Penruddock Prize (Canterbury) Westmorland, South Island, New Zealand
By stoutwind on 12-Jun-05. Waypoint GCP967

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I think this cache may have gone walk about. I also think it may require reviewer intervention as the owner has not been active on the site since December.

Searched for a while without success and gave up when invaded by muggles. Given the recent DNFs and other logs it seems the difficulty level may be higher than a 1.

I hate cuttie grass

Not this time. 2 DNFs maybe warrants a check up.

Hmm... still haven't got it! Must be not seeing the wood for the trees, even with the help of 2 minions! The foliage does bite!

TFTC

There is no pencil sharpener in this cache. my metal detector didn't work. no pencil or pen either, but I found it in the end.

Make sure you have good footwear to find this.

Had to dig around a bit. I should learn that hides in places like this take some perseverance.

Will have to come back here and try again

After dinner popped down to try my luck on this cache. My sister had been unsuccessful when she had tried last year. Made a real meal of this by making it way harder that the difficulty 1 deserved. A number of words could describe this hunt - tenacity, pigheadedness, doggedness - I was NOT going to give up. Searched all over, up, down, infront and behind, getting a few scars in the process - courtesy of that biting vegetation, but in the end perseverance paid off. Its not that actually that hard! I can say that now. TFTC

The vegetation does bite back, despite being encouraged on a by some helpers the search proved futile today
erninz

No luck today, come back when we have long pants on. Ouch

Good spot

Nice park and walkway that I didn't even know was there. Took a friend who was new to caching.

Finally got this one after visiting the GZ 3 times.... well hidden,
GPS was a little all over the place.TNLNSL TFTC.

Lovely in the sun. purdiepurdie TFTC

The terrain is quite vicious! But we found it in the end

Few scratches and a bit of fossicking but we found it!

The previous logs warned me of the plants and so I came with precautions - just as well as I am allergic to those buggers. Had a prodder and found quite quickly. TFTC

Stopped for a look on an afternoon bike ride with my son. Avoided the bite of the vegetation.

+ yoyo key chain
- plastic dinosaur

TFTC, Jeff and Matthew

Ouch is a good word to use but found cache after a short hunt. TNLN SL
Must look further along this unknown pathway sometime.

I never knew this was here. Nice spot. The location was not obvious, but once I pretended I was watching Mporokosa I found it almost immediately. (Mporokosa was a superb tutor/mentor.) TFTC. TNLN.

easy walk and find TFTC

Great. A lovely walk and an easy find for a change!

NIce day for a bike riding /cache hunting. TFTC

We had a very good look here, all five of us, in spite of getting prickled by the plants. At night in the very cold conditions, we gavce up after about ten or fifteen minutes.

295. And now only 5 to go. We gave it a good going over but night time may have hindered us.

No go for us. It was about 9.00pm and very cold, but that's not an excuse, we just couldn't find it.

Thanks anyway

Darn, how tedious - we must have been starting to loose our grip this late on a frosty night! Another DNF for Team McWindeLuneX7, though I see a later cacher has found it. Thanks stoutwind.

Ow! The vegetation is carnivorous ... got the prize though. First find for today

+ Green dinosaur - Orange Dinosaur

TFTC.

Ouch - the vegetation really did bite! Found it with two impatient junior cachers who were keen to play in the park! TNLN TFTC

Graemey found this one while we scurried around the suspected area. TNLNSL TFTC

Found by graemey from the UK at second attempt with my son in law- richbritty-a kiwi-whilst trying to achieve 50 caches in NZ.TFTC.Nice hide.

Found with quite a search and several cuts. SL TFTC

Great having a seat nearby to write up the log, TFTC.

Firts cache of the morning found more or less by baby bear, all on his own. Nice spot.

As we were over this way popped in and found it.TFTC

Looked in a few likely spots but the prize was somewhat elusive. Finally, the last sentence in the description did the trick. Nice reserve. Thanks stoutwind.

Mark found it using his usual "I'm a giant watch me stomp!!!" technique. TFTC

Good clue, relatively easy to find. Hadn't been to the area before so it was nice.

Was passing by and decided to try for this. Good hide. Thanks.

Nice One!!!!!!!! One of the many caches found during our extended great long weekend in the city. Very cold and windy with lots of the wet stuff, yet much fun. Thanks

Neat cache. Took TB sailor left TB Geocoin "In the mood for caching". TFTC

Easy find, with a convenient seat to log my find.
Beware of the dog poo near ground zero - the reason it's so smeared looking is that I trod in it. Bugger!
TFTC.

