Harry`s son

Groundspeak Premium Member Perfect_Dark played Harry`s son

5 stars

I FINALLY FOUND IT!!! It's only taken me 3 years!

As you can see from the log below I installed this WhereIGo cartridge back in 2016. It was my first WhereIGo and one of the closest caches to home so thought this would be an easy one to get. It took me a few tries to work out how not to die in the game but over a few months I managed to complete everything up to the end, but couldn't work out how to get through the final part. Eventually, after a year or so, I asked for some help on a facebook geocaching page and someone gave me a hint. Off I went to play the game for probably the 10th time and finally managed to complete it! I was so happy! Then to the GZ, but it put me in the middle of a patch of nettles. I gingerly had a look around the area but thought I would wait until the winter to have a better look. That winter came and went and after another couple of attempts of trying to find it I sort of gave up.
Then a few weeks ago I was wandering along the canal in the late evening with my partner and thought I'd have another look. He wasn't too impressed at being asked to looking for another cache in the dark and cold so it wasn't too long till I gave up again. Then I realised I was getting close to my 1000th milestone so, at the New Years Event at the Loony Dook, I asked a couple of cachers for another hint. I went back this evening and found it straight away but as could have been predicted with this cache I wasn't able to fish it out. So off home I went, to arm myself with tools. I'm an electrician so almost planned to bring my whole toolbag but thought some needlenosed pliers and a screwdriver would suffice. I was so happy to log this nemesis for my milestone after at least 10 attempts to complete the cartridge and another 7 to find the cache. I think I made this much more difficult than it needed to be, but I will reiterate the CO's comment from 08/06/16, it is easily accessible from the path. I think on a sunny day I might just go play the cartridge again to say hi to the main character one last time.
Thanks, Roolku for the adventure and the brilliant cartridge. FP awarded

DNF log from 03/05/16:
Well, I've tried this cartridge 4 times now and I can't work out how to complete it. It doesn't look like it's crashing but I'm also not able to do anything with the ice block, or at least I can't work out how to use it. It's more annoying because I really love the adventure of this whereigo and want to find the cache. Maybe I will one day.