Found it. Nice hide. First cache of 2016.

Lovely hide, but didn't have the right equipment to sign the log.

Nicely placed.

Quick find

Very cunning indeed Mr. Crow.

Nice quick find

First find of the New Year. TFTC

Another quick find on this loop. TFTC

Trail started to get worryingly muddy at this point, but cache was quick to find. TFTC

A bit prickly to grab this one, but a quick find. TFTC

Was very difficult getting to this one. The pathway here was solid mud and we dragged most of it with us stuck to our shoes...Made this one much harder than it needed to be. After scrambling through prickles and thorns spotted it in a much easier place. TFTC

Super quick find, which was nice after the difficulty we had at the last one. TFTC

Another quick find, which was nice as the weather was starting to turn and it was starting to get colder (actually feels like winter now). TFTC

Spotted a likely location for this as we approached GZ and were pleased to discover we guessed right. TFTC

Even after checking the hint there were a few locations this could be. Spent a while searching. After no DNF on this series, we persevered, refusing to give up. Our determination was rewarded with a find! TFTC

Enjoyed the lack of mud on this section of the trail. We were walking so fast without the mud, we actually walked past the cache and needed to backtrack for it. TFTC

Needed to wait for a few cars to go past before we could grab this one. TFTC

Another quick find to finish off the series. We really enjoyed the variety of hides and containers. A very nice length for a quick loop walk. Thanks so much for the cache and the series.

TFTC

Wanted to get my 2016 up and running after missing out on the souvenir yesterday due to being at my parents' house, so nipped out for a quick one this morning. Not enough time to pick up any more today, but will be back on another day to do more of the walk. Took a while to locate, as it was an atypical Mr Crow location, so I was surprised when I did uncover it. Noted the numbers ready for my return. TFTC and Happy New Year! #2110

Hier heb ik wat hulp gehad. Mooi rustig plaatsje
Bedankt Mr Crow

We tried to look for this on our way back down from the glacier lake. It was a nice area for a cache but despite getting to 1m and consulting the hint I could not spot anywhere likely and we were getting hungry so we gave up after a few minutes.

Zusammen mit den grösseren zwei Minis ging's hoch bis zum Gletschersee. Dieser war leider nicht zu blau wie erwartet sondern grau. Hmmm. Trotzdem schöne Wanderung. TFTC Greenfield7 (Switzerland)

Thalamorph? Still trying to figure it out - Thala-change? what is is the meaning of the thala part? Greek root word for green shoot, like thallus? or thalassos, sea? Sea change as the glacier melted? Sadly, no books by Ray Crowley in the library - I'm curious to see what happens at Mt Cook ;) Sounds like you had a great time here http://izziewhizzie.blogspot.co.nz/2015/11/draft-blog-25-tuesday-10th-november-red.html
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A lovely short walk on a brilliantly fine day to see the Hooker Lake. Makes a perfect "destination" for day visitors. A good education in how an ecologically sensitive area can cope with such a huge number of tourists - channel them into this main motorway of a track, with boardwalks and solid 20-person capacity bridges and, thank goodness, a toilet at an appropriate spot.

What a change from 30 years ago, when the glacier filled the valley here. Never imagined we'd be here with adult children seeing Mt Cook reflected in a lake with icebergs floating close to shore.

Back then, Mrs D was in an Easter tramping party walking up the side of the valley to Hooker Hut just around the corner, then over the Copland Pass and down to Welcome Flats hot pools on the West Coast side. Very difficult to do now because the schrunds are too big. Mr D was in the OTMC club trip also at the hot pools. Apparently these days the place is full of backpackers and people wear togs in the pools - O tempora! O mores! In the club bus on the way back Mr D was in the seat behind Mrs D telling bad jokes - Mrs D leaned back and told an even worse one - and Mr D noticed her!

So we reminisced and strolled back to this beautiful tarn for lunch, not far from the main drag but feels secluded. Love the designer camouflage cache bag too! Sat in the sun and watched three climbers returning from the Footstool on the other side of the valley - three dots going across the snowfield, between the crevasses. We kept an eye on them as we walked back, until they reached the scrub.

Thanks for placing a cache here Mr & Mrs Crow and thanks to drawp for maintaining it.

Belatedly logged as it had escaped me this one was a puzzle
A lovely walk and trail

Belatedly logged as it had escaped me this one was a puzzle
A lovely walk and trail

Belatedly logged as it had escaped me this one was a puzzle
A lovely walk and trail

Belatedly logged as it had escaped me this one was a puzzle
A lovely walk and trail

Belatedly logged as it had escaped me this one was a puzzle
A lovely walk and trail

Belatedly logged as it had escaped me this one was a puzzle
A lovely walk and trail

Today we visited mount cook and did a few caches. Thank you for the cache. Best regards from Germany. Family Holleradhiho

Cache took a while to find - I think the wall hint confused us. However, got there in the end and took geocoin. Tftc

Found with chermione.

Holidays in New Zealand! We have been looking forward to them for years. We had lots of time to prepare ourselves for a great trip. As geocachers, we also picked out a number of great caches. Armed with a "to-do list" and accidental encounters we were lucky to log many caches. Thank you for placing them and keeping the game go on!

Day 26/28: Twizel - Lake Tekapo
We were visiting mount Cook today, so not many caches around for us, the few we were able to visit were closeby today. Thanks for this one.

This was found number 7025

Greetings from the Netherlands

Nobody seem to come to that lart of the track to see the little lake : it is better for geosearching, as it took me sometime to find the cache.
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During the trip to New Zealand, I could see and visit many places, lot of them are very nice and sometime amazing. And there is always a geocache nearby! I could find some caches every day. New Zealand is a nice country for vacation and for geocaching !
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Thanks Mr Crow (maintained by drawp) for the cache.

This was our second Geocache in NZ and it's placed in the middle of the great landscape of Mt. Cook alpine scenery with its breathtaking scenic views. Thank you for showing us that really nice place says Mr. Gwendolin from Dresden, Germany.

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Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. A simple puzzle for hubby, one of the first we had solved. The container is cracked but the bag is still keeping the log dry, thanks

I'm not sure how long ago the CO's ? About ? Event was held, but I did achieve my crOw level, and came away clutching a very useful piece of paper with lots of half-solved scrawls all over it (although I must say, it did help being sat next to Fenners ).
I faithfully kept all my solutions, and even transferred them to a notebook, grandly entitled "Rally Round Puzzles" (although many of the pages have remained unfortunately blank ).
Said notebook recently surfaced from a pile of stuff, and I started plotting the ones I had solved onto a map of the area, intending to collect them as I am now frequently in this area.
This one was actually solved by myself the other day, as the anagram had been solved at the event, and as I have nearly the whole collection of these pink beauties, the solution was easily extracted after a lot of origami .
A fav point for this, for the peaceful location with fabulous views, to say nothing of the fact that I broke the (admittedly thin) ice on the puddle approaching this cache, glad I was wearing my wellies, great fun. A well stocked cache but TNLN, all in good order, TFTC.

Found as one of 4 today, see Rally Round 12 for full log.

Have to say this one was more logic than maths (sorry Ray ). A combination of an anagram solved at the ? About ? event, the name of the cache and observation of aspects of the cache page led to an investigation which led to a happy smile as I saw what must be GZ, and then spotted the cache glinting in the greenery. Very muddy in this field today!! Thanks for the cache.

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. This mini series of puzzles was a joint effort between Hubby and me. Interesting to learn something new and useful, thanks. The mud on the way to this was amazing. We tried to follow the footpath but dared not stop as we were sinking on every step. Quick find at GZ, thanks

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. This mini series of puzzles was a joint effort between Hubby and me. Interesting to learn something new and useful. It is also very funny to find out the origin of a Smoot!! We have passed this way before and knew exactly where the cache would be. Another favourite, thanks

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. This mini series of puzzles was a joint effort between Hubby and me. Interesting to learn something new and useful. Quick find at GZ, thanks

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. This mini series of puzzles was a joint effort between Hubby and me. Interesting to learn something new and useful, thanks. The hint meant what we expected. Log a bit damp but OK, thanks

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. Puzzle was another number crunching challenge for hubby. The outer container was full of water but inner container/log dry, thanks

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. Great puzzle and lovely stroll to the cache, another favourite, thanks

One of 4 Rally Rounds found today. This was solved at the FIRST ? About ? event, goodness knows how long ago that was - but it just shows that it's always worth keeping every piece of paper!

I pulled up and could see exactly where Crow would hide it - and I was right. However I was rather unnerved by the baying of hounds close by, very Baskerville-like, and I could hear a voice calling, so the signing and replacing of the cache was extremely quick. Can report a damp and rather disintegrating log sheet though.

Thanks for placing this cache!

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. Walked here after lunch at the usual pub. I'm weighed down heavily after a very good steak and kidney pudding. I enjoyed this puzzle as I like word codes, thanks

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. Walked here after lunch at the usual pub. I'm weighed down heavily after a very good steak and kidney pudding. The last section of the walk was particuarly pleasant. Hubby enjoyed the puzzle as he likes the calculation ones, thanks. Must be quite difficult to spot the hint item in summer.

One of 4 Rally Rounds found today. This one has been in my notebook for so long I've forgotten how I solved it, although I don't think it was one featured at the ? About ? event. Looking at the cache page now doesn't make me any the wiser. Anyway, a great location although very cold today out there. Thanks for the cache.

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. A friend helped us with this puzzle. Quick cache and dash here, thanks. Can't believe some one else has been here today!!

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. This puzzle was a joint effort between Hubby and me. A favourite, thanks

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. Having added the necessary offsets and solved the anagram for final location we set off confidently. At GZ all we found was an empty hook. We had a good dig around to see if it could be found nearby but to no avail. Returned later with a temporary log in a plastic bag. This should be OK for a bit. CO has confirmed he is happy for us to log this as a find.

Have been busy over Xmas hols solving these puzzles. Out today to find the caches. This was a bit of a slog to this one but at least the footpath was clear. We had not managed to solve the hint but the cache was located without a problem. Nice to find a few swaps, thanks

Initially deceived by the alternative location, but got it in the end.

Very slippery slope but managed to avoid a soaking.

Found after a bit of a prickling. Dropped off a GC.

What a frustrating one this turned out to be. It took a while before I realised what was needed and I then spent the next two days trying to resolve the puzzle without success. Surely it couldn't be that hard - in generally pretty good at these things. Then with 90 minutes before we were due to head south I remembered one of the basic rules of the game which, due to the lack of lines, I'd completely overlooked! A race against time which was thankfully resolved with 1 minute 4 seconds to spare!

