 TB dropped by. View cache page.
  • GC2GJ2H - Keston Waterfall Cache
    Spent a while searching here, but couldn't find it. View cache page.
• 27th March 2011
  • GC2HGFP - The Lost Island
    A return visit on a sunny day, and the cache was an easy find. Getting at the log was a bit trickier. Clue still makes absolutely no sense at all to me. View cache page.
  • GC2HDME - Treefinger
    This time, with pleasant sunny weather rather than cold damp November gloom, and knowing roughly what I was looking for, the cache wasn't hard to find. The area does look rather different now, with much less dead wood on the ground. View cache page.
  • GC2KBC8 - GSG Mini # 3 - Old Hill Farm
    It was nearby, and it was a sunny day, so I wandered a little further up the path and had a look around. Finally spotted the tell-tale sign, retrieved the cache, and signed the log. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC2HDMX - The Bug Hotel
    I got to GZ and found evidence of a lot of recent tree-felling (and by "recent" I mean that the sawdust is still fresh, and the logs are still "green".), which didn't look promising. However, a short search soon turned up the cache, and, after the previous three, all mini/micros with tightly-rolled logs, it was pleasant to find something large enough to hold swaps and an actual log book. I left a fancy keyring from the Gravity Centre in Gin-Gin, Western Australia, and grabbed the one resident travel bug, Windsurfer No. 1. Thanks for the cache. View cache page.
  • GC2KR0X - New Year Cache (High Elms)
    I noticed this was close to my homeward path, and stopped by to take a look. Cache soon found. Left a Buddha keyring I'd retrieved from Caitlin's Cache (GC1B6AB) back in August last year. Thanks. View cache page.
• 23rd November 2010
  • GC2HDJZ - Flint and Nettles
    First of four hunted on a grey chilly November day. This one was an easy enough find. Thanks for the cache. [I could have done without finding the large sticky canine "offering" which was concealed under pine needles exactly where I stood to retrieve the cache though, so watch where you put your feet.] View cache page.
  • GC2HGFP - The Lost Island
    Second of four hunted on a grey chilly November day. I should probably have given up sooner, before the chill wind got to me. I couldn't (and still can't) make any sense of the clue at all; very frustrating. Thanks for placing the cache. View cache page.
  • GC2HDME - Treefinger
    Third of four hunted on a grey chilly November day. My GPS was refusing to give anything better than about 30ft accuracy, so wasn't really much help, and the chill wind made searching less than enjoyable, so I only searched for about ten minutes. Wouldn't be surprised to find I was searching in quite the wrong area. Thanks for placing the cache. I'll be back on a brighter, warmer day, and hopefully the GPS will co-operate next time. View cache page.
  • GC2HDKN - Tree Monkey
    Fourth and last hunted on a grey chilly November day. Having read the hint, I decided this is one to which I'll have to return when I can bring someone who's younger and more athletic to help. Certainly not one to attempt solo mid-week when almost nobody's about... Thanks for placing the cache. View cache page.
• 16th October 2010
  • GC2DWAW - View Point Pic
    I was up here to play radio and help with a Summits on the Air activation, and wandered off (when sitting around in the breeze became too chilly) to find a few caches. This was the first. TFTC Discovered Scottiebear's Virtual Ghost Micro Geocoin too. View cache page.
  • GCYKAX - Hi Ho Silver
    Started searching for this one first, but actually found "View Point Pic" first as I had to go to the view point. The castle was an interesting location, too. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1M3BW - Ouch
    A very appropriate name; this cache (or at least the vegetation around it) bites! Cute hide, though, once I'd gotten over the "What do you mean? A micro? In here?!!!" first thoughts, and actually started looking... Thanks for the cache. :) View cache page.
• 11th October 2010
  • GC1H7Y3 - Notre Dame de Calais (pickup cache)
    We arrived in Calais three hours before our crossing time, so went first to Bleriot Beach, which was fine, sunny, and being blasted by a furious wind from the North West. Having had the cobwebs blown away, we then went into the centre of Calais. All the shops were shut, so we went for a short wander, and found this cache along the way. Thanks. View cache page.
• 4th September 2010
  • GC1ZQ89 - The Byway
    I was visiting a ham-radio field day camp in the field next door, and took a short walk round to find the cache. TNLN. Thanks. View cache page.
• 3rd September 2010
  • GC1ZDDC - Harvington
    Decided to walk home from the garage this morning and take a few caches in along the way. This was first of five. TNLN, TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC28ABT - Church Micro 1164 ST MARY THE VIRGIN, HAYES
    Second of five along my 12km walk home from the garage, This was about the half-way point. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC24ZJV - Hayes Common
    Third of five along my 12km walk home from the garage this morning. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC24ZJ7 - Robyn's Hayes Common
    Fourth, and might have been last, of the caches along my 12km walk home from the garage. However, I spotted another over the road, so this ended up fourth of five. TNLN, TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC24ZHN - Curse of the FTF Greater London #17 Padmall Woods
    I'd figured four caches in a morning was fine, and was on the home straight on my walk home from the garage, when I spotted this one just over in the woods on the other side of the road, so I had to go and find it. Didn't take long, but did slightly extend the walk. The drive there was about 9.6km, but the walk home, with caching diversions, was 12.2km. Last of five for the morning. TNLN, TFTC. View cache page.
• 30th August 2010
  • GC1M16N - NEC and LG Arena Cache
    I took a quick break between the RHDS and closing Ceremony events at the 2010 Discworld Convention in the Metropole behind the lake to track this down using the GPS in my mobile phone. TFTC. View cache page.
• 14th August 2010
  • GC1B6AB - Caitlin's Cache
    Enjoying a weekend at nearby Halsway Manor, and headed up to this during a break in the programme. As I got to the top of the main climb there were rumbles in the distance, but I pressed on, and found the cache easily enough. Swapped a Gravity Centre keyring for a Buddha keyring. Just as I was re-hiding the cache the rain arrived, and my walk back down the hill was a little damp. Thanks for the cache. View cache page.
• 12th July 2010
  • GC27JWG - Boundary Stone Cache
    Having passed but not hunted for a few caches yesterday whilst out walking part of the London Loop, I decided to take a solo walk to find some of them today. This one was along the way, the first of four for this afternoon. A fairly easy find. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC27JXZ - Who's Afraid of the Bogey Man!
    Having passed but not hunted for a few caches yesterday whilst out walking part of the London Loop, I decided to take a solo walk to find some of them today. Walked within twenty feet or so of this one yesterday. An easy find today. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC26QET - Curse of the FTF Greater London #18 High Elms
    Having passed but not hunted for a few caches yesterday whilst out walking part of the London Loop, I decided to take a solo walk to find some of them today. This was a couple of hundred feet from yesterday's path. An easy find today. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC28AKV - Church Micro 1167 Farnborough Kent
    Having passed but not hunted for a few caches yesterday whilst out walking part of the London Loop, I decided to take a solo walk to find some of them today. Been meaning to do this one for a while, as I used to sing in the church choir here. Fourth and last cache for the day. Thanks. View cache page.
• 1st July 2010
  • GC246H1 - The Mound
    I figured mid-week during school term would be a reasonable time to avoid BMXers, and the glade was indeed un-peopled. Not too tricky to find. TNLN, TFTC. View cache page.
• 19th June 2010
  • GCNB16 - Smallcombe and Wise
    An early evening walk took me to this location. Cache wasn't hard to find, but the barbed wire does need treating with care. TFTC Contents were slightly damp, so if anyone has time to hang them out for a while on a dry day... IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #16 visited too. View cache page.
  • GC262Q4 - Richens Apple Crumble
    A second cache on my evening ramble round this corner of Bath. This little hollow sure is Nettle City at present. Guess it'll keep the muggles at bay. :) Dropped off a keyring and IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #16. TFTC View cache page.
• 17th June 2010
  • GC131PN - East Devon Great Tree Hunt: Salcombe Regis Thorn
    A quick find after visiting the church in the valley below to look at the Whistler triptych. TFTC View cache page.
• 13th June 2010
  • GC11BW2 - Nano Squared
    Not hard to spot, but a mite tricky to retrieve, especially if you're not that tall. Unfortunately the log roll has gone missing, and I had nothing with which to replace it, so empty container went back to its place. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC234YR - Along the Promenade; Back to Emsworth Harbour View
    Nearly gave up on this one. Finally found it while watching swans and sailing, and re-tying my laces. Thanks. View cache page.
• 12th June 2010
  • GC27RVK - Ells Bells
    Stopped along the road as we were running early, and found this. Picked up a small tick or two as well, though. TNLNSL TFTC View cache page.
  • GC230ZM - Churchers Corner Bus Stop
    Stopped by briefly to hunt this one down. Nice container. TNLNSL TFTC View cache page.
• 2nd June 2010
  • GCZXMW - Ashdown Amble Cache 3
    We took a slightly round-about route to visit friends, and stopped to check the map nearby. This cache was a short walk away and the weather was fine. An easy find. TFTC IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #16 visited too. View cache page.
• 27th April 2010
  • GC1NDCJ - SideTracked - Sevenoaks
    A quick find on my way home via the station after dropping my car off for servicing... Thanks. :) IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #16 visited too. View cache page.
• 11th January 2010
  • GC1AJJF - Quenda, Quenda, Quenda
    Curiously, the name of this cache sounds like the kiswahili for "Go! Go! Go!". ;) Went to the first point, but didn't know what to look for (presumably a small or micro container with co-ordinates of next WP?) and couldn't find anything. Didn't then really have time to walk the trail on spec., though did scout a little way down. However, as I've a plane to catch in three hours' time, decided it'd have to wait 'til my next visit. Thanks, anyway. View cache page.
• 9th January 2010
  • GC138CD - Equus caballus (Jorgensen Park)
    I was visiting my "Old Rough" cache nearby, and decided to take in one other nearby before the day got too hot. This was the chosen one. ;) Nice location. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC12WBA - Firestarter
    We were taking the Zig-Zag on our way home from Kalamunda, and this one was a regular cache so near a convenient car park that it had to be found. Nice and easy, and just spikey enough to deter casual wanderers. TFTC. View cache page.
• 8th January 2010
  • GC13QBT - gargouille
    First of three on a morning walk around the lake. Lucy's I Love Roma visited the cache with me. View cache page.
  • GC13R3N - wyvern
    Second on our walk around the lake. The kids had given up and gone back for a swim after the first. Lucy's I Love Roma visited the cache with me. View cache page.
