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 196

It’s holiday season and we have a lot of new caches to report to keep everyone busy, all premium member apart from one:

GCBB79Q Holyhead Path Cache by caccbag with the generous help of Glaslyn1 Traditional D2/T1.5

Premium Member Only
GCBB00J A Fine Pair # 1865 ~ Conwy – Rose Hill Street by Hitman9956 Multi D2/T2
GCBAX3P War Memorial #2400 ~ Conwy by Hitman9956 Mystery D2/T2
GCBB09A Church Micro 15474…Conwy – St John by Hitman9956 Multi D2/T2

So nice to see some new caches around Llanberis appear on the map, Llanberis has been in need of some new caches for a very long time.
GC5T0VR REALLY SideTracked – Caernarfon by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5
GCBAF99 LlP 1 – Pont Pen-y-Llyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1.5
GCBAFA6 LlP 2 – Helygen by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2
GCBAFCT LlP 3 – Craig yr Undeb by Clueless_Goose Earthcache D3/T1.5
GCBAFGB LlP 4 – Ffens Pren by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5
GCBAFGM LlP 5 – Twnel Llanberis by Clueless_Goose Letterbox D2.5/T3.5
GCBAFJC LlP 6 – Peipen by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2
GCBAFJP LlP 7 – Afalau Bach by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2.5
GCBAFK2 LlP 8 – Out on a Limb by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T4.5
GCBAFKB LlP 9 – Samsara Cyclepath by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2
GCBAFKM LlP 10 – Wal Werdd by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2
GCBAFKT LlP 11 – Pont Ddu by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2.5
GCBAFM1 LlP 12 – Stwmp by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2.5
GCBAFM6 LlP 13 – Y Glyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1
GCBAFMK LlP 14 – Rydych Yma by Clueless_Goose Multi D3/T1.5
GCBAFQC LlP 15 – Maes Parcio by Clueless_Goose Multi D1.5/T1.5
GCBAG1C LlP 16 – Llafn y Cewri by Clueless_Goose Multi D2.5/T1.5
GCBAG1P LlP 17 – Stesion Llanberis by Clueless_Goose Multi D2.5/T1
GCBAGZ3 LlP 18 – Cae’r Ddol by Clueless_Goose Multi D1.5/T2
GCBAGZC LlP 19 – Derwen by Clueless_Goose Multi D3/T2
GCBAGZE LlP 20 – Pont Afon-y-Bala by Clueless_Goose Multi D1.5/T1.5

Event Reminder

9US 10th Birthday Party and International Geocaching Day

By attending this event you will earn the International Geocaching Day 2025 finders souvenir.

GCAW0G4 9 US Celebrate International Geocaching Day by 9 Usual Suspects
Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle
When: Saturday 16th August, 2025
Time: 2pm-6pm (the bar will remain open until the last person leaves!)
Games Start Time: 2.30pm
BBQ: 5pm
Trackable Raffle Draw: 5.30pm
9 Usual Suspects invite you to join them in the beautiful Nantlle Valley to celebrate their 10th Birthday, 25 years of Geocaching and International Geocaching Day, the theme for this years event is ‘An Afternoon of Birthday Fun Games’. We will also be taking a look back at our adventures over the last 10 years.

Please log will attends so that we have a rough idea on numbers for catering, prizes and souvenirs.

International Geocaching Day Souvenir

International Geocaching Day is always the 3rd Saturday in August, normally just one souvenir, but to celebrate 25 years of geocaching, there are two new souvenirs to earn for International Geocaching Day 2025.
International Geocaching Day 2025 finder:
To earn this souvenir, geocachers must find and log one geocache, attend an Event, or complete an Adventure Lab® Location between Friday 15th and 17th August, 2025.
International Geocaching Day 2025 hider:
Any non-Event geocache type (excluding Adventure Lab®) counts, as long as it is published between Tuesday 15th July and Monday 25th August

Anglesey Column Abseil

Fancy Abseiling the Anglesey Column?
Climb the 115 steps, take in the breathtaking views, log our virtual cache, then abseil 35 metres back down – all under the guidance of the amazing Go Vertical team. Once your feet are back on solid ground, you’ll be treated to a breakfast bap or homemade soup and a drink in the Column Café.
Two dates only – and spaces are limited: Saturday 9th August or Friday 22nd August

