We have no new caches, events or Ad Labs to report but some local attractions do have free entry on Saturday to celebrate St. David’s Day.
Dydd Dewi Sant/Saint Davids Day
As part of St David’s Day celebrations Portmeirion and CADW sites are offering free entry.
Portmeirion Village
Entry to Portmeirion on St David’s Day, Saturday, 1st March is free. Explore the picturesque village, take in the stunning scenery, shops and cafes. The village will be open from 9:30am to 5:30pm, and no ticket is needed—simply head to the tollbooth for complimentary entry.
CADW To celebrate St. David’s day CADW have free access to 130 of their sites across Wales. From castles to abbeys and industrial heritage sites, entry to 19 CADW properties that normally charge admission will be free on St David’s Day but they are asking visitors to consider gifting a donation to Welsh cancer charity, Tenovus. Tenovus is the Welsh Government staff charity of the year.
As part of your St. David’s Day celebrations why not visit a local castle?
Saturday 1st March, 11:00 – 11:30 and 14:00 – 14:30 In north Wales, to celebrate Dydd Dewi Sant, you can experience the sounds of Côr Meibion Maelgwn Male Voice Choir, as you explore our medieval castle at Castell Conwy for a day of celebrations.
Pajama Day is a day when people wear pajamas to school or work instead of their regular clothes and is often a way to raise money for charity.
To earn this souvenir simply log any geocache, Adventure Lab® Location, or attend an Event on Wednesday 16th April, 2025. There is no requirement to post a picture of yourself caching in your pj’s. Note unlike other souvenirs this souvenir is only available for the day, Wednesday 16th April.
Are you going to celebrate Pajama Day by geocaching in your pajamas?
As modelled by Jude100 pajamas and wellies can make the prefect geocaching outfit.
It is so good to see some new caches appearing. Clueless_Goose has been very busy with 3 new Church Micros on Anglesey and a new series of 20 caches following the old Bryngwyn slate railway.
GCB3BGFChurch Micro 15348…Heneglwys by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCB3BG7Church Micro 15347…Coedana by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T1.5 GCB3B9EChurch Micro 15346…Llannerch-y-Medd by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2
BST – Bryngwyn Slate Trail
A series of 15 caches following the trackbed of the former North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways ‘Bryngwyn Branch’ – now a community owned footpath. The railway once served the slate quarries surrounding Moel Tryfan, as well as passengers from Rhostryfan and Bryngwyn Stations. The line carried slate and passengers down to Caernarfon and beyond, but closed with the decline of the slate industry in the early 20th century. The rails were lifted during the 1940s for the war effort, though some interesting features still remain en route.
For the full experience you can step off the WHR train at Tryfan Junction, complete the series, and return for the journey back. By car, parking is easiest at Rhostryfan former station, allowing you to split the series into two halves. It is also possible to park on the verge at Tryfan Junction or up by the Drumhead right at the other end of the line.
The walk to Bryngwyn is easy-going with only a gentle (undetectable) uphill gradient. The permissive footpath along the trackbed ends abruptly at Bryngwyn Farm, where the final cache (15) is hidden, but if desired, you can roughly follow the remaining trackbed along lanes and the old Bryngwyn Incline to the ‘Drumhead’, where the railway once diverged into several private tramways serving the individual slate quarries. There are three SideTracked caches along the track, plus two additional bonus caches for those willing to follow the trackbed all the way from the end of the footpath to the Drumhead. All in all that’s 20 caches, some simple, others more challenging…
GCB34XHREALLY SideTracked – Bryngwyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCB3CGPREALLY SideTracked – Rhostryfan by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T1.5 GCB3F5AREALLY SideTracked – Tryfan Junction by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T1.5 GCB3CEDBST 1 – Rhaeadru by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T2.5 GCB3EMEBST 2 – Twnel by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2 GCB3F98BST 3 – Mwsogl by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2 GCB3ETNBST 4 – Giât by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3F9EBST 5 – Golygfa Llanddwyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3F9KBST 6 – Iorwg by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2.5 GCB3F9VBST 7 – Pentref by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T1.5 GCB3CGGBST 8 – Giât Moch by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T2 GCB3FB3BST 9 – Ffens by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T2 GCB3CG8BST 10 – Steil by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T2 GCB3CG3BST 11 – Onnen by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T3.5 GCB3CFTBST 12 – Pry Copyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3/T3 GCB3FBABST 13 – Gwely by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3CFHBST 14 – Postyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2 GCB3CFBBST 15 – Arwyddbost by Clueless_Goose Traditional D3.5/T1.5 GCB3CEYBST +1 – Inclên Bryngwyn by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2/T2.5 GCB353CBST +2 – Y ‘Drumhead’ by Clueless_Goose Traditional D2.5/T2
Event GCB3F98Pi 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. 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.