  • GCHE74 - Leschenaultia Leisure
    Third and final cache on our walk round lake Leschenaultia this morning. We took a fairly long route round the top end of the lake, and saw a couple of bob-tails sunning themselves on the path. Having noted the earlier logs, we were prepared to walk through the bush a bit. Near the cache we got quite close (but not quite close enough for photos) to some roos before they spotted us and hopped away. Left Lucy's I Love Roma travel bug. Thanks for the cache. View cache page.
• 7th January 2010
  • GC1KFZ0 - Bilgomen Well
    A quick find on an early morning dog walk. A new place for the dogs to sniff around, but a good thing they were on leads, as they're almost dumb enough to have tried jumping into the well to cool down... ;) TFTC View cache page.
  • GCJXQY - The Cosmos
    Quick find after a good day's visit to the Gravity Centre. Next time we're taking a packet of balloons and some large soft strong carrier bags to carry a dozen loaded ones each to the top of the tower! Also had fun racing solar-powered cars and launching water rockets. TFTC. Lucy's I Love Roma visited the cache with me. View cache page.
• 4th January 2010
  • GCRFJM - Down on the Corner
    A last cache for this time down in the South West Corner. It was a very hot windy afternoon, and we baulked at the steep track. The alternative approach from "Cosy Corner" was a much more pleasant walk than the one from the Cape-to-Cape road, even if it was twice as far according to the GPS. Found IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #16. Thanks. View cache page.
• 3rd January 2010
  • GC1AYWQ - Beautiful Boranup
    A beautiful forest, this. The winding gravel road was a great one to drive. When we turned off down the track towards the cache another car followed us, and turned round when we parked at a handy spot just before the track got rough. They looked very bemused. We had a pleasant walk. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1RB47 - Ratatatam Kate
    A quick after-lunch find with the kids, who're a good excuse to look closely at Kate. We also spent a while marron-spotting from the bridge. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1BDMR - Magnificent Margaret
    A pleasant walk, and not too tricky to find, but we had a spot of bother with the large biting ants who have a nest right beside the cache. Had to go back later to find the sunnies that got lost in the excitement. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1T1K2 - Marg's Mouth
    We came by here mainly for a quick swim after a hot day, and a great spot it was for that. The ocean's bracing and the river's rather warmer. It had been a very hot day, so the place was very busy, and GZ seemed to be far too close to the toilet block for comfort, so I didn't search for long. View cache page.
  • GC16C9M - Conto's Lookout
    Last cache of the day, and I thought it would be my 200th find. The moths and flies were exceeding numerous, but the views were fantastic, and the final location was wonderful. Spotted Vamppir8 Plectrum of Steel travel bug in the cache, but left it to enjoy the view a little longer. It turns out this was my 201st find. Thanks. View cache page.
• 1st January 2010
  • GC1FKDX - The Rulebook
    The campsite was horribly busy, with kids playing nearby, so we couldn't give the area a proper search. Definitely one to search for only in the off-season... View cache page.
• 31st December 2009
  • GCH843 - Cape Leeuwin
    We went on a tour around and up the lighthouse, then had a picnic at the waterwheel, and then came along here to hunt this one down. An interesting little patch of shore, and a good cache. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1K9ED - Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Fascinating to see how nature has re-claimed the area so comprehensively. An interesting location. Thanks. View cache page.
• 29th December 2009
  • GC13GC5 - WOC's Treasure Chest
    I found the first bit yesterday evening, and then went with family on an early morning dog walk and detoured through the bush to find the chest itself. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC1N4EM - May's Garden
    We often stop here on our way South. The garden is lovely, and we saw some Christmas spiders, too. Pretty sure I calculated the right co-ordinates, but the rather busy (and over-looked) final location and a couple of over-enthusiastic kids ("Get OFF the flowerbed! No, DON'T climb the tree!") made searching difficult, so called the hunt off before it became a circus show. View cache page.
• 26th December 2009
  • GC18F9R - B I G W O R D S
    Just a bit before sunset, and a small horde headed off for a short walk after a large meal. An easy enough find. TNLN. Thanks. View cache page.
• 24th December 2009
  • GC21R98 - KW0 The Holy Grail
    A quick visit on the way to an evening dog walk at the Oval. Surprisingly quiet at the church, presumably because the carols will be down by the Pines later. TFTC. View cache page.
• 25th Otober 2009
  • GC19HGZ - Mill View
    This was my nearest un-found cache, and an evening stroll from the Ponds car-park rectified the situation. Enjoyed a stroll around the Common afterwards, too. TFTC. View cache page.
• 7th September 2009
  • GC1EW4B - Ufford Crossing
    First of the day, and a pleasant wander through the fields. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1HYYW - Melton Magnetism
    An easy find, as the cache was on the ground, though my compass was having a hard time pointing North... TFTC View cache page.
  • GCXEDA - Rendlesham to London TB exchange
    A short stroll from the car park at the end of Friday Street. No TBs in residence today. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1WW74 - wantisden valley cache
    This one took me much longer to find than it should have done, but I found it eventually in the first place I had looked; I just wasn't looking small enough... TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1WTZ6 - St John the Baptist Church Micro
    The second cache I found today that ginysarmy had FTFed yesterday... Not nearly as tricky to find as the first, though. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1WTYW - St Michael and All Angels Church Micro
    Having had a look in the church at Campsey Ash before finding GC1WTZ6, we decided to make church micros a theme for the afternoon. This was the second, and trickier to find than the first. We also had a look in the church. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC1WTYM - St Peters Blaxhall Church Micro
    The third (and last) church we visited this afternoon. The rams in the church yard were having a serious head to head discussion, so we watched them for a short while, and we also had a chat with the gravedigger. TFTC. View cache page.
• 9th August 2009
  • GC1PZQ8 - LJ's Number 2
    We were near the and of the Capital Ring Walk section from Grove Park, and this was the first cache near enough to stray for. Didn't take too long to find. Discovered Geowoodstock VI Geocoin in the cache. TNLNSL. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC1PZQ5 - LJ's Number 1
    A short detour off the route of the Capital Ring walk, and second cache of the afternoon. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1TBR9 - Crystal Palace Station
    Having reached the end of the Grove Park to Crystal Palace section of the Capital Ring walk I went to find this. Took a little longer than some to find. The nettles and brambles in the area are... impressive... TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC17NX0 - Strata
    As Crystal Palace Station was suffering from replacement buses I decided to walk back to Penge East, and took a detour through the lakes and dinosaur park to find this one. TFTC. View cache page.
• 5th July 2009
  • GC1CMGX - The Dene Hole
    This cache has been waiting for me to hunt it down for far too long, given it's just an afternoon's stroll from home. I finally walked round and found it this afternoon, and had a peer down the hole whilst I was there. Fascinating. Left an East African keyring. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GCVG0E - Doris's Buzzy Cache
    I was wandering past having been to find the Dene Hole cache, and recognised the location, so I had a quick look around, and found the cache again, though not quite where I remember it being last time... View cache page.
• 27th June 2009
  • GC1HR0P - Greenwich Trail - Maritime View
    Path was busy today, so it was hard to do a thorough search. Hunted as much as I could on three brief opportunities during the afternoon, but no luck. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1KT52 - Greenwich Trail - The Centre
    Like the hiding place. Hope it hasn't suffered in the heavy thunderstorm that struck later in the afternoon, though. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1HWDB - GATES OF GREENWICH #1
    Found on a quick stroll during the hotter part of the afternoon. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1HWDQ - GATES OF GREENWICH #2
    T'was but a short stroll from the first, but I decided not to head up the hill after the next. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1HWEN - GATES OF GREENWICH #11
    Found this one while on my way back to the Naval College buildings. Thanks. View cache page.
• 21st June 2009
  • GCXTPM - Daniel's Cache
    T'was our last day of walking, and this the only cache we passed near enough to attempt. It wasn't too hard to find once we read the clue and checked the compass. I was all for heading round the path to GZAQ "Three Hairpin Bends..." or up the hill to X841 "Hallin Fell", but younger members of the party were hungry and footsore, so the other caches will have to wait for another time. This one was a suitable farewell-to-the-Lakes cache. Thanks. View cache page.
• 20th June 2009
  • GC1KVPW - Below the Edges - Red Tarn
    The weather forecast had led us to think this day would be our best chance for a clear view from the to of Helvellyn. Unfortunately the forecast was over-optimistic, and it turned into a very wet climb. This cache was a pleasant interlude before the steepest slipperiest bit of the climb. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GCTEQK - Helvellyn
    The weather was fairly unpleasant at the top, with visibility under a hundred yards, so no fine views for us. It was also surprisingly busy, so it was difficult to search thoroughly, but a couple of likely hiding places which seemed to match the clue proved empty. Thanks, anyway. View cache page.
• 19th June 2009
  • GCK21K - Aira Force
    The waterfall was first on my friends' list of must-visit locations, so we walked along from Glenridding on a rather damp morning, and the sun came out just enough to give us some good views. I took a brief detour to find this cache. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GCTR6V - The Daffodils - The Wordsworth Way
    We passed this one by on our way to Aira Force from Glenridding as the rain was pouring down, but by the time we walked back the weather had cleared somewhat. A short detour, an easy find, and some pestering by ducks... Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1HW68 - Yellow Clouds A
    Took a short detour on our way back up to the hostel after a walk to Aira Force and back to hunt this one. Got a little damper and muddier, and stung by nettles, but no cache could we find, though there were several likely hiding holes, all empty. I think we read the clue right... Hope it hasn't gone missing. Thanks, anyway. View cache page.
• 18th June 2009
  • GC187N1 - Greenside Mine Hydro
    After spending the best part of a day in trains and busses, we walked in to Helvellyn Youth Hostel early enough to consider a stroll before dinner. We headed up the track, and this cache appeared alongside. My friends were a little disconcerted when I headed up the hillside following the red arrow... Thanks for the cache and the details about the old mine. View cache page.
• 10th June 2009
  • GC1NYRP - De La Warr Pavillion 1 (Bexhill Seafront)
    Found myself in Bexhill, and had lunch at the Pavilion, then went for a wander and scanned the area for nearby caches. This one came out top, and was an easy find. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1NYRQ - De La Warr Pavillion 2 (Bexhill Seafront)
    Having found the first De La Warr Pavilion cache easily, I went in search of this one. It had started to rain, and my GPSr's battery was running low. Couldn't spot the cache at GZ. Couldn't see any evidence of fgbar near the indicated GZ either. Went to a nearby cafe. Refreshed myself and replaced my GPSRs batteries. Double-checked the co-ordinates too. Then went back for another look. Checked a few alternative fgbar-positive locations within 40ft of the indicated GZ, but still no luck. Rain was getting heavier, so called it a day. TFTC. Hope it hasn't gone missing. View cache page.
