Posted in Activities, Food, geocaching on Mar 13th, 2010 3 Comments »
We thought it was about time we took Missy the mini out of her winter hibernation. It’s been three weeks since the last snowfall, and tiny buds are just starting to appear on the stick trees. After two jumpstarts (thanks random kind man near the servo!), we were off! We headed west on the south [...]
Posted in geocaching, Hikes on Feb 6th, 2010 2 Comments »
We headed south today to find a cache hidden about 4 miles off the road, near a waterfall. It was a lovely low-level walk, good for winter. The fog never quite lifted, but it hardly rained at all. The hike took us past Queens Well and along the Water of Mark. After finding the cache [...]
Posted in Activities, geocaching on Jan 23rd, 2010 2 Comments »
So The Big Freeze hit the UK this festive season, which was such a novelty for us! Here’s a BBC satellite image so you can see the extent of the snow and frozen-ness. So we went snowboarding – twice so far! The first time at Cairn Gorm with Gerrod and Kristy, the second time at [...]
Posted in geocaching, Misc on Dec 31st, 2009 3 Comments »
Even though it’s flippin freezing, it’s really beautiful in Aberdeen. Y’all should come visit! Happy days! Here’s to a rocking 2010 everyone. We popped out this arvo to nab a couple more geocaches, and it was a gorgeous sunset.
Posted in geocaching on Dec 1st, 2009 No Comments »
When Wes and I read about geocaching in February’s Ramblers magazine, we knew we’d love this spicy addition to our regular country walks. However, not having the technology, we put all thoughts of exciting treasure hunting aside. Enter gerrod.com, tech geek extraordinnaire! Reading about G&K’s geocaching adventures on gerrod.com for the past couple of months, [...]
