St. Paul's, Canterbury Canterbury, Victoria, Australia
By QueenK8 on 13-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4T1HY

Visited this geocache today. Replaced log. The church is only open during limited hours. I will update the attributes, and also see what I can do to make the clues available

Another DNF I'm afraid

TFTC.....out for a walk with frilk whilst one of the kids had an activity, found the cache and then realised we didn't have a pen with us, a rookie cacher mistake if ever these was one! Decided to walk back to the car, with a detour via a local wine bar.....a glass of wine for me, a beer for frilk and then back to the car. Jumped in the car, found a pen and quick drive back to the GZ - cache found again, log signed, job done!

No luck today

Such a quaint attractive church with tranquil garden. The open hours have been cut since COVID, but we were fortunate enough to gain entry and get a personalised tour with lovely Val, who was so helpful in providing us with required and extra info!
The hide blended in perfectly with its setting. This was a really enjoyable cache to do, it even gave us reprieve from the bitter cold and drizzle! TFTC Queenk8

Thanks QueenK8 and the local parish for placing and maintaining.

Took a couple of visits and a tidy-up on calculations. But eventually the cache was in hand.

Tftc

This magnificent church was closed today and looking at previous logs it is closed the majority of the time.
On the side entrance there is a notice saying that the church is open for private prayer Tuesdays-Thursdays 9am till 1 pm.
However out the front on a banner it stipulates Daily prayer 12.30 Monday-Thursday.

We figured we would never be able to be here at those times or Mass times 10 am Sundays so we looked at the hint and deduced where we may have needed to be and feel chuffed that we found it.

Such a shame we were unable to go inside as we would have loved to have seen it.

We did have a chuckle though, on reading the above mentioned banner at the words “*Live -Streaming services* you tube”!
Seems God has many ways to communicate!
We did after all, ask him/her for guidance out of the Bible!

TFTC and the experience albeit an external visit only.

A wonderful cache, and a wonderfully beautiful chapel!
Didn’t bring a writing implement so took a photo of the log

We didn’t find St. Paul's, Canterbury today after visiting my sister around the corner.

We had collected the answers some time ago and weren’t able to make the find then as it suddenly became muggle central. For whatever reason, we just haven’t returned to make the find.

I came past today and unfortunately the structure outside was locked and I was unable to access GZ. I did find a good spot outside the structure but unfortunately no cache was there



Thank you QueenK8 for placing this cache so we could come and enjoy and hopefully will return and make the find soon

Walking by at 5:45pm on a beautiful Autumn evening I thought I’d try my luck but it was not to be.

Saw a small meeting diligently working away in the neighbouring parish centre but the main building was shut up tight.

Judging by the sign, services might still be only running online. Maybe the CO could organise a streamed tour of key parts of the interior...

TFTC - looking forward to seeing inside one day!

Although we are out of lockdowns the church is still closed

While being here for business I could find this one.

Thanks for the Owner for placing and maintaining this cache.

Ash

Unfortunately, the church is closed until further notice.

A very enjoyable find, wandering around the innards and outards of this charming little church.
Hadn’t been found for quite a while so I thought it could do with some caching love.
TFTC

Nice respite and nice that it’s open and welcoming. A beautiful church with a very peaceful feel to it. Looked and admired the stained glass and collected the information - then it was a short wander to GZ. TFTC

Such a beautiful little church. I initially thought that you could no longer reach this cache because of the new "structure" but it is open. All's good. tftc

Out for another day of quality caching in the delightful company of echidna44 A beautiful church with a very peaceful feel to it as we collected the information Glad to be out of the weather which had given us a bit of a drenching earlier. TFTC

Out with au.fait on a cold day in winter, we entered the Church and looked at all the beautiful stained glass windows. After gathering the information, we went outside to calculate. Soon after we were signing the log. Thanks QueenK8

13 June 2019:
Streak Day #105/366
(1 March 2019 - 29 February 2020). Came here to take the photos of information. The church was opened for mass, I was a bit nervous accessing their property. Glad that they are aware of this. Thanks for the fun.

