An eventful few days

 Decided it was time to attend a geocaching event and have now done 3 in as many days. First two were a Saturday. The first was GC1J1M1 - The Service. I parked at the Ridgeway in Blackrod, this is the venue of the second event, and walked along the A6 with the Linedancers and then took the path down to the Service Sation area. On the way down we were able to get the following caches. GC1KFF4 - Bocca Della Verita, GC1KFF4 - Unlucky Seven, GC1KFEQ - Motorway Gridlock, GC1KFDY - Close encounters of the M61 Motorway Kind. After this it was inside for a brew and a sight that this service station will most likely not see again. There was close to 50 people in the resturant and the staff looked amuzed to where everyone had come from. After leaving the service i walked back to the Ridgeway Arms and the second event of the day, GC1JVJ2 - After The Gold Rush. On the way to here i took the oppertunity to pick up GC10RR5 - Cemetery Gates and GC19970 - Side Tracked Blackrod. It was then into the pub for a drink, food and a chat. After spending about 2 hours here i decided to head upto Windy Hill and drop three Northwest Caching Race Bugs off into GC3A42 - Windy Hill. But before leaving the Horwich area i decided to find GC1JNMB - Lest We Forget - Horwich and GC163PE - Station to Station Park. 

The final event was GC1GPKE - Clare's Birthday Bash Cache. The night started off with 11 caches to be found and then a meal in the pub, this being the Smithy Inn, Much Hoole. The birthday cake was in the form of a ammo can complete with swaps and TB's. So after never being to an event before it was three in 3 days.

Back to Rivvy - Part 2

 Now it was time to head over to George's Lane to tackle Pop up pirates Cats and Dogs Multi. I set off in the direction i thought it was to the first stage but had to back track to the car park and onto the road. Here is my log from the cache page - Having spent the first part of the day caching over near Coal Pit Road I was now ready to tackle a multi. Parked in the car park as suggested and set off along George's Lane to round up the missing animals. 1, 2 and 3 quickly done. Took some time with number 4 due to leaf fall covering it up but it was soon discovered. Continued on and located 5, 6 and 7. On arriving at no' 8 I was looking too low down but had to hold off my search to put some grit on the road to help a van up the hill. Once the van had passed with one happy driver it was back to the search for pet number 8 and it was soon found. I then worked out the final co-ords and to my surprise they worked. Got to GZ and with the help of the hint found the cache. Signed the log and left a whistle key finder that I took from Boggarts Behind You yesterday and had on my car key but it was starting to annoy me. It was now onto Douglas & George, In the Shadow of the Pike and Round the Ruins No 9, Prospect Farm plus a maintenance job at Two Tower View on behalf of Team_ShadowWalker. I also made it upto the Pike for the first time, smaller than it looks for a distance but a fantastic view from up there. Thanks for the cache, great fun doing it, took just over an hour. 

Its was then onto Douglas & George, In the Shadow of the Pike and Round the ruinsNo 9, Prospect Farm before dropping a new log off at Two Towers View. It was then time to head up the hill to the pike before returning to the car and home to get warm.

Back to Rivvy - Part 1

With the New Year here it was time for a trip back to the Rivington Area. I set of just after 8am for a 30 min drive to Horrocks Fold Car Park on Scout Road. From here i got everything together and set of along Scout road and then up Coal Pit Road before taking the path where the Mass trepass took place on Sunday 6th September 1896. From here it was a short walk to Ground Zero for cache GC10R9v - Will Yo' Come O' Sunday Morning by Lollybob. This was last found in May 08 and had to Did Not Find's since then with the last being in November. I was up against it since leaving home as during the night it had snowed and the ground was frozen. I spent around five minutes looking before it was time to call it and more on. The fact the by now my hands were freezing searching in the snow was also another factor.

It was now onto GC10RAA - Power to the people by Lollybob. This was a quick find once I had finished taking pictures of the area covered in snow. I soon signed the log and placed the cache back in its hide before continuing up the hill to GC169TC - Hole in the wall by Lollybob. On arriving at GZ it became clear how the hint was going to work and after a quick walk around i started my search and soon had the cache in my hand. I signed the log which had seen better days and then return the cache to its hole and headed back along the path which i came along before heading uphill just pass Power to the people and on my way to GC115GT - A Bonnie Lass by Lollybob.

This was going to be another hard serch in the snow covered heather and i was just about to give up when my foot kicked something and on looking down it was the cache. With my numb fingers from the cold i opened the cache, took the log out and signed it before placing the cache back where i had found it and movong on.

Next was GC1AQ6F - April Showers by Lollybob. This i will do a seperate blog for.