The crew was hanging out in the camp tent during lunch, as it poured down onto the fukuiraptor they were excavating, regaling each other with stories of all the other digs they’d been on.
Edmund had been all over Europe on his palaeontological travels, and as he was listing some of the countries he’d been to, he realised they spelled out a word: Danmark, Ísland, Norge, Österreich, Sverige, AzƏrbaycan, Ukraine, and România!
This challenge cache has a really simple requirement: you need to have found 11 or more caches. That’s one for each letter of the word Fukuiraptor. This is the only official requirement. Everything listed below here is completely optional.
However, we want to challenge you to write the name of an actual dinosaur (of your choice!) out in this way, listing cache names and codes. This is not a requirement for logging the cache, but we really would love to see your lists! Below is our version of the Fukuiraptor, after which this cache is named.
We find this a really fun way to look back at the caches we’ve found so far in our cache-reer, and remember all the great adventures they’ve taken us on. For the list below, we’ve chosen some caches that were meaningful to us for one reason or another.
As this is not an official requirement, we’re not going to tell you the rules: feel free to be creative if you’re missing a letter or if there’s numbers or symbols in front of the letter you need. The main thing is that you have some fun remembering all the great caches you’ve found!
F Fruittuin- GC8ZT3C
U Up Ben More Again - GCTFPZ
K Kinderboekenstation - GCANEWB
U Union Terrace Gardens – GCB07F3
I In a crevice among some large rocks ... – GC5ARP6
R Roadrunner's Nest – GC66NF7
A A Wall In The Hole - GCAC9KD
P Possibly the Highest Cache in South Yorkshire? - GCWDFV
T The Booty – GC4HQ8B
O Only Connect Sheffield - Round 5 - The Grand Prize – GC5EYNM
R Rhody Isle - Wedding of fairyspan and coronasv – GC9XJZD
The final coordinates for this cache are in the waypoints!
Fukuiraptors lived in the area that is now Japan. Their teeth are blade-like, and have wrinkled enamel.
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Useful information for the series
Once solved, the first ten caches in this series can be done in a roughly circular walk, although one stretch is along a road that is not the best so please make sure you walk on the safest side of the road, and if you have geokids with you, keep an eye on them!
We've suggested two places where you can park to do this walk, you can find them in the waypoints.
Alternatively you can do seven of this group as park-and-grabs, but for three of them you'll have to get out and go for a short walk :)