+Team Maddie UK Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 (edited) The Forester was nearing his 100th cache and his 50th birthday all in the same weekend so we decided to help him out. Up and Down Mount Snowdon and then all the way around it (thanks to WildTrekker) and he succeeded in doing his 100th cache on his 50th birthday. (At least we think that's the right way round Take my word for it as we were there logging the same caches as well So back to Scotland he goes and when he gets around to logging them he didn't put in the right date An e-mail has been sent to him advising him that an editing session on above caches is called for. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS AND CONGRATS. Martin, Lynn & Maddie Edited May 18, 2004 by Mady Quote Link to comment
+Papakas Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Well done! Good luck for your 1000th on your 100th birthday! Quote Link to comment
+Eckington Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 From one quitagenarian(? ) to another, Happy Birdday and Well Done on the Ton. Keep up the good work and let all us "more mature" cachers show the rest how to do it Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Congrats on your first ton! And a belated happy birthday!! Cheers! Seasider Quote Link to comment
+Mr & Mrs Hedgehog Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Happy birthday and Happy 100th Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Well done on your 100th and hope you had a happy birthday. Brian (Deego) Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 WELL D NE Chris, I hope you had a good birthday too. Quote Link to comment
+snaik Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 (edited) Well done Forester, got a couple more in Dunkeld area for you to check out the tree's? sorry that one's on "FC" bit ground! did i say ground meant hill! Edited May 18, 2004 by Snaik Quote Link to comment
+Firth of Forth Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 For someone whom I'm told doesn't "do" birthdays, I hope that The Forester enjoys all the attention here! Congratulations, happy birthday and a fitting way to celebrate it too. Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Waa! Not another person beating me too 100! Congratulations! MarcB Quote Link to comment
+wildtrekker Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Nice one, I'm glad my New Snowdon view Series helped you reach your goal. Had i know I would have left you a special B.Day Pressie in the Bonus cache Wild Trekker Quote Link to comment
+Cave Troll and Eeyore Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Welldone on your ton and a belated happy birthday Quote Link to comment
DeputyDawg Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Congrats on both, another Scottish Ton...Well Done Forester! Cheers, DD Quote Link to comment
+DomHeknows Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 congratulations - did the cake have 50 candles or 100? Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Woohoo! Many thanks to all of the posters; and especially to the many who separately also sent me private and personal emails. I was most touched. I haven't got time to send individual email replies, but my gratitude is generic. I don't normally do anniversaries, but this one became a bit special thanks to Team Mady. I needed (and received) an education in the facts and perceptions of the WelshWalesean and Salopean countryside and I learned for myself that the landscapes of Snowdonia and its environs, such as Long Mynd, are every bit as much impressive and inspiring as the places which old Vick once referred to as "our dear Highlands". The funny thing is that I really don't feel much different at 50 than I did at 40:- except that I'm much fitter and slimmer and much better at hoofing up mountains. That is partly due to geocaching! A senior member of team Mady, who used to go trotting up mountains well ahead of me, actually said (and really meant it when he said it) that I went up the Pygg trail "like a gazelle". My ultimate flattery was that he (who is as thin as a racing snake and holds the unofficial record for a 5k bit of the Balmoral Run around the Royal Lochnagar Distillery (topless)) was completely puffed and shagged out three times on the climbout from the Pyg cache. Life just gets better and better! Cheers, The Forester Quote Link to comment
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