I found this one very confusing as I hadn't read the hint properly - I spent ages walking round the sqaure looking at the blue plaques, which although quite impressive was not a pleasant experience due to the miserable weather. This must have been an awesome place in the past, but today I just wanted to find the cache and get dry! I got so wet that I had to return to the St. Giles Hotel (which fortunately was just round the corner) for a shower and change of clothes. Whilst there I re-read the description and hint and realised I hadn't been looking in the right place.With renewed vigour I set off out again determined on success, and within a few minutes I had found the answer to the first question - the second took slightly longer and I do hope I've got it right! A very interesting place (on a dry day).
This type of cache is called a virtual cache which means it's just an interesting location with no container to find - these caches have now been banished from http://www.geocaching.com/ which is a real shame because I think that they have a place. I am getting worried that we geocachers are littering the world with small plastic containers and that's going against the ethos of this sport. Virtual caches are available on a splinter website (http://www.waymarking.com/) as 'waymarks', but I'd rather they were part of the main geocaching website.
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Poetry Please - St Giles-in-the-Fields - GC1D3FT
With some time on my own whilst on a family trip to London over half term, I decided to do some caching - unfortunately the day turned out to be very wet and miserable and so I didn't get as much done as I would have liked. I got soaked whilst doing my first cache of the day, and so I returned to the St. Giles Hotel for a shower and change of clothes.
Feeling a lot better and with the weather improving slightly, I did a little sight-seeing on the way to this nearby cache. London is just one of those amazing places where everywhere you look is somewhere famous. The street names in particular trigger so many memories on things read in literature, heard on the news or seen in films and on TV. It's like walking through a complete history of England through the ages, even though it's only one small part of it. I found the church quickly and was lucky there were only pigeons to watch me search for the cache and sign the log. Then off for some more sight-seeing and another cache. Ahh - the big city!
Monday, 15 February 2010
The Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) - GCE387
I was out in London with CathyMay whilst sarahjones65 and RiggyRob went to some physics lectures at the university. We'd been on the London Eye and had done a couple of caches round there and had now returned to Westminster Abbey to be shocked that they were charging us to go in - so we didn't!Instead we carried on round the building to one of the few remaining parts of the original Parliament - the Jewel Tower.
The history was fascinating and we quickly found the answers to the clues after reading the information boards. Thanks for bringing us to this very interesting spot - we've never been before and would probably not have come without this cache being here.
This type of cache is called a virtual cache which means it's just an interesting location with no container to find - these caches have now been banished from http://www.geocaching.com/ which is a real shame because I think that they have a place. I am getting worried that we geocachers are littering the world with small plastic containers and that's going against the ethos of this sport. Virtual caches are available on a splinter website (http://www.waypinting.com/) as 'waypoints', but I'd rather they were part of the main geocaching website.
The history was fascinating and we quickly found the answers to the clues after reading the information boards. Thanks for bringing us to this very interesting spot - we've never been before and would probably not have come without this cache being here.
This type of cache is called a virtual cache which means it's just an interesting location with no container to find - these caches have now been banished from http://www.geocaching.com/ which is a real shame because I think that they have a place. I am getting worried that we geocachers are littering the world with small plastic containers and that's going against the ethos of this sport. Virtual caches are available on a splinter website (http://www.waypinting.com/) as 'waypoints', but I'd rather they were part of the main geocaching website.
Flonopoloy Cache 14 - Whitehall - GC1KJA4
We found this one after doing the South Bank Lion just across Westminster Bridge. It's an easy find but the area has a high muggle count. Although I did my best to look nonchalent, I'm pretty sure I was seen replacing the cache, so I apologise now if it disappears.
Logged from my PDA phone back at the hotel.
Logged from my PDA phone back at the hotel.
The South Bank Lion - GC1BEM6
We found this cache whilst down in London for a few days with the family. Sarahjones65 and RiggyRob had gone off to a physics lecture by the IOP with Grandad Bob and Callum. This left CathyMay and myself to take a 'flight' on the London Eye and on the way back I couldn't resist looking for this one.We found it quite easily after carefully reading the clue and the description.Logged from my old PDA phone back in the hotel.
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