Kingley Vale and Lizzard TB UPDATE

We went for an evening walk with Kashpop in Kingley Vale. The walk itself is quite large and the caches are spaced out very far and wide.

There is quite a large hill you can climb (at your own risk) it was pretty hard work as it goes steep. Luckily someone's made foot holes as you get higher and it makes climbing to the top easier. If you can get to the top the view is pretty amazing. Probably even better at night! (Sorry for poor quality photo, taken on my phone.)

SDGT Kingley Vale

By time we found the cache it was late and dark, especially inside the woods. We only managed to get one cache but it was fortunately big enough for the trackable, Lizzard, we wanted to move on from Bournemouth. We helped it move 47.28 miles. Probably our quickest move on a trackable! The site were the cache is located has some local history too so it's a great cache visit if you want to learn something about the local area.

It was a medium sized container great for swaps and easily could fit a few more trackables. It seems to be visited requently so hopefully the trackable gets moved on soon!

Wear The Fox Hat - Geocache

Took another trip with Kashpop today in Patching, Arundel. We've done a few in Arundel before but today we did a few of the Wear the Fox Hat series which has 100 caches. (We didn't do 100..) We also picked up a few of 'The Worlds End' series. 

Village Inns - Angmering #3

The first cache we found on the trip, it's located near The Fox pub which at the time we arrived had a wedding party! Not that we joined in but a few members of the trip were pretty tempted. The first cache I found without the hint and I suppose I spoiled it for everyone else as I just automatically home in on obvious cache locations. It's becoming a repeated phrase in the group of "No..,You did not find it, no.." I try and hold back after a few as it I probably make it boring!

In this cache we found a trackable to add to our collection, little Ladybug! Well I say little he was actually quite big so finding another cache to squeeze him into will be fun.

01 - Wear the Fox Hat

This is a sneaky clever cache hide, it's hidden within a log! Although I'm not really sure why it's hidden among another pile of logs as it makes the area look slightly suspicious. 

02 - Wear the Fox Hat

 This one took a little longer to find because we were searching more clever hides, testing if the bolts were loose etc. Karen asked me to feel inside under the gate as she was scared there'd be a spider. I felt the plastic tie around the case and pulled it out! 

03 - Wear the Fox Hat

 The hint for this cache was that it could be found under a brick at the end of the wall. There were a lot of bricks by the end of the wall.. There was even a big slab that revealed a small hole which would have made a great cache spot. The actual cache wasn't really at the end of the wall but we found it after turning most of the bricks!

04 - Wear the Fox Hat

It suddenly turned dark as we entered the woods, luckily Paul had equipped us with torches. This cache was hard to get out as the wire it was attached too had broken off. Hollie tried to put her hand in to reach it but was worried she'd get her hand stuck. I know I have quite small wrists and thin hands so I tried and luckily reached the cache and got my hand out. It had been placed quite far down inside the pole so I placed it back for easy access.

05 - Wear the Fox Hat

The hint for this cache was a moss covered stump. Finding a moss covered stump in the dark is not particularity easy. It involved staring at the floor and covering ground hoping we'd find a stump. Once found the log was very wet and not writable (despite the nice weather recently.) 

06 - Wear the Fox Hat

 Another cache that was harder in the dark, having to research stumps. Although it was easy to spot the flint in the dark, it had to be hiding something! At this point Hollie started bringing up Slender and I think she even started to scare herself at her surroundings. Seeing odd lights in the distance started to worry some of us and Paul was just getting fed up we were being silly and not looking for the cache, it was all quite funny.

Patching

Another clever cache that was VERY difficult in the dark. It was off co-ordinates and difficult to get too from the field we were in as we had to fight bushes. Luckily I did find it and at the time it had a trackable inside. I didn't take it as we already picked one up but I regret not taking it now as I kind of want to be a trackable hoarder... 

The Worlds End - Oasis

 Circling back down a footpath towards the pub we found The Worlds End series, this cache is called Oasis and ironically it was soaked and full of icky water. The Worlds End series actually loops to the pub nearby called The Worlds End which just reminds me of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's movie. 

