From Robert Burns' poem To a Mouse, 1786. It tells of how he, while ploughing a field, upturned a mouse's nest. The resulting poem is an apology to the mouse:
Prov. Things often go wrong even though you have carefully planned what you are going to do.
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren't alone]
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry]
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promised joy.
This is dedicated to the local cache owners whom have had to replace/ heavy maintenance on their hides, after the flood, that caused so much damage this year.
No matter what plans and precautions we may take, there will always be a spanner awaiting to be dropped into the works!
Cache is a micro camo hide, no room for trades or pen in this hide sorry.
I would love to hear about any plans that seemed to fail, but turned out for the best, feel free to give us a story :)
FTF goes to supasi.
Logging Etiquette: Geocache hiders go through a great deal of planning to place their caches. As a result, we like to hear your feedback on whether you liked or disliked any aspect of the hide, or if you feel that some cache maintenance is required. Single word, acronym, or emoticon logs may be easier when you have a lot of caches to log, but it doesn't tell us or other finders anything about your adventure (or lack thereof) in finding the cache. Please keep this in mind when entering your log. Also please log if you DNF, as it will assist to gauge the difficulty rating.
Parking: Can be a busy street, but this is pretty much a park and grab.
Activity: local runners / walkers use this area, also school kids may be present opposite side of the road before/ after school
Children Friendly: yes but keep an eye on them since road nearby
Dog Friendly: sure is, theres even a doggy poop bin close by
Stroller Friendly: shouldn't need one as park and grab, but I believe so
Wheelchair Friendly: grassy terrain but flat, I would so not really also reaching to hide would be difficult
Using car as cover would be a benefit here, and provides a barrier to stop kids wandering onto road.