Whenever I am in Europe, wandering around churches is a perfectly normal thing to do, but something I would never do when at home in Melbourne! However, I really enjoyed wandering around this church. On a Saturday morning I had the church to myself and enjoyed inspecting all the stained glass windows. Cache was quickly located thanks to the hint ( which I googled before heading out). +1fp. TFTC!

Found it with kangas11 BeckNmonts and Papi4506
Interested to work out with Multi.
Fav from me
Thanks for the cache

We entered the church and spent some time working out the information. Once it was gathered, a quick find was made. Thanks so much for placing this cache QueenK8

Nice church to visit and looked around inside. Puzzle solved. Found it. Thanks QueenK8 for placing the cache.

5:20 pm #7039
What a lovely old church. I got here early in case the doors closed, but turned out I had plenty of time. I took my time to take photos, and gather all the required information. I sat outside on a park bench to calculate the gz. It wasn’t long before the caretaker showed up to turn on the sprinklers. Had a bit of a chat with him and he mentioned that there may be changes coming to the grounds. GZ might need to move in the coming months.
Cheers QueenK8

Lovely place to be in, thanks for highlighting so many things here,I even got a guided tour

I turned up at 10am in a Saturday morning and the church was locked. I was not to be denied, so set about hunting around, and eventually located the cache. I love looking in churches so I may return for a peek inside.

We are Swiss geocachers staying for a couple of weeks here in Canterbury. Of course we had to take a look at this church and solve this little puzzle. We managed to do it well and found the cache easily. Nice church and nice cache! Thanks a lot and greetings to the owner!

Gz had a makeshift fence around it

On a very windy day geobub and I headed out to St. Paul's for this interesting sounding cache. With the cold and bitter wind and geobub having just had his first round of vaccinations we were looking forward to getting inside and looking at the stained glass. Yet despite the sign outside saying that the church was open the doors were shut and wouldn't open. I had been joking with geobub (in as much as one can joke with a newborn) that we would see if he burnt up upon entry, but alas we will not be finding out today. Perhaps the vicar decided to keep it shut because of the wind, or perhaps the wind blew the doors shut.

I was able to gather a few pieces of the clues from outside, but not enough for the final GZ. Looking at the hint I had an idea about what the hide may be, so we wandered around a little with the geosenses on high alert and YES! we made the find. After quickly signing the log we returned to the relative warmth and shelter of the car and made our getaway. We'll have to come back another day to see the interior of the church. Many thanks QueenK8.

Find number 6557 at 2:29:19 pm
Out and about today chasing up a few things and needed to grab 7 caches along the way.
What an amazing place, a favorite from me.
Couldn't make head nor tail out of the clue but once I spotted the hide it all made perfect sense...
**Thanks for placing this cache QueenK8**

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A second church-based puzzle in a matter of an hour or so! And a second QueenK8 cache too! This church was utterly silent around midday on Invasion Day and so was somewhat less nerve-wracking than St Faith's. Jimbo_80 provided a second pair of eyes here, so data collection was more efficient too. All the stuff we needed to find was located without tooooo much trouble, despite low light conditions, and we repaired to the grounds for a spot of arithmetic.

It turned out that we had already put ourselves a fairly short distance from the cache, and jimbo surprised me--not for the first time today--with the rapidity with which he spied the treasure. Great hint by the way! Thanks again QueenK8!

