Just in case you missed it, you can find part one here. Day 3 A ticket to Ryde So, The day the ultra event kicks in. Our original plan had been to walk backwards from the official start point to miss the bulk of the participants. The buses however said no. Bugger. We’ve no other option […] [...]
adventure, challenge, geocaching, hiking, long distance, outdoors, travel, Walking
The Isle of Wight Coastal Path is a circular, long distance footpath of 70 miles which runs around the island. It’s quite a big walk, therefore this might also be quite a big blog post so you might want to grab a cuppa first. My friend and I have had the trail on our must-do […] [...]
challenge, hiking, Isle of Wight, long distance walking, outdoors, travel, UK, ultra, Walking
Today was the last day of our weekend in Market Harborough and we wanted to do some more caching. We had spotted the Butterfly series and set off to complete it. After our first success (a Multi cache) we were in high spirits and set off across the field. This was not an easy find. […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Leicestershire, Uncategorized, Walking
I love a good detective story and I’m at my second most happiest (obviously caching comes first ) watching a good Police /detective drama on TV, so I was delighted to spot this fictional detective series whilst staying in the area. We drove to Gumley and luckily parked close by to cache number two. We […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Leicestershire, Uncategorized, Walking
The day started with a puzzle/multi cache which we found quickly. I felt ever so clever! We also managed to photograph this beautiful bumble bee. We found several caches such as this mouse and bat ones. This area is lovely and very picturesque, We saw many insects and animals, including, snails and speckled wood butterflies. […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Uncategorized, Walking
The Norfolk Coastal Path is a national trail covering a large section of the Norfolk coast, running from Hunstanton in west Norfolk to Hopton-on -sea in the East. The majority of this walking trail runs through the dramatic landscape of the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and covers an impressive 84 Miles. As […] [...]
adventure, challenge, geocaching, hiking, Norfolk, Norfolk Coastal path, outdoors, Walking
After our success on Sunday we again venture out (despite the poor weather) to gain a few more points towards the planetary pursuits souvenirs. This time we aimed for The Reed Runaround series plus a couple of other bonus caches close by. This again was an interesting set of caches, all placed to be found […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Hertfordshire, Reed, Uncategorized, Walking
To be honest with you, the weather wasn’t looking great, however due to the planetary pursuits souvenirs we had to set out regardless. The fields were predictably muddy and almost everything was damp however we found all of the caches we looked for and this beautiful bird’s nest. Another thing of note on the route […] [...]
Barkway, countryside, geocaching, Hertfordshire, Uncategorized, Walking
After a great ‘London walk’ yesterday where we snuck in a few cheeky caches, we earned some souvenirs from the Planetary Pursuits promotion – so today we wanted to gain a few more points. We headed out to Hertingfordbury and started our walk (to Cole Green and East End Green) where we had previously finished […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Hertfordshire, Uncategorized, Walking
The day started with a short train ride (mainly as the wait for the next bus seemed too long). After arriving at Leigh on Sea we made a right hash of finding the first cache, but once our brains were in gear, ‘The Man’ soon got the location and the cache was literally in hand. […] [...]
Essex, geocaching, Uncategorized, Walking