Puzzle/Unknown Setters Mini Alphabet Challenge Ulster, Ireland
By
sgtzara on 31-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5C1VZ
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sorted great idea and a def fav, great craic
A: Dartrey - Paradise Lost - Bonus Cache AnnaBlan2 2015-03-30
B: Ballymoyer Woodland Walk Bonus Cache. bawnman 2012-10-30
C: Trackable Logic 3 Cocktailmonster 2014-10-01
D: Moyallan Friends DodgerM 2013-11-25
E: Missing
F: Bring Back The Cache Challenge freakycat 2013-07-30
G: Dodder Valley Linear Park #3 GoldCircle 2015-07-24
H: "Heave away! Haul away!" . . . ? Halywid 2014-04-11
I: Multipuzitional irishmidz 2015-09-20
J: A Way To See In The Dark J 2013-12-12
K: Roads to Nowhere High Boltage K2UGA 2014-01-21
L: Luke's Last Cache Luke 2014-08-17
M: Date Challenge - Bronze Standard Mental 2013-07-13
N: S.O.U.V.E.N.I.R noeja 2014-09-01
O: MUSIC - MUSIC HALL odies 2013-08-09
P: Missing
Q: Missing
R: Star Wars; The People Retirecache 2013-03-10
S: Strangely Curious Walk in the Park - Part 2 SargeNI 2012-12-30
T: Delamont Series # 6 - Delamont Treasure Box Team 2013-03-24
U: 6 Icon Challenge Ireland UlsterLatinos 2015-02-18
V: Missing
W: Alls Well That Ends Well Windsockers 2013-03-23
X: Missing
Y: Creightons Wood Yotter 2015-12-13
Z: Missing
A: Dartrey - Paradise Lost - Bonus Cache AnnaBlan2 2015-03-30
B: Ballymoyer Woodland Walk Bonus Cache. bawnman 2012-10-30
C: Trackable Logic 3 Cocktailmonster 2014-10-01
D: Moyallan Friends DodgerM 2013-11-25
E: Missing
F: Bring Back The Cache Challenge freakycat 2013-07-30
G: Dodder Valley Linear Park #3 GoldCircle 2015-07-24
H: "Heave away! Haul away!" . . . ? Halywid 2014-04-11
I: Multipuzitional irishmidz 2015-09-20
J: A Way To See In The Dark J 2013-12-12
K: Roads to Nowhere High Boltage K2UGA 2014-01-21
L: Luke's Last Cache Luke 2014-08-17
M: Date Challenge - Bronze Standard Mental 2013-07-13
N: S.O.U.V.E.N.I.R noeja 2014-09-01
O: MUSIC - MUSIC HALL odies 2013-08-09
P: Missing
Q: Missing
R: Star Wars; The People Retirecache 2013-03-10
S: Strangely Curious Walk in the Park - Part 2 SargeNI 2012-12-30
T: Delamont Series # 6 - Delamont Treasure Box Team 2013-03-24
U: 6 Icon Challenge Ireland UlsterLatinos 2015-02-18
V: Missing
W: Alls Well That Ends Well Windsockers 2013-03-23
X: Missing
Y: Creightons Wood Yotter 2015-12-13
Z: Missing
Today was Loop-5 & Loop-6 DT hunting day with a range of targets in the collective cross-hairs of myself and GoldCircle.
Next DT target - and now things started to get physically serious. The ladder wouldn't reach the target GZ and the tree-bark was slippery from the overnight rain (which fortunately had not returned). And to make matters worse, we had no idea which little tree hollow tha box was hiding in [8] So out came the climbing harness - plus two climbing slings. No need for the full rope ensemble just yet... (that would come at the next cache!!!) The slings were enough to remain safe during the climb on the 45° angle wet tree. Got there eventually --- one step and one sling-reset at a time.
