We have no new caches, events or Ad Labs to report but some local attractions do have free entry on Saturday to celebrate St. David’s Day.
Dydd Dewi Sant/Saint Davids Day
As part of St David’s Day celebrations Portmeirion and CADW sites are offering free entry.
Portmeirion Village
Entry to Portmeirion on St David’s Day, Saturday, 1st March is free. Explore the picturesque village, take in the stunning scenery, shops and cafes. The village will be open from 9:30am to 5:30pm, and no ticket is needed—simply head to the tollbooth for complimentary entry.
CADW To celebrate St. David’s day CADW have free access to 130 of their sites across Wales. From castles to abbeys and industrial heritage sites, entry to 19 CADW properties that normally charge admission will be free on St David’s Day but they are asking visitors to consider gifting a donation to Welsh cancer charity, Tenovus. Tenovus is the Welsh Government staff charity of the year.
As part of your St. David’s Day celebrations why not visit a local castle?
Saturday 1st March, 11:00 – 11:30 and 14:00 – 14:30 In north Wales, to celebrate Dydd Dewi Sant, you can experience the sounds of Côr Meibion Maelgwn Male Voice Choir, as you explore our medieval castle at Castell Conwy for a day of celebrations.
Pajama Day is a day when people wear pajamas to school or work instead of their regular clothes and is often a way to raise money for charity.
To earn this souvenir simply log any geocache, Adventure Lab® Location, or attend an Event on Wednesday 16th April, 2025. There is no requirement to post a picture of yourself caching in your pj’s. Note unlike other souvenirs this souvenir is only available for the day, Wednesday 16th April.
Are you going to celebrate Pajama Day by geocaching in your pajamas?
As modelled by Jude100 pajamas and wellies can make the prefect geocaching outfit.
It is so good to see some new caches appearing. Clueless_Goose has been very busy with 3 new Church Micros on Anglesey and a new series of 20 caches following the old Bryngwyn slate railway.
GCB3BGFChurch Micro 15348…Heneglwys by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCB3BG7Church Micro 15347…Coedana by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GCB3B9EChurch Micro 15346…Llannerch-y-Medd by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2
BST – Bryngwyn Slate Trail
A series of 15 caches following the trackbed of the former North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways ‘Bryngwyn Branch’ – now a community owned footpath. The railway once served the slate quarries surrounding Moel Tryfan, as well as passengers from Rhostryfan and Bryngwyn Stations. The line carried slate and passengers down to Caernarfon and beyond, but closed with the decline of the slate industry in the early 20th century. The rails were lifted during the 1940s for the war effort, though some interesting features still remain en route.
For the full experience you can step off the WHR train at Tryfan Junction, complete the series, and return for the journey back. By car, parking is easiest at Rhostryfan former station, allowing you to split the series into two halves. It is also possible to park on the verge at Tryfan Junction or up by the Drumhead right at the other end of the line.
