Children and adults discovered Ilkley Moor through a geocaching event on Saturday the 13th. The event was carried out in partnership by the Friends of Ilkley Moor and Pennine Prospects. One of twenty events organised by the Friends from May to September.
Geocaching Kids
Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using GPS-enabled devices and then share their experiences online. There are 1,490,492 active geocaches and over 5 million geocachers worldwide.
Said Tracy Gray, Project Officer of the Friends of Ilkley Moor
‘Geocaching is a fun way to get children out walking outdoors and also develops their orienteering skills; it is a great way for them to meet other children. The children were that busy looking for the geocaches that they had walked a few miles without even realising the distance. Everybody had a great time’. The next Geocaching event will be held on Saturday 25th of September details from the Events & Learning Programme.
The events programme and heritage walks can be downloaded from the FOIM website www.ilkleymoor.org or collected from Ilkley Information Centre and shops in
the Town.
The events programme is jointly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and the South Pennines LEADER Programme.
From Tracy Gray FOIM Project Officer
For further information contact Tracy Gray FOIM Project Officer on 0785-4447949