Colchester

Busy busy busy weekend!

I turned 26 on Thursday so I had the whole family up for the weekend, then we followed them back to Colchester for a day or two. It was lovely seeing them all. My niece and nephew are growing up so fast! It was great playing with the eldest on soft play too because she's now at an age where she's starting to understand that I can't hear her so on the (remarkably rare) occasions that she forgets to face me I can remind her and she understands. Plus both of their signing is really coming on.

Did manage to fit in a little walk though. This is the Bourne Valley trail, a hidden little gem that livened up a rather ordinary urban walk. The trails were a mile at most, but so pretty (just watch out for the bogs!)

Beautiful scenic route with bluebells aplenty (turns out they swarm in other places than Nottinghamshire lol)

 There's also a little pond which opens up a bit for a lovely, wide view

After a while the trails closed up and soon led me into a few bogs. One with a half-broken plank bridge, one not so much...

Geocaching

Hey guys,

Thought I'd make a quick post about this latest phenomenon - Geocaching. The idea being you use the app on your phone (that is if you don't have a really rubbish smartphone that holds charge for a few hours at a time -_-) and it guides you to the cache, you log to say you found it and put it back. It reminded me a little of the 'mystery hunts' my dad did when I was a kid. He'd give me a clue which led to a clue which led to a clue and so on.

You can get the app free and get the simple caches, or upgrade to premium and get the more difficult and 'puzzle' ones.

It's certainly one way to liven up a ordinary urban walk. I say urban as I've noticed a distinct lack of caches in parks, trails and what have you.