  • GC12NGP - Galley Hill
    Drove along the sea front to the end, and picked this as the nearest cache, given the wet weather. Found easily. TFTC View cache page.
• 30th April 2009
  • GC117MF - Doctor Who's Cache?!
    We were exploring the area, and came across the church. GeoBeagle turned up this cache, so I had to give it a try. Had a little trouble finding the first part, but not that much. However the second part turned out to be too far away to complete within the time available. Back another time, maybe. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC1P0J8 - Wispa's walk 4 'The Fort'
    Happened to find myself at the near-by lookout, and spotted this cache on GeoBeagle. A fairly easy find, once I'd set the obvious ideas aside. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC17VKH - Ottawa Melton exchange cache
    This one turned out to be a short walk from the place I was staying, so we wandered along as an evening walk. Found it after looking in all the other more obvious hiding places. Took nothing. I didn't have anything definitively British in my swaps bag, so I left a Nigara Falls lanyard. TFTC. View cache page.
• 25th April 2009
  • GC1J8C5 - Movie Memories - The Omen
    I went for a walk with cousins who live in the area an a pleasantly sunny spring afternoon, and we tracked this one down along the way. First time I've made use of online details in the field (so to speak) to find nearby caches. A pretty little corner. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1MHWN - Sidetracked Putney Bridge Station
    My crew of little helpers, having had no trouble spotting GC1J8C5 "Movie Memories - The Omen", were foxed by this one, and so was I, for a while... Found it eventually. Thankfully the area is very quiet on a Sunday afternoon. TFTC View cache page.
• 13th April 2009
  • GC1GHA4 - En-route to Daz Boot
    We had hunted this one a bit a coupe of days earlier, but wandered off when the dogs began to get restless and another crowd of cachers turned up to search for it as well. Came back to find this in peace, fairly early in the morning. Cache was actually found by one of my local friends. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC18QVP - Daz Boot
    This one dictated at least part of the morning's dog walk. We came via "En route..." on a fairly quiet Bank Holiday Monday morning. The cache was actually spotted by one young friend, who also signed the log. Thanks. View cache page.
• 11th April 2009
  • GC1EJEW - All aboard! - Shenton (REALLY SideTracked)
    I brought my godson along via "en-route to Das Boot" (where we met a crowd, and decided to leave them to hunt in peace) to this one, which was an easy find with no other folks around. Left a kangaroo pin from Australia. TFTC View cache page.
• 4th January 2009
  • GCM40K - Chief Scout Of The World
    This was an interesting place to visit, and my australian niece is in the cubs so wanted to visit, too. We had aa good look around. I found the drawer, but no obvious log or anything like that. I checked the other drawers too. Most were empty. The guard/guide was a bit perplexed, so I guess the ones who were there when the cache was placed have since moved on. View cache page.
• 17th December 2008
  • GC695E - Primal Portal
    We spent two nights at Siana Springs, about five miles away from this point, and had a few very enjoyable game drives in the area. The highlight of our stay was an early morning hot-air balloon flight from Keekorok. A fantastic experience... View cache page.
• 6th June 2008
  • GC12EQD - Malthouse Lane
    The lane and the path through the woods are both very muddy at the moment. It took a while to get round to searching for this one again, and once I reached the area I made most of the same mistakes I'd made last time, before finally spotting the cache. TNLNSL. TFTC. View cache page.
• 25th May 2008
  • GC1BZ3G - Fluffy
    A cool afternoon walk from home, no car involved, to find this one. Somehow, despite living in the area for 28 years, I'd never visited this patch of woodland before. The cache was easy enough to find, but slightly trickier to open and close the rather unusual container. Discovered Jess the cat and left a Spitfire keyring. Had to wait a while for an opportunity to re-hide the cache, though. TFTC. View cache page.
• 4th May 2008
  • GC19KA0 - British Summer Time
    Found this along the way while hunting the other Summer Time cache in the area. Left the West Tennessee Geocoin. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC1953K - In the Summertime
    Thanks for an interesting walk which took me back into woodland in which I used to walk quite often when visiting friends by an un-expected route past some interesting landmarks. Left a Woodbridge Tide Mill keyring, as Woodbridge is where those friends now live. Also said "Hi" and "Bye" to TB French's Monkey. View cache page.
• 27th April 2008
  • GC14X7V - What's in the Wardrobe?
    Only had half an hour to hunt and get back to a coach, which meant less than ten minutes at the cache location. That turned out to be insufficient. View cache page.
• 9th March 2008
  • GC1A0PZ - Goddington Cache
    FTF! Yay! After an early lunch I took a quick look, and spotted this cache with the magical *NEW* marker just over a mile away, so I headed off to see whether I could find it first. It's quite a while since I've seen a pristine log book in a cache I've found. Left the Sgt. Stitches Signal Mirror. Thanks for the cache! View cache page.
  • GC196B1 - Dogs Life
    Second (and smallest!) cache of the day. Thanks for the cache and for the story behind the place too. :) View cache page.
  • GC14813 - Spigots and Sports
    This was my third and last cache of the day, and a very interesting one it was too. It was fascinating to see the shelters and mortar emplacements, and the view point does provide an un-expectedvista, too. Dropped off Micra Man's Signal Geocoin - May 06 and grabbed the West Tennessee Geocoin. Also discovered MaxKim's Ladybird Geocoin. Thanks for the cache and a very interesting tour round the area. View cache page.
• 2nd March 2008
  • GC17AQ1 - The Trail to The Loathesome Pine
    The weather forecast for the next couple of days is not looking so good, so I figured I should get out and send Intel Bunnyman on his way. This cache is near home and plenty big enough, and its neighbour is something I see on almost every drive to work. Lots of walkers, but curiously they all seem to go over the road to the quieter vales beyond. I can't imagine why. :) Dropped off Intel Bunnyman (who wants to visit Egypt some day) and grabbed Micra Man's Signal Geocoin - May 06 TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC14VBF - Phone for help if lost
    A quick scamper up the path and over the bridge from Shoreham Lane (where there was a slightly muddy spot just big enough to park one car) to cross this one off my list as I drive tauntingly close to it almost every day. Introduced Micra Man's Signal Geocoin - May 06 (which I'd just picked up) to The Bouncing Bunny Travel Bug Left a keyring and grabbed Sgt. Stitches Signal Mirror to move along. TFTC View cache page.
• 28th January 2008
  • GC100RF - Captains Log
    A quick lunch-time jaunt from work to find this. I'd hoped it'd be a large enough container for the Intel Bunnyman TB, but it wasn't so he just dropped by. TFTC. View cache page.
• 10th January 2008
  • GC16ZAC - Karen's House
    I've been associated with this area for over forty years, but had never visited this museum before. A couple of days ago I visited it, and later noticed this cache, so went back to find it. Grabbed the Intel Bunnyman Travel Bug and left a pair of soapstone cats. TFTC View cache page.
• 4th November 2007
  • GC11RHQ - St Nicholas' Church ~ Godstone (Surrey)
    Though the clocks have gone back and the afternoons are rather shorter now, there was still time to drop by, wanter round the churchyard, and visit this cache. A pleasant evening stroll. Dropped off "Zhashkiv, Ukraine" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug. View cache page.
• 3rd October 2007
  • GCXB1K - BAB4: Rasthof Aggertal --> Olpe
    Last year the hiding place was missing. This year we found it fairly easily, though an umbrella would have been helpful. TFTC "Zhashkiv, Ukraine" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug visited the cache too. View cache page.
• 22nd September 2007
  • GCWWRX - Mole's Hill View 2 - A well nice view !!
    Been meaning for quite a while to get back to this one when the place wasn't over-run with muggles and their cars. Today was the day. We;d visited Chartwell for lunch, and wanted to go home via some of the antique shops in Brasted. Not too hard to find, though the GPS was having a "let's be a hundred feet out" sor of day. Left a Spitfire keyring and took a little bit of tigereye. "Zhashkiv, Ukraine" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug dropped by too. View cache page.
• 2nd September 2007
  • GCP3KE - Meadows Meander
    An interesting midday meander with a friend. We were pleased to discover an old mill along the way. We also had a look inside the church afterwards. Took the "Zhashkiv, Ukraine" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug and left a keyring from Western Australia. Thanks. View cache page.
• 19th July 2007
  • GCJDA9 - Gatwick Bug Hotel MK 2 (West Sussex)
    Dropped off Canadian Colonial Coin. This is a popular cache! The third log book is "full" (for a one-entry-per-page value of "full" anyway). There's lots of blank paper to write entries on, but they'll be out of sequence. ;) In the cache were De Bakke, Mrs Shrek, Police Geocaching Squad 2007 Geocoin, Sammy's Shark, Camel, Dummy Bug, Thyssen Krupp Hard Hat, and the "Tribuvannagar, Nepal" and "Cananea, Mexico" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bugs. View cache page.
• 8th July 2007
  • GC127BT - What's in the Well
    Wandered up this way having solved the puzzle part of Mole's Revenge, and it seemed foolish not to look this one up along the way. Left Prince of Darkness geocoin. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC127BZ - Mole's Revenge
    The code took a little while to break, but once it had yeilded its secret we set out, parked down at the sports field car park in Otford, and stopped along the way at Mole's fifth Hill View. Once we'd signed the log here we debated the weather prospects and decided to continue on round the circular walk back to Otford. Logged the Canadian Colonial Coin in and out. TFTC View cache page.
• 17th June 2007
  • GC12N0B - What's in the Well
    First cache of a Sunday afternoon spree, and the one with the shortest walk, too. Arrived at lunch-time, so the ponds weren't busy. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC12N0Q - Wilberforce Walk
    Second of the afternoon. I used to work in an office just the other side of the fence, in a building that's since been replaced by those rather fancy-looking appartments. Had a brief wait while some muggles rested a while and then moved on. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC1341R - The Lonely Goat
    Third of the afternoon. Quite a bit of building work going on nearby. Grabbed the Canadian Colonial Coin and left a Kalgoorlie Nugget pin. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC12C1A - St George at St Leonard's Cache (Surrey)
    I'd planned this to be the fifth cache of the day, but it ended up being fourth because it was easier to park near. The church gates were locked but there's space for a couple of cars to park just outside the gate. Logged Canadian Colonial Coin in and out again, and left an Australian kangaroo keyring. TFTC View cache page.
