Caching Tales

The past couple of week’s have been busy with a variety of caching opportunities. We’ve been from Cambridgeshire to Norfolk completing a number of recently published series and attended a brilliant local event. First up was a decent sized circular series by South Cambs prolific cache finder and setter RYO62 called ‘Eltisley Eclipse’. About 8 miles long, the walk took me from the village green in Eltisley onto the country lanes across to Caxton, down to Hardwicke, and almost to Great Gransden, before sweeping back up to Eltisley. It pretty much followed part of the recently archived Cambs Cacheathon route, which I did a few years ago.  Caches ranged from micros in custom sticks, bricks and logs to more traditional film pots, tubes and screw top containers. Some were cleverly disguised with fake ivy and fake grass, whilst others were wrapped in camouflage tape.  There were a few that made me wince - spiders, snakes and bugs! But also micros and nanos cus...

After three weeks stuck in the house, mending after surgery I was desperate to get out caching.  As the weekend arrived and feeling fully refreshed and fit again I headed for Norfolk and the new series 'Warren Walk revisited', a circular trail near Old Buckenham.  I had completed the original walk last summer and had really enjoyed it and whilst this series followed a slightly different route in places, it was just as good with a number of creative caches and inventive hides.  Number one, a tree hanger, actually proved to be one of the most difficult. With so much leaf cover at this time of the year it was hard to spot so I went back and forth between a number of trees for quite some time. It was only when I stopped and stood as near as I could to the GZ showing on the app, that I happened to look up and see it right in front of me. What a relief.  The next couple were much less taxing - a bison on a post and a micro in a log - and soon I was wal...

It’s time to take a trip back...yes I’m behind with my blogging once again!  This week’s blog reflects on the turbulent week of Eurovision! A week when I finally got myself out caching after work; completed one of my longest caching walks of the year; saw the UK Eurovision entry bomb yet again; and when the blue lights came calling and my caching activities had to take a forced three week hiatus!  So let’s start with that after work walk. It was a sunny Wednesday evening as I left work, and despite having had a horrendously busy day, and being a little tired, I impulsively decided to go and find some caches. Always a great way to clear my head of work stuff. I was completely ill equipped. No change of clothes and no caching bag, but I had my phone, a pen and pen lid for extracting those tiny logs...what more could I need?! Some weeks ago an exciting new circular series had been placed near Babraham Park and Ride site in Cambridge. Appropriately called ‘Par...

Throughout our week in Yorkshire we have had many opportunities to pick up a wide range of caches in the North and South of the county. And one of the great things about Yorkshire is the large number of earthcaches and virtuals, which are in short supply back home. I kick of part two of our trip up north with a visit to Runswick Bay. After a bit of fossil hunting I began roaming the new sea defences in order to complete the earthcache, ‘Defending Runswick’.  Huge boulders had been placed on the beach to protect the softer cliffs at the back of the bay and looked to be doing a very effective job of halting the coastal erosion.  Next up we visited Whitby with one goal, to hunt for the world’s most famous gothic horror character, Count Dracula.  Bram Stoker lived in Whitby and wrote the famous novel there, and it is said that many of the seaside town’s landmarks feature in the book.  Arriving in Whitby we decided to head straight for Dracula’s...