Carry on Caching in Holmfirth

WARNING - THE ATTACHED PICTURE IS A SPOILER

So, what do you do when you are trying to get a cache in the middle of a very very busy place on a Saturday afternoon when you are 45 miles as the crow flies from home. Do you decide that its too busy to complete and carry on with the next caches, or do you pretend that you are completely mad and carry on regardless.

For me and my caching companion Greta from the Bignall Boppers, we carried on regardless. Unfortunately neither of us are of a height where we find caches hidden on signs easy. I suppose if you are tall, reaching up for a nano is all in a days work but being no taller than 5', planning and rather a lot of stupidity comes in. This particular cache was hidden on a sign and the only way to retrieve this was to climb the pole...and that is exactly what I did. Easy I hear you say..well yes it was but the embarrassment factor makes it a hell of a lot harder. Like I said, a busy village, which is famous due to a popular programme filmed there and located right next to the main road by the side of the traffic lights.

The retrieval was the easy part, replacing it was a completely different matter as the magnet was no longer in place. Instead it was wedged inside a hole on the side of the pole which is there to site extra signs. So not only did I have to get it in the hole, I needed to wedge it somehow, all with 1 hand as the other was white knuckled and holding on with dear life. Luckily I was also being held up with a hand on my bottom...well it was near norridge bottom so in for a penny in for a pound!

Did I get spotted...more than likely but what the hell, I never saw anyone looking at me strangely, I was too busy with my happy hobby!