Caching Tales

We might not be travelling much at the moment, but that didn’t stop me from marveling in the wonders of the ancient and modern world this week as I trekked along East Anglia’s highways and by-ways, thanks to Geocaching HQ’s latest souvenir challenge.     I do enjoy a souvenir challenge, even if most aren’t really much of a challenge for me, or many others who Geocache regularly. But they do get me out of the odd lull in my enthusiasm for a long geocaching walk, and I tend to set myself the personal challenge of ‘how fast can I can complete them?’   The latest challenge ‘Wonders of the World’ was based on a similar idea to last year’s ‘Mystery at the Museum’ souvenir challenge, where gems and clues were hidden in different geocaches and only by finding the right caches, with the right tags, could you move onto the next stage.  I actually really enjoyed that challenge, so I was looking forward to this new one. However, somehow I completely missed the start date, despit...

With so many new geocaching series popping up over the summer, I’ve been feeling a little guilty about not having set any new caches for more than a year. Others have clearly made the most of their forced time away from finding caches (during the Spring lockdown), so I’ve set about putting that right during the past couple of weeks. For the past four years I’ve had a mini series of caches on Cavenham Heath nature reserve, which aimed to fill some of the gaps in Drudgery’s slightly neglected series of 2012. Recently, more of Drudgery’s caches were archived, and some of mine were in need or some TLC, so I decided it was time for a complete refresh.   I thoroughly enjoyed a few sunny evenings after work up on the reserve, planning where to put the new caches, and looking at ways to add a few more and include some custom containers. It was lovely to see some of the inhabitants including squirrels, a fox and deer, aswell as a number of birdwatchers and dog walkers.   Natural Englan...