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Today we headed over to Manchester as Phil has bought tickets for the "Dancing on Ice 2011 Tour" at the MEN Arena for Pam’s birthday.
We parked up about 1/2 a mile from the MEN and walked over. With time to spare before the show we decided to pick up a couple of caches including this one.
Quick find by Phil on this one, log signed, and then slipped back in place
TNLNSL TFTC PhilPamandRob 

Today we headed over to Manchester as Phil has bought tickets for the "Dancing on Ice 2011 Tour" at the MEN Arena for Pam’s birthday.
We parked up about 1/2 a mile from the MEN and walked over for a good show.
Afterwards Pam went shopping and Dad/Rob grabbed a couple of caches
Although the seat was occupied, the required end was vacant, so we sat down, and with slight of hand soon had the cache.
Removed scraps of paper and added a new sheet 4"x3" thats hould keep it going a little while
TNLNSL TFTC PhilPamandRob 

Today we headed over to Manchester as Phil has bought tickets for the "Dancing on Ice 2011 Tour" at the MEN Arena for Pam’s birthday.
We parked up about 1/2 a mile from the MEN and walked over for a good show.
Afterwards Pam went shopping and Dad/Rob grabbed a couple of caches
Quick find by Robert on this one, log signed, and then slipped back in place
TNLNSL TFTC PhilPamandRob
p.s. cache ok, so "needs maintenance" icon can be removed 

Theres a long story to visiting this cache....

We were visiting fasmily in Dewsbury and I had a geocoin wanting to get to Sheffield for Christmas. The plan was to go to Sheffield today on the way home and drop it off there in one of the caches owned by the owner of this coin. What we didn't plan for was the Yorkshire RAIN!

So with it pouring down we resorted to Plan B - stay indoors. Rather than stay at my parents where Robert would probably drive us all mad going on about Poikemon on his Nintendo DS, I chose to take then to the National Mining Museum. But I still needed a cache for this coin!

This one is just of the M1, so seemed ideal. I just hope that the person who picks up the coin TAKES IT TO SHEFFIELD (it is labelled as such).
For good measure we dropped off one of out own new trackables - its heading East

TFTC PhilPamandRob 

After joining thr DNF club at "Pipe Dreams" I wandered on to this cache.
Found without any problems. All is ok with it
TNLNSL TFTC PhilPamandRob 

It was a late call (3pm) to head out for a bit of caching, but I'd been busy all day and now Rob was going to a birthday party. Pam told me I was not needed, so off to Wales I went.
Return visit to this one to pick up a travel tag - it was only when I got home I found it was heading to Ireland!
TFTC PhilPamandRob 

Everybody should try the mind reading approach rather than the alternative as its so interesting to pick up the thought waves going through Mikes head (Don’t worry Mike – what I picked up will not be revealed!)

As I headed west to the Colwyn Bay even I took a small detour here for this cache. I found some handy parking close by and went straight to the cache as there was only one place that caught the cachers eye. It was also backed up by the cachers trail for the last few yards.

After a minute or so feeling around my finger tips hit upon the unmistakable feel of.a cache. Quickly signed the log and replaced as found before heading back to a warm dry car to continue the journey

TNLNSL TFTC PhilPamandRob 

Called in as I headed south down the M6 after a TB dash to Scotland. Onlt 2 trackables in residence so took them and left wto others in their place
TFTC PhilPamandRob 

Liverpool’s Tinkerbell has been devastated by the demolition of her leafy glade, and disappearance of her box of worldly goods. Finally, she felt well enough to venture out to find a new home in Sefton Park. Unfortunately as all her possessions disappeared, this one is just a 6†tube with a logsheet and pencil.
As a kind gesture to all those seeking her and her friend Peter Pan, she’s offering “New for Oldâ€. Just e-mail her the part or full co-ordinates you have already obtained (both N&W end in odd digits) and she’ll send you the equivalent new ones (with N&W ending in even digits)
 

having already got a couple of FTFs this morning, and not quite 8:00am, thought I vsiit some more in the area. Lovely walk alongside a frozen canal with snow on the ground. Found easily and TNLNSL
TFTC PhilPamandRob 

Birkenhead, Wirral, UK

This mural is on the wall of the car park of the Queens Pub in Birkenhead. It depicts the entrance gate to the nearby Birkenhead Park. This gateway is residential with propoierties in both pillars

TFTC PhilPamandRob 

CACHE DESIGNS LTD, Unit 1b, Yardley Rd, Knowsley Industrial Estate, Kirkby, Merseyside, L33 7SS UK

In the morning I went in search of "Cache Cache Software" in Chester, UK, but found no signs. Therefore in the afternoon resorted to Plan B and visited "Cache Designs".

