Winter Warmer II Sanson, North Island, New Zealand
By geodatum on 11-Jul-15. Waypoint GC5WK2W

All attendees have logged, so time to archive. See you next year!

Will be archiving soon - so just a reminder to log your attendance - one still to do so. And don't forget to log the new cache, "Sign-In", GC5WK42 - three still to do so.

Thanks for hosting this event -I had an appointment in Bulls so it was very conveniently timed for me.
It was great to catch up and get some hints for some caches I needed to solve.

Another nice Winter Warmer Event. Its surprising how a woolshed can be turned into a lovely cafe. The bale-branding stencils on the walls brought back memories of my time working in woolsheds, many moons ago. It was good to see so many cachers here, and meeting more local and out-of-town cachers. Many thanks geodatum for another enjoyable Event.

Thanks for arranging the event - it was my first and I had no idea what to expect - but the company was great and I hope to stay longer next time if the young one allows thanks again

Coming through for a visit

Awesome event at a nice location. Caught up with a few cachers and met a few more new faces.
JrGun9 really liked the fake sheep just inside the door, more than the food even so I managed to make my way through his sausage roll.
T F T Event Geodatum.

A lovely sunny morning after a frost overnight and a great place to catch up with fellow cachers - some familiar faces and a number of new ones. Certainly got nice and warm in the sun and enjoyed chatting with you all over a cup of coffee. Thanks for organising this Megan.

A lovely warm location for a gathering. Thanks geodatum for organising this & giving us the opportunity to catch up with so many other cachers & pick up a souvenir at the same time.
I forgot to record the tracking number for the sheep TB, so who ever picked it up will have to record it as retrieved from "smileyville". Sorry about that.

Thank you everyone for attending and adding to the warmth of the occasion. Great to see you all, some for the first time. Hope many of you could enjoy some more caching after the event on this beautiful winter day.

Thanks for hosting this, MeGeo.
I always enjoy the socialising at these Meet&Greet events, even if I often end up chasing after the EtherSprogs...
Thanks for my first souvenir of the 2015 Roadtrip!

dropped off TB (thanks Etherlord Clan for advising us of the number)

Winter Warmer indeed - great to have sunshine streaming into our room while the outdoor tables were covered in white frost. Thank you Mrs and Mr Geodatum for a most enjoyable event catching up with friends both local and distant. Good food, good coffee and a very friendly event, thank you!

Great event - good to meet everyone, and a lovely day of geocaching afterwards. What fabulous weather! Thanks geodatum.

Arrived later than most, but still enjoyed getting together with like minds - and great to come away with a few hints and TBs to move on… Thanks for organizing this event Mrs & Mr geodatum!

#1108. Hi everyone. Thanks for allowing us to gate-crash your party. I saw this one listed this morning but wasn't sure we would make it this far north before midday. As it was we were leaving Levin and thought maybe we might just get there in time. Arrived at 11.58am but the action was still going strong. Nice to meet a few more cachers from other regions as well as some we know already from Wellington. Nice bonus of the FDF as well on the new cache. Discovered some trackables, grabbed one and left two behind with other cachers. Pity we didn't have more time to stay but have a long way to go today. Thanks for organising the event.

A most enjoyable event cache and it was really good to meet and chat to some of the Manawatu cachers for the first time.. Dropped off a geocoin to add to the colledtion on the table. Thanks geodatum for organising, I can see I'll have to come to some more of these

Enjoyed the event with Just-Lookin & Princess Emily.
Good weather and location.

Nice to talk to other geocachers.
Thanks geodatum for setting this up.

My younger brother had a four-day table tennis tournament in Palmerston North. Rather than sit around and watch paint dry, I decided to take a caching tour of the Manawatu... Joined by Gap (of Fap and Gap).

Some unplanned technicalities resulted in last minute changes this morning... Firstly, Gap had some jobs to do. Then my brother had an earlier than expected game. After hurriedly driving to the tournament venue to drop him off, I worried that I'd have no time to attend this event... As it turned out, I arrived within ten minutes of its finishing...

