Tag: Event

News & New Caches 208

A couple of new caches and an event have been published since our last post:

GCBFP48 Lon Eifion, No Sign by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D1/T2
GCBFTRA Lon Las Ogwen – a cache by a tree by ShadowTheNinjaWolf Traditional D1.5/T1.5

Events

GCBFR57 Piratemania On Tour #1 by Piratemania Crew Event D1/T1.5
When: Saturday 31st January 2026
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 2.30pm to 5pm

A chance to meet and support the Piratemania Crew as they promote Piratemania 18 [2026]. Never been to Piratemania? Come along and find out what you have been missing. There will be a raffle and other merchandise on sale with all proceeds going to fund Piratemania 18 Mega event.

When: Friday 24th July to Wednesday 29th July
Where: Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens, Main Road, Kelmarsh, Northampton NN6 9LY

GIFF Results

The votes have been counted, and we are excited to present this year’s film festival awards: the Signal Award (chosen by community volunteers) and the People’s Choice Award (voted for by geocachers). This year, an interesting phenomenon occurred, volunteers and geocachers chose the same winner.

HARD WORK by Harogs Team
(harogs, geocachingclown, and commge)

This clever Swiss made film took a unique look at the workings of a gadget cache, but only came 2nd in the vote held at our GIFF event. If you missed the films or would like to watch them again: find them here: GIFF 2025 finalist films.

  • There were 61 filmmakers from 21 countries who submitted a film for consideration this year.
  • 20 films from 10 countries were selected as finalists.
  • The final films were viewed at 634 Events across 92 countries, territories, and regions.
  • Just under 10,000 geocachers voted for the People’s Choice Award
  • Event attendees earned 16,335 GIFF 2025 souvenirs.

The Geocaching International Film Festival will return in 2027.

December Souvenir

The December Solstice Souvenir is available from Friday 19th to Monday 22nd December, to earn find and log any geocache, Event, or Adventure Lab® Location.

Event Reviews

GCBDKZD Christmas Dinner – Nosh & Natter 84 by 9 Usual Suspects
Our Christmas Dinner event is always a popular event and a great way to start the festive season. This year was no exception, an evening full of fun and laughter. Big Thank You’s to Mike & Gail for the quiz and prizes, Gra for the lovely dragon magnets, the Secret Santa and of course the staff of The Goat for the lovely food and looking after us.

GCBERY8 9 Usual Suspects: Escape Room. by 9 Usual Suspects
Bess’s Friends, Julie, assisted by Ray crafted a fantastic geocache event in the form of an escape room set in a pub. It was a radical shift from our normal events and required teams to solve a series of cleverly designed clues to ‘break out’ of the pub before closing time. The pressure was on as our local PanIQ escape room owner and their partner attended joining one of the teams. Solving the clues required a combination of teamwork, observation, deduction and lateral thinking only when these were combined, escape was possible. A great afternoon which everyone enjoyed and appreciated the work involved by Julie & Ray to make this event possible. We are hoping that there will be a repeat event… 

And finally….

It’s nearly Christmas, the season of bad jokes…
What never eats Christmas dinner?
The turkey, it’s stuffed!

News & New Caches 207

Since our last post we have a couple of events published over New Year and a couple of event reminders:

GCBF9M0 9 Usual Suspects Say Goodbye to 2025 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
When: 31st December, 2025
Where: Airport Cafe, Dinas Dinlle, Caernarfon LL54 5TP
Time: 11am-12pm
Our last event of 2025 and a chance for a quick catch up before the New Year Celebrations begin. There is no better way to start your New Year celebrations than meeting up with your geocaching friends!

GCBF9MF 9 Usual Suspects UnBoxing 2026 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1.5
When: 1st January, 2026
Where: Bangor LL57 3YH
Time: 1pm-1.30pm
Our first event of 2026! Why not join us at Traeth Lafan Nature Reserve? After the event 9 Usual Suspects invite all attendees to join them on exploring the Coastal Path. We can assure everyone that there is not the mud of our previous adventures here!

