steviep

Not long now peeps, It will be back in a couple of days!

Well done Kevw on reaching 300

and another I enjoyed! November 9, 2004 by steviep (403 found) now the mud is every where (you did say it could be muddy after rain, you did not say it would be muddy while it was raining ). what a brill clue you gave (i'm just the right age for it),you know the wetter i get the more i enjoy my self and with the bonus of the mud it's a great feeling just as i'm on my way down to you know where guess what? yes you got it! i slipped all the way to the end and am now sitting up to my wedding tackle in water, now it is everywhere,a passing thought i would like to share which went through my mind while i was sitting there "is it to late to put my water proofs on now" any way i stood up and the cache location was standing out like a sore thumb, i filled in the log and carefully placed it back in situ. this must be the best hidy hole i've seen yet. thanks for placing the series and getting me past 150,now on to 200 hope you place more like this. p.s another virgin cache deflowered by me cheers steve

oh yes this one! May 17 by steviep (403 found) I am staying in a caravan only 2.5 miles away (as the crow flies) I plotted my course resulting in a little over an 8 mile walk to the cache. I got a tide table which said low tide was at 17.29hrs today (TIDE TIMES CHANGE DAILY), to double check I went into the tourist information centre as I passed in Filey, and yes everything was still the same, but I was 3hrs early & only 1 mile to go to complete my mission. Ah well! I walked along the cliff bottom as the tide dropped, I got as near as 467` but it was impossible to get any closer so I took some photo's of the waves crashing against the rocks thinking to my self that old saying "time & tide wait for no man" & I'm stuck here waiting for the tide to go out just to count a few bolt’s. Inching my way along as the time passed by with the odd wave smashing against the rocks, I’m now down to 167` from the location. Ah! here comes a big wave I'll take a photo of this one then I'll quickly count the bolts before the next big one comes, BUT it was a bit bigger than I thought, (see "THE BIG ONE") & it hit the rocks with tremendous force & shoot up into the air (snap) then down it came on ME, I just stood there taking the full impact hoping I could hold my stance which luckily I did, then as the sea ran over the rocks which I was stood on, I was just short of knee high in sea water & completely soaked and only 13` from the cache, but could I not see it for the water then the sea settled & the hatch was in clear view, so I quickly counted the bolts then retreated to where I'd left my rucksack I then sat & emptied my boots & like many other walkers I always carry a spare pair of socks so I got as dry as I could then walked back to base for a hot shower. Thanks for the cache it made a very pleasant afternoon's walk? Cheers Steve

