A very passable risotto Fiddletown, New South Wales, Australia
By Obadiah & Josiah on 19-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5ETTQ

Out caching with Its Dozzie. We had solved this puzzle a long time ago and finally got around to finding and logging the puzzle today. had to bushbash a bit, but the reward was a nice dry ammo can in the bush. Thanks PPE.

#14041 11:15After a failure at finding the cache near the Haunted House, we decided to give this one a try, having solved the puzzle a long time ago. We managed to drive up to about 1 kilometer from the cache, and then we continued on foot along the firetrail.The last bit required bush bashing until we reached a kind of an open rocky area. With the hint the cache was quickly found and happy to report it is in great shape, considering it has not been found for a few years. OCW with 4Rods. TFTC PPE!

I had solved this one quite a while ago. Having the car today, we decided it was time to make the find. There was an ominous warning about construction at the trail head, but being an ominous kinda guy, we parked at the open gate and tally ho'd!

A very pleasant walk later, we found the overgrown side track which lead us closer to GZ. A slight bush bash later and we had the cache in hand.

That's 6 Monty Python caches done now.

Thanks for the fun puzzle and the hide!

We definitely did not do the intended route as we ended up doing some pretty heavy bushbashing for quite a long portion. But we ended up finding the cache anyways. 7th Monty python cache found overall, 2nd Monty python cache found today. Tftc and Happy New Years

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 2571#

Found on: 2 January 2020 11:50

Buddies: The Bebes

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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Came back after quite some time to avenge my previous DNF. Glad to have The Bebes with me as I had a typo in the coordinates that led me astray previously. Armed with the new set of numbers we made a quick find.

Finally the last piece of the puzzle is done.

Onwards to finding the Omnibus.

**TFTC Obadiah & Josiah TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

#Find#: 2571#
Found on: 2 January 2020 11:50
Buddies: The Bebes
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Came back after quite some time to avenge my previous DNF. Glad to have The Bebes with me as I had a typo in the coordinates that led me astray previously. Armed with the new set of numbers we made a quick find.
Finally the last piece of the puzzle is done.
Onwards to finding the Omnibus.
**TFTC Obadiah & Josiah TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

Out with Splitty Miller JJCC for a quick cache run before work and with a break in the weather we headed out to find one of our solved but unfound mystery caches as we are looking for an alternate cache type today in order to fill in a day for the Tomorrow will be different challenge cache. Enjoyed a nice pleasant walk up to a couple hundred metres of GZ and then followed a very faint path, before doing a wet bush bash for the last part. Luckily we didn't have long to search as it was in the first place we looked. With the container in hand, we both signed the log before replacing as found. Both the container and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache Obadiah & Josiah.

The following TBs came through for the mileage: Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, Gold-Fin Trackable and Treasure X Trackable, Little P.

I came out today to find this one and discovered the bush crawling with wayfarers. This meant i had to walk past GZ and bush bash 200 meters to it. It was a quick find at GZ . Thanks Obadiah & Josiah for the placement and creation of puzzle based on absolute classic of British humor. Cheers (Favorite point awarded)

As a Yorkshire girl myself I’ve always loved this sketch.

It did take quite a few attempts to get past the dodgy accents before I heard what I needed.

I then sat on the solution for ages before realising today that we where within striking distance.

We parked before the suggested parking area as a low sling car doesn’t do well on dirt tracks.

It was a fair distance to GZ but it was a pleasant walk along a well formed track, until the last 180m which was a pretty solid bush bash which just added to the fun!

Super happy to pick up over 2 years of unloved days for this one.

It was as I read past logs that I share a home town with Tyreless’s Mum....it’s a small world !!

Off home now for Yorkshire puddings and a real ale ....now that is luxury !!!

Fav point for this one.

Tftc

OCW the Bebes after solving and getting the coords we headed up to get this one. Parked up by bloodwoof road and walked in. Last bit of bush bash was a challenge. We found a small trail half way out as is usually the case!! Tftc

While in the area to collect a leaping nun, drove down the rocky uneven trail that lead to an open space to pull over and park my only 2 wheeled drive vehicle.
Drink bottle, jacket, and on my way. Walked along a sandy fire trail track before heading bush following a narrow over grown foot trail.
Needed to leave the trail for the last 15m for a quick find. Nothing taken from the container except a photo of certain numbers required for the Monty Python final, thanks PPE

#401
Yesterday I was able to solve 2 Python puzzles in one day but only had the chance to grab one. Having reached my #400 milestone at the nearby Thunderbolts and Lightning, I came here filled with confidence. It was the 3rd time in as many weeks that I had driven through the gorge with the mountain bike on the bike rack. It was an enjoyable morning ride in an area I've never been and might be tempted to return and explore further.

