The Lonely Church (Canterbury) Westerfield, South Island, New Zealand
By keewee & rattusbaggus on 19-Aug-07. Waypoint GC158G4

As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THIS CACHE IS NOW ARCHIVED ?? SEEMS A SHAME FOR THERE TO NOT BE A CACHE AT THIS LOCATION

Waiting on better weather to check. Hope to do so tomorrow.

Teach me to read previous logs although we were passing by and it seemed a shame not to have a wee look.
ernienz

Disabling whilst I investigate cache and whether it is still in place.

The Church is no longer lonely as is under repair and cach no-where to be found. A lovely old church. Thanks for bringing us here.

May be a lonely church, but it looks like it’s had work done on it recently, and with the parking area out the front, we were wondering if it still does have a little congregation attending. TFTC – Melvina the white jeep TB

Does look quite lonely & forlorn, even on a great sunny day. Great hide & luckily didn't take too long. A good day for cruising this part of the country.#928

This cache has confirmed in my son's mind that all churches have a cache somewhere around them. Nice hide. We pick up two TBs and left 2 TBs. TFTC.

Large number of trees to search around the church. Fortunately I managed to find it in the first place I looked
Cool old church. Managed to sidestep the deposits left by the organic lawnmower.
Many thanks

Wow, big container indeed. Managed to rip my shorts literally, and near fatally (for the shorts). I threw them out tonight when I got home Cheers Gav [3602]

Nicely hidden cache, thanks.

Dropped in to check cache. All is good. Grabbed "Blood Drop" TB.

Out checking caches with dad. Dropped in a couple of TB's.

found it -great cache too -lots of quality swaps. Left TB a bloody good drop

Yep it sure is TFTC

Found easily & enjoyed this cache.Someone arrived with a vaccum cleaner while we were there so perhaps the church was about to be used.TN/L shoelaces. TFTC

Always nice to find a larger cache. Just hope my footprints dissapear soon.

TFTC

Yup - easy find - without even reading the description.
This one reminded me the 'Elmo' cache. Always nice to find a nice big container. TNLN, Thanks.

An easy find, not many places to hise as you suggest. Certainly is a lonely wee spot. - purple dragon (Jacob loved it) + supercacher coin.

#1201 As described, an easy find. TNLN TFTC DS8300

Walked out from Ashburton. Easy find.

Nice easy find. Lovely little church in the middle of nowhere! TFTC, TNLN.

Yes, very lonely church.I wonder if it gets used at all?
No problem locating this one and nice to see a decent sized cache too.
TNLNSL TFTC

First cache on the way back to Dunedin.
TFTC

Stopped by on the way south to Dunedin

+ winnie the pooh
- Bear TB

Lots of goodies in this cache
- TB White Jeep

Found this after a bit of a serach.... co-ords were spot on, but the cache was quite a way back in it's hidey hole... dropped off Sunshine Bear TB TFTC

Maintenance check whilst out caching. All good. Dropped in a big white jeep TB.

Found with keewee whilst out caching. I did inventory on swaps while dad wrote in the logbook. TFTC dad.

found it!

Did this one with Moneydork.

Made this one unnecessarily hard but got there in due course.
TFTC.

A nice little church, quaint, and of course, alone. Cache site was immediately obvious - a good find nevertheless!
- "B" TB

Cheers,
Blarghster.

Nice spot and a great place for a cache.

Thanks Bitsprayer

A nice little church out the way a bit. Took a stroll around it, was a shame to see some of the stained glass windows had wee holes in them. Cache was found easily enough, was good to see it packed with goodies too. TNLN Cheers!

Yep, not too many places to look. A light wind sighed in the trees, and a solitary magpie warbled - a peaceful spot. No swaps, thanks and cheers from Grandalf(923)

Found on a day out caching in Ashburton. Took geocoins and left a pack of cards and B is for Bear TB. This is a new TB released today eager to find new caches.

Left a bookcrossing book about Sherlock Holmes,a rugby kiwi and a soft scupture magnet.I took the Sam TB.We then had lunch in the grounds.

1585. 8.15am and we are at another cache. The ground was frosty and the air still very cold but it is going to be a beautiful day later.


Thanks
Iris & Rodney

Dropped in to see the Crikey geocoin.

Last cache of the evening, found about 10:45pm. Not too many spots to hide it, so it didn't take long to get the obvious spots checked. A nice hide thanks.

Found by husband.
Left camera at home so will have to come by again to get a photo for our logbook.
Very well stocked cache.
Left Pohutukawa's Crikey Geocoin
Took Love This Cache Travel Bug Geocoin
This cache is only 11km from home but somehow we managed to pick up a cache 26km away on the way to this one. Talk about a detour!
Find 85

Called in here at lunch time today, just happened to be in the area placing another cache (whoops ) Nice country church, would be interesting to know if it did still get used for anything. TFTC TNLNSL

Just adding the "loved this cache" travel bug to the contents.

Beaten! Well done KC TFTC Left LED torch (in case others need help to find it in the dark - lol) Meant to grap sam TB, but with the rain and the dark, accidentally put ot back in the cache. Oh well. Hopefully the next finder will pick Sam up and move him along.

Thanks

My first first to find ever. Really exciting. Nice cache. Found it in the rain to make it a bit harder. GPS was off a bit, but size gave me clue. Thanks for the FTF prize. Could not see much because it was dark, but seems a long way from anywhere. A lonely church. TFTC. Took geo tag #2, left love this cache coin. Had to run to get here quickly.

Published

Dropping in Sam the TB and a keewee 2007 NZ GeoTag #2 geocoin.