Well I couldn't come all the way down here after that and not go and get it could I? Even though I'm on crutches and it was rather muddy it had to be done! A nice straightforward find at ground zero. Thanks

As my sister and father both lives in Maldon and I'd heard about Mr. Crow's devious puzzles I couldn't resist trying a few that I could maybe pick up when I'm down visiting from Northumberland. I had an idea what was needed with this one but it still took a while to locate the right resource and the method of using it. Finally I got the information which I did know how to use and the coordinates were soon located.

Whilst it as a pleasant morning the field was rather muddy especially given I'm walking on crutches; not helped by one of the gates being boarded up necessitating climbing over it. No matter - nothing stops a serious cacher and once at ground zero I had a good idea where to look and the cache was soon in hand. Thanks for the cache and puzzle.

I had a good look round ground zero but couldn't locate the cache - I gave up after about 15 minutes when the heavens opened!

Quick find. Thanks.

Love the hide. A bit of a prickle to reach it. Favorite point.

Nice quick find. The ground was flooded but the log was dry.

Camo had slipped off making it easy to spot as we approached. Restored and covered.
Dropped off trackable.

Nice quick find. Log a little wet.

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Back to my Rally Round notebook and out in the lovely blue sky and sunshine today. Well, this should have been a doddle - I mean, how hard can it be? (Answer - it's a Rally Round so bound to be very hard). I thought I had the latitude correct (and even remembered to add on the extra) but still the Checker said No even when I twiddled a bit and puzzled over the Eastings.
Oh well, taking note of the parking waypoint, and obvious feature, I set off along the muddy track, wellies deployed.
Cache was a quick spot, my coordinates had been a bit out but I was in the rough area.
Quick sign, cache in good order, TFTC.

Solved this one thanks to a comment from the CO whilst studying for my crOw level. Really not as complicated as you think. Except - I wouldn't have had a clue what to do without that helpful comment. Anyway, a little walk along a very pleasant pathway next to a spectacularly icy ditch this morning, and cache was exactly as the hint promised. TFTC!

Great hide, great location, great hint! Tftc!

Found with my daughter EJINNZ. TFTC.

Out and about exploring the beautiful Southern Island of New Zealand for a few weeks and we decided to swing by and get an up close and personal look at Mt Cook and the glacier. This cache was along our hike through the Hooker Valley. What an incredible view here! This was a fairly easy find due to accurate coordinates and a nice spoiler pic. Thanks for bringing us to this wonderful area and thanks for the cache!

Quick find. Thankyou

Having found Polycache 1 on 2nd Jan, but having no time for a longer walk, I had the chance to come back today on a crisp, sunny, winter's morning to find Nos. 2, 3 and 4 (I have solved 5 and 6 but am saving them for my Rally Round marathon). Hatfield12 was at football training so that gave me just enough time for a pleasant there-back (and off-to-the-side-a-bit) walk on paths that were muddy in places but frosty enough to be firm as well.

1/3. Already had this one punched into the GPSr after finding the clues previously. Got a bit lower down than was absolutely necessary at GZ, but that just put me at a better angle to spot the cache back over the other side. Reached round to make the grab, got the numbers and headed off to #4. TFTC #2123

Having found Polycache 1 on 2nd Jan, but having no time for a longer walk, I had the chance to come back today on a crisp, sunny, winter's morning to find Nos. 2, 3 and 4 (I have solved 5 and 6 but am saving them for my Rally Round marathon). Hatfield12 was at football training so that gave me just enough time for a pleasant there-back (and off-to-the-side-a-bit) walk on paths that were muddy in places but frosty enough to be firm as well.

3/3. Bit of a breeze now making my hands numb, so gently jogged down to GZ to generate some warmth. Fished about in the wrong hole at first, discovering only black sludge and pebbles, before switching attention to a much more likely spot and uncovering the neat little container. TFTC and for an enjoyable walk - worth a fav point. #2125

Having found Polycache 1 on 2nd Jan, but having no time for a longer walk, I had the chance to come back today on a crisp, sunny, winter's morning to find Nos. 2, 3 and 4 (I have solved 5 and 6 but am saving them for my Rally Round marathon). Hatfield12 was at football training so that gave me just enough time for a pleasant there-back (and off-to-the-side-a-bit) walk on paths that were muddy in places but frosty enough to be firm as well.

2/3. Really lovely walf to this one, with the water in the drainage ditches bubbling alongside. A friendly horse greeted me at GZ and I asked him if he knew where the cache was, but he just glared at me then walked off. Left to my own devices, I soon identified the hide and found the cache, nicely tucked under. Now to head back and calculate the last one. TFTC #2124

After a thorough search I dnf'd this. Looked for the hint and was sure I was in the right place. GPS was jumping a bit under the tree cover.

Also the entrance to the footpath was blocked and I had to walk round and over a pile of ballast to get there.

Lovely short walk to here in a very nice location. The water was very fast here and I imagined how slow it would be in the summer.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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Primarily I went about this puzzle in the wrong way. The air as very fresh today, good coords made for a quick find.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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I've always said length matters.

I had to wait for a couple in a car to move away before I could park. This is such a lovely hide and the path wasn't muddy.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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I'd forgotten just how many RR I'd solved so I did a bit of Cerca Trova through my data base and remembered this one. I couldn't think for the life of me how I solved it, so had to start again from scratch.

Passing a sad spot here to get to the cache. I wondered what had happened.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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This puzzle had me scratching my head for months until one day the 'penny dropped' and the numbers were discovered.

Too cold to walk far today, I have a few more puzzles solved so will be back another day.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country, aware all the time that I was probably being watched by the ever seeing Eye.

I had fun solving this puzzle when it first came out and today I was standing here on my own in the failing light hoping not to be see. It deserves a fav point as it is such a superb location for this hide.

This took a little longer to find as the cache was well hidden and took two attempts before I spotted it.

Thanks for the puzzle and the cache Mr Crow

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Just had to stop here to see if there was a cache here and pleased to say there was. Very happy to sign the log.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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This is another puzzle that I had solved quite sometime ago and ofcourse enjoyed. Today it was time to collect my prize by signing the log on this very chilly day.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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Hope I'm living up to the title you have bestowed upon me.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country being watched from a far.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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I also like a bit of dirty fun as well. The cache was a bit exposed so I covered it a bit better with the available camo.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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Its handy having a man that knows how.....but in my case it was a woman that knew how. A quick find on this very chilly day.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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Nobody wanted to play games after Christmas so I decided they could sit and solve puzzles. This was one we all ended up with the same numbers. This was a quick find as I was passing.

I'd had a lovely morning walking the Ulting Series with Beastmarsta and Boxteddies and after a spot of lunch we said our good-byes and I headed into Crow country.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache Mr Crow

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Very nice wee spot everyone else walks past. Well worth the stop. TFTC.

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Quick and easy. All good here.

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Some camo tape has worn away which made it an easier find than it might have been.

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Found at the second attempt.

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Yay! found it this time. Of course if I had looked on the right side last time I may have had more success. This time I got it right. The camo is a rather distressed but used the useful natural cover when replaced. What a busy road, had to wait for breaks in the traffic to replace. Took the TB . Thanks for the cache.

On my way to Colchester and made a small detour to fill in a few smileys on the map. Stopped right by this one but it was a long way for me to reach! Thanks for the cache.

Backtracked to this cache now the doggles have set off for their walk. Think this was easy to find at this time of year, no nettles! Soon found but needed a little gentle persuasion too open cache.
Nice container. Thanks for the cache.

Second find this morning on my way to Colchester, I had to pass one by as doggles were unloading dogs nearby. Parked nearby for this one and set of to search, soon found this cosy cache and signed and returned log. Now to go back to previous cache! Thanks for the cache.

Our biggest initial problem was trying to connect the title to the puzzle. A chance conversation with our nephews on Boxing Day, suggested a possible way forward. Countless mistakes later, and after making many corrections, the coords revealed themselves, and all became clear.
Thank You Mr. Crow for a well thought out puzzle, which is, for us, our final Rally Round.

One of our various methods of trying to solve another puzzle cache finally paid off here.
Thank you Mr Crow for placing this puzzle.

We are traveling around New Zealand. We are so glad that we can discover this beautiful country. We enjoy it so much. This cache was found during our travel.

Thank you. Greetings from Czech Republic

ABN 217

Is there a "DECOY" with this one?

"Quite Near Olive" forsooth.
In Morse, QNO means "I am not equipped to give the information requested".
Draw your own conclusions

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A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #1@ 1135

A caching puzzler or should that be a puzzling cacher suggested attempting the RRs in order, with 21 temporarily out of action it seemed a suitable point to attack some sequentially.

A nice gentle puzzle to ease me into it and a lovely wander if a bit muddy in places. Muggle hubby noticed this one as was rather chuffed with his find. Retrieved the TB for further travels.
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A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #2@1152

Another straight forward puzzle although I may have missed one or two points on first read through. Out at gz and splashing through some muddy puddles. Admired the nearby structure and ventured on. Soon had cache in hand, thanks for hiding.

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #3@ 1221

An interesting idea that had me virtually wandering around in circles. Not sure I got the green light for this one but was pretty sure of location. Even now reading back through the description I think we took the longer route albeit with easy parking and apparently the haunt of a local secret cider drinker.... beware the neighbourhood watch is on to any scrumpy fans.
Second choice at gz (ish) produced the cache.
Ta muchly, a fave for the theme

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #4@ 1255

Into the swing of things by now and another good puzzle that gave me a fairly certain gz but no green light.
We were rather cheeky at gz as our driving route worked far better from the "wrong" end so I left muggle hubby in the car and legged it down. Temporarily distracted by a usual hide that looked too new I was rather panicked in my searching before the owner of the steaming cup of tea returned. Back and forth, checked the obvious hides, replotted from start of fp, confirmed in correct-ish spot. Was almost despairing that my challenge would fail after 3 caches when I glimpsed some plastic peeking from its camo that i had completely overlooked!
Thanks for the brainache ????

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #5@ 1305

A quick puzzle and a quick find after a rather soggy walk. Lots of friendly muggles and dogs about here but didn't hamper our caching.