Event Reminders

GCBERY8 9 Usual Suspects: Escape Room. by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Saturday 22nd November
Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle LL54 6BB
Starts: 2pm
Ends: 5pm or when the last person leaves

Enjoy escape rooms? Then this event is for you. Julie has designed a pub themed escape room full of tricky puzzles to solve.

Christmas Dinner

GCBDKZD Christmas Dinner – Nosh & Natter 84 by 9 Usual Suspects
Where: Tafarn Yr Afr/Goat Inn, Glandwyfach, Porthmadog LL51 9LJ
When: Saturday 29th November
Time: 7-9pm or when the last person leaves
Dress Code: Anything Christmas

This is the last call for food orders, if you have not already let us have your food orders please can we have them ASAP.

Treasures

Basic information!

Treasures were a new digital feature introduced in March 2025 as part of Geocachings 25th birthday celebrations. Geocachers can collect these digital items by finding and logging caches that meet a specific criteria set by HQ, different for each Treasure Collection. The amount of Treasures in a Collection also varies. A souvenir is available for the completion of special Collections.

How do I collect Treasure?
You can collect Treasure by finding and logging caches that meet specific criteria set by HQ. The Geocaching Origins Collection has to be completed before unlocking all current available Treasure Collections.
Below are the criteria for the first collection:
Collection 1: Geocaching origins
You can collect these Treasures by finding and logging Traditional Caches.

Are Treasure available for All members?
Treasure is available to both Premium and Basic members, though some collections are Premium member only. Premium members can use Advanced search to find caches that fit collection criteria.

How do I choose which collection I want to collect Treasures from?
On the Treasures page, there are spaces for the collections you want to collect Treasure from. Premium members have spaces for three Active collections, and Basic members have a space for one Active collection. For Premium members, the top space has first priority, the second has second priority, and the third has third priority.

To choose your collections:

  • Go to the “Collections” section near the bottom of the page.
  • Drag a collection card to any space in the “Active collections” section near the top of the page.
  • Or, select “Activate” on a collection card, then choose a space to move it to.

There is also an “Up next” section where you can organise collections to fill your “Active collections” spaces as they become available when collections are completed.

How do I turn off the notification when I collect Treasure?
To turn off the notification, toggle the setting next to “Notify me when I find Treasure in the Geocaching® mobile app” on the Treasures page. Players who turn off notifications will still collect Treasure.

Collections

Geocaching Origins

The Geocaching Origins collection consists of 4 Treasures. This collection has to be completed to unlock current available collections. To collect find and log:
Any Traditional geocache of any size.

Celebrating 25 years


The Celebrating 25 Years collection consists of 5 Treasures. To collect find and log:
Any non-Event geocache type except Adventure Lab®, any size, difficulty rating of 1.5 or lower
OR any Event Cache.
By completing this Collection you will earn a souvenir.

Egg hunt

The Egg Hunt collection consists of 7 Treasures with different criteria for each treasure. To collect find and log:
An Earthcache, attend a regular Event, a Letterbox Hybrid any size with difficulty rating of 2.0 or higher, a Multi cache any size with difficulty rating of 2.0 or higher, a Mystery any size difficulty rating of 2.0 or higher, a Traditional any size difficulty rating of 2.0 or higher, any Virtual cache.
By completing this collection you will earn a souvenir.

Navigational Tools

The Navigational Tools collection consists of 5 Treasures. To collect find and log:
A Traditional any size difficulty rating of 2.0 or higher and a terrain rating of 1.5 or lower.

Classic Trackables

The Classic Trackables collection consists of 5 Treasures. To collect find and log:
A Traditional any size OR Any Event Cache

Mystery Books

The Mystery Books collection consists of 5 Treasures. To collect find and log:
A Multi-Cache, Virtual, Letterbox Hybrid, Mystery, Earthcache, or Wherigo, any size with a difficulty rating of 2.00 or higher

Event Mementos

The Event Mementos collection consists of 5 Treasures. To collect find and log:
A Traditional, Multi-Cache, Letterbox Hybrid, Mystery, or Wherigo, size Micro, Other, or Small with a minimum of 3 Favourite points OR any Event Cache

Planets

The Planets collection consists of 8 Treasures. To collect find and log:
A Traditional, Multi-Cache, Letterbox Hybrid, Mystery, or Wherigo, size Regular or Large, with a difficulty rating of 2.0 or higher.