The walk to Bryngwyn is easy-going with only a gentle (undetectable) uphill gradient. The permissive footpath along the trackbed ends abruptly at Bryngwyn Farm, where the final cache (15) is hidden, but if desired, you can roughly follow the remaining trackbed along lanes and the old Bryngwyn Incline to the ‘Drumhead’, where the railway once diverged into several private tramways serving the individual slate quarries. There are three SideTracked caches along the track, plus two additional bonus caches for those willing to follow the trackbed all the way from the end of the footpath to the Drumhead. All in all that’s 20 caches, some simple, others more challenging…
GCB34XHREALLY SideTracked – Bryngwyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCB3CGPREALLY SideTracked – Rhostryfan by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCB3F5AREALLY SideTracked – Tryfan Junction by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T1.5 GCB3CEDBST 1 – Rhaeadru by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2.5 GCB3EMEBST 2 – Twnel by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2 GCB3F98BST 3 – Mwsogl by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2 GCB3ETNBST 4 – Giât by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3F9EBST 5 – Golygfa Llanddwyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3F9KBST 6 – Iorwg by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2.5 GCB3F9VBST 7 – Pentref by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1.5 GCB3CGGBST 8 – Giât Moch by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T2 GCB3FB3BST 9 – Ffens by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2 GCB3CG8BST 10 – Steil by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2 GCB3CG3BST 11 – Onnen by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T3.5 GCB3CFTBST 12 – Pry Copyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T3 GCB3FBABST 13 – Gwely by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3CFHBST 14 – Postyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3CFBBST 15 – Arwyddbost by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T1.5 GCB3CEYBST +1 – Inclên Bryngwyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2.5 GCB353CBST +2 – Y ‘Drumhead’ by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T2
Event GCB3F98Pi Day Party by 9 Usual Suspects When: Saturday 15th March, 2025 Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle LL54 6BB Time: 3.14pm to 5.14pm or when the last person leaves
This event is part of 9 Usual Suspect 10th anniversary celebrations, 10 years ago ‘A Slice of Pie’ was one of our first events.
Join us for a P, P & P! The plan is to have as many different types of pie as possible for us all to sample, I think we can do better than our first attempt. There will also be a new Mystery Cache appearing very close to this event enabling us all to get the Pi Day souvenir. See below:
Pi Day 2025 Souvenir
Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi), observed on March 14th because the date (3/14) corresponds to the first three significant digits of π (3.14). The tradition began in the United States and has since gained worldwide recognition.
To earn earn the Pi Day souvenir find and log any Mystery Cache between Friday 14th March and Sunday 16th March. All non-Premium Mystery Caches are open to everyone throughout the weekend on the Geocaching® app from 11:00:00 UTC on Friday 14th March until 10:00:00 UTC on Monday 17th March, 2025.
Llangollen Canal Boat Trip
We have booked a day boat for Saturday 17th May. Cost is £20 per person, to book a place we need a £10 deposit. We have a few spare places, if you would like to join us please contact us asap.
We will be starting at Trevor travelling to Llangollen, it takes just over 2 hours to reach the turnaround point. See map below:
All day boats are equipped with the following: cutlery, crockery, a kettle, 2 burner hob, fridge, sink and toilet. There’s indoor and outdoor seating on all day boats. We will be stopping for lunch some where en route, probably The Sun (marked on map) where we may hold an event. Dogs are allowed. Boat hire times are from 9am – 4pm so we would be meeting up around 8.45am at Anglo Welsh boat yard. There are very few geocaches currently along the canal but we will make every effort to pick any up as we pass.
GCB34NR9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 75 by 9 Usual Suspects When: Thursday 27th February, 2025 Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
GCB34PFCITO, A487 North, Another Quick Pick by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T4.5 When: Wednesday 5th March 2025 Where: A487North Lay by Time: 11am to 12pm
GCB34QKCITO 2025 Season 1 by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T3 When: Saturday 8th March 2025 Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
GCB34RZ9 Usual Suspects Cake and a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1 When: Saturday 8th March 20254 Where: Old Bridge,Parc Dre, Caernarfon Time: 3.30pm to 4pm
75th Nosh and Natter!
This months Nosh & Natter is our 75th! Our first N&N was on Monday 9th May, 2015, at the Antelope Inn, Bangor with 9 attendees. Who then would have dreamt that 10 years later we would still be meeting up once a month. Over the years we have had 66 different geocaching accounts log an attended from all corners of the world. We can’t find any photos of the first event but I have found one from our first Christmas Dinner:
CITO Season 1, 2025
CITO Season 1, 2025 souvenir will be available from Saturday 1st March through to Saturday 31st May, 2025. We have 2 CITO events published for the beginning of March that by attending will earn the souvenir. We are planning more CITO’s later in the season.
