Any interest? Dusk 'til Dawn cache event (vampire dress optional!)

[+Simply Paul]

Having had a grand adventure with three friends walking 20Km in the middle of the night to find 11 caches back in March, I'd been thinking about organising a 'through the night' event. Starting as the sun sets, having had a fortifying meal (or drink) at a pub, we'd do a circular tour of local caches on foot, by torchlight, and be back at the pub for when it opens for a big slap-up breakfast. Or very early drink!

 

Would anyone be interested in such an event, to be held in Oxon, Beds, Northants or Herts around the end of June/start of July. Maximum daylight means minimum darkness and the best chance of staying warm. There's even a full moon on Saturday the 30th - Sunday 1st for the full effect.

[+Mr'D]

As long as no special equipment in way of ferry, helicopter or scuba then I'd be interested in this

 

Jon

[+Yorkypudding]

Hi Paul,

 

The full moon at the end of June is actually the Blue moon.

 

Which I am sure you all know means the second moon of the month. This is where the phrase once in a blue moon comes from.

 

Just a bit of factoids for you all.

 

I might be interested in your event, although theres so many.

 

Yorkypudding xxx

Edited April 5, 2007 by yorkypudding

[fraggle69]

Yeah man, I'll be up for that, depends a little on the date. I guess we'll be going somewhere we haven't cached before.

No bloody Chaz 'n bleeming Dave this time, or I may have to drive my stake through the MP3 player...

[+Pharisee]

yep.... I'm interested

[+drsolly]

I'm up for it. Coincidentially, I was just talking to ladysolly today about a similar idea (she won't be attending, and she discouraged me from a 24 hour event).

 

If Fraggle insists, I could swap the Chas 'n' Dave for some turn-of-the-century pops.

 

"By the light .... of the silvery moon ..."

 

I'd suggest that planning starts soon.

[+Dobunnis]

Given that H is a night owl, we would love to come but that weekend is the Snowdonia event. Any other weekends likely?

[+Simply Paul]

July 28-29 is possible too, if the (almost) full moon is a bonus. Otherwise any Saturday night in the month would suit me. Finding an area not yet cached by Pharisee in my target counties might not be so easy to select though.

 

Edit - maybe mid month would be better as there's this one The Allotment Bash (Northampton) by The Allotment Gardener & Cabbage Patch Doll on the 29th of July.

Edited April 5, 2007 by Simply Paul

[+Sensei TSKC]

As the final part of the original team you mentioned, who has not yet responded, I would like to inform you that I would be up - literally - for this event as long as we do not do a Friday night to Saturday morning.

 

Oss!

[+Alice Band]

Yep, I'd be up for it. Love night caching, especially in a wood

[+The Cache Hoppers]

The Geobabes Anthem came about as a result of night caching in a wood .... sounds like fun this, but so long as it doesn't clash with any existing events. Oh and not when its cold

[fraggle69]

Yeah Sensai, gotta make it a Saturday - Sunday thing. I can't stick walking all night after working all day.

[+Pharisee]

July 28-29 is possible too, if the (almost) full moon is a bonus. Otherwise any Saturday night in the month would suit me. Finding an area not yet cached by Pharisee in my target counties might not be so easy to select though.

 

Edit - maybe mid month would be better as there's this one The Allotment Bash (Northampton) by The Allotment Gardener & Cabbage Patch Doll on the 29th of July.

 

I'll be in it for the walk... any cache I find will be a bonus

[+currykev]

The idea is a good one and I'd be happy to indulge,if the date suits.As I'm prone to getting lost even in the daylight,I'd recommend placing me at the rear,so to speak.

[+Mr'D]

To make this as productive as possible maybe we should all agree a starting point and area?

SP - Can you suggest a notional start point and we can all throw in our bit?

Jon

[+Simply Paul]

drsolly made the following suggestions by email:

 

"The densest clutch of caches is, of course, central London."

-Which I dare say is half-closed and not great fun at night - if what passes for night in London can be called night. I'd like to be able to see the stars. Anyway, I imagine a lot of people would have already done most/many.

 

"Out in the country, there's a good run along the Cherwell, near Oxford..."

- I don't know this area but it's a maybe. Anyone else know this patch?

 

"...and the Oxford Canal but that's not circular. That would need the Motor Manoeuvre [leave cars at both ends]. It's 10 km or so, which we know id do-able, and that's no distance for the car manoeuvre."

- I've already done most of these, and I'd like something with less faffing about with cars. Still, a good run on a bike for anyone short of an Easter caching trip idea.

 

"There's a good bunch just to the NW of Sandy Beds, with a chance to do a circular walk."

- Could be a good one - any thoughts?

 

"Frimley/Hawley is another possibility"

- Again, I don't know the area, but if anyone has an opinion, or a suggestion of their own, I'd like to hear it.

 

Thanks to drsolly for his useful imput.

[+Mr'D]

"There's a good bunch just to the NW of Sandy Beds, with a chance to do a circular walk."