  • GC12GWN - Another Meridian
    This was to have been fourth of the afternoon, but ended up being fifth, once I'd found a spot to park. It sure is up hill and down dale to get to. Left an Australian boomerang keyring and logged Canadian Colonial Coin in and out again. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GC11CPE - Never the Twain
    Sixth, and (after walking back up that hill) last cache of the day. I remember finding its predecessor a while back, too. Left an Australia old penny keyring, and took the Prince of Darkness geocoin. Also logged the Canadian Colonial Coin in and out. TFTC View cache page.
• 3rd June 2007
  • GC6612 - Who is She? (Paris)
    My local astronomical society organised a trip to visit the Paris Meridian, and this morning we went to look at the Arago markers in the Louvre courtyard. Then, the weather being fine, a walk down to Place de la Concorde seemed like a good idea. This cache was along the way. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GCG11A - High on the hill
    The funicular railway was closed, and there were a lot of steps, but the views were spectacular. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GC12QK2 - The other side of Montmartre
    My local astronomical society organised a trip to visit the Paris Meridian, and I'd just found the empty holes where "Arago" markers had once been placed in Rue Lepic and Avenue Junot. I was glad none of the location items for this cache were missing. I did get the co-ordinates for the fourth location the wrong way round to begin with, and found a wonderful half-timbered house with a sundial on its wall as a result, so that was a bonus. Thanks for an educational walk round parts of town tourists are less likely to go. View cache page.
• 2nd June 2007
  • GCYRN7 - Hommage à Cassini
    My local astronomical society organised a trip to visit the Paris Meridian, and this started with a specially organised visit to the Observatory. I got to the Observatory first, and found this while I was waiting for everyone else. Thanks. :) View cache page.
• 25th May 2007
  • GCK251 - The Railway Bridge
    Running a little early, the traffic having been kind, so diverted to find this. Thanks. View cache page.
• 18th May 2007
  • GC12EQD - Malthouse Lane
    The bluebells were over, the GPS coverage was spotty (claiming accuracy worse than 50ft most of the time) and the light was fading. I did see a fox and quite a few rabbits in the area, and I spent about 20 minutes searching around the indicated GZ (which was moving about lots), but even with the clue this one has me stumped. May be back another day in better light... View cache page.
• 28th March 2007
  • GCJC0N - Childhood Haunts
    It was the last day of my week-long Canadian holiday, and the sun was shining though there was still a slight nip in the air. I decided to go caching, and it was a short walk from the bus stop to this, my first Canadian cache. TNLN, Thanks. :) View cache page.
  • GCVTKH - K&K squad visiting Njo
    The second cache of the day (after GCJC0N), on a pleasant sunny spring morning on the last day of my week-long Canadian holiday. Found without too much difficulty, and released a TB tag I've had for years and years and on the spur of the moment decided to attach to the keyring I had in my swaps bag. Then I went for a walk on up to German Mills before coming back and heading for my third and final cache of the day (GCPJVP). View cache page.
  • GCPJVP - The Hard Way Reloaded in Duncan Creek Park
    Third and final cache (after GCJC0N and GCVTKH) of the morning (well, early afternoon) of the last day of my Canadian holiday. It was a pleasant walk along the river in the spring sunshine. I saw plenty of squirrels (black, grey, and small greyish-red ones (I'm reliably informed these last were actually chipmunks...)), birds, and one butterfly. TNLN, Thanks. View cache page.
• 16th February 2007
  • GCJDA9 - Gatwick Bug Hotel MK 2 (West Sussex)
    A quick lunch-time drive by to find the cache and drop off Aloha Bug, who wants to get to Hawaii (and back). I was doing the Garmin Compass Calibration Twirl when I spotted the cache... ;) Dropped Aloha Bug I'd been handed by Friendly Flier at D'ZenoveCon. In the cache were De Bakke, Monster Truck XXVI: Thrasher, Light my way to..., McGonnerTravel Bear, and "Svitavy, Czech Republic" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug. View cache page.
• 28th September 2006
  • GCXB1K - BAB4: Rasthof Aggertal --> Olpe
    A quick but unsuccessful hunt on the way to FilkCONtinental at Freusburg. I guess (given the log above for 4th October) that we were hunting before the replacement cache was hidden. View cache page.
• 17th September 2006
  • GCVT8N - Geese, Ducks & Druids!
    The park's fairly quiet on Sunday lunchtime, even when the weather's pleasant, so this was a short stroll and an easy find. I was carrying siloans German Geocoin, so it paid a visit too. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCWQGP - You're Not Fowling Me!
    A very pleasant walk early on a Sunday afternoon. Not many muggles about, considering. Plenty of bird-life though. Found easily enough, but I think I should carry a mirror for looking into tricky places. Left siloans German Geocoin and a plastic Kookaburra from Australia. TFTC. View cache page.
• 3rd September 2006
  • GCH2NF - Addington Hills Triangle
    Wandered along on a blustery morning (where'd our summer go?) and found it without much difficulty. I think the weather was keeping the muggles at home. :) Took RangTang1 and left a small plush squirrel. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCXYV8 - The Hidden Sanctuary
    Second cache of the day, and a pleasant walk, though the air was getting a bit steamy after the rain. Found easily, but much trickier to re-hide. Rather more muggles about than were evident at Addington Hills Triangle, so I guess the weather didn't scare them all off. Took Metal Moggy and left a small plush badger. RangTang1 also paid a visit. View cache page.
  • GCXZPD - Mole's High-dout 2 / Hill View 3
    The weather had brightened by the time I headed for this, my third of the day. There were chickens and goats in the field behind the cache. The goats seemed oblivious, but the chickens made their opinions known. An easy find, partly because something fluorescent inside the cache was in view. Left Metal Moggy. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCWWRH - Mole's Hill View
    Fourth and last for today. The weather had improved significantly. So had muggle numbers, but the donkeys in the field opposite did a good job of distracting their attention. Took siloans German Geocoin and left RangTang1 with trees, blackberries, and a fine view. TFTC. View cache page.
• 21st July 2006
  • GCKE3A - G'DAY and G'BYE
    Some friends were performing at the Washington Music Club which now, curiously, meets in Ashington. There wasn't any point in going home so I looked for a handy cache, and this one seemed ideal. Unfortunately there'd been an accident on te A24 just south of Ashington, and the police had diverted all the A24 south-bound traffic through the village, which didn't do much for its peace and tranquility, and some of the excess traffic was also trying to go down past Warminghurst Church. I did manage to find enough of the clues to find the final cache, and left a Western Australia Blue Wren keyring. Then I headed back for the music club, and eventually found it in the Social Club right near the first clue site, after visiting the Community Centre (locked), the school opposite (hosting a Deanery Synod meeting), and the Scouts hall (empty). TFTC. The rest of the evning was fun, too. View cache page.
• 8th July 2006
  • GCG42B - aiii que dolor
    Had a few minutes spare on a Saturday afternoon, so headed for the nearest cache. Needed the clue to get into the right bit of street, but then found the appropriate locations without too much difficulty. TFTC. View cache page.
• 28th June 2006
  • GCJQDY - St Dunstan's Garden
    On an evening visit to the City I wandered past this one and spent a few minutes finding it. A wonderful little City garden. Thanks. View cache page.
• 11th June 2006
  • GCM0PN - Chestnut Grove
    A very pleasant cool morning stroll to find this one. The chestnut trees are an impressive size, and we figured it's a place worth re-visiting. TFTC View cache page.
• 10th June 2006
  • GCHZC8 - Deben River Cache
    A walk along the path on a hot and pollen-laden afternoon. Very pleasant for all that. Dropped off the replica Qichina's No.1 China Geocoin. TFTC View cache page.
  • GCJGQ2 - The Old Rifle Range
    Another warm and pollen-beset walk, but it was cooling down. Found without too much difficulty. Dropped off a USA Geocoin and took Winnie the pooh travel bug. TFTC View cache page.
  • GCMMQB - Friday Street
    A pleasant cool evening walk. Lots of dog-walkers in the area, and one labrador swimming in the lake. Dropped off Winnie the pooh travel bug. TFTC View cache page.
• 29th May 2006
  • GCPQH1 - Darent Valley View
    I'm sure I looked exactly there, very thoroughly, last time, and I'm sure the cache container wasn't there. However, it was there today, and I found it, and I'm now happy. Left a Western Australian wildflowers keyring. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCPJ32 - Blog Standard: A Pile of Blogs
    The clouds were gathering, and any self-respecting adder would have found a comfortable shelter somewhere warm. Was able to find the cache by standing still and looking around, and didn't have to cross any of the temporary rope barriers to retrieve it. Just managed to get the log entry written before the rain started in earnest. Left the Mexican Wave Geocoin. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCNGFX - Kit's Coty
    Decided to do this one on spec as I was driving past. I've needed an excuse to visit this location for a while anyway. Found the various bits of information and the final cache without too much trouble. Left an Aussie Outback keyring. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCPDT9 - Shorne Wood Country Park
    Found it fairly easily without too much back-tracking, but had to wait for muggles to pass before re-hiding it. Luckily I'd taken it a fair way from its hiding place and away from the track to log it, as the muggles' Alsatian found me! Left an Aussie Old Penny keyring, as well as a few bags for the other goodies, and grabbed the USA Geocoin. Then went by way of the Fairy Ring and Cardiac Hill back to the car-park. The new building looks interesting, and seems to be coming on well. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCVEYX - Meopham Green
    Conducted most of the hunt in pleasant sunshine, and found the cache without too much difficulty. Grabbed the replica Qichina's No.1 China Geocoin and left an Endeavour Replica keyring. Then headed back for my car as the storm clouds gathered. TFTC View cache page.
• 21th May 2006
  • GCKTCG - Dulwich wood Travel Bug Hotel
    It had rained a bit. The paths were a bit muddy. Found it fairly easily. Mexican Wave Geocoin dropped by. TNLN. TFTC. View cache page.
• 14th May 2006
  • GCP5ZM - Black Squirrel
    I was visiting friends in LGC, and they claimed to have black squirrels in their garden, but none showed themselves. We went for a walk, and this cache was nearby, so I wandered through the nettles to find it, and they picked their way a little more carefully so as to avoid getting too badly stung by the nettles. Took post-it tabs, and left a Blue Wren keyring from Western Australia. Then we went on to have a look at the boulder-clay marsh nearby. Never did see any black squirrels, though. TFTC. View cache page.
• 13th May 2006
  • GCPQH1 - Darent Valley View
    The views are wonderful, though my knees complained a bit about the hill, especially on the descent. There are lots of good hiding places near GZ (which seemed to be about half-way from the bench to the gap in the fence), but no sign on the cache in any of them. Plenty of snails and wood-lice though. One of the snails I saw had a shell almost 2 inches across. Also, a surprising number of muggles (most with dogs) seem to use the path on a Saturday morning. Cheers. View cache page.
