As the Mary Hyde challenges were still going on we kept on adding more smileys to the map in our neighborhood. This was one of them.
Recently I made one, but that can be hidden differently, check it out here.
This geocache was hiding in a gate close to some sporting facilities. These facilities are mostly crowded after work as many kids would be here, but for our luck it was summer holidays so it was closed, so we could make it the park and grab style.
As we all know the coordinates are not always perfect, and that could cause some headache when you are looking for some tiny geocaches like this.
As you can see the gate is here to keep the sheeps in that area, however there was an electric fence to keep them in there as well. Check this gate out a bit closer. See the big spring? That is to pull the gate closed in case someone forgets to close it when leaving or entering the area, that is coll, but you could also spot that this gate is ... hm how should I phrase it? It is not standing straight up. Why? same reason if someone forgets to close it gravity will make sure it will close. Double security. There is a lots of rain in the Netherlands and that means grass grows fast, they need to keep it under control and as a win-win solution they keep sheeps in areas and move them to the next when one is cut. It is also funny that with all those sheeps all around you would assume you can buy their meat in the stores, but so far we only found it from New Zealand.
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| The pole of the gate with the geocache |
Finally here is a picture of the pole with the geocache on it. This hide is definitaly not for the geocachers when they are at their second search ... I might be repeating myself but as a beginner I recommend you start with bigger containers and go for the smaller ones with some team with more experienced geocachers.
May thanks for this hide, it was a great one.
