Mural in the meadows. Belfast, Ulster, Ireland
By
travellingsilently on 06-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5CDH6
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Logs
Out for a late morning / afternoon dander with mrs_sgtzara and Tigra, our German Shepherd Dog with the aspiration being to find 11 caches. Why 11 you may ask? We'd our eyes on 4 caches in Bog Meadows and 7 caches in Falls Park which we'd yet to find which would result in those areas being awash of smiley faces.
By the time we'd finished though, we'd only found 7 out the 11 we'd targeted having DNF'd 4, 2 in Bog Meadows and 2 in Falls Park. No big dramas though, we enjoyed exploring these parts of Belfast and it just means we'll have an excuse to return sometime.
It was a lovely morning for a walk, reasonably mild for this time of year with the sun making a welcome appearance too .... bliss! A fair number of other folk where out and about taking advantage of the good weather too.
Once we'd finished caching, we stopped past Spoon Street in Ballyhackamore to enjoy a 'fro-yo', a welcome refreshment after a lovely walk.
Anyhow, as for this cache, we made our way out to this one after failing to find Adopt a spot http://coord.info/GC5PKCF
I hadn't read the listing for this one prior to arriving at GZ but thankfully I'd my waterproof boots on so no bother doing the 'hop, skip and jump' that others have mentioned.
Once at GZ, I searched for a few minutes but failed to spot this one. A few summer jaggies still remain which made a prickly search and I'd no gloves with me to facilitate a more thorough search but having said that, I was confident I'd searched GZ the best I could.
No hassle, another one to be targeted next time we're back in Bog Meadows.
By the time we'd finished though, we'd only found 7 out the 11 we'd targeted having DNF'd 4, 2 in Bog Meadows and 2 in Falls Park. No big dramas though, we enjoyed exploring these parts of Belfast and it just means we'll have an excuse to return sometime.
It was a lovely morning for a walk, reasonably mild for this time of year with the sun making a welcome appearance too .... bliss! A fair number of other folk where out and about taking advantage of the good weather too.
Once we'd finished caching, we stopped past Spoon Street in Ballyhackamore to enjoy a 'fro-yo', a welcome refreshment after a lovely walk.
Anyhow, as for this cache, we made our way out to this one after failing to find Adopt a spot http://coord.info/GC5PKCF
I hadn't read the listing for this one prior to arriving at GZ but thankfully I'd my waterproof boots on so no bother doing the 'hop, skip and jump' that others have mentioned.
Once at GZ, I searched for a few minutes but failed to spot this one. A few summer jaggies still remain which made a prickly search and I'd no gloves with me to facilitate a more thorough search but having said that, I was confident I'd searched GZ the best I could.
No hassle, another one to be targeted next time we're back in Bog Meadows.
Getting to the mural wasn't a problem. My GPS said 13m when I got there but I ignored it. I searched all around the mural but found nothing.
#2756 and 16/19 finds in almost 6 hours of very enjoyable caching this morning, which included 5 FTFs and 2 DNFs
THE MORNING’S STORY
As always, the publication of a series of new caches is like ‘a red rag to a bull’ as far as I’m concerned! After taking it easy for more than a number of months, I’m definitely ‘back in the driving seat’ and now very much up for going after FTFs and enjoying it too!
Today was no exception with some new caches ‘emerging’ last night presenting a fresh challenge! And so the trend of early morning alarms and FTF chases continues!
The alarm went off at 05.15 and, with ‘all prepared’ the night before, I was out the door in good time and had my first find logged (surprise, surprise a FTF) by 05.50! The last cache was found around 11.30 and I was back home again by midday.
The rampage took me to Dundonald, South Belfast, West of Aghagallon (SE of Lough Neagh), and then, on the way home, to Falls Park and the Bog Meadows in West Belfast.
All-in-all it was a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting morning’s caching in a variety of beautiful places, and all in great weather – sunny and warm! Has spring finally arrived?
THIS CACHE
En-route to this cache I came across a female Mallard duck with a brood of 12 very young chicks! She was desperately trying to ‘hide’ herself and her chicks from me, even though she was only a few feet off the main path! Meanwhile, her mate – the drake – had flown off as soon as I got near!
On approaching the mural I wasn’t quite sure where the cache was hidden as my GPSr was giving me ‘mixed’ signals. But perseverance paid off (as always!) and I soon worked out where to look for it. The puzzle box flew open without any need of assistance! The log was quite damp but I managed to sign it ok.
RAF TFTC
Next? … ‘In Memoriam: Belfast Blitz‘
THE MORNING’S STORY
As always, the publication of a series of new caches is like ‘a red rag to a bull’ as far as I’m concerned! After taking it easy for more than a number of months, I’m definitely ‘back in the driving seat’ and now very much up for going after FTFs and enjoying it too!
Today was no exception with some new caches ‘emerging’ last night presenting a fresh challenge! And so the trend of early morning alarms and FTF chases continues!
The alarm went off at 05.15 and, with ‘all prepared’ the night before, I was out the door in good time and had my first find logged (surprise, surprise a FTF) by 05.50! The last cache was found around 11.30 and I was back home again by midday.
The rampage took me to Dundonald, South Belfast, West of Aghagallon (SE of Lough Neagh), and then, on the way home, to Falls Park and the Bog Meadows in West Belfast.
All-in-all it was a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting morning’s caching in a variety of beautiful places, and all in great weather – sunny and warm! Has spring finally arrived?
THIS CACHE
En-route to this cache I came across a female Mallard duck with a brood of 12 very young chicks! She was desperately trying to ‘hide’ herself and her chicks from me, even though she was only a few feet off the main path! Meanwhile, her mate – the drake – had flown off as soon as I got near!
On approaching the mural I wasn’t quite sure where the cache was hidden as my GPSr was giving me ‘mixed’ signals. But perseverance paid off (as always!) and I soon worked out where to look for it. The puzzle box flew open without any need of assistance! The log was quite damp but I managed to sign it ok.
RAF TFTC
Next? … ‘In Memoriam: Belfast Blitz‘