  • GCKBWR - Mole's Secret High-dout
    It had been raining recently, so the paths were a bit muddy. It was also a not quite sunny evening, so there weren't many muggles about. I think I saw three other people, and two of them were in the car park. Found it without too much difficulty, and dropped off Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue. Cheers. View cache page.
  • GCNQ71 - Doris's Bough Beech Bench Cache
    This one was a pleasant contrast to "Buzzy"; relatively easy to find, with a handy bench to sit on, and a pleasant view, even on this less than sunny evening. Left a Nannup Tiger bottle-opener/keyring from Western Australia, and turned the tape-measure key-ring into TB36C Measuring the World using a tag I've been carrying around for years... Thanks. View cache page.
• 12th May 2006
  • GCVK3A - OistrehamIn or Westerham
    A pleasant short stroll this afternoon on my way home from work (avoiding the M25). TFTC View cache page.
  • GCVG0E - Doris's Buzzy Cache
    Eventually... Picked a best-bet location for GZ, then turned the GPSr off, ignored the clue, and searched the area within the accuracy circle carefully. Once I'd found the cache I left the GPSr to average its position while I signed the log. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue dropped by, but was just too big to fit in the box, so didn't stay. TNLN, TFTC. View cache page.
• 11th May 2006
  • GCVHWE - One for the road in old Oxted
    The M25 was jammed, so I came along the A25 instead, and detoured for a short wander. TFTC. View cache page.
• 10th May 2006
  • GCVG0E - Doris's Buzzy Cache
    A third un-successful hunt. View cache page.
• 7th May 2006
  • GCP35Z - Greenhill Grotto
    A good hard up-hill walk from Kemsing, with some fantastic "atmospheric" views along the way. The cowslips are in bloom on the downs, and complement the bluebells in the woods. Took Mexican Wave Geocoin. and left Lucilinburhuc. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue also dropped by. Thanks. View cache page.
• 5th May 2006
  • GCVG0E - Doris's Buzzy Cache
    The bluebells in the woods are spectacular, especially on a sunny spring morning like this morning. A pleasant place for a country walk. Thanks.
    
    Satellite coverage was a bit spotty, with the accuracy seldom getting better than thirty feet. When it was showing its best accuracy (about twenty feet) the GPSr put GZ somewhere near the middle of an open clearing some fifty or sixty feet up-hill from the main footpath, just up-hill from some relatively freshly cut stumps. I searched around the area both sides of the main footpath, but couldn't find the cache.
    
    Went back for a further look this evening, and approached from a different direction (past the chalk meadow clearing), on the off-chance that the satellite geometry would be better, but it wasn't.
    
    Watch out for rotten wood and falling branches. View cache page.
• 30th April 2006
  • GCPC1Q - Ausome View
    We got lucky on the last afternoon of my Australian holiday, and found it with only the description and clue to guide us. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue dropped by. We left Syd the GeoPup behind, as we figured he might not want a trip to sunny England! Took a letter opener and left a boomerang keyring and a mini-scourer (handy for those Bibbulman Track camp nights). Thanks. View cache page.
• 29th April 2006
  • GCE6E6 - Suitable Outlook
    Excellent views, interesting rock scrambling, and a few ants, but none of them bit! Found it without much trouble, took a moss agate stone and left a replica Roman ring from the Roman Villa at Crofton. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue dropped by too. View cache page.
  • GCP61A - Thomas Statham's Backyard
    I was hoping this would be my hundredth find, but it was not to be. Four pairs of hands and eyes searched extensively up to the crater rim all round, for half an hour or so, and couldn't find the cache. We did find one golf ball though, so someone's shot was way off course! View cache page.
  • GCMC62 - KIWI 'N OZ
    My hundredth cache, and what a well-stocked one, too. We did wonder whether the run-off in the wettest parts of the year might wash it away though. Took a couple of Kiwi necklaces, and left a couple, a replica Roman dolphin pendant from the Roman Villa at Crofton, and a Space Shuttle pendant from the Leicester Space Centre. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue paid this cache a visit too. View cache page.
• 28th April 2006
  • GCTAR1 - Harvey Internment Camp Memorial Shrine
    We stopped for refreshment at the nearby cafe, and then came out hunting while granny spent a fortune in the shop next to it. An interesting little memorial to visit. Thanks. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue paid a visit. Took the wombat (the kids have promised to share it) and left a necklace, a notepad and a candle. View cache page.
• 27th April 2006
  • GCNDTC - Little Blue Box
    Came at this one via a slightly round-about route, but then took the easy route out afterwards. Curiously, when I hid the nearby "Willow Giants" I never found this little dam. Thanks for pointing it out. Left a cloth glasses container from Kenya, and took a little wooded immitation birds egg. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue dropped by too. View cache page.
  • GCJ5W4 - Emily's Secret Surprise
    A spur-of-the-moment left turn led us to this one. An interesting little walk. Managed to persuade the kids they didn't want the noisy toy. Took instead a French Soldier (who moved down to Donnelly Mill) and left a tin Roman Soldier from the Roman Villa at Crofton. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue paid a visit. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GCPY8H - Donnelly's Ruse (Roos)
    A surprising number of roos and emus who don't seem to mind being close to people! Justthe thing for this tourist. They did have a habit of turning away if you pointed a camera at them though. Thanks for bringing us here. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue dropped by. Collected Lucilinburhuc, and the kids wanted a car and a koala. Left a French soldier figure, a bracelet and a kitten. View cache page.
  • GCNDTB - Grandmas Perfume
    A pleasant afternoon walk without the kids. Plenty of ducks on the river. Took nothing. Left a stone turtle necklace. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue dropped by. Thanks. View cache page.
  • GCQRX3 - Balingup Bounty
    The dog that lives over the road spotted us, and barked incessantly. Took a quick photo, dropped a couple of coins in the cache, and escaped. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue paid a visit too. View cache page.
• 26th April 2006
  • GCDA74 - Cascade Walk
    Well, sad to say we found its remains. The recognisable bits were the spiral binding from a note pad, the rubber-holder from a pencil, two coins, a glass stone, and parts of what once might have been a dinky car. View cache page.
  • GCKZAK - Beedelup Beauty
    We spent some time at Karri Valley a few years ago. This time we were staying in Nannup, and visited the Falls while on our way back from an expedition to climb the Gloucester Tree. Took a door-stop and left a bracelet. Decided against leaving the kids as well, but it was a close call... ;) Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue paid a visit too. View cache page.
• 25th April 2006
  • GCQP3B - Bridging the Murray
    On our way south we stopped here to take a break, and the cache was a bonus. The kids crossing enjoyed the bridge. Monster Truck #1 - Panter Blue paid a visit too. View cache page.
  • GCTMP5 - Pinny Trail
    After the adventure with the wobbly bridge we decided to brave the sargeant ants as well. There weren't too many of them, and we managed to avoid getting bitten. Took toy car and left bracelet. View cache page.
• 20th April 2006
  • GCM481 - Gold Pioneers
    We were pleased to see that this Pioneer Cemetery had received a bit more TLC than the one at Boulder (GCPZ8B). We took a stress-star and left a replica Roman torc bracelet, then went to find the grave mentioned. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCAFD2 - King of the Mountain
    We decided to come home from Koolgardie via York rather than Northam, and spotted this cache on the way. The view was fine, and the cache not too hard to find. Left a tin Roman soldier from the Roman Villa at Crofton (four down, one to go). TFTC View cache page.
  • GCPQW7 - Bases Loaded
    Third time lucky! We finally found this extremely well hidden and camoflaged cache. Thanks, Wolphin, for the hint. A walking stick makes a great caching accessory! Had a brief discussion about travel bugs with my nephew, who was all for absconding the truck. We claimed him and will be moving him on soon. Also took a couple of window decals, and left a stress-star, a small plastic puppy, and an Astronaut pendant from the Leicester Space Centre. Thanks a lot for this one, Wolphin. ;) View cache page.
• 19th April 2006
  • GCM4AF - River Gum (we think)
    An early morning wander in the park led us to this gum tree. We saw a cormorant fishing in the pond along the way. We thought the tree was probably a Salmon Gum, based on the examples elsewhere, too. Took a party popper, and left a tin Roman soldier from the Roman Villa at Crofton. View cache page.
  • GCM4AH - Desert Oasis
    What a wonderful place to take the kids. One of the parrots kept saying "Hello" until he (or she?) got the right key words. Then we should have covered the kids' ears! The Castle is an interesting one. Thanks for taking us there. View cache page.
  • GCPZ8B - Pioneer's
    Sunset wasn't far off when we arrived. We were surprised to see how neglected this place looked, but it was an interesting one to wander round. The spiders were impressive, too. Took a koala and left a tin Roman soldier from the Roman Villa at Crofton. TFTC. View cache page.
• 18th April 2006
  • GCG115 - Kalgoorlie GPS (Gold) Rush
    The museums hadn't opened, so we went up here early this sunny morning, and swapped a couple of glow sticks and a toy car for a Roman pendant and a tin Roman Soldier (from the Roman Villa at Crofton). TFTC View cache page.
• 17th April 2006
  • GCMDPY - wooly dam
    On our way from Perth to Kalgoorlie we stopped here and had our lunch in the shade of the large tree. While we were there a local family came to check on the yabby traps they had set in one of the dams. Took a CD and left a Roman dolphin pendant. TFTC View cache page.
• 15th April 2006
  • GCPQW7 - Bases Loaded
    Ok, so I'm visiting from the UK, and this cache seemed to be the nearest to my sister's house, so I wandered along, expecting to find something written on the "DLI benchmark" that'd have some bearing on solving the puzzle, but all I found was an iron peg and some yellow paint. I guess there's something else to solving the puzzle that I'm missing completely. Oh well. The evening walk was pleasant, and I've two weeks to try cracking the puzzle. Now I just need to figure out where to start...
    Thanks for the teaser! I'll be back. I hope... View cache page.
• 11th March 2006
  • GCTK7X - Meridian Snake: The Project A.P.E. project
    The original Project A.P.E. Meridian Snake was my first ever cache find. This one's my eightieth. Weather wasn't the best. It was trying to snow when I parked, but had more or less given up by the time I found the cache. Thanks for bringing back the memory. View cache page.
• 5th March 2006
  • GCT04C - Pilgrims Meridian
    Started from the car park at the top of the hill, and walked down. Found the cache easily enough, then walked along to the actual meridian before heading back uphill to the car park. It seemed quite a bit longer on the way back. Good exercise! Left a keyring. TFTC. View cache page.
