Happisburgh ( Ready To Rumble)

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

We are getting ready for tomorrow and have assembled the following:-

 

1 Big Fat Cheque

2 GPSrs

1 PDA with tomtom

2 walkie talkies ( charged and set on ch 3.33)

1 event logbook

1 metal detector

1 torch with batteries

1 big flask ( to be filled with tea)

1 rucksack containing TBs, trades, Spare ziplock bags, AA batteries, etc etc etc

1 road atlas

Various cds for the journey

1 freezer box of food ( to keep us going till 1200)

2 large blocks of Kendal Mintcake

1 digital camera

1 kitchen sink ( hang on, forget that)

Waterproofs

1 Joan

1 cave Troll

Full tank of diesel

 

Have checked the lights, oil, water & tyre pressures.

Full tank of diesel

 

We will set off at 0100 tomorrow morning.

Have we forgot anything ?

[+Wood Smoke]

We are getting ready for tomorrow and have assembled the following:-

 

1 Big Fat Cheque

2 GPSrs

1 PDA with tomtom

2 walkie talkies ( charged and set on ch 3.33)

1 event logbook

1 metal detector

1 torch with batteries

1 big flask ( to be filled with tea)

1 rucksack containing TBs, trades, Spare ziplock bags, AA batteries, etc etc etc

1 road atlas

Various cds for the journey

1 freezer box of food ( to keep us going till 1200)

2 large blocks of Kendal Mintcake

1 digital camera

1 kitchen sink ( hang on, forget that)

Waterproofs

1 Joan

1 cave Troll

Full tank of diesel

 

Have checked the lights, oil, water & tyre pressures.

Full tank of diesel

 

We will set off at 0100 tomorrow morning.

Have we forgot anything ?

Probably

 

WoodSmoke

[+John Stead]

Have we forgot anything ?

Hope not - I'm about to leave so hopefully will see you there in the morning.

Bon voyage to all the distance travellers - anyone adding up how many miles we cover between us?

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

Have we forgot anything ?

 

Only "Time" will tell !

 

Dave

[+Pharisee]

We are getting ready for tomorrow and have assembled the following:-

 

1 Big Fat Cheque

2 GPSrs

1 PDA with tomtom

2 walkie talkies ( charged and set on ch 3.33)

1 event logbook

1 metal detector

1 torch with batteries

1 big flask ( to be filled with tea)

1 rucksack containing TBs, trades, Spare ziplock bags, AA batteries, etc etc etc

1 road atlas

Various cds for the journey

1 freezer box of food ( to keep us going till 1200)

2 large blocks of Kendal Mintcake

1 digital camera

1 kitchen sink ( hang on, forget that)

Waterproofs

1 Joan

1 cave Troll

Full tank of diesel

 

Have checked the lights, oil, water & tyre pressures.

Full tank of diesel

 

We will set off at 0100 tomorrow morning.

Have we forgot anything ?

Don't know what route you're taking, but if your travels take you through Lincolnshire or Cambridgeshire then as a member of the Fenland Mountain Rescue Association.....

 

 

.....I can assure you that TWO large blocks of Kendal Mint Cake is going a bit 'over the top'

 

[+DesG]

I have managed to sort out a swop with the East Counties driver and will therefore be able to attend the presentation. I have had to change the drops around so my last one will be nice and handy in Norwich, so hopefully sometime between 2 -3 am I should be getting my head down for a few hours, down to Asda on the ring road for breakfast, a cache or two in the area and then head for Happisburgh.

 

See you tomorrow, drive carefully.

 

Des

snerdbe

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

Don't know what route you're taking, but if your travels take you through Lincolnshire or Cambridgeshire then as a member of the Fenland Mountain Rescue Association.....

 

 

.....I can assure you that TWO large blocks of Kendal Mint Cake is going a bit 'over the top'

 

   

Was gonna pack crampons , ice axe and rope for the Fenland Mountain caches

Are you saying we can get by without em ?

 

Great news snerbe.

We'll see you there. Take care.

Edited November 5, 2004 by Cave Troll & Joan

[Deego]

good luck on your trip.

[+Pengy&Tigger]

Watch out for the Green Machine in your wake...... We`ll be setting off about 2 or something, hopefully getting a few caches along the way... Or a trig or two if tom tom lady says we are approaching a Trig point.... Have a trowel and metal detector ready...

 

See you down there... somewhere....

 

Pengy & Tigger

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

Looks like being a good turn out tomorrow.

 

The grand total of £700 has been raised thanks to the generosity of the UK geocaching community.

 

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Lifeboat Station in time for the cheque presentation at 11.15 .

Don,t forget the Lifeboat Station co-ords are N 52° 48.800 E 001° 33.380

 

The weather forecast is for light showers but I'm sure a drop of rain won't spoil the occasion.

 

Thanks again for all your support

 

Mark & Joan

[+MarcB]

.....I can assure you that TWO large blocks of Kendal Mint Cake is going a bit 'over the top'

Yeah, that stuff's like pure sugar!

MarcB

[+kbootb]

As the person who's bright idea it was to start this collection in the first place I have to thank you all so much. But particularly Cave Troll and Joan who leapt to attention and took responsibility.

 

I really wanted to join you but just haven't got the time to travel that far on that day.