Probably my top choice as it's an area I have not done before.

Anyone else have ideas?

Jon

[fraggle69]

It's not an area I would find myself visiting, so is good for me

 

NW of Sandy Beds

Edited April 8, 2007 by fraggle69

[+drsolly]

It's not an area I would find myself visiting, so is good for me

 

NW of Sandy Beds

 

OK, I'll draft out a suggested route and list

[+drsolly]

Sandy, Beds - draft suggestion.

 

There's a pub at 52 08.886, 0 18.873, that might be a place to gather at the start, and as the finishing place. There's a bit of residential round there, so there's likely to be handy parking. I haven't checked out the pub. There's a couple of other pubs near the route

 

Then:

 

GCZD1R

GCZD0R

GCYW9H

GCYW6T

GCYYXN

GCZD6M

GCZJH7

GCZD95

GCZDBC

GCZJHM

GCZJHT

GCZJJ5

GCZJKN

GCZJMR

GC11VCT

 

And that leaves a 2.4 km walk back to the pub along a yellow road.

 

The whole thing is about 9.2 kilometers, 15 caches, and they all look to be easy ones. The track is going to be mostly buggy-friendly - not that I'd suggest keeping kids up all night, but it means it's also friendly to sleepy and exhausted cachers stumbling along half-dead. And the last 2.4 km is along that yellow road, so a very easy surface to walk on.

 

People wanting to reduce it slightly, could cut out GCZJH7, because that's a 400 meter leg off the route. People wanting to avoid the last 2.4 kilometer trek, could arrange a car manouver.

 

For people who feel that this isn't enough - there's a small cluster nearby that I could plan out as an additional route.

[+currykev]

I am also up for the suggested area.Dusk-Dawn is about 7-8 hours so maybe a few more caches may be in order??...just in case.

Edited April 8, 2007 by currykev

[fraggle69]

I think we need some more caches as currykev quite rightly points out. I wonder if the local cachers can be contacted to hide some more for our event.

I was talking to SP yesterday, and I think he has a route he';d like to put forward for this one, so watch this space.

[+Prince of Darkness]

Do bears sit in the woods?! "Count" me in!

[fraggle69]

Do bears sit in the woods?! "Count" me in!

 

You sound like a lotta fun in the woods at night

[+The Great Redmondo]

Very interested. Will need a bit of logistic juggling - the proposed location is a 3 hr drive for us so will probably involve staying overnight somewhere (camping) - we will also need to cadge a favour from a kind hearted relative (Mother/Mother-in-law) to stop our children from eating the house while we're away.

 

The other key piece of info is the date, as already pointed out elsewhere many of us will have commited to various other events throughout the summer.

 

Sounds like a great idea though - looking forward to it already.

[Vanya1]

I think we need some more caches as currykev quite rightly points out. I wonder if the local cachers can be contacted to hide some more for our event.

 

You're in luck

The caches are my daughters' series and we (The Dancing Samurais) are planning to add a river series onto hers which should join together 'A1 Sandy' cache by TheSocks (GCTKJF) and 'London Bridge is Falling Down' cache by ~*Tinkerbell*~ (GCZJH7) and maybe a few either side. We are at the gathering lunchboxes, log books stage and the series will be up and running and past any teething problems by the time you are there.

Any queries just PEM me or Dan. Tinkerbell will be thrilled when I tell her in the morning that you are looking at her caches and I am sure she will want to join you on her scooter or her bicycle which she uses when we go out to maintain the caches.

 

[+currykev]

the proposed location is a 3 hr drive for us so will probably involve staying overnight somewhere (camping) -

 

[Vanya1]

the proposed location is a 3 hr drive for us so will probably involve staying overnight somewhere (camping) -

 

There is a great camp site in St Neots by the river with a great selection of caches in and around the area. The campsite does take non-members. Other campsites are around Gratham Water and St Ives.

 

http://www.myccc.co.uk/MA_MembersArea/Site...spx?SiteId=7280

[+currykev]

the proposed location is a 3 hr drive for us so will probably involve staying overnight somewhere (camping) -

 

 

It may be difficult to get any sleep that night due to some caching!

[+housefamily]

I'm a little late to the party, but I'm up for it - it just depends on when really. Not sure if it's really Mrs HF's cup of tea, she likes her sleep too much!!

[+The Other Stu]

I don't know if I'm allowed to go night caching any more after "The Big Freeze"

 

But if I am, I could be up for this.

 

TOS

[+Alice Band]

Sandy area has some excellent caches, including some cunning Pharisee ones . Yup, still up for it. Get those head torches at the ready

[+The Bongtwashes]

Rather late joining in here, but count me in, depending on the date. Just have to stock up on the batteries for all the torches I'll be carrying.

