GC3YWRA

So VERY smugly, the coords I derived from the hint took me closer than those I derived from the monster. I attribute this to my superior mapping skills, rather than inferior counting skills, obviously...!

This was my last of five 5/5's for the day. Needed to save some for my next trip up here...! The monster was interesting, and the cache location was pretty tremendous. I got the throwline exactly in place on throw one! This I consider to be a triumph considering the lack of limbs.... The first place I looked seemed to be an owl's dining room as there were bones and an interesting rodent skull in there. Not what I expected to put my hand on, but there you go. That's what eyes are for. So onwards and upwards, with a degree of uncertainty as I was sure it would be in the owl's house. No worries though, there it is. Quick sign and down again.

Pouring rain didn't dampen my spirits. Enjoyed this tremendously - thanks for the cache!

GC18RQB

So I have a proposition to put to you, based upon my experience today.... If grabbing the cache with a ladder is about a 2:3, and accessing it the approved way is a 5:5, may I suggest that being idiotic enough to attempt it with a dynamic rope makes it a 6:6...?!

Ew... I enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, but it was pouring with rain all day and the route was very slippery, and thanks to my elastic rope, I had to lean right out over the stream in order to get enough of an angle on the sloping stonework to stay up, and of course the rope bunged all over the place....!

Anyway a quick grab, and back to the car. Only 20p. Get in!

Thank you for the cache. U Nutter.

GC23Z0B

On reflection it was probably this one that killed my rope as I anchored it to the tree, and wound it around the square pillar so as to descend exactly over the cache. I ascended from the bottom, signed, and then carried on up and over. Unproblematic.

Great fun though. I enjoyed all three of the 5/5 G2HX's today. I imagine #2 is great, but I was on a mission.

Thanks for the adventures.

GC23Z06

Loved it. I couldn't see the cache from the ground, but was confident about where it was so set a rope and hopped over. I was particularly pleased with my Y-shaped rig as I was able to descend diagonally from high on one side and then ascend up the middle.

I'd like to blame you for destroying my rope, but it was my fault I guess...! Didn't protect it sufficiently on this or #4 and now I think it's beyond safe. Brickwork abrasion.

Good fun. On to the next one. (Didn't bag #2 because I was playing 5/5's and had only finite time available.)

GC23YZX

I was in the area to finish my grid and that having been ticked off, coming to do these was just gravy! This first one was way the most problematic of the three 5/5's I attempted thanks to the socking great fence and the face-high nettles and brambles along the bridge making it a little complicated to set an anchor. Nevertheless I managed it after surprising a couple of old ladies walking their dogs, and then ascended from the bottom rather than abseiling from the top.

It was a little difficult to spot from the floor, but once identified, retrieval was fairly trivial, particularly as I had by chance had the foresight to consider how I might get back to dry land after descending to a point slap in the middle of the stream...

Thanks for the cache. Very enjoyable despite the rain!