Tag: North Wales

News & New Caches 199

We have four new caches and an event published since our last post:

GCBCBCD Geobabies Secret Beach 😀 by svl379 Traditional D1/T2.5
GCBCD0G The holiday one by svl379 Traditional D1.5/T1.5
GCBCG04 Little Bridges # 3241 Twthill Footbridge (C’fon) by Clueless_Goose Traditional D1.5/T1
GCBCGTM YOSM #1283 Pen y Graig by Clueless_Goose Mystery D1.5/T1

Events
GCBCTEY 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 82 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Friday 26th September 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves
Please note this event is on Friday not the normal Thursday.
Apologies everyone, I forgot to put this in for review and missed the deadline for Thursday evening.

9US 10th Anniversary Coins

Celebrate a decade of discovery with the limited edition 9 Usual Suspects 10th Anniversary Geocoin! Crafted from slate. This unique Geocoin features an engraved mountain scene on the obverse, on the reverse the iconic 9 Usual Suspects logo along with a trackable number. The Geocoin is a limited run with just 20 available, it’s a must-have keepsake for collectors and geocachers alike, marking ten unforgettable years of adventures for the 9 Usual Suspects.

Pre-order price is just £12, the coins will normally retail at £14. To order please contact us through the comments or email SlateCoins@9usualsuspects.uk
Coins will be available to purchase and collect from our events.

Christmas Dinner Diary Date

I know it is only September and no one wants to think about Christmas but for our Christmas Dinner Event we have to book way in advance to get our preferred date and venue. We have booked Tafarn Yr Afr/The Goat Inn, Glandwyfach on Saturday 29th November at 7pm. We are still waiting confirmation of this years Christmas menu, once received we’ll publish the event and start taking bookings.

CADW Open Doors

Every September, Cadw “Opens its Doors”. A selection of Cadw and other historical sites open their doors free of charge, some sites are not normally open to the general public, others may offer free guided tours and experiences.

Here are a few of our favourite places that are open this weekend:

Cae’r Gors
Open Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September

Cae’r Gors is the childhood home of authoress Kate Roberts.  She was born and raised in Rhosgadfan at the turn of the 20th century, when the slate industry was at its most productive and industrious.
Free Tours at 11am (Welsh), 2pm (English) and 3pm (Welsh).
Address – Cae’r Gors, Rhosgadfan, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 7EY.

Denbigh Open Doors Weekend
The 2025 Denbigh Open Doors Weekend launches Friday 19th September 2025 with an evening lecture exploring property deeds at the Theatr Twm o’r Nant. Over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday 20th and 21st September 2025 from 10am to 5pm more than thirty historically important sites in the locale will be open to the public, supplemented by talks and guided tours. Please note booking is required for some talks and tours.

Denbigh Castle
Open Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September

Denbigh Castle is one of the fortresses that formed King Edward I’s “ring of castles”. Construction of the castle began in 1282 by Henry de Lacy, one of Edward I’s chief commanders. It was not the first stronghold to occupy this strategic site: it was built over the stronghold of Dafydd ap Gruffudd, the Welsh leader crushed by Edward in 1282. During the Civil War (1642-1649), the then decaying castle was repaired by Colonel William Salesbury. In 1646 the castle endured a nine month siege. When Denbigh finally surrendered on 26 October 1646, it was only after the king had personally ordered Salesbury to do so.
Open fro 10am to 5pm No Booking Required

Wireless in Wales Museum
Open Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September

This building was adopted as the headquarters of a Welsh Language Centre in Denbigh by David Evan Jones in 1991. Mr Jones had had a passion for radio and its role in the broadcasting history of Wales, but sadly passed away just before his vision officially opened to the public. The museum celebrates, from a Wales perspective, the evolution of radio and radio broadcasting. Chronological displays show some rare and representative radios and memorabilia.
The building had housed the old Denbigh Library until 1989. And in the 19th century, its forerunner, the Working Men’s Reading Room, was established here.
Opening Times 10am to 4pm No Booking Required.
Address – Canolfan Iaith Clwyd, Bridge Street, Denbigh, LL16 3LG.

