{"id":795,"date":"2013-08-17T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T10:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=795"},"modified":"2013-08-17T13:13:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-17T10:13:20","slug":"geokatkoilya-englannin-maaseudulla-geocaching-in-english-countryside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"Geok\u00e4tk\u00f6ily\u00e4 Englannin maaseudulla \/ Geocaching in English countryside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olen suunnitellut t\u00e4m\u00e4n k\u00e4tk\u00f6ilypostauksen julkaisua todella kauan. Todella k-a-u-a-n. Viivytyksen aiheutti ulkoisen kovalevyn hajoaminen parisen vuotta takaperin kun sen mukana meniv\u00e4t kaikki postaukseen liittyneet valokuvat. Onneksi k\u00e4tev\u00e4 is\u00e4nt\u00e4 sai reilun vuoden kest\u00e4neen kovalevyn eheytysprosessin (enk\u00e4 liioittele yht\u00e4\u00e4n, eheytysohjelman ajo kaikkine uudelleenajoineen kesti todellakin niin kauan)<\/strong><\/span> j\u00e4lkeen suurimman osan kuvista pelastettua, joten voin vihdoin julkaista. \u00a0Palaamme siis vuoteen 2009 ja silloiseen \u00a0Englannin matkaamme. L\u00f6ysimme matkan aikana 51 k\u00e4tk\u00f6\u00e4 joista yli 30 yhden p\u00e4iv\u00e4n aikana. Geok\u00e4tk\u00f6ily on Englannissa hivenen erilaista kuin Suomessa jo pelk\u00e4st\u00e4\u00e4n kasvuston vuoksi. Ik\u00e4v\u00e4 kyll\u00e4 suurin osa englantilaisista pensaista ja puistakin on varustettu ter\u00e4vin piikein joten varovainen saa olla ettei puhko silmi\u00e4\u00e4n tai saa kirvelevi\u00e4 naarmuja. Vaatteetkin voivat hieman rispaantua puskissa rymytess\u00e4 kun kangas tarttuu okaan tai piikkiin kiinni. En edelleenk\u00e4\u00e4n k\u00e4sit\u00e4 miten onnistuin ensimm\u00e4isen y\u00f6n k\u00e4tk\u00f6ilyturneella selvi\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4n ilman haavoja ja puhkottuja silmi\u00e4 sill\u00e4 k\u00e4tk\u00f6ilimme todellakin pilkkopime\u00e4ss\u00e4 mukanamme vain pienet taskulamput.<\/p>\n

Toisaalta k\u00e4tk\u00f6ily voi olla hivenen helpompaa sill\u00e4 englantilaiset tuntuvat kovasti pit\u00e4v\u00e4n ns. k\u00e4tk\u00f6poluista. K\u00e4tk\u00f6polku tai geocache trail<\/em> on geok\u00e4tk\u00f6jen muodostama “polku”. K\u00e4tk\u00f6t ovat l\u00e4hell\u00e4 toisiaan (v\u00e4hint\u00e4\u00e4n 200 metrin et\u00e4isyydell\u00e4 edellisest\u00e4)<\/strong><\/span> ja ne on tarkoitus etsi\u00e4 numeroj\u00e4rjestyksess\u00e4. T\u00e4llainen k\u00e4tk\u00f6polku voi olla vaikkapa yleisen polun varrella. Yleisi\u00e4 polkuja kulkee Etel\u00e4-Englannin maaseudulla tihe\u00e4sti ja ne on merkitty tietynlaisin merkein. Maanomistajat eiv\u00e4t ole n\u00e4ist\u00e4 yleisist\u00e4 poluista kovin innoissaan sill\u00e4 ne yleens\u00e4 kulkevat yksityisten maiden l\u00e4pi pelloilla ja toisinaan jopa l\u00e4hes talojen takapihoilla (kuten tulimme huomaamaan)<\/strong><\/span>. Maanomistajat eiv\u00e4t kuitenkaan voi yleist\u00e4 polkua sulkeakaan niin kauan kuin sit\u00e4 k\u00e4ytet\u00e4\u00e4n. K\u00e4tk\u00f6polku voi olla my\u00f6s kaupungissa. K\u00e4tk\u00f6polku voi olla pituudeltaan l\u00e4hes mit\u00e4 hyv\u00e4ns\u00e4 parista k\u00e4tk\u00f6st\u00e4 useisiin kymmeniin k\u00e4tk\u00f6ihin. Valitsimme yli 30 k\u00e4tk\u00f6n Mugswell Meander-polun teht\u00e4v\u00e4ksi yhden p\u00e4iv\u00e4n aikana. Vaikka kaikki yli 30 k\u00e4tk\u00f6\u00e4 olivat tosiaan noin 200 metrin p\u00e4\u00e4ss\u00e4 edellisest\u00e4, meill\u00e4 kului polun kulkemiseen koko p\u00e4iv\u00e4. Yhten\u00e4 syyn\u00e4 se ett\u00e4 navigaattorimme akku kest\u00e4\u00e4 vain noin nelisen tuntia yhteen menoon ja virta siis loppui kesken kaiken. Jouduimme palaamaan autolle ja pit\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4n ruokatauon akun latautuessa. Yht\u00e4 polun k\u00e4tk\u00f6ist\u00e4 emme l\u00f6yt\u00e4neet lainkaan ja ep\u00e4ilemme ett\u00e4 se oli j\u00e4stitty (= ei-k\u00e4tk\u00f6ilev\u00e4n henkil\u00f6n h\u00e4vitt\u00e4m\u00e4)<\/strong><\/span>. Jotkut englantilaiset maanomistajat eiv\u00e4t yleisten polkujen lis\u00e4ksi pid\u00e4 my\u00f6sk\u00e4\u00e4n geok\u00e4tk\u00f6ist\u00e4 vaan j\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4llisesti h\u00e4vitt\u00e4v\u00e4t niit\u00e4 kohdatessaan sellaisen. Englantilaiset maanomistajat tuntuvat olevan hivenen mustasukkaisia omaisuudestaan. Englannissa eiv\u00e4t p\u00e4de samantyyppiset jokamiehenoikeudet kuin Suomessa ja maanomistajalla on oikeus h\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4\u00e4 ihmiset pois mailtaan.<\/p>\n

