This was to be our fifth and final cache of the morning before returning home to wake up the kids and eat bacon butties as we do on many Sunday mornings.
With the previous cache successfully found, we were hoping to go out on a high - how things don't always work out as you'd like.
The going was much the same as in the previous cache, with some farms and works along the canal banks. In one place some drainage pipes had slipped into the canal and there was a road bridge being stored in a rather unusal place. How did that get there and where is it from, we thought.
After getting to GZ and looking at the clue, we decided that we knew where it should be, but it wasn't there. We were soon joined by a barking sheepdog from a nearby farm as we investigated other possible places. There was no sign of Ron, the resident duck that gives the name to this cache, however.
The hawthorne is this area was particularly sharp and dangerous - it's very easy to get scratched on your face and even in the eye when you're busy looking for a something - much care is needed.
After fifteen minutes or so we were yet again convinced that the cache had gone and we'd need to add this one to the e-mail list. Boy has Lollybob got some work to do! We left disappointed and named this day Black Sunday as 3 is the highest number of DNF's we've ever recorded in a day.
Check out this cache here: Flipping Flapping - The Towpath Trail at www.geocaching.com
POSTSCRIPT:
This cache has now been archived by the owner and is no longer available.
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