CITO Season 2

Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) season 2 announcement – Official Blog

CITO Season 2 2025 started on September 1st and runs to November 30th. We are planning a litter pick for Saturday 4th October, further details once published.

GCBCTEY 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 82 by 9 Usual Suspects

GCBCTEY 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 82 by 9 Usual Suspects

When: Friday 26th September 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves

Please note this is Friday not Thursday. Apologies everyone, I forgot to put this in for review and missed the deadline for Thursday evening.

GCBC20Q GIFF 2025, Geocaching International Film Festival by 9 Usual Suspects

GCBC20Q GIFF 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.
Venue closes: 5.00pm
We invite you to join us for Geocachings International Film Festival 2025. More details of films etc will be announced nearer the date. As this venue is not cheap to hire we will be fund raising and looking for volunteers to help with setting up, manning our geocaching shop and very importantly running the kitchen.

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 194

We are now back and catching up after attending the UK Mega events. A nice range of cache types and difficulties have been published in our absence:

GCBAQC4 Walk to the beach by JGibson16062012 Traditional D2/T2
GCBAP8B River below by Theonator8772 Traditional D1/T1
GCBAP78 Ciara’s crash by Theonator8772 Traditional D3/T2
GCBAMGA Stone pole by Jackinnorthwales Traditional D1/T1
GCBAHNZ Bethel, Pont Charlie by Math1212 Traditional D2/T2
GCBAD9Y Dod yn ôl at fy Nghoed by Clueless_Goose Mystery D3.5/T2
GCBA909 The Toy Box by gethv1 Traditional D1/T2

Premium Member Only
GCBAVKR The Bridge, the Beast and the Bounty! by RichieBlod Traditional D1/T1
GCBAMKV Anglesey GeoMon – Orogenic Origins by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T2.5
GCBAMFB YOSM #1277 Mynydd Bodafon by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T3

Event Reminder
Tomorrow night!
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’. 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 and prizes.

Virtual Awards 5.0

Geocaching HQ have announced the next release of 4,000 Virtual Caches as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations. Geocachers who meet the following criteria will automatically be eligible for selection on February 3rd, 2026.

  • You must have three non-Event geocaches published in 2025.
  • You must have created your geocaching account before July 29, 2025.
  • Prior Virtual Reward recipients are eligible to participate.
  • Players who opted-in for Virtual Rewards 2.0 and 3.0, and/or who qualified for Virtual Rewards 4.0, but did not receive a Virtual Cache will have a higher likelihood of receiving a Virtual Reward 5.0.

On February 3rd, 2026, Geocaching HQ will randomly select up to 4,000 eligible geocachers to receive one Virtual Cache. Recipients will have one year to create their Virtual Cache page and submit it for review (February 3rd, 2026–February 3rd, 2027). The caches must comply with Virtual Cache-specific guidelines.

Note: An algorithm to help distribute Virtuals will be used favouring countries/areas that do not have many Virtual Caches.

Why not make Virtual Caches available for everyone to hide?
Because today’s active Virtual Caches are rare and generally well-liked, people often forget the problems that led to the Virtual becoming a legacy cache type in 2005.
The Virtual Cache type was initially created to place a cache where physical caches were not permitted or high-traffic areas made a physical cache impractical. While the intent of this cache type was positive, it created significant problems for geocaching community volunteer reviewers and often led to poor cache quality. Some players used Virtual Caches as a shortcut to create basic caches that did not require maintenance. Guidelines were eventually updated to require Virtuals to have special qualities to set them apart from other caches. However, the subjectivity introduced to the review process became difficult for both reviewers and cachers. The decision was finally made for the Virtual to become a legacy cache type to avoid these issues.

GIFF 2025

We have been asked if we are hosting GIFF this year. We intend to host this popular event on Sunday 9th November. We still have to confirm the venue but hope to be returning to Canolfan Talysarn, as soon as the venue is confirmed we will publish the event and further details.

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 Event3
Received a Favourite point on an owned geocache 3
Found an Adventure Location1
Found a geocache with 5+ Favorite points3
Collect a Making Memories Treasure5

*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.

