Took a while to find. I guess I am too heavy, more than one rock moved ....

For the 4th Friday in a row I have managed to get out on to the Moor and grab some caches. My destination has sometimes been driven by where new caches have been placed.

I managed to find the rocking rock straight away. However, finding the cache took me a while longer. I searched and searched until I found it. It shouldn't have taken me that long

TFTC

23 December 2022 13:42

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dixie_gooner

Thanks for this one, forgot to look for it when last in the area! 

Signed the new log.

Full of wet paper so not able to sign

After a short search I found this one but log is very wet ..managed to make my mark   .. unfortunately no new logs on me today ..replaced as found 

Had good fun testing out the hint on a few rocks, which probably looked a bit strange, not that there was anybody within miles and anyway visibility was about 3 feet. Found quickly all the same.

Found after a short search on our way back to Bridestowe after an excellent circular walk. Just about managed to sign the wet log here - maybe it will dry out with better weather  TFTC

This one is soking wet but I found it.

Thanks Brentorboxer for the cache!

NSCR
Find Number - 73
29 November 2020 at 12:12

Found as part of a walk on which I found more opencaches in a day than ever before. There were cattle to the north of Great Links and my appearance out of the mist put them on edge so I approached this one cautiously. The mooing things wandered off so I could get to my search. After 10 minutes in the mist and rain I called upon the hint (no mobile signal to get the spoiler) and it helped massively. I would not have found this one without it. TFTC, the temporary log is just about holding up

We we feeling quite tired on approach to Great Links Tor today. We had a quick look but couldn't find it quickly so gave up and went up to the trig point instead. We solved the puzzle up there and found the cache and were thinking of moving on.

Before leaving I just checked my notes and realised there is a spoiler for this one. So back we go, find the thing - very well hidden. The logbook was sodden and unsignable so added a piece of paper and dried out the bag in the sunshine and breeze to try and keep it going a bit longer.

TFTC - esp the spoiler!

Called in this morning, heading over to Hunt Tor then out around Amicombe, great walking weather and very dry. Thank you

Thanks Margaret. Log was signable but is damp. Unfortunately didn't have any more spares.

I've been up Great Links Tor on several occasions, but this was the first since I had also been looking for opencaches.  The coordinates were spot on for me to find the rock that rocks but all of the surrounding rocks were also flat, so each had to be searched in turn.  For some reason I failed to spot the cache and didn't realise that a spoiler photo was available.  Anyway, I eventually found the cache, but the next problem was to get inside.  If my life depended on opening one of these pill pots quickly, I would definitely die!  Eventually prised it open with a car key and surprised to see the logbook so wet.  Anyway, just about signable, so TFTC, but this really does need a new logbook.

TFTC Another nice find for the morning. <br />

   After a 10 min search I had a look at the clue then spent 10 mins searching again.

Then spotted it in it's hidey hole.

Had a fewto do here with an O.C   The Great links trig point cache and a Virtual Munzee.

If I had a stamp I would have done the Letterbox I found too.

Stupid windy but a good walk otherwise.

TFTC

Jim  (aka moor to sea)

 

great location and great views today but very hot dragged myself and other up here from the pub.my first opencache, slb tftc

We were struggling a bit but after looking at the hint it was all rock and roll.  Most unusual rock formation and from our position we had a good view of the trig point standing to attention. Thanks for the cache

As we walked across country from Hunt Tor to Great Links we spotted the first "other" walker of the entire day, taking the easier route along the track.

More and more interesting rock formations than on previous tors today, and an unusual trig point. We made our way among the rocks until our GPSr registered that we were at GZ, but failed to find the cache until after we had consulted the spoiler and located the "rocker". David then extracted a typically deeply hidden BrentorBoxer cache .

Thanks for the cache,

Rgds, Andy

This was the highest point of the walk so the wind was incredibly strong up here. There are plenty of sheltered crevices though so I found a good one and had lunch before looking for the cache. Good co-ords put me in the right place again but I could not locate the cache without looking at the spoiler picture. A typical BTB hide really but there are so many possibilities here that the spoiler is a real timesaver.

Thanks for another good hide.

I took the picture below while having lunch, can you see the face in the rock silhouette? If not, squint and it should become obvious.

View from my restaurant seat.

Hiked up to the trig point first (at least we get to claim the trig point!) then descended to GZ. On arrival had deja vu.....young Sandvikans were restless and not keen to search at all having tried so hard at the previous DNF.

The first 32 characters of the clue stored in my GPSr turned out to be about as useful as a chocolate teapot - the useful part seen for the first time just now might have tipped the balance in our favour - and the search was abandoned after about 20 minutes. Again the spoiler suggests I might have had my hand on it but been unable to discern cache from rock.

By now the young Sandvikans had really had enough and noting there was no clue at all and fearing more of the same, we abandoned the additional hike to OK0187 and returned to the car the same way we had come. A shame in retrospect as the spoiler suggests it may have been the easiest of the three and we might well have found it, having found similarly located GCs without difficulty.

TFTH Sandvika.