Watery Wales 2 Geocaches

Its been a few weeks since I’ve done any geocaching, but Sunday was a good day in the Welsh hills followed by a quick windsurf session on the beach at Borth.

Steve and I headed off in the morning to hide some new geocaches. We drove up the mountain road from Tal-y-Bont towards Nant-y-Moch (and adventure in itself) and then at the top headed off onto the forest tracks towards Anglers Retreat. I had hoped to drive all the way to Anglers Retreat but the was a ‘No Unauthourised Vehicles Beyond this Point’ sign partway along the track so we parked there and headed off on foot.

The first cache was hidden in a cool hiding place not far from Anglers Retreat itself overlooking the lake. We then headed off towards Llyn Penrhaeadr where the wind was blowing acros the lake making us itch to get out windsurfing! Cache 2 of the day was hidden near this lake before we heaed off through a lovely little forest towards Pistyll y Llyn. When you approach from this direction the view opens out in front of you in spectacular style… Shame we didn’t have a camera with us, but I shall remember to take it next time I’m up there. Cache 3 was hidden here.

We then headed off across rough ground, across some streams and hid cache four near to a babbling little stream off the beaten track before heading off across even rougher ground towards Llyn Conach. Cahce 5 of the day an the final cahce of the Watery Wales series was hidden on the hill overlooking Llyn Conach. From there it was a nice walk back to the forest tracks, back to the car and then a drive home to the beach where we went out for a windsurf.

A perfect day of welsh activities.

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  1. Avatar forComment Author Alan says:

    Quite a few people have found this series now and it always proves popular. The latest log entry says:

    Scoff Cruddle found Watery Wales 2 -Pen Creigiau’r Llan (Traditional Cache) at 5/8/2010

    Log Date: 5/8/2010
    Eventually finished the series. 5 separate walks from Mach, totalling just over 80 miles in all. This was the toughest of the lot as the rough ground really is rough.
    I also came across a sheep tangled up in barbed wire, which I managed to free using a small pair of scissors in my first aid pack. Took me about half an hour to cut through the wool as the wire was tangled around its neck and belly. Made the final snip and off it ran like it didn’t have a care in the world.
    Fantastic series of caches, I chose to do them the hard way, but it was worth all the effort.
    TFTC and the series, loved it.

    Scoff

    Al.

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