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We went to the Isle of Wight about 30 years ago and have wanted to return sometime. We have also always wanted to try one of the Warner’s Hotels so when a good deal came up, we decided to book up. I also need the Isle of Wight for my county list so I didn’t take much persuading.🤔
I also thought that it would make an ideal start to a GeoStreaker Challenge in Kent that I had been eying up. The challenge was to cache for a 15 day streak getting at least one cache a day but must collect 8 different icons including a CM. I had done some preparation for this and had “my ducks lined up in a row” for the challenge.
We travelled by coach on the Monday to Bembridge and the next day we had a pleasant walk from the hotel which was situated near to the Lifeboat Station up into the village. We visited a local cafe and then I checked out where the CM trad was for later in the week. My target today was the FP multi and once I’d worked out the coords, I walked the short distance to the search area whilst my wife waited in the warm.
By the Wednesday, I knew the lie of the land and was up early and waiting for a bus to All Saints about 3 miles away. I had a chance of 2 Letterbox caches but both had recent DNFs. After being told where to get off by the bus driver, I made my way down the track to the first Letterbox, Horse Shoe Cache and had a quick find of the well hidden cache. I picked up the nearby VS trad and all I had to do now was walk back to the hotel by 9am for breakfast.
On the way, I found the other Letterbox, St Helens Quay, picking up a TB appropriately named The Key and then the VS Bembridge trad. I also gathered the info for an Earthcache but I needed a ruler so couldn’t complete things. It was also 8:30 and I phoned for the local cab. However it turned out that he wasn‘t working that day because a family funeral. I really had to hot foot it down the lanes to make breakfast.
On the Thursday, I made my way back to the memorial armed with a ruler bought from a local Post Office and found the rest of the information needed for the Granite At The Palmer Memorial Earthcache. I had a short detour to pick up The White Tower, a 1/3 trad and then walked back to the Lifeboat Station to find the Bembridge lifeboat trad.
On the Friday, I had enough time before the coach left to get back to Bembridge Church to find the CM. So I now had a Mult, a Letterbox, an Earthcache and a CM. All I need now is a Wherigo, a Mystery, a Challenge, a Trad and seven other caches. Wish Me Luck.🤞
1 Earthcache, 1 MultI, 2 Letterbox, 5 Traditional
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