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GeoRick's Travels
New Zealand
Registrace 21. 02. 2017
We are looking for great places to travel and geocache. When we find them we share them with you. Great places and their caches. Most will be around our home in New Zealand but many will be from other places around the World. Join us on our adventures.
Arriving in an Olympic City, Paris 2024
This is the first in a series showing what it's like to be a spectator at an Olympic Games. If you have ever wondered about going to the Olympics come with us for a look around Paris during the Olympic Games 2024.
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Exploring London, St Paul's Cathedral
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Today we are visiting St Paul's Cathedral to go geocaching. Come with us as we climb up to the top of the dome.
Mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore, London
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Mudlarking on the Thames foreshore in Central London. Come and see what we found in a few hours while the tide was out. Remember you need a permit to mudlark here or you can join an organised tour group.
Exploring Bath Day 3
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Today we explore the Roman baths here in Bath. It's a great city to explore after walking the Cotswold Way. Come with us for a look around.
Exploring Bath Day 2
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At the end of walking the Cotswold Way make sure you stay a few days in Bath not only to rest but to explore the beautiful historic city. Come with us for a look around as we visit some of the filming locations for Bridgerton series.
Exploring Bath Day 1
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At the end of walking the Cotswold Way make sure you stay a few days in Bath not only to rest but to explore the beautiful historic city. Come with us for a look around.
Along the Cotswold Way, Old Sodbury & Cold Ashton
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In this week's Cache Walk we are geocaching in Old Sodbury before moving to Cold Ashton. Come with us for a look around these Cotswold villages in the rain.
Along the Cotswold Way, Exploring the Countryside
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Today we are exploring places around the Cotswold Way with our friend Sal. We are visiting the tiny village of Beverston with its beautiful Norman church and castle, the Snooty Fox in Tetbury with its link to the Princes William and Harry, Chedworth Roman Villa and the Roman Amphitheatre in Cirencester before ending our day at Thames Head the official source of the Thames River. Come for a look...
Along the Cotwsold Way, Exploring Wotton-under-Edge
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Today we are exploring the beautiful Cotswold town of Wotton-under-Edge. Come with us as we explore this historic town along the Cotswold Way.
Along the Cotswold Way, Exploring King's Stanley
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Today we are exploring King Stanley a town along the cotswold Way. Come with us as we explore and go geocaching.
Walking the Cotswold Way, Birdlip to Painswick
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After fun at Cooper's Hill the site of the famous cheese rolling event the day ends rather painfully in the beautiful village of Painswick. Our thanks to: Antony from Urban Pictures UK for the cheese rolling footage. www.youtube.com/@UrbanPicturesUK David Merrett from Daventry, England, for the photograph of a Dexter cow.
Walking the Cotswold Way, Seven Springs to Birdlip
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One of us nearly didn't make it! Come with us on Day 4 as we walk the Cotswold Way.
Walking the Cotswold Way, Winchcombe to Seven Springs
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Hail in you face isn't so bad once the sun comes out! Come with us and see what challenges hiking Day 3 on the Cotswold Way brings.
Walking the Cotswold Way, Exploring Winchcombe
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If a meteorite hit your place would you open a bottle of English champagne? We are taking our First Day 0 on our walk through the beautiful English countryside. It's a rest day. Come with us and see what we find in this beautiful Cotswold town.
Walking the Cotswold Way, Stanton to Winchcombe
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Come with us to see what walking 164km or 103mi from village to village through this area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is really like. The walk was organised for us by Macs Adventure.
Walking the Cotswold Way, Chipping Campden to Stanton
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Walking the Cotswold Way, Chipping Campden to Stanton
Walking the Cotswold Way, Moreton-in-the-Marsh and Chipping Campden
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Walking the Cotswold Way, Moreton-in-the-Marsh and Chipping Campden
Walking the Cotswold Way, London to Morton-in-the-Marsh
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Walking the Cotswold Way, London to Morton-in-the-Marsh
When visiting London try these unusual fun activities, mudlarking, geocaching and coal hole rubbing
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When visiting London try these unusual fun activities, mudlarking, geocaching and coal hole rubbing
Paco rides a steam train and there are geocaches to be found!
