Height and Seek!

Thursday 25th March 2010

This afternoon was an awesome cache! But boy did it take some work. This morning had been some gentle caches by a canal...but today was all hard work.

First things first though, we drove to the back of Foremark reservoir where there was a cache outstanding from the other week. However Josh fell asleep and for some reason he refused to wake up when we took him out the car seat....so unable to put Josh on his Shoulders, poor old Mr Shiltonpig had to carry his son. As the photo shows it was hard work. And we hadn't even got to the cache yet!

By the time we had reached the cache we were starting to wonder what was going on. Where the cache was located would mean we would have to climb the ladder...and lets face it we all know that "we" means the long suffering Mr Shiltonpig. It may be worth noting that Mr Shiltonpig has a fear of heights....and the last time he had climbed anywhere with heights he had really freaked out croatia , so this was going to be a challenge. But its only 10-15 feet high I can hear you say! Well you climb it and see how high it feels for you! So Mr Shiltonpig climbs the ladder....ok job done...so where is the cache? Mrs Shiltonpig gives some kind advice at this stage...you're going to have to climb on the little platform....Oh no! So he wobbled and he swaggered but finally he had cracked it and he was on the platform....right so where is the cache? Mrs Shiltonpig again gives some advice it must be in the tree she says. Boy isn't it easy to give advice when you are on the floor!!

So onwards and upwards poor Mr Shiltonpig nervously reached out, first he felt a stick, next up he felt some mud, then he felt something he would rather not describe and finally there it was the cache in his hand. And boy was he glad to hold that tube. Slowly he signed the cache and climbed down the ladder....and what did he find? Josh laid out still fast asleep, oblivious that his dad had just risked his life for the sake of a plastic tube...and Mrs Shiltonpig lying there enjoying the sun. Life is just not fair at times....but as he conquered his one fear, the next was about to show its ugly face. Mr Shiltonpig decided that it was time to sit down with his family and relax...

Yes you have guessed it, we must have sat down on some kind of spiders nest as several crawled over the 3 of us. Know perhaps I slightly exaggerate in the photo of the size of the spiders lurking around here, but this was enough to prompt a quick get away. Oh and Josh decided to wake up and first thing he said is "Juice"...one track mind that lad. Well as the famous Baz Luhrmann song says"Do one thing everyday that scares you" and today just slightly we were scared...and it was good! The things we do for a cache and the smiley face!