Parissi 2008 Geocoin
Traditional caches:
Y Ty Teletubbies
The Turn Table
Abereiddi Tower
Ponies' Peak
Dogs and Bitches
Tenby WelcomeLast week probably ranks as one of my favourite caching trips, alongside the trips to Leicestershire, Great Orme and Guildford in 2007. The trip gave me a chance to knock off a list of caches around the Pembrokeshire coastline with which I am familiar from vacations.
"Y Ty Teletubbies" celebrates an interesting eco-house near Nolton Haven, was completed a day before the remainder.
"Turn Table" involves a slightly precarious slither into a quarry near Porthgain, a former mining / quarrying port near Fishguard.
"Abereiddi Tower" was a breathtaking cache which involved another scramble onto a prominentory that most likely will become an island in its own right in a few thousand years or so. This is possibly my favourite cache of all time - the views and sheer drops involved skipping several heartbeats.
"Ponies' Peak", near Whitesands Beach, rectified an old grievance from my earliest geocaching days in September 2006. On that occasion, I had spent 20 mins turning over lots of boulders, in the company of the other Dr Tortoiseshell, to no avail. This time, with 2 years' experience behind me, on this occasion I found the cache within a couple of minutes.
"Dogs and Bitches" was an indulgence: easy find, big ammo box, and superb views over towards Ramsey. It also gave me a chance to say hi to Mr Toad at St Justinians.
"Tenby Welcome" was a rather awkward cache and dash (micro) near the main road leading out of Tenby.
PHOTOS
1. With cache @ Abereiddi Tower
2. "Blue Lagoon", with Abereiddi Tower in background
3. Cache location in the quarry nr. Porthgain
4. View over Porthgain Harbour
5. Porthgain Harbour, with old brickworks prominent in photo