This was unfinished business for me - I previously set off the alarm so I could get closer to one of the stain glass murals (that part wasn't roped off)!
Luckily I didn't burst into flames upon entering the church today, and BendSinister and I methodically and quietly gathered all the clues.
Outside we did the maths, and although a bit discouraged by the DNF earlier this morning, made our way to GZ where I spotted the cache straight away!
Thank you for the well-thought-out cache

No luck today Looking at recent logs think I had the right spot

We enjoyed the church, it was very nice and quiet, also protected us from rainy weather (the best weather for geocaching though). It was easy to navigate around the church, finding the container was more difficult. It got buried deep because of gardening works, as we were told by one of the church members passing by. We dug it out and placed it on the surface. However, we were advised that more gardening works are planned and the cache is in danger of beijg buried again.

A beautiful church. Quick find, TFTC

Matthew 7:7

Found it I am chasing puzzles for mystery month and a visit here was on my list. A lovely church, nice easy to follow puzzle. I did spend a bit longer than I thought I would need looking for the cache, but yes! There it is. thanks for the cache QueenK8.

A quick and easy multi while we were in the area today. I am not a religious person, but I can't help but admire the design and architecture involved in old church buildings. Beautiful. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Solved this a long time back but cache was missing. After just doing St Faiths I decided to come here. Like the sparkly container! Thanks to for placing this cache.

Tftc nice quick find.

Be careful doing this cache. I tried to get closer to the children's chapel windows and set off an ear piercing alarm. I waited for someone to come so I could apologise but no one did, so I got the hell out of there... (the description does mention the alarm but this part wasn't roped off, but I feel a fool...)

Got to hear the organ

omegaman1971
Have wanted to do this cache from my Geo friend for a long time now. It seemed so strange going into this beautiful building.
But knowing that permission had been given made it some what easier. Loved the puzzle, such amazing artwork.
Great puzzle! Cheers for the cache.

I had this one on my to do list for a while now and today while caching in the area with Omegaman it seemed a perfect time to have a shot and enjoy a little relief from the sun. We soon had the required numbers in hand and not long after that the neat little hide. Thanks QueenK8 for the cache and showing us this great little church and also my caching bud that the he wouldn't burst into flames when he stepped inside. Worth a fave for the concept of the hide.

Really good cache with a clever hiding spot. Beautiful church.

Back to look for the cache after it's been replaced and it was an easy find this time. Thanks for getting it up and going again.

I replaced this a few weeks ago and forgot to re-enable it!

I called in today on the off-chance that I could turn up the cache. I did and it is nicely clear of the new garden. Thanks QueenKB.

I have a feeling that the cache has vanished. I'll replace it this week.
You can still look for the clues! But you'll need to come back for the cache...

What a lovely puzzle cache. Really enjoyed my self guided tour of the church and learning the history. Sadly I couldn't find the cache ((( Resorted to the hint which made sense for where I was looking but no luck. GPS was jumping around a bit so maybe a " higher power" didn't want me to find it. Hope it's still there. Thanks for bringing me here.......maybe I'll be back.

I tried this cache a good 12 months ago with no luck I finally got back today to give it another shot.
I found myself at the same area and BINGO!!!.

Thank you for showing me this beautiful church, being so close to ANZAC day I said a little prayer for the digger on the last WP,

Thanks QueenK8 [:x]

Hunting a few caches today and this one was first. Parked next to the church and happily saw it was open - and deserted so I could have a good look around for the clues and appreciate the serene surroundings. Gathered the clues and worked out GZ. It took a bit of a hunt before I had my hands on the cache. Thanks to QueenK8 for this one, a brilliant concept.

Second time looking for this cache and disappointed to find it out in the open. Found with danr1289, tftc!

Found with georocks101, tftc!

I was in the area and checked on this cache today. It is neither buried nor out in the open, but exactly where it should be

I had solved the clues a long time ago but a large pile of mulch had prevented me from completing this cache. Today, in the 38 degree heat, I had been to work to pick up my bike and on the way home I thought I'd have a look. A very quick find. After signing the log I ran into a pseudo-muggle who asked me if I had found the geo-thing. A great church with great history and very interesting. TFTC.