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Paco rides a steam train and there are geocaches to be found!
Can 3D printing improve your geocaches?
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Can 3D printing improve your geocaches?
Visiting Highclere Castle the REAL Downton Abbey
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Visiting Highclere Castle the REAL Downton Abbey
The Kiwi we left behind, The Bulford Kiwi, Sling Camp, World War 1
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The Kiwi we left behind, The Bulford Kiwi, Sling Camp, World War 1
Geocaching in a Beautiful English Country Village, West Overton, Wilkshire
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Geocaching in a Beautiful English Country Village, West Overton, Wilkshire
Escaping the Great Famine, 19th Century Ireland
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Escaping the Great Famine, 19th Century Ireland
Thanks for bringing us along. I vaguely remember you showing your son and his rowers before.
Glad you liked it. Yes we did one after the Tokyo Olympics. We could not go to that as Japan would not let spectators attend due to covid restrictions. We were excited to be able go to Paris.
Lovely vlog. But sorry the best fish & chips are definitely Magpie cafe x
Will have to try Magpie Cafe if we ever visit again 🙂
My husband and I just watched some of your videos and really bummed on your behalf about your back pains! That must have been agony waiting for medical assistance, but I’m glad they were able to help at last and it looks like you have some more vids from this trip, so your back didn’t completely ruin the trip! Really enjoyed you two walking - I don’t remember you saying, but how many days did you originally plan to take for the Cotswold Way? You look so much more relaxed than another couple we watched who also did the Way, so I was wondering if they were trying to do it in a more compressed timeframe.
Glad you enjoyed coming along. We planned to complete it in 10 days of walking with two rest days which is much slower than most people who do it in six to eight days. We just can't walk over hills any faster and still enjoy the walk. We are returning to completed the walk from Painswick to Bath. Thanks for commenting.
What was the date you set out on? We’re going to be doing this walk too!
We started the walk on 12 July. Hope you have a great time.
Your two are both insperatiinal keep up the good work, love your videos xx
Thanks appreciate your comments.
Nice to see places and caches we visited during our last trip to London ❤
We too like seeing place we have been and especially caches we have found. Doesn't happen very often but fun when it does 🙂
I found my first two pieces of Jet recently and I was so damn nervous to make that test. They were a darker brown but most definitely brown. I don't know if there is a difference depending on where they are from. I found mine in Denmark.
Great you found some. We too were nervous rubbing it on the sandpaper. I have read recently that new research says it comes from more than one type of tree so maybe that would explain the slightly different colours.
back packs are very popular , Maybe we should look into getting one, haven't used one since i was a kid ...
We spend a lot of time outside walking even in cities so we need rain jackets, sun hats, filming gear like extra batteries, back up SD cards etc and water so a backpack is the best way to go.
@@GeoRick best to be prepared for anything :)
Forgot how big this cathedral was, and the stairs. Great views!!
Yes wonderful place to visit.
I am amazed at the architecture of these buildings. I do remember SkyLab and when it fell to earth. :O
Amazing they were made so long ago. I had forgotten about SkyLab till I saw that beer 🙂
@@GeoRick Didn't that fall on Australia?
@@Komikino yes Australia and the Indian Ocean. Glad it missed us 🙂
Those stairs you can see through to the top give me the willies. I'd never make it up there.
We found it a little difficult too we were not expecting the spiral ones 🙂
That's a lot of climbing but the view is quite worth it.
Yes it was well worth the climb. Coming down was the hardest as the first part had no hand rail you just pushed against the wall and took it very slow 🙂
My grandparent came from germany. Theyve said the name Kukhahn came from the cuckoo clocks. Im very interested in looking for my ancestors. Id appreciate any help i can get. Thank you
Sounds like you have an interesting search zhead of you.
