Obfuscate Belfast, Ulster, Ireland
By
Frezeluberz on 30-Apr-10. Waypoint GC24W4R
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Logs
Beautiful afternoon yesterday and this cache has beckoned for some time. Took the dog for the walk and found GZ easily enough. But not the cache - WR a previous finder had a look but no joy.
Having started returned today as WR had remarked that the area looked undisturbed since he last checked the cache for FBZ. Cache turned up in the wrong place and hidden in leaves so it seems have slipped. Signed and returned to correct location - Nice one for a BBTC. Fav added. TFTC
Having started returned today as WR had remarked that the area looked undisturbed since he last checked the cache for FBZ. Cache turned up in the wrong place and hidden in leaves so it seems have slipped. Signed and returned to correct location - Nice one for a BBTC. Fav added. TFTC
Everything clicked into place a few months ago after a year of trying to solve and the path became clear how to solve. Mum of the crew jumped for joy when everything fitted into place and a set of cords was found.
The CO was contacted straight away to check them and also for them to know that she was dancing around the room that finally this one is no more
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Mum of the crew having now finished her part in retrieving the cache the baton was now handed over to the rest of the crew to find it.
Our first attempt about a month ago was as other's before us have stated a jungle - thistles and weeds as high as your head and a lot of beating down of these said thistles and weeds to make a path to are goal. All was going well until 65 feet of goal and Odie refused to go any further. All that was left for us to do was to retreat back to the car.
Second attempt Odie was left at home and prepared with a heavy duty walking stick the journey started. This time success GZ was found, now all we had to do was find the cache and sign the log ................. sorry that's as far as we go you will just have to solve the puzzle to find out what else you have to do find the cache.
Great cache and a fav. point given. Took TB.
The CO was contacted straight away to check them and also for them to know that she was dancing around the room that finally this one is no more
.Mum of the crew having now finished her part in retrieving the cache the baton was now handed over to the rest of the crew to find it.
Our first attempt about a month ago was as other's before us have stated a jungle - thistles and weeds as high as your head and a lot of beating down of these said thistles and weeds to make a path to are goal. All was going well until 65 feet of goal and Odie refused to go any further. All that was left for us to do was to retreat back to the car.
Second attempt Odie was left at home and prepared with a heavy duty walking stick the journey started. This time success GZ was found, now all we had to do was find the cache and sign the log ................. sorry that's as far as we go you will just have to solve the puzzle to find out what else you have to do find the cache
.Great cache and a fav. point given. Took TB.
What a struggle that was - first of all to solve the puzzle and then to actually find the cache! Thanks to HelpmaBoab! for finally retrieving it. Took a whistle. Dropped off Dutch wood geocoin and a squirrel RSPB badge. I'm awarding a favourite point, even though there were times during the past twelve months when I wanted to make a wax effigy of the CO and stick pins in it. TFTC!
lol @ ben madigan's log below - i have nothing to add - and nothing to say to frezeluberz ever again...
do you think geocaching.com would consider issuing the opposite of a favourite point for particularly dastardly caches? this one is right up there
er...TFTC!
do you think geocaching.com would consider issuing the opposite of a favourite point for particularly dastardly caches? this one is right up there
er...TFTC!
A quick cache and dash,....
Well that's not quite true. By quick I mean 3 years and by dash I mean an equatorial expedition.
The quick bit was finding the decoys and I think I got the ftfs on them but there was no log to sign even though the CO had kindly left cache containers to be found in the decoy positions. Once the clue appeared I did get the general gist of what the cache was about but I was just unable to make anything translate into a usable set of coordinates. The cache sat and thumbed it's nose at me every time I looked at my list of local caches until perchance my 20-20 hearing (?) happened to catch a snippet of conversation at a Milkshake event. This was the missing piece in the puzzle and soon everything clicked into place.
Unfortunately, the oft travelled path to the cache site has seen little traffic of late and having not yet added a machete to my cache kit the going was tough. Arriving at the coordinates, I found a likely location but after some searching the monsson season began and I was forced to retreat back to civilization before my mission was completed.
A few days later I happened upon the CO at a local watering hole and he was able to confirm that I was on the right track and I decided another expedition was worth contemplation knowing that the path would now be even more overgrown than my last visit and therefore frought with danger at every turn.
And so this evening, tingling no so much with anticipation as with nettle stings, I sat cache container in hand and with trembling hand entered my name in the log along with those intrepid explorers who have gone before.
As I walk back home,the closing dialogue of the 39 steps come to mind with Mr Memory lying on the floor of the stage of the Palladium
"Am I right, sir?"
"Quite right, old chap."
"Thank you, sir."
"Thank you."
"I'm glad it's off my mind,......at last."
Well that's not quite true. By quick I mean 3 years and by dash I mean an equatorial expedition.
The quick bit was finding the decoys and I think I got the ftfs on them but there was no log to sign even though the CO had kindly left cache containers to be found in the decoy positions. Once the clue appeared I did get the general gist of what the cache was about but I was just unable to make anything translate into a usable set of coordinates. The cache sat and thumbed it's nose at me every time I looked at my list of local caches until perchance my 20-20 hearing (?) happened to catch a snippet of conversation at a Milkshake event. This was the missing piece in the puzzle and soon everything clicked into place.
Unfortunately, the oft travelled path to the cache site has seen little traffic of late and having not yet added a machete to my cache kit the going was tough. Arriving at the coordinates, I found a likely location but after some searching the monsson season began and I was forced to retreat back to civilization before my mission was completed.
A few days later I happened upon the CO at a local watering hole and he was able to confirm that I was on the right track and I decided another expedition was worth contemplation knowing that the path would now be even more overgrown than my last visit and therefore frought with danger at every turn.
And so this evening, tingling no so much with anticipation as with nettle stings, I sat cache container in hand and with trembling hand entered my name in the log along with those intrepid explorers who have gone before.
As I walk back home,the closing dialogue of the 39 steps come to mind with Mr Memory lying on the floor of the stage of the Palladium
"Am I right, sir?"
"Quite right, old chap."
"Thank you, sir."
"Thank you."
"I'm glad it's off my mind,......at last."
