Alcyone
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Owner:
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halcyon.pope
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Released:
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Saturday, August 22, 2015
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Origin:
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Southern England, United Kingdom
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Recently Spotted:
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In TB Hotel Bad Homburg v.d.H.
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Kingfishers like water so this one's mission is to visit as many caches close to waterways as possible.
This trackable was given to me for a significant birthday. The Latin for kingfisher is Halcyon (which happens to be my name) and the Greek version of this is Alcyone. The ancient Greeks believed, mistakenly, that Kingfishers built their nests floating on the sea and only on nice, calm, sunny days would they stay afloat- hence the nostalgic phrase Halcyon Days.
Alcyone was also the daughter of Aeolus, king of the winds and she fell in love with a prince named Ceyx. When he drowned at sea she cried out to the gods who transformed them both into birds; he became a gannet and she a kingfisher - and presumably they then lived happily ever after- although I've always been puzzled as to why they became different species....
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taunustorte placed it in TB Hotel Bad Homburg v.d.H.
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Hessen, Germany
- 7.98 miles
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taunustorte retrieved it from Winterstein
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Hessen, Germany
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Kleiner Eisvogel, wir fliegen weiter....
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Kehrschaufel placed it in Winterstein
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Hessen, Germany
- .11 miles
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Kehrschaufel took it to Wildkatzenpfad - auf dem Weg zum Winterstein 4
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Hessen, Germany
- .15 miles
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Kehrschaufel took it to Wildkatzenpfad - auf dem Weg zum Winterstein 3
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Hessen, Germany
- .25 miles
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Kehrschaufel took it to Wildkatzenpfad - auf dem Weg zum Winterstein 1
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Hessen, Germany
- .13 miles
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Kehrschaufel took it to Wildkatzenpfad - zweite Station
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Hessen, Germany
- .2 miles
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Kehrschaufel took it to Der Nachzügler auf dem Wildkatzenpfad
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Hessen, Germany
- 52.55 miles
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Kehrschaufel took it to Holz ?
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Hessen, Germany
- .66 miles
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Kehrschaufel took it to Wanderweg Vöckelsbach
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Hessen, Germany
- .7 miles
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