Crossing the A417 is my least favourite part of the Cotswold Way. They're currently rebuilding that whole junction at the Air Balloon Roundabout and it should be a lot safer once they put in proper pedestrian bridges. When the Cotswold Way was first created it wasn't that busy on the A417, the traffic used to be more split between the old Ermin Street (a Roman road) and the A417 but then they built the Brockworth Bypass and it directed the traffic away from the Ermin Street onto the A417 making that road incredibly busy. I used to commute to Andoversford and went through that junction every day. The main downside to the new roadworks there is the destruction of the old pub, the Air Balloon.
A pedestrian bridge will be wonderful for the trail. I was looking forward to the Air Balloon pub along our way. When I saw the fences I was hoping it was just being renovated. Always sad when we lose a special place. Interesting to get the background. Thanks.
It's really confusing at the top of the Greenway, with all the branching footpaths. Not surprised you made a mistake there, very understandable. Was that the first time you lost the trail?
We lost it a couple of times but only for a few minutes. When we got a little confused or unsure we looked at the Macs Adventure app on our phones and were soon on the right path, The Cotswold Way markers are very good so fortunately no real set backs. The app now bleeps when you go off the trail so much improved.
The large flowers you've been noticing are Hollyhocks, genus Alcea. Very commonly grown in the Cotswolds and the rest of Gloucestershire, I grow them myself.
Thanks, good to know. They looked wonderful.
Some interesting finds, nice weather too🤗
Yes we had a few good finds. We are getting better at seeing interesting things on the beach. It takes a bit of time to get your eye in and to know what you are looking at. I am sure we are still missing things that a more experienced person would see.
Neat stuff
Yes some interesting finds that day.
You have a good trained eye for mudlarking. I'm sure I wouldn't be able to find anything interesting 😅
We are getting used to the look of the foreshore after many visits. Things are beginning to pop out at us when we concentrate. We are lucky that so many mudlarks are kind enough to help us identify the things we find.
You gotta love efficient train systems. I love the ones in Japan. It's so weird just seeing that many broken pipes littering the shore like that. Must be millions of them out there...
Yes places with efficient train systems are great to visit. Would love to visit Japan one day. There are millions of pipe pieces in the Thames. I have just read that when the pipe stems became blocked with tar the stems where broken off so you could continue to use the pipe. That explains why there are so many small pieces on the foreshore.
Great bathing systems!!
Yes, amazing it was developed so long ago.
If i wake up in my home town,and hear seagulls they annoy me to death! But if i go to the seaside i love hearing them,i cannot explain it,but i yearn to live at whitby or robin hoods bay. I went last week with my dad fossil hunting and i swear i started crying when it was time to leave, im 40 lol 😂.I also found my first ever piece of jet,and i bought myself a jet ring from a local jewellers.
I can understand your love of Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay such lovely places. Great you found a piece of jet. Thanks for commenting.
@@GeoRick thankyou,I'm hoping my dad is feeling up to an other visit there this weekend 🙏 my jet leaves a light brown mark so I'm confident it is!
That was really good, thank you for showing our area so nicely. Lawrence has always been a hero for me, the little church at St Martins has such a calm atmosphere, I am sure Lawrence prefers to be represented here. There is a tea room in Wareham where Lawrence had a favourite window seat, there are also some lovely photos of his Brough parked in the town too. The museum is very good at pointing these out should anyone visit. On my Birthday every year I visit his grave. Thank you from Swanage ( A few miles from Wareham) Note to visitors, don’t go by the national weather forecast, more often than not we are basking in Sun on this little Purbeck peninsula :)
We really enjoyed looking around the area. So many interesting things connected to Lawrence. Thanks for commenting.
Bad seagull! BAD SEAGULL! :O Dogs with webbed feet? What will they think of next?? :)
ha ha yes it was quite a nuisance.
