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by **FFloss** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:49 pm

Great weather for being out today.

I found a couple of cachless ruins out on the moors

didn't think there were any left!
Mind you, the tussocks were man-eating :mrgreen:

You'll love it (maybe)

by **jhewitt15** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:54 pm

did you leave some

been great today on the Reelers trail

by **Tina T** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 9:57 pm

We only did one cache today as we're still recovering from yesterdays day out at Balderstone. Mind you todays was a FTF....my very first one!

by **FFloss** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:03 pm

Well done Tina on your first FTF

I can still remember mine I was so excited!
It does make you realise how much easier many caches become once they have been retrived and replaced a few times.

by **JeremyR** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:07 pm

FFloss wrote:Well done Tina on your first FTF
I can still remember mine I was so excited!

You never forget your first.... FTF :lol:

Tussocks are good...
The measure of a great moorland cache is when you almost lose a boot in an unsighted boggy hole between two tussocks :mrgreen:

by **The Syllogiser** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:27 pm

She is 'modest' you know -- a puzzle D3.5 T 2.5 .... for her first First To Find -- well done Tina - you'll be paperless caching next :oops:

I'm free Wed and Friday this week

by **Linedancers** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:24 am

No cahing for us today, not one. Decided it was high time we tackled the front garden (well Clare did whilst Irene did the housework)

by **pete37038** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:32 am

Linedancers wrote:No cahing for us today, not one. Decided it was high time we tackled the front garden (well Clare did whilst Irene did the housework)

I'd planned on having a day at it on Sunday, but due to being out on the ale till 5am kind of put pay to that plan lol, didn't get out of my pit till 12 and did the sum total of nothing all day

by **LoznSte** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:50 am

Not a single find all weekend. Really need to pull our fingers out and get out and about.

by **clotguy** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:31 am

surprisingly (it is the rugby season again) we went on a short walk and bagged 5 yesterday

by **Tina T** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:03 pm

Thanks Don, That sudoku had me ripping my hair out! Might take you up on that offer but it'll probably be Wednesday if that's ok?

by **nandad** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:17 pm

We had a bit of a late start on the "where's Walace" series. It threatened rain but we managed to stay dry all the way round. We were absolutely bushed after the series and arrived home about 8:00pm in the dark (were has summer gone

). What a great series the views of Preston and Blackpool on route (even though slightly overcast) are superb. We have walked around here loads of times when April was Akela in cubs from Waddecar scout camp but this route took us to some places we hadn't walked before

. Shame about the Cross Keys pub being closed down, I was well ready for a pint at this point. A well recommended series for anyone on here that hasn't done it yet.

by **FFloss** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:57 pm

Caching round Pendle today, had a great time, now absolutely knackered!
On my way to the second last, the Red Arrows did a flypast!

Rather too many micros up there for my taste, and I DNF'd a few of them.

I guess the CO is new to caching. They have also put out one really big container, but there's next to nothing in it

Best cache of the day was undoubtebdly Nandad's Doggy Puzzle. Emma's 25th is in a great location too.

[rant]
One of the micros I couldn't find was right next to a cairn. Now this cairn was erected by member of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers to commemorate the lives of two of their members who died in separate accidents in 1994, and there is a plaque on the cairn to this effect. But the CO has made no mention at all of this on the cache page: they just mention the view. I thought this was rather surprising, in fact I got quite angry about it. Maybe I was just over-sensitive, because they were both people I had known?
[/rant]

by **pixiefish** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:55 pm

Did 3 today but set 2. Our first - just waiting for them to be approved now

by **Jungle Goddess** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:05 pm

We had a flypast by the Red Arrows whilst caching on Saturday - on their way to Southport. Would have been great to have got over to Southport to see 'em but we didn't get out of bed til late on Saturday, and today I had to get to Leicester to settle Lauren into her uni digs.

by **nandad** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:21 am

FFloss wrote:[rant]
One of the micros I couldn't find was right next to a cairn. Now this cairn was erected by member of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers to commemorate the lives of two of their members who died in separate accidents in 1994, and there is a plaque on the cairn to this effect. But the CO has made no mention at all of this on the cache page: they just mention the view. I thought this was rather surprising, in fact I got quite angry about it. Maybe I was just over-sensitive, because they were both people I had known?
[/rant]

Well warranted Rant there FFloss. When we placed "Emma's coin cache" we were spoilt for places to hide it but I didn't want to make it too easy. You could hide a double decker bus up there so no need what so ever for a micro especially near the cairn :evil:

. There is also a nice cairn built by the scout association up there that warrants a good cache, maybe we'll set it if a maintenance trip is needed, because I don't think we'll be heading up the hill for the few micros we've not got up there.

I think the Pendle Witch cache "Mist Over Pendle" deserves a mention in them parts too, we just sat there for ages with a brew and a butty just listening to the wind blowing through the machinery below and wondering if it was the singing ringing tree that we could here.

