Day: 18 March 2010

This checkin to GL3FWMQ0 Sidetracked - Wallingford reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

The eleventh and final cache for the day for fleeblewidget and I. By now the rain had really started to fall and it had begun to get dark, so our search was a little more frantic than usual. Found the cache with little difficulty, but the log is pretty much soaked and part of the… “mechanism used to hide the cache”… is damaged and it may not last much longer: urgently needs maintenance.

TFTC; looking at the locomotives in the nearby engine yard was the perfect way to end today’s expedition.

This checkin to GL3FWM7G CAT1 - Bridge2Bridge - The Pool reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

On our way back from the excellent “PC-001 Costly Culvert”, it began to rain, and we considered just going straight home… but then we noticed a few more caches on the way and we couldn’t resist hunting for one or two more before we called it a day. This cache was the tenth of the day for fleeblewidget and I, and we needed the hint before we worked out where we were looking. A very imaginative cache, I’m very impressed!

Don’t be put off by the civil engineers building… whatever it is they’re building… at the moment, they’re not in the way and they’re not really paying attention to people looking for geocaches.

Also; this cache probably ought to have the “public restrooms nearby” attribute, as there’s a toilet right next to it!

This checkin to GL3FWKWW PC-001 Costly Culvert reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

The ninth cache of the day for fleeblewidget and I, this wonderfully well-concealed cache wasn’t even on the same side of the road as we started looking on, thanks to GPS signals scattering off the trees. Great cache.

This checkin to GL3FWKGT PC-002 Veiled reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Excellent cache, here! fleeblewidget and I walked right past it, walked back again, waited for some muggles to pass, and then looked right at it and around it before we found what we were looking for. Despite having already done several of Malpas Wanderer’s other caches, we were pleased and surprised to find yet another ingenious bit of cache-placing. Quite hard to put the log back again afterwards, though!

This checkin to GL3FWK5T PC-003 You Can Do It reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

fleeblewidget and I took a damp walk through the field after we lost the path on our way to this, our seventh cache of the day. We spent quite a while looking in exactly the wrong places before we had another go at getting a GPS fix and, then… bang – we were right on top of it. Don’t think the crows in the nearby rookery were pleased to see us: they kept cawing and flying in circles over our heads like tiny vultures. Lovely little roads, around here; I’ve walked one or two of them before, but never on such a nice day.

This checkin to GL3FWJW2 PC-007 Dog Gone Agility reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Unfortunately we didn’t plan our trip quite wisely enough, and this – the sixth cache of the day for fleeblewidget and I – involved us crossing over the A4074 for a third and then (when we left) a fourth time for the day, which did take quite some time as we had to wait for breaks in the traffic which were few and far between. But the reward was worth it: this cache is one of the cleverest I’ve ever seen.

fleeblewidget actually PICKED UP the cache to look under it before I realised that what she had in her hand was, actually, the cache! Watched a few helicopters taking off from and landing at the nearby air force base as we waited for a gap in the traffic on our way back. Great cache, thanks!

This checkin to GL3FWJFJ PC-005 Goat Pasture reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Fifth cache of the day, and it was I who managed to home-in on this one fastest, leaving fleeblewidget on the path as I went straight for the cache. Only one-star difficulty? Wow: you take things seriously around here. No goats in the field today, but plenty of bunny rabbits.

This checkin to GL3FWJ33 PC-006 Up The Garden Path reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Fourth cache in today’s expedition. Great container, and it took a few minutes before fleeblewidget and I spotted it! Picked up Mick’s Pirhana travel bug and dropped off the “code” travel bug (a long way from home, now!). Met a friendly donkey just a little further South along the path who ran alongside the fence to come and greet us and said goodbye with big, sad eyes.

Cache was a little damp so I added a couple of silica gel sachets to help keep it dry.

This checkin to GL3FWGJF Thames Path - Benson Lock reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Second of today’s expedition: again, I wouldn’t have found it without the help of fleeblewidget, who thought to look exactly where it turned out to be. A beautiful area, the last time I was here was during last winter’s heavy snowfall, and it looks completely different when it’s under the bright skies of the beginning of spring. Great little cache, thanks!

This checkin to GL3FWGDP Thames Path - Castle Meadows reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

First of today’s expedition, found with fleeblewidget. GPSr was playing up early this afternoon and tried to send us about 15m away from the cache (and it’s usually ever so good), but fleeblewidget’s eyes were sharp and she found it pretty quickly anyway. TFTC.

This checkin to GC1ZR2F The Black Cat reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

On our walk past here, we worked out where the cache was, but didn’t have time to stop for a drink and so didn’t claim the cache. Peeped over the fence from outside to work out where it probably was, though. Maybe another day!

This checkin to GC1AD0X Sidetracked - Wallingford reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

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