Tools of the Trade

The Tools of the Trade collection consists of 6 treasures. To collect find and log:
Any Traditional, Multi-Cache, Letterbox Hybrid, or Mystery cache, any size with a difficulty rating of 3.0 or higher with the Special Tool required attribute.

Making Memories

The Making Memories collection consists of 6 treasures. To collect find and log:
Any non-Event geocache type except Adventure Lab®, size a Micro, Regular, or Small, difficulty rating between 1.5 and 4.0 OR any Event Cache.

GIFF Gnomes

The GIFF Gnome collection consists of 5 treasures. To collect find and log:
Any Mystery cache, any size with the Available 24/7 attribute.

Celebrating GIFF

The Celebrating GIFF collection consists of 8 treasures. To collect find and log:
Any Event Cache.

Fossils

The Fossils collection consists of 6 treasures. To collect find and log:
Any Earthcache.

River expedition puzzle

The River Expedition Puzzle collection consists of 16 treasures and is Premium Member only.
Each piece of the the puzzle has a different D/T rating from D1/T1 to D2.5/T2.5. To collect find and log:
Any geocache except events and Adventure Lab®, any size with the correct D/T rating for the individual puzzle pieces.
By completing this collection you will earn a souvenir.

Plush Bird Watching

The Plush Bird Watching collection consists of 6 treasures. To collect find and log:
Traditional or Letterbox Hybrid cache, any size with a minimum of 1 favourite point with the Scenic View attribute.

Snow Globes

The Snow globes collect consists of 7 treasures. To collect find and log:
Any Traditional, Multi-Cache, or Mystery, any size except Micro, Small, or Virtual
with a minimum of 2 Favourite points.

Origami Animals

The Origami animals collection consists of 14 treasures. To collect find and log:
Small sized Traditional caches with a minimum of 4 favourite points.

Dog Figurines

The Dog Figurines collection consists of 9 treasures. To collect find and log:
Any Micro cache with the Dog friendly attribute.

News & New Caches 204

GCBEP2C Lon Eifion, Fun Guys… by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D2/T1.5
GCBEJJ6 Squirrelled away by ShadowTheNinjaWolf Traditional D1.5/T1.5
GCBEFN1 Pen Braich bike trails by ShadowTheNinjaWolf Traditional D1.5/T2

Event Reminder

GCBDZHV 9 Usual Suspects- Let’s Meet! by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1
Where: The Australia. 31, The High Street, Porthmadog. LL49 9LR
When: Saturday 1st November, 2025
Time: 14.00 hrs – 15.00 hrs

9 Usual Suspects invite you to join them at one of their favourite pubs, The Australian, for a catch up and for any visitors to the area to meet local cachers.

Event Review

GCBC2HX Happy Halloween by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1

The weather was not on our side, we battled with the strong winds and rain managing to set up most of our scary props. Those that didn’t appear this year will hopefully make an appearance next year!. Between the heavy showers there was plenty of spooky fun, pumpkin competitions, quizzes, BBQ and lots of banter. Thank you to the witches, other scary characters and everyone for attending and supporting our events.

Here are few pictures from the evening:

News & New Caches 202

Since our last post we have had a couple of new traditional caches and a new earthcache published:

Bwlch Mawr Trig Point

GCBC6PX YOSM #0187 Bwlch Mawr by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T3
GCBDNEJ The Captain’s bench by Tirion_Trailblazer Traditional D2/T1
GCBDMQ0 Llewellyn by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T1.5

Event Reminder
GCBDCQG Meet & Greet in Porthmadog by Hammer66 D1/T1
When: Saturday 11th October 2025 (tonight)
Where: Porthmadog Harbour
Time: 6pm to 6.30pm
Hammer66 is on holiday in the area and would like to meet local and not so local cachers to discuss our wonderful hobby.