Great caching area, shame about the micros.

by **Hillgorilla** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:16 am

Been up on Pendle this am. Found some great places - just wish I could have seen them better- visability was poor. Finding a large cache, such as Nandads and the TB Hotel was spirit lifting, and in the case of the latter much easier in the dark at 0555, compared to looking for a micro. Saying that, looking for the micros took me to new places , where I haven't been too before - I just wish that I could have found more than I DNF'd. I aim to go back up there, and find the ones which I didn't - as they have given me a greater challenge to do

.

by **PopUpPirate** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:26 pm

clotguy wrote:surprisingly (it is the rugby season again) we went on a short walk and bagged 5 yesterday

4 more than me... though we had a pretty good Saturday

by **jhewitt15** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:28 pm

well I got zero

just work work work at the moment and college college college. But I am off to Nottingham next week so should get some caches there. And some Sidetracked along the way.

by **FFloss** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:33 pm

Brilliant walk around Ossie Moor with Linedancers and Natty1. Tea & cake in the VC afterwards was well deserved. We even replaced some caches that had gone missing - with the CO's permission of course.

by **buzzandcindy** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:17 pm

A huge thank you

to FFloss, Natty1 and the Linedancers from myelf and Buzz (if they had smilies blowing a kiss, i'd post one for you all).

Think we were following you around today, though we were probably a few hours behind, as we spent quite a while at the Grane mushrooms (and still didn't find the cache :cry:

), and didn't finish our walk until 5.30pm. It's probably a good job, seeing as they replaced some of the caches on the route, otherwise we'd have lots more DNF's

.

Thanks once again
Cindy and Buzz

by **LFC4eva** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:31 pm

buzzandcindy wrote:A huge thank you to FFloss, Natty1 and the Linedancers from myelf and Buzz (if they had smilies blowing a kiss, i'd post one for you all).

Cindy and Buzz

There you go ... I'll do it for you

I really enjoyed the caches up on the Haslingden Grane and was disappointed to see that many of them had gone missing. I really need to go back and try the mushroom one again .. I think I know what I'm looking for after a hint from the owner .. so I want to find it and then finish the rest of the series which were also missing last time I tried

by **scubaclogger** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:42 pm

Just went for a dive to wash the cob webs away ready for next weekend in the Farne Islands.

by **buzzandcindy** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:03 pm

Thanks LFC4eva. Pleeeeeeaaaassssseeeee could you share the hint with us :oops:

??? It's killing me not being able to find it. Kisses in anticipation to you too x

by **Tina T** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:38 pm

Can i post a yesterday instead of today?
We did the Curse of the Were rabbit caches yesterday. Great walk lovely scenery had a great time with friends. Oh and not quite so knackering as last weeks wheres Wallace. Thanks Phantoms.

by **The Syllogiser** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:01 pm

great vidoe Scuberboy.....

by **JeremyR** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:48 pm

The Syllogiser wrote:great vidoe Scuberboy.....

Looks a tad chilly though! Is that the old quarry up behind the Kellets?

by **scubaclogger** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:56 pm

JeremyR wrote:Looks a tad chilly though! Is that the old quarry up behind the Kellets?

Water temp was 16ºC so not too bad. The coldest i've had in there is 4ºC. Yes, its just up the road from Over Kellet.

by **LFC4eva** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:41 am

buzzandcindy wrote:Thanks LFC4eva. Pleeeeeeaaaassssseeeee could you share the hint with us ??? It's killing me not being able to find it. Kisses in anticipation to you too x

You've got mail

by **FFloss** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:30 pm

Had a brilliant day today out on Musbury Heights and found some FAB caches.

It turned out OK weatherwise, despite the dodgy start: when I heard the rain on my bedroom window this morning I turned over and went back to sleep - so I didn't get going until about 11. In the middle of the afternoon I saw a rainbow

- a double one

- I reckon the pot of gold is somewhere between The Chimney and Hare Clough.
At my last cache I noticed that a previous finder had mentioned in his log that the Clough Head car park closed at 5pm. Well I hadn't seen any notices but it was 6pm by then, so I DNF'd the cache and rushed off as fast as my tired legs would allow, worrying about what I was going to do. Fortunately only the "In" gate was shut, and there were a couple of cars still in the car park - but it didn't take long to realise that they were just waiting for me so they could lock up before going home :oops:

Oh and I reached 700 finds at some point during the day

by **Tina T** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:01 pm

We were gonna do the Clough Head caches today but it was horrendous weather this morning so finished up doing about 10 caches around Rammy this aft instead.

by **alicephilippa** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:13 pm

Ghods it was a bit wet out in Manchester today, still got 4 found and 3 DNFs (or more like CBAs). The CBAs being #7, #8 & #9 of the "Most Dangerous Cache in Manchester" series. Having been to them, I don't know why I bothered, other than for the numbers. I have to say that the walk from #9, past #8 to #7 left me feeling creeped out.

