Our First Trip !!

Our First Trip !

For our first trip we went up to Rosedale by the kilns to see if we could find any up there. I was really excited and could not wait to get out there! However my Mum and Brother were not very optimistic and made me have some sandwhiches first.

Eventually we got out there, and started to follow the clue. it took us a while to realise that just because it said "By the kilns" in the clue, didn't mean it was actually in the kilns! we were looking in them for about 15 minuets!

Just when we were about to give up, we re-read the clue, and found out where we had to be. We went down a bank and lo and behold, i moved a suspicious looking rock covering a crevise in a rock and there was our first letterbox!

From here, we followed the next clue we had on our list. this one took us AGES as we kept on looking in the wrong places, and ended up just guessing. it was pure luck that again i moved a suspicious looking rock and there was our second letterbox!

In the back of this letterbox, we found the clues to someother boxes in the area, so after i was forced to go back to the car and eat yet another sandwhich ( "You need it for energy!") we went on the hunt!

The next box was a pleasure to find, as the clue fitted perfectly (it's always good when that happens) and we found it in no time at all! the hiding place was perfect, and unless you knew it was there, you could not see it at all. the place where it was situayed was lower and surrounded by heather, so we were sheltered from the wind, and all noise was kept out. it was delightful! We had a bit of debate about the stamp, as it was a 2 part stamp and we thought the second part was a cuckoo (good job we left it there!) but we stamped and moved on.

The next box on our list was the last on our list, so we were determined to get it! we found the landmark in the clue, and followed it from there. after alot of scrbbling in rocks, we just could not find the box, but were sure we were in the right place. my brother was digging under a rock, and making a mess, so my mum told him to stop as the box would not be down that deep. Famous last words as my brother pulled and out came a black tupperware box!

So our day had been very succesful, and we have never looked back since!!