The school holidays and a road trip planned for me and the kids. A plan to visit the Brecon Beacons, an area we’ve never visited before. The scenery much less dramatic than North Wales, but it’s easy to fall for its gentle rolling landscape and green charm. A whistle-stop tour for us though, so we […] [...]
adventure, Days out, geocaching, hiking, Hills, mountains, outdoors, travel, Walking
We had spotted these caches the previous day and had them ear- marked them for a days caching. We started the day by getting the tram to the local station and then walking the short distance to the first cache. The GPS was a little out for us so initially we couldn’t find the first […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Nottinghamshire, Uncategorized, Walking
We parked the car and visited the historical site of the Celtic Village of Icenorum – finding many insects like the thick legged flower beetle… and demoiselle dragonflies … We then headed across the main road to the farm based caches. The whole area was well signposted with information about the flora and fauna along […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Norfolk, Uncategorized, Walking
We only needed a few caches to complete the Hidden Creatures final souvenir (and I only needed two to get my 2,000th cache, so we headed off to do a fairly local circuit. We parked close to the first cache where I soon spotted this cute little critter. We then did the ‘fine pair’ cache […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Hertfordshire, Uncategorized, Walking
Today’s outing was intended to whittle down the last few finds to enable us to complete the summer challenge and collect all the hidden creatures. We parked in Sandon itself and headed to the church years to start our walk. It was here that I saw Dark Mullein… …unmistakable with its yellow flowers and purple […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Hertfordshire, Uncategorized, Walking
The day started with this cute signage (which I’d never seen before… … then we headed off to the first cache. Whilst out caching the Cole Green Add-ons we saw a barn owl quartering in full sunlight. This is the best photo I could get! We also managed to complete a nice puzzle cache with […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Hertfordshire, Uncategorized, Walking
As there were new souvenirs to find (the hidden creatures event) we headed out in the heat and the bright and glorious sunshine. We parked at the nearby church (having had a look at both the interior of the church and the graveyard and headed out. The first cache was the church micro which we […] [...]
countryside, geocaching, Hertfordshire, Uncategorized, Walking
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
Half term holiday – We travelled off to Belgium on the Eurostar – destination Brugge. This wasn’t really a caching holiday but we did find some good ones. One was huge and hidden in plain sight in the centre of the town. It was a puzzle cache – you had to find all the sites […] [...]
beer, Belgium, Brugge, countryside, geocaching, Uncategorized, 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