[Vanya1]

Sandy area has some excellent caches, including some cunning Pharisee ones . Yup, still up for it. Get those head torches at the ready

 

Hi AliceBand

Are you going to bring Ravenclaws with you? You know that Tinkerbell would never forgive you if you don't!! If you do he can come back early with me and Tinkerbell and have a sleep over as Ive told Tinkerbell she can join in the fun for a little while but she will have to come home to bed. I think Dan is up for the full night though and will be dressing up for the event

[+Alice Band]

Ravenclaws would never forgive me if I didnt! He would love to stay at Chez Tinkerbell.

[+Simply Paul]

Sounds like this snowball has gathered some momentum. I've also been looking at the Windsor area, but Sandy seems to have caught folk's imagination and, with the promise of some extra caches being set, it's the patch I'm focused on. I'll have a look at a googlemap and try to create a route. Stay tuned!

[+The Bogbrushers]

I really enjoyed the Ridgeway Run Big and Bigger events. So I'm definitely interested in this. Count me in (Steven).

[+kewfriend]

if it's dusk to dawn and vampires you want then I offer my Vampires and Fangs as an almost MUST do. Careful though ... Dewdrop and a few others know its location - no cheating!!

[+Mr'D]

Dewdrop and a few others know its location - no cheating!!

Me!

 

Cheat!

 

Nobody could afford the copious amout of ale that would make ME talk...

 

[+Simply Paul]

Update on this! My workload is just too high at the moment, but I'm hoping to arrange it for August rather than July. That will also give some more time for extra caches in the Sandy area to pop up.

[+Prince of Darkness]

Update on this! My workload is just too high at the moment, but I'm hoping to arrange it for August rather than July. That will also give some more time for extra caches in the Sandy area to pop up.

 

The later in the year the longer the hours of darkness!

[+pklong]

Having had a grand adventure with three friends walking 20Km in the middle of the night to find 11 caches back in March, I'd been thinking about organising a 'through the night' event. Starting as the sun sets, having had a fortifying meal (or drink) at a pub, we'd do a circular tour of local caches on foot, by torchlight, and be back at the pub for when it opens for a big slap-up breakfast. Or very early drink!

 

Would anyone be interested in such an event, to be held in Oxon, Beds, Northants or Herts around the end of June/start of July. Maximum daylight means minimum darkness and the best chance of staying warm. There's even a full moon on Saturday the 30th - Sunday 1st for the full effect.

 

I'd definitely be up for that barring work or personal commitments. Sounds like loads of fun. We could even compare pre/post smoking ban in the pub .

 

Better start shopping for head torches

 

Philip

[+pklong]

If we are going to do this it might be an idea for someone in the area to think about some special night caches.

 

Philip

[+Simply Paul]

 

These dual clusters of caches within walking distance have inspired me to bring this thread back from the dead. I'm still thinking of the summer, so locals might want to hold off hitting these babies for a while

 

I'm looking for somewhere between them that'd be open for drinks beforehand, and breakfast the following morning. It'd run Friday>Saturday to give attendees the chance to recover on Saturday/Sunday before getting back to the working week. Feedback both sought and appreciated.

 

Edited for syntax, don'tcha-know.

Edited February 1, 2008 by Simply Paul

[fraggle69]

hmm if only you had emailed sooner Paul. We did the left cluster on wednesday night and it took 3 hours, we weren't rushing. I think Metal-Bijou can fill you in on local pubs, he seemed to be talking alot about pubs enroute.

We're supposed to be taking our a pose on Tuesday evening this week to do cluster 2 on the right, weather and 'night pass' depending.

 

Aiii

[+Simply Paul]

I know some locals have already done the left set, which is why I'd like the start/finish location to be between them. That way people could drop out after doing the right ones if they wanted to. I'm never going to find a totally virgin set of enough caches for a full night's caching, but this looks like my best bet- especially for people outside the area who wouldn't have done either cluster. Maybe hold off your plans? Try MK instead. Lots of new ones around there

[+Gralorn]

I have heard that the OTMOOR RING consisting of 28 caches in an eleven mile circle is a brilliant experience, it's situated just NE of Oxford GC18AG6. Cannot put the google page here as do not know how to do it. Some nice inns in it's vicinity as well. Just an idea!

[fraggle69]

I wonder if the turtle will do some more hides closer to the event????

[+Cache U Nutter]

I'm sure tjapukai will join you, as most of his caching is in the dark searching for elusive F.T.F's usually @ 2.00 in the morning!!!

With myself and most other geocachers in Reigate /Dorking area of Surrey we also are 'in the dark' with regards most of his puzzle caches!!

[+Alibags]

I have heard that the OTMOOR RING consisting of 28 caches in an eleven mile circle is a brilliant experience, it's situated just NE of Oxford GC18AG6. Cannot put the google page here as do not know how to do it. Some nice inns in it's vicinity as well. Just an idea!

 

It's certainly an unforgettable experience. All good fun (if you have webbed feet) and those who have not done it yet should their manhoods personhoods cheap (to bowdlerise Henry V) ....