The Northern Thing

Caches 1942 to 1946 – Sunday Evening Locals

Sun, 5/08/12 – 0:05 | No Comment

My plan to get to 2,000 caches at the mega suffered greatly from a virus making me ill and unable to go caching for a few days, I was hoping that with 50 odd caches …

Caches No’s 1925 to 1941 – IN-CAche-PACITATED

Wed, 1/08/12 – 21:06 | No Comment

After a drunken night barbecuing and chatting until it was almost light again, I decided that I would do the local drive-by series before setting of home. I was intending to do this series last …

Caches 1912 to 1924 – Some ‘A’ Roads, Two Lanes and a Footpath

Wed, 1/08/12 – 20:58 | No Comment

My annual camping trip to Norfolk, and the drive down gave the opportunity to pick up some new caches that had appeared since I last was heading down that way in November. This year I …

Cache No 1911 – GC3NX6Z Ferniehurst Dell

Sun, 29/07/12 – 16:21 | No Comment

18th July 2012 – Ferniehurst Dell GC3NX6Z – cache #1911
The sun came out at lunchtime so I went for the nearest cache to work… no GPS with me, I just looked at the map before I …

Cache No’s 1907 to 1910 – Towpath Cyclo-cacheing

Sun, 29/07/12 – 16:17 | No Comment

The following day, Sunday, I had a couple of hours spare in the late afternoon and as I had repaired the puncture in my bike tyre that I got riding over hawthorn hedge clippings when …

Cache No’s 1892 to 1906 – Around Sharrow

Sun, 29/07/12 – 16:11 | No Comment

Adam (UKCacheMag) and I have decided to go to the UK Mega at Cartmel in 4 weeks time, and I thought that such a prestigious gathering would make a suitable milestone cache for my 2,000th …

Cache No 1891 – GC3MMK0 wild west baildon

Sun, 29/07/12 – 16:03 | No Comment

12th July 2012 – wild west baildon GC3MMK0 – cache #1891
A nice day for a lunchtime caching trip from work, I looked for this cache the previous lunchtime as well and can’t believe I didn’t …

Cache No’s 1888 to 1890 – Odd Ones at Ilkley

Sun, 29/07/12 – 16:02 | No Comment

A fine Sunday… and not raining for once, so I thought I’d go and find the odd local cache I haven’t already got a smiley face for.
8th July 2012 – Nessfield round 1812 reprise GC2M60K …

Caches No’s 1875 to 1887 – A Poor Caching Day in Wentvale

Thu, 5/07/12 – 23:03 | No Comment

Sunday, a day that turned out to be my worst day of caching ever, maybe it was because I was tired through not getting back home form Birmingham until gone 2am, maybe it was because …

Caches No’s 1869 to 1874 – A Few Drive-by’s

Thu, 5/07/12 – 22:39 | No Comment

Saturday, and I was going down to Birmingham to see some friends, so I had to do a handful of drive-bys on the way – I would have done more, but time as always got …

Caches No’s 1857 to 1868 – Caching in the Dales

Thu, 5/07/12 – 22:31 | No Comment

Tuesday, and I had had a root canal filling in the afternoon and so didn’t fancy going to the gym as I normally do on Tuesdays, so instead I worked out a route to drive …

Caches No’s 1846 to 1856 – The Cockersdale Constitutional

Thu, 5/07/12 – 19:26 | No Comment

25th June 2012 – CC#1- The Starting Post GC32J9D – cache #1846
Monday, and after a hard day at work a nice evening walk was called for, so I thought I’d have a go at the …