Articles Archive for November 2013

The Ordnance Survey list has just 1 Benchmark in grid SE2246, which is a normal Cut Mark

The Ordnance Survey list has 2 Benchmarks in grid SE2145, both of which are normal Cut Marks

The Ordnance Survey list has 26 Benchmarks in grid SE2045, most of which are normal Cut Marks, but there are a couple of other types, a bolt and a pivot mark. The square does cover …

Harewood House, home of the Earl of Harewood, (currently the 8th Earl, 51st in line to the throne) has grounds designed by Capability Brown. There are gardens which you have to be a paying visitor …

The Ordnance Survey list has 3 Benchmarks in grid SE1943, all of which are normal Cut Marks

The Ordnance Survey list has 5 Benchmarks in grid SE2147, all of which are normal Cut Marks
I have found listed a total of 62 Benchmarks within a 5km (3 mile) radius of home – I’ve decided that this is probably far enough to cover all that I can sensibly see from …
There are 61 other OS monuments listed on Explorer 297, most of these on the levelling line between Skipton and Wetherby which runs along the (old) main road through Pool, Otley, Ilkley and Addingham. Apart …
There are 27 Trig points on Explorer 297 – well that is 27 trig point pillar locations – though 4 of them are destroyed – I guess for completeness I still have to go and …

Geocaching is great fun, and I enjoy going out and meeting other geocachers, but after 4.5 years to make caching trips worthwhile I have to drive a long way from home to start with, which …

My annual Autumn trip to Hunstanton in Norfolk (see 820, 1670, 2070 & 2,820 caches ago). On this trip I had planned a whole slew of caches for the way down, but then on 5th …

Geocaching Rockets into Space (Again) – On 7th November Astronaut Rick Mastracchio took off from the launch pad in Khazakstan to go to the International Space Station. With him he took a Travel Bug (TB5JJN1) …