Winter Caching

[+PopUpPirate]

HATE short evenings - non-existant at the mo. But, less than 4 weeks and its getting lighter again!

 

But there are some good things about Winter caching arent there!

 

What can you think of?

 

Better GPS signals cos of less tree cover

Less muggles

Snow!

[+currykev]

I find that in the warmer months I get really hot with all that rummaging around.So winter caching is a cooler experience. ....As this is a positive thread I'll stop there!

[+HazelS]

1. I love the tingly face you get when you've been in the wind all day

2. I like the fact that there's lots of mud abou8t for me to fall into

3. I think it's great on a really sunny day when there's somehow a belting lock on the satelites

4. wrapping up warm... somehow very romantic!

5. getting sunshine, always lifts my mood on these short, dark days!

[+The Blorenges]

Lots of crispy, crunchy leaves underfoot

MrsB

[+Bear and Ragged]

Having made the effort to get up and out on a cold morning, seeing this

 

 

at one of the caches, and then moving on to this

 

 

Sort of makes it worthwhile.

 

And of course the mug of Hot Chocolate after a sucessful days caching!

 

G

Edited November 28, 2006 by KandG

[+The_Westies]

I hate leaves. I've got four week of raking them up

J

[+Learned Gerbil]

Leaves, leaves leaves.

 

Leaves that are not on trees so the signal gets through,

Leaves that are on the ground so you use them to re-hide the cache,

Nettle leaves that have died back so you can get to the hide!

 

Leaves , leaves leaves!

[+Simply Paul]

Leaves over mud so you go in up to your ankle when you least expect it The best thing for me about winter caching is the hot bath I have when I get home. I suppose a lack of muggles, the cooling air, the death of nettles and snow are all pretty cool, and if you like night caching it's dark by 5pm. Joy

[+pirate_matt]

What can be better then going out for a walk on a really crisp, clear blue winters day with frost or snow on the grass? apart from finding a cache that is

 

this will be my first winter caching and i am looking forward to it!

 

i wonder how many cachers hibernate!!

[+HazelS]

Helen in Mustardland, Bargee and myself went caching between Xmas and new year in Derbys Dales last year. it was -4 but was sooo fab in the snow!!!!!

 

Looking forward to more snowy caches!!!

[+Pharisee]

What can be better then going out for a walk on a really crisp, clear blue winters day with frost or snow on the grass?

 

Sitting by the lakeside... ice in the margins and a hint of mist coming of the water in the still air. A 'beep' from the bite indicator and a 'weeeeeee....' as line screams from the bait-runner.......Oh, sorry, wrong forum

[+Us 4 and Jess]

The mud is frozen

 

M

[nobby.nobbs]

getting back to the pub after with the roaring fire and hot food.

 

[+LollyBob]

The heavy snow fall that we had early in the year made everything look magical, we were up very early that day and we saw the true beauty of it all.

I like to cache in the frost too.

We dont like the dark winter nights so roll on the Winter Solstice!

[+kewfriend]

Looking for a micro amdist such glory!

 

It's no wonder my profile and those of FewKinder and KewFinder show so little summer geocaching and so much winter and autumn geocaching.

 

The air smells better, one can see for miles ( spot a muggle when they're just a dot on the horizon ), and then when one gets back its hot soup and a steaming Badedas bath ......... blisssssssssss

[+sTeamTraen]

Leaves that are not on trees so the signal gets through,

Leaves that are on the ground so you use them to re-hide the cache,

Nettle leaves that have died back so you can get to the hide!

 

That's why March is the best month for caching:

* spring leaves not yet out to spoil tree cover

* bracken has properly died back - this can take all winter

* evenings getting to a reasonable length

* less chance of snow

[+LollyBob]

Leaves that are not on trees so the signal gets through,

Leaves that are on the ground so you use them to re-hide the cache,

Nettle leaves that have died back so you can get to the hide!

 

That's why March is the best month for caching:

* spring leaves not yet out to spoil tree cover

* bracken has properly died back - this can take all winter

* evenings getting to a reasonable length

* less chance of snow

 

The only decent snow we got this year was on the 4th of March

Edited November 29, 2006 by LollyBob

[SNAKEBITER]

If you don't go out in the Winter then you wouldn't leave the house for weeks at a time!

I spend all year in the country following another pursuit so this is just another chance to get out, taking the family and dog as well!