Llangollen Canal Boat Trip
We have booked a day boat for Saturday 17th May. Cost is £20 per person, to book a place we need a £10 deposit. We have a few spare places, if you would like to join us please contact us asap.
We will be starting at Trevor travelling to Llangollen, it takes just over 2 hours to reach the turnaround point. See map below:
All day boats are equipped with the following: cutlery, crockery, a kettle, 2 burner hob, fridge, sink and toilet. There’s indoor and outdoor seating on all day boats. We will be stopping for lunch some where en route, probably The Sun (marked on map) where we may hold an event. Dogs are allowed. Boat hire times are from 9am – 4pm so we would be meeting up around 8.45am at Anglo Welsh boat yard. There are very few geocaches currently along the canal but we will make every effort to pick any up as we pass.
GCB34NR9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 75 by 9 Usual Suspects When: Thursday 27th February, 2025 Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
GCB34PFCITO, A487 North, Another Quick Pick by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T4.5 When: Wednesday 5th March 2025 Where: A487North Lay by Time: 11am to 12pm
GCB34QKCITO 2025 Season 1 by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T3 When: Saturday 8th March 2025 Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
GCB34RZ9 Usual Suspects Cake and a Brew by 9 Usual Suspects Event D1/T1 When: Saturday 8th March 20254 Where: Old Bridge,Parc Dre, Caernarfon Time: 3.30pm to 4pm
75th Nosh and Natter!
This months Nosh & Natter is our 75th! Our first N&N was on Monday 9th May, 2015, at the Antelope Inn, Bangor with 9 attendees. Who then would have dreamt that 10 years later we would still be meeting up once a month. Over the years we have had 66 different geocaching accounts log an attended from all corners of the world. We can’t find any photos of the first event but I have found one from our first Christmas Dinner:
CITO Season 1, 2025
CITO Season 1, 2025 souvenir will be available from Saturday 1st March through to Saturday 31st May, 2025. We have 2 CITO events published for the beginning of March that by attending will earn the souvenir. We are planning more CITO’s later in the season.
Treasure Collections Update
This new feature starts on Monday 17th March. Collection 1: Geocaching origins In this collection there are four Treasures inspired by the beginnings of geocaching. To find, simply find and log Traditional Caches. We are still unsure if there will be a Treasure in every Traditional cache or only hidden in a selected few. Also will the Treasure be visible prior to finding the cache or only revealed on logging.
Collection 2: Celebrating 25 years To unlock Collection 2, Collection 1 must be completed. This collection has five Treasures that can be found by logging any cache that has a difficulty rating of 1.5 or lower.
The Treasures feature will be available in the Geocaching® app and on Geocaching.com starting 17th March at 17:00 UTC. If you log caches using third-party or Geocaching API partner applications, you will still collect Treasure but it will not be visible in the app. and you will not receive in-app notifications when a Treasure is found. Progress can be viewed on the Geocaching® app and on Geocaching.com.
Event Review
GCB22FR 9US & Severn UK Mega Team present Ski Saturday by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T2
Firstly I must say very big Thank You to mutchie from the Severn UK Mega Team for visiting us, answering all our questions and concerns regarding this years Mega. Our Wii skiing event has become an annual fixture in the 9US calendar. This years event was the downhill, which I thought was one of the easier disciplines but the course proved to be a lot trickier than I remembered. As always the activity on the slopes was very competitive giving rise to lots of banter and laughter. Big thanks to Pete for being time keeper, making sure the technology behaved itself, printing the souvenirs and medals.
We hope everyone had a lovely Christmas. In our area there has been no new caches or Ad Labs published since our last post. But we do have some event reminders.
Event Reminders
GCB0QRK9 Usual Suspects Say Goodbye to 2024 by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1.5 When: 31st December, 2024 Where: Anglesey Column Cafe & Information Centre Time: 11am-12pm Our last event of 2024 and a chance for a quick catch up before the New Year Celebrations begin. There is no better way to start your celebrations than meeting up with your geocaching friends! Please log will ‘attend logs’ as we need to give the cafe numbers in advance.