TFTC PHilPamandRob 

FLINT, NORTH WALES

This building used to be a Methodist Chapel/Church, but has now been converted into accomodation

TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

BANGOR-ON-DEE, NORTH WALES, UK

By chance came across this website (http://www.pewsey.eurobell.co.uk/Day6.htm) that showed a roman bridge at Bangor-on-Dee, North Wales.

TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

Space & Time Section, 5th Floor, World Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool, UK

Went to this museum hoping to find another locationless cache and spotted this sundial in a display cabinet. What a bonus as statues of Atlas are very rare around here! Apologies for the very dark images, but flash photography is prohibited in the museum.
The descrition card reads:
GLOBE SUNDIAL WITH STATUE OF ATLAS
The shadow from the small iron stick falls on the sphere to give the time. Althoughdates 1568, the dial has been put together from various parts at a later date
Lent by the Lady Lever Art Gallery LL405 

THE ANCHORAGE (NOW CLOSED), GRAND HOTEL
NEW BRIGHTON< WIRRAL, UK
N 53 26.406 W 003 02.626

Not one, but two statues of liberty outside this building. Originally the Grand Hotel, it bacame a nightclub called the Anchorage, and now its closed
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

I only know of one true tobacconist in Liverpool, and that is Turmeaus Tobacconist, 16 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside L2 8TD. A check of the logs revealed that mongoose39uk has already logged the indian chief outside this shop on 23rd August this year.
However, as I walked passed this lunchtime, I saw there were more smaller indians inside the entrance, and around the shop - in fact a whole tribe of them!
I went in and asked the owner is I could photo a couple and he obliged, he even pointed out several others around the shop. He even has a british version - a carved bulldog holding cigars!
Photos are a bit dark as its indoors and the flash has paid more attention to the GPS than the statues
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

1) ARROWE COUNTRY PARK, WIRRAL, NORTH WEST ENGLAND
N 53 21.852 W 003 05.441
Arrowe Park on the Wirral is another park that contains tennis courts, a golf course (ball not disc) and plenty of picnic benches. It also has bowling greens, playgrounds and a pitch and putt course. It has plenty of open spaces and woodland that contains a variety of wildlife as well as a couple of geocaches!
Historically, it is famous for hosting the 3rd World Jamboree of the Scout movement in 1929. This was known as the "Coming of Age" Jamboree as it celebrated 21 years since the foundation of the Scouting Movement. In total, the scout camp was a mile long by half a mile wide, and 56,000 Scouts of many nationalities were camped together within Arrowe Park. Unfortunately, it rained so much that the clay soil could not absorb the water and the site soon resembled a sea of mud!

2) CULLINGWORTH MILLENNIUM TREE, Near KEIGHLEY, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK
N 53 49.563 W 001 53.783
Scouts (and cubs) tend to be boys, whilst Guides (Brownies and Rainbows) are the equivalent for girls. The 1st Cullingworth Rainbows and Brownies planted a millennium tree in their village in April 2000. The silver birch was planted next to Cullingworth war memorial. The money for the tree was raised by the selling of leaves at 50p per leaf to be hung on to a paper tree.

3) PAINTBALL WARFARE, FRONTLINE PAINTBALL, LANCASHIRE, UK
N 53 39.090 W 002 53.885
War memorials commemorate those who gave their lives during various wars. There is however another type of far more enjoyable warfare – paintball warfare, where players shoot each other with small balls of paint. One such battle zone is at Frontline paintball between Southport and Preston. The zone contains a variety of terrain and players take part in various warfare scenarios including jungle warfare, defending/attacking the village, and escorting a convoy of vehicles.



[This entry was edited by PhilPamAndRob on Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 12:03:15 AM.] 