 

Have a great day and once again

 

THANK YOU

 

In case you didn't get it....that's a big thank you

[+Stuey]

We are getting ready for tomorrow and have assembled the following:-

 

1 Big Fat Cheque

2 GPSrs

1 PDA with tomtom

2 walkie talkies ( charged and set on ch 3.33)

1 event logbook

1 metal detector

1 torch with batteries

1 big flask ( to be filled with tea)

1 rucksack containing TBs, trades, Spare ziplock bags, AA batteries, etc etc etc

1 road atlas

Various cds for the journey

1 freezer box of food ( to keep us going till 1200)

2 large blocks of Kendal Mintcake

1 digital camera

1 kitchen sink ( hang on, forget that)

Waterproofs

1 Joan

1 cave Troll

Full tank of diesel

They are extremely generous raffle prizes!

[+kbootb]

We are getting ready for tomorrow and have assembled the following:-

 

1 Big Fat Cheque

2 GPSrs

1 PDA with tomtom

2 walkie talkies ( charged and set on ch 3.33)

1 event logbook

1 metal detector

1 torch with batteries

1 big flask ( to be filled with tea)

1 rucksack containing TBs, trades, Spare ziplock bags, AA batteries, etc etc etc

1 road atlas

Various cds for the journey

1 freezer box of food ( to keep us going till 1200)

2 large blocks of Kendal Mintcake

1 digital camera

1 kitchen sink ( hang on, forget that)

Waterproofs

1 Joan

1 cave Troll

Full tank of diesel

They are extremely generous raffle prizes!

Or a very big cache!!

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

Can someone please turn off the fireworks then I can get a few hours sleep before the long drive down from Lancashire to Norfolk

[adrianjohn]

Don't know what route you're taking, but if your travels take you through Lincolnshire or Cambridgeshire then as a member of the Fenland Mountain Rescue Association.....

 

 

.....I can assure you that TWO large blocks of Kendal Mint Cake is going a bit 'over the top'

 

   

Was gonna pack crampons , ice axe and rope for the Fenland Mountain caches

Are you saying we can get by without em ?

 

Great news snerbe.

We'll see you there. Take care.

Not if its been raining!

You want some scuba gear or at least a snorkel.

[+rutson]

***UPDATE***

 

CT&J are currently in Northamptonshire, uneventful jounry so far apart from the junction they wanted to leave the M42 by being closed

 

Sounds like they ought to have taken their sowesters

[+Brenin Tegeingl]

Mark & Joan sorry we didn't make it, the car packed at 2:30 this morning, 5 miles from home. It took the mechanic from the warrenty company 5hrs to get to us, and took 5 min to repair . Email sent regarding your teddy.

 

Dave

[+Learned Gerbil]

Sorry you couldn't make it. Sorry also to those who turned up on time and missed the presentation. The RNLI brought it forward due to the worstening weather and tide.

 

The crew seemed very pleased with the money we had raised, and everyone was very friendly.

 

The boat was taken down to the beach for the presentation.

 

The presentation was well supported by cachers.

 

The nearby beach was interesting - plenty of evidence of the power of the sea. It was the first time I have see an upsidedown one of these!

 

The only problem was encountered at the pub. Cachers panic when the realise it will not open for 40 minutes! Is there time to get to another cache and back?

 

All pictures free free to use for promoting RNLI or Geocaching organisations. Larger and further prints available on request.

Edited November 6, 2004 by Learned Gerbil

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

Wow Learned Gerbil, You have got your piccies up quick, I have only just uploaded mine to the pc.

 

Please could you send me a copy of each one, as I am making a scrapbook about the fundraising and the presentation, for future use at events.

 

The same goes for anyone else who got any good piccies at the event and presentation. Pleeeese.

 

It was great to meet up with you all today, Though the presentation was a little earlier than we had all planned. The majority of us though a little windswept managed to get into the piccies.

 

I will be doing an article for Geocachingtoday.com about the Presentation and Event including the piccies I got.

 

Thank You all for all your support and help in raising the £700.00 cheque that we presented today. I will say it just once more You are all Stars.

 

Joan

 

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

I have written up a full article on the fundraiser, Presentation and Event. I have sent them to Inukshuk, so the article should be published shortly.

 

Joan

 

See if you can spot yourselves on any of the photo's

[+Inukshuk and Arwen]

Joan's report is here

thanks Joan for sending it to the mag and well done to all involved.

Sorry I couldn't be there.

[+Alibags]

I have just read your happisburg report.

 

I think the fanged animal you saw was probably a Chinese water deer. Seethis link.

 

The front legs significantly shorted than the back legs is a distinctive feature.

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

Yep , that definately looks like what we saw.

I thought it was a vampire dear

CT

[+Seasider]

Great going and an excellent write up!

 

 

 

Seasider

[+John Stead]

Rather late to be saying thank you to Mark and Joan and all who took part in the best event cache I've been to yet (and there have been a few), but my electronics have been playing up as well as my rheumatics!

That was a brilliant article but thank for not knocking me up at 6 am - I wonder if you would have if you had known I had two spare beds in my "signal box".

As you know I stayed on at the Hill House and can tell you that I was told several times how grateful the lifeboatmen and the villagers are for our efforts. I wonder if you know the the village also own and run the lighthouse!

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

We have received a thank you email off Bronson Fargo on behalf of the Happisburgh RNLI Crew.

Inukshuk has kindly allowed us to have it published on the Geocaching Today website.