Shep, Seren & Tess Dog

no wonder hes been stuffed under the patio Its the gravy/patio saga again! S.xx

Shep has a very devious mind, & although I can always get us to the area of where the cache will be, Shep is always the one to actually find it, as like has been said earlier, he has an eye for these things. Dont take the arrow on your GPS literally, it took me quite a few painful experiences to learn this, as I kept insisting that we walked following the arrow, even though that ment going straight through gorse bushes & nettle patches! Seren.

I was thinking that too...what on earth are you doing to that poor doggie?...On second thoughts, dont answer that! Im glad he liked the chews though, lol! Seeren

LOL, Im a sucker for buying other peoples cast offs...whatcha got? Seren.

Quite often in the hustle & bustle of getting dog/walking boots/rucksacks/trekking poles out of the car, we forget to bring any trading items with us. On these occasions, you can bet your life on finding something in a cache that you really want! When this happens, we take the item, & leave 50p or £1 or so. You can guarantee, that the next person to find the cache will take the money rather than anything elce! Seren.

Tess Dog had fun with this! It was on the doormat when I got home from work dinner time. We had our mug shot taken, popped it in the bag, & Tess Dog insisted that I put some doggie chews in there as well for claret0's doggie, who is next on the list. I caught the post this evening, so it should be winging its way to you as I type this! Seren.

I too have developed a passion for The Gecko's cute beanie type Geckos. I now have 2, one being a 'Super Gecko'! They sit on the dashboard of my car! Seren.

A PORK casserole you say Mrs B??? I have heard that pork tastes remarkably like human! I have no idea where I picked up this little nuget of info, but I think Mrs B may well have dug the hole even deeper with that 'confesion'. Seren.

Tess dog is camped out in the hall waiting for it to arrive....awww, poor lass, she doesnt often get her own mail specifically with her name on it! Seren.

A bit of a dippy question now...how much are these TBs costing to post them, as I need to go & buy some stamps as I havent got any in the house, & if I dont do it now, I'll forget, & I dont want to hold up the Tb's progress?!? Ta muchley, Seren.

Ive bought laods of things on E Bay (including motorbikes) & *touch wood* everything has gone ok. But as usual, its the minority that spoil it for the rest of us. I also bought my GFPS from E Bay, I only wanted a ikkle cheap one, so decided on a Garmin 101, but they were still over £100 at the time. I managed to get a brand new boxed one for £50 from a chap in Plymouth, it didnt take long to arrive, but imagine my horror when it turned up having been posted in the US, & the customs document on the front of the package read "Used GPS"!!! What he had done,was that he obviously had friends in the US that could buy them & send them out cheaper than he could get them, & to get round paying the tax, they said it was used...Eeeek, I bet I could have got done if it had been checked at the sorting office! Seren.

I think she drownded them in the vat of 'Seductive Gravy' that Mr B was concocting out in the shed! Seren.

I made it there & back, & am more or less unscathed! What was most worrying was that she answered the door clutching a large serrated *impliment* in one hand, & a can of baked beans in the other, & cackling "Ahhhh...you must be Seren" (in a Wicked Witch Of The West kind of tone). But I pacified her with some Travel Bugs that I had brought her, so in return, she plied me with tea & some scrummy cake, so all was then well, or a least on the surface anyway. I met Mogdog, the cat in disguise, who is very chatty indeed, & insisted on the last word, & also Mrs B's daughter who also admits having done a bit of caching (although I dont know for certain if this is true, Mrs B may well have primed her to say that in order for my suspicions not to be aroused). I did not see Mr B, Mrs B sais that he 'was in work', but Im not sure of that, she may well have been using the aforementioned 'impliment' on him, & he could now be residing under their patio, a la Brookside! Or he could have been banished to the shed in order to perfect a 'sensuous gravy' for the youkshire puddings...you know what these suburban households are like, you never quite know whats going on behind those closed doors! However, all things considered, I shall let them off just this once, but shall be keeping a beady eye on them just in case! Seren.

I would like to know in advance, because I am about to pop over to her house & meet her for the first time! I have 2 T.B's for her & she has offered to indulge me in my favourite passion..tea! Of course, her gallery pic may just be a ruse, & she may not be all she seems. She may well be a middle aged loner wearing a beer stained string vest & eating cold baked beans out of a tin...who's to know?!? * Whispers* I shall report back later on Seren.

We watched it over the weekend, & I said 'Ohhhh...theres a thread all about caches in dry stone walls on the forum' Shep just replied with one of his silent withering looks! (hes not so into Caching as me!) Seren.

...You can do a 10 minute monolog on the virtues of Zip Loc freezer bags! Seren.

*Seren is very worried for Mrs B*...I have never heard the words 'seductive' & 'gravy' used in the same sentence before! Seren.

I have a really poor sense of balance & am forever falling over (both with the aid of alcohol & without!) Im even worse in the dark, so maybe night caching is not for me!

I dont like the look of the first ones...they look as bit burnt to me! I'll take the ones in the 3rd pic please! Seren.

We almost were yesterday! Shep & I managed to locate The Blorenges' Famous Men Cache, & normally I put Shep on sentry duty whilst I rummage through the box & sign the log. But Shep was so pleased at finding the cache contained an old British £1 note (he collects old notes) he totally failed in his duties. A muggle walking his 4 Whipets was almost on top of us (luckily there was a hedge obscuring us) before Shep raised the alarm, so I quickly shoved the cache behind me & threw myself down on the floor & pretended to be sunbathing! I was wearing a thick jacket & a hat at the time it must have looked a bit odd, but he passed without saying anything & didnt seem to realise that we were up to anything unusual, thats the closest weve come in a long time!. Shep has since been demoted, & Tess Dog has taken his place.The problem is, is that shes deaf...I think I need to sack the pair of them! Has anyone elce nearly been caught? Seren.

Did anyone hear the Book Of The Week on Radio 4 this morning?...it concerned STOLEN SAUSAGES, lol! Seren.

We were on our hols in S.Scotland in March 2004 when we came across a totally exposed tupperware box under Bruces Stone somewhere up by Loch Trool I think.Anyway, being a very nosey person, I took a peek inside! We signed the log book to say we had accidently found it, & placed a shiney new penny in there too, then put it back, making sure that it was well hidden. As soon as we got back off our hols, I looked up this website, & was amazed at all the nearby caches! We only wanted a basic Garmin GPS, but they were still a bit pricey, but I managed to get a brand new one from the US for £50, it took about 3 weeks to arrive, so while we were waiting for it to arrive, we went out armed with directions & spoiler pics, & managed to bag 2 or 3 local caches,which we were really pleased with! I am the driving force in this team, Shep can take it or leave it, hes a bit of a technophobe, so distrusts all things technical.So it is left to me to choose where we go for walks & what caches we do, as hes just happy to come along for the walk.Having said that though, he really likes searching for the caches when we get to the places, hes got a really devoius mind, & is very good at guessing where caches are likely to be hidden! Seren.

*Hiccup!* Seren.

Ive just mailed you with our addy...hope it arrived safely! Seren.

Ahhh...thats what I was getting at,dogging, I knew there was a technical term for it! I was soooo naieve (sp?) before I got this computer,but am now very much enlightened! *Still thinks Letterboxing sounds rude though!* Seren.