Suscoe's 18th find of the day, a very sunny day with a warm breeze.
We were out and about in the eastern suburbs today.
We changed the order of our visits today to ensure that we didn't arrive during the service.
So we pulled into a car park mid afternoon and really enjoyed our "self guided tour" of the wonderful church.
We were amazed at the windows and the displays.
This church had a lovely atmosphere about it.
So after doing the collecting of the information we retured to the outdoors and set about getting co-ordinates and finding GZ.
Our search took a little while, mostly because our GPS wouldn't settle, (that's Mr. S's story anyway)
But finally the cache was spotted in good condition exactly where it was supposed to be!!!

Thanks to QueenK8 for creating this cache, we really enjoyed the task and the find.
Please pass on our thanks to the Church folks too for allowing us to see this wonderful building. A favourite point from us.
Sorry we didn't get to say hello.

We had been here on an earlier trip to Melbourne and enjoyed finding the information in the church, but it was hard to search for the cache with all the mulch and muggles nearby. Today, however the mulch and muggles were absent and the cache was soon in hand. TFTC

The experience we had here today is what Geocaching is all about to us.

It is late Boxing Day afternoon and we are down in Melbourne from Beaufort to do the various rounds with the relatives. And take a break caching in between of course!

Had this on the "must do" list, as Chook went to school in this area and we love this type of cache. Luckily for us the doors were still open. Nobody was around, so we quietly went inside and bit by bit, we took ourselves around the church, taking in the history and the architecture as we gathered the clues. Spent quite a bit of time just soaking up the atmosphere. Despite this careful time inside, we still managed to get one of the clues wrong, which took us to about 20 metres away from GZ. As we were hanging around the street looking wistfully over the fence, Bert appeared. He tentatively questioned us as to what we had "lost" and we told him of course. Once the "secret handshake" had been given, he was utterly keen to not let us leave without finding the cache, so he helped in the search. Even though he didn't know where it was, he guided us to the general area he thought it would be, and we were able to proceed from there. Once the clever cache was found, and we realised we had made an error in the co-ordinates, Bert didn't rest there. He wanted to take us back inside so we could work out where we had gone wrong, which we did of course. But it wasn't about the cache or the co-ordinates by this stage. It was all about thoroughly enjoying Bert's wonderful spirit and company (we think he is an angel, in the true sense). We chatted for ages. The church was locked up well after its advertised hours by the time we had ended our time here. The whole experience was certainly worth a lot more than the favourite point we are giving. Here's to Bert! What a shame we missed out on meeting you too QueenK8. Thank you for bringing us here.

Yes, it had been buried in the mulch. Thank you for drawing my attention to the fact. Cache is now happily sitting on top of the mulch, and is easily visible again

No, I couldn't find it either. It could well be buried. I followed the instructions carefully and am sure my co-ords are good. Needs a check QueenK8.

Picked up the clues just fine but I did feel a little creepy being in the church on my own. Nice lot of history here and very surprised to see it open.
Did the search and needed to resort to the clues and logs but still no joy. There is a large amount of mulch in the area so I am not sure that it may be covered.
That's QueenK8 for bringing me here any way

Found with aerorage and ralmidaz

I found myself with some quiet time to myself this afternoon and was quite close by, so I decided to come over for a look around.
Took the opportunity to sit and relax in this peaceful place. Collected the required information and headed outside to sit on the bench to work it all out.
Attempted to locate GZ with the eTrex but wasn't having much luck so I resorted to the iPhone and soon had the cache in hand.
Signed and replaced. Finally on #800
Thanks For The Cache and the peaceful afternoon QueenK8.
I didn't get to meet you in fact I saw no-one whilst I was here.
A Favourite point for the serenity.

Found at 15:20
I'd done the hard work on this one months ago but was thwarted by a sprinkler. Back for a look today and once the phone lead me around and back, I spotted the familiar looking camo.
Thanks QueenK8 for the cache and for showing off this nice little church.

