Geocaching at Watermead Country Park

A pleasant early November day in the midlands, UK, and a fair amount of beer calories to burn off. Time for a walk around Watermead Country Park with some Geocaching thrown in.

We started the walk without Geocaching in mind but I wondered if there would be any sites nearby - one, that was enough to provide a little more purpose to the walk around King Lear's Lake.

This isn't a lake :P

This is a lake!

King Lear's Lake, a popular fishing lake which can be circumnavigated and is popular with people walking dogs and cyclists. A statue on the western side of the lake depicts the final scene of Shakespeare's play King Lear. The lake is also used for open water swim training by Leicester Triathlon Club, and for water training of Newfoundland Dogs. source

No swimmers today, just lots of swans, and King Lear and co...

I wouldn't class myself as a keen walker, although since I got a new ass from millions of squats this year, it has become more enjoyable. Throw in something to hunt for and I'm even more interested.

Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world. source

I've had a go at Geocaching in the past, and it's not been very successful. Today though, after reading the clue 'off the ground between the moss and ivy', we found a box with goodies inside.

A token shaped like a pound coin for your shopping trolley....

Some kids tat and a packed of Angry Birds stickers!?

I generously donated a bag of sugar from Costa, and a 2nd class postage stamp and so the next hunters are in for a treat! We were not the first to find the box today and I suspect it's quite a popular one. It's pretty cool that folks don't just take the boxes and or their contents, my hope for the human race somewhat boosted - or maybe that was due to watching Terminator: Dark Fate last night :)

Have a nice weekend all, and happy birthday Tami!

Ash