Geocaching in Shropshire

Whilst away for the weekend at Steve and Biddy’s wedding, we managed to fit in a couple of quick geocaches. Usually geocaches take us to cool and interesting places that we wouldn’t otherwise go, but this time it was a little different. We were already somewhere that we wouldn’t necessarily be and there just so happened to be a geocache nearby that we could find.

The first was in Shrewsbury. We had arrived in Shrewsbury a couple of hours before the wedding lunch that we were having at Romolo’s on the riverfront. We’d been into town to do some shopping that we needed to do and then wandered down along the river to see where the restaurant was and then have a stroll in the park.

A Stroll along the River

A Stroll along the River

We found the restaurant without any trouble and as we were stood outside with a few minutes to kill I decided to check to see if there were any caches nearby. Sure enough, there was one and it was only 14 feet away. We had a quick glance around, spotted where it would be and within seconds had the cache in our hands and the log book signed. Now that’s about as easy as it gets when it comes to geocaching.

The next was in Dorrington. We were staying at the Dorrington Horsehoe’s overnight so parked there, checked in and then took a stroll towards the village hall for the evening reception. Once again there was a geocache en route so we stopped at it, found it within seconds and logged another cache. The logbook was full on this one though, not that we had a pencil with us anyway, so we took a quick photo of the cache container instead. Hopefully that will be enough to prove to the cache owner that we found it. Funnily enough, the cache was opposite a company that I’ve built and maintain a website for too.

Morgan with the Cache Container

Morgan with the Cache Container

Not very inspiring a geocaching session at either of them, but it all adds to the numbers and gave us a little distraction for a few minutes during our weekend away.

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Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.

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