Ta muchly

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #6@ 1327

Puzzle was a lot more straight forward than the find. After making our way over the woodshavings - either a lot of trees have been trimmed or this was very muddy recently. In the rough area of gz didn't give any promising hidey holes... wandered further afield to no joy and back again. Saw an "object" that another cacher has used as a hide... in this case it was being used for its intended purpose however it did put me in the right location to spot something a bit suspicious which in turn led to the finding of the cache.
Thanks for hiding

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #7@ 1347

Another quick puzzle and a walk being watched by the occupants of the next field. This one in a likely spot and cache soon in hand.
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A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #8@ 1402

Another slightly different puzzle which warrants a fave for just that. With a green light we were good to go. Wandering across the grass I was wart of a recently cleared area and hoping that the cache hadn't been there. Close but not quite I found it nicely tucked away.
Thanks for hiding.

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #9@ 1415

So many options... finally decoded in a very methodical way. I'd originally tried to do it in my head which failed rather spectacularly. Easy wander to find at gz.
Ta muchly, fave for puzzle.

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #10@ 1437
Brain already working along these lines so didn't take too much computing. Another fave as I can't remember whether I preferred 9/10 so with a few to spare will award both ????
A nice wander with some interesting muggle conversation en route. Walked past the preferred option as gps was bouncy but soon returned to opt for the cachers' path and likely hide. Unfortunately it appears the local dog walkers like this spot as well and not in a nice way. Away from cache but watch your step.
Tftcap

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #11@ 1447

Tricky puzzle that really made me think so yet another fave Crow!
Only during logging did I realise it's recently replaced, thank you for checking as it would have thrown a real spanner in my works.

Ta muchly.

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #12@ 1500

Took a couple of searches to twig but then the numbers soon fell out.
Managed to park at gz and indeed saw the likely hide from the car. Muggle hubby still insisted on searching elsewhere first d'oh.
Ta muchly

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #13@ 1522

First attempt proved I was doing something wrong so a deciphering provided the vital clue. Still took a while and was probably the last of the bunch that I solved.
And then i tried to find it. I really made hard work of this one. Even reading previous logs just made me feel as though I was missing something which I was. One little word that would have narrowed my search area or maybe not, brain definitely drained by now. And yet another fave, hope I don't run out before I log all these!
Tftc

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #14@ 1534
A nice bit of logical thinking and soon had these numbers. Back along a road we'd driven up down and probably left and right for the last time today and was unceremoniously dumped at the side of the road ro collect while mugglehubby found somewhere to turn around. Thankfully it was right where expected so I was ready and waiting.
Ta muchly

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #15@ 1550

As a child I used to do these sort of puzzles for fun. Not much has changed then.

The hunt for this one was almost painful but I was determined not to concede anything to anyone especially a plastic box. Previous logs say it all and as I was already mucky a bit of grovelling around was fair game. A torch and a long pokey stick proved key in getting this one. Not sure I managed to replace precisely where it was hidden as the stick (and me) wasn't up to the task, maybe a few fingertips short.

Yet another fave in a very foot stomping kind of way.
Tftcap

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #16@ 1620

This one almost sent me bozzeyed but got there in the end. A lovely walk through the setting sun to gz. And again things there got complicated. With darkness drawing near we were starting to rely on hints. This one I still can't decipher but after some scrambling about an item of interest drew my attention and the cache wasn't too far away.
Still no crows but plenty of swans a-gliding around here. I just wish we had enough light left for photos.
Tftc

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #17@ 1658

And in the dark we really struggled with the last few. Firstly I realised fairly quickly that my gps had the listing coords for this so a quick replot was required. Then i took the wrong footpath. Finally at gz and about to give up I rested my head in my hands and almost couldn't believe the shiny cache right next to me.

A nice bit of interesting fact finding, all set for that pub quiz now ????

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #18@ 1730

Quickly solved which makes up for the time it took to find. Amazing what you can overlook in the dark. I had to decipher the hint which was then as though daylight dawned. Apparently muggle hubby had been questioned by a passing muggle about caching so a muddy female wandering on a footpath in the dark didn't warrant a second glance!
Ta muchly

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #19@ 1750

A straightforward puzzle, i read the instructions this time ???? Again hampered by the dark we trudged across some very muddy fields and avoided low hanging brambles to arrive at gz and try to decipher the hint. Stupidly enough we'd noticed the actual hide object on approach but gone that bit too far. Searching some similar but not quite right possibilities mugglehubby retraced and came up trumps.
Ta muchly

A day of crows although we didn't actually see any. Numbers 1-20 in order, approx 62km driven and 20km walked. #20@ 1811

Weariness setting in we walked as little as possible although the caravan owner and 4wd drivers seemed amiable enough. Darkness amd tiredness meant I couldn't see what was in front of my eyes and so I located the hint item by touch. Even then it took me a few attempts "one two many" doesn't quite cut it. Still i managed to avoid submerging myself and found cache once I'd relocated muggle hubby.

Ta muchly for the RRs so far. Once my brain and body recover I'm going to solve them all (ha ha) and see how many in a day.
PS it was only on the way home i realised i written the wrong date on all logs, all done on Saturday I swear!

Not too many options for concealment here but still took a while to get it.

Not sure how it took us quite so long to find it, but we got there in the end.

All good.

Nice quick find.

The field is very muddy but the cache is fine.

First name on the new log.

Found with thanks

After a visit to the museum and tearooms at Tiptree we stopped off for some local caches en route back to Mersea Island. Nice easy find and cache in good order.

After a visit to the museum and tearooms at Tiptree we stopped off for some local caches en route back to Mersea Island. Nice easy find and cache in good order.

Found with thanks

Found with thanks

Nice easy find

Found and signed

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Look for a wall

The Mrs loved this one!

Took a little while, but nice find in the end. TFTC. Left TB

#709:
Came down here in the evening with Cachenne and 3 muggles for an evening/night caching sesh. Made a quick find. TFTC. Took 2 geocoins and left a TB.

#710:
Quick find, TFTC.

#711:
Getting quite dark now. Incredibly windy, but luckily I made a very quick find. TFTC.

#712:
We diverted over the stepping stones to get here. A relatively quick find in the dark. TFTC.

Nice easy find, out walking Balintore.

Fast Found. TfTC :D

Having solved this one yesterday as it was such a beautiful morning, Jen rounded the dogs up as E was at preschool and headed for a nice long stretch of the legs to collect this cache. It was beautiful this morning, the birds were singing. At GZ this nicely hidden cache was soon in hand. TFTC Perfect!

Nice Tipp. TFTC

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Hoje foi dia de ir dar umas voltas por Estoi, Olhão e arredores e assim colocar mais uns sorrisos pelo mapa, obrigado ao owner por dar a conhecer este local.


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Hoje foi dia de darmos uma volta por, Conceição,Estoi e Olhão e ir fazendo algumas que fossem aparecendo para ficarem mais uns sorrisos no mapa. Estavam todas bem de saúde e bem aninhadas. Um dia agradável e correu tudo bem. Na companhia da Bete87. OPC.
Cantinho singelo e uma pequena capelinha.

Looked during a nice walk on the Hooker Valley Track!
TFTC

Found today whilst out with Mr. Limpyles TFTC

Out with Zeus241 caching and dashing TFTC

All good here.

All good. Left trackable.

Got lucky with a quick find.

Great hide.

All good.

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK.TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

No joy here for us.

Found OK. TFTC

Found OK. TFTC

We have been on a road trip trough New Zealand for 25 days. We found this cache on our walk in the Hooker Valley

Thanks for the cache

It was a wet and windy morning, well suited to puzzle solving, so I decided it was finally time to solve this set of puzzles. With the generous hints, the first one had posed no difficulties, but even with the hints, the other four had refused to make sense. Today I tried a different and speculative approach which had recently worked - to my surprise - on a couple of other RRs. To my even greater surprise, it also worked on these, and I now understood what had to be done.

So, as the clouds rolled away I set out for an afternoon (or early evening, as it soon became) of Messing. Though it was muddy underfoot, no wading was required despite the attributes, but some of the hides were protected by thorns which drew blood at every turn. On the approach I wondered (correctly, as it turned out) whether some of the many potential cache locations I was passing would turn out to be targets on the return route.

No 1 wasn't in the first place I considered, which was fortunate, as it was extremely muddy, but I soon tracked it to a nearby spot, signed the log and took note of what needed to be noted.

TFTC.

It was a wet and windy morning, well suited to puzzle solving, so I decided it was finally time to solve this set of puzzles. With the generous hints, the first one had posed no difficulties, but even with the hints, the other four had refused to make sense. Today I tried a different and speculative approach which had recently worked - to my surprise - on a couple of other RRs. To my even greater surprise, it also worked on these, and I now understood what had to be done.

So, as the clouds rolled away I set out for an afternoon (or early evening, as it soon became) of Messing. Though it was muddy underfoot, no wading was required despite the attributes, but some of the hides were protected by thorns which drew blood at every turn. On the approach I wondered (correctly, as it turned out) whether some of the many potential cache locations I was passing would turn out to be targets on the return route.

No 2 soon followed the first, though I approached from what I at first was the wrong side and could just see, but not reach, a little patch of camo bag. In fact I should have stayed on that side, as the other side was defended by the aforementioned thorns. Having had my mistake "pointed" out by the foliage I retreated to the first line of attack and finally had my (now bleeding) hands on the pot.

TFTC.

It was a wet and windy morning, well suited to puzzle solving, so I decided it was finally time to solve this set of puzzles. With the generous hints, the first one had posed no difficulties, but even with the hints, the other four had refused to make sense. Today I tried a different and speculative approach which had recently worked - to my surprise - on a couple of other RRs. To my even greater surprise, it also worked on these, and I now understood what had to be done.

So, as the clouds rolled away I set out for an afternoon (or early evening, as it soon became) of Messing. Though it was muddy underfoot, no wading was required despite the attributes, but some of the hides were protected by thorns which drew blood at every turn. On the approach I wondered (correctly, as it turned out) whether some of the many potential cache locations I was passing would turn out to be targets on the return route.

No 3 was more approachable than the previous one, but it looks as if something has been eating its bag. Not an urgent maintenance matter however, as it's so well camouflaged by its natural surroundings.

TFTC.

It was a wet and windy morning, well suited to puzzle solving, so I decided it was finally time to solve this set of puzzles. With the generous hints, the first one had posed no difficulties, but even with the hints, the other four had refused to make sense. Today I tried a different and speculative approach which had recently worked - to my surprise - on a couple of other RRs. To my even greater surprise, it also worked on these, and I now understood what had to be done.

