Caching Map PRE-Dec '07...and...Caching Map POST-Dec '07
Friday, 14 December 2007
Well! That changed the map a bit!
Well, our trip Ooop North certainly livened up our Caching Map!!! 6 counties added - and check out Northumberland!!!
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Eventful Weekend!
Well, it's about time I wrote another blog entry!
We went to Northumberland this weekend. We managed to bag about 8 Caches (and DNF about 2 or 3) on the way up (and so a 4 hours jounrey took us about 8...) including one we had DNF'd before (no idea how, except it was a MM and I was expecting a micro, and it wasn't lol) It was dark by the time we got there, but our last Cache was an ammo can which was good, evne if all the TBs had been taken the day before :(
Saturday we were going to go to Scotland...but our morning walk took longer than expected, so we decided on some local Caching instead...unfortunately it started to snow, our first snow caching experience, and we couldn't find the first Cache we tried. It wasn't meant to stick so we pushed on...found the next one, but stupidly left the lights and radio on, with the engine off..and ran down the battery...had to get a farmer to come jump start us (with a bit of a Christmas moment - he was just observing a calf being born!) Started off back to the farm gingerly...the snow had stuck...tried beeping my horn on one of the tight bends, only for the revs to die and the ABS to kick in and dump us in a ditch (about 10 yards from a pond!) Fortunately the darling car had enough grip to get us back on the road, and we made it home safely!
Sunday we decided on Scotland, via the DNF and some other local Caches, plus some on the A68 - as many had TBs for Scotland in. Managed to ifnd yesterday's DNF (yay! Plus a trig and a sotne circle!) Then off along Hadrian's wall for two more. Unfortunately the TBs were gone (when we finally found the small-not-regular-as-claimed Cache after the GPS had a wobbler) so it was a bit of a waste of time really. By now it was about 12:30...not idea for a trip to Scotland - it was also meant to be about -2 up there!!!
Set off along the A68, intending to get an LQ, but discovered it would be a bit of a walk, wich tend to turn into an hour for us, so we left it. The GPS was not in the mood going north, and we basically missed most of the Caches anyway - then again they looked like walks too! Bit grumpy by the time we got to the Border, but took pics of the long distance TBs for proof. The clouds had come right down, and it was raining, and I was all for going back, asthe road down from Kielder tends to flood easily! schnarff said we should carry on, as there was lots of traffic around, and so we did
As it turned out the road in Scotland was pretty good, and we found our way easily to As Far as the Eye Can See. We elft wrighty's TB here, as he would have appreciated the view (And the ABH - we were at about 1100 foot! Sorry wrighty, we drive though!!! *lol*)
Continued on to Border Crossing, a lovely Cache - easy parking, good instructions, and an Ammo Can! It was getting dark by now, but we stopped off for a few near Kielder Water. We DNFd one, but found another (which was a bonus as schnarff suddenly realised we had been to the spot before!) Kielder was eerily empty - schnarff has just discovered they drain it every 10 years to do an engineering check on the dam, nice to know it was intended - it was very strange - but we feel priviledged to have seen such a strange sight!!!
schnarff decided to direct us to see if we could find jsut one more in the dark. Unfortunately it turned out to be over half a mile walk each way, so was no good. Couldn't find a decent way home, so turned round only to be drIven off the road by some nutter coming the other way! The car fishtailed all over the place, but I somehow kept it on the road (didn't do schnarff's back any good though!) We think it may now have a fuel leak, as it only did 270 miles home and the tank is empty :( Still. We're alive, and it's not written off, so not too bad!
Left the farm very late Monday morning (as I had managed to park in the mud trying to turn the car round for schnarff to get out in the rain - only to sink in the mud and need pulling out by the farmer!) Decided to stuff it and go into Hexham and grab some more Caches before we left. Also got a MM on the way home, avoiding a bit of traffic and having a leg stretch - we got home quite late, with loads of jobs to do, but on the whole it was a successful weekend!
We ended up with 20 for the weekend - up to 164 - looking much healthier for hitting schnarff's 175 target before year's end! Plus loads of TBs mvoed along (hopefully int h eright directions!)
Now we just have to log it all - YAWN!