At least I got to dry off by wandering round Manchester Museum gently steaming. Had a quite interesting conversation with one of the staff whilst looking at the Charles Darwin Exhibition. Then spent the rest of the afternoon with a bunch of Goths in The Salisbury. A good but damp day out.

(Edited to correct typos)

by **The Bolas Heathens** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:13 pm

There's a blast from the past. That used to be our first watering hole on a night out in Manchester after getting off the train at Oxford Road. Another favourite was the Lass O'Gowrie nearby

.

alicephilippa wrote:Then spent the rst of the afternoon with a bunch of Giths in The Salisbury.

by **pete37038** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:32 pm

Managed a massive total of ONE today

just couldn't be bothered, maybe something to do with my wine intake last night lol, hoever it was an FTF and in Haigh Hall in Wigan, great place, AND I've had one published in there today too nearby, so, reasonably productive

by **ChannelFadge** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:34 pm

My most successful day caching yet. Got up early and took the bus to Boggart Hole Clough to do the BHC series. I actually managed to find all 14 caches hidden in the park! Its the first time Ive set out to find a lot of caches and didnt log a single DNF. Im very interested in local folklore and the story of the woods being haunted by a Boggart made the experience even more spooky in the foggy morning air... Got really muddy and tired out climbing all the hills and jumping over streams... and I got home with a couple hours to spare before I started work

Im now at 61 finds, I must be starting to develop my special geo-sense!
Shame theres not a medal for this series though...

by **bargee72** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:54 pm

long time away from this place.

today, been up on shining tor 2 caches and 1 dnf, visibility 50' in all directions very damp but great to be out on the top of the moors again.

hello to everybody :lol:

by **PopUpPirate** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:13 pm

WB!!

Got net access again?

Bunged you an email - your name cropped up on a building site I was on : Hepworth Art Gallery

We installed the boiler flues from the basement up to the roof

by **The Phantom Camel Train** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:09 pm

Just one cache today which was a FTF. A very good cache considering that it was the setters first!

GC1ZWXC

by **FFloss** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:30 pm

Well done, I think that could put you in the running for a nomination!

by **LoznSte** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:07 pm

Hi all

Driving back from Gods Garden well Cornwall. Had a brill hol

by **bargee72** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:32 pm

PopUpPirate wrote:WB!!

Got net access again?

Bunged you an email - your name cropped up on a building site I was on : Hepworth Art Gallery We installed the boiler flues from the basement up to the roof

moved on from there was at barnsley schools building a new secondary school but now on a months leave, lots of caching.

so far have completed the middlewood way; walked the first stage of the pennine way, 2 visits to bolas heathan land picking up some excellent caches in shropshire and shining tor,

but today just gone to church in poynton, my first visit as we are tied up nearby.

net access is patchy when i can get cath off it to visit this forum.

hope to drop into an event soon and catch up with you all.

Iain

by **Jake Bullit** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:07 pm

The Phantom Camel Train wrote:Just one cache today which was a FTF. A very good cache considering that it was the setters first! GC1ZWXC

Did that one on Friday,it still made me jump ,even though I knew to expect something.

Sounds like you had a fun time.

What`s the 70`s bike,is it a Chopper?

by **FFloss** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:09 pm

Walk round Great Orme yesterday. Fascinating place, well worth a visit. Found a few caches too

by **bargee72** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:38 pm

the dogs and I walked the second stage of the Pennine way from crowden to stanedge yesterday over black hill. lucky with o nly low cloud which cleared by 11.30m and no rain, great walk.
only 4 caches and 1 dnf in 12 odd miles, could have got more but didnt fancy bog trotting off the paved path and adding to the mileage.

by **LoznSte** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:17 pm

Hi all

Lazy day for me today playing the waiting game. Tonight is my first night on shift. :cry:

by **FFloss** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:36 pm

Yesterday I found my first cache east of the Greenwich Meridian

by **alicephilippa** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:15 am

Not quite today but yesterday

went to bag

GC20DCQ The Lion Salt Works and logged a DNF on it. So, that's finds 1 DNFs 3 on a cache that was published on Sat.

by **bargee72** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:52 pm

walked the 4th stage of the pennine way today 11 miles plus cache detours, from hebden bridge/ calderdale to ponden reservoir near howarth via walsden reservoirs and top withens, spent alot of the time humming kate bush......

8 caches en route as well.

by **bargee72** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:53 pm

alicephilippa wrote:Not quite today but yesterday went to bag GC20DCQ The Lion Salt Works and logged a DNF on it. So, that's finds 1 DNFs 3 on a cache that was published on Sat.

looks like the cache is there, just well hidden 3 finds today

by **alicephilippa** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:03 pm

bargee72 wrote:
alicephilippa wrote:Not quite today but yesterday went to bag GC20DCQ The Lion Salt Works and logged a DNF on it. So, that's finds 1 DNFs 3 on a cache that was published on Sat.

looks like the cache is there, just well hidden 3 finds today

It's likely we were victims of the weather dumping vast quantities of leaves along the fence/hedge line.

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