On Friday morning I got up at 7am, packed my rucksack and headed out to Don Valley in the 4C temperature and pea soup mist to get my first ever FTF! Now that’s dedication!

I found a spot to park the car then followed my instinct instead of my Garmin and headed in the WRONG direction! After about 300m, I realised that the Garmin compass was NOT going to change direction, so I did. I had taken the wrong fork in the road.

The first 300m or so was a decent enough climb and by the time I reached the level of the aqueduct, I was quite our of breath. I stopped to take some stunning photos as the sun started to peak through the mist. I continued along the winding, twisting Aqueduct Trail for about another 2km until the beep of my GPSr pierced the silence of the thickening fog.

After a short search I had my 100th cache and my first ever FTF in my hands. I dropped off a GeoCoin, signed the logbook and took a couple more photos before retracing my steps through the ever-thickening mist back to the car.

By the time I was back on the tar road, I could barely see 15m in front of me, but the trip to Don Valley had been worth it!

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