Our New Year's Day walk - joined the hoardes for the walk up to Hooker Lake. Well, far fewer hoardes than normal, we hear, but still quite busy. The weather forecast for later in the day wasn't very good so we started as early as possible (as early as possible for New Year's Day!). The mountain was clear as we arrived; cloud gathered later in the morning and swirled around the peaks. Luckily it mostly hung around Mt Sefton and stayed reasonably clear of Aoraki/Mt Cook so we got good views as we walked.

The view here was probably the worst of the trip, with a big dark cloud encroaching from the west. Unfortunately the photos didn't really show how awesome it looked due to the lack of contrast.

Found this quickly be following the hint exactly ???? - TFTC

Friendly wee fella! TFTC

Another great cache. ???????? TFTC

First cache of the year. Happy New Year to you. TFTC.

Great cache ????. TFTC

Bit soggy but found. TFTC

Didnt stump us for a nice QEF sl and replaced as found- thank you to the co for all your hard work in placing a fab series in these beautiful woods tftc x

A nice QEF in a beautiful spot - sl and replaced as found tftc x

Decided to head to this beautiful woods to explore on new years day- taking the muggler parents with and thinking of my Caching mate walks2far - missing her loads but is staying safe and sure will be together soon to continue our caching adventures- nice qef sl and replaced as found- Happy New Caching Year tftc x

Found! Near the pretty little tarn.
Managed to find a dry log book (several wet ones).
Thanks

A great cache to finish the series with. Its how I remember caching used to be. Used to fined 1 of 2 of these a week. Thanks for the walk and lovely caches. Well done George and Rose.

Went down to Tollesbury to do the new lab caches this morning and on the way back I decided to have a little walk in these woods and do the little series of caches.

Thanks for the cache Rose Khaldi

Another good sized container full of goodies. The pond looks to be creeping closer but the cache is still safe for quite a while yet.

Went down to Tollesbury to do the new lab caches this morning and on the way back I decided to have a little walk in these woods and do the little series of caches.

Thanks for the cache George Khaldi

This was a quick find as the coords were spot on. So many dinosaurs ????. Nice sized and well stocked container.

Went down to Tollesbury to do the new lab caches this morning and on the way back I decided to have a little walk in these woods and do the little series of caches.

Thanks for the cache George Khaldi

The GPS had me one side and then the other of the path, so I waited for it to settle and soon saw the brightly coloured cache. Signed the log and replaced it snugly in its hide.

Went down to Tollesbury to do the new lab caches this morning and on the way back I decided to have a little walk in these woods and do the little series of caches.

Thanks for the cache Rose Khaldi

Happy New year, puzzle solved in Dec but saved for the New Year.
We took a nice walk from home with Shadow all clean and white that didn't last long after walking through the muddy footpath through Chigborough lakes.
A total of 8km circular walk back home.
A nice quick find at GZ.
TFTC

Happy New year, puzzle solved in Dec but saved for the New Year.
We took a nice walk from home with Shadow all clean and white that didn't last long after walking through the muddy footpath through Chigborough lakes.
A total of 8km circular walk back home.
A nice quick find at GZ.
TFTC

This was a nice quick find

Nice peace cache!
TFTC

Today we decided to get out and enjoy the local scenery with a visit to Bradwell and St. Peter's Chapel at Othona. It was chilly but a pleasant walk with a number of caches found, mostly new but some previously found - Mini F and LittleMissF signed these.

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I found this cache in May 2018. Busy here today but all fine and dry. Not found in 3 days short of two years but all in good shape here. Signed on behalf of Mini F and LittleMissF.

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Found on 03-01-2021 at 13:10

Mummy and daddy took us to Bradwell for a nice walk. It was nice but very cold!

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17 of 17 today
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Found on 03-01-2021 at 13:10

Mummy and daddy took us to Bradwell for a nice walk. It was nice but very cold!

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17 of 17 today
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Nice straightforward number gathering and a quick find at GZ, crafty. TFTC

I could not get the cache open so I will have to come back with tools????

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others competing for space) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

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#13 - A lovely spot (once i found my way in) and many barking dogs to accompany my visit.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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DNF - The first detour off the roads and onto hard icy footpath. Sadly this one is linked to a load more and so very disappointed not to find. Spent too long scrambling around in the end and had to move on.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#19 - Nice to find this - a great puzzle I am fond of and where it all must have started and the perfect place to put a cache. All in good order here and made sure the find was better hidden given the colour

1 day: 21 Miles: 21 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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DNF - The puzzle was right up my strasse but the find wasn't. Had the clue solved and spent far too long here exploring every possibility. Had to give up in the end and make do with some wonderful photos of the alien goblet rising up rom the mist.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#5 - One of the simpler puzzles and simpler finds. Lovely spot here and cache in good nick.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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DNF - Another case here of too many possible locations, not enough time and an i-phone with a mind of it's own. One minute I'm on top of it. Next I'm 34m away. Shame, as I really enjoyed the puzzle.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#23 - Final find today and ended up with very soggy feet in the Essex Twilight despite my appropriate footwear. Nothing other than wellies designed for sinking a foot or two into boggy water. That will do for me. Back home...
Back soon.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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DNF - A great puzzle and disappointed not to complete the circle here but I couldn't locate the cache according to solved clue and it was too yukky to lay down and be super diligent. Happy to discuss this on messaging privately.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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DNF - Given the other polycache multi's were out of scope due to not founding the first I had brighter hopes for this one. I made my way up the rock solid mud to this nice little spot and then scrambled around again like a complete amateur. Not using my trusty GARMIN doesnt really help and i think the i-phone may have contributed to not knowing quite where to do the more serious poking around. Left disconsolate.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#2 - A welcome relief to find my first Rally Round puzzle. The puzzle was completed years ago and whilst a simple one; i'm still not quite sure how I solved it looking back today. The find though was made simpler due to it being a little exposed. I made sure it was more secure when I left.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#22 - Cheeky puzzle. Had me foxed for some time. Penultimate find on the walk and one which took a bit of faith. All is well here but again some thorn damage to me. Sign of things to come.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#7 - Loved these puzzles and very happy to find the cache here. The cache was open (ie no lid) but the bag was well sealed and in good order. It was left in the open so covered it subtly.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#8 - Similar sentiment to Caroline. Almost want to do them again!
All is well with the cache at the location. Covered well before moving back onto the road.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#16 - A great fun puzzle but still not quite sure what the theme is in real life. Took me a while.. Had a very muddy trudge across a field of clay to get this and back which left me 3 stone heavier.. Easy find at GZ and all in place.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#20 - I do like a map; and I do like puzzles. Always going to be a winner this one. Only one place this was going to be from 120m away. All good in the house.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#21 - Another good puzzle and one I had to endure splinters of thorns in my hand for - which is impacting my typing now. Got the H on the way back much to my pleasure.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#4 - Puzzle was eaten up back in the day and finally got round to picking it up. Good spot for it.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#3 - A simpler than usual puzzle solved in a batch many moons ago. The find here at GZ was true to the hint and delighted to get on a bit of a roll.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#17 - Puzzle one of a set that didn't cause too much trouble. Solved the clue the day before setting out and glad i did ... All in good order here but a bit of a deviation on my route caused by a major navigational faux pas earlier on.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#11 - A straightforward solve and a straightforward find ... the harder issue was finding a way into the next non-Crow cache.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#1 - The puzzle was a map one which I liked and disappointed not to pick this one up. Clue solved and title makes sense but pretty sure it isn't there. Been a while since it had a find so something could have happened.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#15 - The puzzle was a good one for me - and relatively quickly solved albeit many years ago. The find was simple and all in good nick. Legs were still in good working order and had something to eat here before the next slog.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#6 - Loved this puzzle. Loved it. Worth spending a day on. Took a lot less to find the cache which was exactly where i expected it to be but a lot of natural growth had left it needing a good rummage.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#14 - I do like a puzzle like this. It remains achievable rather than having no idea how to start. Just needs perseverance. The find was straightforward enough providing you pick the right place. A beautiful spider popped out of the cache.. and then went missing. Must have been hungry.