Visiting my personal TB

As a minister within a nearby local church, I had this cache in my sight to visit. Had some time this Saturday afternoon so swung by and delighted to see the church was open.

Admired the various windows, memorial stones and cabinets inside the church, grabbed a newssheet and other information about the church and calculated GZ.

Found the cache after abit of hunting, SL & introduced myself to a few parishioners who were cleaning in preparation for Sunday.

TFTC QueenK8. Asked whether you were around but alas. Hope to meet you another time.

Found with LouiseAnn. A lovely day to be out. Had a contest over one number but we got there in the end. Huge pile of bark had me worried unnecessarily. Tftc

I have changed one of the clues that I realised was ambiguous. I hope this helps!

I needed to do some cache maintenance and place a cache, so sharkiefan and I decided to head out, we thought we might as well grab a few caches together along the way. I'm not usually a fan of churches, but sharkiefan dragged me in and we collected the clues to the sounds of a young man practicing on the organ. One of the church helpers knew what we were up to and came and said hello. We eventually picked this cache up at 3:41pm after a but of a search.

Thanks for the cache and the puzzle QueenK8.

I dropped in here while waiting for the post-sport pickup this morning. The windows were beautiful in the glorious morning sunshine and I was even serenaded by some organ practice as I set about gathering the clues. After a few moments, I was asked if I was really admiring the windows (which I was ) or I was one of those people who were looking for hidden treasure (which, of course, I also was ).

After fessing up, we had a bit of a laugh and not long after, I had the nicely hidden stash in hand at 13:10 and was soon on my way for the aforementioned pickup.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks QueenK8.

Found Fri, 11 July 2014 @ 3:17 PM
Find #798

Spent my time to thoroughly enjoy the surrounds of the clues for this cache. The glorious winter sun was lighting up the windows wonderfully for me, and made the collection of clues simple.

Outside and I was a little concerned at first, but the ground works were not where the cache was.

Thanks to QueenK8 for the cache and the fun

Found with sog12 & toppp70. Thanks for bringing us to this lovely little church. After a few red herrings soon had cache in hand.

Took a bit of hunting after solving the puzzle, but glad we didn't give up. What a beautiful Church, thanks for bringing us here

Wandered out early afternoon with toppp70 and Noelle40 to discover this beautiful church. I have worked in the area for over 20 years, but had never been here, so was very happy to make the discovery and learn a little about the church. We collected the required information and struggled only on one piece of data for which there could be a couple of answers. We calculated GZ and made a search of the area without luck before trying another set of numbers. Running out of time we called a friend who narrowed the search to one of our GZs and Noelle40 soon had the cache in hand.

Thank you for the cache, QuennK8, and for bringing us here.

I was driving past here on my lunch break today and there were a fair few people around and not being a religious person I was a bit scared to snoop around in the church with people wondering what I was doing so while I was eating my lunch I had a quick look around after reading and working out what the hint meant and in less than a minute I found the cache.
So I snuck back into my car to sign the log, finish my lunch, return the cache after a whole lot of parents and kids had dispersed and then headed off on my way back to work.
Thanks QueenK8 for the cache, the puzzle that turned out to be really easy due to my pure luck looking in the right place at the right time (hehe) and the fun.

I can't remember what the last cache I found in Melbourne was, it was a few years ago. I was in town today because my wife had an appointment so I took the car back to my old stomping ground for a few caches. I use to live in Maling Road while I studied at uni so I knew this church well from all the times I walked back and forth to the tram stops. Great coords today put me right on top of the cache so I was able to avoid drawing any attention to myself.

Thanks.

Not Found at 14:15
I enjoyed the nice surroundings and the quiet while I collected all the required information but once I had worked put gz, the sprinklers were on so couldn't search without getting wet.
Thanks QueenK8 for showing me this nice historic church. I'll be back to pick up the cache.

