TALBOL #21 : Scratchy Stone Northwest England, United Kingdom
By
P R E D A T O R S on 01-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4R1JH
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Logs
Parked at TALBOL #16 for a short walk tonight to do #17-#21. This proved easier than I first feared. Great views from here despite the weather closing in. Last of the evening and the last of the TALBOL series - so that's 2 down and 5 to go. Back to the car now. Have a FP. TFTC.
Thought it might be difficult but hint and spot on co-ords made it easy.
TFTC TNLN SL
TFTC TNLN SL
Top day .out found them all big log on 13 . Thanx
Walked past a pig to get to this one .He seemed happy enough ,I do like a happy pig
Walked past a pig to get to this one .He seemed happy enough ,I do like a happy pig
Had identified the TAL caches around Pott Shrigley as a decent length walk, so parked up at TALBOL #16 and headed on over to the start point.
Diverted off the track and up to the cache location. As I waved the box in the air to show Jessica who stayed on the track, the horse on the other side of the bush wandered round to see what was going on, which was a bit of a surprise!
TFTC TNLN SL
Diverted off the track and up to the cache location. As I waved the box in the air to show Jessica who stayed on the track, the horse on the other side of the bush wandered round to see what was going on, which was a bit of a surprise!
TFTC TNLN SL
8149 + 981 = 9130. 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.
Thanks again 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.
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.
Thanks again 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.
Yes it was very prickly in this area but nicely hidden out of sight to write the log in comfort.
First gorse of the section [:o] John was supposed to find this one, but he didn't so I did [:o] 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 18:17:34 UTC.
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 18:17:34 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.
Please see main log at TALBOL #13 : BOLLINGTON SECTION.
Found at 13:59, #22 of 57 finds today.
TFTC.
Found at 13:59, #22 of 57 finds today.
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!
... though not quite as 'Scratchy' as I feared on my approach!
Still keeping up with all the stamps... albeit with a 'sub' at the Lamaload Section Box!
... though not quite as 'Scratchy' as I feared on my approach!
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 horses in the field were lovely and the cache itself was a straightforward find at GZ although I dreading the gorse. I could hear the noisy dogs from here never mind the next cache lol.
TFTC!
# of finds : 1727
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 horses in the field were lovely and the cache itself was a straightforward find at GZ although I dreading the gorse. I could hear the noisy dogs from here never mind the next cache lol.
TFTC!
# of finds : 1727
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
Rather well hidden and a challenging environment in which to be searching. Finally managed to locate the spot and exercise sufficient care to extract it unscathed. TFTC
