Just two new caches to report both went live for Lon & Gwyn’s Event:
GC9PPDB Dinas Dinlle, the Disappearing Coastline by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GC9PPEA Dinas Dinlle, The Middle by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D3/T3.5
GC8MAT4 Community Celebration Event – Final Daily Grid
Lon & Gwyn with their 3D printed souvenir
Congratulations Lon and Gwyn from all your Geocaching friends on finally completing your ‘Daily Grid’, a challenge made even greater by Covid 19 lockdowns. To celebrate this momentous occasion they hosted a Community Celebration Event at Dinas Dinlle sea front, unlike previous events along this stretch of coast line the weather was perfect, blue skies and sunshine! Plenty of geochat, cakes and drinks plus 2 new caches going live made for a very enjoyable evening.
Be part of the Million Mile Beach Clean at the Inland Sea on Anglesey and make a difference by helping to care for our environment. GC9N9C1Plas vs Plastic by Sqiaddie101 CITO Event 12.3.2022
Guess the Cache 4
Well done everyone who recognised this cache, a stunningly beautiful section of the Anglesey Coastal path, the answer is: GC1QNT1T Porth Llanlleiana by Ramblin JAM
Guess the Cache 5 This one should not prove too difficult ……..
Virtual Rewards 3.0
As part of 2022 Year of the Hide celebrations Geocaching HQ are releasing up to 4,000 new Virtual Caches.
To be eligible to apply, you must meet the following criteria: 1) You did not receive a previous Virtual Reward. 2) You must own at least two active non-Event geocaches. 3)You must own at least one geocache or Event published within the past four years (February 8, 2018 to February 8, 2022). 4)You must have posted a log on a geocache within the past six months. 5) Your owned geocaches must have at least 20 total Favourite points.
Applications close February 26, 2022. Apply HERE Geocaching HQs random selection takes place on March 1, 2022 when winners will be notified. Winners will have one year to create their Virtual Cache.
Only one new cache and one new event published this week. The event is a bit out of our area but for anyone wanting to visit a beautiful beach on New Years Day this event by Pink icing should be considered.
GC9KBDP Happy New Year at the seaside by Pink icing Event D1/T1.5
GC9JT53 Promenade Across The Causeway by Clueless_Goose Multi D2/T1.5
A lovely multi cache which takes you along Belgian Promenade that can be combined with this Adventure Lab Gateway to Ynys Mon – Exploring Menai Bridge created by escapefromwork.
GIFF Results
This year’s Signal Award winner is…
First hide – Geocaching Documentary from Finland
“Braija returns with “First hide – Geocaching Documentary from Finland.” This year, he’s a Community Volunteer Reviewer here to help a cacher with his first geocache hide. He shares tips and tricks which can help every new cache hider!” Geocaching HQ Blog
This year’s People’s Choice winner is…
Signal Academy – Froggy’s Dream
“Signal Academy – Froggy’s Dream shows a day in the life at Signal Academy – a school for cute miniature Signal the Frogs! From Dr. Professor Signalus’ lessons to Outdoor Recreation class, there’s lots going on at Signal Academy.” Geocaching HQ Blog
I’m not sure if we all agree with the peoples choice vote result. There were 61 film submissions from 15 different countries, 17 of which made the cut for this years film show. The next GIFF will be in 2 years time, 2023, due to Geocaching HQ 20th anniversary celebrations. Could we do better?
Other Stuff
A big Thank You to everyone who attended last nights online party and Pete for sorting out all the technical stuff etc. Let us hope that next year we will all be meeting up in person and not online events.
Another elf dance from last year, take it away Pink icing and Jude100………
And as it is not quite Christmas here’s another cracker joke…….
Who says “Oh, oh, oh!”? Santa Claus walking backwards
This CITO (Cache in Trash Out) was our first post-covid lockdown official geocaching event since 14 March 2020 and a chance to restore some normality. The weather forecast was iffy so kudos to all who defied the Met Office forecasts and turned out, as on the day, we had only the occasional light shower to contend with. This location was selected because: we have picked here before and know the location, it is fairly child friendly, and above all there was some litter to be picked. It was great to catch up with friends some of whom came from as far as Macklesfield and Oldham. It was also great to see some new faces and junior cachers who made a great contribution. In all 23 assisted with the litter pick including Diapason16 who happened to be in the area looking for a cache, he rolled up his sleeves and mucked in, unlike his daughter, who like a stereotypical teenager rolled her eyes and sat on the wall with her mobile phone :-). We cleared from Penygroes to Groeslon and collected about 12 bags of rubbish from the cycle path. The litter was sorted and taken to Rhwngddwyryd, Garndolbenmaen Recycling Center for disposal.
Many thanks to Inigo Jones Slate Works for letting us use their car park as a base for the CITO
A reminder that we will be ‘litter picking’ Saturday 22nd May commencing at 2pm, meet at usual spot on the bridge above Afon Seiont (N53 07.825 W004 16.125). This is an unofficial event as Geocaching UK won’t allow any meets currently. We look forward to seeing you all on the day, it has been a long time since we all got together. We will be complying with current Covid regulations as they stand on the day. Also might even sneak a crafty beverage in a pub afterwards :-).
Pete and I are probably the only people in the world that are pleased to see this event has been pushed back to May 2022 as this means we will be able to attend after all. We hope to put into place our original plans and are hoping others can join us.
“GC7WWWW 20 Years of Geocaching Prague 2020 – Edition 2022 Although we were hoping for better news, the situation is unfortunately not such that it will be possible to carry out a gigaevent in 4 months. This event will not take place in September 2021 because of health and safety concerns related to COVID-19. It will be rescheduled to 13-15 May 2022. Hopefully, the situation will be stabilized next year. We believe that it will be possible to organize a grand celebration in a joyful and relaxed spirit, so that both participants and organizers can enjoy it. Once it is rescheduled, we will post an Announcement and update this page.”
Although official Geocaching Events are not available just yet, Socially distanced gatherings of up to 30 persons will be permitted from the 26th of April under the latest guidance from the Senedd. As we haven’t met up as a group for quite a while, a CITO is the perfect socially distanced event. A suggestion is that we could combine an unofficial CITO and the “Let’s improve the outdoors – Locationless Cache GC8NEAT” which adds both an Icon and Souvineer to your profile. So with all that in mind how about meeting on 2nd May Saturday Afternoon Near Tescos Caernarfon and hitting some of the hot spots in the vicinity. Please let us know if you are interested, the number will of course be limited to 30.
We have relaunched the 9 Usual Suspects website today, with an improved look, easier to use and the Russian hackers locked out! It will still be primarily for Geocaching but will include anything that catches our collective attention, so if you have anything to contribute please let us know. e.g. the favourite cache series that has been started, what’s your favourite and why? Also, there is an improved diary section, if you want an event added give us a shout.
