+Seasider Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 Many congrats to the Queen of the Jungle (of N Yorks!) who this afternoon bagged her last remaining cache in N Yorks and achieved her target of clearing the nation's largest county of its many and varied caches before relocating down south at the end of the month!! She now has Hampshire & Oxfordshire in her sights!! Cheers! Seasider Quote
+Mad H@ter Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 She now has Hampshire & Oxfordshire in her sights!! Well done, Oxon should keep you out of mischief for a while Quote
+rutson Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 Ay, well done. Was hpoing to clear West Yorkshire this month, but real life commitments and a couple of DNFs mean it's getting less and less likely by the day. Ah well, there's always August. Quote
+dogastus Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 She now has Hampshire & Oxfordshire in her sights!! Well done, Oxon should keep you out of mischief for a while I think we need to set some more hilltop ones to make you feel at home Quote
adrianjohn Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 Well Done Leoness I am glad you made it, though the thought did cross my mind to sneak up into North Yorks and add a few more! adrianjohn Quote
+Papakas Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Well done Leoness and good luck with the move! Quote
+Team Marigold Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 (edited) Well done and welcome down south. We look forward to finding your name in logs down here soon. After all it will make a change from Dogastus and Daisy and me who ALWAYS seem to have got to the cache before us! Edited July 20, 2004 by summerlightning Quote
+harrogate hunters Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Well Done from the Harrogate Hunters, despite our efforts to keep you going. Have a great trip to Oxfordshire (dont forget the passport).... and keep in mind they are strange people down there !!! See you next year at the North Yorkshire Meet to claim your prize for the furthest travelled TB !!!! Quote
Slytherin Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 When are you going Leoness? I've got a 5 star puzzle cache ready to place. I was going to put it in Bramham Park but looking at the map if I shift it a mile to the east then it hops over the border into N Yorks. That would keep you busy for a couple of week before you go. But then again... who could do something so cruel. Not me. I can't lose though because if it stays in W Yorks then it gives Rutson something to scratch his head on. Quote
Slytherin Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 ....and keep in mind they are strange people down there !!! What? Stranger that Seasider???? Quote
+Papakas Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 As a person with a foot in both camps I can assure you they are just as strange up north as the are down south! You can sit just as long in a traffic jam around Manchester as you can around Southampton! Quote
+mongoose39uk Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Ok beyond addicted! New caches in North Yorks are in severe danger. I have just read the log for Via Ducks. If you are placing in North Yorks you better be sure it's in place when it's approved or you may find somone sat there waiting. Quote
Slytherin Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Ok beyond addicted! New caches in North Yorks are in severe danger. I have just read the log for Via Ducks. If you are placing in North Yorks you better be sure it's in place when it's approved or you may find somone sat there waiting. I think we could keep her very busy in the next couple of weeks. Quote
+rutson Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 When are you going Leoness? I've got a 5 star puzzle cache ready to place. I was going to put it in Bramham Park but looking at the map if I shift it a mile to the east then it hops over the border into N Yorks. That would keep you busy for a couple of week before you go. But then again... who could do something so cruel. Not me. I can't lose though because if it stays in W Yorks then it gives Rutson something to scratch his head on. EAST! EAST! Shift it to the East. Well.... er... .West Yokrshire is getting overcrowded, or summut. north Yorkshire, lovely county, needs more caches. Quote
Leoness Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Firstly, my thanks to Seasider for creating this forum message. I've never seen anything quite so colourful in the forums before! There's not many people who can make me blush but I have to admit to turning a pretty shade of pink when I opened this topic! Many thanks also to everyone else for your kind comments and congratulations. I have only been living in N Yorks since May 2003 and came across geocaching last summer, finding my first cache on 1st August, so I've yet to clock up a full 12 months. It didn't take me long to become addicted though and I only set myself the goal of finding every cache in N Yorks earlier this year. At the time, I didn't realise that N Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK, with over 150 very diverse caches, covering a huge area. My source has been the geocacheuk.com interactive map, which I have slowly turned from blue to red! I am aware that there are other caching websites and there may well be other caches out there in N Yorks of which I am unaware. I thought it might be nice to list a few of my favourites and have found this to be virtually an impossible task as I have