Month: August 2026

News & New Caches 225

New caches, new souvenirs and Treasures….

GCBWYF7 Rocking St Dona by lollybach Traditional D1.5/T1.5
GCBWQ1C Scarlet’s Rhoscolyn Surprise by ajs111 Traditional D1/T1.5
GCBWKK Church Micro 15888…Gwalchmai by Glaslyn1 Traditional D1.5/T1.5
GCBWG80 The lonely tree by ClareSion14 Traditional D1/T1.5

GCBWKZF Defaid 🐑🐑 by ECOBAKE Mystery D3.5/T1.5

GCBWGZV Church Micro 8235… Aberdaron by sarahsbigtrip Earthcache D1.5/T1

Events


Come and join us for a litter pick at our regular site in Caernarfon followed by cake and a brew.

GCBWHR9 CITO 2026 Season 2 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T3.5
When: Saturday 5th September,2026
Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon
Time: 2pm – 4pm

GCBWHRW After CITO Cake & a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
When: Saturday 5th september, 2026
Where: Old Bridge, Parc Dre, Caernarfon
Time: 4pm to 4.30pm

GCBW1F3 Holyhead Marine – Meet and Greet. by Bess’s Friends Event D1/T1
Where: Beach road, Holyhead
When: Saturday 3rd October, 2026
Time: 11am-11.30am

Event Reminder

Yes, it’s tonight!

GCBW2C7 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 92 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
When: Thursday 27th August, 2026
Where: Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
For this months Nosh & Natter we are at the Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr.

Upcoming Souvenirs

September Equinox

To earn the September Equinox souvenir by logging any geocache, Event, or Adventure Lab® Location during the souvenir period between September 19th–22nd, 2026.

International EarthCache Day 2026 

Since 2004 EarthCaches have encouraged geocachers to explore and understand the extraordinary geologic features of our planet.

Earn the International EarthCache Day 2026 souvenir by visiting any EarthCache and completing the logging requirements between Friday 9th October 9 through to Sunday 11th October 2026.

Treasure Collections

Pirate Treasure

September 22nd sees the release of the next Treasure Collection, Pirate Treasure. To collect these swashbuckling Treasures, geocachers must find and log Mystery Caches or Multi-Caches with a difficulty rating of 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, or 4.

Bingo 2026

Collect Treasure by finding any geocache with at least 1 favourite point. Collect five Treasures in a row for a bingo souvenir, or collect all 25 Treasures in the collection to earn the blackout souvenir.

Players can earn up to four souvenirs for collecting Bingo 2026 Treasures.

  • Bingo 2026: Vertical Bingo
    • To earn this souvenir, collect five bingo square Treasures that appear on your bingo card in a vertical row.
  • Bingo 2026: Horizontal Bingo
    • To earn this souvenir, collect five bingo square Treasures that appear on your bingo card in a horizontal row.
  • Bingo 2026: Diagonal Bingo
    • To earn this souvenir, collect five bingo square Treasures that appear on your bingo card in a diagonal line.
  • Bingo 2026: Blackout Bingo
    • To earn this souvenir, complete a blackout by collecting a Treasure for every square on your bingo card.

There is also a ‘Secret Bingo Souvenir’.
To secure the extra souvenir simply log the Travel Bug TB: 194768 as ‘Discovered’. These are the blue numbers on the bingo card in the correct numerical order. As soon as you’ve logged the Travel Bug as “Discovered”, the secret bonus souvenir will be credited to your account.

Retiring collections
HQ will retire three collections at the end of the year: Making Memories, Celebrating 25 years, and Event mementos. These collections will be available for players to complete through December 31, 2026.

News & New Caches 224

One new Earthcache has been published since our last post and we have a couple of event reminders:

GCBW447 Geology of Harlech Castle by Mystery09 Earthcache D3/T2

Event Reminders

GCBVF8N 3 Generations tackle Eryri (Snowdonia) by explorer_olway Event D1/T1.5
Where: Llyn Padarn, Llanberis
When: Saturday 15th August, 2026
Time: 9.45am-10.15am
For over 45 years explorer_olway has loved visiting the natural wonder of Snowdonia and has brought his family several times to experience the magic of the mountains. His eldest son climbed Snowdon with him when he was 8 and now his son is 8 it is time for 3 generations to climb to the top.  
They would love to meet with any local geocachers or anyone visiting the area on this day.  

