well, ok, it was mostly drizzle! but pretty chilly, and some serious gee-ing up of BB had to occur to keep going. AND we didn’t find the geocache! but I should start at the beginning!
although it looked a bit on the drizzley side, we decided to cycle and geocache today. went out to check the rabs, and was concerned to find snowy was building a new nest, guessed that more babies on the way 
so they did mate again straight after childbirth [ouch!] the current babies adorable as ever. fudge is def a long haired lion-lop and is nice and snuggly as long as you don’t roll her onto her back – which i was doing to try and sex her, thinking girl!, dora might be what is called a magpie and has more uppy ears and is such an inquisitive monkey! always first to investigate, again easy to pick up and love, but really doesn’t like being turned over. Flopsy [the black one, now named by incipient owners] just doesn’t care, totally laid back temperament and just likes snuggling, and will tolerate being put into pocket etc. think will make an easy house rabbit, thinking girl. Shadow [can't remember what potential owner's name was??] is also an anyway up rabbit, and has such beautiful dipdyed markings, making him [i think] most ppls fav. but i am so surprised at how gorgeous and v individual these baby rabs are, in colourings and temperament. Hoping they all find good homes, as they are currently used to soooo much loving!! SInce thought potentially some sibs for them [arrghhhhhhh, one mistake litter i can cope with, 2 is too many!] i made up an outside snuggly haybox in the run for them to snuggle in, and also another one inside the run hidden behind the litterbox [where the babies do like to huddle and snuggle anyway] and upped the amount of hay and sweethay in the nestbox area.
SO, SB having done some galore park science, we set off for stanwick lakes, realised we had left the trailgator at home, about turned and then set off again. 
it was cold and wet when we got there, so significant powers of persuasion were used to get BB ready, but off we set on a multicache trail, and actually did quite well. in the end BB did get trailgated most of the time, as she was in a bit of a funny mood. we stopped off to enjoy all the activities too. lunch at the cafe at half way, and then round the adventure trail. a diversion for a successful microcache, and a bit of bird watching from the hide. woohoo to sb climbing the rock unaided, and woohoo to BB climbing with a bit of assistance from me – luckilly she is light enough for my shoulders to be additional foot points! chris, crazy – as is customary!! SB got an injury on the rubber tyres, when chris swung them a bit too wildly but we carried on ok.
i had a hitch at the final clue as an in memoriam bench, and this one had a card recently added, so got a bit sobby and cycled on. then we realised either an answer was wrong, or the maths, and so with girls both loosing the will to live [though had been having a fab time eating elderberries raw whilst we did the adding up!] we cycled to the cafe for restorative tea and icecream. SB had a bit of a pout over something, still not sure what. oh well! have to say their new exporation room [well new since last time we were there] is v nice, and i got to look at some new usborne history books which looked good. In fact i am still tempted by them even tho we must have a gazillion books now!
Anyway, the girls weren’t keen to cycle back to where we thought the cache might be, on an offchance, so they played in the rather fab park until time to come home! We listened to french cd’s there, and italian on the way home, to increase the home ed experience 
I checked on rabs, to find snowy lying on the nest and perhaps a hint of squiggle underneath her. she moved a bit and confirmed babies, so i gave her more sweet ha, built up her box to be warm with mormal hay, and also made sure all the food well topped up. fingers crossed that litter 2 doesn’t effect litter 1, and that litter 2 survives and thrives also. poor snowy! skittles neutered on tues, and hasn’t been near her since the day the first batch of babes were born, so hoping this is it! my girls *still* excited!
we watched some more trials of life – this time lizards etc whilst having tea, SB did some clarinet and BB some more mosaic, and then bedtime. phew!