OOOO What a Trig!!!

High Bent, Lask Edge, Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire

The last time that I drove past this trig it was a horrible rainy day. So when the sun came out today I thought it was an ideal opportunity to stop and log this trig. I have been driving past this particular trig for many many years and never once stopped.

I'm sure you will agree that the views are spectacular. The photograph is overlooking Cheshire and Derbyshire but you get 360 degree views from here. You can see the Cheshire Plains with Jodrell Bank in the distance and Mow Cop. Looking in the other direction you can see the Roaches and the Staffordshire Moorlands.

High Bent Trig Point

TP 3772

WM775Q

If you have been reading my blog for sometime you will know that I have recently started both trigpointing and waymarking. So on returning home I logged my find on trigpointing and then set about getting this published as a waymark.

Killing 2 birds with 1 stone. Geocaching and Trigpointing

Moor Top Staffordshire Moorlands





Its funny, the more you get into the websites, the more you find. It's absolutely amazing what you can find out there and what we drive past everyday without even noticing.

On this occasion I had been looking at the trigpointing site and as we were heading towards Dovedale we decided to pay this site a visit. Not only could I log my visit on Trigpointing but also the trig had been featured on the YOSM on Geocaching. So we were able to log a virtual cache as well. Unfortunately as we pulled up at the location, it started to rain. Just typical really as on a good day I would expect the view to be stunning, overlooking the Roaches and Leek. But today, all we got was low cloud.

Looking into the other site waymarking. I managed to find one that I had visited whilst completing an Earth Cache back in July. So my planning for a day trip out has gone from looking for geocaches, to looking for Geocaches, Waymarks and Trigpoints. How much more time do you think I'll spend planning eh....OMG loads!!!!

Travelling Geocaches

GC45CC - Ye Ole Survey Monuments

Mmmmmm a travelling geocache...different...well yeah, it is!!

Ye Ole Survey Monuments is a travelling geocache that is owned by outforthehunt. The cache moves around the country and you could be looking for a specific survey monument, pillar, surface block, rivet or bolt. Unlike conventional geocaches with this cache you need to record the co-ordinates you find and make a note of them on your log. (Explanation taken from http://www.yosm.co.uk/)

I completed the cache over the Mega weekend whilst the cache was located at Brean Down in Somerset. As with a lot of pillars and trigpoints, the view was absolutely breathtaking however getting there wasn't particularly easy. It was one hell of a climb up the side of the hill.

So unlike the usual fixed caches, this one can be logged many times as long as you visit each location and take the required details.


Overlooking Brean Sands


Overlooking Weston Super Mare

So.....where is my next YOSM...actually not far up the road from my house so I think a caching visit is in order to log some more.