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Corvine Trio

Puzzle: 3
Walked: 1.8 miles

I’ve been banging my head against a few more of Mr Crow‘s evil Rally Round puzzles recently. I finally had two more cracked, and was pretty sure of a third, so I set off for Tiptree today to see what I could find.

The first was RR212 – Unproven Conjcture which I had sorted out rather quicker than anticipated. No trouble with the find. Next on my list was RR218 – Disdyakis Triacontahedron. Yes, that’s a mouthful.

The “solve” entailed playing an online betting game enough times that you eventually came out “on top”. Well, thankfully no money was changing hands, or I might have been bankrupt! But eventually I beat the odds and was taken to a most intriguing location. I won’t say much more, but it’s a wonder how Mr Crow finds these hidden gems! A bit of poking about soon produced the goods.

Disdyakis Triacontahedron!
Disdyakis Triacontahedron!

After my two certs, there was just RR213 – Brouwer left. This intriguing geo-spacial puzzle can be solved mathematically, but stuff that for a game of soldiers! I used some Ninja Photoshop skills which produced a loose plot worth looking at. Thankfully, it wasn’t too long before I had this delightful little duckie in hand!

Brouwer Duck
Brouwer Duck
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!

challenge cache, puzzles, solo

Day #40 – Rally Round Plus

Trad: 6 Puzzle: 3 Challenge: 1
Walked: 4.3 miles

4th September 2015
4th September 2015

I’ve had several of Mr Crow‘s Rally Round puzzles sitting on the solve-but-not-found pile for ages. And I needed to go to Colchester today so I thought I would take a winding route across Crow-country to pick up several from the solved batch. I’m happy to say that the finds themselves were a lot easier than the puzzles!

I also went via the Essex Resuscitator Challenge Cache as I have recently revived several caches and therefore qualify for the find – another easy locate once at GZ. The final hide was the Church Micro at Little Bromley – where I also found this dilapidated old barn.

Little Bromley Barn
Little Bromley Barn