Geocaching
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Date: 22 July 2008 21:21:20
It really does rock so much!! I did an extreme one today. 4 and half out of 5 for both difficulty and terrain!
I did two easy ones to start with. One of them was at the point which is evidently the highest in the Forest of Dean.
I rarely take a map with me when Geocaching so am never really sure where I am. In theory I try to remember to take the bearing with my GPS of where the car is so I can find it again after I've found the cache, but I frequently forget. I have a good visual memory so can usually find my way back if I go the same way but today I resorted to the old fashioned method...
Having done the two easy caches, I headed for the difficult one. Only, I went to the wrong starting place!! I went to the opposite side of the Wye to the one I was meant to be on. However, I kept walking in the hope that it was right.
When my GPS was pointing this way, I was having my doubts...
Mind you, the view was nice...
Having walked all the way down from the car park at the top (the most direct route through the undergrowth / trees / brambles) and back up to the car again, I got back in the car and drove over to the right side of the river. After much faffing trying to find the right road (my GPS just tells me the co-ordinates rather than how to get to them) I eventually found the parking spot and headed off to the difficult one.
As ever, I went the most difficult route and round in circles a bit before I made it to the entrance to a cave! The cache was hidden in the cave, and I'd come armed with torch, boots etc.
Entrance to the cave...
Looking in from the middle...
And looking back out...
The lowest bit...
Love it! :D