I knew that there would be a bush bash required but expecting it to be "short" I thought it was fine to wear shorts. Probably should have worn pants but I made it in and out without too much drama. Thankfully cache was easy to find. Nearly forgot to take note of the clue after signing the log. Easy ride back to the car and off to find some more caches down the valley from a haunted house.

TFTC

The first time I heard this skit it was at a parish dinner circa 1981 and was enacted by 4 of my youthful contemporaries. I am sure if I saw that version now I would consider it of quite lame quality but at the time I was very impressed.

I searched in vain to find the correct script online but it is such a rare version that I had to resort to listening over and over. Easier though than back in the day when we had to hit pause and rewind on the reel to reel yada yada yada.....

Today geoson and I went on a glorious bike ride in the Northern edges of what might be called Sydney but that might be stretching the definition! Discovered a new place called Fiddletown. We overshot the track and bush bashed in shorts. Forgot the GPSr but the iPhone was up to it. Found the track for the way out.

Great puzzle - great hide - another MP cache down - Favourite!

TFTC Purplepeopleater

The other day I was thinking it was a year, to the day, since I was dining on real risotto in Valencia. Then I realised that was paella. Of course we were lucky to get a spoonful of any type of rice in my day. And that got me thinking about this long-overdue walk. So I grabbed a few drops of dry water in a cracked cup, for refreshment, and set off.
I parked just short of the 4WD playground and headed up the track. I missed the little side track and overshot, but the satellite image got me back on the crooked and narrow. Almost no real bushbashing was needed to get to GZ as the area is criss-crossed with well-used animal highways.
The puzzle had me guessing for a while all those months ago. I lost count of how many times I listened to bits of several incarnations of the Yorkshireman before the penny dropped.
Favourite Python? I can't choose between the boys - they all had their triumphs. So I'll take Carol Cleveland.
Thanks PPE.

After this a driveby would be a real bit of luxury!

In my day this was all caching was. Cachers today!

A great long walk on a cool day. I missed the track on the way in and had a short bushbash but no dramas. A nice obvious hide.

The puzzle took longer to get what I needed. But got there in the end.

TFTC.

Must firstly say thank you to the people that helped me out with this puzzle, especially CO. Although I had a reasonable idea of what I needed to do, I seemed to have quite the auditory block going on!! On to the search ...having run out of time to come look for this cache 2 days before (8-Apr), I made arrangements with my dad to join me today. After a bit of a drizzly morning, we got lucky and had a dry trip to and from this cache just before lunch time ...even with a little bit of sun at times! Would have been a quick trip on a bike, nice and flat for the most part (ignoring the final section). On our way through we met a family with some dirt bikes (including a kid on a mini one lol). After a bit of bush bashing we eventually made it to GZ, where cache was quickly in hand thanks to the hint and pretty accurate coords. Cache contents dry and in good condition, didn't make any swaps before signing log, photographing clue and replacing as found. TFTC PPE, this gets a favourite for the puzzle and for bringing us to this lovely area ^_^

After losing in our softball semis last week I had a spare Saturday in front of me. I contacted DK Macca and invited him along for a cache with a bushwalk as my pre-birthday treat. He selected Ancient Orange, so I checked the map and noticed this puzzle cache close by. Thinking it would possibly be in the area we were hitting, I decided to solve it and see if it was on our route. An hour and a half later and about 20views of the original sketch and I had an answer which the Geochecker gave me the thumbs up on. We got off to an early start to beat the heat and headed bush. We entered via the fire trail down to Ancient Orange then returned back via the ridge trail. At the campsite along the creek was an abandoned tent, sleeping bags, fishing rods and other assorted camping paraphernalia. It was all brand new but had been here for at least a week (or whenever it last rained). We took a photo and will notify NP's. By the time we got to the Yorkshiremen we had covered about 15km and were getting weary. The co-ords were good and we located the cache without any dramas. We completed the paperwork and headed back towards the car. Sweaty, exhausted but satisfied.
TFTC

When I got a email from Jmax wanting to do a hike cache and suggesting Ancient Orange as the cache to go for, she tells me of this puzzle cache that we could do on the way out of Marra marra creek. I must admit that while looking at the puzzle and watching the skit on youtube that I knew what had to be done but the maths just looked a bit too much. I didn't want to wake up geodaughter who probably could solve the maths and decided to wait till the next morning. So the first thing I did the next morning was to check emails and I see one from Jmax to say she had solved the puzzle. Well! that saved me from waking up Geodaughter to do the maths.
So having an early start to beat the heat of the day, Jmax and I set off and found Ancient Orange and walked back up Smugglers Ridge track and did the bush bash into GZ and spotted the cache in its hidy hole. Did the legals and replaced as found. Thanks PPE for bringing us here and for a challenging cache.
Cheers
dkmacca

At a recent event we were honoured to meet the CO in person and I asked him if this was a difficult puzzle. An inane question, I know, and it got what it deserved.

