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 Lab® 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 Lab®) published between August 1st and August 31st, 2026.
One new Earthcache and three new Events have been published since our last post:
GCBKZRVAngle of Repose by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T3.5 Premium Member Only
Events
GCBK5CB1st Llanfairpwll Scouts – Geocaching Badge by ejw611 Event D1/T1 When: Thursday 16th April 2026 Where: St Mary’s Church Hall, Lon Hen Ysgol, Lon Ty Croes, Anglesey, LL61 5JY Time: 7.45pm – 9.15pm Geocachers are invited to join 1st Llanfairpwll Scouts for a hands‑on Maker Magic workshop where you can help young people in the local community to design and create their own imaginative geocaches in order to work towards their Geocaching activity badge! Hopefully, the Scouts will have the chance to learn directly from you experienced finders and makers, while attending geocachers can earn the official Maker Magic souvenir!
GCBM5ZBBy Dyserth Waterfall, Denbighshire by goldpot Event D1/T1.5 When: Tuesday 21st April 2026 Where: New Inn, Waterfall Rd, Dyserth LL18 6ET Time: 7.45pm – 9.15pm Goldpot is on a tour of the north Wales coast discovering its pretty corners and is hoping to meet up with locals and visiting geocachers. Hopefully the event will be in the front pub garden if sunny but inside if wet!
GCBM5X6Up the Tower of Flint Castle! 🏰 by goldpot Event D1/T3 When: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 Where: Flint Castle, Castle Rd, Flint CH6 5PE Time: 10.15am – 11am Join the host, who will be touring the North Wales coast, to chat about all things geocaching. The castle is free to enter, open from 10am to 4pm.
Event Reminder
GCBKCAQ9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 87 by 9 usual Suspects Event D1/T1 When: Thursday 26th March 2026 Where: Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ Time: 7pm to 9pm or the last person leaves For this months Nosh & Natter we are at the Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr.
Event Review
GCBJY0TCITO 2026 Season 1 by 9 Usual Suspects CITO Event D1/T3.5 GCBJY179US Cake & a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
Another really satisfying CITO followed by Cake & a Brew. Once again we centred on Caernarfons Parc Dre and surrounding area plus the beginning of the Lon Eifion cycle path. Between us all we managed to fill around 20 bags of rubbish – everything from table legs, rusty old BBQs, a road cone and the usual bottles, cans, fast food packaging, clothes and vapes. New items for us was a driving licence and lego.
It was great to be out with such good company, chatting as we worked and getting plenty of bemused smiles and “diolch” from passers‑by. The difference in this area compared to when we first started coming here in 2018 is huge, far less rubbish and with the recent maintenance work on the park by the council it really feels like the place is being cared for.
Big thanks to everyone who turned up and got stuck in. Your time and effort really do make a visible difference.
We have just one event published since our last post:
GCBK1QFWhatever The Wether on Tour in Colwyn Bay by 1gowild and Louiseannhw When: 30.5.2026 Where: Wetherspoon, The Picture House, 24-26 Princes Drive, Colwyn Bay LL29 8LA Time: 11.00am – 11.30am 1gowild and Louiseannhw are visiting the area and would like to meet local and visiting cachers to talk caching, swap trackables and collaborate on some puzzle solving.
Event Reminders
GCBJY0TCITO 2026 Season 1 by 9 Usual Suspects CITO Event D1/T3.5 When: Sunday 22nd March 2025 Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon Time: 1.30pm – 3.30pm By attending this event not only will you be helping to keep this area litter free, your efforts will be rewarded with the CITO 2026 Season 1 souvenir.
GCBJY179US Cake & a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1 When: Sunday 22nd March 2025 Where: Old Bridge,Parc Dre, Caernarfon Time: 3.30pm to 4pm
March Equinox Souvenir
In 2026, the spring (vernal) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on March 20th, marking the astronomical start of spring. It is the moment when the Sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in nearly equal day and night, signalling the return of warmth, longer daylight hours, and the start of spring growth.
To earn the souvenir find and log any geocache, Event, or Adventure Lab® Location from Tursday 19th to Sunday 22nd March.
