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Litter Picking by Sophie Gilmour

June 9, 2020June 13, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, adventure, animals, bike, cows, East Yorkshire, family, Hedon, hot chocolate, Hull, June, just for fun, litter, litter picking, nature, rubbish, saturday, saving the planet, sophie, Sophie Gilmour, suitable for bikes, Train Station, trash, UKLeave a comment

Last Saturday, we went out litter picking and it was raining but that didn’t stop us. We collected all sorts of rubbish including bottles, wipes, doggy bags and the biggest thing was a bikes mud guard. It was fun using the litter pickers but the things we collected were very gross. It was a nice in Hedon but the train station was old and of course it was run down but still safe. We saw cows and one was very close to me.

At the end we had three whole bags of rubbish and we were not looking hard it was really fun to do. It was very quite and peaceful, we think the path is suitable for bikes because we saw a couple. When we got home from the cold Riley, Robyn and I had a hot chocolate. I think I would like to go there again to see the cows and do some more litter picking.

Have you been litter picking?

From Sophie xx

When in London…

May 16, 2018Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged alone, Cache, caches, David, Geocaching, Jennifer Gilmour, life, London, meeting, Micheal Angelo, museum, Paddington, public speaking, riddle, statue, Train Station, travel, V&A, virtual, virtual cacheLeave a comment

Hey everyone!

Jennifer here.

When in London… do a smidge if Geocaching!

I was in London for a speaking gig and couldn’t resist a sneaky bit of caching. I didn’t plan it, I just thought to myself if I have some time I will have a look and see what is around.

I had the opportunity to find two virtual caches.

First cache

I happened to have met a fellow writer in South Kensington for a coffee and I had a couple of hours spare and could see the V&A Museum was very close and had a virtual. I must admit I spent over an hour on it as it had a riddle BUT I got there in the end and wasn’t expecting to see this! I was so delighted that Geocaching brought me to visit the statue of David. It was in a side room I would have never had looked out for as it came from a dark corridor.

Once the riddle was solved I still had to find information from the back of the statue on a plaque. Managing to log it in the end and a lovely wonder around I enjoyed some time in the beautiful museum.

Second cache

I made my way to Paddington train station with good time, this is where I was meeting the event organisers for my speaking gig the next day.

I sat and read for a bit and then decided to have a quick look for caches to see if there was a cache in the station. I had already taken a must needed photo in Paddington underground to show the kids…

A quick look on the app and I could see there was a virtual cache nearby. I knew it had to be something to do with Paddington. A short walk a way and I find the statue I needed to. I had to answer the cache request and inform the cache owner of what was written on the suitcase. A nice and easy find with a photo opportunity.

It was nice to enjoy some light Geocaching in London.

Jennifer

Spring is here and that means…

March 12, 2018Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged caches, fun, Geocaching, hubby, Hull, life, love, theatre, Train Station, walkingLeave a comment

That’s right! We are certainly back in the game now.

This weekend was the best weekend we have had in a long time and that’s because we spent three days Geocaching.

On Friday, Rob and I went to do a few caches that were odd ones out on our map. Usually ones we didn’t reach with the kids on a day Geocaching because they are just a little further out. We found 4/5 caches and it was so nice to spend some quality time together doing what we love.

These photos are from one of the caches we found which was just at the side from a busy road in Hull. We have been past it so many times and had never noticed this old train station and it’s platform.

Isn’t it just beautiful?

This is cache- Permanently Sidetracked GC6KZ76

We would have never of seen this if it wasn’t for Geocaching.

I have to admit we had missed this so much. After having my slipped disc it has impacted our family so much. I am still quite in pain with it and on high painkillers but we are doing shorter walks for an hour rather then the all day 8 mile hunt. It has put the gage back up on everyone’s happiness levels, you would be surprised at how much.

We both had a well earned coffee at the end of our caching morning whilst the kids were at school.

Have a great week.

Jennifer

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