Geocaching

We have had great fun the last two days exploring the countryside whilst looking for hidden geocaches (see my post Thursday 24th March 2011 for an explanation of what Geocaching is). Yesterday we walked along the Camel Trail towards Boscarne Junction seeking a cache- it was only when we got there that we noticed it had a quite high difficulty rating, meaning it was going to be hard to find. Not surprisingly we didn't find it this time but we will be back- hopefully when there are less people about as we had to stop looking everytime someone came in sight (one of the rules is you must not be seen searching by other people). If that sounds a little crazy, well maybe it is, but as my mum would say "it's all good, clean fun", and we had a lovely walk, a good laugh and (my personal highlight) we even saw a heron on the river bank. 


Today we tried a different geocache hunt on Bodmin Beacon nature reserve. This time we found the hidden box. Success!!! Well actually Kieran (aka middle son) found it and was promptly appointed Chief Scout and invited to join all future expeditions (we could have done with him there yesterday!)

Successful searchers!

Again we had a fantastic evening walk and discovered a place close to home we didn't even know existed. As we walked home we saw the most beautiful sunset over the misty hills. I felt privileged to see it and I couldn't help but wonder how many times I have missed this kind of natural beauty because I have sat at home, busy in my own little world,  only vaguely aware that it was getting dark.

Sunset over Bodmin

We've had a lot of fun this weekend and have got a fair bit of exercise. We're already planning where we are going next...


Until next time 
Gillian