Tag Archives: Hemel Hempstead

Lizards and Nettles – A GeoDate in Hemel

Posted on July 18, 2015 by washknight

On Wednesday Sharlene and I went back to Hemel Hempstead for our weekly-ish GeoDate. The series I chose was called Frank’s Foray and like a number of other ones I can think of, it is named after the cache owner’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching | Tagged country walks, Geocaching, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, nettles | 2 Comments

On The Trail of a Fox – GeoDate in Hemel

Posted on June 28, 2015 by washknight

For our GeoDate this week Shar and I headed back to Hemel to tackle a semi-urban series called Trail of a Fox. What do I mean by semi-urban? Well if caching in built up towns and cities where the hides … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching | Tagged Geocaching, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Semi-urban caching | 3 Comments

Meandering in Hemel with Smokeypugs

Posted on April 24, 2014 by washknight

Regular followers of this blog will know that we tend to meet up with our friends Geoff and Melissa to go caching as Team Pugwash about once a month. If you are a regular follower of my blog and you … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching | Tagged field puzzle, Geocaching, Hemel Hempstead, maintenance, pugwash, puzzle cache, Smokeypugs, throw down | Leave a comment

500!

Posted on February 21, 2014 by washknight

It is hard to believe that it has been less than 9 months since we started geocaching and yet here we are logging our 500th find. When we first started, every cache seemed to be an accomplishment in its own … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching | Tagged 500, challenge cache, Geocaching, Hemel Hempstead, Milestone, multi | 7 Comments

Dem Bones, Dem Bones – Caches, Horses and Aerials in Pimlico, Hertfordshire

Posted on February 6, 2014 by washknight

By the time Monday arrived I think both Shar and I were starting to feel geocaching withdrawal symptoms. It had been almost a week since we had been up to our ankles in mud and thrashing around in the undergrowth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching | Tagged aerial, ammo can, bones1, Geocaching, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, horses, pimlico, transmitter | 4 Comments

Blown Back to Hemel

Posted on December 7, 2013 by washknight

Our trips to Hemel Hempstead always seem to have something of the extreme about them. The first time it was trees, just seemed like every cache was in a tree and we spent lots of time getting entangled with them. … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching | Tagged Geocaching, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, Nature Hunt | 1 Comment

The Hills have Trees 2 – Return to Hemel

Posted on October 25, 2013 by washknight

In August 2013 Hemel Hempstead was voted the ugliest town in the UK! Now I realise that being blind, I am not very qualified to dispute this fact, nevertheless I think that is a load of tosh. Admittedly we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching, Uncategorized | Tagged Big G Wiz, cache maintanence, Circular Walk, DNF, Geocaching, Hemel Hempstead, kissing gate, Shadylady, Sheep, Smokeypugs, Solve & Search, squirrels, Yogi & Mags | 4 Comments

Caching in Hemel – Hills, Trees, Hills, Trees, Hills, Trees

Posted on October 17, 2013 by washknight

Not having cached for over 6 days I was starting to get some serious withdrawal symptoms by the time my birthday came around. Had the weather been better on the day we would have ventured out then but it spent … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Geocaches, Geocaching | Tagged DNF, Finding Caches, Geocaching, Ginger Cake, Hemel Hempstead, Hills, IVT, Ivy Covered Tree, Puzzle Caches, Trees | 1 Comment