1 day: 23 Miles: 21 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#12 - A puzzle which I solved a long time ago and although i didn't keep a record of it when looking again today makes sense. All in good order here on finding. Was well covered by nature.

1 day: 21 Miles: 23 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#10 - You could argue whether I found this or not, but saw where the cache should be and could see the log although couldn't reach it. Mr Crow if you look down you will also see it and may want to bring a tool for maintenance. I enjoyed the puzzle and am logging it and can come back and do due diligence on log next time.

Needs maintenance. Sorry, unable to fix on the day.

1 day: 23 Miles: 21 Geocaches. On foot.

Finally got round to picking up Rally Round puzzles (and a few others) - many solved so many years ago. A beautiful part of the world and a splendid misty eerie day to be out alone.

Thanks to Mr Crow for all those Blue ?s on the map.. Hopefully a few yellow happy smiley faces represents some vain resistance to your evil puzzling.

There are some DNFs. I wanted to balance getting round In fading light.. I will though be back

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#1 - I did my preparation up front on this one and having found a place to park for the day by the village green I wandered down to the likely spot and was delighted to get off to a flyer.

Field puzzle solved but too dark and too tired by the end of today's walk to work it out and then pick it up. Back next time....

Brilliant hiding place
We had forgotten our pen so didn’t sign the cache
But log and cache in tact nice and dry

Out caching with Tufty (Grandad). Great hiding spot. Thanks.

Out with grandaughter, Redco5, for a nice walk to Hooker Lake.

Enjoying the walk.

Cheers for the cache.

No luck

May be not the best of days to be doing this...but had a good search of host and apart from two carefully placed stones which looked SO hopeful and yet there was nothing!

Found on a awesome family walk
It’s a great day for take the kids out to the lake, a lovely spot

Short diversion from the main track led to the tarn. Fortunately there is coverage here as needed to use the spoiler photo to look in the right place for the cache. TFTC

GPS was hopping around a bit

And we were looking for a crocodile!

Found it, kids thought it was quacking

Quacktastic

Completed the lab a while ago but only just noticed there was a bonus cache to pick up too so after a pleasant snowy walk this evening we went to GZ for a quick find. The fixing device is a bit loose and could maybe do with some sort of glue or something? Nice to clear a pesky Crow question mark off the map too TFTC!

nice remote spot near a busy track. spot out of the wind today. tftc

Found in the middle of beautiful snow blizzard! Cache is in good condition.
Happy to wipe another annoying question mark off the map.
TFTC

Last solved almost 4 years ago.
I made an assumption that was blocking my route to success.
On returning to the puzzle yesterday, I cast that assumption aside and was able to make progress.
Another RR to find when restrictions are lifted.

Nice and easy. TFTC

Found it. Some good swapsies.

Found but soaking

Found and left some swapsies

In a whole in the tree

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Sooooooo long in the solving. I realised what I had to do but just couldn't.
I have returned to it many times and despite a nudge a while back, still made no progress.
A message about another RallyRound and during the correspondence my thoughts regarding the solve were confirmed. So with lockdown time on hand I ploughed through and collected more than enough data.
What followed was a reasonable start then it all went 'Pete Tong/Ray wRong'.
Further days passed and as the Northing weren't going anywhere I decided to attack the Eastings.
I felt I had them sorted but was unsure, so I I messaged my previous correspondent asking if he could confirm my Eastings. With a minor correction to a digit I was unhappy about, I now had the necessary.
Now it was just a case of returning to the tried and trusted conjecture. (... and I should have guessed)
I felt detailed pace notes necessary but it was a GE alignment that took me where I needed to be, and even then, an unsure delve into the dark and damp.

Always a pleasure to sign a Rally Round. Thanks FTC&P.

21/2/21 found it Amelia ðan

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02/02-21 got it

I solved this one in preparation for my visit to Tiptree for the AdLab series - many thanks for setting this up for us - full log later 1009

I had a quick find (for once) here this morning - many thanks for bringing me to this place Ray - full log later 1125

I solved this puzzle some time ago but couldn’t work out the anagram- I had a look here this morning and no joy - the CO kindly helped me out with the anagram which was spot on but I still couldn’t find the cache ?? 0940

I had failed here back in January but came here this morning to have another try - I was equipped and the cache opened quickly - many thanks for setting this up for us Ray - full log later 0953

I eventually found this well placed after gaining the coords from the AdLab series - many thanks for setting this up for us Ray ???? full log later 1056

Took me a little while to find the correct rock wall. nice camo.

In the area with a gap between appointments, I parked up and walked to this one. Quick easy find in the obvious place. TFTC

Found with jammets123 and tmets1

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Found with adrianm111 and tmets1

Quick find in the obvious place after the simple number crunching business. TFTC

python program finished after 6 days 5 hours and some minutes ...

My solution failed the checker. ????

As my 2yo grandson would say "Ah well".

#5223:
Solved 04/01/2021 - a very easy one to solve for anyone with proficient knowledge of graphic design software to unjumble! I found the previous version of this cache.

I parked 120m up the road and walked back to GZ. A number of potential hiding spots, but I found it in the second place I searched. TFTC.

#5222:
Solved 04/01/2021. I'd spent years looking at the previous cache but it never clicked as how to solve it. Today I looked at the Mk II cache, and I managed to get it straight away. Big fan of that band, so I'm glad to get it solved finally. Although I prefer a bit of Abbey Road over Sgt P.

Today I had a bit of daylight after dropping my girlfriend off at work, so took a small diversion to find this one.

I was quite excited to be here really, as a previous cache in this location was my 100th cache find nearly 6 years ago! I initially dived in a little too deep, and spent a few minutes searching for the illusive cache. It ended up being very obvious, but unfortunately I couldn't sign the log - the winter hasn't been good on it and the container and baggy were both swimming in water (photo attached).

After placing back, I backed out of the bush just as a jogger was coming by. A little awkward! TFTC.
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This is my 243rd Jasmer Grid filled - November 2020.

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Nice large cache - quick find TFTC

Nice quick find TFTC

Nice quick find on our lovely walk through the woods TFTC

Nice quick find TFTC

We liked this cach.