So, as the clouds rolled away I set out for an afternoon (or early evening, as it soon became) of Messing. Though it was muddy underfoot, no wading was required despite the attributes, but some of the hides were protected by thorns which drew blood at every turn. On the approach I wondered (correctly, as it turned out) whether some of the many potential cache locations I was passing would turn out to be targets on the return route.

No 4 was very well concealed, albeit in exactly the kind of place you'd expect, and I wasn't certain which way it was supposed to come out, but finally it yielded and I had the final information needed for the set - and the moment I'd written it down and stowed the pot back in its hiding place, a freak gust snatched my notes away. Fortunately they didn't blow far and I was soon on the way to No. 5.
TFTC.

It was a wet and windy morning, well suited to puzzle solving, so I decided it was finally time to solve this set of puzzles. With the generous hints, the first one had posed no difficulties, but even with the hints, the other four had refused to make sense. Today I tried a different and speculative approach which had recently worked - to my surprise - on a couple of other RRs. To my even greater surprise, it also worked on these, and I now understood what had to be done.

So, as the clouds rolled away I set out for an afternoon (or early evening, as it soon became) of Messing. Though it was muddy underfoot, no wading was required despite the attributes, but some of the hides were protected by thorns which drew blood at every turn. On the approach I wondered (correctly, as it turned out) whether some of the many potential cache locations I was passing would turn out to be targets on the return route.

By the time I reached No 5 it was nearly dark, and I was confronted by a number of possible locations and huge piles of potential stickoflage, or maybe natural detritus. Eventually I found the correct location and was able to complete my quest.


TFTC.

Heute haben wir bei traumhaft schönem Wetter einen Tagesausflug zum Mt Cook gemacht. Im Mount Cook National Park angekommen, haben wir dann eine tolle Wanderung auf dem Hooker Valley Track unternommen. Dabei sind wir auch an diesem Cache vorbei gekommen und konnten die Dose fix finden und loggen.

Thanks for the cache.

Many greetings from Germany, Nariza & Korshi

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Cache is in great shape and nice that it's out of sight of the muggles. TFTC!

Amazing hike today with amazing views and great geocaches. Quick easy find. TFTC!

Finally got around to getting this one was originally going to just get some of the clues but
I ended up getting them all but I couldn't find one of the clues.
I managed to work it out from the clues I had.
Nice cycle around here today.
TFTC

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Out with the Crow in the Wickham Bishops area so visited a few caches whilst out. Cold but dry so a good day for it.

13:04 3/8
Hmmmm, how did I solve this one?!
Lovely location - enjoyed the walk down to this and a quick find.
TFTC Mr Crow

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Grabbed it quick as a windy shower blew through. This would be a lovely spot on a clear day, but still very beautiful. TFTC.

Nice little hide here, and yet another pretty church. TFTC :-)

All good here.

Bag is split but log is dry.

All good here.

All good here.

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All good here.

All good here.

Found IT
TFTC
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Detoured slightly for this one from the Braxted Trail. At GZ a quick find, signed log and replaced as found, TFTC

Last find of the day. MrC made the jump across the stream, found the cache and wondered how to get back! Only realised afterwards that we could've just walked on the other side once we'd crossed the bridge! TFTC

Found all the required information except 1 but that was not important and we were able to plot a good looking point with the information we had. At GZ a quick find, signed log and replaced as found, TFTC

A quick find which was a good start to a cool and windy walk. Thanks

A nice hide grabbed in a muggle gap.TFTC

The cache was safe and sound even though there has been some ditch clearing in the area. TFTC

We were sure there was a badger very close to this cache but we didn't manage to see it. TFTC

Too much chatting and not enough concentration resulted in us having to walk back to this one when we realised we were 300m past the GZ. TFTC

Took a little time to locate but glad we got there in the end. TFTC

Walked around before realising the obvious GZ. TFTC

A quick grab here - As we edged off the road to let a car go past we realised we were almost touching the cache. TFTC

Jane sent me in to get this one while she acted as look-out. TFTC

This one made us smile. TFTC

Really windy by now but there were still a lot of muggles around. TFTC

Had to walk past as there was a never ending muggle flow and it was too windy to stand still for long. Thanks

Managed to create a short gap to grab TFTC

Managed a brief search but muggles were arriving from both directions so we moved on. TFTC

We found ourselves at number 14 before realising we had missed this one. We will return to catch some of these when there is less wind. TFTC

struggled to retrieve this one with cold fingers but we managed to sign and return. TFTC

Found where expected and a nice cache. TFTC

Fewer muggles around in this area so we were able to grab and return. TFTC

Good excuse to shelter for a few minutes. TFTC

Don't know why we couldn't find this one but we had to move on as the day was coming to an end. TFTC

A quick grab as we got to this one. TFTC

A nice hide and a nice walk. TFTC

Failed on the last one of the day but our (weak) excuse is that it was getting dark and there were swarms of Doggles. One to catch later. TFTC

On the floor when we found it. Returned to where I think it should have been.

First entry on the shiny new log.

A very muddy approach, but all is well.

All good here.

Thanks for the cache!

Well placed.

GPS sent me into the undergrowth, but saw sense and found it in a great location.

Had me fooled,but fortunately not so Mrs Johnson. Great hide.

Tftc

Nicely placed.

Straightforward find at GZ, thanks. Got stuck on this puzzle twice. Thanks to CO for the nudge. strangely the last name on the log was snoopypus

straightforward find of beautifully maintained cache (Puzzle was somewhat more involved). We do like maps though. Very satisfying to get this ticked off, thanks

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We had spotted this walk some time ago and today decided to give it a go. The going was very muddy in places but no problem with wellies on. We managed to get all the numbers and soon worked out the coordinates for the caches. We also picked up a few other nearby caches. The walk was lovely and we signed all logs peegeenine or PG9 and replaced all as found. Thanks for a great series and a great idea for a linear walk.

We had to widen our search here quite some way but we got it in the end, TFTC

No problems here, TFTC

A nice quick find here for us, TFTC

Soon had this one in our hands, TFTC

A quick find, TFTC

Hiking tour to hooker glacier, quick found. Tftc

Found some time ago with JJinNZ. TFTC.

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#4332 found @ 15:38:00, cache 4 of 7 today, geostreak Day #200.

Out with Kitty!! and Mr Crow today, to find some hight DT caches and a few others along the way.

Decided to pick this one up on the way to RR80, we squelched through the field but thankfully there weren't any orchids to tread on today. Quick find once at GZ, we re-covered it a little better as it was a bit exposed.

TFTC, Mr Crow

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. We solved, we came, we measured, and we walked. Could not get this past the checker, so no hint for GZ. Think we were searching the right place but can't be sure. How do you define start of footpath ?

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Great idea for a puzzle, thanks

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. First of the day. Good cache

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Joint solve on this one with hubby. Cache soon spotted, thanks

Out with Kitty!! and Mr Crow today, to find some hight DT caches and a few others along the way.

Passed this one on the way between two other caches. Mr Crow asked if I had already got it. "No" was my reply. Wrong! Signed the log again today but realised when I got home to wrtie my logs that I'd already been and done the deed in May 2011! D'oh!

Well anyway, cache is safe and sound in its hidey hole

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Did not manage to get this past the checker but was close enough to find, thanks

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Loved the puzzle, right up my street. Beautiful spot, thanks for bringing us here. Struggled a bit until we managed to do the anagram for GZ. A favourite

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Another nice little stroll and cache found safe and sound. Must be more tricky in Summer!!

#4330 found @ 13:51:00, cache 2 of 7 today, geostreak Day #200.

Out with Kitty!! and Mr Crow today, to find some hight DT caches and a few others along the way.

After our adventures at The Tapper, we dropped off Mr Crow for him to do a maintenance walk on some of his caches, agreeing to meet later at a convenient garden centre.

Meanwhile, Kitty and I set off for this one - which I've long had solved but have been putting off actually finding. However, I'm trying to complete my DT grid this year, and it fills a gap. Kitty rather kidly agreed to accompany me, even though she'd found it already.

Once on site, I lead the way, thrashing through the thicket in a vague direction towards the cache. Actually, today it was nowhere near as bad as it could have been - thank goodness we weren't here during the growing season. Within a few minutes, we had worked our way to GZ and retrieved the cache. Then managed to retreat via roughly the same route, thanks to the "breadcrumbs" trail on my GPS.

Job done, we headed off to said garden centre for a hearty late lunch while awaiting Mr Crow's arrival.

TFTC, Mr Crow

#4333 found @ 15:58:00, cache 5 of 7 today, geostreak Day #200.

Out with Kitty!! and Mr Crow today, to find some hight DT caches and a few others along the way.

Another cache which would fill at DT square for me. Took Mr Crow and Kitty along for moral support, but it wasn't needed as, on arrival at GZ, I was able to retrieve it easily myself. I like trees with convenient hand and foot holds!

We emptied out some water which was in the box and cleaned it up a bit before replacing in its resting place.

TFTC, Mr Crow

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. An interesting but difficult puzzle. Must have got one of the figures wrong (again ). Could not solve GZ anagram so really satisfying to find it, thanks

#4335 found @ 16:33:00, cache 7 of 7 today, geostreak Day #200.

Out with Kitty!! and Mr Crow today, to find some hight DT caches and a few others along the way.

Last one of the day. Solved with the brute force method a few days ago - but now have an idea of how the "easy" method is achieved. Evil!

Quick find here, not that I mind the colony of snails.

TFTC, Mr Crow

#4331 found @ 15:25:00, cache 3 of 7 today, geostreak Day #200.

Out with Kitty!! and Mr Crow today, to find some hight DT caches and a few others along the way.

Discussions over lunch continued and we hatched a plan for me to find a few more RallyRounds and for Mr Crow and Kitty to accompany me on a "maintenance" walk.

This was quickly picked up, after a bit of wiggling by me, while Kitty turned the car around. Lovely container!

TFTC, Mr Crow

#4334 found @ 16:10:00, cache 6 of 7 today, geostreak Day #200.

Out with Kitty!! and Mr Crow today, to find some hight DT caches and a few others along the way.

Not one I had already solved, but as we were passing, Mr Crow suddenly stopped and was wearing his "you might want to have a look here" face.

I promised to work out the method when I got home, and have now cracked its mysteries, so feel happy to log as a find.

TFTC, Mr Crow

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Boom! great finish to our day. We are all Crowed out now, and we have walked our feet off. Back to the car and do battle at the Dartford crossing in rush hour, thanks.