Latest Update on Lôn Eifion Path Closure
Here is the latest update on the progress of the repairs, or lack of, on Lôn Eifion. The question is, will the path reopen in 2026? From Councillor Caig Ap Iago: “Some residents will know that repairs to the local footpaths were scheduled to be completed by Easter. Unfortunately, there will now be a delay. When the work was put out to tender, the price that came back was significantly higher than expected and well beyond the budget available for the project. As a result, the council cannot proceed with the work under those terms and officers are now reviewing the options so that the repairs can still go ahead in a way that represents value for public money. I understand this will be frustrating, particularly for those who were expecting the work to be completed soon. However, it is important that we spend public funds responsibly and do not accept costs that are clearly unreasonable. I will share an update as soon as there is more information on the revised timetable for the work.”
We have one new Traditional cache and nine Earthcaches published in our area since our last post:
GCBKEZ8The Conwy view by FLamE828 Traditional D2/T2 Premium Member Only GCBKB2F Anglesey GeoMon – Contact by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4.5/T2.5 GCBKB2G Anglesey GeoMon – Sand Volcano by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2 GCBKAYN Anglesey GeoMon – GEOcache by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T2.5 GCBKAYMAnglesey GeoMon – Boudinage by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T2.5 GCBK9YTAnglesey GeoMon – Chert by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2 GCBK2H9Anglesey GeoMon – Blancmange by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T2 GCBK2GYPen-yr-Orsedd by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T3 GCBK2H7Rhyolite Ramble by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T3.5 GCBK2GN Dinas Dinlle Deglaciation by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2
Pi Day 2026 Souvenir
Pi Day, Saturday 14th March, 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.
This year there are 3 souvenirs available for finding and logging Mystery Caches between Friday 13th – Sunday 15th March.
Find and log 1 Mystery Cache to earn the Coconut Cream Pi souvenir.
Find and log 3 Mystery Caches to earn the Cherry Pi souvenir.
Find and log 14 Mystery Caches to earn the Blueberry Pi souvenir.
All non-Premium Mystery Caches are open to everyone throughout the weekend on the Geocaching® app from 11:00:00 UTC on Friday, 13th March until 10:00:00 UTC on Monday, 16th March, 2026.
New Treasure Collections
Two new Treasure Collections will be released on 17th March.
Cat Figurines The Cat Figurines collection consists of 9 Treasures. To collect find and log: Any Traditional Caches, Mystery Caches, or Multi-Caches with a difficulty rating between 1.0 and 3.0.
Geomobiles The Geomobiles collection consists of 5 Treasures. To collect find and log: Any type of cache with the Park and Grab attribute.
2028 UK Mega Event
It has been confirmed that the UK Mega 2028 will be returning to Yorkshire. The first Mega Event was held here in 2008, followed by the 10th Anniversary Mega in 2018 and now, fittingly, 20th Anniversary Mega in 2028.
One new cache a couple of events have been published since our last post:
Premium Member Only GCBJYKFI’m A Celebrity…… by Squaddie101 Traditional D2/T4
Events
GCBJY0TCITO 2026 Season 1 by 9 Usual Suspects CITO Event D1/T3.5 When: Sunday 22nd March 2025 Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon Time: 1.30pm – 3.30pm
GCBJY179US Cake & a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1 When: Sunday 22nd March 2025 Where: Old Bridge,Parc Dre, Caernarfon Time: 3.30pm to 4pm
Event Reminder
GCBJA7Y9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 86 by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1 When: Thursday 26th February, 2026 Where: Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves For this months N&N we are returning to the Snowdonia Parc, Waunfawr.
Event Review
GCBJ36NCITO, A487 North, Another Quick Pick by 9 Usual Suspects We were lucky with the weather but not so with the amount of litter. It always amazes me what people abandon in this lay-by, a couple of firsts for us, a stripped central heating boiler, I think we had everything minus the copper and two perfect gorilla tubs. A large piece of carpet was proudly dragged by our youngest attendee from the undergrowth and added to the 10 bags of litter that contained the usual random clothes, bottles, cans and fast food packaging. The difference we made was incredible, the big question is ‘How long will it be before we will be back?’ A few photos from our day:
Memories of Bob
We sadly have to announce the passing of Bob. He was one of the original 9 Usual Suspects. Alongside his wife Judy they cached under the name of Jude100, attending many events especially CITO’s. Due to his failing health, five years ago they moved back to Chorley to be closer to their family. He will be fondly remembered for his wicked sense of humour, wearing wellies, smoking his pipe and for being captain of Team Bob.