Interesting contents. TFTC.

Great cach to keep log dry.

Nice find.

Fun cach!

Lovely wood.Going to move the trackable on to new location.
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Found by our mini cacher. Great excitement to find the stash! Signed and replace

Soon spotted the stickoflage and had the cache in hand. Signed and replace

There has been a lot of growth since the photo was taken. Had to look further behind than expected but got it in the end. A lovely walk will a full hoard.

Thanks to all.

Found

Managed to find even with gps playing up ????. Tftc.

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Found!

Had to look at the hint after finding the cache. Very good! Tftc

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Found!

Nice quiet area today so easy to search. Tftc

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Found! We liked this one!!

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Found

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Don’t think we were caching alone today???? tftc

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Found! Thank you!

Nice container. Tftc

Our first metal box.

Lovely wood.

TFTC my 7 year old loves this one and said it was ‘awesome’!!

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Nice one!!!!

Snapped up this cache in no time at all, replaced, interesting contents.

Just what you want on a hot day!

After a short debate about which log it was, found it, quacking cache!

Nice quick find, feel sorry the duck! Rehidden

First find the rock wall might saw your ankles by looking in the wrong place.

Disappointed (see photo!) not to find this today as it would have completed my second DT grid.

No problems finding a way in and as it’s still early in the year it wasn’t too overgrown so we soon found ourselves at the GZ. We were definitely at the right place but there was no sign of the cache. We even scouted the surrounding area in case the local wildlife had “relocated� it. No dice!

Cache soon in hand once all clues were solved TFTC

Out with Colabottle68 doing the local Adventure Lab Cache. It would have been rude to not collect this one at the same time. TFTC

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Was a bit worried as it had not been found for some months and it’s a very new bridge now. TFT£.

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Great to have the photo help

We liked this cache a lot found with GeocachSJO.

Thanks for the cache found with GeocachSJO.

Great place so cache noce and dry found with GeocachSJO.

We are going to move the trackable to next to a better location hopefully found with GeocachSJO.

Very good find found with GeocachSJO.

Fun cache found with GeocachSJO.

Our first real geocache box found with GeocachSJO.

Amazing wood found with GeocachSJO.

What an excellent cache. Tftc

What an excellent series. Young children would love the caches. Thanks for taking the time to place the series.

Thanks for the cache.

Thanks for the cache.

MWOD fab find ?????????????????? TFTC

TFTC MWOD ????????

TFTC MWOD ??

MWOD. Thanks for a Lovely series. Family loved it. TFTC x

Looked for ages but to no avail

Took a few minutes to find the cache as it was further back than expected from the hint item. Really enjoyed this walk. TFTC.

An easy find. Nice church. TFTC.

dnf as it looks like it has gon??

Great

This wood goes on so far! TFTC

Lovely container. Thanks.

Quickly found a muggle-free time to search on a cold windy wet day

Great find tftc

Good hide! Tftc

Good one thank you! :)

After yesterdays stunning trip up to Mueller Hut, I used today to explore the Hooker Valley. As it was raining, not a lot of folks were around. This made it easy to search for all the geocaches on the track. Oh my fingers were freezing and difficult to use for this one.... TFTC

No pen to sign but found easily. Tftc

Puzzle solved last year, and good to be the first to add our names to the log sheet this year.
Many thanks Mr Crow for placement.

Another one solved last year, and first to add our names to the log sheet this year.
Thank you Mr Crow for the puzzle and hide.

Cool container found with CrazyGSarah.

Found it!

Tudo Ok.

Found whilst out visiting the area with Limpyles tftc

Found after the adventure cache TFTC

Great spot on a gorgeous day. Thanks for bringing me here.

Nice easy find

Nice quick find after completing the lab. Now for some jam! Tftc

After completing the Adventure Lab in Tiptree we couldn't resist picking up this Bonus cache. Didn't take long to locate the well hidden and unusual cache. Replaced as found. Thanks.

Quick find here, cool cache

Quick find here, enjoyed the pun, fave for that TFT

quick find here, nice cache. TFTC

Quick easy find here once I had realised where it would be. TFT

Easy find! "TFTC"

Beautiful location. Tftc

Nice little hiding spot. Despite the container and bag the log is rather damp. Did manage to get my pen to write on it however. TFTc

Missed this one on the way, but found it eventually on the way back, light snow falling. Cache is in great condition. TFTC

FTF
8 T's?
Classically there are five styles: white, green, oolong, black and pu-erh.
(In Japan they count more than 20. )
Binnie Hale liked five nice cups (morning, half past eleven, dinner, tea, bed).
But I think the answer must lie in another song lyric, with multiplication understood:
T 4 2 and 2 4 T clearly produce 8 Ts (twice over) as required.
Anyway, inspired by the Mad Hatter's T Party (just Tzing ) and following a meticulous process of induction, deduction, experimentation, ambition, distraction, uglification and derision I finally extracted the coordinates. Even though it meant I missed my T, I set out straight away after solving.

Finding this cache at night might be quite spooky, as GZ is currently guarded by an object which flashes lights if you get too close, though it's probably not a permanent fixture. Once I'd recovered from that, I achieved a nice quick find and discovered a blank log just waiting to be signed.

'T' FTC and a favourite for yet another smiling face in the Tiptree Triangle.

A tip: you may wish to do this cache when there is less foliage around. Also it is a lot easier to access with a slight bit of trespass into a conservation area. Make sure you get the right tree!
TFTC

A lovely location for a great cache. TFTC!

Like other finders, I also made a silly mistake involving 1 and I.

I was puzzled as to why this wasn't a multi, but having seen how old this cache is, I guess multis weren't a thing back then.

TFTC!

Find 1504. Day 34 of streak.
I decided to come out this way to place two trackables that I’ve had for a while, and as one needs to get to Canada, the further West the better!

This was my first choice for a suitable cache. A quick find here after walking up from the gates. Unfortunately, the cache was not large enough to fit one of my trackables in, so I left the other to continue its journey from here and went back to the car to plan an alternative. The cache here was in good condition.

TFTC

Driving home from our long weekend on Mersea Island, connecting CMs numbered under 1000 for a personal challenge.
A draughty find, though the gate is shut and we never saw the church. Took the TB. TFTC :-)

Find 1506. Day 34 of streak.
I decided to come out this way to place two trackables that I’ve had for a while, and as one needs to get to Canada, the further West the better!

I parked in a lay-by a little walk from GZ and stumbled through the woods, hoping that this cache would be big enough and dry enough to place the Mars Rover TB. Not as far towards an airport as I would have liked but hopefully someone will pick it up and move it on soon.

The cache was excellent! Good to see a well sized cache and well waterproofed. I signed the log, placed the TB to continue its journey and camouflaged the the cache.

Mission Accomplished

TFTC

What a great morning for a stroll in these quiet woods, even better now the aircraft noise is almost non-existent. Out with my granddaughter who has a non-pupil day from Thurstable. Good to be able to spend some time with her on a one-to-one basis.