K\u00e4tk\u00f6ilimme my\u00f6s keskell\u00e4 y\u00f6t\u00e4 varsin yksinkertaisesta syyst\u00e4. Lento Tampereelta Stanstediin saapui puolen y\u00f6n tiet\u00e4miss\u00e4. Y\u00f6vyimme matkan ajan is\u00e4nn\u00e4n isosiskon luona ja katsoimme parhaaksi saapua paikalle vasta p\u00e4iv\u00e4saikaan, joten koko y\u00f6 oli kulutettava jossakin. Mik\u00e4s sen sopivampaa puuhaa kuin k\u00e4tk\u00f6ily. Niinp\u00e4 kiertelimme k\u00e4tk\u00f6j\u00e4 Ripleyss\u00e4, Sendiss\u00e4, Lower Kingswoodissa ja Reigatessa. Y\u00f6aikaan k\u00e4tk\u00f6ily saa aivan uutta haastetta sill\u00e4 pime\u00e4ll\u00e4 k\u00e4tk\u00f6jen l\u00f6yt\u00e4minen vaikeutuu jonkin verran. Y\u00f6k\u00e4tk\u00f6ily ei ollut meille uutta sill\u00e4 olimme harrastaneet sit\u00e4 my\u00f6s kotimaassa. Kannattaa kuitenkin rajoittaa y\u00f6k\u00e4tk\u00f6ily helpompiin maastoihin suurempien vammojen v\u00e4ltt\u00e4miseksi.<\/p>\n

IN ENGLISH<\/strong><\/span>
\nI have been planning this geocaching post for very long time. I mean v-e-r-y long time. Delay was occurred when my external hard drive broke couple years back and destroyed all the photos related to the post. Thankfully my handy hubby had a program that was able to fix the hard drive enough to salvage most of the photos, but that program took over a year to run (seriously, it did!)<\/strong><\/span>. But finally I’m able to publish this post. So we have to go\u00a0all the way back to the year 2009 and to our trip to England. We found 51 caches during our trip and over 30 of those on one day. Geocaching is a bit different in England due to different kind of flora. Unfortunately most trees and bushes in England have thorns and spikes on them, so you need to be careful not to get scratches or poke your eye off. Your clothing also might get some damage while rummaging through bushes. I still can’t understand how we managed to do the nightcaching without any casualties, only small torches as our equipment.<\/p>\n

On the other hand caching could be a bit easier in there because english people seem to like a lot of geocaching trails. It is a path formed by several caches, anything from couple to dozens. Caches along the trail must be atleast about 200 meters away from eachother and you’re supposed to search them in specific order. Often these cache trails can be along public paths which are marked with small symbols. As you might know, landowners don’t like these public paths very much because they often go though private property, sometimes even on peoples backyard (like we found out on our caching tour)<\/strong><\/span>. Geocache path can also be in town area. We chose to do Mugswell Meander-trail and even though all over 30 caches were about 200 meters away from the previous one, \u00a0it took one whole day to find all. One reason for that was because our navigator’s battery only lasts about four hours and then it needs recharging. So we had to have a meal break while waiting it to charge again. One of the caches along this path we didn’t find at all and we suspected it was muggled (=destroyed by non-caching person)<\/strong><\/span>. English landowners don’t like caches either and they tend to destroy them when ever they can find one. In Finland we have something called “everyman’s right” that allows us to enter private land for berry- or mushroom picking, hiking or other recreational activities, as long as we don’t cut down trees or destroy the property in any way. In England there is no such thing so landowners are allowed to chase trespassers away.<\/p>\n