Price: £65 per person or £195 for a family of 4 (2 adults + 2 children) plus booking fee
To book follow this link Abseiling Anglesey Column

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

News & New Caches 193

We have 3 new traditional caches and some new events to report since our last post:

GCB9QT2 Nice and Easy by Bess’s Friends Traditional D1/T1.5
GCB9Y2G Ffawydden by Tiriondavies Traditional D2/T2
GCBA4FR BST 7 – Pont y Trên by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1.5

Event Reminder

GCB8G4G 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 80 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Wednesday 24th, July 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
Please note this is Wednesday night (tomorrow) and a week earlier than normal due to several of the regulars attending the UK Mega events.

Events

GCBA6JY Come and Join Us at Criccieth by The Creepy Crawlies Event D1/T1
Where: The Lion Hotel, Criccieth
When: Wednesday 6th August, 2025
Time: 6pm-7pm
The Creepy Crawlies will be travelling around Wales for a week on holiday. They would like to meet both local and not so local Geocachers to discuss our fascinating hobby. Also they are fully supporting the UK Mega 2026 Committee and are keen to discuss this event.

9US Birthday Party

GCAW0G4 9 US Celebrate International Geocaching Day by 9 Usual Suspects
Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle
When: Saturday 16th August, 2025
Time: 2pm-6pm (the bar will remain open until the last person leaves!)
Games Start Time: 2.30pm
BBQ: 5pm
Trackable Raffle Draw: 5.30pm
9 Usual Suspects invite you to join them in the beautiful Nantlle Valley to celebrate their 10th Birthday, 25 years of Geocaching and International Geocaching Day, the theme for this years event is ‘An Afternoon of Birthday Fun Games’. Please log will attends so that we have a rough idea on numbers for catering and prizes.

GIFF 2025

There is just 2 weeks to submit your short film for a chance to be featured in the 2025 Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF)!
🗓 Submission deadline: August 1, 2025
📏 Film length: 1–5 minutes
📬 How to submit: Read the rules and submit your film online at geocachingfilmfestival.com

We are planning to host our GIFF event on Sunday 9th November.

Treasures, Making Memories

This collection has 6 Treasures to collects. Find and log any geocache that meets these criteria:

Any non-Event geocache type except Adventure Lab®
Size is Micro, Regular, or Small
Difficulty rating between 1.5 and 4.0
OR
Any Event Cache

Leader Board Challenge, Making Memories

This challenge is to celebrate International Geocaching Day and 25 years of geocaching will run from Monday 21st July to Sunday 17th August. Help Signal fill his scrapbook by finding caches, attending Events, and collecting Treasure. To fill the scrapbook the geocaching community need to earn 25 million points, see table below:

Found it*	1
Attended an Event	3
Received a Favourite point on an owned geocache	3
Found an Adventure Location	1
Found a geocache with 5+ Favorite points	3
Collect a Making Memories Treasure	5

*Logged a Found it on any other cache type, excluding Webcam Caches.

There is the opportunity to earn 3 souvenirs:
Crafty Cacher: earn this souvenir by completing the Making Memories Treasure collection.
Memory Maker: earn this souvenir by individually contributing 40 pages (40 points)to Signal’s scrapbook.
Signal’s Scrapbook: If the global community fills 25,000,000 pages before Making Memories ends, all participants will receive this souvenir on Monday 18th August.

A Favourite Cache

While traveling to Piratemania Germany we found just one brilliant cache in the Netherlands:

GC4Z1XM Stokrozen Cache by Onnorvid Traditional D1.5/T1.7

At the time of writing this cache has 741 well deserved favourite points which I’m sure will only increase.

News & New Caches 192

Again apologies for the lack of posts. Nice to see 3 new Traditional caches plus more Premium Member Earthcaches and a Multi.