News & New Caches 191

More Earthcaches for the Premium Member and a couple of new caches have been published since our last post:

GCB8QA8 Wood You Look Here by hrytty Traditional D1/T1.5

Premium Member Only
GCB93KQ War Memorial Nefyn by ECOBAKE Multi D2/T1.5

A just few more Earthcaches…. all premium member!
GCB92F2 Little Orme Trig by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T3.5
GCB92BY Great Orme Grykes by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T2.5
GCB92CX Great Orme Summit Trig by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T1.5
GCB925N Way Out West ~ The Gwna Group Geology
GCB92A9 Criccieth…Blue Schist by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T1.5
GCB918J The Rocks of the Llewelyn Volcanic Group by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T4.5
GCB9160 Mass Movement at Nefyn by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T1.5
GCB907R The Snowdon Circle – Metasomatism by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T4.5
GCB8RF7 Anglesey GeoMon – Ancient Flooding by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T2.5
GCB8T0M YOSM #0598 Snowdon Summit by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T5
GCB8RCZ Anglesey GeoMon – The New Harbour Formation by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T3
GC8BRYX YOSM #1267 Garnedd Ugain by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T5
GCB8RQG The Snowdon Circle – A Tuff Climb by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2/T4
GCB8R9X Great Orme Kamenitzas by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1.5/T1.5
GCB8QHC Denbighshire Moors Climate Snapshot by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D4.5/T1.5
GCB8QEK Concretions at Rhaeadr y Bedd by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T3.5
GCB8QKG War Memorial #2357 – Llanfairpwllgwyngyll by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D2.5/T1
GCB8PBT Conwy Paleobotany by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D1/T2.5
GCB8P89 Moel y Tryfan by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T3
GCB8N9A Manod Bach Jointing by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3.5/T4
GCB8NK4 Clogwyngarreg Dome by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T4
GCB8N50 Llyn y Dywarchen by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D3/T3
GCB8N7W Clogwyngarreg Contact by MrMagnaDefender Earthcache D4/T4

Event
One for the diary:
GCB95X1 A view from a pier? by Ramblingt Event D1/T1
When: Wednesday 6th August 2025
Where: Aberystwyth Pier
Time: 2pm – 2.45pm
Ramblingt are hosting an event to meet local and not so local geocachers to discuss our wonderful hobby.

Event Reminder

GCB8G4G 9 Usual Suspects – Nosh & Natter 79 by 9 Usual Suspects
When: Thursday 26th, June 2025
Where: Parc Snowdonia, Waunfawr, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL55 4AQ
Time: 7pm to 9pm or when the last person leaves

Yes, this tonight!

UK Block Party
GCAWA2F Great British Geocaching Party by Milton Keynes Geocaching  Block Party D1/T1
When: 28th June 2025
Where: Scot Sports and Social Club, Selbourne Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 5BX
Time: 10am to 4pm
Admission Charge: £5.00 in advance £7.00 on the day under 18’s free

SideTracked Series Turns 18

This year marks the 18th anniversary of the SideTracked Series, and they are doing things a little differently.  Unlike previous years, they won’t be hosting a week-long celebration. Instead, they will focus their anniversary events on a single day: Sunday, 10th August. Why? This year also marks a once-in-a-generation milestone: the 200th anniversary of the modern railway in the UK.

On 27th September 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway officially opened, becoming the first public railway in the world to operate steam locomotives and carry both passengers and goods. This revolutionary achievement connected people, powered the Industrial Revolution, and ultimately changed the world.

To honour this historic event, a nationwide initiative Railway 200 is underway, with events, exhibitions, and celebrations taking place across the country. A special week-long SideTracked celebration is planned for September.

Join the SideTracked 18th anniversary celebrations by:

  • Publishing new SideTracked caches on 10th August
  • Finding a SideTracked cache or more on 10th August
  • Hosting one (or more!) SideTracked geocaching events
  • Sharing your stories and photos from your SideTracked adventures using the hashtag #SideTrackedSeries

Full event details, including naming conventions, are available on our website: https://sidetrackedseries.info/events.php

Moe’s Tavern Event Update

The Simpsons Duff at Moe's Authentic Licensed 2001 Poster - Etsy UK

At last, we now have Duff beer, just need a low tide!