Today was a great day. After completing both Whitespace and Werewolf with a lot of help from other cachers it was time to find the two boxes in the wild.
My 800th Find.
After walking around the moors to pick up two other caches because i'm rubbish at maths and would have missed a milestone here otherwise I made it to GZ. The sun was covered by cloud and the wind was as cold as it was when I left the car nearly one and a half hours before.
The hunt for this cache started about 4 months ago when I looked at the cache page and got stumped on the first hurdle, staring at the cache page thinking what the hell. Tried all sorts but it wasn't until I looked at it on a windows computer at work that I found the starting point. It was then the second puzzle that got me but got a hint from PCT at the After the gold rush event. I needed help for the 4th and 11th puzzles and a big thanks for this has to go to Emma (Scorpionqueen) and Mick and April (Nandad). The chance to get up onto the hill have been thin on the ground so with an invite to go looking for another great cache I decided to head for this one as well. I took a seat to watch the world go by while I signed the log and took some photos. Spent 5 mins having a brew and just enjoying the location. Took the Evil Wind geocoin to help it on its journey. Thanks for a great cache and all your hard work in setting it.
Its now time to meet up with some other cachers to head off for the other cache that will make this on great caching day.
After my solo stomp to Whitespace it was great to have some company for this one. The puzzle was hard going but with some great hints from LFC4eva and Mongoose and a lot of hard work that really did give the brain a workout I got the numbers on Thursday evening. Then I arranged with Don (Syllogiser) to head over the hill on a joint find. The trip in total took us around 3 hours at a steady pace. The cache site was made in good time and then the hunt was on. The hint is very clear but it took some getting to put our hands on the cache. Taking a seat to sign the log and take in the views I was gutted to find out that I had put my camera back in the car after getting back from Whitespace and didn't replace it in my bag. Will have to wait for the email from Don with his pics on. Thanks for a great puzzle and a fantastic place for the cache, this is what I enjoy about caching. Beats searching for a nano in the city centre.
Congratulations to Syllogiser on this, his 1000th find
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