I have been looking forward to checking this one out.. very pleased to resus after its 8 year dormant state. Cache found in very good order-- just a little water-soon cleaned out. GPS spot on-- just needed to ultilise time team skills in the extraction. TFTC 

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time goes by 8 years

was a terracache

last log

My first Open cache, but my 1270+ cache. I have been wanting to make a start on the Open caches in the country for some time now, and as the weather was looking OK, Mrs Spacebat & I set off with the intention of having a walk, finding a few caches, then having lunch at the Castle of Comfort inn, not far away.

A pleasant walk through the woods, but, having arrived at GZ, I was a little uncertain as to whether or not the cache was still in place as there has been some forestry work nearby. No need to worry as the cache was in place, clear of the foresrty work though just visible to a cacher. Contents all dry in their double wrapping - there wasn't even any water in the box. Many thanks, Spacebat

Well this is our first ever Open Cache find . In fact, I first spotted this fleetingly as a Terracache, but then it disappeared on me! I was relieved to discover Open Caching sometime later, and all made sense! Actually this Open Cache was a key reason that we plumped for this area today for a Christmas-time family cache hunt, and how lucky we were! We thoroughly enjoyed this cache and its GC neighbours. With the recent snow and the thousands of conifers here, we felt we were in Somerset's own Lapland! We barely saw another soul and we had a truly magical time. It wasn't long before we were humming "Winter Wonderland" as we hiked around the woods!

We also had a wonderful bonus as we worked our way towards this cache. At about N 51 15.650 W 02 38.349 we found a real-life Christmas tree -- decorated and all . Given the snow, the surroundings, and our already festive mood, this was a magical moment! I don't know The Christmas Elves who are responsible for this, but it was fantastic!

We approached the cache site with a little trepidation -- would the snow covering make the site too featureless for a find? We needed the clue I'm afraid, and even then it was a question of "which white things match that and which don't?" Fortunately, Mr A's geo-sense was working today and we found it after a few minutes. All was reasonable considering it had been so long since the last log in the summer. It was still well hidden. The container contained some water, but the baggie inside had kept the contents  dry. We gave everything a good dry with tissues, and Abanazar #1 and #2 Sons both had a little trade. We rehid as best we could, and hopefully when the snow goes and the landscape returns to normality, our disturbance will blend back in again.

Thanks for this cache in a really nice wooded area. We are really pleased that we've got off the mark (just about) in a couple of the less-mainstream Caching projects now. Unfortunately there aren't too many more OCs in our immediate locality (I suppose I know what I have to do about that ).

TFTC and best regards,

Abanazar and family.

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Real life Christmas tree en route :-)

How cool is that :-)

Found this cache as a TerraCache shortly before it disappeared there and reappeared here

Lovely circular walk through the woods on the trail of the Mendip Centurion, taking in the other caches on the way.

There are clearly good times of year (as when Icenians found it exposed in the open) and bad times of year (as now, with chest-high bracken) to look for this cache. We searched high and low, especially low, which involved both young Sandvikans falling over on the steep slippery slope and getting plastered all over in mud!

However the combined efforts of 3 Sandvikans, Heffalump007 and Grandad Teddy from The Teddies did not reveal the cache. Eventually we phoned Amberel who had found the cache previously and he quickly guided us to where the cache lay. It would probably have taken us a couple of hours to find the cache unaided!

TNLN TFTC Sandvika - Total #869

Found on a motor-cycle caching trip around Wiltshire and Somerset. In mid June we might have hoped for some reasonably warm weather, but not today - I had to keep my motor-cycle jacket on all the time.

I did this cache in combination with 3 local Groundspeak caches, and I enjoyed the variation in terrain between the old woodland and the more open ground to the south. This one was in pretty dense woodland, with no sign that I could see of where the old Roman road ran.

The cache was well hidden, but it didn't take too long to find. The grass was long and sodden wet, which meant my trousers became saturated from the knee down. But they soon dried out once I got back on the bike and started moving again, and it was a small price to pay for a very enjoyable cache.

Thanks for bringing me to this little wood,

Rgds, Andy