PS Got home to find about 6 more SideTrackeds :O There are now 63 active ones (plus 3 archived) It's almost a full time job! We'll be at 100 before we know it...and I don't think my Geocoin celebration will be viable by then, ah well!
We went to Northumberland this weekend. We managed to bag about 8 Caches (and DNF about 2 or 3) on the way up (and so a 4 hours jounrey took us about 8...) including one we had DNF'd before (no idea how, except it was a MM and I was expecting a micro, and it wasn't lol) It was dark by the time we got there, but our last Cache was an ammo can which was good, evne if all the TBs had been taken the day before :(
Saturday we were going to go to Scotland...but our morning walk took longer than expected, so we decided on some local Caching instead...unfortunately it started to snow, our first snow caching experience, and we couldn't find the first Cache we tried. It wasn't meant to stick so we pushed on...found the next one, but stupidly left the lights and radio on, with the engine off..and ran down the battery...had to get a farmer to come jump start us (with a bit of a Christmas moment - he was just observing a calf being born!) Started off back to the farm gingerly...the snow had stuck...tried beeping my horn on one of the tight bends, only for the revs to die and the ABS to kick in and dump us in a ditch (about 10 yards from a pond!) Fortunately the darling car had enough grip to get us back on the road, and we made it home safely!
Sunday we decided on Scotland, via the DNF and some other local Caches, plus some on the A68 - as many had TBs for Scotland in. Managed to ifnd yesterday's DNF (yay! Plus a trig and a sotne circle!) Then off along Hadrian's wall for two more. Unfortunately the TBs were gone (when we finally found the small-not-regular-as-claimed Cache after the GPS had a wobbler) so it was a bit of a waste of time really. By now it was about 12:30...not idea for a trip to Scotland - it was also meant to be about -2 up there!!!
Set off along the A68, intending to get an LQ, but discovered it would be a bit of a walk, wich tend to turn into an hour for us, so we left it. The GPS was not in the mood going north, and we basically missed most of the Caches anyway - then again they looked like walks too! Bit grumpy by the time we got to the Border, but took pics of the long distance TBs for proof. The clouds had come right down, and it was raining, and I was all for going back, asthe road down from Kielder tends to flood easily! schnarff said we should carry on, as there was lots of traffic around, and so we did
As it turned out the road in Scotland was pretty good, and we found our way easily to As Far as the Eye Can See. We elft wrighty's TB here, as he would have appreciated the view (And the ABH - we were at about 1100 foot! Sorry wrighty, we drive though!!! *lol*)
Continued on to Border Crossing, a lovely Cache - easy parking, good instructions, and an Ammo Can! It was getting dark by now, but we stopped off for a few near Kielder Water. We DNFd one, but found another (which was a bonus as schnarff suddenly realised we had been to the spot before!) Kielder was eerily empty - schnarff has just discovered they drain it every 10 years to do an engineering check on the dam, nice to know it was intended - it was very strange - but we feel priviledged to have seen such a strange sight!!!
schnarff decided to direct us to see if we could find jsut one more in the dark. Unfortunately it turned out to be over half a mile walk each way, so was no good. Couldn't find a decent way home, so turned round only to be drIven off the road by some nutter coming the other way! The car fishtailed all over the place, but I somehow kept it on the road (didn't do schnarff's back any good though!) We think it may now have a fuel leak, as it only did 270 miles home and the tank is empty :( Still. We're alive, and it's not written off, so not too bad!
Left the farm very late Monday morning (as I had managed to park in the mud trying to turn the car round for schnarff to get out in the rain - only to sink in the mud and need pulling out by the farmer!) Decided to stuff it and go into Hexham and grab some more Caches before we left. Also got a MM on the way home, avoiding a bit of traffic and having a leg stretch - we got home quite late, with loads of jobs to do, but on the whole it was a successful weekend!
We ended up with 20 for the weekend - up to 164 - looking much healthier for hitting schnarff's 175 target before year's end! Plus loads of TBs mvoed along (hopefully int h eright directions!)
Now we just have to log it all - YAWN!
PS Got home to find about 6 more SideTrackeds :O There are now 63 active ones (plus 3 archived) It's almost a full time job! We'll be at 100 before we know it...and I don't think my Geocoin celebration will be viable by then, ah well!
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