SUPERLAMBANANA, LIVERPOOL, UK
This is an unusual advertising icon as it started life purely as a statue/monument. The City of Liverpool then 'adopted' it as an advertising icon for "Liverpool City of Cuilture - 2008" and even sell minature porcelain replicas in its Liverpool08 shop. See thier website at http://www.liverpool08.com/08Shop/Souvenirs/superlambanana.asp (Superlambanana Limited Edition : Specially commissioned version of the Superlambanana to celebrate Liverpool as European Capital of Culture 2008)
The (Super) Lambanana is one of Liverpools most hated and most loved public monuments. It was designed by Taro Chiezo, is about 5m high and 6m long, being hollow wioth an outer layer of glassfibre, and stands as witness to the perils of genetic engineering. Its a lamb at the front and a banana at the back, and is of course yellow in colour. Copied from a small plasticine model (hence the 'pinched out' ears) it now stands on the corner of Tithebarn Street and Vauxhall Road at the listed co-ordinates. The Liverpool08 shop (called The 08Place) is located on Whitechapel and is at co-ordinates N 53 24.374 W 002 59.292.
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

ANYONE FOR DARTS?
This dart is about 1 metre long and hangs in the window of Alliance Snooker Ltd on Edge Lane, Liverpool, UK
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

POP CAPITAL OF THE WORLD - LIVERPOOL, UK

According to the Guinness Book of Records, Liverpool is the pop music capital of the world. Since the UK charts began, Liverpool artists have had more number one hits than any other city. At the last count, there had been over 53 chart-toppers. That’s one for every 8,707 Scousers. The first was ‘How much is that doggy in the window?’ by Lita Roza in 1953. Since then, groups such as The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Atomic Kitten have all held the number one spot.
IN Mathew Street (The Cavern Quarter) there is a Wall of Fame and a plaque commemoration Liverpool as the Pop Capital of the World. It currently has 54 discs on the wall commemoration all the Citys number ones. The last disc on the wall is for 'The Tide is High' by Atomic Kitten in 2002. 

Chester Castle, Chester, UK

This Castle was also used as a prison, with trials being held in the Great or Shire Hall in the Outer Bailey. As the following extracts from Hemingway's History of Chester show the castle housed prisoners from both of the Jacobite uprisings:

1715: "This winter Lord Charles Murray (son to the Duke of Athol) with several gentlemen, and a great number of private men, who had been taken (November 13th) in the rebellion at Preston, were brought prisoners to Chester Castle. The weather was very severe, and the snow lay a yard deep in the roads. Many of the above mentioned prisoners died in the castle by the severity of the season; many were carried off by a very malignant fever; and most of the survivors were transported to the plantations in America. As the castle was quite filled with these prisoners, the Lent Assizes were held in Northwich."

1745: "Fearing the rebel army from Scotland, Chester and its Castle was again fortified. One veteran regiment, and three new ones were raised. However the rebels did not approach the city only passing through a part of the county on their way to Staffordshire. However, after the surrender of Carlisle, a number of the rebels were brought prisoners in sixteen carts and held at the castle - which they completely filled.

The photograph is ofn the castle from the corner of castle View, Close to the roodee car park. 

This steam train was found near the engine sheds on the Llangollen Railway in North Wales. According to their website(http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/stock/steam/2859.html), Engine 2859 is under restoration. Further details are :
2859 is a GWR heavy freight engine of the 28xx class built at Swindon in May 1918, to a design of George Jackson Churchward's dating from 1903. The engine cost £4,992 when new and £956 for the tender; in the year 2000 £6000 will just about buy two large connecting rods! Engines of the type were produced in batches from 1905 onwards, and on 25th February 1906, an engine of the class hauled 2,010 tons on a test train. This steam haulage record in Britain lasted from 1906 to the 1980s, when 9F 92203 Black Prince (by then preserved) pulled a train of over 2200 tons. In all, 84 engines were built to Churchward`s design. From 1937 to 1942 a further batch of 83 was built with enlarged cabs and outside steam pipes to modified designs by Charles Collett. 

Where did all the beach huts go?
Llanbedrog, between Pwllheli and Abersoch in North Wales.
In May 2004 we went to a wedding, and there were a whole row of colourful beach huts (see photo 1)
On returning in December 2005 the beach was empty (see photo 2).
A quick search found 61 of them them at N 53 51.315 / W 004 28.892 (see photos 3 & 4) in the National Trust Car Park (they must move them there for safe keeping in Winter)
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

This waterfall is adjacent to the road heading Noirth into Blaenau Ffestiniog in Snowdonia, North wales 

This Camera Obscura is at Happy Valley, on the Great Orme above Llandudno in North Wales. On a good day you can see all of Llandudno town centre and the bay. It was originally built in 1860.
For anyone else looking for a Camera Obsura in North Wales, there is one at Portmerion (If I couldn't find this one, I planned to move on to Portmerion).
TFTC - PhilPamandRob

 

The UKs steepest Funicular is into the Deepo Mine at the Llechwedd Slate Mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog in North wales. It is a single carriage with counterbalance and is a
specially constructed inclined railway descending 235 feet (71 m) into the Deep Mine at a gradient of 1 in 1.8 (55%)
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

We have National Parks in the UK, and they also have HQs.
You may wish to compare this HQW to those you have in the US! Its for Snowdonia National Park in North Wales 

This roller coaster is at Rhyl in North Wales, and is next to "The Loop" previously logged by Happy Landins. As it was December, it was closed for Winter and there wasn't even a sign giving its name! 