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Despite practising for the British ditch jumping championships and investigating many stumps in detail we were sadly unable to find the cache. We checked the co-ords but found correct. Enjoyed the walk here.

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Soon spotted, thanks

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. soon retrieved, thanks

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Another quick find, thanks

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. This was the largest trad we found today but took a while as there were many to choose from here, thanks

Lovely day for another visit to Crow country. Managed to miss a turn in the footpath and had to retrace our steps a bit. This was visible on apprroach so covered with a little natural camo.

Lovely walk around this area with Belle3000 and Thomas after our pub lunch. Crossed the road twice before finding GZ and this cleverly hidden cache! TFTC

Out today going down to have a meal out at the Public House in Bellchamp St Paul, lovely meal with family.

Log was a bit damp but we signed it and replaced where found, nice easy find. TFTC

Out for a day trip with crazienannie to see my brother and his wife, so planned 24 caches to do en route, as you do.
Although the weather was not great, we had a 100% success rate today Yipee !
Log damp, but signed and returned. TFTC.

This was the last one I found but had no pen so left unsigned.I walked back the way we came and managed to sign one out of four. As it started to rain heavily. So didnt go back with the pen.TFTC

Left unsigned as didnt have the pen! TFTC.

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This was the only one I managed to sign as my partner went off with my pen!He was bird watching and i was caching.TFTC

Left unsigned as muggles about on my way back when I had the pen.
Hope to go back sometime to sign the 3 I didnt sign on the day.Tftc

Been meaning to get out to this one for some time and today was the day to revisit some previous DNFs in the area so we decided to give this a go too. The kids took great delight in sniggering whilst I did all the hard work on a very wet day, needless to say it was a bit slippery and there were a couple of mishaps but I did manage to grab the cache unaided, sign and return. Thanks for the cache and for helping to prove that old ladies still can!

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Which one is the chemist?

Farmer A...

Farmer B...

Or...

Farmer C?

At last - a Rally Round that I can do.

Solved without inside knowledge - but still won't visit until it's been FTFd by someone else.

Don't know how I missed this last time I looked, it's much bigger than I expected too! TFTC

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The kids love this way, but it is nearly a bit too long for them. Now they are sleeping well.
It's a great way with great views. The sun in the afternoon has a special and beautiful light.
Thanks

TB: in
TB: out

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

A nice quick find while out caching on Valentine's Day :) TFTC

Looked for this half heartedly before, but having thought about the clue \compass today it was a quick find. TFTC.

16-02-16 at 12:27

Found this Cache together with Juekru during our Trip around the World! Thanks a lot to all the Owners for showing us such nice and interesting Places :-)

Awesome view!

Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
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Took a little while to find this one.

Took us a few minutes and then it was obvious.

Nice find.

Off the beaten track.

Post has moved a bit... But found nevertheless!

Trickier find!

Easy, swift find.

Easy to spot :)

Nice hide!

Easy find and a good perch for a view.

Swift find on a beautiful day.

Nice find.

Solved some time ago but today I wanted a walk as it was a lovely morning and so my muggle dropped me off at start of track. He stayed in car as he is nursing his man flu....The track is muddy but forewarned so I had my boots on. I was nearly at GZ when I was aware a rider was coming up behind me so had to wait until she had passed. Once I was on my own again the cache was soon spotted, great co-ords! Signed and tucked away again. Thanks for the cache and a pleasant walk in the winter sun.

I was looking for something on my geo map last night and clicked on this puzzle, as I'm a sucker for anything involving a cat. Then I realised I could solve? this one so I did! As we were already in the area my muggle stopped and I walked to the cache, still a little icy under foot as the sun hadn't reached parts of the path. Found cache, signed log, returned to hiding place and back to car. Thanks for another cache I could solve!

#5766 @ 16-02-16 at 12:27

Found this Cache together with Kadres during our Trip around the World! Thanks a lot to all the Owners for showing us such nice and interesting Places :-)

Awesome view!

Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
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Nice straightforward one. TFTC

Finally found it with help of hubby! TFTC

Found it this time around, but I had lost my pen at wind pump so didn't sign log.

Lost my pen here!

Good hint! TFTC

(FTF) with 3Sw0rds

Apologises for no note on the page earlier. Sometimes life just gets in the way...

Full and proper log to follow...

The-Shredder found it quickly. We had a nice walk up to the glacier. Stunning views and beautiful weather combined a perfect day. TFTC Skyryser

Quick find with Skyryser. We had a nice walk up to the glacier. Stunning views and beautiful weather combined a perfect day. TFTC The-Shredder

Visited the church last week with my mum on the hunt for snowdrops in churchyards. Found snowdrops and some clues and then used a bit of guesswork for the rest, and stopped her today whilst passing.

Thanks for placing this cache in a pretty location, cache all well.

TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Found this one exactly where hint suggested and had honeycomb print on my knees to prove it! TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Found in the expected place TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Better to ignore the hint and trust your GPS with this one, found after a lengthy search and some help from Geoquest4s's log! TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
No problems with this one TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Quick find due to a great hint TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
A nice simple find here TFTC

#770:
Today was certainly not what you'd call a pleasant one, in terms of weather. But I had 5 hours to spare before work, and I've been meaning to find these for months and months. I'd previously completed a shorter leg of the journey, but now it was time for the long one.
I bit the bullet, and drove to the RSPB car park, and headed down to this one. It was quickly spotted and signed, TFTC. Looking at the cache page, I see another cacher found these after me. Although I didn't see anybody behind me, I did see a car parked next to mine once I got back. (Apologies for the filthy car - I'm due to clean it tomorrow!!)

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
A long and lonely walk out to this one but a nice quick find once at GZ TFTC

#771:
I'm still feeling quite rough around the edges after having a sickness. This was my first geocaching venture since I was ill. Over 3km in, and starting to get tired already. I'm losing my touch, but need to keep up the pace. Easy find, but nice to see a bigger container. TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
GPS was really bouncy here so it took a while to locate. TFTC

#772:
Trudged along to this one. Thankfully an easy find, TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
The tide was coming in, so with the sea in front of me and the river behind I felt like I was on my own little island. No prblems finding the cache TFTC

#773:
The path is getting quite tricky along here, and it's very windy today... it's becoming a tough walk. Loved the fact I could see St Peter's chapel from the seawall here. So wild on a day like today, right out at the end of the world. Gonna have to give this one a favourite point. Quickly found and signed, TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Found in the place suggested by hint. Excellent view across to Mersea Island from here too TFTC

#774:
After taking a little break on the bottom steps, I got on my knees and reached under to find the nicely tucked away box. Picked up the travel bug inside, and very glad too, as I haven't found one in a while. TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Quick find but struggled to get it back together again, combination of cross thread and frozen fingers made it tricky but got there in the end. TFTC

#775:
Thankfully an easy find as it started to rain at this point. Really need to pick up my pace now as I'm running out of time... TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Very well tucked away cache here. TFTC

#776:
Lovely quick find, TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Found where hint suggested. TFTC

#777:
A much much easier walk back, thank god. Rain was starting to pick up a bit. Easy find, TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
No problems with this one TFTC

#778:
After falling up the bank, I made a quick find. TFTC.

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
A nice quick find, signed log and on to the next......TFTC

#779:
Final cache of the day for me, and it was easily found, TFTC. Thanks for this leg of the journey - it was very tough. Note to self: Next time when feeling sick, stay indoors!! Now to walk back to the car argh... a total walk of roughly 11km. Now to start my shift at work in half an hour. I'm going to sleep well tonight!

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
A nice quick find once I'd worked out which was the correct hint item! TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Took a while to spot this despite the very specific hint TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Took a few minutes to find as it was very well tucked away behind some vicious nettles. TFTC

Starting a run of nights tonight so planned to head down to Tollesbury to have a look at the church micro to keep up my run of daily caches. Anyway, as usual I got a bit distracted by the swathe of green boxes and soon changed my plan and decided to head off in the other direction and turn another patch yellow.
I probably didn't choose the right day to do this circuit, it was howling a gale and it started raining about 3km into my walk, but once you've committed you have to keep going don't you? Anyway, it blew away the cobwebs and put paid to the mountain of ironing I had to do this afternoon, so all is good It seems someone else had the same idea as me too as another cacher had signed some of the logs along the way too.
It was nice to find such a well maintained lot of caches and unusually for me I found every one I looked for too!
Initially was searching around the wrong arrow, then spotted there was another and moved in for a quick find. TFTC

Passing the reserve on a walk around the area today but unfortunately had the dog with me. Will have to return in May to see the orchids and find the cache. At least I know where the entrance is now!

Wondered whether this old lady would manage to reach this but pleased to say my height helped even if my athleticism wasn't up to the required standard. Great hiding place, great cache, signed, left two TBs and returned.

Thanks for placing and adding to the fun on my walk around this area today.

#4390 found @ 11:08:00, cache 5 of 5 today, geostreak Day #209.

I spent the morning picking up a couple of freshly-solved Rally Rounds and some random stragglers in the Witham area.

Final catch of the day, another Rally Round solved! Initially I had put this one on my "ignore" list, but then relented - it was so close to my patch that I felt I really should make the effort to sort it out.

I asked the pub lots of questions, but none of them got me the right answer. Some red wine helped, and then a discovery which proved very useful.

It's the first opportunity I've had to pick it up this morning. I was delighted to find a fresh, empty log sheet. I don't particularly chase FTF but it's nice when it happens! (This is only my 25th FTF in nearly 8 years of caching!)

Have a fave.

TFTC, Mr Crow

#4386 found @ 09:35:00, cache 1 of 5 today, geostreak Day #209.

I spent the morning picking up a couple of freshly-solved Rally Rounds and some random stragglers in the Witham area.

This one really was murder to solve. Quite quickly I made my mind up who I wanted to murder...

Blind alleys here, dead ends there. I knew what was ultimately required reasonably quickly, but finally arriving at a state where I could do the necessary was a slow, frustrating process. It was late when I finally got the green light, and I wasn't about to go haring off to look for it in the dark, so this morning was the earliest opportunity I had to search it out.

I parked a little distance away and had a pleasant walk to GZ. Initially my preconceptions of the area led me to the wrong side, but I woke up and followed the GPS and all of a sudden the hint actually made sense!

Are you there? Yes, you are, you murderous little devil! I wasn't really surprised to see I had missed the FTF by a day, but at the time of writing this, there have still not been any other electronic logs on the page.

