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Ooops!

Published Sunday 16 March 2014 by Jim Cromwell.

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Ha! So... This one I solved further back than I can even remember, and it just sat there on my 5//5 list saying "Come and get me...! I'm (sort of) on the way home from Northampton to Exeter ;O) and I'll be quick, honest! So I drove over, jumped out, kitted up, and walked along to GZ.

Except it wasn't. I'd snafu'd the coords so I was just stood on the towpath looking at a duck.

However... I saw a likely structure in the distance and having descended two other similar structures for caches this very day, I felt confident that my cacher's instinct would see me alright. And it did! Five minutes from arrival to departure - you've never seen a ninja operation like it.

Nice fat cache container, craftily secured.

And Tank was gone.

Thanks for a great cache in a nice location. Sorry I blew the coords. No idea what happened there.

Not me

Hanging about Scalford Tunnel

Published by Jim Cromwell.

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Bit spooky doing this one on my own after finding the freshly eviscerated sheep in the field.

Still, I had a good look from all angles and couldn't see it, but had faith and climbed the rope from the bottom having not yet woken up properly (8am) and getting my thoughts in a knot, and quickly found it exactly where the hint promised. Then an easy sign in an interesting place, and on up the rope and outta there.

Thanks for the cache.


Hanging around in Whetstone

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Well I rolled up to this one with a song in my heart and a skip in my step as the description, previous logs, and image gallery made it an absolute pushover.

Except it wasn't there!

But a quick message to friendly CO Paul and he was out there with me. We had a chat. Then he popped off to make a new cache for me to sign and replace for him. THAT's what I call excellent cache ownership! Thanks Paul. Nice place and the new cache is an excellent piece of field construction!

Thanks for the cache.


tree surgeons saunter #3

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Took a few minutes to spot, and the trail bikers were back and looking shifty and, to be honest, a little scary, so I was looking up while laying low...! Still, DID manage to spot it and, given how climbable this tree is, I didn't try too hard to get the line in the right place here. Just chucked it up and climbed. A bit out on a limb this one, but still eminently reachable despite the stealthy climbing!

Best tree of the lot in my opinion. I like maples. And beeches. Oaks? Meh.

Thanks for the caches! 


tree surgeons saunter #2 (MKII)

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Yay! It's here! And this one I could spot from the ground, AND managed to continue my throwline sharp-shooting from number 1 to get it right on the nail first try.

A quick ascent, sign and down again. Lots of dead bits so go careful.

On to number 3 with high hopes!

Thanks for the cache! I'm enjoying this series, after some real let-down 5/5's yesterday.


tree surgeons saunter #1

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One of the logs on this cache was from someone with a Big Shot who only did this and was keen to return, so I was a little pessimistic that maybe the other two were missing, having not been found (or seemingly looked for) for a few months. So I came to this one first as it was the best bet.

Some deadeye Dick throw line action had me right up by the cache in no time, which was lucky as I couldn't see it from the floor. Then I took a picture with it, as it has indeed seized up, hid from the trail bikers for a few minutes, and dropped down to look for number 2.

Thanks for the cache. A nice oak. Not MY favourite tree. Too lumpy.


Plane Spotting????

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Aha, THIS was the one I remember reading about. I'd solved whatever had to be solved ages ago, and could remember nothing about this cache when I found it in the environs of my weekend incursion up country looking for 5/5's. Previous log mentioned a useful piece of kit around the place, and when I looked for maybe a rope but found a full flight of stairs I was both bemused and delighted!

Up. Sign. Down. And out. Without being spotted I think.

Thanks for the cache.

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