• 26th February 2006
  • GCTAV1 - St Andrew's benchmark
    Tracked this one down on a sunny Sunday afternoon. TN, Left a keyring. View cache page.
  • GCRF7R - Tee Time
    A pleasant mostly uphill walk on a sunny Sunday afternoon from the car park by the river to this cache. It's obviously a good place for folk to walk their dogs, as I encountered several energetic pooches while walking there and back. Took a photo and left a keyring. View cache page.
• 22nd January 2006
  • GCNYPB - Library in the Wood
    A sunny frosty morning had turned into a dull mild winter's day by the time I got out to hunt for this one. Found it easily once I'd figured which paths to take. On the way back to my car I met a three-legged greyhound on the tarmac path. TNLN. View cache page.
  • GCNQ5F - Doris's Dryhill Search
    An interesting location, this. Quite a few muggles were abroad this afternoon, so I sat for a while waiting for a lull. TNLN. View cache page.
• 13th November 2005
  • GCKR5F - Priory Promise
    Third time lucky. Early on a misty morning the park isn't busy. I saw one runner, one other person out walking, and one person doing Tai-Chi, and most importantly no children in the playground or feeding ducks. The container seems to be weathering nicely. It was a bit tricky to extract the cache itself, though. View cache page.
• 6th November 2005
  • GCKR5F - Priory Promise
    Another unsuccessfulk hunt, in the morning before the playground filled with kids. View cache page.
• 23rd October 2005
  • GCKR5F - Priory Promise
    I guess a mild dry Sunday morning isn't a good time to go hunting this one, even if the pond is almost all mud rather than water and the canada geese are in hostile mob mode, as the place is still swarming with children, so it's just not possible to hunt for anything without being noticed. My GPSr was only giving an accuracy of 30 feet and there are at least six possible locations matching the hint within that radius of the end of the bridge. I'll have another hunt if I can figure out a time when I can get there and the hordes of children won't be there. Could be a while, though. View cache page.
• 22nd October 2005
  • GCMKCB - Dark Side of the Moon
    It's only a mile or so from home, but it's taken me ages to get round to hunting this one down. I particularly liked the hand-bound log book. View cache page.
  • GCQXD2 - Through the Keyhole
    Wish I'd thought to take an OS map, as I'm sure it would have made more sense of the car-park grid reference than my GPSr did. The cache itself was spot-on, and in a very interesting place. View cache page.
  • GCPAD2 - Where is the Canary?
    The vista's a wonderful place from which to watch the sunset. View cache page.
• 3rd October 2005
  • GC5B4A - Portal to the Past (Köln)
    On our way out to FilkContinental in Freusburg we only had two minutes to change trains in Köln. On our way back to London after the convention Colin and I had more time between trains here, so wandered out (dragging our bags) to hunt this one down. Nice and close to the station, it was. View cache page.
• 18th September 2005
  • GCH82X - Sizewell Belts Walk
    Well that was an interesting walk. :) I started from the Sizewell Beach car park and headed along the beach path until I reached the beach end of the Goose Hill Black Walk. That took me up to the Kenton Hills, and I was still half a mile or more from the cache. I did get there eventually, when I found the Sizewell Belts Trail. Foolishly I hadn't looked at the picture clues, and obviously they weren't on the printout, so I spent quite a while hunting. GPS coverage under the trees was erratic, and had just decided to give up and go back for lunch when I spotted the container. Took the dragon, and left a fuzzy animal (a stoat, perhaps?) and a couple of keyrings. Completed the circuit to get back to my car. Total walking distance logged was 5.43 miles, and it took 1 hour 56 minutes. TFTC. View cache page.
  • GCN0NY - New & Improved Iken Icon
    As this was a short walk from Snape Maltings along a fairly flat path it was a perfect dog-walk for the elderly Pippa, so her owners and some other friends came along for an introductory cache hunt. Swapped space-dog for a couple of keyrings, one from Kenya and the other from Texas. View cache page.
  • GCJEK8 - Meare-ly a micro
    A brief early evening visit to Thorpness concluded a pleasant day spent with friends, with a few caches for added interest. We were only mildly nettle-stung while searching for this. A cunningly hidden micro. View cache page.
• 17th September 2005
  • GCNMTV - Hoo Goes There?
    We were visiting Sutton Hoo to have a look at the new(-ish) museum and a quilting and patchwork exhibition, so I wandered off to find this cache as well. Left a stonehenge necklace to confuse the archaeologists. View cache page.
• 12th January 2005
  • GC46B1 - Swine, Bovine, Equine
    Visited this with Aussie relatives on a beautiful clear mild winter evening. Wonderful view of the sunset behind the historic monument from the cache location. Took nothing. Left an Aussie koala hat pin. TFTC. View cache page.
• 27th December 2004
  • GCHEFC - On the edge of the Blackdown Hills
    It was a frosty sunny morning, and the kids were restless, so we went exploring, and this cache was the perfect excuse. View cache page.
• 20th November 2004
  • GCJRWN - The Knoll Hayes
    It was a cold November day when I visited this little park. In warmer weather it must be a pleasant place to wander, but on this day it was just above freezing, and the weather was trying out rain, and considering the advantages of sleet. The leaves had mostly fallen from the trees and hedges. View cache page.
  • GCKDTZ - Doris's Coney Cache
    It was a cold wet November day. The temperature was just above freezing, and the weather was trying to decide whether rain or sleet would be more appropriate. The fallen leaves provided a cloak to conceal the mud, and the weather was definitely keeping the muggles (except for those with canine companions) indoors. Followed my GPS on a zig-zag route to the cache, as I think it was having a disagreement with the trees. The walk back to the car park (thanks for those co-ordinates) was rather shorter and less muddy with fewer steep scrambles. View cache page.
• 12th June 2004
  • GCCC6B - TechnOLOGY (Central London)
    Fascinating thought. Not sure I managed to avoid the security cameras though. ;) View cache page.
  • GCHNHA - Kali Cache
    Arrived to find a geocaching family already hunting. Nosed around a bit. Chatted. Couldn't find it. Read the hint. Still couldn't find it. ...but find or no-find, it's still a pleasant little garden. View cache page.
  • GCGBGB - Last Delivery (London)
    I was in the area with a bit of spare time and a little life left in my GPSr's batteries. A wonderful little city garden, even with all the building work that's going on. Quite tricky to retrieve and replace the box without being seen by geomuggles, but I hope I managed it Ok. TNLNSL. Many thanks for the cache, and for showing me the garden. View cache page.
• 31st May 2004
  • GCHQ8F - Tilburstow Hill Trek
    First cache of the day, found at 07:50. I'd left a friend at Gatwick to catch a flight, and decided to hunt a few caches on my way home. A pleasant walk in the bright sunny morning, and very quiet. Took a small bag of stone charms and left a couple of necklaces. Cheers. View cache page.
  • GCHTA4 - Photographer's Cache
    The questions card was an interesting find all by itself. It's still just about readable, though the question letters are barely visible. There are three questions I need to research. The vaguely historical ones were easy, though there was one I think may have more than one answer. It's this new-fangled digital stuff I'm not hot on. I'll be back. Cheers. View cache page.
  • GCHRT2 - The High Chart Hunt
    Second "mulgrave" cache of the day, and a very pleasant walk it was. I expect the final stages will be rather more fun when the bracken's grown up a bit. ;) Took Kody (I was watching Brother Bear last night) and left a small note book and a Maasai keyring. Cheers. View cache page.
  • GCJ4H0 - Doris's Keston cache
    Returned today to give this one a second try around 11:30am when the light was good. It's well hidden, but I did find it this time. Swapped a torch keyring for a Texan keyring. Got back to my car to find that it had decided to go on strike. The man from the RAC came and gave it a stern talking to... View cache page.
• 14th May 2004
  • GCJDPT - Doris's Techno Titsey box
    Visited this one on the way home after work, having spotted the cache's proximity while I was driving to work earlier. GPS was all over the place. Mine's the second log in the book. TNLN as I didn't have anything techie to swap. Cheers. View cache page.
  • GCJ4H0 - Doris's Keston cache
    Fading light and poor satellite geometry defeated me this time. GPSr was all over the place, and some of the undergrowth was looking a bit trampled. I'll be back another day, when the light's better and I can pick my way through the undergrowth without adding too much to the trampling, and I'm less anxious about having my car locked into the car park at dusk. Cheers. View cache page.
• 29th February 2004
  • GCHKN9 - A place of rest overlooking the valley
    Thanks for the tip about the car park. :) I took a walk in the woods before lunch this leap year's day, as the sun was shining. Fine views out over towards Shoreham and Otford. Waited a short while near the cache for folks to move on, then found it fairly easily. Just as I was writing my log entry it started to snow. Took an Ewok, and left a Texas keyring and a Kenya Maasai bead keyring. View cache page.
• 28th February 2004
  • GCHC6H - MMMonument
    On the way back to a station from the Bell, Book and Candle on Ludgate Hill, I took a right turn down towards the river and found this by streetlight. Moonlight might have been more appropriate, but it was cloudy. Quite tricky to find the key in the available light. View cache page.
• 22nd February 2004
  • GC7E8D - Any one seen my crown ?
    I was staying with friends in the village, and we took their dog for a long afternoon walk despite the chilly wind. We sniffed out this cache along the way. Took a pencil and left a keyring. View cache page.
  • GCA9BC - King Dick's Downfall.
    Found this one after visiting "Any one seen my crown ?" while walking the dog. Took nothing, but put the log book in a new ziploc bag as the old one had holes in it, and added another larger ziploc bag for the goodies. Then went on round part of the battlefield walk. The wind was very chilly today. View cache page.
• 15th June 2003
  • GC5BFE - Royal Crescent (Bath, NE Somerset)
    I was visiting Bath as part of a coach trip with my local astronomical society, and we had a couple of hours to wander round Bath after visiting the Herschel Museum (from which the Herschels discovered the planet Uranus). Having wandered a while and taken a look at the places at which Time Team had done some digs last year, I realised I had a bit of spare time and a GPS. Having turned on the GPS I discovered that the nearest cache was less than 300 feet away. Didn't take too long to find. The label on the outside of the container has suffered a bit from the damp, but the contents were fine. Signed the log but took/left nothing. Didn't have time to get to the other nearby caches, unfortunately, as I had a coach to catch. View cache page.