Returning to this lovely old church tucked away in the leafy streets, I was pleased to have better luck this time.
Perhaps I should have trusted the GPS first time, as it plonked right where I needed to be, and as is sometimes the way, I spotted straight away this time!
Thanks to QueenK8 for this cache.

Found with Geo-Dad (SirJ-Oz)

Now that I have my own account, SirJ-Oz is logging all my old finds.

Thanks for the cache QueenK8

Find #1383. Found @ 16:20 with skirrel, The Good Lady Wife and youngest geocachelette.

After having a last minute Sunday lunch with some of the extended family at the in-law's place sprung on us, I was rewarded with a caching side trip on the way home. I chose this because my normal caching hours of operation are somewhat inconsistent with the times the information is available.

We all went in to count things and gather numbers together then retreated outside to massage the digits into coordinates.

There are two ways of interpretation for calculating the correct AB, the pure mathematical calculation is the way to go. We also had a bit of confusion regarding what constitutes a window for D.

I must admit that when there is ambiguity in numbers, I generally find my searching is more lax (due to a lack of confidence in my location). In the end the cache was located after working out the hint. I had the numbers right the first time and just didn't spot it, then second guessed my answers.

Thankfully we were alone the entire time and didn't have to look nonchalant for any muggles using the premises for its intended purpose. Thanks for bringing me to look at the church, and it was a pity that we didn't cross paths QueenK8.

Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables.
Thanks for the cache QueenK8.

Find #93. Found @16:20.

I found this cache with brother JJ, SirJ-Oz and a bit of help from mum.

Answering the questions was super fun.

Thanks for the cache QueenK8.

thank you showing me this beautiful place,
I sat down on the steps to work out the maths, I had goggled the hints and it matched up exactly to where I was standing, I looked for a while with no luck, I didn't really want to go into the bushes but with autumn leaves and acorns dropping it made it hard,

[:x]

What a charming old church. Wandering around I gathered all the required answers, but wasn't able to locate the hide. I guess I probably made a mistake with one of the numbers. Thanks for the hide anyway.

Found this one today. I really enjoyed my time looking around this church and worked out the final coordinates quite easily. I then looked for the cache itself and this told me a bit longer to find. I seemed to go round in circles before I found this one. Signed log today. I am giving this one a favourite point for this cache.

Thanks for the cache QueenK8.

Came here a while ago, after hours, before I had read the page properly. That day the church was closed and no-one was around. Today, I had done four caches further North but it was getting too hot to do any more out in the sun, so I headed to this one. Lots of cars around but no-one was in the church so I went in and walked around. Found all the clues easily, although one answer I was not sure of. Very nice little church, so different from the auditorium where we go. I love the stained glass windows and the stories they tell. Clues gathered I headed outside and poked around. I soon found something odd and had the cache. I then went to see if QueenK8 was around and had a brief chat to the Vicar. Excellent cache well put together - almost makes me want to sing an old hymn ... 'Rock of ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee...'. Thanks QueenK8
GJMMelb

Just love this day light savings, you can check some of the caches on the way home in the light. I had visited here before, checked out this very quant open church. Picked up all the clues while feeling very nervous about being in a church (its been a long time). But my search was in vain. Keeping an eye on the logs I noticed that it had been revitalised by the owner. It was a nice easy find this time. There were people attending to the church this time and they just smiled. I think they knew what I was up to.
Thanks for bringing me here QueenK8, loved your location

We spent some time in the church finding the clues and admiring the beauty of the building. We were unsure about one of the solutions, so wrote down both numbers, and while we were checking out the first option the Vicar Suzanne came over to see if we were ok. No clues were given away when we said we were caching. We then checked our second option, and the Moose found the hide. Thanks for the cache and bringing us here.

Found with Trailrunning on another Monday caching adventure, Plenty of tree climping and water wading tonight. Thanks QueenK8 for the cache.

I was out and about again with my good mate Rebel Acts. This was the first for the day/night and an easy find in a logical spot. It took a minute to complete, with some expert caching senses. TFTC.

