The cache has been archived.

This one has run its course, now far too few finders to justify the upkeep required.

Rgds, Andy

We picked a great day for this! I got home and not one bit of my clothing was dry. But it was so worth the pretty relentless drenching we got. Met the Woollybears here to play this game. We had a great time working our way through the various tasks. After a while we found a great little picnic house with table and chairs to eat our sandwiches. Then back to it. My phone decided it had had enough during my battle with the bad peoples army. Clearly in cahoots with Morgana it kept making me start from the beginning of the battle. As Woollybears phone was behaving I put mine on the naughty step and we were down to one phone. But no pressure! We finally got to the prize. By this point, the small people and one extra large person were all complaining about being cold and wet so it was left to me to squeal loudly with joy at having completed this.

We headed off for coffee to warm up but this cache was definitely worth dragging ourselves out to play. A fantastic cache that I'd give 10 favourite points if I could. Brilliant fun even in the pouring rain! Thanks :)

The missing part has been replaced.

Rgds, Andy

The first stage of this cache has unfortunately gone missing. The park owners plan to replace this, but in the meantime I have placed the answers you need right at the top of the description, in red. You still have to visit the location to enter them.

I replaced the cache immediately after stoneysjl's report that it had gone missing, but I have just seen that I was most remiss in failing to post a maintenance note to say I had done so.

Rgds, Andy

I have really enjoyed my recent Amberel caches, so when I had a look at this one, it seemed that it would be something a little out of the ordinary, and by now knowing the attention these caches receive from the CO, I was sure I wouldn't be disappointed.
When I first attempted this, I had a couple of technical problems that prevented me from really making much headway.
I emailed Amberel with details of what had happened, and he very graciously offered to join me for a walk around to see if we could resolve the problems I'd encountered (remember there are very many technical variables involved in this) and we agreed a suitable time this morning.
Well, I hit my first glitch, my iPhone wouldn't connect to the web site at all, so Amberel very kindly offered me the use of a nice, shiny new iPhone 6
Now with the technical issue set aside, we started the quest sharing some very pleasant and informative conversation as we walked, and Amberel very kindly not leading me, just letting me follow the gameplay.
This has got to be the most fun I have had on a cache since I started back in March this year
I'd half expected a wherigo type experience, but this is SOO much more - it is very immersive and far more engaging.
At each of the stages, the information was well presented, 'though you need to try not to rush things to get the most out of this and to look carefully for the information required - thank-you for your patience when it took me a little longer than it should have to find the answers
I think this is the first time I've ever walked a route with the cache's CO, so I felt a little self conscious and tried to be a little more dignified than I might otherwise have been, at least until the episode with the skeletons ! If anyone remembers a particular scene from Porterhouse Blue with David Jason, a sharpened stick and some "inflated" objects - then this is what I must nearly have resembled - I am VERY glad that there weren't any other people around
Unfortunately, two of the villagers were slain, but ultimately the skeletons were defeated and we were on to the next stage...
The rest of the quest was thankfully without incident, and at last we approached the grail I'd been seeking.
That's when, very unfortunately, we discovered that dark forces had spirited it away
I truly hope that Amberel can reinstate this cache as it's a real pleasure to go for, something quite different in my experience - it is such a shame that it has gone missing twice already with so few finds..
My sincerest thanks to Amberel for all of his hard work creating this work of art, and for accompanying me around the circuit today.
One final comment on the technical glitch I experienced with my iPhone on this one today, a power off/on seemed to resolve the issue (after we'd finished)
Many, many thanks Amberel.

Logging with CO's consent.

Arriving at Bedfont Lakes this afternoon it was clear that it was a popular place to visit on a sunny bank holiday weekend, but we were lucky to find a single free parking place and so headed off to the start point. We were equipped with an iPad (on which we used Chrome) and an iPad mini (using Safari).

The first questions were quickly answered and we moved on to the next stage. We did end up using the hint here - WW1 had in fact already spotted some of what we were looking for, but hadn't realised it, but with the hint WW2 saw their significance and we were away .

I had rather assumed that this cache would be very like a Wherigo, but I know that Amberel had some bad experiences of Wherigo in the past . However, as we progressed we saw various features that would not be possible on a Wherigo. The highlight (for WW2 at least) was the sight of WW1 rapidly walking a zig-zag path with frequent backtracks while holding the iPad in front of him . I really do wander what all the picnicers made of the sight . Anyway, the objective was achieved without any innocent casualties .

The cache page said it should take about 2 hours, but I think we did it in a little over 1½ hours, but time went very quickly. We did have one strange experience where the iPad skipped a stage of the game, but we used the iPad mini and did all stages.

Thanks for this different cache.
TFTC

I was lucky enough to be a beta tester for this excellent cache. I was the last to find it before publication.  Looking at the groundspeak logs it has demanded a huge amount of attention by the c/o and he is to be commended.

 

Sadly at the time of writing this it rather looks as if it is coming to the end of its life.

 

TFTC it was great fun to do.