The house and immediate gardens of Erdigg are closed until March but the park is open and that's where some new caches have been laid. We found 7 caches on the estate but 2 evaded us! We could see the house but only through these fine gates. 
We did a cache here at the dovecote - there were lots of lovely white doves on it - but when I came back to take a photo of it they had all flown away.
We did a cache here at the dovecote - there were lots of lovely white doves on it - but when I came back to take a photo of it they had all flown away.After a picnic lunch we drove to Trevor and did the cache on the Pontcysyllte aquaduct. I found it quite easily - having looked for over an hour unsuccessfully in the summer with Steven.
This is the view over to the Chirk viaduct from the aquaduct.
It utilises 6x4 photo sleeves to showcase a weeks worth of photos with room for a little journalling as well.
I like this idea of making it a photo album that I can do as I go along - I am more likely to finish this project then. I have some of the 6x4 photo sleeves left from when I did the big photo sort out last year and they will be ideal - will have a play about today and start printing some of the photos out and see what I come up with.
At the moment they are feeding the deer each weekend at Attingham Park so they come up really close. We went last Sunday but I forgot my camera - so a return visit was needed today.
Today Thelma and I went to Barmouth & Arthog to do some hillwalking and geocaching
- which included the strangest cache I have ever done - in the middle of the sea - well a slight exaggeration - it was sited in the Barmouth estuary and the tide was out - but it was a bit unnerving walking across sand that is usually submerged under the sea. Thankfully Thelma had done her homework and we had a few hours grace before the tide came back in. 
but with very rewarding views at the top of the Snowdonia mountains and Cader Idris.
The gorgeous sight of Cader Idris as we arrived - thankfully we were not climbing up this snowy capped mountain today!
I was so chuffed with myself but as you can tell from this photo -I am still not fit enough to go climbing hills - my face is so red I look like I am fit to burst. Rachel is not even pink! 
It was cold and frosty so we did not hang around for long - managed to admire the views - clouds in one direction (we were above them!) and clear skies in the other.
Yesterday I was out with Cathy and we went to Tyrely locks at Market Drayton - we did 3 caches around there and had a lovely walk along the canal. Cathy had new walking boots so managed the walk much better than last time when her hips really played up.
Then we did a picture cache around the village of Hinstock in the afternoon to wear the huge dinner off.
and here is Sian still looking happy before I beat her to the cache!
There are some lovely pubs along the canal - I would love to come back here in the summer.
And I saw some lovely wildlife - lots of Herons but no kingfishers sadly.
We came here to the tree cathedral. Someone planted all these trees in the 1930's in the shape of a cathedral 
And we walked around Dunstable Downes - which looks a lovely place but the mist was down when I visited but you could still see that it was an impressive place - again I want to come back here in the summer.
We went to the cinema to see Slumdog Millionaire - which was brilliant - one of the best films I have seen in ages - loved it.
I had planned to go to a Photoshop Elements workshop at Willow Tree Crafts in Watford, but got the day wrong and it was Sunday not Saturday as I thought - but I still popped into her lovely shop and bought a few goodies - more stamps - I think I am going mad - I keep buying stamps but never ever use them!! Perhaps I should make a concentrated effort and try to use them - I hope you will see some appearing on some layouts very soon.
