A Wildcat Challenge
Those of you who have been keeping up with our Simple Life of Luxury will know that we have been enjoying a spot of geocaching lately. So, as we are of to visit family in Gloucestershire in the run up to Christmas we looked up some caches in that area and have been tempted by a pretty difficult cache. Geocaches are rated ona a scale from 1-5 for their difficulty and on a similar scale for the terrain. The cache we are going to attempt gets 5 stars for both, making it one of the most difficult in the UK. The Wildcat Geocache is listed as one of the hardest but also one of the best geocaches in the UK.
Stating here that we are going to attempt it probably means we are doomed to failure, but we are going to give it go, and WON”T be giving away any clues. The cache itself consists of three virtual caches where you can find numbers to give you the co-ordinates of a fourth cache. The fourth cache provides you with coordinates for the 5th and final cache, for which you need to hire some specialist equipment to get to.
Of course, to make things a little more difficult you need to solve various cryptic clues to find the first three virtual cahces, and just to add to the fun most of these cryptic clues are in French! We think we know where the first virtual cache is, and have the numbers required from it. We think we know where the 2nd and 3rd virutal caches are too, although we could be completely wrong.
We even have a hunch where the final cache may be and therefor have an idea what the specialist equipment could be… But that really is just a hunch. As soon as we get the chance we shall investigate these locations to see if we are on the right tracks… It should be an enjoyable challenge, and who knows we may even find the cache at the end of it.