Anyway, the following evening I had a look at the puzzle and soon had a theory, which turned out to be the solution. With my mother hailing from Yorkshire, I suppose I just had to get this one right.

We took a drive out this afternoon, parked at the suggested waypoint and enjoyed the trek to GZ. We hadn't been in this area before and after today’s visit we resolved to return to walk more of the local trails.

It reveals an advanced age but “At Last the 1948 Show” was my favourite program back in the day. We used to crave our weekly dose of mirth and I remember this sketch well.

Overall, John Cleese is probably the most memorable Python, but I was disappointed by his performance in last year’s anniversary concert. My favourite, however, is Michael Palin, I just loved his Cardinal Richelieu, Oui!

For a fun puzzle and for taking me down memory lane, as well as a beautiful bush lane, this gets a big favourite from me. Thanks Purplepeopleater.

Today I accompanied Mr MR on a beautiful walk though some unfamiliar, but stunning, bushland to pick up this cache. Although a bit young to appreciate the original sketch, I do love the Monty Python version. Thanks for placing this cache in such a location, it must have a favourite point.

Luxury, I see number you drove near GZ. Had to walk from ome (ole in ground) after working at mill for 20 ours and cleaning road with toonge. Had no water bottle or rolled up news paper so had to suck on damp cloth. Found a paradise of a box but had no pen so used burnt stick. Back now to mill. TFTC

Favourite Python is John Cleese. Has been the voice on TomTom GPS for years

My mother was a Yorkshirewoman and my father smelled of elderberries.

My mother spent her early years in Rotherham, Yorkshire. There have been times when I was younger that her behaviour reminded me very much of the four yorkshiremen. She wouldn't boast about how tough things were for her - she is too classy for that - but she would just slip a little comment into the conversation to let you know that she thought that the youth of today were getting it easy.

I know the first part of the fire trail well from previous cache and trig hunting expeditions so drove a bit closer than the spot the CO lists. From there it was a pleasant walk (noting that I had already walked over 20km this morning). As previously mentioned the last part of the trail is much clearer on google maps than in reality - so much so that I walked straight past it and didn't realise until I had to double back a few hundred metres.

Grabbed the clue and signed the log. Thanks Purplepeopleater. The cache is in good shape. Found at 11:30 am.

Another great puzzle to add to the series. Initially I was not familiar with the sketch although that is no more,I think the family will be buying me some headphones for Xmas.
So on a very hot day this was cache #5 for me and #6 for chudles (he went for a run while I rested in the car and programmed the GPS). Due to the heat we wanted to drive as close as possible and managed to make it a good distance past the suggested parking spot before we stopped to brave the heat. After a brisk walk (for me) we arrived at the GZ, log was signed and code noted. I do remember chudles muttering something about old cows, I am glad it was only a hallucination as I thought it was his way of taunting me to hurry up back to the car.
Favourite Python is John Cleese.

Argh! I'm the king of ambiguity. If I find some way to go wrong, I will. And despite being confident of the mechanism, my answers didn't make sense. And when they almost did, the checker didn't agree. Luckily PPE took pity on me, and helped me out.

Walking to GZ in approx 37 degree heat with the Johnnos, I started having hallucinations. I saw a McDonalds, and thought I'd stop for a frozen coke. Unfortunately the machine was out of order. No worry, how about a regular coke? Apparently no ice delivery today. Chocolate thickshake? Cows on strike. Orange juice? Only gets delivered on Thursdays.

It was only then I realised how deeply I was in trouble, that I have accidentally deluded myself with the wrong script.

When this was published I wasn't sure if it was a Monty Python cache as I'd never heard of risotto in association with the Four Yorkshiremen. As a fan of the LP records over the show I'd heard this sketch endlessly as the Live at Drury Lane version so this primordial version threw me somewhat. I knew TBT worked with a few Pythons before MPFC and The Goodies but didn't know much about this show. Even so watching this I still prefer the MP version. You can't have Four Yorkshiremen without the only Yorkie in the Pythons, Michael Palin, who is my favourite. (also a huge fan of Terry Gilliam's wacky animations).

Anyway back on topic I was looking here and there for the written records but had to just use the YT clip supplied in the end once I'd determined what I was supposed to be looking for - a slightly familiar method but with more advanced maths in the end. I missed a couple of mutterings of TBT's Yorkshireman and couldn't get an answer until I examined things more closely and finally had a set of numbers. Of course my first attempt at ANY geocheck is NEVER correct but I realised my BODMAS mistake. Solved on Thursday a bit after the FTF went.

