Life is not a Practice

A wet cold June morning so ideal for a quick geocache :-)
Did the Wildbach geocache before the rest of the family got up.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b19428cf-1eb4-4947-8774-47f3c6b26e3c

Our geocache "Camelot" has been there for seven years now and a lot has changed so that some of the clues are no longer correct. Alison, Max and I went out to follow the route and research new clues.

At lunch time Jon rang up to ask if we wanted to go Geocaching. Yes Please!



Cycled to Rehbichl for the first cache ( http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=79abbfa3-e727-4200-bfbf-5ab8b80300ca ) and then on to Speiden for the second ( http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e886568d-68f0-4f58-89b5-73219cd3818c ).



Went in to the brewery for a coffee but got a beer put in front of us so we drank that :-)

Back via Kögelweiher.

Track at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=gfhgjvuibllihafs

More photos at https://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2011CyclingI#

This morning it was grey and overcast in Nesselwang but when Rhiannon and I walked up to the Hündelskopfhütte to do a geocache we came out above the clouds.
Enjoyed the view and finding the cache.


This picture shows the twin ruins of Frei & Eisenberg showing as an island above the clouds.

Cache details at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0c3d661f-f7f1-4fa8-9ba0-ef369215f71a



The rest of the photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010Stuff#

Sunday morning geocache with Alison. Despite living here for so many years we had never been up the Höllschlucht before.



We easily found the cache after the 200 meter climb up past the stream. Because we have had so much rain recently, the waterfall was very impressive.

A link to the cache is here http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2200e03a-d823-409f-b54e-0d3d66fc470a

Photos here http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/Geoaching2010#

A Sunday geocache. Started in the wrong place but still managed it.
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=04f9e677-30c4-4f77-a0b2-95b103bbedf6
Got back just in time to walk up the Waterfall path to the Kronenhütte for lunch with the French family and Max. To round things off nicely, we took the summer sledge run down the mountain.


Great photo taken by Max

Photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/2010Stuff#

Fathers Day so Jon and I were out early doing a new geocache in Nesselwang.



The cache is at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b6bdabcd-dd81-495e-9f3c-d16ba011f760

last night was the 100 year celebration of the Nesselwang sport club. It was a lot of work but now it is finished.

The fun part was our step aerobic routine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phdNJFF03hs



To celebrate I was out geocaching today with Alison and max. We did a cache called Fox on the Run ( http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b5518072-826f-47b5-93c1-aaa914df8b9d ). I was using a new Garmin Dakota 20 GPS receiver lent to me by Jon. It is easy to use and has a map installed. Great fun.

The track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=wepmacrfiytygazb With this new receiver you can just pull the tracks across from the receiver already in gpx format. A big move up from my beloved Geko.

Full size picture at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/Geoaching2010#

Out with Gertrud, Jon & Lucas on our bikes for a geocaching tour round the Grüntensee. Jon and Gertrud were testing the new electric bikes.
Alison and Max came and met us in Haslach.
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=qqayvtedgiqxuaug
Afterwards back home for hot cross buns at our house.



Track is at http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=dssktpyivwzwuxrs

Did all the following geocaches and found all but one.
Grüntensee 1 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=cddf1d6d-bba1-4586-86a4-d6c04f44749b
Grüntensee 2 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b22073ce-18b3-4a02-8c83-5b9998dd8751
Grüntensee 3 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1a1ef619-1659-49dd-b3ba-5353311cc9bc
Grüntensee 4 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c959a55b-5abd-4ed3-8dee-6ddcf059e213
Grüntensee 5 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=735a528f-bfd9-4f28-bcfe-a7410cdbf678
Grüntensee 6 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=de5a8a72-fa75-4fc3-aa64-9b206f37dc47
Grüntensee 7 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2b9a4a0b-8b08-43bd-9bee-6da49ebebfc1
Grüntensee 8 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=130158d5-dc56-43b2-b96b-e9ea07705e8c
Grüntensee 9 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8aee6970-cc94-4151-b276-06d607e07570
Grüntensee 10 - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3741d12f-ce31-42a1-a8d4-291f9426d290

All the pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/neill.hogarth/Geoaching2010#