29th April 2023 – Lions of London – GC9BXC6 – cache #6317
First though was this puzzle cache which Matt already had the coordinates for – the start point was the lion house in London Zoo which is in Regents Park and the final was on our way to the park. The biggest holdup we had here was a coupe who were going fro wherever they had been married to have photo’s taken in Regents Park, but their photographer wanted ‘informal’ shots along the way, so they were stood right next to the cache waiting for the pedestrian crossing to be clear of both cars and people so they could walk across being photographed, we were waiting just on the corner and could actually see the cache behind them, but had to hang about until they had gone to have chance to retrieve it.

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – Sherlock’s Lodgings – cache #6318
The next Location was at 221b Baker Street – which is really 239 as there isn’t a 221b

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – Clarence Gate – cache #6319

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Memorials, Fountains and Statues Lab Cache – Holme Green Bandstand – cache #6320
First of the other set of Labs in the park

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – A Most Desirable Residence – cache #6321

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Memorials, Fountains and Statues Lab Cache – Jubilee Gates – cache #6322

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – The Japanese Garden – cache #6323

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – Queen Mary’s Rose Garden – cache #6324

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Memorials, Fountains and Statues Lab Cache – Triton Fountain – cache #6325

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Memorials, Fountains and Statues Lab Cache – Hylas and The Nymph Statue – cache #6326

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – The Border (no passport required) – cache #6327

29th April 2023 – London’s Secret Garden – GC7B740 – cache #6328
A Lab Cache in the gardens by the zoo… unfortunately the Gardens are shut – in which case you have to take a photo of yourself at the gates

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – St John’s Lodge – cache #6329

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Memorials, Fountains and Statues Lab Cache – Ready Money Drinking Fountain – cache #6330
Last of one set

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – Fowl Play – cache #6331

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – A Far Reaching View – cache #6332

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Walk with Sherlock Holmes in Regent’s Park Lab Cache – The Boating Lake – cache #6333
Last of the LC23 Sherlock Holmes set

It was here that we split up, Matthew went off to do some caches at the other side of Regents Park, whereas Angel78 and I decided we would walk down to Hyde Park and do the Lab caches set out there by the LC23 committee, Physical caches are not allowed within the Royal Parks so there were only the 10 Lab caches to do, our walk between the park did take us past the Baskin Robbins shop on Baker Street where we popped in for some refreshment

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Marble Arch – cache #6334
Basically the Labs were all set out along the west edge of the park, which was pretty busy, it being a nice sunny Bank Holiday Saturday

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Speakers’ Corner – cache #6335

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Animals in War Memorial – cache #6336

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Joy of Life Fountain – cache #6337

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – 7 July Memorial – cache #6338

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Statue of Achilles – cache #6339

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Queen Elizabeth Gate – cache #6340

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Apsley Gate – cache #6341

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – Boy and Dolphin Fountain – cache #6342

29th April 2023 – LC23 – Hyde Park: Marble Arch to Hyde Park Corner Lab Cache – The Tyburn Tree – cache #6343

Then it was back to St Mary’s for the evening event, we were pretty weary from all the walking in the hot sun, and apart from the ice cream hadn’t eaten anything since breakfast so we were getting hungry as well

29th April 2023 – LC23: The Marylebone Mystery – GCA2DMX – cache #6344
This apparently was the highest attended ‘regular’ event in the UK with 638 attended logs… which probably explains why there weren’t really enough sets of information to solve the last 10 puzzle lab caches, which were a paper trail through the evidence supplied to find the answers to the questions and ultimately unmask the killer

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 1) Identifying the Victim – cache #6345
It began with the early attendees getting to the ‘evidence’ first

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 2) Understanding the Autopsy – cache #6346
If you were one of the latecomers then you had to hover behind them straining to hear what they were saying to get the answers

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 3) A Poisoned Apple? – cache #6347
Then it became a case of ‘who do I know who has got an answer ?’

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 4) Where was he Poisoned? – cache #6348
And finally developed into sending a screen shot of the answers by Whatsapp to your friends

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 5) A Hidden Secret – cache #6349
The strange thing with that was that the email with the answers listed was sent to someone not connected with the LC23 committee at 17:23 that day… for an event that didn’t start until 18:00

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 6) Who Murdered Harry Fish? – cache #6350
So one of the organisers gave the answers away !

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 7) The Stolen Travelbug – cache #6351

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 8) What was the Type of Poison? – cache #6352

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 9) The Framed Cacher – cache #6353

29th April 2023 – LC23 – The Case of the Fallen Cacher Lab Cache – 10) The Motivation – cache #6354
And that was the end of London Calling 2023 (well there was a CITO on Wimbledon Common the next morning, but we didn’t go, so it was the end for us)

So around 7:15 we were footsore and weary, hungry and thirsty so headed off back towards Baker Street tube station, and came across a restaurant already quite busy with caches… but they had a table for two so we sat down for welcome rest and refreshment…
Then for some reason the question came up as to how far we had walked, which was 22,000 steps, and how far it was back to the Hotel, not quite 4 miles… and for some reason we decided to walk it !

29th April 2023 – The name is Sherlock Holmes and the address is … – GC891DN – cache #6355
We had to walk back passed Baker Street tube station, so we stopped off at the Sherlock Holmes statue to get the second part of the Multicache (which involves you getting answers from both 221b Baker Street and the statue)

29th April 2023 – The Mercers’ Maiden Lab Cache – Gresham College – cache #6356
The only other cache we passed on the way back was this one… well Had already done all the caches around the stations and on the route from the Hotel to Kings Cross

So Saturday ended with 75 cache finds (60 of them being LC23 Lab caches) and 30,500 steps, 14.6 miles walked. So I was now on 149 finds with a day to go still, well ahead of my 120 anticipated finds