Travel Bug Dog Tag Mr Graphite

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Origin:
United Kingdom
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Mr Graphite would like to visit and have his photo taken in caches near hills or mountains around the world. Please post photos.

About This Item

Mr Graphite.

Mr Graphite is a small piece of Graphite (Wad) which was collected from a very old disused Wad mine found in Borrowdale, Cumbria (UK).The mine itself began production in 1597 (yes over 400 years ago), and stopped production in 1891. The graphite from this mine was considered the purest in the world!
Graphite is 100% pure carbon. Many people wrongly think that lead is the core of pencils, when it is in fact graphite (and various amounts of clay to produce different hardnesses eg, HB, 2H, 4H etc). Mr Graphite if removed from his bag will draw on paper.
Though greasy to touch the black carbon will easily wash off your hands and is completly harmless. Please remember to replace Mr Graphite in his plastic bag if taken out. Many thanks.

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Tracking History (7117.6mi) View Map

Dropped Off 9/30/2007 Slateman placed it in The Coffin Trail /Rydal Mount - The Wordsworth Way North West England, United Kingdom - 1,617.23 miles  Visit Log
  • Mr Graphite sits upon a larger rocky version
  • Mr Graphite a the Rydal Mount Cache
  • Mr graphite back in the English mountains
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/20/2007 Slateman retrieved it from Skiathos - Castro Greece   Visit Log

It was my intention to drop this TB in one of the four Skiathos caches. However, three have been recently archived so it would be a little overcrowded placing 10 TB's into this one remote geocache that does not attract too many geocachers.

I therefore decided to spare Mr Graphite the potential long wait and return him to the UK.

I took one or two pictures for the scrap book during his brief stay on this rocky peninsular of this lovely island.

  • Mr Graphite and the Skiathos mountains
  • Too many TB's for Castro Cache
  • Castro from the mainland
Dropped Off 9/20/2007 Slateman placed it in Skiathos - Castro Greece - 1,599.62 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/2/2007 Slateman retrieved it from Why in the lane? North West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log

I have a country in mind with some great hills and mountains to view.
Dropped Off 9/2/2007 BOG BEARS placed it in Why in the lane? North West England, United Kingdom   Visit Log
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