If you spend all the seasons outside you get to appreciate the different seasons, see the Spring growth and the Summer bloom then watch it die back in the Autumn and Winter months. You see more of life that way, and get to understand what happens!

Every season has it's benefits, and having started this malarky in the Winter at the wettest point it can only get better!

 

Bring it on.

[dodgydaved]

 

i wonder how many cachers hibernate!!

 

I have to admit, and I have never denied it, I do tend to cachibernate from the end of October to the beginning of March

 

I think this could be a function of increasing old age and love of creature comforts

[+Haggis Hunter]

Winter and the long nights signal one thing to me, it's time to go out and get some night caching done. It does give a different perspective to going out, activates different senses, makes the find more challenging, and you don't need to worry about muggles. Only downside is that you miss out on any views that may be there.

[+Tiger-Eyes]

No Nettles

[+PopUpPirate]

Icicles are ace, some great big ones at Lead Mines Clough last winter pre-caching.

 

Looooooads more waterfowl in winter too.

[+zShadowWalker(2E0SUD)]

Icicles are ace, some great big ones at Lead Mines Clough last winter pre-caching.

 

Looooooads more waterfowl in winter too.

 

Watching the Steam drift away from a nice hot cup of tea whilst enjoying the view having a quick break

 

and for the radio amaetur's the winter bonus of the SOTA program.

 

73

 

Adrian

[+Family Hodge]

Alfie has to be walked all year round as im not allowed to put him in a box for the winter . So anytime off year is a good time to Cache. Warm summers days , or crisp winter days . They all have something going for them.

Edited November 29, 2006 by Family Hodge

[+gingerbreadmen]

I hate leaves. I've got four week of raking them up

J

 

 

So much caching, so little time, don't waste it by clearing the garden, do what I did ...get a wife... oops ... runs for cover (if I hide in that pile of leaves in the garden she'll never find me...)

 

ps for the pc brigade, I would never, ever in all seriousness suggest that my lovely wife should clean up the leaves in the garden, it is a preposterous thing to ask her to do ... the chain from the kitchen sink wouldn't stretch that far for one thing... OUCH!

[+zShadowWalker(2E0SUD)]

Caching after high winds can be good if it plows the camflarge off the cache and it does not get muggeled. Unforantley it can also bury them.

[+currykev]

.........and as less cachers go-a-caching then less maintenance is required.. ..(that is a positive isn't it?)

 

And if us male cachers are really lucky,Simply Paul may post a lovely winter picture of one of his lady friends in Santa type clothing!!!! ...or even a GeoBABE!!!

Edited December 5, 2006 by currykev

[+Acidmouse]

But, less than 4 weeks and its getting lighter again!

 

Ahh thats good to know, wondered when it started getting lighter!

[+PopUpPirate]

17 days, thats all!

[+HazelS]

I really do suffer from SAD and my office have been good enough to put Daylight tubes into my overhead lights above my desk.

 

I tried to tell them - the best way of me NOT getting SAD is to let me go caching every day in works time, but oddly, they never saw that as an option!!!

[+scottpa100]

As with others, woodland hunts are easier and the God dadgum stinging nettles die away. Another bonus is, you know those really warm humid evenings and you're trying to get back to the car after caching and therefore warm and sweaty and you're being noshed on by midges and all sorts of blood sucking wee beasties.

 

Winter is good for lack of insects!

 

Wasps aren't around either, but that's another topic!!

[+maxkim]

Frozen mud and no nettles !!!! Max

[+t.a.folk]

Winter bonuses .

 

Finding it easier to know what to wear for the day ,just pile it on .

Finding steep hills easier to walk up than they are in the heat of summer .

Finding a vacant parking place in local beauty spots .

Finding some car parking fees aren't charged between oct /march .

 

And finding it easier to know when to "call it a day" .Darkness does it for us everytime

[+HazelS]

I seem to be a gourmet dinner for all types of midges... I dread camping events, when I have to be coated head to toe in repellent... Even when coated I get a good leg full of bites!

 

Thanks God I'm not allergic to repellent!

 

Anyone got any good tips for avoiding being bitten?

[+t.a.folk]

I seem to be a gourmet dinner for all types of midges... I dread camping events, when I have to be coated head to toe in repellent... Even when coated I get a good leg full of bites!

 

Thanks God I'm not allergic to repellent!

 

Anyone got any good tips for avoiding being bitten?

 

We have a friend who the midges find more tasty than us .

When we stay close to her we don't get bitten

 

FaIliing that hubby sometimes wears a camo face net (goes all round his head over a baseball cap and tucks into his collar all round ).

