Guides and Trips
Trips
The route of our flight from Houston to Nashville on 21 August 2012.
The route of our flight from London Heathrow to Houston on 21 August 2012.
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...
Manchester to Sanford: TOM158, 30th August 2011
Llynclys, England, United Kingdom
Flying | 4,537 miles
Flying | 4,537 miles
Our flight on a B767-300 from Manchester to Sanford on 30th August 2011.The flight routed to the south of the normal track over Newfoundland due to Hurricane Irene. We went overhead Hamilton airport in Bermuda and then diverted to the north a bit to avoid bad weather before getting back on track.We then had a fab view of Kennedy Space Center as we reached land and saw the two shuttle launch pads,...
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...
The full track of our flight from Orlando to Manchester on 27 March 2011.
The full track of our flight from Manchester to Orlando on 22 March 2011.
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...
