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
Just one new cache that should have been published for Halloween but we didn’t get in for review and an event:
GCBEV9RFrankenstein by 9 Usual Suspects Mystery D2/T1.5
GCBERY89 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.
Event Reminder
GCBC20QGIFF 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 15 minutes Venue closes: 5.00pm
This will be 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.
Do you want an event souvenir? If so please log a “will attend” in advance and in your geocaching name. Please note only those that have logged a “will attend” will receive a souvenir.
As at previous GIFF events we will be voting on our favourite films, there will be free refreshments, a shop selling a variety of geocaching containers and our latest 9US geocoins. The on going TB raffle will also be drawn.
Here are this year’s 20 GIFF films:
GIFF Planning by Barucci
2000 by lpoded
Geocaching is a Journey by Defoz
Tree-m Work by GeoBeeps
Hard Work by Harogs team
Here’s My Card by Ptowngirl229
Dogeza by nokos team
Super Cacher Maintainer by Team Kuropi
The Bison Buddy 5000 by Skimbosh
The Best Finds Are Other Geocachers by Owlfly
Gadget Cacher by PerGremlin team
Flavors of Stealth by CheekyBrit team
If You Hide It… by Team Vlogger aka geocachingvlogger and Seemyshell
The Island by Blackcoconut
The Inheritance by Maxagri60 team
Orthoceras by Breizh Geocacheurs team
Little Apple Tree by Rassis on tour
Return of the Cache Napper Trailer by ZippyZipperZoo
David CachinBro – First Lamp Post by DNF Hound
Never a Straight Path by Justcarlo
We will be having a ten minute intermission after film 10.
Christmas Dinner
GCBDKZDChristmas 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
We are now taking menu choices, please note all food has to be ordered in advance and we need orders by 21st November. See menu below:
Piratemania 18 2026 Up-date
The Piratemania Crew have announced the dates and site for next years event. When: Friday 24th July to Wednesday 29th July Where: Kelmarsh Hall & Gardens, Main Road, Kelmarsh, Northampton NN6 9LY
Several new caches and events to report since our last post:
GCBBW14Foxy’s neighbour by Tiriondavies Traditional D2/T1.5 GCBBTQ4Cache is calling by Tiriondavies Traditional D1.5/T2 GCBBN8KWMW #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 GCBBXDFA Different Kind of Pavement by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T4 GCBBXBXWales Mountain Bowling Green by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T5 GCBBW7BMimetolith by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T4 GCBBKDMAnglesey GeoMon – Spilite by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T1.5 GCBBH79Clogwyn Brith ~ Metasomatism by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T2 GCBBGY1Penygadair by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T4 GCBBF7YWar Memorial #2425 – Llanberis by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T1.5 GCBBFJYAnglesey GeoMon – Porth y Mór by Mr MagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5
Events
GCBBXWDSideTracked Railway200 – Pwllheli by GO PUB CACHING When: Saturday 27th September Where: Pwllheli National Rail Station Time: 9.30am to 10am
GCBBXYHSideTracked Railway200 – Caernarfon by GO PUB CACHING When: Saturday 27th September Where: Welsh Highland Railway, Caernarfon Time: 12.45pm to 1.15pm
GCBBGQ7SideTracked Railway200 – Porthmadog Harbour by GO PUB CACHING When: Saturday 27th September Where: Welsh Highland Railway & Ffestiniog Railway, Porthmadog Time: 18.00pm to 18.30pm
GCBBXTHSideTracked Railway200 – Porthmadog by GO PUB CACHING When: Sunday 28th September Where: National Rail Station, Porthmadog Time: 10.15am to 10.45am
Event Reminder GCBAX9G9 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.