Which way to go to do the series?, so many paths we could follow, some marked on the map, some obviously made by dog walkers, most dry but with occasional muddy bits.

Nice easy find here. Took Mars Rover TB.

TFTC

What a great morning for a stroll in these quiet woods, even better now the aircraft noise is almost non-existent. Out with my granddaughter who has a non-pupil day from Thurstable. Good to be able to spend some time with her on a one-to-one basis.

Which way to go to do the series?, so many paths we could follow, some marked on the map, some obviously made by dog walkers, most dry but with occasional muddy bits.

Used the main drag to get within 50m but then the o/head cover proved too much for the GPSr and we had to work on dead reckoning. After about 5min the satellites reappeared and we were only 10m or so away from GZ.

TFTC

What a great morning for a stroll in these quiet woods, even better now the aircraft noise is almost non-existent. Out with my granddaughter who has a non-pupil day from Thurstable. Good to be able to spend some time with her on a one-to-one basis.

Which way to go to do the series?, so many paths we could follow, some marked on the map, some obviously made by dog walkers, most dry but with occasional muddy bits.

Quick find here.

TFTC

What a great morning for a stroll in these quiet woods, even better now the aircraft noise is almost non-existent. Out with my granddaughter who has a non-pupil day from Thurstable. Good to be able to spend some time with her on a one-to-one basis.

Which way to go to do the series?, so many paths we could follow, some marked on the map, some obviously made by dog walkers, most dry but with occasional muddy bits.

Had to cast about for this one as GPS jumping about.

TFTC

I seem to recall the original RR80 being a fairly simple trad ?

There are two ways of getting the coordinates, the easy way & the hard way.
However even the easy way has a few pitfalls but perseverance won out, and the numbers were forthcoming.
I'm in awe of the work the CO has put into this puzzle

A long but very pleasant walk today to GZ and thankfully no flashing lights although I did see the culprit.

I must apologies for only giving a virtual favourite as I have run out.
As soon as I can get back to caching again I will add fav.

TFTC and virtual Favourite

Good name for a cache since since it took me 6 hours on the final jigsaw and 3 hours on another and at least 2 hours on another. I can see people swearing at this :-)

{FTF} FTF

Been a while since I attempted a Crow puzzle
This one drove me nuts lol
1st I couldn’t get it to work on my iPad
My laptop was out of the house
That left my Samsung phone
Doing the practice I tho ah piece of cake
Then the real piece came up
OH MY GOD and I gotta do it on a small screen ????
And to make matters worst I kept forgetting the save button ????
2hours later I had the last piece but it wouldn’t go in ????
Then I realised another piece wasn’t in correctly
Swapped them over and bingo some co ords
I also hadn’t FTFs a Crow cache in yonks
So off I went to find the cache
Soon arrived and my heart sank looks like a trail in grass
Thankfully it was Crows
Soon had the cache in hand n signed clean log
A fun puzzle n nice hide
Gets a Frav from me

Signed log

TFTC

Find 1520. Day 43 of streak.
I woke up unexpectedly early today and so decided to take a look at the Mr Crow cache that was published yesterday evening. I needs to grab a daily cache today and I am trying to improve my woeful tally of Multis and Mysteries. I have never gone for an FTF in a Mr Crow cache before and it was something I was looking forward to, as the Maldon to Tollesbury Essex 100 series was my first introduction to geocaching. I opened the puzzle page.

I found out that it was much easier to solve the puzzle using an actual computer rather than a phone or tablet. Once this was realised, I methodically began working my way through this well named cache. Ultimately, it didn’t take too long to solve (just over an hour) as I got quite lucky with some of the pieces I left until last. I plugged in the revealed coordinates and set off for the cache.

After a fairly trouble free trip to the cache, I arrived at GZ. Immediately, I spotted what appeared to be a cacher’s trail and my heart sank as I saw my hopes of an FTF fade. Perhaps it was just Mr Crow placing the cache?

I approached the likely location and had a look. An object caught my eye as likely camouflage and I gently moved it aside to reveal the cache! I opened the log, hoping, despite myself, that it was blank. It wasn’t.

It was clearly a late night for the FTF. I signed just below and got back in the car.

Thanks for the cache Mr Crow. I’ll have to work faster to be in with a chance of FTF it seems!

Fave for the evil variation.

This was finally solved in between watching Euro 2020 football yesterday.
Cache was soon located today on way back from early birding trip with both our boys.
Thanks Mr Crow for something different. Favourite point richly deserved.

After a Lite Breakfast at Perrywood, last day we had to book in advance - hopefully, and took the short ride round to GZ, but not too good for those vertically challenged.

Puzzle had been solved in 52min.

TFTC

Found this cache quickly then headed home after a day round Silver End and Rivenhall.

Cache 9 of 9 Today with 0 DNF

TFTC Mr Crow.

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Saturday 28th August 2021
Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
Where Father Thames meets the Mother of Parliaments

Cache find #4649.

Found this cache with sammyjw, fidget2014, hublander and beanie28

TFTC Mr Crow

Favourite added as promised :-)

Searched for ages found likely hiding place but nothing, maybe missing

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All good here thanks

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All good here thanks

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Found fallen tree at GZ searched all hiding places but nothing, think it’s gone

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Found ok no idea what the horns of a tree are?

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All good here thanks

I must admit I'm not a great fan of Jigidi puzzles.
They would be better if they rotated the pieces like a real jigsaw.

So it was with trepidation that I finally embarked on JigiSwore.
However I was pleased to see rotation had been implemented. However mirror image was an evil addition, and straight sides [O:]
Unperturbed I battled on whilst watching US Open.
Once started I found it quiet pleasurable and only the sky posed any great problem.
It did help that the pieces were not square.

Spooky driving up to GZ after staring at the picture for so long.
Quick find , signed and returned.
Not sure how the vertically challenged will get this cache ?

TFTC

Very froggy

Bag needs some repair

Tasty

Nice and easy

Quack quack

Ducky ducky

Outer container quite damp, dried out, but inner packet dry as a bone thanks to the silica gel.

Quick find here, co-ordinates and clue were good, signed the log and returned as found. Thanks for replacing. TFTC

Quick find here, co-ordinates and clue were good, signed the log and returned as found. This was a little bit off the beaten track. TFTC

Quick find here, co-ordinates and clue were good, signed the log and returned as found. TFTC

Quick find here, co-ordinates and clue were good, signed the log and returned as found. TFTC

Quick find here, co-ordinates and clue were good, signed the log and returned as found. TFTC

Quick find here, co-ordinates and clue were good, signed the log and returned as found. TFTC

Sometimes it's just your day.
My python program had failed but it helped in a way. Also I knew the approximate area. Finding another RR eliminated another 875825 sq ft.
So returning to my python and a cluster of possible solutions appeared. The checker confirmed on the third attempt.
TFTC Ray

Being in Mr Crow country for an other it seemed sensible to pick this up too.
The puzzle was interesting and required a methodical approach. On completion it only clicked. (I know exactly where that is).
GZ was a place I had visited more than once before as a potential 'crow' hide and it was pleasing to find a cache today. I did wonder if it had been there last time I 'looked'. Possibly.

