Amberel - Kent

Fort Micro #13 Fort Darnett

henly

Kent

21 points

No. 7

Released

I love getting out on the water. This time I left "Amberel" (my cabin cruiser) at home and took the inflatable dinghy a couple of miles out into the Medway Estuary. It's surprising, but wonderful, that places like this old fort remain accessible.

One of the top TOP CACHES.

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FortDarnett

Fort Micro #8 Grain Tower Battery

henly

Kent

21 points

No. 35

Released

Another one of the very best of the best, and one of the very few TOP CACHE awards for a cache I hadn't found - two DNFs, a year apart, both late in the day. But another year on, a third visit, a long and most determined search, meant I was able finally to add it to my "found it" list 🙂.

What a moody and desolate place, the most atmospheric of any cache location I've visited, a truly awesome place for a cache.

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GrainTowerBattery

Beacon of Disrepair

Rosenthel

Kent

20 points

No. 509

With owner

A very unusual climb in a bleak but lovely location.

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TopCacheNew

Pilgrim's Way Up

GeoCotch

Kent

19 points

No. 34

With owner

A DNF last year after getting to within 80 feet of the cache from two different directions, but unable to spot how to "bridge the gap". But a determined repeat effort saw me at the cache location on the second attempt.

I love it that there still remain such wild places in the busy, bustling South East of England.

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PilgrimsWayUp

A T C

alfieo

Kent

19 points

No. 491

With owner

Great puzzle 😉. Frighteningly high tree climb! Beautifully made cache container 🙂.

Includes the A T C BONUS cache.

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ATC

Medway Canoe Trail

heartstones1

Kent

18 points

No. 204

With owner

A superb trail of caches along the Medway - accessible only from the river. The Medway is a great choice, not only because it is a quiet waterway, but it is well suited to canoeing, with canoe passes (flumes) at the locks. Some good hides, especially the one selected as the link. Good quality containers meant the logs were all dry. A great series.

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TopCacheNew

Beachy Head Lighthouse

seaspur

Kent

18 points

No. 407

No response

Great location, very unusual walk for us.

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No response from c/o

Forest Games "Kerplunk IV"

TheHurks

Kent

17 points

No. 457

With owner

Neatly done cache, in a nice spot. Includes the nearby "Tombola" and "Tommy the Truck" caches.

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Kerplunk

666 Special Forces Squadron

Jobenjosh

Kent

17 points

No. 453

With owner

666SpecialForces

Where's Mummy?

Jobenjosh

Kent

17 points

No. 460

With owner

There are several caches by this c/o in the area, and this award covers them all (except for the 666 Special Forces caches which have their own coin).

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WheresMummy

Gee whiz

heartstones1

Kent

17 points

No. 596

With owner

A tricky puzzle and what was, for me, a tricky climb.

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GeeWhiz

Clambers

heartstones1

Kent

16 points

No. 304

With owner

The c/o has set many clambers in the SE London / Kent area. This award covers Mermaid Clamber, a free climb, probably a doddle to most people but quite challenging for me! Also Northcray Clamber, a ladder climb up a pine, and others.

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Clambers

Flown The Nest

alfieo

Kent

16 points

No. 347

With owner

FlownTheNest

Pigs might fly

heartstones1

Kent

16 points

No. 851

With owner

PigsMightFly

Terry Pratchett

Vimmes

Kent

16 points

No. 239

With owner

The TP series by this c/o has a variety of caches - but we did only the tree climbs, so the coin will be of the tree variety. Some amusing containers, you'll have to read my logs to see all the fun we had 🙂.

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TerryPratchett

Blair Witch Project

Vimmes

Kent

16 points

No. 237

With owner

An excellent series of tree climbs, some unusual containers, and some testing slippery slopes to launch from.

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BlairWitchProject

Pilgrim's Way Up - the Third

GeoCotch

Kent

16 points

No. 87

With owner

There have been several additions to the "Pilgrim's Way Up" series, but this is the only one to have terrain rivalling the original. Not quite as many points as the first one - it lacked the necessity for prolonged and intensive effort to get anywhere near GZ that was such a major feature of the first. But the final approach to this one was trickier.

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TopCacheNew

Let's Face it !

ginger4x4 & Top Rope Ian

Kent

16 points

No. 326

No response

One of the more terrifying caches I've done, and I've done a few! I expected it to be hard, but it was even harder!