Ending up really enjoying this retrieval (refer photo)... So a big Favourite Point
QUALIFICATION LIST
A: Hands On AbbeyAckbar 2011-05-08
B: The Crystal Maze Bilbos Apprentice 2015-03-19
C: Bottlecap Bonanza CraigsBar 2015-04-08
D: Lee Hsien Loong TB Hotel Don 2012-04-07
E: Watching the planes Elo-die 2015-05-16
F: Oh Bellix! Fjon 2011-02-06
G: Dodder Valley Linear Park #3 GoldCircle 2013-02-13
H: International Language Hubal71 2011-05-15
J: Zahlenjongliererei Juggelihuu 2015-02-08
K: Japanese puzzles # 7 - HEYAWAKE kazidrat 2011-04-22
L: A Climbing Challenge Lulybelle 2015-10-24
N: S.O.U.V.E.N.I.R noeja 2015-05-31
O: Jurassic Park - Iteration 5 OTP 2014-04-12
P: Achill Aliens pookeen 2014-08-08
Q: Double Whammy Challenge qrang 2015-06-22
R: Gobbledygook radnoski 2014-01-08
S: Weiße Federn schnuckel1 2013-06-11
T: The World's Tallest Wind Vane! Team 2011-04-21
U: 6 Icon Challenge Ireland UlsterLatinos 2015-08-06M: Stickman mouse 2014-09-18
W: Workhouse Windsockers 2014-01-24
Z: Haven zowaar 2015-02-28
TFTC
Next DT target - and now things started to get physically serious. The ladder wouldn't reach the target GZ and the tree-bark was slippery from the overnight rain (which fortunately had not returned). And to make matters worse, we had no idea which little tree hollow tha box was hiding in [8] So out came the climbing harness - plus two climbing slings. No need for the full rope ensemble just yet... (that would come at the next cache!!!) The slings were enough to remain safe during the climb on the 45° angle wet tree. Got there eventually --- one step and one sling-reset at a time.
Ending up really enjoying this retrieval (refer photo)... So a big Favourite Point
QUALIFICATION LIST
A: Hands On AbbeyAckbar 2011-05-08
B: The Crystal Maze Bilbos Apprentice 2015-03-19
C: Bottlecap Bonanza CraigsBar 2015-04-08
D: Lee Hsien Loong TB Hotel Don 2012-04-07
E: Watching the planes Elo-die 2015-05-16
F: Oh Bellix! Fjon 2011-02-06
G: Dodder Valley Linear Park #3 GoldCircle 2013-02-13
H: International Language Hubal71 2011-05-15
J: Zahlenjongliererei Juggelihuu 2015-02-08
K: Japanese puzzles # 7 - HEYAWAKE kazidrat 2011-04-22
L: A Climbing Challenge Lulybelle 2015-10-24
N: S.O.U.V.E.N.I.R noeja 2015-05-31
O: Jurassic Park - Iteration 5 OTP 2014-04-12
P: Achill Aliens pookeen 2014-08-08
Q: Double Whammy Challenge qrang 2015-06-22
R: Gobbledygook radnoski 2014-01-08
S: Weiße Federn schnuckel1 2013-06-11
T: The World's Tallest Wind Vane! Team 2011-04-21
U: 6 Icon Challenge Ireland UlsterLatinos 2015-08-06M: Stickman mouse 2014-09-18
W: Workhouse Windsockers 2014-01-24
Z: Haven zowaar 2015-02-28
TFTC
Cache No.2061 Found @ 12:45:00 PM
I spent the morning with Doug.G on Wednesday assaulting a bunch of trees in search of an FTF on a new 5/5 in Dublin; in the aftermath, we conspired to take another trip up to Ulster to pick off several caches that we both needed for one reason or another - a number of high complexity challenges, some '?s' with high D or T ratings and even one that dated back to 2002! And with day-passes sorted out with our significant others, we disappeared in to the grey rainy Dublin morning, safe in the knowledge that blistering sunshine would await us two hours north.
