A cache tour of Littleborough

Me, Kate, Amy and Pod spent an entire day Geocaching around Littleborough, it was a very good day. We set off from Pod's house, and had a great track though a small wood, and came to Hollingworth Lake Country Park. We knew that the cache was within a 100m radius of where we were, unfortunately it took us a full 20 minuets to find it. A full 20 minutes of wandering through bog and crawling through thorns. We did eventually find the cache and in it was a travel bug( a travel bug is a trackable item that is tracked via a code on the geoacaching website). We moved on to the second cache of the day that was at a car park near Hollingworth Lake and found it with very little difficulty, inside was a plastic man with a parachute, which me and Peter obviously wanted to take, but Kate and Amy told us was immature, we agreed, and instead took a goblin finger puppet. We then sought out a micro cache( a cache containing only a small log) but unfortunately it eluded us. Felling hungry we foraged for food at Mr Thomas' chippy and had a brilliant chippy lunch that was enjoyed by the whole group. Our hunger satiated, we sent a small way round the lake to find the third cache of the day. This one I fell upon by accident by nearly relieving myself on it! Luckily I spotted it in time, and only logged our entry instead. We moved off towards our penultimate cache. We dropped down into Hollingworth Lake caravan park, a colourful, but mad little place more suited to Blackpool than Littleborough, but interesting non the less. Suddenly from above there came a roar... I was not aware that dogs could roar but take my word for it they can. Anyway we made our way onto Deep Lane, a lovely old path leading from Littleborough to Milnrow which is flanked by stands of holly trees. From here ascended Castle Hill and found the cache with very little event. (Appart from Amy getting pricked by nasty thorns) Unfortunately the cache was flooded, so we took nothing and left the card wrapped in a plastic sleeve. We then flew some kites we had brought from the top of the hill, while overlooking the motorway. We then passed under the motorway and then went over it again, passing a strange grey caravan on a private road. ( I suggest that anyone who ever crosses a motorway bridge stands to one side and watches the oncoming lorrys pass under you... it looks like they will hit.... it's really fun trust me...again.) Me and Kate then, due to a timing mistake made by me, decided we didn't have time before Kate's bus to go to the last cache, so we had to head to Littleborough centre, and Pod and Amy went on to find the cache so the story continues with them....