International EarthCache Day

Earn the International EarthCache Day 2025 souvenir by visiting any EarthCache and completing the logging requirements from October 10 through October 12, 2025.
Since 2004, EarthCaches have encouraged geocachers to explore and celebrate our planet’s extraordinary geological features.
All non-Premium EarthCaches are open to everyone throughout the weekend on the Geocaching® app from 12:00:00 UTC on Friday 10th October, until 12:00:00 UTC on Monday 13th October, 2025.

Treasures

Recently 4 new Treasure collections have been released, GIFF Gnomes, Celebrating GIFF, Fossils and River Expedition Puzzle. Collections now have to be activated to collect treasures, with only 3 collections active at any one time. Some juggling of active collections may be needed to ensure maximum treasures are collected. Here are the requirements for each new collection:
GIFF Gnomes: Find 5 Mystery caches of Any Size with the Available 24/7 attribute.
Celebrating GIFF: Attend 8 Events all types count.
Fossils: Discover 6 Earthcaches, all D/T’s count.

River Expedition Puzzle: This new Treasure collection is only available for Premium members, and it’s a little different from previous collections as each treasure is piece of a jigsaw. Complete the collection to complete the puzzle and earn a souvenir. The puzzle has 16 pieces, and each piece has unique criteria based on difficulty and terrain ratings.

East Anglia UK Mega 2026

GCB910M East Anglia UK Mega Event by EastAngliaMega26
When: Saturday 8th August 2026
Where: Norfolk Showground, Dereham Rd, New Costessey, Norwich NR5 0TT
Time: 10:00am to 4pm

Are you planning on camping at the UK Mega next year? If so are you aware that there is a 10% discount for Early Bird booking available until the 31st October.
Camping is available from Tuesday 4th to Monday 10th August and can be booked on this website.
Full size 10m x 12m pitches at £30 per night.
Small tent pitch 5m x 6m at £22 per night.
£50 per week for optional EHU.
Book from 2 to 6 nights. (Minimum booking is 2 nights.)

The pitches are all on a large grass field. The site has permanent toilet and shower blocks, electricity is generated by solar panels on the roof of the exhibition hall.

News & New Caches 201

Just one new cache and 3 new events have been published since our last post.

GCBDJB6 Pwmp Dŵr Rhos Isaf by Math1212 Traditional D2/T1.5

Events

GCBDCQG Meet & Greet in Porthmadog by Hammer66 D1/T1
When: Saturday 11th October 2025
Where: West Highland Railway Platform, Porthmadog
Time: 6pm to 6.30pm
Hammer66 is on holiday in the area and would like to meet local and not so local cachers to discuss our wonderful hobby.

GCBDKYT 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 83 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Thursday 30th October 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves

Christmas Dinner

I know it is only the beginning of October and no one wants to think about Christmas but for our Christmas Dinner Event we have to book way in advance to get our preferred date and venue.

GCBDKZD Christmas Dinner – Nosh & Natter 84 by 9 Usual Suspects
Where: Tafarn Yr Afr/Goat Inn, Glandwyfach, Porthmadog LL51 9LJ
When: Saturday 29th November
Time: 7-9pm or when the last person leaves
Dress Code: Anything Christmas

 Will Santa be attending? Who knows, but for those that wish to take part there will be the usual ‘Secret Santa’, presents price guide £5-£10.
Please find the menu below:

Please note all food has to be ordered in advance and we need food orders by 21st November.

Event Reminders

We are weather watching, according to the latest info, with luck, Storm Amy should have passed by 2pm tomorrow, so we are not canceling the following events. We will review weather/conditions tomorrow morning and make a decision whether to go ahead or cancel. An event announcement will be made to confirm our decision.

GCBD2G7 CITO 2025 Season 2 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Saturday 4th October 2025
Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
We will be meeting at the old bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon, on Saturday 4th October 2pm. Our task for the day will be to pick up as much litter as possible starting from the the bridge, around the park then following the River Seiont to Lon Eifion. If we get enough volunteers we will pick the wooded area behind Tesco.

