TALBOL #01 : Bridge 24 Northwest England, United Kingdom
By P R E D A T O R S on 01-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4R179

Will they say stepping in doggie doo is lucky and I did just that in the short walk from the towpath to the cache.
Left Black Dog Travel Pirate TB
TN TFTC SL

A quick grab at our lunch stop. TFTC

We got up early this morning and came over here to do this series . Nice easy start

First of the series, a quick find.

SL. TFTC.

First of the day, tftc

8128 + 981 = 9109. Found during a wonderful wander around the countryside…

Spending a few days in Manchester for a wedding I had a day to myself to go caching. These series looked very interesting and being Letterbox Hybrids I couldn’t resist doing some of them. Parked as near as could in these narrow roads and started the big walk (25kms today for 35 caches !). A quick find at GZ. Loved walking along the canal – very scenic !

Thanks P R E D A T O R S !! A Favourite Point from Me !

TNLN – TFTC !!

Cheers from Australia….

Please forgive the generic logs for the series.

Getting ever nearer to our finishing place for today. A quick find before a goose jumped up out of the canal at us! TFTC

First one of the day. Straightforward find.
TFTC

This entry was edited by geogeriatrics on Saturday, 12 April 2014 at 10:28:38 UTC.

TFTC Nice quick find whilst doing Middlewood Circular series.

Another short flurry of caches after work. It is about time I finished another series so decided the TALBOL was the best one to try. Parked as suggested by took ages to lock onto a GPS signal. When I did I soon located it. Rather muddy on the path tonight. Many thanks.

A nice easy straightforward cache to fill another blank caching date in my calendar.

Drove down to the suggested parking after work and then only a couple of minutes stroll to GZ. Towpath deserted in both directions and no need for a gps as the cache was located in the most likely location. all signed and replaced as found. TFTC

A nice gentle start in the morning sun. TFTC

After a long week at work, it was great to be out again today to complete another section on this fantastic series This week, we decided to complete the TALBOL section and also mop up our 2 DNF's on TALKET and TALLAM. We were really lucky with the weather, only encountering a couple of brief hail showers, and ending the day on Kerridge Ridge in glorious sunshine. We had expected much worse conditions after all the rain yesterday Another fantastic walk that took us 6 and three quarter hours to complete the 22.5km with detours and 673 metres ascent on this section. Yet again some stunning views and nice straight forward finds to keep us moving at a steady space. We really do appreciate the effort that has gone into placing this excellent series We hope to complete our last section next weekend - not sure what we'll do once we've completed the series [:o] Thanks for another great day

Our day 7 stats:
Distance walked: 133km
Total ascent: 4,390 metres
Time taken: 42.5 hours
Caches found: 336

This entry was edited by 68topcat on Sunday, 23 March 2014 at 18:02:04 UTC.

Found on another great walk out today chasing aliens. No DNFs, tired legs, full log at the Bollington master cache. Big thanks for putting them out. Found with Grandad TFTC.

Found it. TFTC!

Please see main log at TALBOL #13 : BOLLINGTON SECTION.

Found at 11:47, #1 of 57 finds today.

TFTC.

Just time for 3 finds tonight after the Mrs came back from work and I had access to the car. Chose the correct spot at first attempt. TFTC.

Alien Quest No.7! Finished TALFUR this morning & aiming to walk about half of this today - depends how tired my knees become!
Still keeping up with all the stamps... albeit with a 'sub' at the Lamaload Section Box!
Excellent parking spot... but it will be a long walk back if, as I expect, I call it a day up on Blaze Hill!

I was back in the area again today to tackle another one of the "Alien Landing" series but this time around Bollington. Although the weather started off lovely and sunny (if ever so slightly windy) by the time I got to Kerridge Ridge the cloud had dropped and I could barely see the other side of the valley I had intended to do the first half of the series before caching my way back to Bollington but I was enjoying myself so much that I decided to attempt the lot and walked about 12.5 miles altogether I missed out a few caches along the canal, as there were too many people about to look properly but once I was out in the hills, I didn't see another soul! There were a great variety of caches and hiding places, the views (when it wasn't misty) were wonderful and I found the walking guide very useful. The cache itself was a straightforward find at GZ.

TFTC!

# of finds : 1707

Back out today to complete another in the TAL series. Todays choice was TALBOL so I could combine it with some maintenance on my Middlewood series. The weather was great all day and the views looking over Cheshire were outstanding. Like with the other TAL series I have done, all the caches were not too difficult to find thanks to the good co-ordinates and meaningful hints. Thanks for the caches and the series.

A quick find once we had sorted out which was the more promising side of the bridge. TFTC