Geocaching Guides and Trips in United Kingdom
Trips
I'd arranged to meet up with Allun (Shropshire Seekers) and Andy (andycpuk) to walk round the new Washy's Winter Walk series near Brewood. This is based around the walk you had to do on the old markandlynn Kelly's Birthday Cache (http://coord.info/GCVFNH) which used to be a 9+ stage multi but it now a more simple cache, with the final co-ords hidden in one of the new Washy's caches.I had a lot of nostalgia...
161 Trail with the WM Cachers - a great day out
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 17.1 miles
Geocaching | 17.1 miles
Over the week a plan was hatched on Facebook for quite a few of us to meet up to try and complete the 161 Series around Telford. This is a set of caches along the Silkin Way on the north side of Telford.I met up with PSPCachers (Phil) in Leegomery and left the Jeep there (to ferry us back to the starting point at the end of the day). We then drove...
On Sunday Isaac and myself headed for the area to the SW of Birmingham around Catshill and Bromsgrove. This is an area that has a never-ending supply of new caches to find!We started off with the final Bailey Rangers series which was close to the M5 junction. A nice set of caches in a different environment to their other series, which were more woodlandy (is that a word?). On the way round...
On Saturday Isaac could not come caching so I opted for a day caching around West Lancashire on my own. I planned to start off with the Pigsy caches to the east of Skelmersdale and then head off north towards Mawdesley and then see how much time I had left.I had a fab time caching around the Pigsy caches with some of the best presented caches we've seen. All decent sized boxes...
Shifnal series, new Lapley Loop and an event near Eccleshall
England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 46 miles
Geocaching | 46 miles
On Saturday myself and Isaac decided to head for the By Ecc, An Event! event cache at Copmere, close to Eccleshall. We'd heard there would be 28 caches put out for the event, so just had to find some caches to do in the morning before the event.A new series just to the SW of Shifnal that had come out during the week looked perfect. Even better, just about the whole route...
On Saturday myself and Isaac decided as the weather was forecast to be great, we'd head for North Wales as some great walking in lovely countryside with the sun on our backs sounded perfect.We started off at Team Marzipan's Loopy series near Caerwys which is a circular walk with a few other caches around the loop on dead-ends. A really lovely walk with a few ups and down's (well, it is Wales...
We'd heard that a big series of 78 caches was due out at 8am on Sunday morning, so arranged to meet up with Allun from the Shropshire Seekers in the center of Telford with laptops at 7:45am to get them as they were published. We did not know any more than this (which was also posted on Facebook by the cache owner) so were wondering what was in store for us!Sure enough,...
Nantwich, Heslby, Frodsham and an event in Northwich
Hankelow, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 65 miles
Geocaching | 65 miles
On Saturday there was a North West Cachers Monthly Meet in Northwich, so we planned out day around ending up at the event.We started off with a nice circular by the Shropshire Union Canal near to lovely Nantwich. A great ride round on our bikes and no problems with the caches.Next, we headed off to Helsby to make a start on the RaverDave and Helsby Leisurely Walks series on the Helsby Marshes....
Redditch Area: Bordesley Park Loop, Rowney Green Loop and a few others
Cofton Hackett, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 35 miles
Geocaching | 35 miles
On Sunday myself and Isaac decided to head for the area between Redditch and the M42 where the Bordesley Park Loop series was. Later that evening the Rowney Green Loop series was published nearby - perfect as we could add that to the plans!We started off with the Bordesley Park Loop series which was a lovely walk in a reasonably circular way around some lovely countryside. At the second cache we got a...
On Saturday I dropped Isaac off at school and then set about clearing up the new Telford area caches that had come out while I was in the USA last week.I started off in Ketley, then made my way to the Rock and then onwards to near Bilsts Hill for some excellent caches in the Ironbridge area.It was then back up towards Telford Town Center and then onwards to Donnington. Last cache...