GCB9KY3 Postyn Pren by Tiriondavies Traditional D2/T2
GCB9ABN Yr hen siop by Tiriondavies Traditional D1.5/T1.5
GCB9AG4 Llwybr Cyhoeddus Ardal Glan-yr-Afon By Mat1212 Traditional D2/T2

Premium Member Only
GCB96T4 REALLY SideTracked – Minffordd by ECOBAKE Multi D2/T1.5
Earthcaches
GCB9P31 Castell Mawr Rock by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T2.5
GCB9PBN Anglesey GeoMon – Unconformity by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T2.5
GCB9P49 Anglesey GeoMon – Mudstone Clasts by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T2.5
GCB9PD9 Parys Mountain Trig by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5
GCB9MWD Anglesey GeoMon – Limestone by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5
GCB9J6C Llyn Pedarn Glaciation by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T5
GCB9FF5 Anglesey GeoMon – Cornstone by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5
GCB9FDW Quartz Spar Coat by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T4
GCB9FF7 Trefor Terraces by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5
GCB9A72 Anglesey Brachiopods by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T1.5
GCB9A6Y Llyn Melynllyn by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T4
GCB9A71 Moel Farlwyd Moraines by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T3.5
GCB9A4D YOSM #1273 Tal-Y-Fan by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5
GCB99X2 Anglesey GeoMon – Palaeokarst by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T3

Event
GCB90G 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 80 by 9 Usual Suspects event D1/T1
When: Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves

PLEASE NOTE THIS N&N IS ON A WEDNESDAY AND A WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL AS MOST OF THE REGULARS WILL BE ATTENDING PIRATEMANIA & UK MEGA

East Anglia UK Mega 2026

After a lot of speculation wether there is going to be a UK Mega in 2026 it has been confirmed that the East Anglia Mega Team will be hosting the UK Mega on Saturday 8th August, 2026 at The Norfolk Showground, Dereham Rd, Norwich, NR5 0TT. Camping will be available from Tuesday 4th August to Monday 10 August. For more details East Anglia Mega 2026

Recommended Pub Stopover

While heading to Piratemania Germany in our campervan via Harwich we discovered this basic pub stopover, free as long as you use the pub. The Bricklayers Arms, Little Bentley, Essex is about 20 minutes from Harwich port making it very popular with campervan owners traveling from Harwich to Hook of Holland. The pub advertise space for 5 vans and request you phone ahead to reserve a space but the night we stayed there was at least 9 vans many of which had not booked. The food is very good and the beer excellent. Do check on opening times as we found they were different than quoted on the website.

For the geocacher there is a cache on the green opposite the pub GC8HCV4 K6 Red and many more locally including the 007 puzzle series.

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In our area we have had five new caches, all placed by Clueless_Goose published and a some events for your diary, a CITO and after CITO event.

GCB5210 Church Micro 15374…Llanedwen by Clueless_Goose Multi D2.5/T1.5

Four of the new caches are an extension to the highly recommended Bryngwyn Slate Trail linking the end of the existing trail back to Rhostryfan. If parking at Rhostryfan this creates a circular walk.

GCB4VDV Alexandra Tramway by Traditional D2/T2
GCB4VZ4 Capel Hermon by Clueless_Goose Multi D2/T2
GCB4W7H Behind the Bush by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1/T1
GCB4W7Z Winging It by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1.5

GCB4TNP Grit and Grime by Bradshaws65 Event D1/T1
When: Friday 11th April 2025
Where: Bridge End, Llangollen
Time: 6.15pm to 7.15pm
A chance for local and not so local cachers to meet up and discuss our fascinating hobby.

GCB4YXC CITO 2025 Season 1, Lon Eifion by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T2.5
When: Saturday 12th April 2025
Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
This is our last CITO to gain the Season 1 Souvenir. We will be concentrating our litter picking on Lon Eifion, most of the cycle path is litter free but some areas are awful. Our base will be on the old bridge as in previous litter picks. We will be splitting up into 2 groups with some volunteers starting in Bontnewydd to work their way back towards Caernarfon while others starting at the beginning of the path in Caernarfon. Hopefully in the allotted 1.5 hours the two groups will meet some where around the ‘Crossing’ cache.

GCB4YY7 9US A Thank You, Cake and a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1
When: Saturday 12th April 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.

GCB53M3 Caernarfon, Gwynedd – Final Counties Tour by goldpot & FLtravelers Event D1/T2
When: Tuesday 29th April 2025
Where: Black Boys, Caernarfon
Time: 7pm to 8pm
Goldpot & FLtravelers are touring every area of the UK finding caches in every county. While in Gwynedd they are hosting this event and would like to meet up with local and not so local cachers to discuss our fascinating hobby.