GCBD32K 9US Cake & Brew by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Saturday 4th October 2025
Where: Old Bridge, Parc Dre, Caernarfon
Time: 3.30pm to 4pm
As a Thank You to our hard working volunteers we will be supplying refreshments and a chance to catch up, swap TB’s and enjoy some geochat while having a brew and cake.

9US 10th Anniversary Coins

Last chance to pre-order and save £2!

Celebrate a decade of discovery with the limited edition 9 Usual Suspects 10th Anniversary Geocoin! Crafted from slate. This unique Geocoin features an engraved mountain scene on the obverse, on the reverse the iconic 9 Usual Suspects logo along with a trackable number. The Geocoin is a limited run with just 20 available, it’s a must-have keepsake for collectors and geocachers alike, marking ten unforgettable years of adventures for the 9 Usual Suspects.

Pre-order price is just £12, the coins will normally retail at £14. To order please contact us through the comments or email SlateCoins@9usualsuspects.uk
Coins will be available to purchase and collect from our events.

News & New Caches 200

A couple of new traditional caches, CITO and event have been published since our last post:

GCBD867 Caernarfon a Bontnewydd A487 by ECOBAKE Traditional D2/T1.5
GCBD4DT REALLY SideTracked – Llanberis (SMR) by Clueless_Goose Traditional T1.5/D1.5

New Events

GCBD2G7 CITO 2025 Season 2 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Saturday 4th October 2025
Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
We will be meeting at the old bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon, on Saturday 8th March at 2pm. Our task for the day will be to pick up as much litter as possible starting from the the bridge, around the park then following the River Seiont to Lon Eifion. If we get enough volunteers we will pick the wooded area behind Tesco.

GCBD32K 9US Cake & Brew by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Saturday 4th October 2025
Where: Old Bridge, Parc Dre, Caernarfon
Time: 3.30pm to 4pm
As a Thank You to our hard working volunteers we will be supplying refreshments and a chance to catch up, swap TB’s and enjoy some geochat while having a brew and cake.

Event Reminders

There are several events happening in the next few days:

GCBCTEY 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 82 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Friday 26th September 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
Please note this event is on Friday not the normal Thursday.
Apologies everyone, I forgot to put this in for review and missed the deadline for Thursday evening.

GCBBXWD SideTracked Railway200 – Pwllheli by GO PUB CACHING
When: Friday 26th September
Where: Pwllheli National Rail Station
Time: 9.30am to 10am

GCBBXYH SideTracked Railway200 – Caernarfon by GO PUB CACHING
When: Saturday 27th September
Where: Welsh Highland Railway, Caernarfon
Time: 12.45pm to 1.15pm

GCBBGQ7 SideTracked Railway200 – Porthmadog Harbour by GO PUB CACHING
When: Saturday 27th September
Where: Welsh Highland Railway & Ffestiniog Railway, Porthmadog
Time: 6.00pm to 6.30pm

GCBC9EC Moley’s Meet up by Moley13 Event D1/T1.5
When: Saturday 27th September
Where: Llangollen Pavillion 
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Moley is going to be in Llangollen for Hidden Earth – UK’s National Caving Conference and is keen to meet up with other geocaching cavers as well as any other geocachers who happen to be in the area. The meeting spot is a group of picnic tables at the side of Llangollen Pavilion. 

GCBBXTH SideTracked Railway200 – Porthmadog by GO PUB CACHING
When: Sunday 28th September
Where: National Rail Station, Porthmadog
Time: 10.15am to 10.45am

CADW Open Doors

Every September, Cadw “Opens its Doors”. A selection of Cadw and other historical sites open their doors free of charge, some sites are not normally open to the general public, others may offer free guided tours and experiences.
Here are a couple of our favourite places that are open this weekend:

Barclodiad-y-Gawres
Open Sunday 28th September

Barclodiad-y-Gawres is a partially reconstructed Neolithic burial chamber, famous for its decorated stones. The spectacular, cliff side position of this later Neolithic monument is one of its great attractions and accessing it provides a short pleasant walk.  Barclodiad-y-Gawres means ‘The Giantess’s Apronful’ and is a traditional local name. This is a chance to investigate this unique and important passage tomb which is not generally open to the public.
Free Tours will be at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Meet at the monument. No booking required.

