The Brown Teddies and two nosy parkers are often to be found caching together, sometimes close to their homes, in NW England and the Midlands respectively, and sometime further afield. When caching together, we call ourselves Team Gallivant, after our families accused us of always gallivanting off to some place or another, with geocaching in mind. We are always happy to meet other cachers, share geo-talk, swap and discover trackables and get tips on good local caches.
This is a rather special event as at 11 am, Cumbria GeoConservation (CGC), a group of which Mrs Brown Teddy (Audrey) is President, is being presented with an award. Last year, CGC organised for a display board to be put up here, and subsequently, we set up an Earthcache GC7YE5H. The board was part-funded by a grant from the Curry Fund administered by the GA (Geologists’ Association) in London. We have recently learned that we have been awarded a Certificate of Merit for the board by the Curry Fund - and the Chairman of that Fund (Dr Haydon Bailey, past President of the GA) will be visiting the quarry to formally present us with the certificate. We’re expecting that Richard Leafe, Chief Executive of the Lake District National Park will be there too, with geologists and others from near and far. There will be refreshments after the presentation - rock cakes (what else?!) and bubbly.
Cumbria GeoConservation is keen to promote geocaching, and Earthcaching in particular, so we’re hoping for a good turnout of geocachers. If you haven’t done this Earthcache, there will, of course, be lots of help on hand - and a log book to sign for the event. Do come along!