Tillers Cottage, Ebberston - above and beyond!

We'd never heard of geocaching before our week at Tillers - if only we'd known about it sooner!  Our Ebberston base gave us the perfect introduction to this new hobby.  Right on the doorstep, we walked to Chafer Wood.  Our friends explained what we might be looking for and roughly where to find it.  That first find was magical and we were hooked!  After a really great circular walk we'd bagged four more and were keen to pursue the hobby later in the week.

Another day and another walk.  Again, straight from the doorstep of Tillers Cottage.  This circular walk took us through and beyond Chafer Wood and round to the village of Snainton.  We logged twelve caches in total - these ones were great for the younger members of our party with their interesting containers and clear hints.  A bonus stop in the beautiful beer garden of The Coachman Inn refreshed us enough for the final stretch home.  By now, we had all become quite familiar with some of the common acronyms - BYOP and TFTC were rolling off our tongues - fortunately we did not need to DNF on this day! 

With so much to do in Dalby Forest, geocaching wasn't really on the list!  However, with our new found hobby, we simply couldn't ignore the plethora of caches we were surrounded by.  After getting lost in the woods, we'd found micros, minis, avoided the muggles and sadly had to log our first DNF!  We agreed to only follow one route to enable us time to complete some of the other activities in the forest.  However, we will be back!