Interesting little walk along the river, found it quickly, no bites. Took a fridge magnet and left a Kelloggs reading timer. Took a travel bug and left a travel bug (bugsbury). TFTC

(May want to remove old log book to make more room, a bit crammed at the moment.)

A nice little park and walkway. I used to work next to this park when Cashmere Downs Nursery existed. Penruddock Rise did not exist then. TFTC

This one came up on the GPS as we drove by so just had to stop and find it.Easy find after looking at the hint.Left travelbug.TFTC

Just where it should be but watch out for the inconsiderate dog deposits!

Nice one, cool spot!

yay got it.

Wow.. been here so many times - never knew this place existed!

Walked to location to see Chipster88 writing in the log book! * (Nice Timing!)

+ Lego
- Red Car

With Taylors.
Fell into the bushes by the bridge in an attempt to find (didn't), had to use the clue. We knew we'd found it when the vegetation bit Helen.
A well hidden little spot.
Took tiki and bird
Left rock pet and red car




[This entry was edited by finder_smurf on Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 12:31:57 AM.]

A very nice little walkway along the river. Took a little bit of fossicing but we nailed it in the end. Loads of muggles with small children and little dogs on walks. Retrieved TB rechargeable drill for the second time.

Brave the vegetation and it is an easy find on a lovely Autumn day. TFTC

Left TB, took kids rattle toy.

Nice easy find between showers

Easy find, TFTC

A fairly easy find. Thats 3 out of 3 for the day

Nice wee spot. Quick easy find, first place I looked.

Cheers.

A quick find. I don't know why I didn't do this one when I found the one up the hill. TFTC. Hatas

A nice easy find, and a convenient bench to write in the log at. Thanks!

Another find on my afternoon out in the sun. I have been to a few places today that I never knew were there.

Easy find on a day of New Year caching. - GC, + Godzone TB

Mr B encouraged Jnr B to have a go while sorting out the geobag for a few seconds and was both proud & annoyed to discover Jnr B had cache in hand. TFTC + GC

Cache checked. New log book supplied.

Very easy find. I agree - the logbook is getting very full!

Quick find. Back cover of log is also nearly full now. TFTC

A kwik find. If anyone is planning on finding this cache the a new logbook would be useful.

Once we managed to find the reserve, the cache was in plain view, so we rehid it out of sight - and the vegetation didn't bite! TFTC

A quick find, TFTC

Watch out for dog poo!

Qick find while working in Christchurch. TNLN

Blen and the kids found it on a luverly sunny day, with a nice cooling breeze. TFTC, TNLN

Easy cache. Took toy, left hair ties. Book nearly full.

Nice quiet reserve. Could easily drive pass without noticing
TFTC

A quick stop before heading to Nicely Native. TFTC.

Found first up on our last day in Christchurch for this trip. Tha cache is dry and in good condition. TN, LN, SL. A lovely little park and walk area. Thanks to stoutwind for the cache.

Quick find, TNLN

QUICK FIND! TFTC Nice playground to play around on. Out caching with kiwicachers and a new friend new to geocaching!
ClownyCacher

quick find and good one to introduce a friend to geocaching. lovely reserve. nice playground. TFTC!!

Took us 2 goes to find - hid in bushes from muggles and then spotted it! Very muggle prone area. TFTC

A nice one to find at dusk.
TFTC.

Nice easy find in a pleasant place. Left hippo bath toy & took the peg person & Bruce Travel Bug.

Forgot to add the Geocoin

Almost caught by muggles.
TNLN, TFTC.

Nice we spot.

#159. Cache 3/5 found with Troodles on Easter Saturday. Very quick find.

A little hideaway pathway. TFTC TNLN

a quick find, many thnaks
+small frog guy & -small sellotape

A nice simple cache. Thanks.

Must say it was a shame we did not manage to run into COTR - or did we and didn't know it. Easy find TNLN TFTC SL

Nice Sunday stroll with visiting Grandma. Kids enjoyed the nearby playground.
+ mini bag & sellotape
- balloon & soldier
TFTC

I found it! I FOUND IT!!! On the 4th visit, determined to get it this time with a friend in tow for another pair of eyes, I finally found it! I'm scratched and bloody, but I GOT IT!

And now I don't know what the deal was. It's easy. It's obvious. And the scratchings weren't even necessary.

TNLN

Found at 10-55 am. Another easy find on a pleasant walk.
TNLN. TFTC.

Nice secluded park bench.
+Carrot Key Ring
-Playing card

quick find, cheers
out-nil
in-army man

First pass had someone on the seat, came back later for a quick find.

TFTC