GCBTKEM 9US Celebrate International Geocaching Day 2026 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle
When: Saturday 15th August, 2026
Time: 3.00pm-5pm (the bar will remain open until the last person leaves!)
Trackable Raffle Draw: 5.30pm
9 Usual Suspects invite you to join them in the beautiful Nantlle Valley to celebrate International Geocaching Day, the theme for this years event is ‘Afternoon Tea’. By attending this event you will earn the International Geocaching Day 2026 souvenir.
All refreshments are free, with coffee, tea and soft drinks available on a ‘self service’ basis through out the event. To help us with planning and catering for the day please could you log ‘will attends’ in advance and include number of persons that will be attending.

International Geocaching Day Souvenirs

There are two new souvenirs to earn for International Geocaching Day 2026.

International Geocaching Day 2026 finder:

  • To earn this souvenir, geocachers must find and log one geocache, attend an event, or complete an Adventure LabÂŽ Location between August 14th and 16th, 2026.

International Geocaching Day 2026 hider:

  • To earn this souvenir, geocachers must have a non-event geocache (excluding Adventure LabÂŽ) published between August 1st and August 31st, 2026.

News & New Caches 223

Apologies again for lack of posts.

New Caches

GCBVZ2P MĂ´nTastic! by MĂ´nHunter Traditional D1.5/T1.5

Events

GCBQ6Q3 SideTracked Day 2026 – Llanfairpwll by campdave event D1/T1
Where: Outside Llanfairpwll Statation – In the Car Park, on the picnic bench near “gogogoch”
When: Monday 10 th August, 2026
Time: 11.00am -11.30am
Campdave would like someone to help him learn how to pronounce the station name. He will have a small tub for trackables. and does not mind taking away anything that fits inside.

GCBVF8N 3 Generations tackle Eryri (Snowdonia) by explorer_olway Event D1/T1.5
Where: Llyn Padarn, Llanberis
When: Saturday 15th August, 2026
Time: 9.45am-10.15am
For over 45 years explorer_olway has loved visiting the natural wonder of Snowdonia and has brought his family several times to experience the magic of the mountains. His eldest son climbed Snowdon with him when he was 8 and now his son is 8 it is time for 3 generations to climb to the top.  
They would love to meet with any local geocachers or anyone visiting the area on this day.  

GCBTKEM 9US Celebrate International Geocaching Day 2026 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle
When: Saturday 15th August, 2026
Time: 3.00pm-5pm (the bar will remain open until the last person leaves!)
Trackable Raffle Draw: 5.30pm
9 Usual Suspects invite you to join them in the beautiful Nantlle Valley to celebrate International Geocaching Day, the theme for this years event is ‘Afternoon Tea’. All refreshments are free, with coffee, tea and soft drinks available on a ‘self service’ basis through out the event. To help us with planning and catering for the day please could you log ‘will attends’ in advance and include number of persons that will be attending.

GCBVDP8 Talk like a Pirate Day! 🏴‍☠️ by RichisBlod & MônHunter Event D1/T1.5
Where: Llanddwyn main carpark
When: Saturday 19th September, 2026
Time: 11am-11.30am
RichieBlod & MĂ´nHunter invite you to don your pirate costumes and join them to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day.

GCBT2EK Penrhos Meet and Greet. by Bess’s Friends Event D1/T1
Where: Penrhos Park
When: Sunday 20th September, 2026
Time: 11am-11.30am
Bess’s Friends invite you to join them for some geochat and an opportunity to swap TB’s. After the event they will be walking to TreaddurBay, the walk is about 45 minutes each way. They are planning to place 9 caches along the route.

New Treasures

Bingo 2026 treasures collection is a time limited and runs from 28th July to 13th September. There are 25 treasures in this collection and 4 souvenirs:
Bingo 2026: Vertical Bingo To earn this souvenir, collect five bingo square Treasures that appear on your bingo card in a vertical row.
Bingo 2026: Horizontal Bingo To earn this souvenir, collect five bingo square Treasures that appear on your bingo card in a horizontal row.
Bingo 2026: Diagonal Bingo To earn this souvenir, collect five bingo square Treasures that appear on your bingo card in a diagonal line.
Bingo 2026: Blackout Bingo To earn this souvenir, complete a blackout by collecting a Treasure for every square on your bingo card.

There is also a ‘Secret Bingo Souvenir’.
To secure the extra souvenir simply log the Travel Bug TB: 194768 as ‘Discovered’. These are the blue numbers on the bingo card in the correct numerical order. As soon as you’ve logged the Travel Bug as “Discovered”, the secret bonus souvenir will be credited to your account.