The Worlds End - Tree

 Look up! Clever hide, had us searching around the base of the tree until we read the hint. 

There was another Worlds End cache but we couldn't seem to find it, perhaps because it was dark or just the fact it was quite late and we were all tired. Maybe we can go finish the Worlds End series at some point. I'd definetely like to attempt to finish the Wear the Fox Hat series and say that I found a 100 series cache! We walked about 2.1 miles for around 2 hours. It was our first night cache in the woods and was quite fun with the torches!

Bognor Regis Caches - Geocache

An evening quick couple of caches with some members of Kashpop again. Just finding some caches in Bognor that we've yet to clear on our maps with smiley faces. Depending on the time of day both can be high muggle areas so suspicion can be aroused. 

Woodland View #5

This is the 3rd Woodland View in the series that you've found and again it was another lovely container. We were 2nd to find this cache, which is cool because we were also 2nd to find another cache in their series. This cache isn't exactly where the co-ordinates are. The three we've done previously we've always had to venture out from the co-ordinates and they've never been exact which makes it harder if you don't know what you're looking for. Luckily the containers are quite easy to spot in undergrowth if you venture around. 

99 Trees, But A Birch Ain't One!

This isn't part of the Woodland series but it is made by the same family. It's located in a collection of trees. A mixture of types which makes the title confusing because you're unsure whether you're looking for a birch or not.

The cache was located within a birch and hidden under these suspicious twigs! 

 A nice quick couple of caches which add to our collection in our home town. Both nicely kept logs and hopefully they'll be adding more to the woodland series soon for us to find. (Maybe even first!)

The Sussex Amble - Geocache

Just taking a trip to a childhood location and added some caches onto the GPS while we were in the area! We only did four but they were part of a much bigger series, in total there are 72 caches! I'm not even sure it's possible to do in one day. 

SA36 The Sussex Amble

This cache was by no means fun to get too. We were up on a footpath on the other side of the river and crossing was not much fun! We fought threw lots of brambles and dead ferns to get onto the right path. When reaching the location it was hinted to be a fallen tree but there wasn't one in site. I stuck my head in a bush and behold I could see a tree inside. It was very over grown and I had to wrestle to get inside the bush. The log itself was wet and hadn't been signed in exactly a year to the day (spooky!)

Stick your head in! 

SA35 The Sussex Amble

Walking along the path, the clue was "above your head", the GPS took us to another tree but had no luck, I walked down the path slightly and checked out this tree. 

Safely nestled away onto in the trunk! Wet log though, even though they seem secure. 

SA34 The Sussex Amble

 This was an easy find and not hard to get too, located at the bottom of a birch tree. Log was full and slightly wet but not as bad as previous ones. 

SA33 The Sussex Amble

Locating which pine tree was the correct pine tree in a clearing of pine trees was a pain! Easy to spot though and log was better condition than the others. 

We were walking for an hour and twenty minutes but we were detouring off of the caches to explore so an accurate time to find them would have been around 30 minutes or so. We walked 4.3km - 2.6 miles. The terrain can get hilly and steep, also sandy and flint paths which makes it harder. A nice area although it's changed a lot since when I came, lots of trees being cut down despite it's National Park status.

Yapton Walk - Geocaches

As the day was such a nice day I asked Kashpop if they'd join me, Lewis, my mum and brother on another joined geocaching trip. It was my birthday so I wanted to spend some time with family and do something fun. We decided on a series in Yapton that involves 19 tradtional caches. There's also other single caches along the way that aren't part of the series but we picked a couple up. Although by time we got to doing some caching the weather turned for the worst and you wouldn't have guessed it was blue sky and warm sunshine earlier. That's the UK weather for you I suppose.

Yapton Walk #1 TB Hotel

A nice and big cache! Holds lots and lots of pens for those who have forgotten to bring one along, the idea is you can borrow a pen and when you loop back round you put the pen back. It's also a trackable hotel for those to do swaps or drop offs. I do have two trackables but have bigger plans for those. 

 It's located behind a trough which could be easily seen by muggles but I guess they'd assume it belongs to a local farmer or something along those lines.

Yapton Walk #2

My brother's first geocaching trip and find! 

