A handpicked day.

The main aim today was to grab 6 different icons and a 5/5 with the Bedfords.
As we set off today it was great to see lovely blue skies for a change but they did become a bit overcast at times.....but, it didn't rain!

First stop of the day was a multi in Malvern, On the Wagon - this was made a lot easier by solving it on the internet and just going to the final GZ for a nice quick find.

Next was a short drive to the second icon which was to be an Earth cache.

Malvern Springs
This was a pleasant cache where we had to visit 2 close springs and record some information.
We parked opposite Hayslad first, it was a shame we didn't bring an empty bottle or two so that we could bag some natural water.



We finished answering the questions and then made our way on the uphill path. Once we were up near Dingle Well the scenery and views are stunning. Malvern Hills are just so beautiful and worth visiting over and over again.

At Dingle Well

We recorded the info for this and took the required pics and then noticed there was a cache not too far away and it was a nice climb up to the top.....that decision to walk to the top of the hills was easy.

It was worth it for the views, the cache we picked up was a Traditional and our third icon of the day.

 Sugarloaf

View from one angle

and from another!

I love Malvern Hills they are so fantastic so it was a bonus to pop up for a cache today.
We bagged a cache at bottom by where we parked and then moved on.

Next we took in a tricky Traditional which probably took us 10 minutes to find Concealed Entrance and then it was on to go for the 4th icon of the day, a mystery Irony,
The puzzle for Irony I had solved which was pretty cool as lots of others have struggled, just like I normally do on puzzle caches.
We parked up close by and within a couple of minutes scramble/walk, the cache was found.

Next it was on to the 5th icon of the day a Letterbox Hybrid, which was also a 5/5.

Lair of the Lost Boys by ghekophyte 
We parked on the big car park for the Rugby & Football clubs and walked down for a recce as we knew some specialist equipment would be needed. Stage 1 was soon found but we were extremely unclear on what we had to do so returned to car for a coffee break.

We did some googling on our mobile phones and were still getting nowhere. I suggested we returned with our specialist equipment and have a better look around.

We ended up calling a previous finder to get some idea of what to do and thankfully he obliged.We decided to move car slightly and managed to park pretty close to final GZ, it was just a matter of finding some specialist equipment and then the cache.
We found what we was looking for  and finally cache was in hand.....or was it? haha.....

Next up was a Little Quest cache, which I like to pick up every time I am relatively near one, today it was the turn of LQ:HEREFORDSHIRE - Apples and Pears .
We parked up leaving a small walk up through the side of fields to this one. I think the way we went wasn't used much as you couldn't even see the stiles due to being very overgrown.

We had a good laugh getting over the stiles and then carried on past a huge mast to turn right down towards the cache.

Seemed to be a popular viewpoint here.

The cache was behind us.. The Malvern Hills in the distance.

It really was a lovely location which seemed really popular as we saw 2 others sitting and just taking it all in.

Just up from the cache was a Trig point which was also a YOSM....this gave us our 6th icon of the day a virtual. See here for details if unsure what a YOSM is: Ye Ole Survey Monuments.

We sat and had a few minutes break here # as the scenery was so nice and the sun was shining for us.
Next up we were on the way to our highlight cache of the day but first stopped to do this one Climb The Line .....the cache was about 10 foot up a wall.


28 Days Later by SidAndBob

This one was definitely the best cache of the day but unfortunately I cannot say anything about it as it would give the game away.
One clue is GZ takes you to side of a field and the cache listing includes an attribute of torchlight.

A "Lost World" within a mile of GZ

This cache is a must do and there are plenty of others in the area to fill a fantastic couple of days.
Get in touch with me if you would like some recommendations for this area.

Well this was the last cache of the day which took up quite a bit of time, todays smiley count was 11.