First up was cache GC1JAJY, which led us to the bottom end of the Island's only dual-carriageway road. We scratched our heads over this one for a while and were very wary that the drivers on the busy road were wondering what the heck we were up to.
Eventually, Monkey found the ingeniously-placed cache (just a log), and we were able to move on away from the prying muggle eyes.
The next cache we found (GC1B0XK) had unfortunately seen better days. Positioned near water, recent heavy rain had bought the waterline up over the cache and had flooded it. It served as a reminder for us to get together a cache repair kit (locking bags, waterproof tape, spare logbook etc.) to bring along in future.
Cache GC197G9 was up next, just a couple of streets away. Monkey and I found this one the previous day in a quick cache and dash, so we left Fishamatician and Cibby figure it out for themselves. We'd already signed the log as Team Panda, so no further signing was needed.
A short walk led us to one of the tunnels that made up the old railway lines here on the Island, this one in particular is now a footpath under a busy main road. Cache GC1ARBC was an easy find for Fishamatician, who was very on the ball with the finds today.
The next cache (GC1AVWH) was located in the picturesque grounds of St. Paul's, Barton church. A quick find with some decent swag. We left behind some of our new Team Panda Elite merchandise (Keyrings and Badges) before having a quick look around the graveyard and spotting the burial plot of John Milne, pioneer of seisomology.
Back to the car and then a short drive up to Carisbrooke Castle for cache GC1HBHD. Muddy was the walk around the outside of the castle, stopping to say hi to the donkeys before heading in the right direction using my new compass!
Fishamatician was once again on the ball for the find and Cibby signed us in. It was starting to get dark at this point so it was time to head back to the car and to the last cache of the day.
The final cache (GC1GCVV) was a quick one but arguably the most interesting of the day due to the geocoin (CCJBNX/TB1AB7Q) located therein. It was the first trackable that we had come across, and this one had come all the way from the US, and was one of only ten coins in its series.
We chose not to move the coin as we're not going anywhere interesting just yet, and we left behind a badge and a keyring for future finders.
Another successful and interesting day's caching leaving us with around 85 more caches to find on the Island.
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