enjoyed (nearly) every single one. OK, so you're now wondering which I DIDN'T enjoy, so I'll stick my head above the parapet and say that it was Cornwood Walk - GCJ17N near York (see the comments and you'll understand why!) As for my favourites... Hardest to get to has to be Sun Trap - GCJH1X, bushwhacking through 6ft high bracken on an impossible incline but the FTF made it all worthwhile. Best days caching was the day I spent with Seasider on Ingleborough. We set off from Clapham, taking in Sleepy Hollow - GCJ5M3 and Gaping Gill - GCJ3CT on the way up Ingelborough - GC5EF4, walked 12+ miles in beautiful countryside with fantastic views and found half a dozen caches with 2 FTFs, namely Sulber Gate - GCJDC0 and Moughton - GCJDBM which are both on limestone pavements. Being "ladies of leisure" (well I am ) we chose a weekday and therefore had the countryside entirely to ourselves as the three peaks can become motorways at the weekends. The best views were naturally from the tops of big hills and there's plenty of them in the Yorkshire Dales! Whernside - GC5EF3 (again with Seasider) and Pen-y-Ghent - GC5EF2, Shirfare's Point - GCGDJ2 and Which? Ditch - GCGE2V. Other great views from The Kitchen - GCG9D4 and How Tallon - GCFA6E, (both of which are only just in N Yorkshire by a matter of feet) and RADAR - GC31DF and Wainstones - GCHFN5 over on the Moors. I enjoyed two multi caches placed by Harrogate Hunters, namely Ripon Ramble - GCHGXF and Harrogate Hobble - GCH2N7 and I understand there's the Skipton Stroll to look forward to soon. I hope it goes online before I move south. I have to admit to being a little worried about the prospect of having to solve From Enigma to Echelon - The Stash (GC6536) as it was a level 5/5. E to E- The Code (West Yorks) had been archived for some time so I was hoping I could get away with not being able to do The Stash but KimRobin very kindly unarchived it, so it became a must. It was certainly the most complex cache I have had to work out and gave the old "grey matter" a good work-out too. I saved the caches on the coast until last. Partly because of the logistics of getting the timing right (low tide) and partly because they're the furthest from home. I have to agree with Seasider that Walking with the Dinosaurs - GC7684 was fun, especially since we added to the drama by sliding down the cliff in heavy rain. I'm also amazed that so few people have been to Doin' Time - GC39DA at Filey Brigg. There's a sign on the beach advising people to LEAVE the Brigg at least 2 hours before high tide. We added to the drama by setting out 2.5 hours before high tide and just as the sun was going down! Nearly every cache in the county has been interesting either for the beautiful countryside/views or the interesting local history. I have learned a lot in the last few months and have got to know the Dales very well, not to mention adding a few 1,000 miles to the tachometer in hubby's car!!! As for the future... we've just heard that we "march in" (don't you just love those Army terms) to our new quarter on 2nd September, so I'm around in the area for a few more weeks. We're hoping to get up to Scotland for a few days in August before it becomes too far away and then, look out West Country, here I come!!! Many, many thanks to everyone who has placed a cache out there for me to find. I am sure that one day we will be returning to live in Catterick Garrison and I can do all the new ones and revisit some old favourites again. I might not be a numbers (wo)man... but addicted? Who me? Quote
Leoness Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 If you are placing in North Yorks you better be sure it's in place when it's approved or you may find somone sat there waiting Quote
Leoness Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 I think we could keep her very busy in the next couple of weeks Noooooo! I've got a house to pack up and move! Quote
Leoness Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 EAST! EAST! Shift it to the East. Well.... er... .West Yokrshire is getting overcrowded, or summut. north Yorkshire, lovely county, needs more caches. Haven't you heard the song? It's "Go WEST!" Quote
+dogastus Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 "N Yorkshire has now been conquered - on now to Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset...!!!" Hey what about Berkshire? Hint: It's between Oxfordsire and Hampshire!! Quote
Leoness Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Hey what about Berkshire? Oops! Sorry! I've already done a cache in Berkshire too! Quote
+rutson Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Hint: It's between Oxfordsire and Hampshire!! Shouldn't that be: Hint: Vg'f orgjrra Bksbeqfver naq Unzcfuver!! Quote
Slytherin Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Shouldn't that be: Hint: Vg'f orgjrra Bksbeqfver naq Unzcfuver!! You have way too much time on your hands Mr Rutson. Get out and find Austin Power #4. Now that a FTF has been logged I think you are allowed to go find it. Interestingly, there seems to be a sh!t fight going on in Austin now over puzzle caches. This cache hit the streets of Austin this morning. Set by a disgruntled Austin cacher who is peed off with puzzle caches. Quote
+rutson Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 LOL@GCK1K7 Silly swine. No time for caching, got a friend/contact over from Sweden this week and I don't think caching is up his street. AP#4 pencilled in for Saturday. You just concentrate on #5 and #6 Quote
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