On Tuesday, Mane had to go into Cardiff to shop, so we planned that Write would join her later, we would snap a few landmarks with the Geocoin, cross the Bay to the Barrage and leave the coin in Mint 3. But, when it was time for him to leave, Write couldn't find his bus pass, then it started to snow and we remembered that the cache was only a micro, so we called it off. The best laid plans ...
Yesterday, we did the tourist thing using bus passes and legs, taking photographs of a few landmarks with the geocoin. We still intended to take the waterbus across the Bay to find Mint 3, since we hadn't logged this cache. However, we just missed one bus and the next one had been cancelled and we didn't fancy hanging around for nearly two hours. The best laid plans ...
Instead we took the waterbus back into the centre (starts to sound as if Cardiff is the Venice of Wales - well, perhaps, not quite!), as we needed to get onto the Bay for one photograph. Back in the city centre about lunch time, left us prone to the temptations of lunch venues and shops and, by the time we tore ourselves away, it was getting a bit late to get to a cache. The best laid plans ...
Most Cardiff caches are unsuitable for coins or difficult, so we opted for one right on the boundary that has good views over the city and decided to make a walk of it, as we needed to make a maintenance visit to another cache about 2 miles away. It was clear and sunny at home and, from the ridge, the main peaks of the Brecon Beacons could be seen clearly, 25 miles away. But the city centre, no more than 5 miles distant was enveloped in mist, so the image of the view from the cache site requires an act of faith. The best laid plans ...
Ah, well! At least we have fulfilled the Geocoin's objective and got it back into circulation for someone else. All that remains is an easy walk to the other cache and on to home. But this proved slightly more interesting - as soon as we dropped over the north side of the ridge, we entered a snowscape! The best laid plans ...
We hope EU Capital Geocoin enjoyed its visit to the Welsh Capital.
[This entry was edited by Write and Mane on Friday, March 03, 2006 at 10:04:12 AM.]
[This entry was edited by Write and Mane on Friday, March 03, 2006 at 10:20:05 AM.]