This one taken from gc6168 "The three trolls" amused me! December 24, 2002 by SimonG (91 found) [boy, this was hard! I found the first set of co-ords easily enough, though my feet got very wet. When I found the co-ords I realised I needn't have got wet at all if I'd approached from the other direction. I then set off in search of the next co-ords, but I wasn't quite sure which side of the river I needed to be on. I think I made the wrong choice, and ended up stomping through fields with hedgerows and tributaries of the river between them. On one occasion the only way I could cross the tributary was to climb a tree and jump. Surprisingly, this was successful. Finally, I arrived in the vicinity of the second co-ords. From other people's logs, I don't think it's usually this wet. The river was wide, and the area around it pretty marshy. I waded to the troll's home and read the instructions. 'Enter his Hidy Hole and look downstream'. There was no way I could enter his Hidy Hole without getting submersed up to my ankles, and I can never remember which is downstream and which upstream. I called my mum, who told me. 'I'm 99% certain,' she said. I felt like I was on a cross between Treasure Hunt and Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. It was starting to get dark now, so I decrypted the clue.] 'inside the hole in the willow tree' [it said. I could see the] willow tree [in question, and it was way out in the middle of the river. But I wasn't prepared to give up now, and my feet were so wet it didn't matter any more. I decided to wade out to it. So I started to wade into the river when suddenly the floor dropped away beneath me. I'm now *swimming*, in cold, muddy water, on Christmas Eve, my GPSr, wallet and phone in my pockets (zipped up, thankfully). And I completely ignored the advice about waterproof shoes. This was not too good. See my next log for the end of the story - the system wouldn't let me enter a single log this long.] December 24, 2002 by SimonG (91 found) [This is a continuation of my last log. It seems the system can't handle a log this long. I managed to pull myself back into the shallower water and waded back to dry land. I was now soaked from head to foot. I removed everything from my pockets and laid them down to dry on the ground. Fortunately there was a cool breeze blowing at the time. While I waited for them to dry, I decided to try approaching the co-ords from the other direction - that way, I could tell, the river was never very deep. A few minutes later, there I was, crouched in an] alcove under a willow tree [in a river up to my ankles. I could see the co-ordinates, but my only paper - the cache printout - was completely drenched, and I'd left in on land to dry. I had brought my pen with me, and intended to write the co-ords on the back of my hand - but my hands were still wet, and I had nothing to dry them on. I needed to find a part of my body that was dry enough to write on. I opened my coat, pulled up my jumper and unbuttoned my shirt. My stomach was dry! I could write on that! But the pen had gotten such a soaking that it didn't want to write. So I had to wade back to dry land, chanting the lat and long to myself so I didn't forget them. I was then able to enter them into the GPSr and head for the final destination. I had great difficulty finding my way back to the village - every way I turned was either a dead end or private property - and with my clothes clinging wetly to my body I was in no position to be furtive. I had to backtrack until I found a road. By the time I got near the final waypoint it was totally dark. Fortunately - and much to my surprise - my torch still worked, so I could see where I was going. I found a footpath sign which seemed to be pointing straight at it, so this was obviously the way to go. But there was something very odd about it - though there were clear public footpath signs pointing into this field, there was an electric fence which one had to cross to get in. I know it was electric because I climbed over it, electrocuting my testicles. This can't be right, I thought - I must have gone the wrong way. So I climbed over it again, electrocuting my testicles again. I re-examined the sign: it was very clear. This was the way to go. So I entered the field again. This time I crawled under the electric fence (I'm not *that* stupid), and followed the arrow to the final WP. Soon I reached the other end of the field, and another electric fence. I crawled under this one too, and after a little hunting (and decrypting the clue) found the cache. Hoorah! It was all worthwhile! I took nothing and left nothing - by now I think all my booty nuggets were in no condition to leave. I signed the log and took a photo, and put the cache back where it came from. Great location, by the way! I managed to get back to the car without being electrocuted again, happy to have accomplished my mission - though I'm a bit worried about my phone. I don't think it's designed to get that wet. And I thought *Santa* had got a tough evening...] [view this log on a separate page]

congrates to Dallan72 for 1 finds

yes Sarah! "doing time" GC39DA take a moment & read my log 17 may 05, timing is important for this one!

yes they are virtual tb's & virtual coins which are moved onward to a different cache as to where I got them

This is the main reason for posing the question! thanks for your input Nickpick

I have recently moved a few virtual tbs as others have in the past, However what do folks do at the end of the month when fileing there reports to Deego for COTM scores, while on the subject of virtuals what about virtual cache finds do people count these in COTM scores!

belated WELL DONE yorkypudding on hitting 2 finds last week not forgetting your assistance's dancing diva & ageing hippy

Well done gOwex 2 :D & thanks rebel alliance for the meet an easy choise for a mile stone

Well done steve 1

Trashers World Are a Tiny Society No! can't think of anything either

Is that picture going to haunt me for the rest of my life wish I'd paid the black mail fee now! see you later Alex!

If your at a loose end today come and meet some cachers at "The 1st Sheffield & Peak District Meet" at 1400hrs looks like it's going to be very busy, there is even a white Jeep in attendence (nice one Alex)

Nice one John and Hazel, Thank you!

Ditto! The weekends starts tomorrow & I want to up date my tom tom poi!

Well done Seasider on hitting 14 finds, welcome back John

Big congrats to Seasider with 14 finds on the 24th July

As most I like to go to new places but the top of my likes is the team spirit and friends I have met especially yesterday at gcprwg (sorry I don't know how to link) where there was lots of fun & frustration!

Recieved my FTF geo tags monday 16th & they are excellent, look forward to more in the future!

well done on your 2 th find

e mail sent, but was I quick enough!

congrats on your 15 th find yesterday