• 31st May 2003
  • GCG39V - The Whirly Pool
    A hot bright sunny day for a cache hunt. The mud has dried somewhat. Lots of kids playing in the river nearby. Dogs too. I only had half an hour spare to hunt the cache, so I ended up with only 15 minutes at the location. The nettles and brambles are growing well. Some evidence of human activity in the vicinity, including broken rotten logs and scraped bark. Found a rabbit skull, but couldn't find the cache in the time I had to spare. Maybe another time.... View cache page.
• 18th May 2003
  • GCF148 - Chichester Meeting 18/05/03 (West Sussex)
    The wet weather over the last few days meant I counldn't have mown my lawn anyway, and it was good to put faces to names. View cache page.
  • GCE2EB - Towpath Tootle
    A quick cache while in the area for the Chichester meeting. View cache page.
• 5th April 2003
  • GCDD8E - Southern Cache Bash 2003
    This was an enjoyable event on a gloriously sunny spring day, and with a bit of cache hunting in Epping Forest thrown in for good measure. View cache page.
  • GCEEFD - The Lost Pond
    Visited this as part of the Cache Bash. About half a dozen of us were all looking at the same time, and then waiting for the rest to find it before adding log entries all in one go. A weird experience ;) View cache page.
  • GCEF03 - Boudicca's Stone
    Visited this as part of the Cache Bash. Again about half a dozen were all looking at the same time. An interestingly tricky micro-cache hunt. View cache page.
• 29th September 2002
  • GC90E2 - Banstead Wood
    Quite a few folks about today. In addition to the expected dog-walkers and folks out for a Sunday stroll, there were some folks on trail bikes making quite a bit of noise somewhere nearby. Found the cache at about 3:30pm this afternoon. View cache page.
  • GC8D0D - The View from Reigate Hill
    Great views! Gatwick was clear to see, and the light on the trees (which are just beginning to turn) was wonderful too. View cache page.
  • GC88C4 - Inclined to be Nervous
    That was some hunt. I did find the cache, as I was on my way back up the slope to the car park having almost given up. No GPS signal at the cache location at all, and rather poor satellite geometry as well, so I'd tried triangulating from three locations where I could see a bit of sky, but the slope makes triangulating difficult. I took a couple of falls on the loose surface. I'd humbly suggest the terrain is at least 3.5 because of the nature of the surface and the steepness of the slope, whether you tackle it from above or below. Take care with this one, folks! View cache page.
• 28th September 2002
  • GC56E3 - The London Rainbow Cache 3 yellow
    I was in the area at a loose end, and found this one easily enough. View cache page.
• 24th August 2002
  • GC8309 - A Wander Round the Forest Part 1
    A pleasant walk on a grey and slightly damp Bank Holiday Monday. Found the cache without much difficulty. Good thing I'd parked close to the first location, and could use it to find my car afterwards. It's interesting how easy it is to become disorientated in that heather and gorse landscape, especially when there's no sun to guide you... ;) View cache page.
  • GC761E - Beeching Cut
    Parked in Forest Row, as there didn't seem to be anywhere obvious that was nearer, and walked up the old track. Got very close that way, but decided there must be an easier approach. Heard voices, and followed the sound of them til I discovered the easier way. From there, finding the cache wasn't too tricky, though the GPS reception was a mite flakey. Nice little hidey hole. Took nothing. Put the paper items into a ziploc bag in case the damp gets worse. View cache page.
• 13th July 2002
  • GC2AAF - Oh! Deer
    A quick visit to drop off Monoc and Blinksalot (aka The 102nd Dalmation). The Park is looking extremely green at the moment, and the deer are at the peak of condition, with the stags' antlers well grown but still in velvet. The bracken is high, making some of the paths through it a bit tricky to follow. The weather was fine, and there were plenty of folk in the more accessible parts of the Park, but I had the area near the cache to myself. View cache page.
• 7th July 2002
  • GC3F75 - Pieces of Time
    Still havn't a clue how to find the car park. I think I drove round all the roads closest to the cache, but none of them went anywhere near the car-park position given. I eventually parked in a lay-by and crossed the railway line on foot at the level crossing.
    It was a damp afternoon, so there weren't any picnicers, but the more athletic users of the landscape weren't put off by a little rain. ;)
    Found the cache without too much difficulty, and left DarthM. The 102nd Dalmation couldn't find room in the container though. View cache page.
  • GC45FD - The Path of Least Resistance
    Found it, eventually... The trees play havoc with the signal, and I'd have found it quicker if I'd turned the GPSr off and just thought a bit. As it was, I hunted for a while, then decrypted the hint... Now, how can I put this... Let's just say, if I catch you... The 102nd Dalmation couldn't find room in this container either. View cache page.
  • GC646B - Glebe Pond
    Found it fairly easily, though it did require a bit of scrambling. The Church and surrounding area is interesting, and the pond is... somehow, strange... The 102nd Dalmation couldn't find room in this container either. View cache page.
• 4th July 2002
  • GC5BC3 - The Gatwick Bug Hotel
    DarthM has checked out. He's going to visit tonight's London SF gathering as a start on his quest to find Obi. The 102nd Dalmation decided to tag along as it seems a likely place to find that unusual someone... View cache page.
• 13th June 2002
  • GC5BC3 - The Gatwick Bug Hotel
    Wandering Giant has checked in. He'd like to visit somewhere warmer, and perhaps a little drier too. The Kalahari, where Timon is headed, might be a bit extreme though. Rolling grassy plains are more Wandering Giant's thing. I'm sure he'll have some interesting conversations with Timon while they're waiting though. View cache page.
• 7th June 2002
  • GC12AD - Mission 10b: Meridian Snake
    I had a good look round the area to see whether there was any trace of the cache, but it has definitely gone. View cache page.
• 1st June 2002
  • GC562E - Bucklebury Common
    I happened to be driving past, and thought I'd look for this one, but I didn't have the description at hand. Looks like I didn't burrow deeply enough into the prickly stuff... Another time. View cache page.
• 28th May 2002
  • GC5BC3 - The Gatwick Bug Hotel
    It's a short walk from my office, even if I take the long cross no main roads route, so I had to drop by just to see where it was. I went for a gentle lunch-time stroll. Quite a muddy stroll, it turned out, as I took the get away from the traffic back route which runs along the lake bank. The lake is deep, and the banks are steep, so take care not to fall in. Next time round I'll bring a bug to release, but this time I just signed the log. View cache page.
• 19th May 2002
  • GC447B - J.A.G.002
    Dropped by after visiting Hatchlands Park. The nettles on the path are growing well, but the bluebells are over. The cache container was half-full of water. I emptied it, tried to dry the contents out a bit, and put them all in zip-loc bags so that when the cache fills with water again they'll stand half a chance. I fear some of the contents may have suffered from the prolonged soaking though. View cache page.
  • GC5364 - Around the World in 80 Trees
    A very pleasant little park, this. I enjoyed wandering around looking at the trees. The grass has grown up and wasn't at all squashed when I got there, though it is a bit now, 'cos I sat down in it to look things over. Took a pair of gel pens and put all the bits in the cache into zip-loc bags, 'cos I had some spare. I also left a couple of Australian souvenirs, as I figured they'd feel at home with those Aussie gum trees nearby. View cache page.
• 28th April 2002
  • GC55DA - Winchester Treasure Hunt
    A mere 26 points for me... Would have done better if I'd realised what I needed to do with the pictures, and if I could have found that pub though. Oh, and trying to get it all done inside two hours left me knackered, but my knee has been much better since... ;) Cheers :) View cache page.
  • GC408D - Winchester Cachers Meet
    Wow! That was a good day out, and I managed to avoid the jams on the drive home. It was a good place to meet, with lots of space, even if the staff were slightly overwhelmed by the turn-out initially. I hope I managed to at least say Hi to everybody. The multi-virtual cache hunt after lunch nearly did me in. Especially that last climb. Great fun, though I guess it would have taken me the best part of a day to do it justice. I got 26 (out of a possible 47?). Many thanks to jeremyp, El10t, and Tim & June for the organising they did. Cheers! View cache page.
  • GC50F1 - Rookery
    Well, if the number of folks taking a break outside during lunch is anything to go by, this one'll get a fair few logs today. I found it just before heading off to Winchester itself for the event multi-virtual... View cache page.
• 16th April 2002
  • GC4E4B - 16th Century Pub (Central London)
    Well, I was meeting friends up in town, not that far from this cache, and I was a bit early, so I nipped round to have a look. It's a busy place on Friday evening. Details in email. Cheers! View cache page.
• 1st April 2002
  • GC30B8 - SP1
    I'd heard a bit about this set oc caches in the forest near Basingstoke. Quite a lot of it was uncomplimentary. I decided I wouldn't mind a walk round the forest, so set off, armed with some old waypoints and descriptions but without any of the photographs. The waypoint I had for this cache led me to a position right next to the main road. I searched for as long as I could stand the traffic noise and then gave up. It turned out that the position I had stored 900 ft out. If I'd had the photograph I might have stood a chance. Not a promising start to the day, cache-wise. View cache page.
  • GC3742 - SP9
    The position for this one was spot on, though the cache was buried under enough leaves that I needed the hint to locate it. View cache page.
  • GC31A8 - SP3
    The position I had took me to a position some 150 feet from the cache, but the hint pinpointed the cache no problem. It wasn't well concealed, there not being anything non-obvious in the vicinity to hide it in. The wood ants were also active. View cache page.
  • GC30E3 - SP2
    I hunted for a while before giving up. Couldn't make the description and hint fit the location at all. Not surprising given that the position I had downloaded was 0.4 miles out... View cache page.
  • GC3525 - SP4
    The position I had for this one was very close to the position I had for SP2. I hunted for a while before giving up. Couldn't make the description and hint fit the location at all. Not surprising given that the position I had downloaded was quarter of a mile out... View cache page.
  • GC3527 - SP5
    The description was pretty specific, and there was no sign of the landmark within sight of the position, so I didn't hunt for long. My expectations were low by this stage. The position I had downloaded was 540 feet out... View cache page.
  • GC352C - SP6
    Again no obvious match between location and description. Figured this was another duff position (it was quarter of a mile out) and set off for the car-park. View cache page.
• 31st March 2002
  • GC4526 - Battle of Britain
    A quick caching trip on a Sunday afternoon, as this one isn't all that far from home. I'd always wondered exactly where the Kenley Observatory was though, and I spotted it on my way past the aerodrome. No gliders today, but lots of folks walking on the airfield. Wasn't too tricky to find the cache. Just a bit prickly. The brambles will be fun come summer. View cache page.