Looks silly but he has the last laugh when others are getting bitten about the neck and face .

[+Pharisee]

I seem to be a gourmet dinner for all types of midges... I dread camping events, when I have to be coated head to toe in repellent... Even when coated I get a good leg full of bites!

 

Thanks God I'm not allergic to repellent!

 

Anyone got any good tips for avoiding being bitten?

 

What repellent do you use? I've found to my cost that anything that is quoted as being 'herbal / natural / eco-friendly' will be totally useless. Even the much recommended Avon 'Skin So Soft' is only partially effective (on me, anyway... it only works if I'm indoors ). The only way to avoid being bitten is to declare war on 'em... chemical war!!! The best I've found is 'Expedition 50' for applying to skin and 'Expedition 100', which is 95% DEET, for spraying on cuffs, socks and hat bands.

[+Alibags]

I seem to be a gourmet dinner for all types of midges... I dread camping events, when I have to be coated head to toe in repellent... Even when coated I get a good leg full of bites!

 

Thanks God I'm not allergic to repellent!

 

Anyone got any good tips for avoiding being bitten?

 

What repellent do you use? I've found to my cost that anything that is quoted as being 'herbal / natural / eco-friendly' will be totally useless. Even the much recommended Avon 'Skin So Soft' is only partially effective (on me, anyway... it only works if I'm indoors ). The only way to avoid being bitten is to declare war on 'em... chemical war!!! The best I've found is 'Expedition 50' for applying to skin and 'Expedition 100', which is 95% DEET, for spraying on cuffs, socks and hat bands.

 

There's your answer... go caching with Pharisee... they will all attack him and you will be fine!

[+wizard1974uk]

I seem to be a gourmet dinner for all types of midges... I dread camping events, when I have to be coated head to toe in repellent... Even when coated I get a good leg full of bites!

 

Thanks God I'm not allergic to repellent!

 

Anyone got any good tips for avoiding being bitten?

 

Wear ice hockey goaltenders kit?

 

Not practical for caching but it keeps the little buggers out

[+studlyone]

The best advantage is you are less likely to be muggled whilst visiting a cache - that and the great feeling of frosty grass crunching underfoot and of course your breath misting as you exhale.

[+Bambi&Thumper]

I seem to be a gourmet dinner for all types of midges... I dread camping events, when I have to be coated head to toe in repellent... Even when coated I get a good leg full of bites!

 

Thanks God I'm not allergic to repellent!

 

Anyone got any good tips for avoiding being bitten?

 

A bit drastic, but avoid dairy produce. Seriously. A friend of mine is lactose intollerant and swears that when she stopped eating lactose the midges lost interest and this is supposed to be a known issue. Apparently, dairy produce also gives you a snotty nose (for want of a better expression), so if you suffer from sniffy-type-allergies, reducing your milk intake should help there too.

 

B.

[+currykev]

Now we're in the darkest month of the year,my positive is the fact that I can now concentrate on catching up with watching those dvds I had no time to watch in the summer months. ...but my caching figures are now even worse!

[+Beds Clangers]

 

Anyone got any good tips for avoiding being bitten?

 

Stand very still, look up and avoid eye contact!!!!!!!! I tried shouting at the midges "off sei" but think they may have been gods???

 

I'll get me coat

 

Cheers

 

Beds Old Boy, AKA Nick

[+Bruin47]

Best thing about Winter Caching for me is when it's silly o'Clock in the morning and you'r faced with a whole field of pure undesturbed snow.

[+OldNickCov]

Best thing about Winter Caching for me is when it's silly o'Clock in the morning and you'r faced with a whole field of pure undesturbed snow.

 

...and then you wake up more fully, and realise with relief that you are looking at your bedsheets, and can turn over and ignore the cold outside.

[+The Flying Boots]

Best thing about winter is when you can do "Hold Your Nerve" - GCV8YC and as it has to be done in the dark you can start it's stage 2 at 5.00pm.

Edited December 16, 2006 by The Flying Boots

[+Simply Paul]

This was March this year, close to Coastal Copse by Geo Trio - no spoiler.

[+Jango & Boba Fett]

I was able to reach Horsey, Horsey Don't You Stop yesterday because the ground was frozen, whereas on Sunday it had been a dnf as we were thwarted by a sea of deep mud and submerged paths (even in wellies). Maybe we should try for Treasure island, although I think that the temperature will have to drop even more.