Or something like that.
To be fair we, we managed to dodge the worst of it, finding the rain mostly already lying on the ground, so this meant wellies were used rather than hiking boots in many places - and when mucking about in trees this didn't help much.
Track Day Toys 5/5 Challenge was first up; it was easily found in a nice hiding place. Since I posted my qualifying list with 28 x D5s in June I have managed to up that number to 42 - which is now too big to screenshot...
We then popped up the road to the Six Icon Challenge - 4 Days cache - which I failed to find on my last trip despite a thorough search... but today not only was it easily spotted (no leaves on the tree in January) it was also easily retrieved in a matter of seconds - and with the help of just the first rung on our extendible ladder!
We then made our way to the Old Coach Trail #13; being the proud possessor of a 366 day consecutive streak, I was contact by the CO when he first published this cache and it had been on my radar ever since. I passed by in the summer - and had no hope of retrieving it then as we were ill-equipped. Today, it was a much more straightforward matter with a ladder and my first grab came up trumps.
We then moved on to the Puzzle/Unknown Setters Mini Alphabet Challenge - a cache that evaded me in the summer. Probably because it was wet and I had no rope to secure myself (I don't have a death wish) - and there's an outside possibility I am also a wuss. After I scouted the area and designed a solid technical approach (aka - 'nah, you do this one...' ) Doug.G went up... and after some meditation he levitated to the correct spot and grabbed the cache.
Next up was the mother lode. Why it was only a T4.5, rather than 5.5 is beyond me... I'm naturally talking about the Challenge Variety Pack... wow that was some ascent...
After the first two 'natural hollows' came up empty, what we didn't say about the CO. [:(!] If anyone is looking at fulfilling this challenge, I suggest you look at the tree first. It is in that fork.
Yeah THAT fork.
Up there. 'nuff said. Epic assault - fully 45 mins with harnesses, two sets of ropes - and a ladder to boot. Awesome stuff!
With the heavy work done we headed back to the car which was conveniently parked 6m from The Project.
We then headed to Crawfordsburn - Doug.G fancied a look at seaview - an awesome 2002 cache that is clearly very well maintained. Alas, the only view was of mist...
On the way back we also logged The Archway - which had more magnets than CERN.
As the light was fading, and the weather closing in, it was time to head. We stopped briefly at Minnowburn Bridge, but here was severe flooding and fast water, so we gave up and kept heading for home. Next stop was the Travelling cacher 3-in-3 Challenge - it has been over two years since I posted my qualification, but only managed to get here today.
The last stop was the Super Chef Challenge - an unnerving drive in the pitch dark! I only spotted this challenge during the summer and it was fun going through all my finds looking for tasty morsels - so again, the qualifying list was posted on 17 June '15.
Today a very productive and very satisfying day. A big thanks to Doug.G for the company and derring-doo and to sgtzara for this cache!
TFTC
I spent the morning with Doug.G on Wednesday assaulting a bunch of trees in search of an FTF on a new 5/5 in Dublin; in the aftermath, we conspired to take another trip up to Ulster to pick off several caches that we both needed for one reason or another - a number of high complexity challenges, some '?s' with high D or T ratings and even one that dated back to 2002! And with day-passes sorted out with our significant others, we disappeared in to the grey rainy Dublin morning, safe in the knowledge that blistering sunshine would await us two hours north.
Or something like that.
To be fair we, we managed to dodge the worst of it, finding the rain mostly already lying on the ground, so this meant wellies were used rather than hiking boots in many places - and when mucking about in trees this didn't help much.
Track Day Toys 5/5 Challenge was first up; it was easily found in a nice hiding place. Since I posted my qualifying list with 28 x D5s in June I have managed to up that number to 42 - which is now too big to screenshot...