SL TFTC&P

Now that leaves ... I wonder

This was my find No.9429



TFTC Mr Crow



Find #2 of 2 for today

Well that dosn't happen everyday. Iahd looked at this a few times knowing that I had found the original. It was a passing comment from a fellow finder that put me on the right track but a still lacked one number, chatting on the phone and a further comment was made this turned out to be the final clue that was required. We contginued to chat about the cache and the fact there had been a few more greeen light through the checker, so agrree that the FTF was probably gone. With this in mine I set out today to put another smilie face on the map.A muddy walk to GZ but a nice quick find and a very surprising blank log sheet, so I signed as the FTF which doesn't happpen often with this CO. I phoned my fellow cacher only to find he was minutes behind me. Perhaps we should talk a bit more. Thanks for the hide Ray.

infinson

Now I recall its predecessor, a trad with a twist. When arriving (Jan 2012) I realised why the 'puzzle' element was included. I recall working the way through until being able to sign the log.
So when this newer version appeared I looked at the cache page notes of RR080 and although something useful was there I had no idea how or why.
The other day I reread the verse and a couple of words jogged the memory. I now knew how to solve.
Even then all the required letters were not immediatly forthcoming. No worries I thought I should be able to guess. Making an assumption, which happily was correct, meant I could have hit the checker multiple times but fortunatly I saw half of what was still required. Sometimes the formula offers more than the 'A must be greater than B' type deduction but here that didn't help and finding the final piece was a surprise.

Solved, it was a case of when to visit. I felt sure it had been signed but not logged so I left it.
A call yesterday from infinson about an unrelated matter and I mentioned that I had now solved it.
It must have been curiosity as to who if anyone had found it that made me set out this morning. On route I received a call saying it was previously not found! but now was!
With no need to rush I still visited and happily signed STF within 30 minutes of infinson.

Thanks Ray and Kitty!! FTC&P.

ps was that (annoying) monkey/chimp/ape always part of RR080?

Whenever a cache is reincarnated I refer to my old notes as the puzzle is usually similar.
But after reading my notes for RR080 I realised our solution didn't open the lock , I remembered that whilst Dee & I struggled to solve the puzzle again, ATM spotted the lock was broken so we signed the log and ran LOL

This has now come back to bit me as I had no idea how to solve RR280.
I tried combinations of all the obvious numbers but alas could not please the checker.

So a little lateral thinking was required. The method of getting the numbers is nothing new but it took me an age to realise that this was the method.

At GZ I was amazed the CO had found an almost identical tree to RR080.
The log was quintuple wrapped by various ziplok's & pots, nice to see
In fact it was the only bone dry log that I signed today.

TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

A quick find, signed log, TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

This one took a few minutes to locate due to tree cover upsetting our GPS. TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

Out with Scuba999 to complete this small set of caches. It was the ideal day to do these caches as it was lovely and cool in the woods. All caches found as per hints. Logs signed and caches replaced as found. Thank you for this lovely little series,

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

A nice quick find. Dropped a TB, TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

Quickly found, TFTC

Out in the area today with Scuba999 to have a short walk and complete the Adventure Lab. This was a nice quick find, signed log and replaced as found, TFTC

Again no luck here today

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

Out caching with Scuba999. A nice quick find at GZ signed log and replaced as found. TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

Another cache found while out with Scuba999. Signed log, TFTC

Out caching in the area today. A nice quick find signed log and replaced cache as per hint. TFTC

After completing the Adventure lab we were rewarded with the coordinates for this bonus cache. At GZ it did take quite a few minutes to locate the cache. This is not the best time of the year to go caching due to vegetation growth. Thanks for an enjoyable adventure

It took us a bit but we found it (very froggy)

Good quack! TFTC

Another duck? Seriously, ????????

1. the subtlety of the title was wasted on me.
2. if I never see that chimp again I won't be upset.
3. this is the first time I have found every active rally round.

There was enough in the finders logs to warrant conjecture, or so I thought, then again not really.
I eventually found one eighth (or should that be a Tenth) which was a help.
The checker stubbornly refused my guesses so the painstakingly slow systematic approached commenced. Typically finding the things I'd guessed, first.
75% complete should have been enough but several more attempts followed before I knew.

Setting out early-ish to avoid the midday sun, I chose a route partly walked before. As the sun beat down I imagined the CO striding ahead in a hooded fleeced top working up a sweat. No need here to work one up, I was already ... glowing(?)
I missed the path but happily traversed an easier route until arriving were I needed to be. Unbelievably there was a group of 'workers' nearby seemingly doing nothing and going nowhere. A discrete search revealed nothing hint fitting so a call to a friend to confirm my interpretaion was necessitated. Although correct it's inclination was not as expected.
Much vegetation has I'm sure made the task more challenging. Explaning to my semi-inquisitive onlookers that I was looking for the FFP seemed to assure them that I wasn't completely mad.
Happily the cache found as soon as the FFP was discovered.

Log signed I chose to return via the intended footpath. A decision I soon began to regret. Pressing on, under the oppressive raison d'être for the nearby installations, I finally made it to something that resembled, something I recalled as once being, a footpath. Then taking as much shade as possible, although further, I returned to where I'd parked.

Thanks Ray [for the Puzzle(?)] for the workout which has hopefully lead to me shedding a few ounces.

Great, as always, to find a Rally Round.

Didint take to long to locate, But cold. TFTC

Visiting the area for a concert outdoor in Maldon. Geocaching solo outings its my first event since first lockdown!
Today I have selected a few adventure labs to do and whilst I tour these lovely little villages and learn the history, I am picking off geocaches too.
Nice easy find this one, tftc

I made the mistake of not looking at the spoiler photo before starting out. I have an excuse for revisiting.

TFTC ????

TFTC ????

TFTC ????

TFTC ????

Correct co-ords : Four of us: no luck. TFTC.

Wasn’t in the right place but found it anyway, love the container 10/08/21

Found 10/08/21

Found very quickly 10/08/21

Tftc

Tftc

Tftc

Found trackable RAXV9T NOT ON CACHE HISTORY

Tftc

Tftc

ABN 38251

Apparently in wrong place?

Good clue

Very good clue

Tucked right away

Good clue nicely hidden

Another quick find here

When the original was published there was not the ability to write notes on the cache page. Also, I had not started saving Rally Rounds on Google Earth a decade ago. (despite trying to update the early finds this one had not been)
Pleased to say I mananged to solve it this time, stumbling on a couple of stages until the final step lead to the location. (I have no idea why I can't get it through the checker).

Finding was without issues due to the hint. SL just after 1pm TFTC&P.

ps
Since solved this time I went back and finished the original. (Only eleven and a bit years later)
Also how on earth was the original conjectured?

TTF.

Apologies for the duplicated log, but these two puzzles share MO and (almost) GZ (and of course their original inspirations are closely related ), so it's difficult to come up with two completely original logs.

Having solved their predecessors half a decade ago, I didn't have much hope of remembering the details, nor a detailed solution log, but I did find a partial screenshot of a solution which helped me to cut a few corners.

