Bicycle Jumble (Christchurch) Woolston, South Island, New Zealand
By
Nosynel on 23-Feb-23. Waypoint GCA57N9
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Logs
#23199. Last of three caches found on an excursion to look for caches Troodles had already found (appropriately, I rode my bike here). Quick find. Right, time to head back home (more slowly then the outbound trip; had a sou' wester to contend with on the way home). TFTC.
Nice day for a bike ride to get a couple of caches, and took photos of the signs for some multis while I was out too. Now time to do some maths so I can go get them another day. Thanks for the puzzle and cache!
A pleasant little walk and a cunning hide. Seemed to be very places it could be, but it still took us some time. Duh!! Thank you N.
A fine sunny day to go for a walk to find another puzzle that we needed help to solve. TFTC
Another great puzzle of interesting info. We had fun with this puzzle as had some wrong turns in solve. Got there in the end. Saved this for a blank puzzle dot day. Today was it as we had no luck at another puzzle. Thankfully we had this one to pick up. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache Nosynel.
Quickly solved the puzzle once I had the correct website. Cache was a quick find once the man walking his dogs had moved away. One of the dogs had wheels to help him walk as he had a damaged back leg
Interesting puzzle and the exact site needs to be found to solve. I learnt a thing or 2 so thanks for the info. Nice quick find, misty today so no muggles around. TFTH
I'm usually very good at anagrams but struggled with a couple and ended up asking the CO what the website one was. Lots of reading and I found the second one which waz my main unsolved one. Maybe an extra 'a' in there? Got the coords anyway so all good. Cache was a quick find but I did a circuit so I could get the info for the multis here. Thanks, Nosynel
#9083
#9083
It is indeed there
I just don't know how I didn't find it the other day- I'm so sure I both looked AND felt there more than once.
Especially when I went back after the C.O's confirmation message to double check.
Oh well.
I'm fairly certain nobody would take it away then put it back, so it was obviously my mistake. Maybe pain makes me more stupid, lol.
Signed now.
Thanks to Nosynel for their patience
I just don't know how I didn't find it the other day- I'm so sure I both looked AND felt there more than once.
Especially when I went back after the C.O's confirmation message to double check.
Oh well.
I'm fairly certain nobody would take it away then put it back, so it was obviously my mistake. Maybe pain makes me more stupid, lol.
Signed now.
Thanks to Nosynel for their patience
Logging with C.O permission as it looks like the cache may be missing.
I had a thorough search on, behind, around, everywhere and have sent a pic of empty GZ.
I will go back and sign asap upon replacement.
This was an interesting puzzle. Very obvious once enough of the anagrams are solved and you find the correct website- once there the other anagrams are easy to work out the old fashioned way to get the remaining numbers.
Thanks Nosynel for the puzzle, I learned some things and got out for a nice gentle walk this morning despite being a bit unwell- this area is close to home for me.
I look forward to returning when I can sign the log
I had a thorough search on, behind, around, everywhere and have sent a pic of empty GZ.
I will go back and sign asap upon replacement.
This was an interesting puzzle. Very obvious once enough of the anagrams are solved and you find the correct website- once there the other anagrams are easy to work out the old fashioned way to get the remaining numbers.
Thanks Nosynel for the puzzle, I learned some things and got out for a nice gentle walk this morning despite being a bit unwell- this area is close to home for me.
I look forward to returning when I can sign the log
Solved in a similar manner to Troodles. Not the sort of website I was guessing at. The cache is damp but ok; TFTC
Out with 2Wombles to talk small, rif, poke shit at each other, and generally have a man date Geocaching. Copy and paste log to follow.
1 hour and 45 mins of walking and almost 5km covered for 8 caches. Started off in drizzly rain, then the sun broke free and heated up the area
Found using a Trackme NZ supplied Garmin Montana 750i GPS inReach, connected with Trackme Pro+ to the iridium network for tracking and 2 way communications, 100% coverage around the world .
Thank you for bringing me to this area, Nosynel, and for placing and maintaining Bicycle Jumble (Christchurch) geocache from Mr Cuddly Brick
Found on this awesome day 1 April 2023.
Cache number # 2570
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Tracking https://mytrack.co.nz/device/300434033661490.html
1 hour and 45 mins of walking and almost 5km covered for 8 caches. Started off in drizzly rain, then the sun broke free and heated up the area
Found using a Trackme NZ supplied Garmin Montana 750i GPS inReach, connected with Trackme Pro+ to the iridium network for tracking and 2 way communications, 100% coverage around the world .
Thank you for bringing me to this area, Nosynel, and for placing and maintaining Bicycle Jumble (Christchurch) geocache from Mr Cuddly Brick
Found on this awesome day 1 April 2023.
Cache number # 2570
#trackmeadventure #trackmenz #lostcrew
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Mr Cuddly Bricks Geocaching Adventures
Tracking https://mytrack.co.nz/device/300434033661490.html
Another evening walk to get my steps in. Also a dot day. Thanks for another interesting cache to work out
22:34
On a nightly bicycle ride.