We then popped up the road to the Six Icon Challenge - 4 Days cache - which I failed to find on my last trip despite a thorough search... but today not only was it easily spotted (no leaves on the tree in January) it was also easily retrieved in a matter of seconds - and with the help of just the first rung on our extendible ladder!
We then made our way to the Old Coach Trail #13; being the proud possessor of a 366 day consecutive streak, I was contact by the CO when he first published this cache and it had been on my radar ever since. I passed by in the summer - and had no hope of retrieving it then as we were ill-equipped. Today, it was a much more straightforward matter with a ladder and my first grab came up trumps.
We then moved on to the Puzzle/Unknown Setters Mini Alphabet Challenge - a cache that evaded me in the summer. Probably because it was wet and I had no rope to secure myself (I don't have a death wish) - and there's an outside possibility I am also a wuss. After I scouted the area and designed a solid technical approach (aka - 'nah, you do this one...' ) Doug.G went up... and after some meditation he levitated to the correct spot and grabbed the cache.
Next up was the mother lode. Why it was only a T4.5, rather than 5.5 is beyond me... I'm naturally talking about the Challenge Variety Pack... wow that was some ascent...
After the first two 'natural hollows' came up empty, what we didn't say about the CO. [:(!] If anyone is looking at fulfilling this challenge, I suggest you look at the tree first. It is in that fork. Yeah THAT fork.
Up there. 'nuff said. Epic assault - fully 45 mins with harnesses, two sets of ropes - and a ladder to boot. Awesome stuff!
With the heavy work done we headed back to the car which was conveniently parked 6m from The Project.
We then headed to Crawfordsburn - Doug.G fancied a look at seaview - an awesome 2002 cache that is clearly very well maintained. Alas, the only view was of mist...
On the way back we also logged The Archway - which had more magnets than CERN.As the light was fading, and the weather closing in, it was time to head. We stopped briefly at Minnowburn Bridge, but here was severe flooding and fast water, so we gave up and kept heading for home. Next stop was the Travelling cacher 3-in-3 Challenge - it has been over two years since I posted my qualification, but only managed to get here today.
The last stop was the Super Chef Challenge - an unnerving drive in the pitch dark! I only spotted this challenge during the summer and it was fun going through all my finds looking for tasty morsels - so again, the qualifying list was posted on 17 June '15.
Today a very productive and very satisfying day. A big thanks to Doug.G for the company and derring-doo and to sgtzara for this cache!
TFTC
I have used Project-GC to see if I qualify for this challenge and I do.
A.. GCHV7T Bryant Park Micro Avroair 29 Mar 06
B.. GCW4HZ Sodutoo Wilyts I BearClawz 18 Mar 07
C.. GC12H00 Pining for Farley Woods Coordin8 26 Aug 08
D.. GCK0J8 Stour Stepping Stones DaBeEm 23 May 05
E.. GC15B1H It's a puzzle endoheretic 29 Aug 07
F.. GCNNTA You want it, you've got it Fluffy's Revenge 13 Nov 06
G.. GCV6DR No. 9 Routemaster Bus - Cache Route goldpot 12 Jan 07
H.. GCTQ9A Headley's Puzzle Headley's Hunters 14 May 07