Luckily, there were still some gregarious souls still present. I enjoyed meeting a few cachers and putting names to faces (as you do). I also got to sign the log on a brand new cache. Overall, it was certainly worth the drive to attend this event. Thanks to geodatum for the organisation... It was nice to meet you also. TFTE.

#6702. A nice drive from Wellington to Wellington Road in Sanson. Great gathering of local geocachers and visiting folks from afar. A good day to have a winter warmer with snow on the Tararuas and sunshine streaming into the café. Enjoyed the company, coffee and food on site. Thanks for the event and the newly published cache nearby.

Really enjoyed the cosy atmosphere and an opportunity to chat with everyone.

Attended with tmann421 and Princess-Emily.

Many thanks geodatum for another lovely event and for the bonus joint FTF cache opportunity.

Attended with tmann421 and Just-Lookin.

I enjoyed playing with the other geo-kids and I also enjoyed the yummy caramel slice.

TFTE MrandMrsgeodatum

A most enjoyable event and opportunity to catch up with the 'locals' and a reasonable number of Wellingtonians as well. Quite a frosty drive up from Wellington this morning so the warm up was most appreciated.

Many thanks for organising the event, looking forward to next year's one.

2nd of the day and my first NZ event. It was great to meet so many friendly cachers and to chat about caching around the world. Great location which I will bring my whole family too again this holiday. TFTE.

Planning to attend - looking forward to meeting new cachers and a coffee

Planning to come, the venue looks good and it'll be great to meet some of the locals.

Dropping off a TB for tomorrow's event.

This entry was edited by edvern on Friday, 10 July 2015 at 07:40:13 UTC.

Just the ticket to earn the 'event' souvenir for the Road Trip '15 - count us in.

Yes, planning to attend, a warm up is sure needed after this week's winter bite.

Unfortunately the weather has trapped me in Rotorua so won't be able to make it. Looks like a good crowd too.

Yay exciting, first event

Was in our diary to attend, but we've had our plans for the day rescheduled, sorry to miss everybody, have a great time. cheers RRR

Nice to meet you all

Thanks to geodatum for hosting a another great winter warmer event, definitely warmer than what it was like when we left Wellington it was only 1 degrees.

Making our way to the event we saw plenty of snow on the hills and the nearby ranges.

Finally arrived at the event and noticed a few familiar faces and some new ones. Glad to finally meet some more of the Manawatu cacher that I haven't meet before leaving, thanks for putting on the event which was very enjoyable. TFTEC.

AtomsNZ, JrGun9 and I should be there.
I've been to the Woolshed for a few lunches.

There's a good possibility I (we'll) be down that way, and if in time will call all for coffee & cake

Hopefully.

Will aim to get there - but depends on what the rest of the family are doing!

Enjoyed last years Winter Warmer event, will be there this year.

Hope to be there.

See you there

Hope to make it with Adielady and our families - will be our very first event.

Hoping to attend ... have put it in calendar.

am visiting from hk - will try and make it over/down/there.

Will try to come and meet up!

Hopefully we can pop in and say hi. We have a bus trip leaving Ohakea before midday sometime. So it'll be a quick hi and bye to everyone.

May get there depending on the weather on the day - Good opportunity to meet some more cachers.

Really enjoyed last year so I should be there and hoping to drag along tmann421 as well as Princess-Emily.

Exciting

Not to far down the road, so we'll be there.

Sounds good! I plan to be there, thanks geodatum.

The extended EtherLord Clan (inc Grandparents) had lunch here for Mother's Day and we were very impressed
The food was enjoyable and the kids had great fun on the playground as well.

We hope to attend with EtherMiss2 who will be 6 weeks old then.

Not sure yet but hope to make it

Published

I've been meaning to stop in at the new cafe for ages, this seems like a good reason to do so!