Checkin

Dan Q found GC93T66 Mistletoe and Wine

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“Solved” all the puzzles some time ago, then came out to find this cache as a drive-by (on the minor, not the major, nearby road, of course!) while in-between other errands nearby. Was looking for something smaller when I laid my hands on the cache container, which I thought looked “out of place”, but the weight balance of the thing I’d picked up felt wrong… like something was loose inside? That’s when I realised I was holding the cache! Signed log and returned it to its spot. TFTC.

Dan Q found GC6H7G2 Geology

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A quick and easy find in spite of the growing dark, significantly helped by my having correctly interpreted the name of the cache and knew exactly at I was looking for TFTC.

This cache’s siblings might have to wait until another day, when I have the light on my side, though!

Dan Q found GC98N4G Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #9 Speed

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Third time was the charm for me with this elusive cache! On this and my last visit the coords kept pointing me to the centre of the road, giving me a pretty big search radius. Eventually found it – with the help of properly interpreting the hint – at N 51 46.314, W 001 25.758. Hope this helps anybody else with the same problem! TFTC, and once again for an excellent series.

Attached image is from my second visit, when I was trying to look unsuspicious and like I had a different reason to be hanging around here!

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!

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.

Dan Q couldn’t find GC2AJVT WWWNLL – Cow Hill

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Made an extended search amongst the nettles, including in the place where the hint suggested we look, without success.

Dan Q found GC2Y9J9 Long John Silver

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Good camo here! We honed in on the GZ quickly but it took us a few minutes of searching before the container was in hand. Greetings from Oxfordshire!

Dan Q found GC7JRT4 Preston Docks – Oh Buoy!

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What an excellent cache container! I immediately spotted it but then disregarded it when I couldn’t see an obvious ingress. My sister Sarah, though, whom I’m visiting in Preston, tried touching it a different way and soon discovered how to get at the cache. Log almost full – space only for one or two more entries.

Excellent cache. FP awarded. TFTC.