Today was busy with, well, mostly working, but then some socializing afterwards, and it wasn't up until 10pm when I got home and was ready to head out for the daily mystery find.
However, this is also one of my favourite times of day to ride. Streets are so quiet, everything calm and serene. And the full moon tonight made up for where the the street lights were lacking.
Anyway, arrived at GZ, parked my bike, and realized I have parked it within centimeters of the cache. How convenient!
The task, on the other hand, was not so easy breezy.
The "hint" did not want to decode, although I sensed the overarching theme.
I went on to the other anagrams, and most decoded well, however not the K, M, and N ones. Not sure why the anagram solver didn't want to do M&N as it had the individual words in its dictionary but just wouldn't put them together when all the letters were put in. I figured out all in the end though, and once I did it, I also saw why the solver didn't like the K one - there are a couple of excess letters there.
Anyway, even with the things decoded, it still took a while of googling and trying to join some of the unscrambled words together in one search to find the mysterious website. I got there eventually. Once I had all the answers and the final coords, I managed to figure out the "hint" too, as the last thing.
Personally, I don't endorse mystery caches that are based on specific articles or websites, rather than the actual information and facts these articles contain. These tasks seem to always either grow in difficulty as time passes or just become close to impossible to solve properly as websites go down, fall into obscurity or articles get archived or changed.
But, it's always been part of the weird and wonderful thing we know as geocaching, so hey - it's a +1 in the end!
Kia ora! Paldies!
Thanks for the cache, Nosynel!
#9431
On a nightly bicycle ride.
Today was busy with, well, mostly working, but then some socializing afterwards, and it wasn't up until 10pm when I got home and was ready to head out for the daily mystery find.
However, this is also one of my favourite times of day to ride. Streets are so quiet, everything calm and serene. And the full moon tonight made up for where the the street lights were lacking.
Anyway, arrived at GZ, parked my bike, and realized I have parked it within centimeters of the cache. How convenient!
The task, on the other hand, was not so easy breezy.
The "hint" did not want to decode, although I sensed the overarching theme.
I went on to the other anagrams, and most decoded well, however not the K, M, and N ones. Not sure why the anagram solver didn't want to do M&N as it had the individual words in its dictionary but just wouldn't put them together when all the letters were put in. I figured out all in the end though, and once I did it, I also saw why the solver didn't like the K one - there are a couple of excess letters there.
Anyway, even with the things decoded, it still took a while of googling and trying to join some of the unscrambled words together in one search to find the mysterious website. I got there eventually. Once I had all the answers and the final coords, I managed to figure out the "hint" too, as the last thing.
Personally, I don't endorse mystery caches that are based on specific articles or websites, rather than the actual information and facts these articles contain. These tasks seem to always either grow in difficulty as time passes or just become close to impossible to solve properly as websites go down, fall into obscurity or articles get archived or changed.
But, it's always been part of the weird and wonderful thing we know as geocaching, so hey - it's a +1 in the end!
Kia ora! Paldies!
Thanks for the cache, Nosynel!
#9431
Didn't manage to solve the puzzle but was in the area sorting out the multis so tried a different approach. It wasn't too long before I had the cache in my hand! TFTC.
Came out thus evening to nake the find and sign. Needed help with the Hint website but after that all good...an interesting set of information/history. Thanks.
This was a bit of a struggle to solve initially. I quickly sorted two words but of course they didn't relate to the puzzle. I tried several online tools I thought might help but they couldn't do it. Then I decided maybe not English? Do you know how hard it is for find anagram solvers in any language other than English? Probably a setting in my browser, but in the end I was glad I couldn't fall further down *that* rabbit hole.
In conversation with another cacher I got help with the hint/help part of the page. Once there I soon managed to unscramble the rest, using pen and paper. How old school!
The find was easy, and "stickier" than the similar hide I found this morning.
TFTC Nosynel
Find number 4933
(Logs signed Rincewind3 or R3 if saving space. Occasionally signed BRN if caching as a team with *B*o&bronnie, *R*incewind3 and *N*otManlyJack)
In conversation with another cacher I got help with the hint/help part of the page. Once there I soon managed to unscramble the rest, using pen and paper. How old school!
The find was easy, and "stickier" than the similar hide I found this morning.
TFTC Nosynel
Find number 4933
(Logs signed Rincewind3 or R3 if saving space. Occasionally signed BRN if caching as a team with *B*o&bronnie, *R*incewind3 and *N*otManlyJack)
The updated source plus the theme are now enough to lead one to the correct website. From there with a little effort the coordinates were soon revealed. Today being a puzzle dot day we popped out for a quick find, and grabbed Harakeke (last Sunday's nemesis) at the same time. TFTC Nosynel!
I never did work out what the website was in the cache description, but managed to find the right one after deciphering a few of the anagrams. The puzzle was a bit harder than intended as three of the anagrams would not decipher (since fixed I see) but was able to nut it out and get some good looking co-ords (after fixing my mistake of subtracting not adding 
).
After a short walk, I was soon at GZ, and had to wait out a group of muggles before making the quick find. TFTC.
).After a short walk, I was soon at GZ, and had to wait out a group of muggles before making the quick find. TFTC.