Treasure Collections
The next 2 collections will be released on March 17th at noon UTC.
Cat figurines collection consists of 9 Treasures. Collect these Treasures by finding and logging Traditional Caches, Mystery Caches, or Multi-Caches with a difficulty rating from 1-3. Geomobiles collection consists of 5 Treasures. Collect these Treasures by finding and logging caches with the Park and Grab attribute.
Village Hall Week 2026
The Village Hall Series started in 2013 with the first cache placed by GeoJaxx in Denmead, Hampshire. It has steadily grown in popularity and currently can be found in 80 counties in England, Scotland, Wales, The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. The geocaches can be set in any hall which is used by the community for local groups or available to hire for private functions, but not social clubs, function rooms and halls for members only. Village Halls Week is a National celebration of village halls and community buildings by ACRE (Action with communities in Rural England). The annual week is in March and is organised to thank the volunteers who are working at these halls which are the hubs at the heart of so many rural communities and promote their use. The village Hall Series support ACRE with Geocaching challenges, Profile badges and Geocaching events held at village halls around the country and also with the production of Geocoins.
This years Village Hall Week runs from 16th to 22nd March. Why not join in the celebrations by hosting an event, placing or finding a cache.
Profile badges will be available for
Hosting an event or CITO at a village hall
Placing a village hall series cache
Finding a village hall cache during Village Hall Week.
If you would like to host an event please contact villagehallseries@gmail.com for the details and generic title for your event page and to register your event to be included in the stats and badges for the week.
We have 4 new Earthcaches, all Premium Member, a couple of events and an event reminder:
GCBJN53Anglesey GeoMon – Benllech by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T2 GCBJN4EBenllech Church by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T1.5 GCBJN5ZBangor Unconformity by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T2 GCBJN44War Memorial #2539 Benllech by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5
Events
GCBJQB9Cake up a Hill – Constitution Hill by Harry the furry squid Event D1/T1.5 When: Saturday 7th March, 2026 Where: Nwy Prydain Beacon, Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth Time: 12pm – 12.30pm Basically a meet on a hill to eat cake, admire the view and geochat with friends old and new.
GCBJKYPPG’n’Me a week in Llangadfan by Plumguy Event D1/T1 When: Monday 30th March, 2026 Where: Cann Office Hotel, Llangadfan, Welshpool, Powys SY21 0PL Time: 5pm – 7pm Mol’n’Me & Plumbguy are here for a week and would like to meet other friendly cachers from the area, get some ideas and hints on places to explore nearby.
Event Reminder
GCBJ36NCITO, A487 North, Another Quick Pick by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T4.5 When: Thursday 19th February, 2026 Where: Lay-by A487 (Traveling North) Time: 11am – 12pm A quick tidy up of the lay-by on the ‘new’ Caernarfon by-pass. This area is in desperate need of litter pick, why can’t people take their litter home with them? Please note there is a very steep bank and lots of brambles involved in this litter pick. Parking will be tight with limited parking is at the published coordinates. Gwynedd Council Tidy Towns Scheme will be supplying litter pickers, hi-vis vests, bags and but please bring your own gloves.
Piratemania Future Dates Announcement
Piratemania Team have made the following important announcement:
“SAVE THE DAYS Piratemania mega day 2027 July 24th venue to be announced later Piratemania mega day 2028 which is PM’s 20th Birthday will be July 29th 2028 Camping dates and venue will be finalised and published here in due course As 2028 is our birthday year we want to make it special so keep a look out for some special announcements”
New Treasure Collections
Two new Treasure collections have been released this week:
Fast Food Erasers
The Fast Food Erasers collection consists of 4 Treasures. To collect find and log: Any non-Event geocache type except Adventure Lab®, any size, minimum 1 Favourite points and a difficulty rating between 2.0 and 2.5.
Toy Dinosaurs
The Toy Dinosaurs collection consists of 5 Treasures. To collect find and log: Any Multi-Cache, Mystery, or Earthcache of any size.
March Equinox Souvenir
In 2026, the spring (vernal) equinox in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on March 20th, marking the astronomical start of spring. It is the moment when the Sun crosses the celestial equator, resulting in nearly equal day and night, signalling the return of warmth, longer daylight hours, and the start of spring growth.