Above Dyserth waterfalls in North Wales are a set of caves, this picture is of one of them. Close to here is the "Caves and Falls" cache (GCJFKD) 

Found this plave outside th Caernarfon Air Museum at caernorfon Airport in NorthWales. I think it may be a Hunter.
 

North Wales has several large dams, but I've selected the one at Llyn Celyn. This is adjacent to the main road from Bala to Trawsfynydd.
When the dam was built in 1965, the village of Capel Celyn and the Tryweryn valley near Bala were drowned in order to supply water for the City of Liverpool. Eight hundred acres of land was drowned, as well as the school, the post office, the chapel and the cemetery, in order to create the Llyn Celyn (Celyn lake) reservoir. Twelve farms and land belonging to four other farms were drowned.
Nowadays, releases of water from the dam feed the River Treweryn. The National Whitewater centre (canoeing & rafting) is based on this river and depend on these water releases for events that they host.
 

Found these huts at Bagillt, just West of Flint on North Wales. One is used by Grosvenor Scaffolding whilst the others are Adhoc UPVC Installations 

Two for One!
Blue Stone Farm House on Blue Stone Lane, between Eccleston and Mawdesley in Lancashire, NW England. The co-ordinates are for the farmhouse, the road junction and sign are at N 53 37.845 / W 002 45.212
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

Saw a road sign to this scout camp (at N 53 15.827 / W 002 43.814) when in the area a month ago. Returned yesterday to photograph both rad sign and scout camp entrance
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

Bolton wanderers Football Club has a Hall of Fame in its Reebok Stadium. Its recently being modified from just a Hall of Fame into a Function Room and Suite, appropriately named "The Hall of Fame Suite". Its part of the East stand of the stadium.
On the day we visited, They were playing away and the ground was closed, so the protograph is just of the notice at the entrance to the hall of fame Suite
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

Hopefully you'll let this stand as I didn't realise it had been achived before the year end. I printed off the sheets early October and have been on the lookout since
This bridge is outside the Reebok Stadium (home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club) in NW England. It crosses a very busy road
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

The Mascot for the City of Liverpool (UK) is a Liver Bird.
Two very famous Liver Boirds sit on top of the Liver Buildings the cities waterfront. They are 18 feet tall, have a total wing span of 24 feet and are made of copper. Local legend has it that if they fly away, Liverpool will cease to exist. The Liver Birds are a cross between an eagle and a cormorant (the bird of good luck to sailors).
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

Pier Head, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, UK
A quick web search came up with 4 possible locations in Liverpool. Three in easy walking distance of my office and one at Liverpool Football Club. The nearest (as it was a very cold day) was this machine at Pier Head that imprints your penny with a "Mersey Ferries" Design.
TFTC - Philpamandrob 

PRINCES ROAD SYNAGOGUE, LIVERPOOL, UK

The Old Hebrew Congregation's Grade II* listed building (1874) with spectacular interior. Probably Europe's finest example of the Moorish Revival or Saracenic style of synagogue architecture. The Synagogue was designed by W and G Audsley of Liverpool. Built in 1874 of red sandstone and unpressed brick, the building impressively combines Gothic and Moorish architecture. The stepped gable surmounts a rose window flanked by octagonal turrets. The interior is rich in marble and gold and has a tunnel vaulted nave, a magnificent Byzantine style Ark of the Convenant and a columnated almemar. 

In the UK we know the moose as an Elk. This Elk is definitely not living, it died during the ice age! Its skeleton was found in a peat bog in County Limerick, Ireland, and its now on display on the 4th floor of the World Museum, William, Brown St, Liverpool, UK.
 