GCB0PTH9US Discover 2025 with a Beach Clean by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T3 When: Wednesday 1st January 2025 Where: Beach Car Park nearest the Airport Time: 11am to 12pm Why not blow away those New Year cobwebs and join us for a litter pick along the beautiful beach of Dinas Dinlle?
GCB16T19 Usual Suspects TB Race Launch by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1 When: 1st January, 2025 Where: Airport Cafe, Dinas Dinlle, Caernarfon LL54 5TP Time: 12.15pm – 1.15pm An event to launch our 2025 TB Race. TB race rules can be found here. Not entering the TB race? This is a chance to catch up, swap TB’s and enjoy some geochat while watching the airport activity.
New Year Souvenirs
Celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of 2025 by earning two new souvenirs, Logged 2024 and Discovering 2025. To earn the souvenirs find one geocache or Adventure Lab® location, all geocache types count including events. Logged 2024 is available from 24th to 31st December. Discovering 2025 is available from 1st to 8th January.
Quiz Answers
Which song includes the lyrics “They’ve got cars big as bars, They’ve got rivers of gold” Fairytale of New York, The Pouges (1987)
In Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge? Ebenezer
What colour are mistletoe berries? White
Which song includes the lyrics “It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid” Do they know it’s Christmas – Band Aid (1984)
In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone what did the Dursleys give Harry for Christmas? A 50p piece
Which single has been number 1 in the charts in 2023 & 2024, but only made number 2 when it was released in 1984? Last Christmas – Wham (It’s been in the charts 21 times over 117 weeks)
Elvis Presley isn’t going to have a White Christmas, he’s going to have a….? Blue Christmas
According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eleventh day of Christmas? Eleven pipers piping
What fruit is used to make a Christingle? Orange
Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names? Dasher, Donner & Dancer
If you’re born on Christmas day, what’s your star sign? Capricorn
What is glühwein? A German version of mulled wine
When do the 12 days of Christmas start? Christmas Day
What is the Grinch’s dog called? Max
How many states in the US have a town called ‘Santa Claus’? Three – Indiana, Arizona and Georgia
Happy New Year
We would like to take this opportunity to Thank everyone for their support and wish you all a very Happy New Year, may 2025 be a year full of fun and adventures.
An event to launch our 2025 TB Race. Not entering the TB race? This is a chance to catch up, swap TB’s and enjoy some geochat while watching the airport activity.
2024 9US Video
We are currently putting together a video of our 2024 adventures. If you have any pictures or video you would like included please contact us.
Confirmed Souvenirs for 2025
Here are the confirmed souvenirs for 2025 and dates that they are available:
Discovering 2025 January 1st-8th
Cache In Trash Out®, Season 1: March 1st–May 31st
Pi-Day: March 14th
March Equinox: March 20th-23rd
Pajama Day: April 16th
Blue Switch Day: May 2nd-4th
June Solstice: June 20th-22nd
International Geocaching Day: August 16th
Cache In Trash Out®, Season 2: September 1st-November 30th
World Postcard Day: October 1st
International EarthCache Day: October 10th-12th
Adventure Day: October 17th-19th
Geocaching International Film Festival (GIFF): November 6th-16th
Farewell 2025: December 24th-31st
9US Event Calendar 2025
Please find below our event calendar for 2025. Event dates may change up until publication.
Wednesday 1st January GCB0PTH 9US Discover 2025 with a Beach Clean D1/T3 Wednesday 1st January GCB16T1 9 Usual Suspects TB Race Launch D1/T1 Thursday 30th January Nosh & Natter 74
Saturday 8th February Ski Saturday The Severn Mega will be in attendance Thursday 27th February Nosh & Natter 75
Saturday 8th March CITO Season 1 Thursday 27th March Nosh & Natter 76
Thursday 24th April Nosh & Natter 77
Saturday 17th May Llangollen Canal Boat Trip Thursday 29th May Nosh & Natter 78
Saturday 7th June Bardsey Island? Thursday 26th June Nosh & Natter 79
Wednesday 23rd July Nosh & Natter 80 Thursday 24th-27th July Piratemania Monday 28th July-3rd August Severn Mega
Saturday 16th August International Geocaching Day, 9US 10th Birthday Party Thursday 28th August Nosh & Natter 81
Thursday 25th September Nosh & Natter 82
Thursday 30th October Nosh & Natter 83
Saturday 1st November Halloween Party Sunday 9th November GIFF Saturday 29th November Nosh & Natter 84, Christmas Dinner
Wednesday 31st December Farewell 2025
Llangollen Canal Boat Trip
Saturday 17th May Llangollen Canal Boat Trip
We will be starting at Trevor travelling to Llangollen, it takes just over 2 hours to reach the turnaround point. See map below:
All day boats are equipped with the following: cutlery, crockery, a kettle, 2 burner hob, fridge, sink and toilet. There’s indoor and outdoor seating on all day boats. We will be stopping for lunch some where en route, probably The Sun (marked on map) where we may hold an event. Dogs are allowed. Boat hire times are from 9am – 4pm so we would be meeting up around 8.45am at Anglo Welsh boat yard. There are very few geocaches currently along the canal but we will make every effort to pick any up as we pass.