GZ for both was less painful than the cache description suggested: certainly there were brambles underfoot and some nettles, but nothing like the shrubbery density of RR071. Despite the canopy the GPS took me straight to the right locations, where the hinted objects were pretty obvious, and the only fly in the ointment was that I was not the first to have signed the logs.

TFTCs.

{FTF} FTF

Saw these come out n had a look
Made some progress and tho oooo looks fun
Think i got half way n some co ords popped up
Straight out to car and plotted on lap top
Was then i relied had a few more stages to go
Sat in the car for another 45 mins walking the map
And finally got to the end
Phewwwww
Checker agreed so set off
Nice n quiet here at about 10ish
Gps took me straight to the host
Fun puzzle n pleased to sign a clean log
Frav from me

signed log

TFTC

STF.

Apologies for the duplicated log, but these two puzzles share MO and (almost) GZ (and of course their original inspirations are closely related ), so it's difficult to come up with two completely original logs.

Having solved their predecessors half a decade ago, I didn't have much hope of remembering the details, nor a detailed solution log, but I did find a partial screenshot of a solution which helped me to cut a few corners.

GZ for both was less painful than the cache description suggested: certainly there were brambles underfoot and some nettles, but nothing like the shrubbery density of RR071. Despite the canopy the GPS took me straight to the right locations, where the hinted objects were pretty obvious, and the only fly in the ointment was that I was not the first to have signed the logs.

TFTCs.

{FTF} FTF

Having done Caroline i now Tackled Rebecca sat in the car
I got as far as Binary and couldnt suss it
Texts to and fro with the wife proved fruitless
So i resorted to my cache instinct
Which after an hour i came upon the hide
Really chuffed with that
But that will explain the lack of checker pinging
They are two great puzzles
Thanks for that

signed log

TFTC

???? Managed to solve a while ago. Perhaps one of the easier, or we just got lucky working out what is needed. Using sat view it took us to the wrong sign initially, but on not finding anything looked around for something similar. Then a quick find.

There's not much to be said about the solution here. I still haven't decided whether I prefer to be tormented by JigSwore or the usual jigidis.

What I was not expecting was having to solve both kinds. Either I cut and pasted something carelessly, or the checker was having an off day, and I ended up with the "you've solved the first part but there's more, now do this" message from an entirely different RR puzzle. (I thought those * pictures looked familiar ). So it's not surprising that I ended up at the GZ of a different cache, and couldn't relate what I was seeing to the hide or to other people's logs .

Once that was sorted out, the real GZ fitted the hint (and indeed the jigsaw) and (unlike some ) I had no difficulty reaching the heights.

TFTC.

???? After completing the Ad Lab relocated to gz. Just had to find the right host behind all the foliage at this time of year.

No luck again today, as we were running out of time, so only spent 10 mins. We see the little bridge has been upgraded since we were last here. Maybe next time we will have more time.

Only a short visit will try another day

I found this back in 2013, before Covid, when caching with debooted & ATM. debooted was the map expert, so most of the donkey work was done by her I being a map novice at the time.
Unfortunately, in those days we kept few notes, so I did not have the original coordinates.
Due to Covid I'm now caching solo, so I rolled up my sleeves and tried to solve unaided.
It was an ideal puzzle to solve whilst watching the test match.

I bumped into Gillywig at GZ who still had Rebecca to pick up.
Despite the warnings it was a relatively pain free find.
TFTC

Excuse duplicate logs for Caroline & Rebecca.

I found this back in 2013, before Covid, when caching with debooted & ATM. debooted was the map expert, so most of the donkey work was done by her I being a map novice at the time.
Unfortunately, in those days we kept few notes, so I did not have the original coordinates.
Due to Covid I'm now caching solo, so I rolled up my sleeves and tried to solve unaided.

Nice quick find at GZ.
TFTC

I thought about attempting to conjecture this when visiting Caroline the other day. As ftf had almost certainly gone I decided to finish solving it properly.
This done I discovered in a round about way, why I was failing the checker. (Don't stop at the penultimate stage!)
Heading south once more for a few caches. Here I bumped into StratOman and after he found its sister, he accompanied me GPS/app free to the hide. No issues: initial pacing followed by a good hint. SL, all good here.
Thanks Ray FTC&P enjoyed them more second time around.

My second visit herd today searching high and low. Sadly ????a DNF

Over 9 years ago when we found the previous edition, so much has changed in the Geocaching World since then. Thank you for your loyalty and still placing caches for us to solve and find.
Took time to work out but a pleasing quick find at GZ. Favourite point added.

Over 9 years ago when we found the previous edition, so much has changed in the Geocaching World since then. Thank you for your loyalty and still placing caches for us to solve and find.
Took time to work out but a pleasing quick find at GZ. Favourite point added.

This was solved sometime ago, and we certainly worked up an appetite for lunch on stroll here.
Spot on coords led to quick find at GZ this morning.
Thanks for edition two, favourite point added.

Certain this took us longer to solve this time round, but we are 9 years older!
Quick find at GZ this morning.
Thanks to both Kitty and Ray for second edition, have a favourite point for the pleasure this gave.

TFTC

TFTC

TFTC

61142Trobat!

Found!

We are on holidays in Essex and we’ve found this cache.

Thank you very much

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61143Trobat!

Found!

We are on holidays in Essex and we’ve found this cache.

Thank you very much

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I had solved this a while back but had forgotten all about it. The recent release of a couple of RRs made me revisit the RRs and I discovered my solved coordinates in the personal caching note. Rechecked that they were still okay and added this RR to my list for today.

A quick find at GZ although waited for a couple of walkers to pass by before retrieving. Thanks for the puzzle and the hide, Mr Crow.

The recent release of a couple of RRs made me revisit the RRs. This puzzle confused me at first but after a little nudge I realised what I needed to do. It still took a while to get the coordinates.

Out today to pick up a couple of caches. Soon found at GZ.

Thanks for the puzzle and the hide, Mr Crow!

Spent a good 15mins searching the area and beyond but no luck this time.

Found by geoson after a mooch around and he loved the old style themed cache too as used to more modern items! Signed log. Tftc xx

Quick find by geodaughter. Cool cache box too. Signed log. Tftc xx

Cache found by geohubbie after a good scrummage of the undergrowth :-) signed log. Tftc xx

Found but rather exposed so have replaced into the site and covered better. Log signed. Tftc xx

Solved during Lockdown 2.0.
Thanks for the puzzle, Mr Crow.

Our last visit to Crowland was the day before Lockdown 2.0 fell on us.
So it's good to be back at last.
You'll do well on this puzzle if you understand the peculiar notation used on car rally navigators
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All good at the GZ.
TFTC

Our last visit to Crowland was the day before Lockdown 2.0 fell on us.
So it's good to be back at last.
Preferred this puzzle to Caroline.
No problems getting to the cache for us.
TFTC

As a child I was glued to the TV every Wednesday to watch Bill and Ben. That didn't help solve this puzzle. The anagram didn't help either.
Eventually resorted to help from Mr Crow in February.
Still don't know what the anagram reveals!!
(another cache resuscitation)

Solved during Lockdown 2.0 using techniques imaging tools I am familiar with.
Thanks for the puzzle and the quick find.

