This was the first 'proper' find of the day whilst out with sarahjones65 on Holy Island, Anglesey. Our previous find was the first stage in the multi-part Holyhead Breakwater cache, but we decided to stay in this area rather than complete it as the next stage was some way from here. We'd also been unsuccessful at the highly dangerous North Stack cache - I'd chickened out because I'm not so svelte any more and Sarah couldn't find it in spite of getting pretty close to GZ - that one must surely be a difficulty of 10, especially in bad weather.
Anyway, back to Holyhead Mountain. We approached from North Stack up what seemed an obvious path only to find (as several others had too) that this was just a small pre-hill on the way to the summit. Undaunted, we descended a short way before making the final approach to the top. It was nothing like as bad as I had feared and we just kept going, in between several pauses for scenery (hmm breath!).
Once at the trig point on the top, the view was fantastic on this lovely sunny October day. It became really obvious how flat Anglesey is for the most part, with just few small bumps such as Parys Mountain and Signal Summit. After taking in the view and a few piccies, we set about decoding the clue which is vital to finding this cache - indeed, it can't be done without it. The coordinates took us back down the hill and off the path into a heather clad rock field. Once at ground zero there were so many possibilities but we couldn't see the gorse bush mentioned in the description. After about 10 minutes of looking, Sarah paused for a break and in what was nothing but unbelievable luck, she sat down right next to the cache - the next rock she turned over revealed it!
After signing the log, we left a 2006 TB Race Teddy (Alma) and headed off down the mountain for the next cache. We were aiming to do Celtic Rolo and the Holyhead Hill earthcache on the way down. It didn't turn out that way though as our previous efforts had left us tired and hungry and we hadn't brought any food with us. So instead, I made a bee-line down the hill towards the Breakwater Country Park car park and Sarah followed wearily behind. Then off to the cafe in search of sustinance.
This was the first 'proper' find of the day whilst out with sarahjones65 on Holy Island, Anglesey. Our previous find was the first stage in the multi-part Holyhead Breakwater cache, but we decided to stay in this area rather than complete it as the next stage was some way from here. We'd also been unsuccessful at the highly dangerous North Stack cache - I'd chickened out because I'm not so svelte any more and Sarah couldn't find it in spite of getting pretty close to GZ - that one must surely be a difficulty of 10, especially in bad weather.
Anyway, back to Holyhead Mountain. We approached from North Stack up what seemed an obvious path only to find (as several others had too) that this was just a small pre-hill on the way to the summit. Undaunted, we descended a short way before making the final approach to the top. It was nothing like as bad as I had feared and we just kept going, in between several pauses for scenery (hmm breath!).
Once at the trig point on the top, the view was fantastic on this lovely sunny October day. It became really obvious how flat Anglesey is for the most part, with just few small bumps such as Parys Mountain and Signal Summit. After taking in the view and a few piccies, we set about decoding the clue which is vital to finding this cache - indeed, it can't be done without it. The coordinates took us back down the hill and off the path into a heather clad rock field. Once at ground zero there were so many possibilities but we couldn't see the gorse bush mentioned in the description. After about 10 minutes of looking, Sarah paused for a break and in what was nothing but unbelievable luck, she sat down right next to the cache - the next rock she turned over revealed it!
After signing the log, we left a 2006 TB Race Teddy (Alma) and headed off down the mountain for the next cache. We were aiming to do Celtic Rolo and the Holyhead Hill earthcache on the way down. It didn't turn out that way though as our previous efforts had left us tired and hungry and we hadn't brought any food with us. So instead, I made a bee-line down the hill towards the Breakwater Country Park car park and Sarah followed wearily behind. Then off to the cafe in search of sustinance.
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