Caching Tales

We started this week by finding a local cache for a much needed grid filler. We only have a few gaps left to fill on our 365 days caching calendar and this was one of them.  I’d noticed the Beowulf’s stash cache published at West Row Country Park just up the road and it was really nice to return to this pretty park to grab this one. It proved to be a quick find thanks to the good co-ordinates and what a great little hide, nicely tucked away in a tree hole. As the weekend arrived so did the sub zero temperatures, boy was it cold! However, we managed to prise ourselves from our warm comfy arm chairs to head out caching. On Saturday after an eventful morning at the hairdressers - where a brief remark about my hair being rather light, ended up in me leaving the salon three hours later with almost black hair! - I needed to de-stress! Not having seen my elderly mum since Christmas I decided to get her out on a brief shopping trip to Newmarket. Well that was the prete...

Determined to start the new caching year on the right foot I headed off up the A14 to undertake the ‘Cotton Trail’ return. Arriving at the familiar Village Hall car park, having completed the previous trail a year or so ago with geomum and her dog Bobby, I headed for number one. It was a quick find, due to the same placement as it’s predecessor, in the end of a railing, and I was soon off on a quiet track to get number two.  A hanging pine cone and a magnetic micro on a gate followed before arriving at the Letterbox cache. I do enjoy a letterbox and this one was a nice size. Retrieving it from under the stile I was very excited to open it up and find a geocoin waiting to be moved on. After signing the log, out came my letterbox notebook and one pretty purple butterfly was soon stamped onto a blank page. Next up was a cute duck hiding under a wooden footbridge which was soon spotted. The log was rather damp, but I just about managed to scrape a date and initials into...

First up happy new year to all our fellow geocachers out there. We’ve been thinking a lot over the past week as to what our New Year’s resolutions should be and have decided not to start the new year by giving up the things we enjoy but instead to build upon them. We’ve set ourselves some hefty caching targets. From hitting 8,000 finds to completing the 366 days caching grid all should see us getting out a lot more this year to grab more caches than ever.  Just before the bells of Big Ben struck 12 on 31st, we headed out on a few caching trips, making the most of a few days off work. Following the fun of seeing the new Mary Poppins film on the big screen in Ely, I took a slight detour home to grab three nearby smilies. First up was the very high ‘After you’.    Pulling up in the passing place on a very quiet stretch of road I spotted the little hide about 8ft up. Hmmm! Tough when you’re only 5ft! Even with my bendy grabber tool I was nowhere near hig...

It’s that time of year when we all reflect back on the good and bad of 2018. Hence we thought it would be fun to put together our caching  highs and lows of the past year along with some of our most amusing moments.  So here is our A-Z of 2018’s Caching Tales: A - is for Alconbury Alliterative Anklebreaker . A lovely series that we completed in the summer along with a couple of others nearby. It turned out to be one of our best day’s caching this year in terms of numbers. It was also memorable for the mysterious pair of wellingtons we found half way round and for being chased by a huge thunderstorm! B - is for “ Broadsword calling Danny Boy... ”! One of Despair Trap’s incredibly tough mystery caches. I’d stared at that puzzle page for at least 3 years. I had even resorted to watching the famous film last Christmas, ‘Where eagles dare’ upon which it’s based, in a bid to get a clue. In the end, I finally cracked the key anagram and was over the moon to finally t...