Caching Tales

Well what a year that was! We finally bid farewell to face masks and Covid lockdowns. We were able to holiday abroad again. We nearly won Eurovision. We did win the woman’s footie Euro Cup, and I ended up in the middle of hurricane Ian, Florida’s worst hurricane for 87 years (along with a few other tourists, bonkers enough to go to Florida in hurricane season!) But aside from the highs and lows of international competitions and freak weather, we had another great Geocaching year. Once again we journeyed to towns and cities across the UK and beyond, to discover so many great caches. But which were the best?…. After a trip down memory lane I managed to finally come up with our favourite geocaches of 2022 - those we found the most fun, inventive and memorable. Here they are:  1. SallyMINEder. (Traditional, Trewillis, Cornwall) CO: Soapy Cove. 2. ‘The Hotspot’. (Webcam, Exmouth, Devon) CO: Davy Boy.  3. Free Freddy. (Mystery, Ely, Cambs). CO: Shadyone44 & Danielk1bg ...

The shocking news two weeks ago that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had died, devastated people from all walks of life, right across our great country. The Queen was more than just a figurehead or tourist attraction for the United Kingdom, she was the morale compass by which many of us live our lives.   I am a proud royalist and have been since I was very young, when my grandparents used to give me cuttings from their newspapers of the Royal families exploits.  I’ve got hundreds of them including newspaper stories and images of William, Harry, Beatrice and Eugenie when they were just babies and toddlers. Plus books for every royal wedding of the last 45 years, Royal family panini sticker albums from the 80s, and I still remember the amazing street party we had when Diana and Charles got married, despite the fact I was incredibly young at the time.  The last couple of weeks has felt like the end of an era and I will dreadfully miss seeing this amazing 96-year-old lady, ser...

Now halfway through our Cornish Geocaching adventures,  it was finally time to visit some tourist hotspots!  Whilst we had both enjoyed getting away from all the touristy chaos of Cornwall on our earlier adventures, we decided to spend some time seeing one of our favourite Cornish locations, St Michael’s Mount.  Located in the beautiful Mounts Bay, the castle, set high up on a rocky island, and only reachable by crossing the causeway at low tide, or by taking a boat, really is a must see for anyone visiting Cornwall. And the nearby pubs in Marizon are amongst our favourites in Cornwall.  The other half was keen to walk around the castle again and I’d spotted some new caches to do on the island so we set off for Marizon. The tide was just going out as we arrived, so we didn’t have long to wait until we could cross the long cobbled causeway.  Interestingly, the pandemic has brought a change here, in who can now access the island. Gone are the days of just being ab...