Harlech Castle
Open Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th September

Join guide, Siân Roberts, and discover the stories behind the stones of this spectacular structure in its stunning setting. We can highly recommend this tour, we held an event here last year followed by Siân’s excellent tour.
Free Tours will be at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. No booking required.

News & New Caches 198

Since our last post two new multis, a couple of new earthcaches plus 3 events have been published:

GCBC4GJ Church Micro 15502… Caernarfon by Math1212 Multi D2.5/T1.5
GCBC0AM SideTracked – Porthmadog by Clueless_Goose Multi D2/T1.5
GCBC12P A Tuff EarthCache by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5
GCBBZR6 Bwlch Mawr Trig & Lava by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T3

Events
GCBC9EC Moley’s Meet up by Moley13 Event D1/T1.5
When: Saturday 27th September
Where: Llangollen Pavillion 
Time: 6pm to 7pm
Moley is going to be in Llangollen for Hidden Earth – UK’s National Caving Conference and is keen to meet up with other geocaching cavers as well as any other geocachers who happen to be in the area. The meeting spot is a group of picnic tables at the side of Llangollen Pavilion. 

Saturday 27th September is a very popular day for events in our area, this is event is the 4th to be published on this date

GCBC2HX Happy Halloween by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
When: Saturday 25th October
Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle LL54 6BB
Party Starts: 5pm
Party Ends: 8pm or when the last person leaves
Attire:  Optional Halloween Fancy dress
A repeat of last years event with a few extra scary surprises. Wrap up warm, as, weather permitting, we plan to have some outside activities including a pumpkin lantern competition. There will be prizes for adults and children, to enter bring your carved pumpkin on the night. Of course there will be a BBQ and the bar will be open to late.

GCBC20Q GIFF 2025, Geocaching International Film Festival by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
Where: Talysarn Community Centre, Station Road, Talysarn, Caernarfon LL54 6HL
Date: Sunday 9th November 2025
Doors open: 3.00pm
Film showing starts: 3.15pm approx, duration approx 1 hour.
Venue closes: 5.00pm 
We invite you to join us for Geocachings International Film Festival 2025. More details of films etc will be announced nearer the date. As this venue is not cheap to hire we will be fund raising and looking for volunteers to help with setting up, manning our geocaching shop and very importantly running the kitchen.

Famous Suspects

Recently some of the Usual Suspects have been featured in the Geocaching media.
At a very wet event in Bristol during UK Mega week 3 Usual Suspects were caught on camera by GO PUB CACHING and appear on his YouTube site pubtv. See link below:
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxe5pGtX_mgn1-SION02caFer4O-rv6d5z?si=t7youjJ2BSzlOR_l

74Jen and ECOBAKE now have worldwide fame after they were included in a recent post by Geocaching HQ in their blog, LogBook:

Highlights from “Where’s 25? – Locationless Cache”
“We’re more than halfway through 2025, which means that time is running shorter for you to log GCA2025 Where’s 25? – Locationless Cache! This special cache is active only through December 31, 2025 in commemoration of geocaching’s milestone anniversary.
The geocaching community has found “25” all over since the Locationless Cache was published in January. More than 26,000 geocachers have logged a find, and shared more than 32,000 photos of “25” sightings worldwide.”
Here are just a few of the fun examples:

74Jen celebrated their 30,000th geocache find by finding “25” in Geneva, Switzerland.

News & New Caches 197

Several new caches and events to report since our last post:

GCBBW14 Foxy’s neighbour by Tiriondavies Traditional D2/T1.5
GCBBTQ4 Cache is calling by Tiriondavies Traditional D1.5/T2
GCBBN8K WMW #2 – Playing with Stones by Wizard_001 Earthcache D4.5/T2.5