We made quick work of the puzzle, using our notes from the original RR109.
We hadn't read the log from the previous finder before searching for the cache. We found the same soggy log, and took a photo as proof of our visit.
TFTC

Mr J. spent hours and hours trying to find analyse differences between the images. He did find some, but they weren't the ones that led to the solution.
For that, thanks for the nudge from Ray.
All good at the GZ.
Cache resuscitation.

Two lockdowns later and we are back at the cache site again.
This time we had the benefit of an extra location hint from the CO.
All is well with the cache.
Have a FP for a puzzle which has challenged us ever since it was published.

We couldn't make sense of the location hint.
There's rubbish, hawthorn and bramble at the GZ. Not a pleasant location.
We did find a curious item. An insulated mug wrapped up in a black sock - but that wasn't the cache!

I knew this puzzle could be solved using trigonometry, but that it wouldn't be easy.
Picked up the puzzle after putting it aside over a year ago.
I have now come to terms with chords, segments, sectors and sagittas.
The approach to the cache was across a field we have crossed before in search of Mr Crow caches. (no blueberries)
Camo bag has rotted but everything else is fine. It's not worth replacing as muggles don't pass this way
(another cache resuscitation)

Goal plodding would have been a better description. It took two weeks of knocking balls round stadiums to finish off the tournament.
It was the logic of Won/Draw/Lost/Pts where Mr J had a problem in scoring goals. He had to be taken off the field and Mrs J brought on as substitute. She helped England to score some more goals.
Cache resusitation
Fave for the puzzle.

Mr J. wrote a computer program to give some guidance to the betting, but it still took a lot of goes before getting the green light.
At GZ there was unfriendly vegetation and a deep ditch. With no hints to the cache location we gave up early, and moved onto other Rally Round caches.

Two Lockdowns later and we are back in Crowland for the first time in ages.
This time it was a quick find, in an area we had checked on the previous visit.
Sadly, the log was soaked, so we have replaced with a piece of paper.

We had the same experience as grinning_buddha. Mrs J. was working her way through RR279 and some how got a link which diverted her onto RR278.
She worked her way through the jigsaws until she got the message RR 278 CAN BE FOUND AT N 51 49.abc E 0 42.def.
We did retry a link and managed to get the coordinates for RR279 without reworking any jigidis.
Quick find at GZ, retrieved by Mr J. of average stature.

Got stung a few times, but worth it for the cache. TFTC

Driving past but no joy..

I have been meaning to do Rose and George’s caches for ages and decided today was the day to go and look for them. Having recently hurt my knee I was looking for a walk that wasn’t too taxing. It was a very hot day but the trees offered some shade.

Off to the final cache of the walk. I could hear the noise from the road as I got close. A small diversion from the path to get to GZ but with the hint it was obvious where I needed to head. Great hiding place for this large container. Rare to find one of these with most of the recently placed caches!

Walked back to the car via the main path and a short walk along the road.

Thanks for the hide, Rose. My first walk in Layer Wood! Have a favourite point.

I have been meaning to do Rose and George’s caches for ages and decided today was the day to go and look for them. Having recently hurt my knee I was looking for a walk that wasn’t too taxing. It was a very hot day but the trees offered some shade.

Onto the third cache of the day. Had to leave the path to get to GZ but once at the listed coordinates the cache was soon found.

Thanks for the hide, George.

I have been meaning to do Rose and George’s caches for ages and decided today was the day to go and look for them. Having recently hurt my knee I was looking for a walk that wasn’t too taxing. It was a very hot day but the trees offered some shade.

Having found ‘Rose2’, I set off for ‘George2’. On my way to the joining of the two paths I say another main track to the right which seemed to be a short cut and so took that. As a result, I approached GZ from the opposite direction but not too much trouble getting there. However, finding the cache took me ages – it was so nearly a DNF!

The Phone GPS had me going back and forth, and after a good 15 minutes I decided the only option was to search every tree methodically. Eventually spotted some stickouflage and that led to the well concealed container.

Now to get onto the main path and find the remaining two caches. Thanks for the hide, George. This one was the hardest of the 4.

I have been meaning to do Rose and George’s caches for ages and decided today was the day to go and look for them. Having recently hurt my knee I was looking for a walk that wasn’t too taxing. It was a very hot day but the trees offered some shade. Parked at the given coordinates and as there seemed to be a path from there, I set off into the wood. This was a mistake! The path petered out after a couple of hundred yards and I found myself wading through ferns and brambles to get to the marked path. At one point I got foot caught in a bramble and fell flat on the ground – a couple of bruises sustained! Once on the right footpath I was soon at GZ.

I passed two horse riders on the way, but they were the only people I saw whilst in the woods. I searched on the wrong side of the path at first (the phone reception was quite bad), but once it had settled, I relocated and soon found what I was looking for. Loved the camo tape!

Thanks for the hide, Rose.

Decided to have a look at the the two new RRs (Caroline and Rebecca). One the cache page was open and the link to the first stage opened I remembered the MO from the Caroline (Version 1). I didn't start the puzzle until quite late in the evening and realised after the first few stages that I probably needed to complete it in one go! It actually took me nearly 3 hours! I couldn't get the checker to accept the coordinates I'd worked out from the information at final stage but decided to go with the location I had.

Pleased to find the cache without any difficulty. Some prior knowledge and familiarity with the local area certainly helped.

Thanks for the puzzle and the hide, Mr Crow.

Solved shortly after being published. I like this type especially when a bit of local knowledge is required.

Quick find on a very hot afternoon.

TFTC

Solved some time ago, then forgot to put my coords into the checker so had to do it all again, doh.....

Quick find on a very hot afternoon.

TFTC

Found it

Solving the puzzle took me a little time. The cache was almost where I initially looked but it was another 5 minutes before I actually found it.

I parked opposite and came over for a quick find, after a short chat to a lady out walking her dog. I wonder if this cache is ever going to be registerred as a Church Micro cache?

Found
All in order

A lengthy search here but we couldn’t find it.

A good multi cache. The numbers were gathered simply and the maths was not too daunting. A short walk later we were fortunate enough to make a swift find.

After acquiring all the relevant numbers we were soon on the trail for this potentially difficult find , but that was unfounded as I soon discovered this camouflage cache very quickly.

Tucked away behind the nettle defence - very pink!

Great location - if you can hear me above the roar

Came to these woods in summer to find ROCKY ROAD and determined that I would come back on a fine day to find Rose and George's caches. After a dismal Saturday, and recovering from a recent cold, when the sun came out today I thought it might be time to take a drive to Tiptree and have a little bit of fresh air while hunting these down. All nice chunky caches, with plenty of goodies inside, and very accurate coordinates despite the tree cover, always a pleasing feature of any cache associated with Mr Crow. Managed to find them all.

