January 2006 cache event in Edinburgh

Wildlifewriter · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:11 pm Post subject:

Hooked up and ready to roll...

Cases are packed, swaps box is full, maps are printed, and the Scots-voice version of Betty has been installed on my iQue PDA so it feels at home.)

Extra Lucozade, ciggys, socks, and hemorrhoid ointment are in the bag.

Puzzle caches have been pre-solved (thanks Angus) and those which turned out to be on top of mountains have been deleted from the database.

My plane tickets are somewhere about the place, and I'll probably find them soon.

Let the wind blaw high, let the wind blaw low,
Through the streets in ma kilt I'll go,
All the lassies say "Aw no! -
Who's that beardie auld geriatric in the kilt?"

-Wlw

Firth of Forth · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:39 pm Post subject:

See you soon! And enjoy your foray into Fife.
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Utterly smitten by a Captain
And now Mrs Aubrey

Billy Twigger · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject:

Make sure you drop in if you're passing!

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Let's face the music and dance

Firth of Forth · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:02 am Post subject:

I know that Nick will be especially pleased to learn that Agra will be attending the SGDO. Twisted Evil

She plans to bring along at least one other person; and has several other folk staying with her that weekend that she hopes may wish to give geocaching a try.

The numbers just keep going up. At this rate, an event like this just wont be possible next year as we won't be able to find a venue big enough to accommodate it!
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Utterly smitten by a Captain
And now Mrs Aubrey

Scotsbob · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:11 am Post subject:

Looks like an ideal time to form a Scottish Geocachers Association?

Comments please

Firth of Forth · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:12 am Post subject:

HighlandNick · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject:

Mrs I · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject:

Confirmation email from Cancer Research for a donation of £80.00 collected during the raffle and donated to Cancer Reasearch in honour of Team Ullium.

"Subject: Confirmation: CARD Transaction
Date: 28 January 2006 17:11

Dear Supporter,

I have just received confirmation of your kind gift of £80.00 and I would like to thank you for making such a valued contribution to our research.

With your gift our scientists will be able to continue their vital work looking for new ways to prevent and treat cancer.

If you would like further information on the work of Cancer Research UK, please do not hesitate to contact our Supporter Services Department:
- by email at supporter.services@cancer.org.uk
- by telephone on 020 7121 6699
- by writing to us at PO Box 123, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX.

We are always happy to be of assistance.

Once again, please accept our warmest thanks for your support of Cancer Research UK.

Yours sincerely

Dave D'Arcy
Head of Supporter Services
Cancer Research UK"
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Carol
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Scotsbob · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject:

Congratulations to all at the SGDO, i'm sure Bill would appreciate our efforts on his behalf

ghiribizzo · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 11:51 pm Post subject:

Indeed..
- especially to HH and BT who are keeping us advised of Bill's condition.
In many hobbies/sports anyone who cannot attend a meet even after regular attendance is quickly ignored/forgotten so their interaction should be commended.

Firth of Forth · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:58 pm Post subject:

Well done Angus! It was a great achievement to have such a successful event on your first go! And thanks to HH for the caches, Mrs I & family for a super raffle, and Wlw for a fun-filled quiz (although there may have to be a steward's enquiry about wattle!). it was a memorable day for lots of reasons!
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Utterly smitten by a Captain
And now Mrs Aubrey

Wildlifewriter · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:26 am Post subject:

A great event, and well done Angus et al for putting it together. A good weekend, in fact, all over. High points and low points...

Sad

FlyBE delaying my flight on Friday, the hounds.

Smile

Meeting BT for an outstanding cache-dash round the Ochils.

Sad

Finding that there was a second railway tunnel.

Smile

Twigger's face after he'd climbed a barbed-wire fence beside a gate, as he watched me open the same gate and walk through it.

Smile

Driving up a muddy, twisting farm lane at maximum attack, because the car blonged to Avis and it served them right.

Sad

Thinking that the cache at Davidsons Mains couldn't possibly be at the top of a hill, and it was.

Smile

Sally getting flowers for logging her 800th cache. Aawww...

Sad

Wattle. WATTLE? It was just asking for trouble.

Smile

Graham's extraordinary display of coins. Even though I couldn't log any of them for religious reasons, it was interesting to see what they all looked like in the metal.

Sad

Not getting any FTFs, this time.

Smile

Not getting jumped out at, OR bombarded with sticks by HH - these little things make a big difference.

Sad

Bill and Angela not being there.

Smile

The First Lieutenant: he's a hoot.

Smile

Decent food.

Smile

Doing a whole load of caches on Sunday anyway. Sod it.

Sad

Finding that the check-in guy at Avis Edinburgh Airport was a close relative of Kenny Dalgleish, and kept saying things like "Cram awr crunge" and "Bilt whar the hoon" which I couldn't understand as my Gutteral Monosyllabic is a bit rusty.

Smile

Home.

-Wlw