Have a fave for the pain and suffering you've caused!

TFTC, Mr Crow

(FTF)

Apologies for not logging immediately (Found Friday Logged Saturday)

Ray mentioned you solved this with Kitty!! VERY WELL DONE on the FTS to both of you!

And another FTF on the same day, again also solved, but not claimed, by Kitty

WOW!!

A truly amazing performance from an unexpected quarter

Congratulations to both of you and especially Kitty for 2 consecutive FTS on RR puzzles which stumped the rest of us!!!

An enjoyable puzzle Ta

I thought that today was the best day to try this circuit in a hope that it would be muggle free... Unfortunately not! I will have to return another day to get all the caches that I missed. A great walk with the geopup. Thanks.

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Easy find, though we were surprised to meet a muggle in a wet suit going for a swim in a very rough sea!

Cache 6171!
Headed over to Colchester with the Crow to find the Olympian Challenge cache to fill a square in my D/T grid. Picked up a few drive-by caches on the way.

15:14 7/7
Perturbed to see blue Rally Round question marks spreading on the GC map - close to my home! I managed to ignore the first two fearing that they would be horrors and then another one appeared! Rude words and more rude words uttered. Nothing for it but to throw the Cats off my lap and take a close look at what Missing Numbers entailed. How heinous was this puzzle? Hmmmm - no hideous maths equations glared at me. Good start. Title meant nothing so moved on to the hint. As expected an anagram - but was it solvable? Yes! At first glance a solution stood out! I called over to the the Crow (who was putting his feet up reading my Gogglebox annual), "This Missing Numbers puzzle - its not based on X X is it?" "You don't have to x x x x do you?" I queried - expecting guffaws of laughter - instead he looked aghast. OMG his expression said "How on earth could someone so fluff-brained come up with the solution on my brilliant puzzle so quickly?!" Although the Crow said absolutely nothing I knew from his open mouth that I was on the right lines. Five minutes of googling and I had a solution. I plugged it into the checker and Wooo Hooo - I had solved his puzzle! Yeah!

We agreed it still wasn't ethical for me to visit the cache before someone else had cracked it but I assumed FTF would fall very quickly. When it didn't I threw down the gauntlet to Caz who rose admirably to the challenge. I am thus over the moon to be logging this as a second to find.

TFTC Mr Crow

QUACK QUACK QUACK!

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We found it Mr Crow ???? A day earlier than expected!
We had booked a flight for tomorrow but looking at the weather forecast this morning, it was rain and 45 mph winds tomorrow so we knew it would not go ahead. This afternoons weather however was sun and very light winds; so we changed our booking to today and we are so pleased we did, as the flight and landing on the Tasman glacier was awesome.
We set out on the Hooker Valley trail at 3.45pm, by which time Aoraki was shrouded in a bit of cloud. We quickly found the cache - nobody else seems to go down this little spur, but they are missing an awesome view with the little pond! We were only the second to sign your actual log sheet as there is also a book in there which everyone else has signed. Just as we put the cache back the cloud lifted from Aoraki and we had a spectacular view of it. We will add a photo when we get somewhere with decent internet access!
Thanks Ray for a brilliant cache - it is definitely the "Nearest Faraway Mr Crow Cache" we have found

No luck with this one today. Had a good look around (and up and down) in the obvious places, then looked at the hint and repeated the process. Ah well, hopefully next time. Beautiful place though, well worth a visit.

This was as far as I got today as my lunch break was over, thank you for placing these caches.

Didn't realise the nearby parking was residents' only until I returned from the cache to be confronted by a death stare! TFTC

Loving the clue, quick easy find, TFTC

More lunchtime caching and dashing, parked up here and it was quickly dispatched! TFTC

The clue made me groan once I had worked it out! TFTC

My second "GR" of the day and what a lovely little container. TFTC

Managed to struggle my way to solutions on a very few of this series of puzzles and as I was diverted away from Salcott today due to the roadworks it gave me the perfect opportunity to pick up a couple of solved mystery caches and do a nearby church micro too.

A simple puzzle for a simple person and a simple find too. I like this! TFTC

Managed to struggle my way to solutions on a very few of this series of puzzles and as I was diverted away from Salcott today due to the roadworks it gave me the perfect opportunity to pick up a couple of solved mystery caches and do a nearby church micro too.
I was just having a look for this one when a large group of ramblers appeared from nowhere. It'd be fair to say i felt a bit of a lemon standing there whilst they all filed past staring. I wonder what they thought I was up to?
The container here was quite damp but the log was nicely tucked away and dry TFTC

After an interval of nearly 4 years, managed to get round to these last five caches. Quick find here, outer container/cammo a little worse for wear (not surprising really!). Log nice and dry, TFTC

A couple of location to check but found after a short search, TFTC

Not in the obvious place for a change, TFTC

Quick find, sad to see that there was no trackable as listed (Ryan), TFTC

Started to worry as we approached as there had been a fair bit of pruning undertaken but found container safe and well after a short search, TFTC

Had a lovely day in and around Tiptree picking up a few puzzles I had solved and a mixture of traditional and multis. The day started frosty but it soon thawed making it very wet and muddy underfoot. So glad I chose to wear wellies because I really needed them. It was surprisingly warm in the winter sunshine. The great weather and some quality caches really brightened my day

Managed to leave my notebook in the car. My very elderly garmin led me to GZ but what was the hint? Wasn't about to head back to find out what I'd written down when I solved the anagram so began searching, starting with every cacher's favourite hiding spot. No luck. Widened the search and soon had this one found, signed and returned TFTC

Had a lovely day in and around Tiptree picking up a few puzzles I had solved and a mixture of traditional and multis. The day started frosty but it soon thawed making it very wet and muddy underfoot. So glad I chose to wear wellies because I really needed them. It was surprisingly warm in the winter sunshine. The great weather and some quality caches really brightened my day

It took four full circuits to find the cache at final GZ, I'm not sure if I was too close,took a couple of paces backwards and spotted it quickly TFTC

Had a lovely day in and around Tiptree picking up a few puzzles I had solved and a mixture of traditional and multis. The day started frosty but it soon thawed making it very wet and muddy underfoot. So glad I chose to wear wellies because I really needed them. It was surprisingly warm in the winter sunshine. The great weather and some quality caches really brightened my day

The road was closed nearby so I did a big loop round and approached from the other end.
I had got the anagram the wrong way round but on arrival at GZ it soon became obvious what I was looking for and sure enough there was the cache TFTC

Had a lovely day in and around Tiptree picking up a few puzzles I had solved and a mixture of traditional and multis. The day started frosty but it soon thawed making it very wet and muddy underfoot. So glad I chose to wear wellies because I really needed them. It was surprisingly warm in the winter sunshine. The great weather and some quality caches really brightened my day

I enjoyed solving this one, took much much longer to find the cache though. My elderly garmin just points you in the right direction.....no maps! I had no idea there were two footpaths close together and running parallel to each other. Naturally I chose the wrong one! Eventually worked out where I needed to be and found this tricky little cache after looking for quite some time. TFTC

Had a lovely day in and around Tiptree picking up a few puzzles I had solved and a mixture of traditional and multis. The day started frosty but it soon thawed making it very wet and muddy underfoot. So glad I chose to wear wellies because I really needed them. It was surprisingly warm in the winter sunshine. The great weather and some quality caches really brightened my day.
No problems finding the cache here but struggled to get it back together once signed! TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

A quick find here once I approached from the right angle. TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Negotiated the prickly route through to this one for a nice quick find? TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Great title. Soon located but took a couple of minutes to access as it was very well wedged in TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

What a beast! Wasn't expecting it to be quite so big. TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Took quite some time to find this one and I got a proper fright when I finally spotted it. Excellent!! TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

A very well hidden and unusual container here. Took a little while to track this one down TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

This was a very cunning hide and not in the first place I looked! TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Lots of potential host items here so i was pleased with a nice quick find TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Really liked this hide! TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Spotted the likely hide on approach so no problems snagging this one TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

No problems finding but would recommend taking wellies or a small child to help retrieve! TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

This one was a lonely green box on my map so I needed to remedy that. No problems finding despite being very well hidden. Last one of the day for me TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

No problems at all with this one. Spotted the likely hide on approach, so it was a quick grab, sign and return here. TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

No problems here. Lots of potential hiding placed but found quite quickly TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Crikey, this is a tricky one! I bet it's a nightmare in the summer. TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Scratched my head here for a few moments and then realised a new approach might work. Sure enough my hunch was correct. Log signed and cache replaced as found TFTC

What better way than to spend the last day of my annual leave enjoying a lovely walk on a crisp winter's morning and grabbing a few caches?

Back in Mr Crow's patch today trying to complete another circuit and am pleased to report it was a very successful day indeed

Found exactly where hint suggested it would be TFTC!

Delayed log: found with friends on a cold and blustery dengie evening ????

Delayed log: found with friends on a cold and blustery dengie evening ????

Delayed log: found with friends on a cold and blustery dengie evening ????

Both of us were in the Maldon area today working at an event, and as we had set off from base at 5.45 this morning, it had been a long day, so after finishing about 5-ish, we decided to try and find a couple or three caches as we started on our way, as a bit of light relief!

Started off by stopping in Salcott cum Virley to look for Mr Crow's 'Mill'. No-one around as the sun was getting lower in the sky (but at least it was there), and we found the cache without problem. retrieved, signed and returned as found. Many TFTC and for helping us de-stress!

Delayed log: found with friends on a cold and blustery dengie evening ????

I have to confess credit goes to Pike668 for solving the puzzle on this one.
A nice quick find in a pleasant location. Looks like we were the first visitors here for quite a while.

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

Not the beginning for us but the end
Soon spotted the cache
All ok

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

This part certainly rusting away
Cache soon in hand

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

This was the noisest part of the walk
The birds on the water were making a racket
Cache soon found

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

Lovely by the water edge now
Cache found ok at Gz

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

Enjoying the walk here
Dogs love it
Cache soon in hand

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

I found this one
Nice hide

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

Daughter found this one while i was looking elsewhere
She announce this was too exposed n covered better

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

The hide n hook was obvious once at Gz but no cache
Once i had finished the walk i came back n replaced
Its a hanging film pot with plenty of log now
On wards

signed log

TFTC

Decided on a walk round here to mop up green boxes
Weather was perfect
Wife and eldest daughter plus the dogs had a great walk

As it was lunchtime this was the perfect place to stop
There is a awesome bench here
The sun was shining and there was no wind at all
And it was Feb lol
Cache soon located

signed log

TFTC

[#237] 3rd geocache along the track today.

