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Travel Bug Dog Tag Roald the Penguin

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Origin:
Antarctica
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of DocMoose.

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Current Goal

Roald is looking for his parents. They are on a sightseeing tour around the globe.

Take Roald to famous sights around the world and take a picture of him in front of the sight (like his parents he is very photogenic!).

About This Item

Roald the Penguin

Once upon a time there was a penguin-couple living close to the South Pole. After living their whole life in Antarctica they got bored by the dull white and frozen landscape and developed a longing to go somewhere else. So one day they decided to make a trip around the globe.

They had a heap of luggage with lots of clothes and gear for the different parts of the world they planned to visit. But with all this luggage and being so excited about their trip they forgot the most important thing: their little son Roald! The poor little penguin was left behind.

Little Roald was very, very sad and cried bitterly for many days. After some weeks when his parents still had not come back he decided to find them by himself. He left the South Pole and got on the next best plane which happened to bring him to Austria.

As with all travelbugs, try to place this back in another cache within a week (two at the most) of acquiring it. This allows a larger number of people to be able to find the travelbug(s) and assist them on their travels. Thanks in advance.

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Tracking History (12220.6mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/10/2004 mischief retrieved it from Dog Walkers Cache South East England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

He was curled up and looking very lonely, in need of stretching his legs. He saw me and pleaded "come on take me somewhere else". How could I refuse? So he is sat with Mischief & Rino awaiting a new venture. Happy days.

Dropped Off 5/23/2004 Foggy & Crew placed it in Dog Walkers Cache South East England, United Kingdom - 8.04 miles  Visit Log

Roald has now moved further south down the line, hoping one of the trains will pick him up and take him on his travels once more.

[This entry was edited by Foggy & Crew on Sunday, May 23, 2004 at 2:25:41 PM.]

  • Roald in woods Roald sits in tree to see if passing train will give him a lift. Happy travels
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/9/2004 Foggy & Crew retrieved it from Trainspotting South East England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

I have grabbed Roald and feed him tonight on a fish supper ! He's fed up with the noise of trains and passing motorway traffic so he will be relaxing at our Washington home this week before moving on. He's a bit grubby, so will give him a Ziplock bag to travel in from now on.

  • Roald the Penguin with Foggy
  • Roald goes wandering Roald visits home of Hillaire Belloc, famous writer, and also film location of BBC series Jonathan Creek. 11.5.04.
  • Roald with Shipley Windmill  Roald with better view of Shipley Windmill (home of Hillaire Belloc, famous writer).
Dropped Off 5/1/2004 Davjan placed it in Trainspotting South East England, United Kingdom - 164.35 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/23/2004 Davjan retrieved it from Birch but not a tree. (Devon) United Kingdom   Visit Log

Found it while on holiday and took it back home to put somewhere in SE England next week.

Dropped Off 4/19/2004 Wilma! placed it in Birch but not a tree. (Devon) United Kingdom - 404.18 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/13/2004 Wilma! retrieved it from Krommerijn Netherlands   Visit Log

We have found Roald. We will take good care of him. In a couple of weeks we will take him abroad and drop him in a cache.

Dropped Off 3/2/2004 gr placed it in Krommerijn Netherlands - 600.3 miles  Visit Log
  • Last moments in Ireland (near Killarney)
  • Roald's new habitat near Odijk, Netherlands
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/25/2004 gr retrieved it from Galway Bay - "Rock 'n' Roll" Ireland   Visit Log

Found the penguin with the beautiful number.

Cairnteam

Dropped Off 12/4/2003 rockus placed it in Galway Bay - "Rock 'n' Roll" Ireland - 1,077.2 miles  Visit Log
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