I.. GC2N2EF Novel cache: Animal Farm INCATOG 9 May 11
J.. GCZ9J9 Happy Memories Jango & Boba Fett 14 Jun 07
K.. GC1KJXM Southleigh Woods Walk-toy Box Koi Kapers 23 Mar 09
L.. GCGMQ9 Mined Out led 25 Aug 08
M.. GCNCRM Fair Play Mike and Mary 10 Jun 05
N.. GCTV65 Portland ViewII nubble 7 Sep 06
O.. GC2JETR Shipbourne Stroll Bonus Otfordstrollers 1 Sep 12
P.. GCHX7R Squirrel's Nest Papakas Pack 12 Oct 06
Q.. GC3HEC6 Explorer 132 Challenge qrang 9 Sep 12
R.. GCR0MN Beautiful Dorset 8: Two Trees, Gloomy Water ryme-intrinseca 8 Mar 06
S.. GCPPNX Trafalgar Way Number Three Cache Sir Lose-a-lot 22 Oct 06
T.. GCXEBR The Pirate's Treasure Chest Puzzle The Palm Pirates 5 Sep 06
U.. GC1DQ96 Church Micro 186...Bagshot - St. Annes Church Uncle E 20 Jun 14
V.. GC1DCMD Blue as Far as the Eye can See 12 Oct 09
W.. GCGEPD Little Canada The Wilkinsons 7 Feb 06
X.. Missing
Y.. GC3YQAM The Chiswell Challenge YooEntSinMe 31 Jan 15
Z.. GC1J0DE Haven zowaar! 26 May 15
A.. GCHV7T Bryant Park Micro Avroair 29 Mar 06
B.. GCW4HZ Sodutoo Wilyts I BearClawz 18 Mar 07
C.. GC12H00 Pining for Farley Woods Coordin8 26 Aug 08
D.. GCK0J8 Stour Stepping Stones DaBeEm 23 May 05
E.. GC15B1H It's a puzzle endoheretic 29 Aug 07
F.. GCNNTA You want it, you've got it Fluffy's Revenge 13 Nov 06
G.. GCV6DR No. 9 Routemaster Bus - Cache Route goldpot 12 Jan 07
H.. GCTQ9A Headley's Puzzle Headley's Hunters 14 May 07
I.. GC2N2EF Novel cache: Animal Farm INCATOG 9 May 11
J.. GCZ9J9 Happy Memories Jango & Boba Fett 14 Jun 07
K.. GC1KJXM Southleigh Woods Walk-toy Box Koi Kapers 23 Mar 09
L.. GCGMQ9 Mined Out led 25 Aug 08
M.. GCNCRM Fair Play Mike and Mary 10 Jun 05
N.. GCTV65 Portland ViewII nubble 7 Sep 06
O.. GC2JETR Shipbourne Stroll Bonus Otfordstrollers 1 Sep 12
P.. GCHX7R Squirrel's Nest Papakas Pack 12 Oct 06
Q.. GC3HEC6 Explorer 132 Challenge qrang 9 Sep 12
R.. GCR0MN Beautiful Dorset 8: Two Trees, Gloomy Water ryme-intrinseca 8 Mar 06
S.. GCPPNX Trafalgar Way Number Three Cache Sir Lose-a-lot 22 Oct 06
T.. GCXEBR The Pirate's Treasure Chest Puzzle The Palm Pirates 5 Sep 06
U.. GC1DQ96 Church Micro 186...Bagshot - St. Annes Church Uncle E 20 Jun 14
V.. GC1DCMD Blue as Far as the Eye can See 12 Oct 09
W.. GCGEPD Little Canada The Wilkinsons 7 Feb 06
X.. Missing
Y.. GC3YQAM The Chiswell Challenge YooEntSinMe 31 Jan 15
Z.. GC1J0DE Haven zowaar! 26 May 15
We enjoy doing Challenge caches and this one we qualified for although we do find many puzzle caches very difficult and plenty go on our Ignore List.
It was almost dark when we set off along this track and by the time we'd found some other caches and headed back it was dark. The cattle obviously wondered what was making a noise as they came over to the fence to investigate.
A quick climb and the cache was found and log signed.
We will add our qualifying caches when we are back home.
TFTC
This entry was edited by DizzyPair on Saturday, 31 October 2015 at 22:39:21 UTC.
It was almost dark when we set off along this track and by the time we'd found some other caches and headed back it was dark. The cattle obviously wondered what was making a noise as they came over to the fence to investigate.
A quick climb and the cache was found and log signed.
We will add our qualifying caches when we are back home.
TFTC
This entry was edited by DizzyPair on Saturday, 31 October 2015 at 22:39:21 UTC.