To earn the souvenir find and log any geocache, Event, or Adventure Lab® Location from Tursday 19th to Sunday 22nd March.
We have four new caches to report since our last post and have a couple of event reminders:
GCBGG5YLon Eifion, Frosty… by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GCBGG67Lon Eifion, Rocking Around the….. by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GCBGG6MLon Eifion, Chimney Pot John by 9 Usual Suspects Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GCBGPDHPenrhos Link by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2.5
Event Reminders
GCBF9M09 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! This event marks the end of our TB race, will any TB’s make it back? We have 3 tables booked in the Conservatory, last orders for breakfast is 11.30am.
GCBF9MF9 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 and can confirm there will be a few new caches to find. We can assure everyone that there is not the mud like our previous adventures here!
Closing of 2025 Beginning of 2026 Souvenirs
As 2025 comes to a close two new souvenirs will be available, Closing 2025 and Unboxing 2026. Earn Closing 2025 by finding any geocache, attending any Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location between December 24th to 31st, 2025. Earn Unboxing 2026 by finding any geocache, attending any Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from January 1st to 8th, 2026.
Locationless Cache, Last Chance to Log
GCA2025Where’s 25? – Locationless Cache by Geocaching HQ D1/T1.5
As part of Geocachings 25th anniversary celebrations HQ released this Locationless cache. The cache is available until 31st December 2025, claim by posting a picture of a ’25’ found somewhere in the real world. Here are the logging requirements:
Include one (1) photo of yourself or a personal item next to an already-existing 25. Ideally, the 25 should be something that others may visit if they know the location coordinates.
The 25 can stand on its own or not. It can be a numeral or spelled out. It can be in any language or ancient numbering systems. Get creative!
In the spirit of the original Locationless Caches, you are encouraged to include the coordinates where you found the 25 in your online log.
Logs that do not include a photo will be deleted. The cache page will be archived and locked on January 1st, 2026
Lôn Eifion Cycle Path Closure UpDate
The path is securely closed
Lôn Eifion Cycle Path remains closed from Penygroes to Inigo Jones roundabout. We have no date for when this stretch will reopen.
And Finally…
We would like to Thank everyone for their support through the ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ of the last year and would like to wish you all a very Happy & Fun filled 2026 with plenty of Geocaching adventures.
We have no new caches or events to report but we do have a new Treasure Collection.
Latest Treasure Update
After listening to geocachers comments on ‘Treasures’ Geocaching HQ have made some improvements. It is now easier to switch between collections and to see if a cache qualifies for a Treasure.
All collections are now active by default for Premium members. Setting “Priority collections” is optional, you can choose up to five collections to prioritise. When you log a cache that qualifies for more than one collection, you’ll collect Treasure from the highest-ranked priority collection. If a cache doesn’t match any of your priority collections, but does qualify for another collection that’s not in your priority collections, you’ll collect that Treasure. If you don’t set any priority collections, you’ll continue to collect Treasure from any collection that matches your finds.
Viewing Treasure on cache pages on Geocaching.com
Premium members can now see which collections a cache qualifies for directly on the cache page on Geocaching.com. This makes it easier to plan your next outing.
To see what collections a cache qualifies for directly from a cache page, go to a cache page on Geocaching.com and click on “View Treasures” in the list menu on the right hand of the page below the “Log geocache” button. A window will appear that shows which collections the geocache qualifies for.
New Treasure Collection
Classic toys collection was released on the 19th December and consisting of 6 treasures. To collect find and log: Any non-Event geocache type except Adventure Lab®, any size, with the Recommended for kids attribute OR any Event Cache.
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.
And finally….
Another bad Christmas joke… Why do reindeer wear bells? Because their horns don’t work!
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 GCBFTRALon Las Ogwen – a cache by a tree by ShadowTheNinjaWolf Traditional D1.5/T1.5
Events
GCBFR57Piratemania 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.
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
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
GCBDKZDChristmas 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.
GCBERY89 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!
We have just two new traditional caches to report since our last post:
GCBF3MQYnys Môn view by ShadowTheNinjaWolf & kiethchaos Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GCBCJP3TFTC by Clueless_Goose Traditional D5/T1.5
Treasures
Three new Treasure collections have been introduced: Snow globes, Origami animals and Dog figurines.
