Geocaching
We had a whole load of people come round yesterday to visit, and decided to head off Geocaching since we had two young boys with us and I thought they would love the idea of treasure hunting (I was right - they did! Though I think they would also have liked to stay indoors and play on the Xbox). Annoyingly, the first lot of people turned up at 2.30 and the last lot turned up at 4.00, so by the time we headed out it was pretty dark. Oh well - treasure hunting in the dark is still doable, though having a rubbish free version of the Geocaching software and hardly any 3G signal didn't help matters!
We headed out into the wilderness of Perham Down, an MoD-owned chalk hill and foresty bit of land just outside Tidworth. It was steep and windy, but thankfully not too cold. We got lost quite a lot, but eventually managed to find the cache and the boys each took away a long Wolverine-type claw (sadly we didn't have anything to replace the goodies with but since there are loads of caches round that area we will go back at some point and replace the gifts). It was awesome fun! I have to admit there were several times I thought we would give up and go home, having enjoyed a nice walk in the dark but not able to find a tiny well-hidden box in the undergrowth without decent torches, so actually succeeding in finding it was very satisfying!
Today Tom and I headed out again to two more caches on the Salisbury Plains - it was very windy but again not too cold, and we found both caches we were hunting for. The first cache wa empty of goodies so we left a few behind, and the second cache was well-stocked so we took a plastic dinosaur and left some badges and a Magic playing card. We also took a quick photo of us with the found cache and printed it using the Polaroid Pogo printer I bought for our wedding a year and a half ago - hooray that I finally have another use for it!
We're going to try and get out caching most weekends now. We'll also make our own cache and leave it somewhere in Ludgershall, since there aren't any in the town.
I have also decided I'm going to get an Android phone. Tom has an iphone so I need to get something to fight him with! ^_^ I'm thinking Samsung Galaxy or HTC Desire, but I'm going to phone a couple of companies to see what deals they can offer me. I've been with Orange now for 10+ years (albeit PAYG) so surely they can offer me something tasty to keep my business? T-Mobile do have some very nice offers though... Both of course have shitty network coverage but oh well.
We headed out into the wilderness of Perham Down, an MoD-owned chalk hill and foresty bit of land just outside Tidworth. It was steep and windy, but thankfully not too cold. We got lost quite a lot, but eventually managed to find the cache and the boys each took away a long Wolverine-type claw (sadly we didn't have anything to replace the goodies with but since there are loads of caches round that area we will go back at some point and replace the gifts). It was awesome fun! I have to admit there were several times I thought we would give up and go home, having enjoyed a nice walk in the dark but not able to find a tiny well-hidden box in the undergrowth without decent torches, so actually succeeding in finding it was very satisfying!
Today Tom and I headed out again to two more caches on the Salisbury Plains - it was very windy but again not too cold, and we found both caches we were hunting for. The first cache wa empty of goodies so we left a few behind, and the second cache was well-stocked so we took a plastic dinosaur and left some badges and a Magic playing card. We also took a quick photo of us with the found cache and printed it using the Polaroid Pogo printer I bought for our wedding a year and a half ago - hooray that I finally have another use for it!
We're going to try and get out caching most weekends now. We'll also make our own cache and leave it somewhere in Ludgershall, since there aren't any in the town.
I have also decided I'm going to get an Android phone. Tom has an iphone so I need to get something to fight him with! ^_^ I'm thinking Samsung Galaxy or HTC Desire, but I'm going to phone a couple of companies to see what deals they can offer me. I've been with Orange now for 10+ years (albeit PAYG) so surely they can offer me something tasty to keep my business? T-Mobile do have some very nice offers though... Both of course have shitty network coverage but oh well.