Yes Steven and I have been away for a few days in Oxford. The aim was to walk along the Oxford Canal taking in Geocaches as we went. 
Even though Eleanor has been at University here for 6 years now - we have never done the canal walk - so thought it was about time that we did and the timing was just right as the geocacher who laid most of the canal geocaches is going to be re-located to Bristol in the New Year so these are all going to be archived!We stayed at a Travel Lodge at Pear Tree and on the first day we walked North up from Wolvercote to Kidlington. This was mostly through countryside - though we did have to walk under a motorway - which was a first for us. It was rather wet and miserable but we are hardend geocachers so stuck it out!
Monday was a better day - with blue skies - it was a bit chilly though - my gorgeous husband pinched my hat and gloves because he had forgotten to pack his and I could not stand to hear him moaning about his cold hands and head - at least when he was warm he was cheerful!
The second day we started at Worcester Street Basin (well what was the Basin - its now a car park!) and walked northwards up to Wolvercote and back again. This part of the canal runs through residential areas - old traditional Oxford houses and brand new modern apartments. I kept wishing we were rich so that we could have an Oxford house backing on to the canal.
Most of the caches were traditional ones but one was a multi cache and Steven snapped me trying to work out the maths! I got my sums right and located this cache easily. The lock and the bridge here are gorgeous.
We managed to do 21 geocaches - 3 had been archived since I printed out the details so we wasted some time looking for these non existent ones. We found all the others easily though. They were all mostly micros but we did manage to come home with 4 TB and geocoins - none of whom have been to Shropshire so I will have fun moving them on.
We had hoped to do some Christmas shopping but we ran out of time so will have to try next weekend - we have not done anything Christmassy yet due to the stress of the kitchen. There is a man down in the kitchen as I write putting in some units along one wall. The sink has not arrived yet and we still have another 2 walls to do - but its a start.
Monday was a better day - with blue skies - it was a bit chilly though - my gorgeous husband pinched my hat and gloves because he had forgotten to pack his and I could not stand to hear him moaning about his cold hands and head - at least when he was warm he was cheerful!The second day we started at Worcester Street Basin (well what was the Basin - its now a car park!) and walked northwards up to Wolvercote and back again. This part of the canal runs through residential areas - old traditional Oxford houses and brand new modern apartments. I kept wishing we were rich so that we could have an Oxford house backing on to the canal.Most of the caches were traditional ones but one was a multi cache and Steven snapped me trying to work out the maths! I got my sums right and located this cache easily. The lock and the bridge here are gorgeous.We managed to do 21 geocaches - 3 had been archived since I printed out the details so we wasted some time looking for these non existent ones. We found all the others easily though. They were all mostly micros but we did manage to come home with 4 TB and geocoins - none of whom have been to Shropshire so I will have fun moving them on.We had hoped to do some Christmas shopping but we ran out of time so will have to try next weekend - we have not done anything Christmassy yet due to the stress of the kitchen. There is a man down in the kitchen as I write putting in some units along one wall. The sink has not arrived yet and we still have another 2 walls to do - but its a start.
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