• 30th March 2002
  • GC394E - A Harty Meal (N. Kent)
    The traffic was Ok on my way in, but by the time I was ready to head on out the queue for Minster was most of the way back to the lifting bridge. I decided to head on out, and visit Minster another day.
    The pub is still in the throes of major refurbishment, so no chance of refreshment there.
    Had a pleasant walk from the pub car park to the cache. Beautiful weather. The grass had recently been mown. There was a rooster in the churchyard and a guineafowl in the field, both calling loudly. Quaint. :) View cache page.
  • GC1D33 - Why Wye?
    My sister studied at Wye, so I figured I'd go for a walk along from the Devils Kneading Trough to the Crown for old times sake. They've done a bit to the Crown in the last 20 years; wired it over and filled it with rubble for a start. There's also a Millenium monument above it which even quotes location and altitude. The location was only to the nearest minute, but the altitude was handy for checking the GPS (assuming they didn't use a GPS to determine it in the first place). Got a bite to eat at the Devils Kneading Trough cafe, and took a few pictures. Great views :)
    Found the cache ok. The box looked as if it might have been bitten by a dog at some stage, as the bottom has cracked and the lid has a hole in it, but the bag it was in seems to have kept the wet out so far, and everything inside is in plastic bags too. View cache page.
• 22nd March 2002
  • GC4201 - St Etheldreda's (Central London)
    Had to hunt around a bit because the GPS signal isn't exactly strong in among all those tall buildings. Too much getting in the way. Found the cache without too much trouble though. View cache page.
• 13th March 2002
  • GC12AD - Mission 10b: Meridian Snake
    I paid a return visit to this cache on the way to work to check up after a "not found" log. The cache container is no longer in its hiding place. View cache page.
• 3rd March 2002
  • GC33C3 - Walk on the Weald Side
    This part of the Weald seems to be criss-crossed with footpaths, and finding the correct one was a bit tricky. They are marked, but some the markers are worn and faded, and some of the paths head across ploughed fields. The walk was rather muddy, but pleasant, and I expect the woods will be good for bluebells in the spring. View cache page.
  • GC1D9F - Garden of England
    No trouble finding this one, once I decided to ignore a warning that wasn't actually warranted. View cache page.
• 15th February 2002
  • GC1EBC - That Old Chestnut!
    Nice lonely-looking spot, given its proximity to the main road to Hastings. :)
    I took a direct route through the forest, down vale, over river, up hill... It was a beautiful clear sunny day. GPS locked on to 11 birds at the highest point of the route. No trouble finding the cache. I think it might have become uncovered? I replaced the bag with one I had in my pocket, and put the CDs into a re-sealable bag as they don't fit in the box. View cache page.
  • GC2947 - The cache at Pooh Bridge
    Second cache of the day. Once I'd managed to find the car park, my GPS led me right to the spot. Finding how to get the cache out involved looking round a bit. :) I was there about 4:20 pm, and by that time there weren't many visitors actually at the bridge, but there were some cadets camping in the field beside the path, and quite a few families with small children heading back to the car park as I was walking down to the bridge. Released my third travel bug Another Wandering Minstrel here. View cache page.
  • GC2484 - Under Wheels Over Water
    Third cache of the day, after That Old Chestnut and The Cache at Pooh Bridge, and the sun was setting. Good thing I'd taken a torch, as I'd not have found it otherwise. The box seemed to be short of a pencil. Maybe the next visitor could leave one in it (though it'll need to be cut down a bit as the box isn't huge). Glorious view of the crescent moon just after sunset. :) View cache page.
• 9th February 2002
  • GC35BB - Haunted Hill
    A pleasant if rather muddy walk on a sunny afternoon. I arrived at the picnic site just as the last of a heavy shower was blowing away. At times the wind was a bit chilly, but most of the time rather mild for February. The views from the picnic site are fantastic. I didn't get to the Neolithic monuments though. Dropped off a travel bug Palmable Geocache #14 from blscearce. View cache page.
  • GC12AD - Mission 10b: Meridian Snake
    I paid a return visit to this cache at dusk to drop off some Fantasy and SF videos (as I now have the films on DVDs). View cache page.
• 18th January 2002
  • GC3204 - Christmas Crackers??
    Close to home, and I had a day off, so I hunted this one first. Frosty morning (some of the mud was frozen solid) with a clear sunny sky. Good cache-hunting weather. Found the cache quite easily, and put the first entry into the log book. Some of the treasures must have come out of ireally big Xmas crackers! Traded a picture frame and a puzzle for a small screwdriver. The water feature is a bit strange. Is there a story behind it? View cache page.
  • GC1EB0 - Leviathan
    On the way to Brookwood I stopped off to hunt this one. Great hiding place. I was glad I'd taken my wellies, as that river bank was very muddy indeed. The sky was beginning to cloud over when I found the cache. View cache page.
  • GC2843 - Tomb Raider - Mission I
    I finally got back to this one, to finish the hunt I started almost two months ago. I was looking in the right place last time, but wouldn't have been able to see the box in the low light, and certainly wouldn't have managed to find the last little twist. A hungry squirrel has gnawed most of the label off the small cannister. View cache page.
• 14th January 2002
  • GC18F5 - Bridging the cache
    The last day of my holiday, and this one was near, but didn't have time to attempt the other one in the area as well. Maybe next time. Three of us (2 adults, 1 child) set off on the hunt, but by the time we reached the bridge, granny was a bit puffed, and I didn't feel like pushing the push-chair much further, so I went on alone to the cache itself. I saw one roo while I was going up the hill. We exchanged looks and went our separate ways. The hill was steep, and it was a hot day. I found the cache with no trouble, and left a few foreign coins in it. View cache page.
• 10th January 2002
  • GC110A - Peters Serpentine Vista
    We had spent a week or so in the South West, and stopped off at Serpentine Falls for a picnic lunch and a quick cache hunt. The first half of the walk to the location was quite hard for a hot day, being quite steep. We found the right general area. The views from the bluff were great. We hunted around for half an hour before giving up. We did search the rocks pictured in the clue, but we'd probably have searched them a bit harder if I'd actually remembered to print out the picture and bring it along. There had been some heavy rain and lots of leaf-fall recently, so many of the nooks and crannies had collected leaf-litter, and in the bush one tends to be a little wary of rummaging through leaf-litter anyway... We figured we'd given it a good shot. On the walk back we met an echidna crossing the track. Neither of us had seen a real live echidna in the wild before, so that more than made up for the disappointment of not finding the cache. View cache page.
• 31st December 2001
  • GC1B4A - The DNA Experience
    Other members of the family were curious what I was up to, so, as this looked granny, child and hound friendly, we went off together. Six of us (3 adults, 2 children and a dog) had a pleasant walk & a picnic by the tower. We found the cache with no trouble, but couldn't help either of the gnomes on their ways. However, the kids swapped a keyring & a bouncy-ball for a couple of little animals, and then we all went to the nearby playground... View cache page.
• 26th December 2001
  • GC29E6 - Cache number 12
    For some reason, Boxing Day ended up being quiet, so I set off on my first hunt Down Under. It was hot, and I ended up walking over 6km. I found the cache at midday. The picture clues were a help. Saw a couple of roos fairly close, and several more at a distance. Took a Yowie toy, and left a notepad and my first Travel Bug, "A Wandering Minstrel". Found, when I got back to the car at Mundaring Weir, that it had been broken in to while I was away. No damage, but they stole my lunch and a few other things. Most of the stolen stuff turned up later in the day, having been dumped by the roadside in Mundaring itself though. View cache page.
• 7th December 2001
  • GC2AAF - Oh! Deer
    Another free Friday, so off I went. Clear sunny weather meant there was a good view of the house. Lots of deer. There were also a lot of kids on some sort of organised cross-country run in the park, so it wasn't quite as peaceful as it might have been. Put the fourth entry in the log book, but didn't trade anything. View cache page.
• 2nd December 2001
  • GC2826 - Sherlock 5 - If you eliminate the impossible...
    Again, a devil of a problem getting a fix, and my first visit (the previous day) was during the hours of darkness, which concealed part of the answer. I believe I have it now. View cache page.
  • GC22E5 - A Meating place for Martyrs
    There are some interesting historic bits round here. One lane nearby was closed off while a film crew and sundry horses, actors and a hansom cab acted out some period piece. View cache page.
  • GC2823 - Sherlock 2 - I suppose, Watson...
    Curiously the answer seemed to be in the same place as the previous cache, so I didn't have to go far. View cache page.
  • GC2822 - Sherlock 1 - The game is afoot!
    It helped to back off a bit from the co-ordinates given. I spent a while looking a bit too close before I found the answer. View cache page.
• 30th November 2001
  • GC2825 - Sherlock 4 - I cannot live without brainwork!
    'Twas past dark when I visited this location, and getting a fix was a mite tricky, but I believe I have this answer... View cache page.
• 25th November 2001
  • GC2613 - History Cache : 1497?
    An interesting monument. I'm sure I've heard a related folk song somewhere... View cache page.
  • GC260C - JAG01 : A Cache with a view
    Walked from the history cache to this one. Not too tricky to find. I added the third log entry, left a little koala, and took a puzzle. View cache page.
  • GC1E77 - Cluedo Cache (Fox Corner) - Part 3/7
    This one was on the way from Guildford to Brookwood. I'm glad I'd remembered my wellies as it was a little damp underfoot. View cache page.
  • GC2843 - Tomb Raider - Mission I
    This cache starts with a hidden map, and when you've found it the fun begins... Well, I did find all the clues, but I started a bit late in the day. Met kennamatic who was checking he'd got the right clues having not found the cache yesterday. Went on a bit of a wild goose chase on one of the clues because I had a couple of digits transposed. It was sunset and beginning to rain by the time I had all the pieces. I think I found the right area, but my Vista was hopping about a bit. I'm sure I was within 40 feet of the right place (lots of heather and pine trees), but it was getting rather gloomy, and though I had a good rummage around, I couldn't find anything looking like a cache.... View cache page.
• 10th November 2001
  • GC21F9 - London's Webcam Cache
    Logging this cache involves getting someone or something to save a picture of you as you pose in front of the webcam. I left my system at home grabbing images at intervals while I went up to London. It saved over 50 images, and I managed to feature in one of them. View cache page.
• 9th November 2001
  • GC12AD - Mission 10b: Meridian Snake
    My first hunt. Had a day off, and it was reasonably dry and sunny, and this one's nearer me than any others. Spent a while wandering round the edges of the field, trying to avoid the stuff the cows leave behind. Had some interesting jitters from my GPS. It doesn't seem to like wet leaves overhead... The log book didn't show any entries more recent than September. View cache page.