GCB53QA Pontcysyllte, Wrexham – Final Counties Tour by goldpot & FLtravelers Event D1/T1.5
When: Wednesday 30th April 2025
Where: Pontcysyllte Viaduct
Time: 2pm to 2.45pm
A continuation of Goldpot & FLtravelers Uk geocaching tour of the UK.

Celebrate 25 years of geocaching at Community Celebration Events – Official Blog

GCAZVXE 2025 Community Celebration Event by Bess’s Friends Community Event D1/T1
When: Saturday 7th June 2025
Where: Rocklands, Cymyran Road, Caergeiliog, Anglesey LL65 3HN
Time: 1pm to 6pm
Join Bess’s friends for a BBQ followed by an afternoon of fun and games to celebrate 25 years of geocaching. If you have a favourite game they ask you to bring it along.

New Treasures

From April 1st two new Treasure collections, Navigational tools and Egg hunt, became available for geocachers to collect when they find and log qualifying geocaches. To access these collections, you must first complete the Celebrating 25 years collection.

Navigational tools
This collection celebrates the tools that explorers have used to navigate the world. The collection features five Treasures ranging from an astrolabe to a map.

You can collect these Treasures by finding and logging any Traditional geocache with a difficulty rating of 2 or higher, and a terrain rating of 1.5 or lower.

Egg hunt
This collection highlights seven different geocache types with seven different Treasures. Each Treasure in this collection has different criteria for the geocaches you have to find and log in order to collect the Treasure. The Treasure can be collected in any order:

- Egg 1: Collect by finding and logging one Traditional Cache with a difficulty rating of 2 or above
- Egg 2: Collect by finding and logging one Mystery Cache with a difficulty rating of 2 or above
- Egg 3: Collect by finding and logging one Multi-Cache with a difficulty rating of 2 or above
- Egg 4: Collect by finding and logging one Letterbox Hybrid with a difficulty rating of 2 or above
- Egg 5: Collect by attending any regular Event Cache
- Egg 6: Collect by finding and logging any EarthCache
- Egg 7: Collect by finding and logging any Virtual Cache

News & New Caches 181

We have replaced 2 of the caches that have regularly gone missing on Lon Eifion with different hides, just the same location. Hopefully this time they will stay in place!

GCB4QFY Lon Eifion, Another Oak Tree by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D3/T1.5
GCB4QFC Lon Eifion, Sycamore Gap Returns by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D3/T2

Event Reminder

GCB496T 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 76 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
When: Thursday 27th March, 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves

CITO Season 1

After a recent maintenance run along Lon Eifion we were very disappointed on the amount of litter we found between Bontnewydd and Caernarfon. So we are planning another littering picking CITO for the weekend 12th/13th April. This will give anyone that has not collected CITO Season 1 souvenir a chance do so. Please let us know if you prefer Saturday or Sunday for this event.

Blue Switch Day Souvenirs

On May 2nd, 2000, the United States government decided to discontinue restricting GPS accuracy, known as Selective Availability, making GPS technology more accurate for everyone. May 2nd became known to geocachers as “Blue Switch Day.” The first geocache was hidden the following day on May 3rd, 2000.

To celebrate 25 years of geocaching there are two new souvenirs to earn for Blue Switch Day 2025, a finder and hider.

To earn the Blue Switch Day 2025 Finder souvenir log one geocache, attend an Event, or complete an Adventure Lab® Location between May 2nd and 4th.

To earn the Blue Switch Day 2025 Hider souvenir have any type of geocache excluding events and Ad Labs published between May 1st and 31st 2025.

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We have one new event for your diary:

GCB1A0D Meet&Greet at Caernarfon, Wales / Cymru by gingerfred99 Event D1/T1.5
When: Tuesday 15th April 2025
Where: Anglesey Arms, Caernarfon
Time: 6.30 to 7pm
Gingerfred99 is visiting our area from Germany and would like to meet local and other visiting geocachers to discuss our fascinating hobby, swap TB’s, get recommendations for geocaches and places to explore while on holiday from Germany.

Treasure Collections

Geocaching’s newest feature ‘Treasures’ is now live. Collect the required Treasures to complete a collection. You can collect Treasure by finding and logging caches that meet specific criteria set by HQ. Below are the criteria for the first two collections:

Collection 1: Geocaching origins
You can collect these Treasures by finding and logging Traditional Caches.