It’s holiday season and we have a lot of new caches to report to keep everyone busy, all premium member apart from one:
GCBB79QHolyhead Path Cache by caccbag with the generous help of Glaslyn1 Traditional D2/T1.5
Premium Member Only GCBB00JA Fine Pair # 1865 ~ Conwy – Rose Hill Street by Hitman9956 Multi D2/T2 GCBAX3PWar 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. GC5T0VRREALLY SideTracked – Caernarfon by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCBAF99LlP 1 – Pont Pen-y-Llyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1.5 GCBAFA6LlP 2 – Helygen by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2 GCBAFCTLlP 3 – Craig yr Undeb by Clueless_Goose Earthcache D3/T1.5 GCBAFGBLlP 4 – Ffens Pren by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCBAFGMLlP 5 – Twnel Llanberis by Clueless_Goose Letterbox D2.5/T3.5 GCBAFJCLlP 6 – Peipen by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2 GCBAFJPLlP 7 – Afalau Bach by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2.5 GCBAFK2LlP 8 – Out on a Limb by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T4.5 GCBAFKB LlP 9 – Samsara Cyclepath by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCBAFKMLlP 10 – Wal Werdd by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2 GCBAFKTLlP 11 – Pont Ddu by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2.5 GCBAFM1LlP 12 – Stwmp by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2.5 GCBAFM6 LlP 13 – Y Glyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1 GCBAFMKLlP 14 – Rydych Yma by Clueless_Goose Multi D3/T1.5 GCBAFQC LlP 15 – Maes Parcio by Clueless_Goose Multi D1.5/T1.5 GCBAG1CLlP 16 – Llafn y Cewri by Clueless_Goose Multi D2.5/T1.5 GCBAG1PLlP 17 – Stesion Llanberis by Clueless_Goose Multi D2.5/T1 GCBAGZ3LlP 18 – Cae’r Ddol by Clueless_Goose Multi D1.5/T2 GCBAGZCLlP 19 – Derwen by Clueless_Goose Multi D3/T2 GCBAGZELlP 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.
GCAW0G49 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
One new Earthcache, an event and the UK Mega have all been published since our last post:
GCBAVJWPwllheli Stone Circle by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T1.5
Events
GCBAX9G9 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:
GCB910MEast 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.
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.
We have 3 new traditional caches and some new events to report since our last post:
GCB9QT2Nice and Easy by Bess’s Friends Traditional D1/T1.5 GCB9Y2GFfawydden 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
GCBA6JYCome 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
GCAW0G49 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:
GC4Z1XMStokrozen 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.
Again apologies for the lack of posts. Nice to see 3 new Traditional caches plus more Premium Member Earthcaches and a Multi.
GCB9KY3Postyn Pren by Tiriondavies Traditional D2/T2 GCB9ABNYr hen siop by Tiriondavies Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GCB9AG4Llwybr Cyhoeddus Ardal Glan-yr-Afon By Mat1212 Traditional D2/T2
Premium Member Only GCB96T4REALLY SideTracked – Minffordd by ECOBAKE Multi D2/T1.5 Earthcaches GCB9P31Castell Mawr Rock by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T2.5 GCB9PBNAnglesey GeoMon – Unconformity by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T2.5 GCB9P49Anglesey GeoMon – Mudstone Clasts by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T2.5 GCB9PD9Parys Mountain Trig by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5 GCB9MWDAnglesey GeoMon – Limestone by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5 GCB9J6CLlyn Pedarn Glaciation by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T5 GCB9FF5Anglesey GeoMon – Cornstone by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5 GCB9FDWQuartz Spar Coat by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T4 GCB9FF7Trefor Terraces by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5 GCB9A72Anglesey Brachiopods by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T1.5 GCB9A6YLlyn Melynllyn by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T4 GCB9A71 Moel Farlwyd Moraines by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T3.5 GCB9A4DYOSM #1273 Tal-Y-Fan by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5 GCB99X2Anglesey GeoMon – Palaeokarst by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T3
Event GCB90G9 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.
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.
GCB5210Church 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.
GCB4VDVAlexandra Tramway by Traditional D2/T2 GCB4VZ4Capel Hermon by Clueless_Goose Multi D2/T2 GCB4W7HBehind the Bush by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1/T1 GCB4W7ZWinging It by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1.5
GCB4TNPGrit 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.
GCB4YXCCITO 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.
GCB4YY79US 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.
GCB53M3Caernarfon, 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.
GCB53QAPontcysyllte, 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.
GCAZVXE2025 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
