Tag: Geocaching
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Escape Rooms Durham – A First Timers Experience!
The thought of taking part in a Crystal Maze style puzzle adventure has always appealed to me. I love puzzles and problems. If something needs solving then I’m up for a challenge. However I’d never tried an Escape Room… yet. Escape Rooms Durham After deferring it for over a year the three remaining members of…
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Geocaching for Beginners
We’ve been asked for a Geocaching for Beginners guide. As there are so many elements to the hobby (not sure if I can call it a sport) we decided to break it up into the absolute basics. Then may add a follow-up guide in the future. Geocaching is a game of hide and seek that…
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What Happened in 2016?
Happy New Year from the Hoopers! Thank you for your continued support as we move into 2017. Every comment, share and like of our family blog is much appreciated. The Christmas holidays have gone by in a flash and the waistlines and wallet are showing the evidence of a very festive time! We had a lovely break…
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Geocaching trip to Birmingham
I’d hummed and harred about booking a Geocaching trip with Chris Speed and Stephen Coulson for a few weeks. It needed to be somewhere halfway down the country and somewhere cheap. Chris is from Great Yarmouth, so it seemed a halfway point was fairer. The cost factor is mainly because we always seem to have…
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Aberystwyth and Aberaeron – Day 2
During the night I had woken up boiling hot in the tent and even chucked off the sleeping bag at one point. So, I had a feeling that the good weather was set to continue. As predicted, the sun was beating down as I popped the kettle on the stove to make the morning brew. The plan…
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Kendal camping – Day 2 – Grasmere
I’ll admit I’m in love with this area of the Lake District and I think Alan was a bit sick of my saying so en route. It’s probably the area we know best as we spent a week in a holiday cottage in nearby Elterwater with my parents (pre-children). It’s a week that lives in…
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Camping in Kendal
When the early May Bank Holiday camping trip fell to pieces due to Weather, Boiler and Car issues, we knew we had to get another one booked in. So we looked for somewhere within a 2 hour range from home and Kendal fell into place. Camping in Kendal We’d joined up to the Camping and…