TALKET #29 : Dandelion Northwest England, United Kingdom
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P R E D A T O R S on 01-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4VPDE
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Logs
Out for our 6th trip around the series having not been able to get across for a couple of weeks. Picked up LostnWet along the way as it was our turn to drive. As always the walking was great with the usual assortment of ups and downs along the way. The weather wasn't doing us any favours today unfortunately and we only saw 2 other walkers the whole day. Remembered to grab the necessary info as we went.
Very cute seeing so many lambs frolicking along the way with some being very newly born.
We managed to grab a few other caches along the way and some drive-bys before our other custom of going to find a pub for some tea.
Signed logs off as T2 for our 2 teams. Looking forward to our next trip out to complete the last series and hopefully locate the black box. TFTC.
Very cute seeing so many lambs frolicking along the way with some being very newly born.
We managed to grab a few other caches along the way and some drive-bys before our other custom of going to find a pub for some tea.
Signed logs off as T2 for our 2 teams. Looking forward to our next trip out to complete the last series and hopefully locate the black box. TFTC.
Found while out walking the series today. First time we have done an alien round in one go, woohoo! Great weather, great hides and great fun. Loved it. Full log posted for primary cache. Found with Grandad TFTC.
Special notice and a drumroll for this one… For the first time in many months Junior looked up from her smartphone, Facebooks and Twittering long enough to spot a cache for us!
Hooray!
Special notice and a drumroll for this one… For the first time in many months Junior looked up from her smartphone, Facebooks and Twittering long enough to spot a cache for us!
Hooray!My fifth outing today of this fantastic Alien series, this time taking in TALKET. It was an early start and the weather didn't look promising, with low dark clouds. What a relief after a couple of hours when the clouds lifted and the sun started to shine through, and I had blue skies for the rest of the day.
The walk itself was fairly easy taking in varying terrain with two hard bits, the walk up to the section cache and the hill up to #31 which is a lung buster. My stats ended at 10.86mls and a time of 6.27hrs. for the day.
All the caches like the other routes I have done in the series are all easy to find with the exception of a couple. most of the time you don't need to refer to the hints.
I would like to thank the CO for all the hard work and effort in putting this series together and the walks you have took me on so far have all been excellent.
Thanks for the cache and the series.
The walk itself was fairly easy taking in varying terrain with two hard bits, the walk up to the section cache and the hill up to #31 which is a lung buster. My stats ended at 10.86mls and a time of 6.27hrs. for the day.
All the caches like the other routes I have done in the series are all easy to find with the exception of a couple. most of the time you don't need to refer to the hints.
I would like to thank the CO for all the hard work and effort in putting this series together and the walks you have took me on so far have all been excellent.
Thanks for the cache and the series.
It had been over 2 weeks since my last visit onto the predator series and so I managed to squeeze in another 11 in the afternoon. I ended up doing quite a long walk to make it as circular as possible. It was really clear and I had excellent views to many distant hills. I could also see onto every other series from the KET loop I did. I had already got the nest three after this so took the footpath vertically up the slope from here. This was tough as I have torn my cartilage and am awaiting an operation on it. Still, it took me past the lovely Sherrow-Booth Manor, a snip at £1.5million. Thanks
Out with SpottyZzebra alien hunting, all logs signed 3D & SZ or SZ &3D.
Quickly found..
SL. TFTC.
Quickly found..
SL. TFTC.
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.
On from #30 for a quick find, just off the track
TFTC TNLN SL
On from #30 for a quick find, just off the track
TFTC TNLN SL
8152 + 981 = 9133. 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.
Out today with Jim (Supertrampz) with the full intention of completing this leg. Logs Signed DNF, STZ or just DS.
Most of the entries will be cut and paste, unless I can add something significant.
SL TFTC
Most of the entries will be cut and paste, unless I can add something significant.
SL TFTC
Out today with D’Énnephe to walk our second Alien series.
A quick find here.
TFTC
A quick find here.
TFTC
Out for the day doing the first of these series for us. Raining already hope it stops soon.
Easy find, bonus of son trying to shine.
Signed log and replaced as found.
TFTC
Jackie and Kris
Easy find, bonus of son trying to shine.
Signed log and replaced as found.
TFTC
Jackie and Kris
[green]Nice steady walk up to GZ enjoying the scenery as we go. Spotted this well defended cache before we even crossed the stile. SL
TFTC
TFTC
Here we are again. Another Friday and another in this series that will be walked in the company of The Haywood Hornet today. Weather forecast not too bad although a tad windy in places and we had a bit of a shower towards the end of the walk. All caches in the series were found without too much trouble is what it should be on a long walk. No pub on route today so a sit down and a sandwich break part way around. Took about seven hours from car to car which is about average for the walks so far. Sorry but cutting and pasting is the order of the day so apologies. A thoroughly enjoyable day out today and so looking forward to get another series found soon. TFTC the series and a great walk.
On the way to the cache Browni told me to look for, given the cache name. There are several of these interesting signs (I am not sure what they mean) along this stretch of footpath.
A nice traditional hiding place. It was not until shortly before this cache that we finally made sense of its title. Prior to enjoying the walk it had seemed rather odd and a very unlikely hiding place. We were later given some information about these other walking routes and who had placed the markers. TFTC
Finally, the weekend came to make a first outing on this excellent new series of The Alien Landings caches. Jamange and I doing the TALKET walk, logging the caches as Team Alien Bashers (or TAB as we marked it in most log books).
