A Moment in Time
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What a gorgeous evening for a walk around Hound Tor - lets have a go at trying to do our first Wherigo!
We were using two iphones - a 4s running ios 7 and an SE running ios10 - and the Wherigo app. The first hurdle was to understand that you dont just search for and find the the information on the app - you actually have to download a cartridge! Non-IT savvy hubby saved the day here as I would have been off to the moors with an empty app left to my own devices! Not really knowing what a cartridge was or how to recongnise it didn't help. However, we succeeded - hubby worked out how to download directly onto his phone whilst I managed it via itunes.
I had read all the information from previous cachers experiences so we knew to switch off our wifi and "play" the cartridge as we entered the car park. We followed these instructions to the letter and the cartridge began as it should and we set off.
Our first steps up to Hound Tor were a bit faltering. We didnt really know what we were supposed to be doing or where on the app we were supposed to be looking. Hubby's antiquated hardwarde suddenly burst into life and we were on our way - but mine wasn't doing anything at all! In the end I had to skip nearly all the way back to the car park to enter the "zone" and then I was back on track too!
And so we wandered around a very familiar place with our heads stuck in our phones - getting stuck in "zones" and wandering around in ever decreasing circles but all the time we were getting the hang of it and better at leaving each zone for the next part of the adventure.
I think we just about got a good grip on the procedure by the time we arrived at GZ and we found the cache! We have an unluck code but not sure what to do with it!
But thankyou - for a great learning experience which we thoroughly enjoyed on a perfect evening up on the moors.
additional edit - uploaded the GWS file after retreiving it from iTunes - and have successfully "unlocked" - i.e completed the wherigo!
Wheres the next one :)