The second Sunday in October is International Earthcache Day – a day when cachers celebrate by going out and finding an Earthcache. Now I have found all the Earthcaches local to me, so I didn’t bother finding an earthcache on this day last year, but this year there was a caching event being held near Wakefield which had an Earthcache less than a mile away, and a couple more Earthcaches within 5 miles – and as I wanted to have a day out driving and walking before going away for the Halloween weekend to see if I was going to be in pain, the whole lot became killing three birds with one stone. Continue reading →

Due to an agonisingly painful reccurence of the trapped nerve in my back, which had been grumbling on since February, my attempts to fill the caching calendar failed, the next blank days I had were the 7th and 8th September, but by then I was in severe discomfort and barely able to stand up, let alone walk or drive – well I couldn’t even sit down. On the 9th the Doctor was called for a home visit – no way could I get down to the surgery… And I was prescribed stronger painkillers and anti-inflammatories – which seemed to do the job of at least getting me moving again after a fashion because I was left with a numb sensation down my left leg and a limp because the nerves don’t fire the muscles to my left ankle so I can’t bend it with any force or weight on it. Continue reading →

3rd September 2014 – Wooden Sculpture GC4VTED – cache # 3432
Yet another blank day on my caching calendar so I went to find a cache… I Was a little worried when I got to GZ and saw some cord hanging with nothing on the bottom, but a closer examination found that this was nothing to do with the cache (I have seen caches in similar locations hanging from cords like this) Continue reading →

2nd September 2014 – Bug’s Eye View GC56YQ5 – cache # 3431
After a quick shopping trip I went out on to Ilkley moor to find a cache.
You get Bug’s Eye View of my house from here (where the arrow points to) …. well 4.2miles away down the valley anyway, that means you don’t get that clear a view, but it was nice and sunny and not too hot for walking up hill, so a nice cache to fill a blank calendar day Continue reading →

25th August 2014 – Nelsons’ View GC3V3FX – cache #3430
Another blank date on my geocaching calendar which needed a cache to fill it – and this was it.

I spent the afternoon walking with my sister and niece (Twirlagirl and Madpuplou) all round Bolton Abbey and the Strid Woods in progressively worsening weather as they were getting the ‘Two Trees @ Bolton Abbey’ (see cache #2707) virtual cache for their ‘The Collector’ souvenir, so after almost 6 miles of walking we got back to the car and then drove up to as near to this cache as you can get on the road, where they stayed in the car and let me get soaked trousers from the wet bracken as I climbed the hill to the cache… no view at all due to the mist, so I can’t say whether Nelson’s View is a great one or not ! Continue reading →

16th August 2014 – Gateway to Stainburn Moor GC57XA2 – cache #3429
As the blurb says “International Geocaching Day is celebrated around the world on the third Saturday of August”, so on the 3rd Saturday in August it seemed necessary to go and find a geocache, and this cache on the road to Harrogate seemed to fit the bill well as it was not too far from the road and according to the map at least on a proper track that had in the past been almost a road, tarmac and everything. Continue reading →