We took it easy to really enjoy the walk, so my GPS stats ended up as 5:07 walking, 3:44 stopped, 20km walked with 998m ascent, so a bit more than the calculated values on the listings as you'd expect. The conditions started grey but at least not foggy, and the sun tried to break through all day and finally succeeded for a spell mid afternoon, before the wind picked up again and we were blown back around the last part of the loop.
The caches were all nice straightforward finds - bar one - and we enjoyed the variety of terrain and the amazing views along the way. I'm sure this series is inspired in part by the LEGENDS walks, but that's no bad thing and the innovations like the walking guides, stamp books and track files really added to the enjoyment of the walk. Thank you for the all the amazing effort that must have gone into setting up these walks - we'll definitely be back to enjoy the rest of them over the coming months.
13:04 This was our 29th of 51 finds today. The sun came out fully and it felt warmer along this stretch. Great views towards what must be the TALBOL walk too. Thanks for the cache.
We took it easy to really enjoy the walk, so my GPS stats ended up as 5:07 walking, 3:44 stopped, 20km walked with 998m ascent, so a bit more than the calculated values on the listings as you'd expect. The conditions started grey but at least not foggy, and the sun tried to break through all day and finally succeeded for a spell mid afternoon, before the wind picked up again and we were blown back around the last part of the loop.
The caches were all nice straightforward finds - bar one - and we enjoyed the variety of terrain and the amazing views along the way. I'm sure this series is inspired in part by the LEGENDS walks, but that's no bad thing and the innovations like the walking guides, stamp books and track files really added to the enjoyment of the walk. Thank you for the all the amazing effort that must have gone into setting up these walks - we'll definitely be back to enjoy the rest of them over the coming months.
13:04 This was our 29th of 51 finds today. The sun came out fully and it felt warmer along this stretch. Great views towards what must be the TALBOL walk too. Thanks for the cache.
Joined forces with B of BandMandAandA today to take on our first complete Alien Landings series after I did a few of TALTEG a couple of weeks ago. A leisurely day taking c9 hours.....5.5 walking time and 3.5 stoppage time....mainly due to stamping, photography and searching for a previously logged DNF by others that remained a DNF for us!! A fabulous walk and cache series. No doubt B will record detail of each cache find in his indubitable style but I will pass comment on particularly memorable caches. We signed logs as TAB....Team Alien Bashing....(or Team Angie and Barry).
Straightforward find. Thanks for the cache.
Straightforward find. Thanks for the cache.
Spotted on approach. TFTC
Day 4 of our TAL adventure. We had a bit more time on our hands today, and so we decided to tackle the TALKET section. We set off yet again in fantastic sunshine and enjoyed the excellent views. We even caught a glimpse of Young Thropp as we descended from the quagmire that is #24! However, it all started to go wrong at our only DNF on the series so far #32. It was at that point that the cloud/mist descended and the wind whipped up, and we spent the last third of the section with limited visibility and freezing temperatures. Maybe it was the aliens mocking our DNF or maybe they were angry that the cache is missing? Anyway, it was a challenge to complete the section, but we persevered - didn't have a lot of choice really as we were two-thirds of the way round the circular route! We still enjoyed the walk today, and the views when we could see them. We measured the section at 18.5km with 660 metres ascent (again!), and we completed the section in 6 and a quarter hours; not bad considering the conditions [:o] We rewarded ourselves with beer, food and an open fire at The Swan Inn
Thankfully we should be able to pick our DNF up as a short detour when we complete the TALBOL series, once we know it's actually there! Thanks for a fantastic series
Our day 4 stats:
Distance walked: 78.6km
Total ascent: 2,387 metres
Time taken: 23.5 hours
Caches found: 196
This entry was edited by 68topcat on Friday, 14 March 2014 at 18:15:01 UTC.
Day 4 of our TAL adventure. We had a bit more time on our hands today, and so we decided to tackle the TALKET section. We set off yet again in fantastic sunshine and enjoyed the excellent views. We even caught a glimpse of Young Thropp as we descended from the quagmire that is #24! However, it all started to go wrong at our only DNF on the series so far #32. It was at that point that the cloud/mist descended and the wind whipped up, and we spent the last third of the section with limited visibility and freezing temperatures. Maybe it was the aliens mocking our DNF or maybe they were angry that the cache is missing? Anyway, it was a challenge to complete the section, but we persevered - didn't have a lot of choice really as we were two-thirds of the way round the circular route! We still enjoyed the walk today, and the views when we could see them. We measured the section at 18.5km with 660 metres ascent (again!), and we completed the section in 6 and a quarter hours; not bad considering the conditions [:o] We rewarded ourselves with beer, food and an open fire at The Swan Inn
Thankfully we should be able to pick our DNF up as a short detour when we complete the TALBOL series, once we know it's actually there! Thanks for a fantastic series Our day 4 stats:
Distance walked: 78.6km
Total ascent: 2,387 metres
Time taken: 23.5 hours
Caches found: 196
This entry was edited by 68topcat on Friday, 14 March 2014 at 18:15:01 UTC.