Cost will be around £20 per person. There are 10 places per boat, if enough interest we will try to book 2 boats. To book a place contact us, we will need deposits of £10pp.
We have no new caches or events to report since our last post, but plenty of other news.
December Solstice Souvenir
The December solstice marks the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest day in the Southern Hemisphere. Geocaching HQ crafted a special souvenir exclusively for geocachers to commemorate the December solstice. Earn this souvenir by finding any geocache, attending any Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from 20th-22nd December, 2024.
2025, A Year of Celebrations
2025 is going to be a very busy year for the social geocacher with a wide range of events taking place. We all are aware that May 2nd 2025 is the 25th anniversary of geocaching with many celebratory events taking place worldwide, but did you know it is also 9 Usual Suspects 10th anniversary? Not only are there Giga, Mega, CITO’s and ordinary events taking place but also Block Parties and Community Celebration Events.
What is a Block Party? Basically it is a Mega Event. Geocaching HQ hosted the original Block Parties in Seattle from 2011 to 2015. Only 5,064 geocachers received the Block Party icon during those years. To enable more people to acquire this icon HQ are giving organisers of Mega or Giga Events the option to choose the Block Party icon for their event. For an event to qualify as a Block Party the following criteria have to be met:
Take place between 1st January, 2025,- 31st December, 2025.
Qualify as a Mega-Event or Giga-Event.
Have at least 300 Will Attends.
Be at least 6 hours long.
Highlight celebrating 25 years of geocaching.
At the time of writing there is just one Block Party published for the UK: GCAK7KCLondon Calling 2025 by London Calling D1/T1 When: Saturday 3rd May 2025 Where: Central Halls Westminster Time: 10.30am – 5pm Admission Charge: £7 in advance, £12 on the door, children under 15 free if accompanied by an adult
What is a Community Celebration Event? An event that all attendees receive a special icon to celebrate significant milestones in geocaching. To earn a Community Celebration Event 2025 credit, simply, host an event and publish a geocache in 2024. All geocachers who qualify will receive a CCE credit to be used from 1st January to 31st December 2025.
9US 10th Birthday Celebrations We have received our Community Celebration Event credit and will be hosting an event to celebrate 9US’s 10th birthday on International Geocaching Day, Saturday 16th August 2025.
We are currently putting together our event program for 2025. In the past 10 years we have hosted over 170 events and CITO’s, do you have a favourite location or event that you would like to re-visit as part of our celebrations? Or any ideas/locations for an event? Please contact us through comments or message us through 9 Usual Suspects geocaching account.
This is the 3rd year we have had our Christmas event at the Goat Inn, Glandwyfach, a perfect location for this event. By having the event on the Friday night we were the only party in the function room. There was a lot of general banter and geochat before the serious part of the evening, eating and drinking began. The food was again excellent, the secret Santa was fun and what can I say about the Welsh Bingo? A lovely evening and a great start to Christmas. Here are a few pictures:
We have one new cache and three events to report since our last post:
GCB0NY4Hand-me-down by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T1.5
Events
GCB0MMVChristmas Stroll up Tryfan by swindon_leys D1/T5 When: 25th December, 2024 Where: Tryfan Summit Time: 12pm-12.30pm No plans for Christmas Day? This event could be just what you are looking for.
GCB0QRK9 Usual Suspects Say Goodbye to 2024 by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1.5 When: 31st December, 2024 Where: Anglesey Column Cafe & Information Centre Time: 11am-12pm Our last event of 2024 and a chance for a quick catch up before the New Year Celebrations begin. There is no better way to start your celebrations than meeting up with your geocaching friends! Please log will ‘attend logs’ as we need to give the cafe numbers in advance.
