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Day #181 – Purfleet & Pitsea Potter

Trad: 9 Multi: 1
Walked: 4.2 miles

I decided to kill two birds with one stone today – I needed to visit Purfleet to find the SideTracked cache and also pick up a Church Micro somewhere along the way, both helping me towards Challenge cache qualifications.

My first stop was Purfleet where I managed to find three caches in the end, including the SideTracked hide. Knights Of The Round Table, was at a very curious spot!

Table For Two?
Table For Two?

On to Pitsea, where St Gabriel’s Church has a new CM by Cettis12. This was an easy find. The church is a modern design, quite pleasant in its own way.

St. Gabriel's, Pitsea
St. Gabriel’s, Pitsea

I noticed that In Memoriam, Pitsea War Memorial by Grimmer Scotting was also close by. Since I’m on a long term mission to find more multis (again with the aim of Challenge Cache qualification), I thought I would give it a go. The memorial looked lovely in the contre jour lighting this morning. I found the numbers quickly and the cache was also a swift locate once in the right place.

Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget

I had allowed myself the morning to “play”, and since there was still some time left, I did a few more drive bys and cache & dash in east Basildon as I worked my way home.

I was going to look for another of Cettis12’s new Church Micros but as I approached I saw a guy loitering around outside the church, trying to give out leaflets about Jesus to anyone who would take them. Having politely declined, I was told “God loves you” and I made a swift exit. Frustrating, as I could easily see the bison tube in its hiding place, but feared trying to retrieve it would attract too much attention from the zealot… So I decided to leave it for another day.

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Day #174 – Shoreham Saunter

Trad: 5 Challenge: 5 Multi: 1
Walked: 7.1 miles

With unfinished business around Shoreham I decided to return today to polish off some more Challenge caches in the area, and pick up and nearby trads etc.

Pretty View From The First Find Of The Day
Pretty View From The First Find Of The Day
Cunning Hide
Cunning Hide

My first targets were the five Streaker Challenges going up the hill just to the east of Shoreham. With a DNF at #1 and #2, the climb was looking more and more unproductive, but I finally struck lucky on the remainder – and earned a new D5/T3.5 square in the process.

Tribulation & Topography Multi Challenge
Tribulation & Topography Multi Challenge

Having made it to the top, I then took the path south along the ridge back towards some Tribulation & Topography Challenges (one more DNF, two more finds) and rounded the day off with a Church Micro in Otford, which will go towards the Church Micro AEIOU Challenge. Another fun day out, even though it was bitterly cold!