Found with Listmaker. Well, if you read her log, you will see that she did all the hard yards, and had all the excitement. I was just lucky to be along for the recovery.

The younger two of my three kids went to kinder next door to this lovely old church. We still live within walking distance so I should have attempted this one a lot sooner but I was hesitant to go poking around a church looking for cache clues. I finally gathered my courage two weeks ago and went to check it out.

It was after lunch but before kinder pick up time, and the church was silent and empty. There are ropes bearing "Please do not pass this rope" signs slung between pews to ensure that people keep to specified areas, which eased my concerns about walking where I shouldn't.

Except that, I later found out, one of the ropes hadn't been replaced which meant that when I walked toward the final clue, an alarm was triggered. A really, really loud alarm. I confess that I was tempted to bolt out of there but girded my loins and awaited my fate.

A very nice QueenK8 entered the chapel to turn the alarm off and rectify the rope situation, and to introduce herself. She quickly and graciously eased the embarrassment I felt for inadvertently tripping the alarm, though there was no way I could have known where not to walk with the rope out of place. Future finders, if you're observant you'll be fine.

With the clues gathered, I came up with a set of coordinates, then realised that, as always, I'd made a simple mistake. With that rectified, the gz looked likely but a cursory glance didn't reveal a cache and as I was pretty rattled by this stage, I left.

Today Alansee and I revisited this cache. Within a few minutes I'd spotted the cleverly hidden-in-plain-sight cache, to my relief. There is no need to walk in or on garden beds, or to damage the agapanthus in any way.

I'm not sure if other cachers are hesitant to find this cache because it's in a church, or if it's a bit tricky because most cachers are out hunting on the weekends when the church is busy, but it's well worth doing.

The church itself is truly lovely and the cache is interesting and well laid out.

Thanks so much for the cache, QueenK8, and for being a good sport when I tripped the alarm!

Joint *FTF* at 11:28 pm with team Courtneybaby.

I did a few things at home and then as it was such a beautiful day I wanted to get out and about. I had a look online for any new/unfound caches and noticed this one, which was only a few km from home. I just love seeing and taking photos of stained glass church windows so I grabbed my camera, hopped in the car and sped off to St Paul's. I found the first number and headed inside the church. There I encountered a woman sitting on a pew with her baby. No, it wasn't 'madonna and child' because after staring at each other for a few moments she asked 'are you caching too?' and then introduced herself and baby as team Courtneybaby, for my 27th unexpected in-the-field meeting of another team.

I looked around the church for the rest of the numbers, which team Courtneybaby had already found, we calculated the final co-ordinates and then we both agreed on a joint effort to look for the cache. From the helpful hint I realised the MO for the cache. My GPSr jumped around a bit but after a brief search I spotted the cleverly camo'd cache, which Courtneybaby retrieved. Don't you just love watching someone excitedly getting their first FTF. [^] We both happily signed the blank logbook at 11:28 am for team Courtneybaby's first FTF and my 20th personal FTF. TNLN.

Thanks QueenK8 for the fun puzzle and cache and for bringing me to this amazing church. It was also great to meet and chat with a fellow geocacher. [^] I stayed for quite a while and took several photos, including the accompanying ones of the church and one of its beautiful stained glass windows. I enjoyed it all so much that I'm giving it a fave.

This entry was edited by ladioactive on Sunday, 08 December 2013 at 14:37:41 UTC.

FTF at 11.28, joint effort with ladioactive. Thank you for bringing me to this beautiful church in a beautiful day, for my fist FTF!

This entry was edited by Courtneybaby on Monday, 18 November 2013 at 01:33:32 UTC.

Found after a pleasant lunchtime walk through the leafy streets of Canterbury on a glorious spring day. An interesting visit to this little church that I have not noticed before. The search took me a few minutes battling with GPS reception but spotted the hide I had suspected eventually. TFTC

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