We said we would complete Streak Week and we are glad to say that WE DID IT! We wanted to share with you our 7 days of finds and what we got up to.
Day 1: Leeds
We decided to go to Ikea in Leeds and whilst we were out and about we saw that there were caches available near by and so we thought this was the perfect way to start streak week. We went to find Big Brother (GC83K5T) and Riley was the one to discover this cace, we were over thinking the hint.
Day 2: Hull
You wouldn’t believe it but we were busy all day and about to wind down when at 6pm we realised that we hadn’t found a cache. How could we miss this?
“Family emergency, family emergency” and we all made siren noises as we drove to a relatively close and new cache.
Phew, thank goodness we found it, in fact it was Sophie who found this sneaky cache; Tigers Lair (GC8CA4C).
Day 3: Hull
This day brought us glorious sunshine and a reason to finish a trail we hadn’t completed, we only had two caches to find as part of the trail on Victoria Dock. It helped that Riley found one and Sophie found the other, there was a park close by which Robyn thoroughly enjoyed.
Victoria Dock Walk #8 – The Watchtower (GC82ER) and Victoria Dock Walk #7 – Half Tide Basin (GC82EQ9).
Day 4: Anlaby
This was a fast grab and go with Sophie and Robyn as Riley was out at a friends for the day. It was a nice and easy find, we met a cute dog along the way, Jack’s Cache (GC4XY4C).
Day 5: Durham
This was a fun one to find as we were up staying in Durham for the evening, we were visiting a friend who is in the sports industry and the perfect cache to find was one of a sports nature. Football Micro Series 003 Durham City (GC55Z2Z), we were lucky that Riley spotted this one as we spent around 15 minutes searching at the wrong points in the small carpark, but we got there in the end.
Day 6: The Angel of the North and Durham Cathedral
An exciting find for us because last time we were up here we had no idea about Geocaching. It certainly was exciting to rediscover places with a new objective. We found three caches on this day.
Angel of the North – Virtual Reward (GC7B7FN), the kids loved completing this one because we had to find some information and do some counting as well. We all got stuck in to get the answers, grab a pic and claim the find.
Angels View (Tyne & Wear) (GC781), we would have never of known about this nice woodland walk if it wasn’t for Geocaching. A nice easy find and one the kids got excited about because we could leave one of our coins, we also claimed a trackable and did some swaps.
The Cloister Bats ! – Virtual Reward (GC7B951), what an awesome virtual and one we were excited about because its one of the filming locations of Harry Potter. This virtual reward came with a lot of counting and discovering which we would have missed in the detail if we were just casually walking around.
Day 7: Hull
We are back and to be honest we tried to find a different cache which was very sneaky and we left it after a good 20 minutes searching. I don’t know why phone box caches are so difficult to find, we all struggle with these.
This one was our next go to and once we were at the right beacon at Chanterlands Avenue Nano (GC7N13C) as the GPS was slightly out, mummy found it. Some lovely wall art to be discovered around this area.
WE DID IT! Streak week completed, we were so excited and the kids cheered with us. I read out the digital badge and they all had a glance, we completed the challenge.
Did you complete streak week?
The Gilmour’s