GCB0PTH9US Discover 2025 with a Beach Clean by 9 Usual Suspects CITO D1/T3 When: Wednesday 1st January 2025 Where: Beach Car Park nearest the Airport Time: 11am to 12pm Why not blow away those New Year cobwebs and join us for a litter pick along the beautiful beach of Dinas Dinlle? This event will see the start of a new TB race, see below.
2025 TB Race
As part of our 10th anniversary and geocaching’s 25th anniversary we will be having another TB race starting on 1st January 2025 finishing on 31st December 2025. There will be prizes for the furthest traveled and most countries visited. Rules and details in our next post.
TB Race 2021 Update
Do you remember this TB race? The original race was for one year, starting on International Geocaching Day 2021 and finishing on International Geocaching Day 2022, with prizes for the furthest traveled. We decided to continue the race as a test of endurance with the winner being the last TB in circulation.
6 TB’s took part in the original race there are now 4 still traveling.
HQ Win the Race TB owner lostnwet Traveled: 136,706km Current Location: France in the hands of *Mana* 13 Countries Visited: UK, Ireland, France, Canada, USA, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Sark, Jersey, Guernsey
Racing Dragon owner Ann@Birdbrook Traveled: 72,903km Current Location: Czechia in the hands of Pe_Bo 10 Countries Visited: UK, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, Denmark, France, Poland, Czechia
Draco owner Naturesbyte Traveled: 57,168km Current Location: Puppy Dog’s TB Hotel, Nevada, USA 10 Countries Visited: UK, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, France, USA
Welsh Sea Pottery owner escapefromwork Traveled: 9,168km Current Location: RAL [7] Whitby Road, Bristol, UK 2 Countries Visited: UK, Ireland
Halloween Video
GCAZ0QWCome and Monster Mash with 9US by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1.5
We would like to thank everyone for attending and taking part in our activities. Bet you can’t wait to see what we are planning for next year!
We have no new caches or events published in our area since our last post.
Event Reminders
GCB07G5CITO 2024 Season 2 by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T3 When: Sunday 24th November Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon Time: 12pm -2pm Haven’t already got your CITO 2024 Season 2 souvenir? Then come and join us for our 25th CITO event, a litter pick at our regular site in Caernarfon. This may be your last chance to acquire this souvenir as CITO 2024 Season 2 ends on November 30th.
As Storm Bert is set to hit us hard on Saturday we may cancel this event and just meet for a panad and cake. We will assess weather conditions Sunday morning and make an announcement through the cache page if we are canceling.
Christmas Dinner
GCAZ9WXChristmas Dinner – Nosh & Natter 73 by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1 Where: Tafarn Yr Afr/Goat Inn, Glandwyfach, Porthmadog LL51 9LJ When: Friday 29th November Time: 7-9pm or when the last person leaves Dress Code: Anything Christmas
Please note all food for this event has to be pre ordered
This is the final call for food orders, we need your choices today, either message us through our geocaching profile, your will attend logs or contact us through the comments. The Christmas menu is available here.
New Souvenirs
Celebrate the end of the year and the beginning of 2025 by earning two new souvenirs, Logged 2024 and Discovering 2025. To earn the souvenirs find one geocache or Adventure Lab® location, all geocache types count including events. Logged 2024 is available from 24th to 31st December. Discovering 2025 is available from 1st to 8th January.
We will be hosting events on both New Years Eve and New Years Day which we hope to have published by our next post.
Llangollen Canal Trip
To answer a few questions that have arisen from our last post. We will be starting at Trevor travelling to Llangollen, it takes just over 2 hours to reach the turnaround point. See map below:
At the moment we have no confirmed dates, we are just gaging interest as we are trying to plan our event calendar for 2025. There are 10 places on a boat, if enough interest we will try to book 2 boats. Boats get booked up along time in advance for weekend hires, so we need to book early to book two boats. Unless we can get a very good deal, current proposed dates are Saturday 22nd or 29th March 2025. Cost will be around £18-£20 per person. Dogs are allowed. Boat hire times are from 9am – 4pm so we would be meeting up around 8.45am at Anglo Welsh boat yard.
All day boats are equipped with the following: cutlery, crockery, a kettle, 2 burner hob, fridge, sink and toilet. There’s indoor and outdoor seating on all day boats. We will be stopping for lunch some where en route, probably The Sun (marked on map) where we may hold an event.