So interesting to see you in Bath, I came to Bath for a solo weekend break in September 2023- and spent a lot of my time Geocaching of course! I found the one at the crescent- I had no such problem with muggles thankfully :) a multi cache I enjoyed was called ‘guided tour of bath city’ by moonjay. It took me maybe close to 4 hours to complete all the questions and I’m a fast walker 😂 the day I went happened to be the day of some sort of Jane Austin festival so there were many people walking around in period clothing- interesting for sure!
Sounds like a great day with the costumes and geocaching. We really enjoyed looking around Bath just so many interesting things to see there.
Lovely buildings and green spaces☹️
Meant to be a smiley face😂
Yes a beautiful city with lots to see.
Aww muggles
Yes they can be a problem in busy cities 🙂
Did you go back to the Huntsman pub you walked by around 1:29?
Yes we have been back. Had a nice lunch there.
Kyle should have a competing channel. Very good.
Never been to Bath. Always passing by... Thanks for showing. Looks like an interesting city
Yes it's well worth a day or two visit.
I went to Prior park college in 1986 :) and new milton hants.
You must know Bath well.
I like those steep stairs off of the sidewalks that go under the buildings.
Yes they are fun to. walk up or down. I imagine they have been there for a very long time.
like the English countryside. Thanks for sharing🙂
Thanks, yes it's a very beautiful place to walk.
Nice place to explore I will be going to Bath in a couple weeks But it's Bath in Ontario lol it was cool to see its namesake though
Strange how these names keep popping up. We have a lot of English place names here too.
@@GeoRick Yeah verry common Here in Ontario , I live In Norfolk County , Not to far from Norwich, London , Cambridge, Oxford and Middlesex, Aso we Have a Scotland, Paris Berlin, Vienna I can travel the world in a day lol
Been to Bath a few times, but still want to go back. Such an interesting city.
Definately agree with you, We really enjoyed our days in Bath. We were amazed at how much there was to see and do there.
Cool video, greetings from Croatia! 🇭🇷
Hi and thanks for commenting.
Very interesting! I'm researching this topic, and this video is really useful. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for commenting.
Good effort guys.
Thanks it was a hard day in all that rain 🙂
We don't mind hiking in the rain, but geocaching is a different matter. All logbooks end up wet 😅
Yes it was a little difficult. We have a very small travel umbraella that helps a lot with filming and signing.
The north coordinates in the cemetery were .D0A (Dead on arrival) 😮
Ha ha great idea. Thanks for pointing that out 🙂
I love that telephone booth with the LFL in it! Nice!
Yes love those red telephone booths too and their red post boxes.
lol i need to go get some outdoor imitation turf carpet now :) nice touch on the logs to add the church , gotta love the English weather
Yes the weather was a bit of a problem that day 🙂. Had the same thought about the artificial turf. A simple idea but very effective.
The title is deceiving. I was anticipating seeing y'all walk from MiM to CC 😢
You were watching one part in a series of walking the Cotswold Way. The first two are titled Getting There Part 1 and Getting There Part 2. They show our journey from London to the start of the Cotswold Way in CC. Have a look at our Day 1 video if you are interested in the walk.
Lots of horse chestnuts around here. The tree series idea would definitely work here. You both looked so wet at the end of the day. Geocaching in the rain is so not fun. Thanks for the tour.
It was a rather tough day but we still enjoyed the look around.
What rich said about the toilet block and kitchen yuk ! lol
Yes but at least they had a toilet block wonder what happened in other villas.
I must have walked past this monument without ever noticing it. Thank you for pointing it out and for the history.
Thanks, glad you found it interesting.
That amphitheater was pretty cool! Kinda scary that the Toilet Block and Kitchen were connected. :P
The Roman remains in the UK are fascinating.
what month did you walk?
We were walking in July.
Fascinating tour of roman villa. 😀
Thanks glad you liked it. We love looking at what remains of the Roman Empire.
Blackberries are an autumn fruit, ripe around early September.
We will have to try walking in September sometime. Thanks for the information.