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first to find, puzzles, solo

Day #209 – A Brace Of Rally Rounds, Plus

Trad: 3 Puzzle: 2
Walked: 4.4 miles

The other evening, Kitty!! and I had managed to work out the solution to a couple of Mr Crow’s impenetrable puzzles. As she’s not allowed to find them before anyone else, it was left to me to give it a go today. Rally Round 204 Murder was my first target. It was a quick find but I had been beaten to the FTF by 24 hours. Oh well, I wasn’t really surprised.

Then I stopped off in Witham to mop up a few stragglers. Ice Breaker – Bucket Of Fun was a big cache – another easy find next to the golf course. I found a stray ball which I’ll keep for Kitty who needs them for an evil cache she’s planning.

A Bucket Of Fun!
A Bucket Of Fun!

Waterworks was across Whet Mead which required a trip under the A12 via a tunnel – and I found a troll looking at me! At GZ, I randomly found another golf ball in the grass! Odd, as it’s miles from where you would expect anyone to be hitting a golf ball…

Troll Under The Bridge?
Troll Under The Bridge?

The final target of the day was Rally Round 203 Missing Numbers. I approached with trepidation, but was delighted to find an empty log sheet – yay! I wasn’t actually chasing the FTF but it’s nice when it happens. No. 25 in nearly 8 years of caching!

RR203 - First To Find!
RR203 – First To Find!

An enjoyable morning out!

solo

Day #189 – Three Quick Cache & Dash

Trad: 1 Multi: 1 Puzzle: 1
Walked: 1.0 mile

The flu lurgy has taken a strong hold. I really didn’t want to go out for a cache today, but with a system full of Ibuprofen I found vaguely human and set out for a trio of cache ‘n’ dash hides, including two Church Micros.

The first find was WANDER AROUND WICKHAM BISHOPS which I managed to find quickly today, even in my befuddled state. Good job too, since I had DNF’d it twice already in the past few weeks!

Next up was Church Micro 3175…Great Totham-United Reformed, since I was passing. Thankfully a quick find here.

CM Great Totham
CM Great Totham

My main target for the day was Church Micro 7805…Tollesbury – Congregational, one of the few Puzzle cache Church Micro’s which I haven’t found. And another type for my 7-day Church Micro mini-streak.

I had convinced myself that it was on a bench with a memorial plaque but there was no such thing at the final GZ. An obscure hint had me chasing my tail but eventually the penny dropped.

It's Around Here Somewhere
It’s Around Here Somewhere

And with that, I’ve completed the Dark Month Challenge qualification and had my best month caching since I started, with 277 finds in January. I was surprised to beat my previous best month – August 2015 with 272 – which is pretty much what kick started my ongoing geostreak.

And 15th-17th of January also saw my fastest 100 finds, largely fuelled by the Cool Cuban Spirit series in Kent, closely followed by Finchampstead Undulations while I was on the way to Oxford.

events, with friends

Day #91 – There’s Been A Murder!

Event: 1
Walked: 2.0 miles

25th October 2015
25th October 2015

This evening I went to the fantastic murder mystery CLUEDUNNIT – find out whodunnit…in a flash! event organised by local cachers HollynCharlie. When we said we would attend, each of us was allocated a character to be and, although not compulsory, we were encouraged to come dressed (up!) for the part.

Suspects On The Board (Attendee Log)
Suspects On The Board (Attendee Log)

Poor Lord Butler was murdered shortly after our arrival and our job was to sleuth it out to find out whodunnit. I felt particularly pressured to figure it out as I was Miss Marple!

Miss Marple Is In The Room
Miss Marple Is In The Room

There was a diverse array of costumes on show. the attendees made a great effort!

The Cluedunnit Crew
The Cluedunnit Crew

Here is a gallery of the other nefarious characters who were in attendance (click the thumbnail for a bigger version).