Lioncache, Leopardcache, Foxcache and a few other caches near to Wigan
Newton-le-Willows, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 31 miles
Geocaching | 31 miles
On Sunday myself and Isaac headed to the area between Wigan and Leigh to make a start on the many circular (yet a bit random) walks in the area. I say random as some of the walks are not quite circular and involve caches dotted all over the place with no pattern to them.We started with Lioncache which is a elogated walk along an ex-railway line and then back along fields and...
Bishop Bennet Way series 1 and 2, plus a few other caches around Winsford
Tarpoley, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 53 miles
Geocaching | 53 miles
On Sunday myself and Isaac headed off to mid Cheshire to do the two Bishops Bennet Way series that had come out recently. Great to see some new circular walks in lovely countryside not too far from home!We started with series 2 which was a circular walk of 20 caches plus a bonus just NW of Malpas. A lovely walk and some great views over to the Welsh hills in the distance.After...
On Saturday, after dropping Isaac off at school I set off for the 7 mile walk round the Meretown Meander series. A nice walk not too far from home but in an area I'd not explored much before. All the caches were easy finds except #18 (I resorted to a PAF) and #5 which was on private land and had been muggled.On the way round I bumped into Tizzie and Slicker55 as I...
Hunter's Walks and then a few caches in Stourbridge
Great Dodford, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 28 miles
Geocaching | 28 miles
On Sunday myself and Isaac planned a trip to the lovely countryside near Bromsgrove to do the new Hunter's Walk 3 series as we'd seen really good comments about it on Facebook.We parked up near the church at the start of the walk and set off round the series. Some beautiful woodland, great walking and some ingenious caches later and we had finished the series. We had a DNF on #12 which...
On Sunday Isaac and myself were due at a NW 2012 Mega Event Committee meeting at the Barn at Rivington so did a few caches on the way and a few afterwards.We only had 4 hours to cache, so we deliberately chose the quick caches in the area. We started off near the White Crow pub (lots of events been held there) and then wended our way up through Coppull into Chorley...
Blithfield Loop, Old Hattons series and various other caches
Milford, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 76 miles
Geocaching | 76 miles
On Sunday myself and Isaac finally managed to get out for a days' caching. We'd not been out for 4 weeks - the first we were ill and then the next few weeks Isaac was studying for exams at school.We decided to start off at the Blithfield Loop, a series of 17 caches plus a bonus cache around Blithfield Reservoir to the east of Stafford. This is a familiar place as I...
Hunters Walk, Pike's Pool Loop and the Burcot Eight
Romsley, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 25 miles
Geocaching | 25 miles
On Sunday myself and Isaac decided to head down to the Bromsgrove area for some caching.We started off on the Hunters Walk series which we absolutely loved. A great walk, some really nice hides and we bumped into another cacher on the way round - meek19 - great to meet you.We then headed off via an easy drive-by in Bromsgrove to the Pike's Pool Loop series. As we pulled up we spotted...
Frankton Frolics, Ruabon Circular and a few other caches
Whitchurch, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 67 miles
Geocaching | 67 miles
Myself and Isaac had been suffering from a bad dose of cabin fever with all the Christmas snow stopping us going caching. As the snow had now just about cleared, we decided it was high time for a day out.We started off with two quick caches on the way to Frankton and then set out on foot for the Frankton Frolics series. This is a series of 21 caches, with one non-series...
I was busy at work when a new series of 20 caches on a circular walk came out not too far from home. A moment later Allun from the Shropshire Seekers called about them.We arranged to meet up in about an hour's time and were soon on our way to look for the caches. At the second cache we bumped into Tuco Ramirez, who had already managed 14 FTF's. Great to meet...
Wheaton Aston Circular, Black Gold Of Old and Whistle Down The Wind Series
Wheaton Aston, England, United Kingdom
Geocaching | 34 miles
Geocaching | 34 miles
On Sunday myself and Isaac headed off to do some newer caches along the A5 corridor near Cannock.First on the list was the Wheaton Aston Circular which is a set of 19 caches on a route round the village of Wheaton Aston, very close to the in-laws house. A really nice walk in the fog, so the views were not very expansive. We found all but #5, which was nowhere to be seen.We then...