Yapton Walk #3

This cache was easy to guess where it was hidden from a distance, although Lewis didn't seem to go to the right thing, my mum ended up finding this one. 

Canal Caper

Not part of the series but still a find along the way, it was very easy to spot. I think Lewis spotted it first and held me back from getting it even though I had also spotted it. We let Karen have the "find"!

Yapton Walk #4

I started to learn that the King family are rather competitive, soon my family were the ones who wanted to find the cache first and even started to run. I took this photo of my mum not really racing anyone but still running at a easily spotted cache in the distance. I unintentionally captured Lewis' sad face at the disappointment he wouldn't reach the cache first. 

 Although Lewis was the one who actually retrieved the cache because it was surrounded by nettles. 

Yapton Walk #5

Another hidden bridge cache, no troll in this one though!

A very cold mum and brother, as you can see we were dressed for slightly warmer weather..

Yapton Walk #6

The clue for this cache was in the short wooden post, this was the only post we could see but no cache. Until you looked closer...nicely hidden cache!

Yapton Walk #7

 A few of these caches were located at the bottom of finger posts, they are quite easy to see but I suppose it makes them quick caches to find!

Yapton Walk #8

A cache with a wig, maybe a Donald Trump cache? 

Yapton Walk #9 - Worshipping the Sun Gods

This is a clever cache and the first one I've seen like this. I've always thought about pull string caches and how you'd actually go about making one. I think this one worked by an extendable jack to jack cable I've seen. You pull one side and it unravels, when you let go it goes back short again!

Yapton Walk #10

 A slightly bigger container for more exciting swaps, again a very easy find! 

Yapton Walk #11 - a MAG nificent Cache!

Another unique cache on this trip, you had to pull the blue twine under the bridge that pulls up this cache. It's a big torch that unscrews to hold the log, very smart. I assume when it rains the river fills up and the cache goes under water; hence having to be pulled out. The only negative thing about this cache is that it looks like rubbish and doesn't look like a cache but hopefully it's left alone and not removed!

Yapton Walk #12 - Who is Ben Collins?

Wasn't expecting this guy when I removed the bark! I suppose if you read the cache title you'd expect something along the lines of The Stig. Quite clever! For those that don't get the reference Ben Collins is a stunt race car driver and has done students for the James Bond movies. He was also one of the possible identities of The Stig on the show Top Gear. 

Chrispy's Unbirthday Cache

This cache seemed quite fitting for my Birthday! Although not part of the series, it is still created by those who own the series. Nothing birthday related inside though unlike an earlier Happy Birthday Gruffalo badge we found! I think the weather was taking a turn for the worst but it was too late to turn back because it would be the same distance to finish the caches!

 Nicely stowed away!

Yapton Walk #13

Another good old finger post, very easy to see from any eye! Started raining and made everyone colder but we soldiered on!

Yapton Walk #14

 The clue was under concrete slap, under some trees so a bit of shelter from the light rain. 

Yapton Walk #15

Another finger post, except this finger post had fallen over! So the cache was hidden in the hole it once stood.

Yapton Walk #16

 Under some plastic, easy to spot if you're looking for caches.

Yapton Walk #17

Pretending to be a branch, a cache that wouldn't be spotted by a passer by, requires the caching eye to be seen. 

If it hadn't been raining I would have definitely had a swing.. although I may have turned 22 I still like a good child's toy!

Yapton Walk #18

 Hidden in some undergrowth, it was easy to spot but you'd have to look back to see it as passer by. 

Yapton Walk #19

 Another branch cameleon, hidden in a large bush so it isn't easy to spot straight away. The last cache in the series and luckily looped back to the start right near the lay-by in which we parked. 

We walked a total of 3.6 miles although I hadn't reset my GPS trip counter. My brother said we were walking for about 3 hours but I think it may have been 2 and half. The rain probably made the journey slower as everyone started to loose momentum being cold. The series has some unique caches and all are very well kept, dry and great variety in sizes. It's great for the amount in the series, you can get about 23 caches if you include those not part of it. There is also a church micro nearby if you have time! Shame the weather turned a bit pants but a great birthday trek nonetheless!