{"id":13115,"date":"2013-04-12T08:45:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T07:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13115"},"modified":"2015-04-11T06:04:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T05:04:41","slug":"geocaching-record-attempts-and-an-icy-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/04\/geocaching-record-attempts-and-an-icy-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Geocaching Record Attempts and an Icy Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday was the final full day of our trip to the Isle of Man and we had several geocaching records that we could try to beat.<\/p>\n

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  1. Number of caches in a day – current record = 15<\/li>\n
  2. Number of consecutive days with finds – current record = 6<\/li>\n
  3. Most finds in a month – current record = 36<\/li>\n
  4. Most finds in a Year – current record = 79<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    With only 53 finds so far this year we weren’t going to complete the last of these but we could get closer to it, but the other 3 were possibilities.<\/p>\n

    I started the day with a longish, hilly run from Ballabeg to Ballasalla and then up through Silverdale and onwards and upwards through Grenaby to the Cringle reservoir before heading back down towards Ballabeg. It was pretty cold at this time in the morning. The run up through Silverdale was nice but then the hills started to drag on. As I climbed higher I started running through snow and ice and some pretty impressive avenues of snow. The snow was still lining the roads, covering the hedgerows to either side and towering over me in strange contorted shapes where it had started to melt. The descents were a little dodgy though thanks to very wet roads from the snowmelt that had then frozen overnight resulting in large expanses of sheet ice. I took it easy, walking some sections rather than risk falling.<\/p>\n