Rough Tor & Maiden Tor

This was to be a nice walk doing 4 geocaches around Rough Tor.... hmmm. After the first three which were located on Rough Tor we headed across the moor slightly to Maiden Tor.

Through lots of long wet grass and soggy boggy ground we finally come across the treasure site.



Yup a bunch of rocks in the middle of nowhere... well not quite. Anyway we started searching, and searching and searching. The GPS taking us around in circles and the clue being quiet devilish to solve. With sapped energy we sit down and have some packed lunch.



Jessica musing over the contents of her sandwich whilst Pippin looks on and muses on how good it would really really be.



The eater and the thinker.



The clue ran along the lines of 'birds eye view'. And lo there it was... nestled under a couple of stones half way up the rocks... in fact a really good hiding place and well worth the effort it took to find it.



Ben showing willing and ready now he's finished lunch.



Having written in the book, exchanged treasure we pack up all set to find our fourth and last cache... back through the long wet grass, soggy boggy ground.... ahhhh.



Lucy doing her best impression of a mountain goat or a seal....



And having done her impression of various animals... which ever it was she actually succeeded. Not forgetting sounding like a piglet.



Now the final mountain to climb and the last cache.... well Tor on the other side of the valley.



You really can't beat a good walk in fresh air - even if it does take 4 hours!!

Her Evil Side...

Here we are down on Polzeath beach, tide safely out to give the dogs a nice run around.



I really don't like using stuff thats out of focus but seem to have no choice here... if you can't work it out - Aarons about to kick the ball for Lucy.



Not a girl you want to mess with when she's playing rugby.



Where did that evil streak come from?



Hell hath no fury like a girl after her odd shaped ball.



Screeetch.... "Mine"



Cute - but still with 'Evil' ears!!



Aaron vs Pippin.



All go.



In full flight.



Me by Jess.



"My ball".

Mooching

Its mooching time - or rather as Ben puts it Pip-pin time.



Which she seems to enjoy.



Meanwhile Jess has been taking pictures of the bedrooms.... I wonder why?

Ben & Aarons.



Mine.



Jessica's!!



Oh very sweet! What are we going to do with you?



Pip-pin - exhasted from all that mooching has a nap.



And so does the person who's supposed to be doing the washing up!



At least its stacked neatly.

Who's For Pool?

Or rather Aaron's pool tournament to see who the best is....



Dan expertly lines up the cue for a spin shot.



Jessica, aiming for the yellow ball, narrowly misses - and all in slow motion.



So while Ben has his game - she munches on the rest of her muffins!!



Balls.



Meanwhile back at the dart board Aaron and Dan have found something amusing....



That would be their natural ability.



And from so close too!. Oh, and Aaron won the tournament.

Where is the Muffin Man

"Muffin man, muffin man?"



Where is the muffin man - oh, the muffin girl then. There she is!



Beat it, mash it, smash it.



Spluuuuuu....



dddggggeeee....



Make sure there's enough for everyone.



Sometime later Evil Jess Jo Jo the Muffin Maker thinks... "All these muffins are mine, all mine I tell you".



Hmmm what lovely muffins - bit odd shaped - but very very tasty.

After Lunch

Risk successfully negotiated and lunch consumed it's off on a cache hunt... just down the valley.



The farmhouse nestled nicely, overlooking nothing but fields across the valley.



Lucy and her stick.



Lucy still with her stick.... at the back for a change.



Over stiles.



Across rivers.



Come on Jess.... stop hanging around.



Stuck.



Eventually having found one we reach the vicinity of the second.



The clue is where two fallen trees meet. Can Jess find it?



No. Just a stone and may be an animal behind it. Thankfully Sarah is may of sterner stuff.



From these two caches we have got a travel bug and geocoin to pass on and track.



Pooh sticks anyone?



"Come on - this way."



I'm not sure how far we dropped down the valley but the way home is going to be all up hill.



Snowdrops.



"What are you doing?"



"What are you doing?"



Mind the frog sporn!



"Mind me." "Mind me." "Me too." "Don't squash me...."



Jess assumes the management position....



... and states the obvious. Yes its a big hill!! (Managers!)



Safely back. Must be time for a cup of tea and some muffins.