4/4. Most impressive hide, and container, of the day. Don't see so many of these any more. Not difficult to spot the location, but made sure to cover well after signing. A delightful walk and worth a fav point for this one. Thanks, Rose, George and Mr Crow! TFTC #4493

Came to these woods in summer to find ROCKY ROAD and determined that I would come back on a fine day to find Rose and George's caches. After a dismal Saturday, and recovering from a recent cold, when the sun came out today I thought it might be time to take a drive to Tiptree and have a little bit of fresh air while hunting these down. All nice chunky caches, with plenty of goodies inside, and very accurate coordinates despite the tree cover, always a pleasing feature of any cache associated with Mr Crow. Managed to find them all.

3/4. Terrain a little more challenging to get to this one from the path. However, pleased to see that all the brambles have died - must've been even harder a couple of months ago! Once again, the GPS took me to exactly the right spot and once I'd removed the somewhat impressive 'stopper' from the hole, I could pull out the chunky cache. TFTC #4492

Came to these woods in summer to find ROCKY ROAD and determined that I would come back on a fine day to find Rose and George's caches. After a dismal Saturday, and recovering from a recent cold, when the sun came out today I thought it might be time to take a drive to Tiptree and have a little bit of fresh air while hunting these down. All nice chunky caches, with plenty of goodies inside, and very accurate coordinates despite the tree cover, always a pleasing feature of any cache associated with Mr Crow. Managed to find them all.

2/4. Found a good track to get me within about 40m of GZ then headed into the trees. The log from my experienced caching friend who was the previous visitor suggested that this could be a tricky search, but I trusted the GPS and that led me straight to a suitable hide, with stickoflage concealing another nice cache. TFTC #4491

Came to these woods in summer to find ROCKY ROAD and determined that I would come back on a fine day to find Rose and George's caches. After a dismal Saturday, and recovering from a recent cold, when the sun came out today I thought it might be time to take a drive to Tiptree and have a little bit of fresh air while hunting these down. All nice chunky caches, with plenty of goodies inside, and very accurate coordinates despite the tree cover, always a pleasing feature of any cache associated with Mr Crow. Managed to find them all.

1/4. Wasn't sure whether to take a direct route through the trees from the layby where I'd parked or seek out a pathway. Luckily, the pathway was only a few steps away, and was definitely the best option. Made my way to GZ, along tracks already becoming squelchy after yesterday's downpours. Circled around a bit, hunting in suitable spots, but the GPS brought me back nearer the path and when I spotted what looked like it might be camo, I was able to make the find. TFTC #4490

Solved this about 3 years ago but forgot to pick it up.
NQF

What a nice mystery and what a special location.
We enjoyed both and leave a heart.

Muito obrigado por esta geocache.
Cumprimentos de Schleswig-Holstein (Alemanha).

This one took me an insane amount of time to solve - 3 hours and 3 minutes! Despite that I sort of enjoyed it!

Hoped to find it today. Arrived at GZ and realised I was probably in the right place. Spent a good thirty minutes looking but failed to find the cache. Resorted to a PAF to check I was looking in the correct area and at the right level, and I was. Back for another look but just nothing there.

I am pretty certain this is missing. Please Mr Crow would you check on it when you are passing by. Thank you.

Struggled with Onedrous Numbers 1 despite having a good idea of what I needed to do. Eventually stumbled on something on line that would help.

Decided to look for this one today as I was heading home from Stanway. No problems with the hide, although I I was distracted by something on the other side of the path before realising where I needed to be looking.

Thanks for the puzzle and the hide, Mr Crow.

Solved this one and Caroline a little while back. Picking up some local produce nearby and on impulse decided to look for this one. i wasn't really suitably dressed and that became more evident as I headed in. lots of squelchy mud and pools of water. I imagine this will only get worse as the we get closer to winter.

The GPS was very jumpy and even with the hint it took me a while to find what I was looking for. About to give it when I spotted somewhere I'd missed. Pleased to discover the cache there.

Thanks for the puzzle and the hide, Mr Crow. Have a favourite point.

Solved a while back along with number 2 of the Onedrous numbers. The final location wasn't quite so 'onederful'. Spent a long time searching lots of possible hiding places. Got caught on brambles and ripped my shirt. Also managed a two inch gash to my hand! Just couldn't find it!

Gutted!

TFTC

TFTC

Spent ages looking for this one but had no luck! Thanks for bringing us to such a lovely area though

TFTC, this one took some hunting around the expected area but we found it in the end

Hubbys first proper find. Log is damp but still managed to sign

Quiet while we were there, a nice area to explore with the kids after going up to the end of the trail. TFTC

Thanks for checking on this one so quickly, My Crow. I will back for another look very soon!

Knowing that this one had been replaced, I went back for another look. Pleased to find it today without any problems.

Thanks for replacing it so quickly, Ray. Have a favourite point.

Walking the Hooker Valley Track today. Got up nice and early to beat the average weather that was meant to roll in later on and I'm glad I did. Got picture perfect views of Aoraki the whole way along, and no crowds, so perfect for grabbing caches along the way. Tftc.

Out today to visit friends down in Essex, Not possible as gates are padlocked. Shame will try again when available.

This cache has proved to be a real problem for us. We had visited it 3 times with no success and today with the updated information we hunted again with no luck. We returned to the car and put the information in the geochecker again and this time noticed a hint. With the hint it was a very quick find, signed log, TFTC

Another nice quick find here, signed log, TFTC

No problems at GZ, signed log, TFTC

Decided to have a walk out to this one even though it was getting rather windy and chilly. A quick find at GZ, signed log, TFTC

A nice quick find here as I was passing by; all in good condition. The hardest part was working out which section of the gate could be opened (yes, it does open to pedestrians!)

TFTC.

A relatively quick find here today

Quick find after completing the adventure lab.
TFTC

Came to the woods for the first time to walk our puppy with the intention of finding this cache and completing a Wonders of the World section for a souvenir . Best laid plans ! We enjoyed our walk through the woods on this very cold but dry day but as for the cache, we failed . I thought I knew where it must be and what it probably was, but we couldn’t find it. The souvenir will have to wait. Will be back.

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Somehow, I had reached the last weekend for the current souvenir and was worried that I wasn't going to quite get close enough. I had a planned expedition with the gang to attempt a night cache, but was worried that we might not find it. So I searched for somewhere convenient to cache on the way, and noticed this Adventure Lab series. As they are a great way to earn bonus points and less likely to go missing, I set off early and parked at the recommended coordinates. It was pretty chilly out, so I walked briskly between the various points, but was pleased to find all of the locations and answers without any difficulty. At GZ for this bonus, there were quite a few options matching the hint, but my caching instinct selected the obvious one and, after a brief battle with the prickly shrubbery, I had the cache in my hand. Thanks for an interesting tour. TFTC

Almost stumped me. Had to look at the picture. Theres a lot of growth so even with the picture it was still a tad challenging. Tftc!

I headed out for a drizzly 90-mile cycle through the Essex countryside today. An easy find here along this exclusive driveway to the church. The final find for the day, TFTC.

Decided to go for this as co-incidentally it was near where we had parked to do the Ad Lab. Wished we had looked at the map properly as the park was very squelchy due to the obvious rain fall. Oh well clothes and shoes clean.
A nice quick find. SL as TT TFTC