The plan is to blog about my experiences as I attempt this international challenge.
DAY ONE - Thursday 1 August 2013
My caching pal happileigh aka Jill and I had agreed to meet up and go caching today. After scanning the geocaching map for a short series not too far from home preferably with shade as it turned out to be another very hot day - 32 degrees (in the shade!). We decided upon this one - A Hobbit's Tale - There and back again GC48W6D
There are eight caches in this series and it is along a river, so we thought it might be shady. Unfortunately it wasn't. The paths were reasonably okay - a little bit uneven as they were alongside the fields of ripened wheat. And the route was only just over a mile long. Each cache was really good and the penultimate one was brilliant so I gave a favourite point there.
We got to the last cache and struggled to find it, both being very hot and a little tired. After much searching amongst ivy covered trees Jill finally spotted the cache nicely hidden 'at base of tree'. Textbook stuff which really shouldn't have taken us so long to find. So thrilled with a complete run of finds, we considered how we were going to get back to the car. Still being a bit unfit following surgery eight weeks ago I was starting to suffer with heat exhaustion and really couldn't face the mile walk back. We tried ringing for a taxi but they wouldn't come all the way out from Chelmsford to take us round the corner. So I rang Andy who was working in Brentwood. He very kindly came to pick us up. Jill was most impressed that he found us in a small country lane and that he had been such a knight in a shining Audi. Back at my car and after a cup of tea and sitting in an air conditioned car for a while I felt much revived. So much better that we decided to just 'get one more' cache before heading home.
All in all a great start to the August 31 days of caching challenge, but I won't be walking in 32 degree heat again!
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