+GAZ Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I've been following the series starring Julia Bradbury on her travels, and it was on the episode in Derbyshire that got me thinking......how many caches does she actually pass within grabbing distance? She went through a tunnel, albeit with a "guide", as it's off limits to the general public, and as I had been watching that episode online, I paused it as she was coming out of the tunnel and fired up google earth......flippin walked right by one cache Found the cache in question, and compared the piccies on the cache page! Just watched last weeks episode at Portland.....soooooo close to several caches!!! Anyone else as sad as me? Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Yep, hand up, I'm sad too. I've really enjoyed the couple of programmes so far and have had similar thoughts along the lines (sorry for feeble and unintentional pun) of "I wonder if there's a cache in there/up there/along that bit?" MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 ...and some are cycle paths, so you can get the caches quicker/get more of the caches! Quote Link to comment
+Jacobite Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I've only caught one myself, the Speyside one. I really enjoyed it, I wish I'd seen the others now! Are there any episodes yet to be broadcasted? And I did the same............straight on with memory map as soon as she mentioned where she was Quote Link to comment
+Guanajuato Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I really enjoyed it, I wish I'd seen the others now! I think there's one or two episodes left - they're repeated about 3 times each week, and being BBC4 will no doubt be repeated ad inifinitum. I keep turning over for the Wainwright walks listed on the guide, only to realise its a repeat of one we saw as a repeat 6 months ago. Same with QI too. Maybe its just me, but this series hasn't been as good as the Wainwright series, though I did quite enjoy the peak district one. There's another Bradbury walks series on the way, doing the Coast to Coast - article in this months Cumbria magazine. Quote Link to comment
+Jacobite Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I really enjoyed it, I wish I'd seen the others now! I think there's one or two episodes left - they're repeated about 3 times each week, and being BBC4 will no doubt be repeated ad inifinitum. I keep turning over for the Wainwright walks listed on the guide, only to realise its a repeat of one we saw as a repeat 6 months ago. Same with QI too. Maybe its just me, but this series hasn't been as good as the Wainwright series, though I did quite enjoy the peak district one. There's another Bradbury walks series on the way, doing the Coast to Coast - article in this months Cumbria magazine. Cheers for that, I'll keep an eye out for them. Quote Link to comment
+Team Clova Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Are there any episodes yet to be broadcasted? Just checked on the BBC site - a Scottish Highlands one on Thursday night(last of the series) but 3 of them are still available on i-player http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?go=homepage...1&scope=all Quote Link to comment
+Jacobite Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Are there any episodes yet to be broadcasted? Just checked on the BBC site - a Scottish Highlands one on Thursday night(last of the series) but 3 of them are still available on i-player http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?go=homepage...1&scope=all Excellent, I'll get a Railway Walks marathon going on iplayer Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) That's tonights viewing sorted. UPDATE: Having just watched an excellent Peak District walk along the Monsal Trail, I've now decided where I shall be in Late Jan for a long caching weekend. Edited November 4, 2008 by currykev Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I decided to research my local disused railways a couple of years ago when I started running out of local caches. I would recommend it to anyone . It's taken me to some pretty awesome places and some brilliant walks. As in most areas some track has been converted to cycle track, but it's the untouched stretches that I love. I feel I understand my local industrial past, geography and geology to a much greater extent than I did. It's also turned up some good locations for caches. Wye Valley & FoD Railways Quote Link to comment
+Baskerville Bogtrotters Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 We too have been enjoying the series. For information there is an excellent website dedicated to Railway Ramblers which was refered to in the last programme. It can be found at www.railwayramblers.org.uk. Quote Link to comment
+GAZ Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 (edited) I've only caught one myself, the Speyside one. I really enjoyed it, I wish I'd seen the others now! Are there any episodes yet to be broadcasted? And I did the same............straight on with memory map as soon as she mentioned where she was Unfortunately my version of google earth isn't as good in Scotland, so heres the link for Aberlour No caches are loaded like google earth, though Edited to add...the link above is for maps.live.com....click on aerial, and you get as good, if not better than google earth...also in many places you can click on "birds eye".....MUCH better than google earth! Edited November 4, 2008 by GAZ Quote Link to comment
Moonraker Team Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I've been following the series starring Julia Bradbury on her travels, and it was on the episode in Derbyshire that got me thinking......how many caches does she actually pass within grabbing distance? She went through a tunnel, albeit with a "guide", as it's off limits to the general public, and as I had been watching that episode online, I paused it as she was coming out of the tunnel and fired up google earth......flippin walked right by one cache Found the cache in question, and compared the piccies on the cache page! Just watched last weeks episode at Portland.....soooooo close to several caches!!! Anyone else as sad as me? I certainly followed the routes on MM, does anybody know who actually owns the ground that these tracks cross, in the old days course it was the railways but when they closed all the lines did they sell the land or does it just sit there, just curious really, anybody know?? Quote Link to comment
+niknrich Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I've been following the series starring Julia Bradbury on her travels, and it was on the episode in Derbyshire that got me thinking......how many caches does she actually pass within grabbing distance? She went through a tunnel, albeit with a "guide", as it's off limits to the general public, and as I had been watching that episode online, I paused it as she was coming out of the tunnel and fired up google earth......flippin walked right by one cache Found the cache in question, and compared the piccies on the cache page! Just watched last weeks episode at Portland.....soooooo close to several caches!!! Anyone else as sad as me? Yes - us! We recognised that tunnel too - the cache is called "Tunnel's Mouth" and we've visited it twice! It's a lovely area - we'd definitely recommend it to anyone visiting the Peak District. We spent the whole programme going, "there's a cache there!" at all the spots we recognised! Quote Link to comment
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