TFTC Larosch / LFL

FTF has fallen ????

Found on 01-03-2016 at 17:41

[FTF]

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Following a chat with Mr Crow last night, I came away with a few ideas for this one (I now see these were ridiculously obvious and I really don't understand how I missed what I did...) and it was only after spotting a certain trait in what I'd missed that I realised that I knew exactly what to do.
A few quick calculations later and I had the coordinates.

Could I collect the cache today though? Perhaps. But there was a chance of another FTF in the other direction at lunchtime. Was that the better hope? No, but it was worth trying there first. I felt confident that this wouldn't be found today so I decided to leave it until after work before coming here. Many refreshes on the page later to check the checker boded well...

While I enjoyed the challenge of the puzzle and the walk to GZ, sadly my shoes were not so happy and I had to spend some time this evening cleaning the mud that had caked on them and giving them a good polish! They needed doing anyway so it's probably a good thing

A favourite point left. Not sure why though... � � �

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TFTC Mr Crow
#2100

Having attended to cazmockett's meet last night with Kareninwb and being intrigued by this rally round after talking to Mr Crow I went home and fell asleep. This morning a challenge arrived in my inbox from Kareninwb who went home and solved it. So as it was raining I sat down and pondered. I soon got the first part,made easier after a heavy hint from last night. Then it took a lot longer than it did Kitty!! for the rest to fall in place. It was only after a vague memory of something I had heard while listening to radio four came back to me that it all made sense. Of course it was in front of me all the time, I must remember to really look at the name of the puzzles in future. The checker said yes, such a good moment! The muggle then said he was going to Chelmsford and did I want to look for the cache. Of course! Had to wait for him to finish there and then we drove to the spot. Always a joy to solve and then find a Mr Crow puzzle cache. Thanks for the cache. Fav point.

Coordinates solved. Writing a note to remind myself to go out and find it soon!

Hah! Starting to get good at these. Leaving a note so I can find soon.

STS and pipped at the post! Congrats Fenners1984, my brain took a little longer to get there
But en route to the solution I did follow a productive red herring, and came up with an entirely different way of solving (nearly) the same problem. Unfortunately Mr Crow knows what it is.

Great walk to Hooker Valley, and perfect place for a cache. Thanks for leading us here!!

#843:
I got off work early, so time to head out! My third cache visited in Goldhanger, but the first found. Not having much luck today... Quick and easy find thankfully. TFTC.

Doing the road part of the series in case of mud!!! TFTC olivesmith

Nice day for a walk TFTC olivesmith

on a sunny winter afternoon this was a nice easy one TFTC olivesmith

Clever hide TFTC olivesmith

Just as I parked up, a lady climbed out of the ditch. I went to search afterwards, but found nothing.

Back in 'Crowland' today to continue the mission of yellowing the map in this neck of the woods. It started off chilly but was a very pleasant morning by the time I'd finished today's itinery

Battled my way through the parked cars to find the footpath here. Mr Garage could very well land himself in hot water causing an obstruction like this. Once I'd made it through I soon identified the host and made a quick find TFTC

Back in 'Crowland' today to continue the mission of yellowing the map in this neck of the woods. It started off chilly but was a very pleasant morning by the time I'd finished today's itinery

Took an age to find this one as I was initially looking in the wrong area. Once corrected it soon became obvious where it would be. Signed & returned. TFTC

Back in 'Crowland' today to continue the mission of yellowing the map in this neck of the woods. It started off chilly but was a very pleasant morning by the time I'd finished today's itinery

This was a nice quick find and might I say one of the finer 'not animal or vegetables' I've encountered. TFTC

Back in 'Crowland' today to continue the mission of yellowing the map in this neck of the woods. It started off chilly but was a very pleasant morning by the time I'd finished today's itinery

This one had escaped and was found in several pieces in the ploughed field. Odd that it would be disturbed here. Collected up and reassembled. Fortunately all dry and good to go. Returned to the most likely spot. TFTC

Back in 'Crowland' today to continue the mission of yellowing the map in this neck of the woods. It started off chilly but was a very pleasant morning by the time I'd finished today's itinery

Glad of the clue here as my GPS was a bit jumpy under the trees. No problems finding this one TFTC

Back in 'Crowland' today to continue the mission of yellowing the map in this neck of the woods. It started off chilly but was a very pleasant morning by the time I'd finished today's itinery

A very sneaky hide here Mr Crow. Luckily I am becoming accustomed to your shenanigans. Spotted my first ladybird of the year whilst hunting. Spring appears to be springing. TFTC

Back in 'Crowland' today to continue the mission of yellowing the map in this neck of the woods. It started off chilly but was a very pleasant morning by the time I'd finished today's itinery

Good grief! Are there giants in these parts? Never have I seen stiles so tall.
Packed away my pitons, crampons and rope and made my way to GZ where cache was found H.I.B.O.T. as expected. TFTC

Short diversion from the nearby Jubilee dozen series soon had the cache in hand. Tftc

Out to explore the lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Great little series in an interesting area to walk. First of the day, easy find, thanks

Out to explore the lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Great little series in an interesting area to walk. Spotted on approach so disguised with a few leaves, thanks. Favourite point for the series and bringing us here. Not normally a fan of multis but enjoyed these.

Out to explore the lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Great little series in an interesting area to walk. Another good find of a well maintained cache, thanks

4th find, making it 2 all between mum and junior. Happy Mothers Day ???? TFTC

Out to explore the lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Picked this up today, will come back and do some in series, thanks

Didn't find this one. Was it in obvious place and fallen down perhaps?

Find no. 3. Another quick one for junior. TFTC

2nd find of short drive by series on way home from Mothers Day lunch. Didn't seem to fit with hint v well so moved a little bit that way. TFTC

Our first find today. Junior worked out where it would be from the car, and so it was. Made for a v happy little man. TFTC

Didn't have trouble with this bright cache

Nicely hidden

Getting the hang of this now

Bimble bimble

Had good look but no luck

Had good look but no luck

Our first ever geocache find ????

A little tricky for beginners such as ourselves

Out to explore the Chigborough lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Not my favourite sort of puzzle, but a nice little walk to GZ with good views. No trouble locating the cache, thanks

Out to explore the lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Last of the day, sadly. Hadn't used the checker, so initially assumed we had made a mistake. Checked data on return, which confirmed we were searching the right area. Will have to decrypt the hint and try again.

Out to explore the lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Another good cache, just where the GPS said, which was particularly satisfying as the checker said no so our calculation must have been very slightly out.

Out to explore the Chigborough lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. This one was left out when we initially tackled the series as we could not solve it. Very satisfying to tick this off at last, thanks

Out to explore the lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. Well this is a unique puzzle which I really enjoyed. Had to obtain some software and do some reconstruction work. At GZ we searched for quite a while, but nothing found. I stood on the bit of paper to check the co-ords, that must have looked really funny.

Out to explore the Chigborough lakes and pick up a few Rally Rounds today. No trouble finding the cache, after practically wading down the footpath. Puzzle was somewhat more tricky, thanks

Filing under NaHiH... Not A Hope In Hell

Parked up at near Kirtling and enjoyed a pleasant walk this morning. Thankfully it was cold enough last night to harden the ground enough so it wasn't a quagmire. At GZ I realised I was the wrong side and rather than use the nearby ford (muggle approaching), I opted for a (fingers crossed) jump which was fortunately successful.

A quick recovery at the obvious location and then a (again fortunately) successful jump back up. Thanks for bringing me back here!

Back in the land of the inpenetrable grid to turn a couple more blue dots into yellow smiley faces today. It really isn't making much of an impact though!
I'm using the walking time to try and get my head round a few unsolved ones which are allegedly simple.
Sadly no inspiration or breakthroughs thus far today.
As if usually the case, finding the cache was so much easier than working out where to look for it!!
TFTC

Back in the land of the inpenetrable grid to turn a couple more blue dots into yellow smiley faces today. It really isn't making much of an impact though!
I'm using the walking time to try and get my head round a few unsolved ones which are allegedly simple.
Sadly no inspiration or breakthroughs thus far today.
As if usually the case, finding the cache was so much easier than working out where to look for it!!
TFTC

Been desperate for this one for my D/T grid.
Yes, even a Mr Crow puzzle seemed more attractive than a climb or a swim in March
Easy you say. Hmmmmm. I got close and then got stuck for several days.
Then last night a breakthrough
Finally had something on paper that plotted sensibly and fit the terrain description
So I wasted no time. Dropped the kids to school this morning and headed straight to GZ.
Left excess baggage in the car and headed off equipped with just the garmin and pen.
Soon spotted a way in and then the convoluted route began, trying to choose the path of least resistance whilst still making progress in the direction of the prize.
Over this, under that, squelching through, holding that out of the way, zigzagging my way to 'that tree'
'That Tree' is actually really impressive, more that it appears in any of the pictures.
I was a bit gutted I'd left my phone in the car and missed an excellent photo opportunity.
Completed the admin and had what appears to be a customary game of soldiers before heading back through the thicket.
Thanks for the adventure Mr Crow, I loved this one!!

TFTC !! Travel bug grabed

It was time for another visit to the Mt Cook region for some cache maintenance tasks and to locate some new caches and some sites for a few more. Arrived at the White Horse campsite late afternoon and decided to set off up the Hooker valley. Cloudless sky and still warm and calm and a lot of walkers on the track this evening. Soon located the cache once at GZ. Cache all good with a number of finds to date. Thanks Mr Crow for another smilie. Next time you come hopefully there will be a few more caches in the area. TFTC

Heading back to Colchester from the Dengie Peninsula, the scenic most cache laden route of course!
Spotted this little run of caches and with a spare half an hour on my hands I thought I'd have a little look.

No problems with this one. Very well hidden but quite simple with the help of the hint.
Cache in great condition. Thank you Mr Crow

Heading back to Colchester from the Dengie Peninsula, the scenic most cache laden route of course!
Spotted this little run of caches and with a spare half an hour on my hands I thought I'd have a little look.

This one was a no from me
Given the very specific hint I think it could be missing
I did check around to see if it had fallen but couldn't see anything

Heading back to Colchester from the Dengie Peninsula, the scenic most cache laden route of course!
Spotted this little run of caches and with a spare half an hour on my hands I thought I'd have a little look.

