Even though it was raining for 3 out of the 4 hours I was out this morning, the technology enhanced dog walk I went on this morning, was most enjoyable. I found 18 geocaches (a personal best). I’d uploaded 21 geocaches – as depicted below – a circular route that someone placed on to my GPS unit (Garmin Etrex H)…. Read more →
We spent the afternoon on Ilkley Moor (with hats on). Felix (our boy, age 15) made the transition from autumn to winter (last night to this morning) under canvas, at a Scout camp in Ilkley. We use the pick-up opportunity to go up on’t moor for a bit. I’d last been up that neck of the woods in July last… Read more →
We were up in the Kendals today. Kendal, South Lake District that everone knows about, then Burton-in-Kendal that’s actually not in Kendal but about 12 miles or so south. We were collecting an awning that Eirene spotted on Preloved that may be suitable for our campervan (I’m yet to be convinced that it was a good idea). Anyhoo.. I spotted… Read more →
Jay and I went geocaching this morning. The cache itself was pleasant enough – a short hike up a woodland bridal-way lead us to a quiet but unusual spot at the intersection of five wide, well trod dirt tracks. We did the cache – a really well stocked number. In the hint – not the main description it mentions that… Read more →
If today could be summarised into 3 things, they would be them. We’ve also been clothes shopping. New cute o rama baby grows for Annie, new jeans and school shoes for me. The geocache was ingenious because it was disguised as a bird box and it had a secret door in it. A lot of time and effort went into… Read more →
I’ve been my son Felix’s personal chauffeur today, which has opened up opportunities left, right and center for adventure. I picked him up from a sleepover he was at last night then, a drop off & pick up combo at a gig he was doing. The downtime I had allowed me to go a walk and find my 300th Geocache…. Read more →
Squeezed a huge amount of things into this weekend inclucing the settings of a geocache on the ‘new’ cycle path. My geocache ( www.geocaching.com ) has joined one of over two milllion other geocaches throught the world :: http://coord.info/GC496F6 . Theres three parts to it – the first, is a puzzle. The second a GPS based hunt that leads you… Read more →
More day is great. Doing outdoor stuff after work at this time of year is still such a novelty and it’s coming up two weeks since the clocks went forward. I’d got into such a habit over winter of finishing work and heading straight home – back indoors. This evening, I went for a mini walk. I’d done the same… Read more →
We went to a Geocaching event this morning at Marley Park (that I wrote about yesterday) in Dublin. A park that I’ve since been told is the second largest city park in Western Europe after Phoenix park, also in Dublin. If you’ve not heard of geocaching before, allow me to offer a brief overview. There’s two versions; 1./ Geocaching is… Read more →
I’m going to leave this as one of them let the pictures do (most of) the talking blogs. Suffice to say we had a fantastic time in Lanzarote. The Hotel was fantastic, the island, incredible. A good time was had by all of us and it ticked the boxes of exactly what we had in mind for a holiday and… Read more →
Jaygo by a canal in Goole, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. If you put Goole into Google it comes back with Google. If you click the search instead for Goole, it comes back with a bunch of info on an inland port in the East Riding of Yorkshire. We went there yesterday to visit Felix’s friend and family. Had a lovely… Read more →
It’s could be considered a ‘bit of a risk’ going camping in September – but when isn’t it in these fair isles? I love the summer (it’s my favourite day of the year) but don’t shy away from camping ‘off season’. We’ve been in wind, rain and even snow. The weather was kind to us this weekend though after a… Read more →
foolishwood, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. I wasn’t aware of this neck of the woods. The Foolish Wood. A beautiful woodland on the edge of The River Nidd in Knaresborough which is very easy to turn into a short walk. at We parked in the Yorkshire Lass and headed off to look for this geocache – in Foolish Wood. Geocaching is… Read more →
Firstly, Happy Birthday to Eirene’s dad. Everyone – have a pint for him! So it’s been a good few days. A farewell party on Saturday night for Marcus and Ali who are off travelling turned into quite a late one.. (or early). Good fun was had by all. Lots of lovely people. Ali says she’s going to be writing a… Read more →
Yesterday I did a ‘first’. I found a geocache (GC1J7Y6) that had not been found before (a ‘FTF’). It had been in it’s ‘not found’ state for 5 months. Quite pleased with myself. It was WELL off the beaten track (or even very faint track) but I enjoyed the treck there and back loads and got to be a proper… Read more →
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