Geocaching Goals 2024

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So did I achieve my targets for 2023 wasn’t as good as I had hoped achieved three got close to one and others just fell by the wayside. And I’d also like to say thank you to those I’ve cached with over the last year often as Team SCG (Saturday Caching Group) made up of Manxrose, WavyDale, DTS63, Wild Goosey, JnKFox, PurpleStarGiraffe, WillowtheCat, The Stones, and Aegean Pirates.

So my 2023 targets were as follows ;

  • 18000 finds ( Met 18510)
  • Reach 1000 Multi caches found (Met 1128)
  • Reach 200 Earthcache finds (Met 201)
  • Reach 200 Letterbox finds (Failed 178)
  • Reach 75 Virtual finds (Failed 74 one off)
  • Complete d/t x2 (Failed Still two squares off)
  • Traditional D/T Grid (Failed was 2 off now 3 off)

But 2023 was my second best ever year for finds 2331 with plenty of trips out and about around the country but mostly within the Midlands.

So onto to my 2024 targets

  • 20000 finds
  • Reach 1200 Multi caches found
  • Reach 200 Letterbox finds
  • Reach 100 Virtual finds
  • Complete d/t x2
  • Traditional D/T Grid

Some of these targets are more challenging than others and after failing them in 2023 see if we can progress in 2024, in the year ahead.

So for anyone setting there goals for 2024 good luck with them.

Piratemania 2023

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Well as i’m not one for camping i don’t tend to stay at the mega events that happen, but Piratemania was in Naseby this year which was only just over an hour away, so agreed to meet up with some of the ususal gang there. Three of travelled with me doing the driving was joined by Wavydale (Dave) and DTS63 (Dee) for this trip.

We made good time and arrived in the area over an hour beforehand do we decided to head down to Brixworth country park, as there was a virtual cache here and a set of 5 adventure lab caches. We raced around this set of adventure labs following the same course in part of the Park runners, but no medal, then headed to the main event.

After signing in to the event the folk we were meant to be walking with were ready to leave at 10 on the dot, we said we would catch them up, as they were heading around the long series first. After a bacon roll that Dave paid for out appetite sated we headed out to catch up Team Vango, but we signed in the caches as we went as Team SCG (Saturday Caching Group). We also stopped in the Naseby village for some of the Adventure labs on route.

I would say we made good progress but for up until the half way point were two or three caches behind the rest of the party, until we reached No 23 and caught up with the rest of Team Vango. We were surprised that we hadn’t seen that many other groups out, we had gotten stuck for a bit behind behind a large family group. As Team Vango headed down this section we did get caught in a couple of sharp showers, before reaching back to the village of Naseby, where SCG parted ways briefly to finish of the adventure labs, then back to the event for some further nourishment.

After completing the further set of Adventure labs at Mega event location we headed off around the shorter series and then back to camp for more refreshments, think so far we had walked 11 miles. As evening was starting to come on and the raffle was coming up that we hadn’t brought tickets for, though I had purchased one of the new pirate hat coins. We headed out by car to pick up a few more caches then we parted with Team Vango and headed for home.

A very successful Piratemania mega event and day, 114 caches in total in the end for our team of Saturday Caching Group. We would be meeting up again with Team Vango the next weekend at the Milton Keynes Mega

Caching Goals 2023

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So did I achieve my targets for 2022 well when I last posted I had already met some so lets see how I did in 2022 then I’ll go on and set some targets for 2023.

So my 2022 targets were as follows ;

  • 15,000 finds overall (met)
  • Reach 750 Multi caches found (met)
  • Reach 175 Earthcaches found (met)
  • Reach 1600 Mystery caches found (met)
  • Reach 150 Letterbox hybrid found (met)
  • Complete d/t x2 (failed 1 square still left to do)

But 2022 was my best ever year for finds 2733 made up of 1438 Traditional finds, 794 AdLabs, 213 Multis, 200 mystery caches, 34 letterbox, 16 Earthcaches and a small number of the other cache types. It did help the Mega in the UK was in my home county so lots of new caches to find.

So onto to my 2023 targets

  • 18000 finds
  • Reach 1000 Multi caches found
  • Reach 200 Earthcache finds
  • Reach 200 Letterbox finds
  • Reach 75 Virtual finds
  • Complete d/t x2
  • Traditional D/T Grid

Some of these targets are more challenging than others and initially a a slow start to 2023 so far but with the team of caches that i cache with no doubt some of these will fit into some of there targets for the year ahead.

So for anyone setting there goals for 2023 good luck with them.

Caching Goals

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Well its been a long time since I posted on here, I would say life has gotten in the way and it has to some extent, but caching has gotten in the way, I started this to share experiences and I’ve not shared any for years but I have decided this needs to change.

So caching goals normally at the start of a calendar year I set myself some targets, the last three for four years I have not that they are always achieved, and if they are met early on a new target comes in so I thought I’d share what my goals were for this year.

  • 15,000 finds overall (met)
  • Reach 750 Multi caches found (met)
  • Reach 175 Earthcaches found (met)
  • Reach 1600 Mystery caches found (met)
  • Reach 150 Letterbox hybrid found
  • Complete d/t x2

So as you can see I’ve achieved already a few of the item on the list for 2022, others are proving a bit more challenging, considering that 2022 has been my best year of finds so far. The other thing I have picked up on more this year are challenge caches. If you are not aware of what a challenge cache is you have to meet certain requirements to be able to log the cache for example to have found 500 multi caches. There previous were not many of these local but a few were placed out for the West Midlands mega event so these might influence my goals. Its not always about numbers it might to be find certain caches of an age or to visit certain places

So when 2023 approaches I will look to set some more targets for the year ahead, and hopefully share them on here.