What a fabulous place
Very busy today
I think all the fishermen have come out of hibernation and are making the most of a gorgeous spring day
Cache soon found, log signed and replaced as found
TFTC

Heading back to Colchester from the Dengie Peninsula, the scenic most cache laden route of course!
Spotted this little run of caches and with a spare half an hour on my hands I thought I'd have a little look.

Crikey! This was a tricky one to access
Having a child on board would definitely been an advantage today
Sadly they were all at school so the job was all mine
Gotcha!
TFTC

Heading back to Colchester from the Dengie Peninsula, the scenic most cache laden route of course!
Spotted this little run of caches and with a spare half an hour on my hands I thought I'd have a little look.

I spent a long time here trying to fathom out whether the pub was still open or not
I spent a short time looking for the cache
Thanks Mr Crow
Nice hide

Very inventive cache, look for what doesn't seem right. Brilliant!!!

Area very disturbed, possible that it's missing or I'm blind.

Damp and mouldy, but found it

Neat little cache, took some looking!!!

Had to have a couple of lookouts as everyone was out walking their mutts.

A quick find. TFTC
You can see my account of the day out here: http://blog.drsolly.com/2016/03/catwalk.html

A little detour tour from our loop-cycle, but an easy enough one. Solly's bike needed a battery swap due to the harsh terrain, which meant it beeped away like an ancient casio watch or perhaps an explosive device. QEF: Boom! TNLN-TFTC&S.

SP - [Geolympix Mega returns](http://coord.info/gc5xxyy) - Sunday July 31st 2016 - Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted, Herts (Home of Europe's 9th oldest cache, plus the UK's oldest Puzzle cache!)

A quick find. TFTC
You can see my account of the day out here: http://blog.drsolly.com/2016/03/catwalk.html

Another goodie, and still our bikes hadn't been stolen. I was a little cold and glad of my hat here. Great views on a misty day. TNLN-TFTC&S.

SP - [Geolympix Mega returns](http://coord.info/gc5xxyy) - Sunday July 31st 2016 - Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted, Herts (Home of Europe's 9th oldest cache, plus the UK's oldest Puzzle cache!)

A quick find. TFTC
You can see my account of the day out here: http://blog.drsolly.com/2016/03/catwalk.html

A little tired from cycling, it was good to find this one pretty quickly. All credit to solly! TNLN-TFTC&S.

SP - [Geolympix Mega returns](http://coord.info/gc5xxyy) - Sunday July 31st 2016 - Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted, Herts (Home of Europe's 9th oldest cache, plus the UK's oldest Puzzle cache!)

A quick find. TFTC
You can see my account of the day out here: http://blog.drsolly.com/2016/03/catwalk.html

Having broken for dinner and a running repair to Solly's bike, it was back on the trail for this one, and a fairly quick find for him. Nice location. Woof. TNLN-TFTC&S.

SP - [Geolympix Mega returns](http://coord.info/gc5xxyy) - Sunday July 31st 2016 - Ashridge Estate, Berkhamsted, Herts (Home of Europe's 9th oldest cache, plus the UK's oldest Puzzle cache!)

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Difficult to find if using the clue, trust the coords TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out, first larger cache of the day so left BUG TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

Great day out TFTC

The second of 6 Mr Crow caches found today.
We liked the puzzle and the location.
It was a quick find - just as well as the hint anagram was impossible.
TFTC

We didn't even attempt the puzzle. There was enough information in the hint and logs to make a conjecture worthwhile.
And we were successful!

Mar/13/2016 - Couldn't check - no wellies!

This was a clever puzzled which eventually yielded up its solution.
A quick find at the end - obvious camouflage which didn't fool us.
TFTC

A fiendish puzzle which eventually yielded a solution. [:o] However, Mr Crow's checker said No.
With Mr Crow's quick help (thanks) we could see that we had found another valid solution, and from there we were able to arrive at the cache coordinates.
A quick find at the GZ today.
TFTC

Solved the puzzle and got the field puzzle today.
However, we didn't have the information on what to do with the puzzle so we just made notes on what we found.
Later, Mr J remembered that he had recorded some puzzle information in a field note so we worked out an answer over dinner in a pub.
This one will have to wait for another visit to Crowland.

Mr J found a way into the puzzle which was enjoyable (but challenging). Stage 2 getting the coordinates proved easy, and today was a quick find at the GZ.
Favourite point awarded.

Credit for this one goes to MRs J who quickly spotted the anagram solution.
The puzzle fell soon afterwards.
TFTC

Out on a sunny but blustery spring afternoon to make a bit more progress on the Essex hundred.
Had a pleasant wander down to this one and a nice quick find of this custom
The stingers are already sprouting quite nicely so I imagine it'll be much harder to access in a couple of months. TFTC

Out on a sunny but blustery spring afternoon to make a bit more progress on the Essex hundred.
Thought I knew where this would be on approach but was wrong!
It wasn't in the second place I looked either.
Eventually spotted out of the corner of my eye in a less likely hiding place
TFTC

Out on a sunny but blustery spring afternoon to make a bit more progress on the Essex hundred.
There was a 'cacher's favourite' hiding place nearby but Mr Crow hadn't chosen that.
A much better hiding place nearby had been found.
Might have struggled here without the hint.
TFTC

Out on a sunny but blustery spring afternoon to make a bit more progress on the Essex hundred.
Last one of the afternoon before having to rush off and collect the kids from school
No problems identifying the host or finding the cache here but disappointed that the trackable wasn't there. I brought several to visit though. TFTC

Out on a sunny but blustery spring afternoon to make a bit more progress on the Essex hundred.
Spotted the likely host on approach to GZ.
The cache was surprisingly well hidden despite there being limited hiding spots
TFTC

#1100.

This is a well-named puzzle: I (and I suspect many others) have called the CO a number of hard names while trying to fathom it. One vital element was apparently missing, but Mr Crow doesn't make that kind of mistake. After much scratching around I thought it never hurts to try the obvious, and so sent a carefully-worded request to Crow HQ - not in the expectation of any favours, but just in case there was a chicken auto-responder, or something equally novel, at the other end of the line ready to provide the next step. No - all that produced was a mocking reference to autocalcitration, so the puzzle went on the "impossible" pile for a while.

Then at the end of February I came home from work one Friday evening and it was still light, so I went for a brisk brain-clearing walk, and had a thought... if you read the cache description in a certain way, what looked like one thing could really be another, making a neat mathematical trick with interesting possibilities. The rest of the weekend disappeared in a cloud of computation. I tried several methods, some quick, some slower, some yielding millions of possible solutions, others only a few dozen. Unfortunately most of those that gave plots in the target area were either under water or in someone's garden, and the few plausible ones were rejected by the checker. My hopes were dashed again when I asked the CO whether my reading was correct. Crow said "no" and rephrased the problem. Foiled again. Nor did meeting the CO at the Leap Day meeting the next day help.

But shortly afterwards, the penny dropped and I saw the true significance of this and how it related to that, and the checker finally gave the green light.

So eventually I found myself in the middle of a muddy field. Which was a problem, as you don't generally find caches in featureless bogs: whatever the checker had OK'd was not what I had written down. Recalculating the whole thing was the only option, not the easiest of tasks on a smartphone... Oh, it's there. Onward, or rather backward, a mile or so to the correct location, muddy, brambled and nettled, and with the day rapidly disappearing, after all that I couldn't find the thing . Fortunately a second attempt with a little help was more successful, and it was a relief finally to add my name to the almost-pristine log.

TFTC, and a favourite for inspiring [Recursion](https://coord.info/GC6CMEH "Recursion: see Recursion") which is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike this puzzle.

A sticky walk.

Picked this one up whilst collecting a few more of the Essex 100 this afternoon.
Complete technology fail on my part. My iphone 5 on 02 couldn't get any signal or internet, drove down to Tollesbury where I normally get 4G hoping for some luck but today I suffered a complete technology fail!
Luckily muggle husband was out for some caching fun today so I pinched his sony something phone which was happy to play ball. A fun cache and great final hide TFTC

Whilst in the area trying to find the CM series of caches lunch was needed so I popped into the local shop for a coffee and sandwich.

As I was passing it would have been rude not to grab this one, unfortunately the tape holding the magnets was no longer sticky enough to stay on the cache.

I put the tape in the cache and hopefully the magnets are strong enough to hold it in place. [:O)]

On my way to the co-ords of the CM bonus these were in my line of sight so I took the slight detour.

Chilly day, bit overcast but a good day for 'stretching my short legs'.

Got it once I believed the co-ords rather than my 'it should be there theory'. [:O)]

Yup you got me too!!

Soon sorted my mistake, log signed and returned. [:O)]

Again I wandered from one side to the other but a bit of scrabbling around soon had the cache in hand. [:O)]

Plenty of shotgun cartridges around but all quiet today.

Now I got this one right! [:O)]

What a great old hedgerow this is, I was amazed at the thickness of some of the branches that had been laid horizontally, and how rotten some of the main stems were.
Sometimes nothing changes and I presume this hedge has been here for some time.

Soon located after wandering around the gz.

Last one of the day here for me, now back on the trail of those elusive CMs. [:O)]

Tried to find a way in but failed miserably, any chance of pointing out where the entrance to the fields is? [:O)]

The entrance (gateway and parking area) to Oxley Meadow is a short way down Park Lane on the left hand side - immediately behind a new house.

After failing to find the nearby CM I looked on the gps and found this great 3 mile walk.

So I started at #3 around 14:00 and was back at the car by 15:45.

Great walk along flat country side, only one DNF at #10 and all the others found without too much trouble.

A walk that I would recommend for others to do.

I could see this on my approach so recovered when I left. [:O)]

Ps. Giving this a fave point for the whole series.

After failing to find the nearby CM I looked on the gps and found this great 3 mile walk.

So I started at #3 around 14:00 and was back at the car by 15:45.

Great walk along flat country side, only one DNF at #10 and all the others found without too much trouble.

A walk that I would recommend for others to do.

I had to laugh, used my torch to peer into the darkest corners only to find it was almost touching my head. [:O)]

After failing to find the nearby CM I looked on the gps and found this great 3 mile walk.

So I started at #3 around 14:00 and was back at the car by 15:45.

Great walk along flat country side, only one DNF at #10 and all the others found without too much trouble.

A walk that I would recommend for others to do.

Once I had stopped hopping around this was soon unearthed. [:O)]