Basins, Docks, Piers and Wharves
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Having read the previous logs on this quest we came prepared for a more extensive tour of the area than we have been used to.With the time at 10.30am and the Oregon showing a strong signal,we set off for the start from the nearest bus stop.Although the actual start location was easily identified,it took a lot of wandering about and faffing around to get the menu to display the next bit of information.Then,as if by magic we were presented with some choices.We picked a direction that seemed to suit our geocaching name and were soon directed to the first of many zones.An interesting place that has been entirely taken over by modern development.Next we were off to one of the best waterside views of Canary Wharf available.This section of the walk was superb in every respect.Following the zones was a straightforward task,all appeared when expected and were easy to follow.We eventually found ourselves in a favourite caching area where we took a short coffee break.Then,onward until we were presented with the actual cache zone.At this point,there was just a sneaking suspicion that we were headed for an area that just might turn up the difficulty and grief level a notch.That turned out to very much be the case and we reached a point where almost in unison we exclaimed "Oh no,how the.....!
So glad I brought the A-Z now and we stood for a few minutes working out a cunning plan.The noise from yet more local development raised the agravation factor tenfold but the prospect of being within a few hundred feet of the cache drove us on.A determined grimace and a quick stop to inspect a very different type of welding job beside the water and we counted the feet down whilst looking for the spoiler photo object.Around a corner,and there it was,brilliant.Sat and signed the log in the sunshine,feeling a great sense of achievement.This cartidge ran extremely well and we were credited with a completion time of 136mins,and that included the coffee break.The only thing we felt this great walk might benefit from was perhaps to have some more text information in the zones.Whilst the waterside views and other parts needed no such support,there were some locations where the zone name changed and that was it.We enjoyed this Wherigo which is very good but would perhaps be even better with some further development.