We also did some nightcaching for one simple reason. Our flight arrived to Stanstead around midnight. We were staying at hubby’s sister and we didn’t want to barge in at night so we had to spend the time somewhere. What better way than nightcaching which we did in Ripley, Send, Lower Kingswood and Reigate. Night time brings new challenges on caching. We’ve done it here in Finland aswell but you might want to keep it to easy terrain caches to avoid injuries.<\/p>\n

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Englannissa k\u00e4tk\u00f6j\u00e4 tuhotaan niin paljon ett\u00e4 l\u00e4hes kaikissa
\non jonkinlaisia\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>ilmoitustekstej\u00e4 siit\u00e4 ett\u00e4 rasia ei sis\u00e4ll\u00e4
\nmit\u00e4\u00e4n vaarallista.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>N\u00e4m\u00e4 ammuslaatikot ovat my\u00f6s
\nsuosittuja k\u00e4tk\u00f6rasioita. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn England geocaches are destroyed so often that most of them<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\ninclude some sort of notifications that the box doesn’t contain<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\nanything harmfull. These ammo boxes are also quite
\ncommon as a cache box.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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S\u00f6p\u00f6j\u00e4 pastellis\u00e4vyisi\u00e4 taloja aikaisin aamulla<\/strong><\/span>
\njonkun k\u00e4tk\u00f6polun varrella. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nCute pastel houses along early morning caching.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Aamuinen maisema k\u00e4tk\u00f6illess\u00e4. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nEarly morning scenery while caching.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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T\u00e4m\u00e4 matkalainen halusi p\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4 Englantiin, joten
\n<\/strong><\/span>otimme sen mukaamme. \/
\n<\/strong><\/span>We delivered this travel bug to England,
\n<\/strong><\/span>which was part of it’s task.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Yleiset polut on merkitty tarkasti, sill\u00e4 maanomistajat<\/strong><\/span>
\neiv\u00e4t pid\u00e4 heid\u00e4n maillaan hortoilevista tyypeist\u00e4. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nPublic footpaths are marked with signs, because<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\nlandowners are not exactly thrilled about random people<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\non their property.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Aidanylityspaikka. \/ Easy access over the fence.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Vihje k\u00e4tk\u00f6paikalle \/ Hint for a cache<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Earthcache-k\u00e4tk\u00f6ll\u00e4 Takeleyss\u00e4. Erityiset Earthcache-k\u00e4tk\u00f6t ovat <\/strong><\/span>
\ngeok\u00e4tk\u00f6j\u00e4 joissa varsinaista k\u00e4tk\u00f6rasiaa ei ole vaan koordinaatit osoittavat<\/strong><\/span>
\ngeologisesti kiinnostavaan paikkaan. Yleens\u00e4 k\u00e4tk\u00f6jen l\u00f6yt\u00e4minen ja
\nloggaaminen\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>vaatii\u00a0jonkun teht\u00e4v\u00e4n suorittamista, kuten t\u00e4ss\u00e4 k\u00e4tk\u00f6ilij\u00e4n
\nvalokuvaamista Sarsen-kiven luona. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nEarthcache in Takeley. Earthcaches are special series of geocaches that don’t have\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\na cache box but the co-ordinates are pointing to a geologically interesting spot.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\nUsually finding and logging these caches requires to perform a task. For example\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\nlike here, taking a photo of the cacher by the Sarsen Stone.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Jossakin marjapuskassa k\u00e4tk\u00f6retkell\u00e4 Englannissa. \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn some berry bushes while caching in England.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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\n<\/a>Ja lopuksi hupaisuus Englannin maaseudulta:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nluuletteko ett\u00e4 tuohon tielle mahtuu kaksi autoa\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nvastakkaisille kaistoille?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\nAnd finally amusement form the English countryside:<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\ndo you think there’s enough room for two<\/strong><\/span><\/em>
\ncars on opposite lanes?<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Olen suunnitellut t\u00e4m\u00e4n k\u00e4tk\u00f6ilypostauksen julkaisua todella kauan. Todella k-a-u-a-n. Viivytyksen aiheutti ulkoisen kovalevyn hajoaminen parisen vuotta takaperin kun sen mukana meniv\u00e4t kaikki postaukseen liittyneet valokuvat. Onneksi k\u00e4tev\u00e4 is\u00e4nt\u00e4 sai reilun vuoden kest\u00e4neen kovalevyn eheytysprosessin (enk\u00e4 liioittele yht\u00e4\u00e4n, eheytysohjelman ajo kaikkine uudelleenajoineen kesti todellakin niin kauan) j\u00e4lkeen suurimman osan kuvista pelastettua, joten voin vihdoin julkaista. \u00a0Palaamme… <\/p>\n

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