Having acquired yet more work (three jobs now!) plus two more OU courses (I've finished the first one), driving lessons, and with the recent death of my Father - geocaching sadly had to take a back seat for a while. However, having persuaded some work friends to come out tomorrow lunchtime for a third bash at trying to find a cache close to our office - I updated GCzII on my phone (HTC Touch Diamond/XDA Ignito) and have since been hitting "Find nearby geocaches" whenever I can get a sat-lock.
Today I headed over to Newhaven to present the first of five classes in 'How to get the best out of your digital camera'. Getting there in time is a bit of a close-run thing, however I have a good hour or so spare (at whichever end of the trip I choose) to get back in time to teach my Web Design level 2 evening class. Standing on platform 1 of Newhaven Town station waiting for my train back to Eastbourne, I hit "Find" yet again... and it found one within 200 feet of my position! Despite being lumbered with a bicycle and a busy road in between myself and what surely had to be the cache site, and just 10 minutes before the next train was due - I just had to make an attempt.
I got there, my GPSes agreed that I was virtually on top of it, and the 'hint' was VERY helpful :-) I found it, signed it, carefully replaced it and hurried back to platform 1 just in time to catch the train.
Smashing idea for a series of caches and lovely little hide in a pretty busy area. It was one of those caches where you're in the area, read the title, description and hint, and it all 'clicks' for you. It's a great feeling! Thanks for the hide "LostInTheWoods!" and I hope that we find #9 (GC1F6N7) in the same series tomorrow!
(Apologies for lack of photos - it was very dark already and I only had my camera phone with me!)
Thursday, 12 November 2009
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