There are very few geocaches currently along the canal but we will make every effort to pick any up as we pass.
Two new events have been published since our last post:
GCB07G5CITO 2024 Season 2 by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T3 When: Sunday 24th November Where: The Old Bridge, Morfa Parc, Caernarfon Time: 12pm -2pm Haven’t already got your CITO 2024 Season 2 souvenir? Then come and join us for our 25th CITO event, a litter pick at our regular site in Caernarfon. This may be your last chance to acquire this souvenir as CITO 2024 Season 2 ends on November 30th.
GCB03DFCaernarfon yn Rhagfyr (Caernarfon in December) by FfiLli and Blueteddy When: Monday 2nd December 2024 Where: Tafarn y Porth, 9 Eastgate Street, Caernarfon LL55 1AG (Wetherspoons) Time: 6pm to 8pm Two Hampshire cachers are visiting Caernarfon and would like to meet up with local cachers to discuss our fascinating hobby.
Free Public Transport
Do you have a Welsh Concessionary Travel Pass? Did you know you can travel free on some trains in Wales? You can travel for free between:
You’ll need to get a free ticket from the ticket office before you travel. If there is no ticket office or if it’s closed, you can get one from the Conductor on the train.
We can highly recommend a trip on the Cambrian Coast line, we recently travelled from Porthmadog to Machynlleth. The line was completed by 1869, an incredible feat of Victorian engineering following beautiful coastline for most of the journey. The railway line is pretty dramatic; in places it clings to high cliffs and burrows through tunnels hewn from the rock.
Machynlleth is a very pretty town full of character with many independent shops, lots of cafes and restaurants, well worth a visit.
For the geocacher there are currently the following caches and Ad Lab: GCA1D24A year at Kew visiting Machynlleth by LizMar2010 Multi D2/T1.5 GCAR3R6War Memorial #2091 – Machynlleth by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D4.5/T1 GCAR3QEMachynlleth Clock Tower by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T1.5 Ad Lab Machynlleth- Ancient Capital of Wales created by Oldquincepie
We have 2 new earthcaches published on our patch so there are no excuses for not getting your International EarthCache Day souvenir:
GCAQQM1Under Caernarfon Castle 🏰 by 74jen Earthcache D1.5/T1.5 GCAZ0TFREALLY SideTracked – Dinas by ECOBAKE Earthcache D2.5/T1
Event GCAZ0QW9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 72 by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1 When: Thursday 31st October 2024 Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
In for review but not yet published: GCAZ0QWCome and Monster Mash with 9US by 9 Usual Suspects D1/T1.5
When: Saturday 2nd November Where: Plas Gwernoer, Nantlle LL54 6BB Party Starts: 5pm Party Ends: 8pm or when the last person leaves Attire:Optional Halloween Fancy dress Wrap up warm, as, weather permitting, we plan to have some outside activities including a pumpkin lantern competition. There will be prizes for adults and children, to enter bring your carved pumpkin on the night. Of course there will be a BBQ and the bar will be open to late.
International Earthcache Day
This coming weekend is International EarthCache Day (weekend). To earn the souvenir visit any EarthCache and complete the logging requirements from Friday, October 11th through Sunday, October 13th, 2024. All non-Premium EarthCaches are open to everyone throughout the weekend on the Geocaching® app.
Warlock’s Chamber Escape Room at Castell Conway
At Castell Conwy, just for Halloween, Cadw are opening a spooky escape room.
Discover the secrets of notorious Welsh magician Maldwyn mab Diafol, and test your skills by escaping the warlock’s chamber! Over seven hundred years ago, the King of England captured one of his deadliest enemies, the Welsh magician Maldwyn mab Diafol. Maldwyn was kept prisoner at Castell Conwy, locked in the chapel tower for a year and a day. However, on the morning after Halloween night in 1303, Maldwyn’s guards unlocked his chamber to find the wizard had vanished! Over seven hundred and twenty years later, Maldwyn’s cell has finally been reopened. Visitors will get the chance to solve the mystery of Maldwyn mab Diafol, and to escape from the warlock’s chamber themselves!
From Monday 28th October to Sunday 3rd November 2024 11am to 4pm For teams of 2 – 6 players; £4 per player Prices: Normal admission charge. Plus £4 per player to take part in the activity.
Suitable for visitors 10+. All children under seventeen will require adult supervision.
