Category Archives: Blindness

May day multis and a malevolent moggy

Posted on May 8, 2018 by washknight

May Day Bank holiday weekend and the weather was set to be stonking hot! The desire to geocache was there but this was coupled with not wanting to expire in the heat. So we decided to stay local and tackle … Continue reading →

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NGA winner!

Posted on August 30, 2017 by washknight

Time to dig out my trumpet, dust it off and give it a little blow. I am delighted, and a little bemused, to report that I was fortunate enough to be among the winners of a National Geocaching Award (NGA) … Continue reading →

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If I had been a geocacher back then…

Posted on October 7, 2015 by washknight

We are by no means early adopters when it comes to geocaching, having only discovered it in the summer of 2013. I got to thinking recently about how our lives would have been different if we had taken up the … Continue reading →

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Surfing Ancient Logs

Posted on June 2, 2015 by washknight

Generally we get our geocaching kicks during the day, out in the countryside… where the caches are. But I spend an amount of time sitting at home exploring geocaches on a screen, and I expect I am not the only … Continue reading →

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One Lovely Blog Award

Posted on May 14, 2015 by washknight

Thank you to Robbinn Geocaching for nominating me for the One Lovely Blog Award. A quick search of the internet reveals the “award” for what it is, which is a good way for people to get to know their fellow … Continue reading →

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Chipping away at Chipperfield

Posted on May 1, 2015 by washknight

In which we encounter a displaced London Routemaster Bus, rent Pulp Fiction on VHS from a red phone box and cross time and space to fill the pretty village of Chipperfield with smilies. On Tuesday, we once more drove the … Continue reading →

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Who’s Home in Greenwood Park?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by washknight

We stay local, find a truly special container, come close to breaking geocaching rule number 1 and find a favourite point that has been lost down the back of the sofa for the last 18 months. At the beginning of … Continue reading →

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The Liebster Award – This is Washknight

Posted on February 10, 2015 by washknight

Never heard of it? No, neither had I until a week ago when I was reading a fellow blogger’s site, Mud and Nettles, and discovered that she had nominated me to take part. I use the phrase “take part” as … Continue reading →

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The Chiltern Hundred – Leg 1

Posted on January 27, 2015 by washknight

On Saturday we loaded up the car, remembering the right boots this time (see Bovingdon Rebooted), and Shar, Sam and I headed northwest from home for the 30 minute drive to Chesham to take our first bite out of the … Continue reading →

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Bovingdon Rebooted

Posted on January 25, 2015 by washknight

Shar and I decided that on Thursday we would plan a larger than normal caching day as Sam was going to a friend’s house after school and then to Scouts so we would be free much later than normal. It … Continue reading →

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