Thursday, August 21, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Geocachers Galleries
In our geocache "Meadows Meander", which is hidden in Ufford, we placed some disposable cameras so that the people who found it could take their picture.
The cache has now been in place for three years, and so far two cameras have been filled. Last night I finally got around to scanning in all of the pictures and uploading them to a web gallery. So if you've always wondered what sort of people would use multi-million dollar satellites to locate tupperware containers then have a look here and here.
Maybe someone you know will turn out to be a geocacher!
The cache has now been in place for three years, and so far two cameras have been filled. Last night I finally got around to scanning in all of the pictures and uploading them to a web gallery. So if you've always wondered what sort of people would use multi-million dollar satellites to locate tupperware containers then have a look here and here.
Maybe someone you know will turn out to be a geocacher!
Friday, July 25, 2008
More wildlife
With the ducks having left home, we are now enjoying watching some nocturnal visitors to the garden. Last year we saw loads of hedgehogs around, so we put out some shelters for them to hibernate in over winter. They are now back again, and this year we're ready for them with a camera!
The first was taken about 9:30 the other evening, so was a bit dark. A bit of photoshop editing has brought the light level up by quite a bit. The second is a picture of the TV, showing the live feed from the camera we've got set up by the food - hopefully there'll be more images to come.
The first was taken about 9:30 the other evening, so was a bit dark. A bit of photoshop editing has brought the light level up by quite a bit. The second is a picture of the TV, showing the live feed from the camera we've got set up by the food - hopefully there'll be more images to come.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Pembrokeshire Coast Path
It's taken a lot longer than expected to get a blog written up about walking the Pembrokeshire Coast Path in July last year, but finally it's finished and publicly available! It's in a similar style to the Lake District one, with photos to show what each day was like.
Also there's a list of places to stay, useful even if you're not walking the whole coast path but are just looking for a B&B in Pembrokeshire.
The new blog is at pembrokeshirecoastpath.blogspot.com so please have a read and enjoy the sea air.
Also there's a list of places to stay, useful even if you're not walking the whole coast path but are just looking for a B&B in Pembrokeshire.
The new blog is at pembrokeshirecoastpath.blogspot.com so please have a read and enjoy the sea air.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Caching around home
At last some good weather. We decided it was time to get out for a decent walk as we hadn't done much distance this year so far. To pick somewhere to go we looked for the nearest geocach to home, which turned out to be in the village of Gedding.
The route from Hitcham to Gedding is the way I drive in to work each day along nice quiet lanes, so we stuck to the roads to get there. It made quite a difference being on foot, seeing so much more of the surroundings. Of course it took a lot longer too! A little under 2 hours, compared to the normal 10 minutes.
Once in to Gedding the GPS led us to a little church, which I have never been past before. The cache was hidden just a short distance behind the church on a footpath. It was easily found, and we dropped off one of our 'calling cards'.
The church is very decorative, with flint inlaid in patterns. Looking from the churchyard you can also see Bill Wyman's house.
We left Gedding, and then took followed footpaths to get to Bradfield Woods. Here we stopped for lunch, a flask of soup. It was freezing though, so didn't sit for long. We then decided to continue on footpaths to take a different route home. This way we also spotted a few deer in the fields, and also saw a bird with a long beak which we think must have been a Woodcock.
Total distance in the end was just over 13 miles which felt like a good bit of exercise.
The route from Hitcham to Gedding is the way I drive in to work each day along nice quiet lanes, so we stuck to the roads to get there. It made quite a difference being on foot, seeing so much more of the surroundings. Of course it took a lot longer too! A little under 2 hours, compared to the normal 10 minutes.
Once in to Gedding the GPS led us to a little church, which I have never been past before. The cache was hidden just a short distance behind the church on a footpath. It was easily found, and we dropped off one of our 'calling cards'.
The church is very decorative, with flint inlaid in patterns. Looking from the churchyard you can also see Bill Wyman's house.
We left Gedding, and then took followed footpaths to get to Bradfield Woods. Here we stopped for lunch, a flask of soup. It was freezing though, so didn't sit for long. We then decided to continue on footpaths to take a different route home. This way we also spotted a few deer in the fields, and also saw a bird with a long beak which we think must have been a Woodcock.
Total distance in the end was just over 13 miles which felt like a good bit of exercise.
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