Treasure Collections Update
This new feature starts on Monday 17th March. Collection 1: Geocaching origins In this collection there are four Treasures inspired by the beginnings of geocaching. To find, simply find and log Traditional Caches. We are still unsure if there will be a Treasure in every Traditional cache or only hidden in a selected few. Also will the Treasure be visible prior to finding the cache or only revealed on logging.
Collection 2: Celebrating 25 years To unlock Collection 2, Collection 1 must be completed. This collection has five Treasures that can be found by logging any cache that has a difficulty rating of 1.5 or lower.
The Treasures feature will be available in the Geocaching® app and on Geocaching.com starting 17th March at 17:00 UTC. If you log caches using third-party or Geocaching API partner applications, you will still collect Treasure but it will not be visible in the app. and you will not receive in-app notifications when a Treasure is found. Progress can be viewed on the Geocaching® app and on Geocaching.com.
Event Review
GCB22FR 9US & Severn UK Mega Team present Ski Saturday by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T2
Firstly I must say very big Thank You to mutchie from the Severn UK Mega Team for visiting us, answering all our questions and concerns regarding this years Mega. Our Wii skiing event has become an annual fixture in the 9US calendar. This years event was the downhill, which I thought was one of the easier disciplines but the course proved to be a lot trickier than I remembered. As always the activity on the slopes was very competitive giving rise to lots of banter and laughter. Big thanks to Pete for being time keeper, making sure the technology behaved itself, printing the souvenirs and medals.
Again no new geocaches but we do have the folllowing new Ad Lab to report:
Secret Rhos / Cyfrinach Rhos created by smart_ginger 5 locations nonsequential A circular walk around Rhos-on-Sea highlighting some of the interesting and less well known features of the town.
Severn UK Mega 2025
Since 2008, the UK Mega has been an annual roving event to showcase different areas of the UK. It is regularly attended by up to 2000 people and has become a fixture in the calendar of many geocachers, both from the UK and abroad.
In 2025 it will be held in South West England: GCAWMQ8Severn UK Mega 2025 When: Saturday 2nd August 2025 Where: Woodhouse Park Activity Centre, Fernhill, Almondsbury, BS32 4LX Time: 10:00 to 16:00 On the day of the Mega Event there will be trade stands, refreshments, entertainment and some special Adventure Labs, plus the chance to meet old friends and make new ones. Camping and Side Events will run all week from 28th July to 3rd August 2025.
Woodhouse Park Activity Centre is a Scout activity centre and campsite to the North of Bristol run by Avon Scouts. The site occupies 36 acres (14 hectares) of land on the west side of the A38, to the north of Bristol. The centre is enclosed by woodland with views extending over the two Severn bridges and is easily accessible from the M4 and M5. The perfect location for this years Mega event.
Is this going to be the last UK Mega event of this format with a week of activities? As yet there is no confirmed UK Mega event for 2026.
Event Reminders
We have a special guest from UK Mega committee, Marnee, better known in the geocaching community as Mutchie, visiting our area to promote and answer any questions about this years Mega event. She will also be selling Mega merchandise to raise funds for this years event.
GCB23HFBoar on Tour Visits North Wales by Severn_UK_Mega_2025 D1/T1.5 When: Friday 7th February, 2025 Where: The Palladium, 7 Gloddaeth Street, Llandudno LL30 2DD (Wetherspoons) Time: 6.30pm to 8pm
GCB22FR 9US & Severn UK Mega Team present Ski Saturday by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T2 When: Saturday 8th February, 2025 Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle LL54 6BB Time: 2pm to 5pm or when the last person leaves
‘Ski Sunday’ is returning to the virtual slopes of the Nantlle Valley but this year on Saturday 8th February! Why Saturday? Because we will be having a special guest in attendance, Mutchie, a representative from Severn UK Mega 2025 team. Wrap up warm, join us either as a competitor or spectator for a fun filled afternoon. Refreshments including hot drinks and, of course, the Cache Bar will be available throughout the afternoon.
Please log ‘will attends’ to ensure an event souvenir, this also helps us with planning and catering of the day.
