Friday 22 April 2011

The secret journal

Yesterday I ventured into the forest once more to drop the second of the three journals (one for each walk). For those of you unaware, each walk has a journal hidden at the end. Only through traversing the walk through all it's stages would the log location be revealed. The Dunster walk and it's journal has been live for some time, but yesterday was the Last Queens turn.

In simple terms it's just a little book, but it becomes something else when everyone who walks the walk writes their little piece within the leaves. It is such treat when I return to read the log, sometimes very little is said but other times it there is an in depth account of one groups adventure. But what is really lovely is that when you leave a note you can read others experiences' too, with the knowledge that every person has been on this story walk.

Saturday 16 April 2011

Latest visitors to the Winding Charm in Dunster

This has just come through and it makes it all worth while. Many thanks ed2ed (the team who walked it yesterday)

 This was our first Wherigo and what a great introduction to this cache type!  It was also a birthday cache for Mr E AND our 250th milestone cache to boot.  The storytelling in this cache is excellent.  The location is used to very good effect and the story links in with the landscape well.  While we had no children with us we can see how this is a well-crafted family caching experience.  We have been to Dunster half a dozen times before in the past, but this adventure took us to several new places we would never have found but for following the faerie.  The Android player worked very well and did not distract from the gameplay.  All in all a very good cache and worthy of a favourite point.  Well done!  The added bonus was the physical cache at the end, which was quickly retrieved in high muggle territory.  Putting it back took a bit more stealth.  The log book was another treat to find. Very nice and in keeping.