JawsOrca Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I heard about Geocaching after reading one of the guides sponsored by Richardsons and I downloaded the app on my phone. Thinking it was just for kids I kinda ignored it but I made a mental note of a couple close to the boat in norfolk. Walking around beccles we wandered over to look for the first one.. thinking it would be obvious! Yeah right.. although it wasn't too bad.. but it really did show that we had walked past this thing many many times oblivious that there was this secret game going on. Quickly hooked we spend the rest of the weekend looking for these.. some are really easy to find and some are almost impossible.. and it's not a game for kids.. although children may help you find them quicker, we seriously enjoyed the hunt! We found it gets us off the boat.. and gets us to places we wouldn't normally see.. Can't wait to go again (We even did a few on the way home!!). I'm want to start putting my own "caches" sometime soon..so get geocaching! Website: https://www.geocaching.com/play Download the smartphone app on google play or apple store. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 you ought to try and find a micro cache, they are smaller than a thimble and usually magnetically attached under something, one we eventually found was under a railing (about 2" off the ground) Grendel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 our second find was one of those it took ages to find it but yup soo small.. I'll put some pictures up tomorrow of some finds. We are addicted now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Woo our second find was one of those it took ages to find it but yup soo small.. I'll put some pictures up tomorrow of some finds. We are addicted now Woodfordes Brewery wont be amused you have found a new hobby Alan lol Iain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Lol don't worry the ale trail starts soon..so it will be geocaching mixed with ale trailing... bliss lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Alan Iain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemeraraBorn Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Thanks for the introduction and link, Alan. Looks fascinating. I've just downloaded the app, so need to get looking. I'll try to train Barney the Bassett cross to sniff out something other than wildlife. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayandCarole Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Been doing this a number of years all over the world its a nice little hobby on the side, we have four of our own in North Norfolk one of which we adopted "Silent Sentinel" is very old Ray & Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Here's a couple of sample caches found in Norfolk this weekend.. The frog was up a tree and was quite hard to find (But via the phone app it's easier). The little pot was really really really hard to find.. but good fun searching for! We have really walked past these a few times and didn't notice this game was happening there! I've ordered about 10 different pots so will be putting some up. I'll put the link here so you guys can start looking for these. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essexgirl Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Have a go at the one at Hoveton and Wroxham Station. It's a real killer. My husband looked for it on about 8 occasions. Boy was he happy when he eventually found it! Andrea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essexgirl Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 The one at Womack Water is also a good one to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 HI Andrea we will make our way to that one then! I'm going to do some right evil ones myself over the next few months I'm addicted now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDTRIPLE Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Lol don't worry the ale trail starts soon..so it will be geocaching mixed with ale trailing... bliss lol If you do an "ale trail" one, i think Howard (Norfolk Nog) would happily take part in it?, :naughty: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Here's the woodfordes ale trail Neil.. i'm sure Howard will be joining in! It looks like it starts this weekend! Can't wait! http://woodfordesaletrail.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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