This was my sixth and final cache of the day and the third with sarahjones65 today. Well this was a bit of a momentous occasion for us - we had finally got to the end of the excellent Nostalgia Trip series by Muttoneer. The Nostalgia Series was where Geocaching all started for us with A Nice Cup Of Tea in the grounds of the former Astley Hospital, near our home in Tyldesley.
Earlier today we had redone the ZX81 cache which had needed to be replaced due to muggles having removed it. And then we had all the numbers we needed to work out where the final cache was - exciting stuff!
We parked near Lane Head and took the public footpath off the main road. The railway was very well hidden in a cutting and we couldn't see it until we were virtually on top of it. We could see a gate in the fence though and so we headed for that across the field.
After checking the GPS and looking around, we found TWO very large deep holes (one on each side of the fence) that could be a problem for children. Please be warned about this and be very careful around here - I can also confirm that you don't need to go down the steps or anywhere near the railway line.
Sarah found the cache fairly quickly after using the clue and we took a small hedgehog. We were going to leave a cuddly travel bug, but the box contents were a little damp and we didn't have a bag to seal it in - so we left nothing here, sorry. We learn somthing new at each cache - like to always bring some sealable plastic bags with us.
Earlier today we had redone the ZX81 cache which had needed to be replaced due to muggles having removed it. And then we had all the numbers we needed to work out where the final cache was - exciting stuff!
We parked near Lane Head and took the public footpath off the main road. The railway was very well hidden in a cutting and we couldn't see it until we were virtually on top of it. We could see a gate in the fence though and so we headed for that across the field.
After checking the GPS and looking around, we found TWO very large deep holes (one on each side of the fence) that could be a problem for children. Please be warned about this and be very careful around here - I can also confirm that you don't need to go down the steps or anywhere near the railway line.
Sarah found the cache fairly quickly after using the clue and we took a small hedgehog. We were going to leave a cuddly travel bug, but the box contents were a little damp and we didn't have a bag to seal it in - so we left nothing here, sorry. We learn somthing new at each cache - like to always bring some sealable plastic bags with us.
Thanks Mike for a very enjoyable series, you've put a lot of thought into them and we've really enjoyed completing our first cache 'series'. You've given us plenty of ideas for how to go about designing our own cache scenarios. We look forward to meeting you sometime at a NWCaching event and to doing more of your caches in the area. Cheers mate!
Check out this cache here: Nostalgia Trip: When All This Were Just Fields at Geocaching.com
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