Collection 1 has to be completed to unlock Collection 2.

Collection 2: Celebrating 25 years
You can collect these Treasures by finding and logging any type of geocache with a difficulty rating of 1.5 or lower. If you complete the ‘Celebrating 25 years’ collection, you will earn the ‘Celebrating 25 years’ souvenir.

Is Treasure available for Basic members?
Treasure is available to both Premium and Basic members, though some future collections may be Premium-only. The first collections being released are open to all. Premium members can use Advanced search to find caches that fit collection criteria.

Pete & I have found that logging the same cache does not mean you will receive the same Treasure!

For more details follow the link Treasures

Village Hall Week 2025

To celebrate Village Hall Week there are 71 events published for the week, which include 8 x community celebration events and 3 x CITO’s and only one of them is in Wales!

There are only 3 Village Hall caches in our area:
GC9FKR2 Village Hall Series 1141 – Beddgelert by Flowerpot_man Mystery D2.5/T1.5
GCADNZN Village Hall Series 1475 – Llanfairpwll by Glaslyn1 Traditional D2.5/T1.5
GC9Z8VX Village Hall Series 1336 – Betws-y-coed by Flowerpot_man Multi D2/T1.5

In Village Hall week there are 3 profile badges available for finding a Village Hall Cache, attending an event and hosting an event or placing a cache. For more details follow the link Village Hall Week 2025

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A new mystery cache and an event for your diary:

GCB44PM Pi Puzzle Box by 9 Usual Suspects Mystery D4/T1

Event
GCB496T 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 76 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
When: Thursday 27th March, 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves

Event Review

GCB3F98 Pi Day Party by 9 Usual Suspects

This event was part of 9 Usual Suspect 10th anniversary celebrations. 10 years ago before 9US had a geocaching account ‘A Slice of Pie’ hosted by naturesbyte was the event where several of the original 9 Usual Suspects first met.

For this event we had already planned to have a lot of different pies when we received a message from RichieBlod ‘Do you think we will have 25 different pies. We could then qualify for the locationless cache. I’ll do a poster anyway’. We like a challenge so the hunt for 25 different pies was on. A team effort, with the scouring of several different super market shelves and we had the required 25 pies.

Here is the list of pies that were devoured at the event:
Steak & Kidney, Steak, All Steak, Steak & Cornish Ale, Chicken Ham & Leek, Creamy Chicken Smoked Bacon & Leek, Chicken & Mushroom, Beef & Stilton, Minced Beef & Onion, Chilli Con Carne, Spinach Feta & Pine Nut, Wild Mushroom, Cheese Leek & Potato, Sweet Potato Feta & Pumpkin Seed, Curried Chick Pea Red Pepper & Spinach, Mini Pork Pies, Mini Cheese & Pickle Pork Pies, Pork Pie, Pork Egg Gala, Melton Mowbray, Apple & Blackcurrant, Apple, Cherry, Mince Pies, Hot Cross Pies.

A lovely afternoon of eating, geochat and playing with RichieBlods green screen was had by all. The new cache was found and the log signed after some teamwork mainly by our junior attendees. Thank you everyone for attending and the donations of pies. Maybe in the future a ‘tart’ event?

Here are a few photos from our day:

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We have no new geocaches or Ad labs to report since our last post.

Event Reminder

GCB3F98 Pi 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. Hopefully, 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.

Event Review

GCB34QK CITO 2025 Season 1 by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T3
Followed by:
GCB34RZ 9 Usual Suspects Cake and a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1

The weather was perfect for a litter pick, warm and dry, a lovely Spring day. We all headed off in different directions leaving Pete & Jack to tackle the steep drop below the bridge wall. In an hour an a half we managed to pick 10 bags of the usual cans, bottles and MacDonalds take away containers plus a few bazaar items, a paint tray, plate out of a microwave, carpet, a plug, bicycle bell, wooly hat, car parcel shelf and some laminate flooring.

While litter picking a local lady came over and asked me to pass on her thanks to everyone for keeping the area tidy and litter free, she said it is very much appreciated! Also we must thank Jack for securing us more litter picking equipment.

On returning to base we all enjoyed a drink and event cake accompanied with plenty of geochat before we all headed off leaving the area looking a lot tidier.