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No response from c/o

W2LC

alan666notb & geodude1963

Kent

16 points

No. 476

With owner

A great walk in the most beautiful countryside, and all caches in great condition 🙂.

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TopCacheNew

Looks like suicide.

Hen & Jen

Kent

16 points

No. 492

With owner

Abseil, literally terrifying for me!

Halfway down! Click the image to expand it.

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TopCacheNew

Mental

heartstones1

Kent

16 points

No. 740

With owner

Mental

Students!

1260rjc

Kent

15 points

No. 741

With owner

Students

"666 Special Forces Squadron" Ravishing Rich

Rusty Knight 101

Kent

15 points

No. 568

With owner

Amusing tree climb, went up like a rocket 🙂.

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RavishingRich

Barking Mad

Sir-Lancelot & Imebaman

Kent

15 points

No. 346

With owner

Past its prime but still a magnificent specimen.

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BarkingMad

Homer's Odyssey

heartstones1

Kent

15 points

No. 697

With owner

HomersOdyssey

100 to 1

alfieo

Kent

15 points

No. 696

With owner

First climb after a long enforced layoff, so more challenging than usual.

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100To1

The Tree

TheHurks

Kent

15 points

No. 474

With owner

TheTree

Rock Faces

Moody von trapps

Kent

15 points

No. 610

With owner

Yet another of the "new" virtuals to be placed in a great location 🙂. Very unusual.

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TopCacheNew

Lollipop

heartstones1

Kent

14 points

No. 303

With owner

A fun climb on the Dartford marshes.

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TopCacheNew

Earth Engine

GeoCotch

Kent

14 points

No. 80

With owner

An amusing and interesting puzzle led to an unusual and interesting location - I can't say more without spoiling the puzzle. The final approach to the cache didn't quite live up to its billing - I had been anticipating something more challenging - but it was a great place for a cache.

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EarthEngine EarthEngine_Back

Jumar

heartstones1

Kent

14 points

No. 188

With owner

A rather loose collection of mostly straightforward tree climbs, rather than a series as such, and including "Prewash", all done in great company making for a very enjoyable day.

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Jumar

Sally

Muffins on the move

Kent

14 points

No. 238

With owner

A fun tree climb on a slippery slope!

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Sally

Resistance is Futile

ginger4x4

Kent

14 points

No. 251

With owner

A very boggy walk, then a cache placement that was very challenging with the minimal equipment I carried!

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TopCacheNew

Forest Games "Why it's a Pink Bison"

TheHurks

Kent

14 points

No. 609

With owner

WhyItsAPinkBison

Forest Games "Seek & Ye Shall Find"

TheHurks

Kent

14 points

No. 569

With owner

SeekAndYeShallFind

"Return Ta Scender"

KentCachers

Kent

14 points

No. 345

No response

Nice example, done a few of these now, and slowly getting better 🙂.

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No response from c/o

#6 Rivrds Ramble Part II

Rivrd

Kent

14 points

No. 507

With owner

An enjoyable little clamber with an unusual twist 🙂.

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RivrdsRample

The Nest

smif247

Kent

14 points

No. 250

With owner

TheNest

Cheeky Monkey

heartstones1

Kent

13 points

No. 394

With owner

A slightly awkward reach across at the top 🙂.

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CheekyMonkey

nuts by bolt

>konrad<

Kent

13 points

No. 249

With owner

Actually for 3 caches with tricky field puzzles - nuts by bolt, tube by bridge and cube by rail, with nuts by bolt being the best of them.

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TopCacheNew

GTCT

heartstones1

Kent

13 points

No. 611

With owner

The Greater Teise Canoe Trail.

More like an assault course! You've seen that thing they do at the Royal Tournament, where they manhandle guns and limbers over walls, across a ravine, etc. Well this is much the same, but with a boat instead of an artillery piece 😉.

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GTCT

Cuba Libre

Alfieo & heartstones1

Kent

13 points

No. 305

With owner

A most memorable climb for me, but you will have to read my log to understand why 🙂.

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CubaLibre

Chestnut #1

Plugster-uk

Kent

13 points

No. 325

With owner

Hard to spot, despite its size, but a simple climb once we had seen it.

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Chestnut1

LHL21 Longfield Hill Loop - Clamber

1260rjc & 1260smc

Kent

13 points

No. 508

With owner

LongfieldHill