Premium Member Only
GCBBK2E Church Micro 15487…LLanddeiniolen by ECOBAKE Traditional D1.5/T1.5
GCBBXDF A Different Kind of Pavement by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T4
GCBBXBX Wales Mountain Bowling Green by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T5
GCBBW7B Mimetolith by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T4
GCBBKDM Anglesey GeoMon – Spilite by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T1.5
GCBBH79 Clogwyn Brith ~ Metasomatism by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T2
GCBBGY1 Penygadair by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T4
GCBBF7Y War Memorial #2425 – Llanberis by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T1.5
GCBBFJY Anglesey GeoMon – Porth y Mór by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5

Events

GCBBXWD SideTracked Railway200 – Pwllheli by GO PUB CACHING
When: Saturday 27th September
Where: Pwllheli National Rail Station
Time: 9.30am to 10am

GCBBXYH SideTracked Railway200 – Caernarfon by GO PUB CACHING
When: Saturday 27th September
Where: Welsh Highland Railway, Caernarfon
Time: 12.45pm to 1.15pm

GCBBGQ7 SideTracked Railway200 – Porthmadog Harbour by GO PUB CACHING
When: Saturday 27th September
Where: Welsh Highland Railway & Ffestiniog Railway, Porthmadog
Time: 18.00pm to 18.30pm

GCBBXTH SideTracked Railway200 – Porthmadog by GO PUB CACHING
When: Sunday 28th September
Where: National Rail Station, Porthmadog
Time: 10.15am to 10.45am

Event Reminder
GCBAX9G 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 81 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Thursday 28th August 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
Please note for this event we are back to normal, tomorrow night.

Diary Dates
We currently have in for review the following events:
GCBC2HX Happy Halloween on Saturday 25th October
GCBC20Q GIFF 2025, Geocaching International Film Festival on Sunday 9th November
More details once published.

Upcoming Souvenirs

September Equinox Souvenir

Geocaching HQ has a new September equinox souvenir available from 19th-22nd September 2025. To earn the souvenir find one geocache, attend an Event, or complete an Adventure Lab® Location.
This year the changing seasons will be celebrated with souvenir artwork inspired by the Sandhill Crane. Why Cranes? Because they represent migratory patterns and seasonal change.

Adventure Day Souvenir

To earn the Adventure Lab® Adventure Day souvenir, complete five Adventure Lab Locations, these do not have to be in the same Adventure, between Friday 17th October to Sunday 19th October 2025.

News & New Caches 195

One new Earthcache, an event and the UK Mega have all been published since our last post:

GCBAVJW Pwllheli Stone Circle by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T1.5

Events

GCBAX9G 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 81 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Thursday 28th August 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
Please note for this event we are back to normal, the last Thursday of the month.

UK Mega 2026

Today at 10am the cache page for next years UK Mega went live:

GCB910M East Anglia UK Mega Event by EastAngliaMega26
When: Saturday 8th August 2026
Where: Norfolk Showground, Dereham Rd, New Costessey, Norwich NR5 0TT
Time: 10:00am to 4pm

The Norfolk Showground is located just outside Norwich, with easy access by car. The showground has ample space for camping and plenty of toilet blocks and showers.
Evening events will be held in the St Walstan Hall on site.
Camping will be available from Tuesday 4th to Monday 10th August. More details will be added when available.

For more information see their website: East Anglia UK Mega 2026

World Postcard Day Souvenir 2025

Did you know that Wednesday 1st October is World Postcard Day? To celebrate this day Geocaching HQ have announced a new souvenir. To qualify for the souvenir you need to attend an Event from September 28th to October 4th, 2025. All Events, including Community Celebration Events and Block parties, qualify for the souvenir.

CADW Open Doors 2025

This September, more than 200 of Wales’ historic sites, landmarks and hidden gems will offer visitors free entry, events or guided tours.

It’s all part of Open Doors — Wales’ annual contribution to the European Heritage Days initiative, which invites heritage organisations, private owners, local authorities and others to open their doors or offer activities to the public free of charge during September.

Funded and organised by Cadw, to encourage Welsh residents and visitors alike to explore some of the country’s lesser-known and smaller-scale sites ― several of which are usually closed to the public.

Harlech Castle open free weekend 26th/27th September

Last year we took advantage of the free entry to host an event at Harlech Castle. We can highly recommend the castle and the guide tour which is also free.

For further details visit CADW Open Doors