Dan Q

Day: 30 August 2021

Dan Q found GC2549F Motorway Mayhem M6 Junction 19

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I was heading South on the M6 when my phone beeped to warn me that the road was blocked, ahead. Turns out there had been some sort of crash, and traffic was being directed into Knutsford Services. Naturally, I used the break as an excuse to park up and hike out to this and another local cache.

As I came over this bridge, it looked like traffic was flowing again, albeit slowly and with a lane closed, so I’m going to complete my loop and get back on the road. Thanks for the distraction while I was stranded!

Motorway traffic moving past a 50 limit and "stranded vehicle" warning sign.

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Dan Q found GC9FJ8P Nuts & Bolts

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The M6 Southbound got blocked by a crash this afternoon so I diverted to Knutsford Services and took a walk out to the local caches while I waited for it to clear. I had a feeling what kind of thing I’d be looking for when I got here and I turned out the be right, making this a much quicker search than the 20 minutes or so it took me to walk up here! I possibly wasn’t helped by my choice of route, though: thanks to a badly signed footpath through the lower part of Tabley Hill Farm I ended up off-course and found myself in the cattle yard at N 53º 18.345′ W 002º 24.147’… right as the cows were heading to the milking parlour! Got there in the end, though. TFTC!

Dan Q found GC6WAB0 Church Micro 10221…Winwick

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I was in the vicinity of this cache while taking a rest break on a long journey South down the M6. Coordinates seemed off by about 8m but the hint quickly set me straight and after that it was an easy find. SL, TFTC!

Dan Q found GC7ZN91 Signals Haunt

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Came as a mini layover during a long drive South down the M6; specifically picked this cache because it fulfils a Wonder collection for me. ;-) A quick and easy find, once I got past the cache’s spooky guardian! TFTC!

Dan Q couldn’t find GC2AJW0 WWWNLL – Church House

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After failing to find GC2AJVT Cow Hill earlier we were really hoping to find this, but alas no. The entire area seems to have been torn up for building works and the footpath moved, so we couldn’t get within 20m of GZ. Strongly suspect this one’s a goner.

A building site. No geocache in sight.

 

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