Today I was promised a slighty cooler day than the stinkers of yesterday and tomorrow so headed out to Fiddletown past my three caches to an approach road to another legendary cache. I decided I needed the exercise so parked right back at the first car park and headed off along the trail with about 2km to go ATCF.

Saw where the environmental thugs with their 4WDs and bikes had ripped up the country and then headed beyond where some of them could access. It would be a long old walk down this trail to get to anything. Missed the faint track and backtracked. The track looks much more prominent on GE. Following this track was reminiscent of some trig approaches and I was half expecting to find one out here. The trail faded completely with 60m to go so I tried various ways through the scrub until I finally made progress to GZ and spotted the hide immediately which was a surprise considering the thick vegetation.

Got the clue and signed the log at 1120am as 3TF. I wonder how many more will make it? Took a PT and put everything back. About 30m from GZ I found a rusty old car door - you wonder how they got a car out here but I guess the tracks were more obvious years ago.

Now I have found 7/7 of the MPFC series. Four to go, as yet unpublished.

Thanks!
(gone home to my lake)

FTF 10:00am full log to come... This one came out when we were away from Yorkshire in South, in Melbourne town. Didn't think FTF was chance, but as numbers were a little muddled and no signs of action on checker thought perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. Had poor internet access down there, opted to try and use published scripts for inspiration but these, and there are a lot of variations, just lead us down garden path to pub, splattering the checker with some red on the way. Coming back to Yorkshire 'ad some uninterrupted time t' watch original, and after bashing Tim Brooke Taylor over the head a few times nutted out some numbers that gave green light to go.

With extra clue posted thought better hurry on and sign log. After waking at 3am licking road clean, working 26 hours that were started night before for no pence whatsoever, dropped kids off, headed down road that were just licked clean, back past mill, cross ferry to Fiddle town and Bloodwood Road. It were to be hot in afternoon so packed extra H2O and long trousers and shirt protect from scratchy bushes. Was keen to find Hidden Valley series while out there. Looking at Earth Google thought bike access might speed things up so tossed the trek in the back of auto. At designated parking area stopped for a moment before continuing a further 700 m or so and parking in a logical place, might not be able to do this in a 2wd if it were wet. 4WD would go pretty much all the way but our auto lacks on clearance. Pulled the trek out and rode remaining distance. Nice sandy track in places that were fun to skid about on, along with small jumps. Nearing GZ ópped off bike and headed up a narrow track, then off this through some of the mildly scratchy stuff to GZ and found what I came for. GPS said 3m, so coords more or less spot on. Signed the log and left the coins for others. If you need a peaked hat there is one available. Thanks for puzzle and walk. Will add a fav when one becomes available. Now off I go to the Haunted House valley.

PS favourite Python: a tie between JC and GC

This entry was edited by asbestiform on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at 03:07:30 UTC.

20/11/14. 12:20 PM. Cache #2013. Streak day #151. Ten in morning? Luxury. I were still solving puzzle at ten, but got green light just after. I already knew first had gone, but still left knowing it'd be mad dog o'clock by time I got here. And I left GPS at home and without water, so I came wi nowt but iPhone and pen. Parked at parking waypoint like a mug (reckon I could have parked at least half a km closer) and plodded along sandy road to get near destination. Then thin track and bush bash and I had box in hand. Not cardboard box, mind. Took nowt but photo of code and went back home. Considered Yurt's haunted house trio, but it's too hot. Here's summat for you - a favourite point. TFTC }:)

Oh, almost forgot to nominate my favourite Python - Michael Palin, the only Yorkshireman amongst 'em. K-K-K-Ken himself.

This entry was edited by Kid Ron Satan on Thursday, 20 November 2014 at 03:42:37 UTC.

And you try and tell the young cachers of today that .... they won't believe you.

Gotcha! Puzzle? In my day it would mean bashing your head wit typewriter, manually translating Tolstoy into Sankrit, to Chinese and then into Old English, with one hand tied behind back, hanging upside down, in cellar with no light on. And that was for a 2!

Sorry folks corrected a mistake in the puzzle. Should be good now with the additional hint info

Published

Aye, a new Monty. Time to lick road clean, wi' toongue.

Lick road clean.... Lucky. We ad to clean broken glass. Toughened the tongue.

In the interest of honouring the original sketch, any continued silliness about people's upbringing will be deleted:) Unless it is particularly funny!

Particularly funny? We used to dream of being funny... best we could manage was the jokes from last years Christmas Crackers!