Geocache containers

As I'm sure many have, we have seen some fantastic containers around the place. From well hidden to well built, there are certain caches that I have been amazed and inspired by over my time as a geocacher.

I was approached by a charity that my Geocaching mother is involved in over the summer and asked to place a series of caches to extend the audience of a new walk they were setting up, linked to a local history project. With funding from them, I was happy to oblige. I set up the caches but they are simply basic boxes, albeit some of which are hidden in thoughtful, clever ways. (Modest, I know!) These days, I'm a little embarrassed by them.

I have spent some time recently on Pinterest, eBay and Etsy looking at new containers and different, original ideas and I'm starting to get a good feel for what I want to do with new caches, and to gradually replace the existing caches that I own. I have an old birdhouse, horribly out of place in the corner of my lounge, that I want to look at adapted to fit a cache, but today I excelled myself (Such a very modest post!). Browsing a local pound shop, I stumbled across a garden ornament shaped like a frog. Someone could make that into a really great cache I think to myself. Then it occurs to me; that person could be me!

Turns out it's a lot easier than I thought. The ornament has an electric circuit in it to create noise; having removed that, I've been left with the perfect space to fit a cache. It just needs the waterproofing bringing up to scratch and it's ready to go. Needless to say, I'm more than a little bit chuffed.

Ribbit!

Also on the purchase was a solar light fitting; I've seen a couple on Etsy that looked impressive, but I'm not totally sure what I'm going to do with this one yet. An idea will come, I'm sure...

-RealFireFlies