Exchange Station, Liverpool, UK

The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway & East Lancashire Railways opened Exchange station on Tithebarn Street, Liverpool on 13th May 1850. The first line into the station served Bury via Bolton and Wigan whilst the second line came in from Preston. At its peak the station had ten platforms with services to Scotland, Blackpool & Windermere. During the Second World War it suffered extensive damage, and has been in decline afterwards. It closed on 20th April 1977, when it was owned by British Rail (London Midland Region). On closure it was replaced by the new underground Northern Line from Southport, Ormskirk & Kirby, going through the City Centre to Hunts Cross. This connects with the underground loop of the Wirral line serving New Brighton, West Kirby & Hooton (as well as the main Lime Street terminal in Liverpool). Moorfields station, at the intersection of the Northern & Wirral lines is only a few yards from the front of the original Exchange station.
The station frontage, once a hotel, and a listed building, is now the entrance to Mercury Court office complex. The rear of the station now forms part of a large NCP car park. Several of the original walls are still standing and can be seen from the car park and along Pall Mall. 

FRONTLINE PAINTBALL, Between SOUTHPORT & PRESTON, UK
Great days paintballing in this large complex at the Leisure Lakes, Mere Brow, Just North of Southport. Battles included Jungle warfare, Convoys, villages, Lakeside battles etc
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

MARINE WAY BRIDGE, SOUTHPORT, UK
This suspension bridge has appeared since I was last in Southport a couple of years ago. It crosses the marine lake
TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

JOSEPH HELER, NANTWICH, CHESHIRE, UK
See http://www.joseph-heler.co.uk/index.php

Joseph Heler himself was introduced to cheese making as a boy by his grandmother, who in common with many farming families began traditional cheese making at the farm around the turn of the century.

Situated on Laurels Farm, near Nantwich, in the heart of Cheshire countryside Mr. Joseph Heler founded the current business in 1957.

The Joseph Heler dairy is renown for its award winning range of British regional cheese and Mr. Joseph Heler, the current Company Chairman, to this day maintains his role and oversees the quality of all the Company's products at the weekly grading session.
 

CULLINGWORTH, KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK

Before going to Yorkshire to visit family, I did research to see if there were any millennium trees. I found that there was a silver birch next to the War Memorial in Cullingworth. It was planted in April 2000 by the 1st Cullingworth Rainbows and Brownies.

When I visited Cullingworth, I found the war memorial with no problems. There are 3 trees in this enclose area, two are very old and are not birch. The third is a silver birch and appears to be of the right age. There was no plaque to coinfirm this. I've photographed the tree with the memorial in the background, and can provide the following link about its planting
http://archive.thisisbradford.co.uk/2000/4/29/153893.html
TFTC - PhilPamandRob
 

Firstly, a big thank you to DUTCHMASTER for his help in achieving this cache. Without his help, it would not have been possible.
PHILPAMANDROB converts to 74 Deg 45.72(6) minutes on a phone keypad. 74 degrees north/south is very cold being in the acrctic/antarctic, and probably has few cachers. 74 E is in India, but when checking the link on this page for Canadian Cities, I saw Cornwall Ontario was exactly 74 Deg 45 Min West. A quick check for caches around cornwalls co-ordinates indicated DUTCHMASTER was one on the main cacxhers in the area, owning several actual caches, then it was a simple case of making contact, and Dutchmaster providing his assistance
Thanks again Dutchmaster and TFTC, PhilPamandRob 

WILTON PARK, BATLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK

This butterfly house is in Wilton park, Batley close to the Bagshaw Museum (to get there follow museum signs). As can be seen from the signs, its closed in October

TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

206 BRADFORD ROAD, BATLEY CARR, WEST YORKSHIRE, UK

This Mosque has an interesting history

1962 : An old dilapidated warehouse/storage depot was purchased at 206 Bradford Road, Batley to read prayer. It was called JAMAT KHANA and became the first mosque in the North of England

1966 : It was refurbished into a mosque an named JUMMA MASJID

TFTC - PhilPamandRob 

CHURCH OF ST MARY, LOWE HOUSE, ST HELENS, UK

Carillions are quite rare in the UK, but one exists in this church in St Helens, Merseeyside UK. Unfortunately, I was unable to go inside to take any photos.
The carillon at St Mary's, Lowe House is one of the largest in the British Isles with 47 bells. The largest bell weighs 4 tons 4cwt. It is known as the "Thanksgiving" Carillon because it was erected in the centenary year of Catholic Emancipation and therefore is a celebration of religious freedom.
Full details can be found at :
http://www.stmaryslowehouse.co.uk/index.php?The+Carillon
TFTC - PhilPamandRob