The Snow globes collect consists of 7 treasures. To collect find: Any Traditional, Multi-Cache, or Mystery, any size except Micro, Small, or Virtual with a minimum of 2 Favourite points
The Origami animals collection consists of 14 treasures. To collect find: Small sized Traditional caches with a minimum of 4 favourite points.
The Dog figurines collection consists of 9 treasures. To collect find: Any Micro cache with the Dog friendly attribute.
End of Year Souvenirs
As 2025 comes to a close two new souvenirs will be available, Closing 2025 and Unboxing 2026. Earn Closing 2025 by finding any geocache, attending any Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location between December 24th to 31st, 2025. Earn Unboxing 2026 by finding any geocache, attending any Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from January 1st to 8th, 2026.
TB Race Update
We have just 7 weeks left in our TB race, here is the current leader board: 1) I Met Signal Tag owner ECOBAKE 43.605.5 km 2) Golden Goose owner Clueless_Goose 32,484.8 km 3) Racing Pirate owner Ann@Birdbrook 22,904.7 km 4) GraPeS The Bear owner Bess’s Friends 22,719 km 5) Lackey Tag owner Mossfamilymacc 21,241.3 km 6) DJ’s Dolphin Adventure owner Cwm DJ 20,426.7 km 7) Leap Year Devon Mega 2017 owner FfiLli 16,113.9 km 8) Incy owner sionyn68 16,040.8 km 9) 2025 New Adventure Racing Hummingbird owner wendy2000 16,000.9 km 10) 9 Ususal Suspects Race 2025 Go For It owner escapefromwork 15,911.9 km 11) Compass Winnie owner Bess’s Friends 14,591.4 km 12) 74jen Signal Race Tag owner 74jen 13,233.6 km 13) BONUSTOWN I’M IN A RACE Tag owner lostnwet 5,985.7 km 14) WanderBug the World Traveler owner naturesbyte 4,939.4 km 15) RACING KINGFISHER owner YnysMonBirders 4,481.2 km 16) Travel Sun Geocoin owner WelshDisneyMum80 1,184.6 km 17) Stitch Lackey owner Geojade2013 1,184.6 km 18) Mardi Gras 2015 owner Mossfamilymacc 583.4 km 19) Piratemania Chorley Chuckle owner jude100 194 km 20) Clogging all over the world owner Team Marzipan 0 Km
The total distance traveled by all TB’s, 273,827.4 km. 30 Countries have been visited: Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Falkland Islands, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA, Uruguay
Event Review
GCBC20QGIFF 2025, Geocaching International Film Festival by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1
This was the 8th GIFF we have hosted our first being at Witch’s Brew, Pwllheli way back in 2015. For a history of GIFF and to take a look at all previous qualifying films visit Geocaching HQ GIFF.
Watching the GIFF films with geocaching friends was a great way to spend a wet miserable Sunday afternoon. As well as the films we enjoyed popcorn, sweets, flapjack, cake and soft drinks. A big thank you goes to everyone for helping set up, Julie for manning the shop & raffle, Jen for the flapjack and making the tea, Pete for manning the projector and tech, and all who helped clear up at the end of the afternoon.
I think we were all in agreement that the films this year were of a higher standard than we have had in previous years.
Here are the results of our voting: 1st Place The Bison Buddy 5000 by Skimbosh 171 2nd Place Hard Work by Harogs team 155 3rd Place If You Hide It… by Team Vlogger aka geocachingvlogger and Seemyshell 144 Joint 4th Place David CachinBro – First Lamp Post by DNF Hound 139 Never a Straight Path by Justcarlo 139 5th Place The Island by Blackcoconut 127 Joint 6th Place Geocaching is a Journey by Defoz 125 Dogeza by nokos team 125 7th Place Gadget Cacher by PerGremlin team 121 Joint 8th Place Tree-m Work by GeoBeeps 114 Here’s My Card by Ptowngirl229 114 Flavors of Stealth by CheekyBrit team 114 9th Place GIFF Planning by Barucci 112 10th Place Return of the Cache Napper Trailer by ZippyZipperZoo 111 11th Place 2000 by lpoded 109 12th Place Super Cacher Maintainer by Team Kuropi 107 13th Place Little Apple Tree by Rassis on tour 101 14th Place The Inheritance by Maxagri60 team 100 15th Place The Best Finds Are Other Geocachers by Owlfly 95 16th Place Orthoceras by Breizh Geocacheurs team 65
