+Postie Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 I received this email from Bugs Bunny recently and have posted it here for all to see. Has anyone else heard of the hunt?? Hi Sorry your trip to look for Two Becks Meet geocache was unsucceful. Unfortunately it is no longer in place as it was vandalised. Just out of interest there is going to be a geo trail in next months edition of Lakeland Walker. The area it is in is the Grasmere area and there will be 8 caches to find each one leading you to the next and so on with at the end a little reward. Hope this is of interest, perhaps you could pass this on. Bugs Bunny Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 I hadn't heard of it, but a search produced this post by Bugs Bunny in the Geocaching Adventure forum. Quote Link to comment
+minstrelcat Posted May 16, 2004 Share Posted May 16, 2004 (edited) A quick google produced this: http://www.gpstraining.co.uk/geocaching.htm Doesn't seem to be an event as such, just something you can try any time. Lisa Edited May 16, 2004 by minstrelcat Quote Link to comment
+Postie Posted May 16, 2004 Author Share Posted May 16, 2004 Hmmm... seems to be a commercial site. Nice idea for a trail though. Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 (edited) Unfortunately it is no longer in place as it was vandalised. Bugs Bunny The cache in question GCH9E6! Hmmm! I know that hillside fairly well from school trips in the area (many years ago!!) and the co-ords seemed out to me. If you plot the co-ords on the 1:25000 map they show the cache hidden in open moorland (ie no trees nearby) at the wrong height (473m vs 446m). Apologies for using those foreign measurements by the way! I was going to go hunting for the cache when it first appeared last year but Bugs Bunny insisted his co-ords were correct so I forgot all about it until I read this thread! There is an old pipeline with a tree growing out the end about 192m east of the published co-ords which cachers have mistaken for the true location - this is too high being at 521m. My theory 1 - looking down the hill to the west there are (were) some small trees at the correct height, about 100m up from the gravel path (per the cache description) and whose position is one numeral removed from the published co-ords ( N 54 32.445 W 2 59.583 ) ...... N 54 32.445 W 2 59.683. My theory 2 - on the other side of the path as it starts its long climb to Red Tarn are (were) more trees at the correct height whose position can be transposed from the published co-ords ... N 54 32.445 W 2 59.853. It may be that Bugs Bunny has archived the cache thinking it has been trashed when infact it is his co-ords which are wrong (he is a British Grid man and could easily have made a conversion error) and it is still there. I like a mystery like this and will be in the Lakes at the weekend so I'll have a look for it! Cheers! Seasider Edited May 17, 2004 by Seasider Quote Link to comment
+washboy Posted May 17, 2004 Share Posted May 17, 2004 I like a mystery like this and will be in the Lakes at the weekend so I'll have a look for it! I'd put money on your Theory #2. I look forward to hearing next Monday. Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 I didn't have chance to look for it unfortunately. We went for a boat ride on Coniston and then a walk around Humphrey Head instead and never made it over the Kirkstone Pass!! Cheers! Seasider Quote Link to comment
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