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What is Geocaching?

Geocaching is an adventure game for gps users. Participating in a cache hunt is a good way to take advantage of the wonderful features and capability of a gps unit. The basic idea is to have individuals and organisations set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users can then use the location coordinates to find the caches. Once found, a cache may provide the visitor with a wide variety of rewards. All the visitor is asked to do is if they get something they should try to leave something for the cache.

For more information go to www.geocaching.com

What are the rules of Geocaching?

Geocaching is a relatively new phenomenon. Therefore, the rules are very simple:

  1. Take something from the cache
  2. Leave something in the cache
  3. Write about it in the logbook
What is a Groundspeak Travel Bug?

Simply put, a Groundspeak Travel Bug is a trackable tag that you attach to an item. This allows you to track your item on Geocaching.com. The item becomes a hitchhiker that is carried from cache to cache (or person to person) in the real world and you can follow its progress online.

What does a Travel Bug do?

It's really up to the owner of the bug to give it whatever task they desire. Or no task at all. The fun of a travel bug is inventing new goals for the Travel Bug to achieve. One Bug's goal may be to reach a specific country, or travel to 10 countries.

How do Travel Bugs work?

Each Travel Bug has its own unique tracking number stamped on it. This tracking number is used as proof by the user that they found the item. It also doubles as a way for the user to locate the personal web page for the travel bug.

Travel Bugs are tracked with the help of users who go online and "grab" them from caches, or receive them from users. The idea is by picking up and dropping off Travel Bugs on the web site you are mirroring the Bug's real world adventures. Each Travel Bug has its own "diary" that follows its movements.
SARDA Wales have released 12 Geodog Travel Bugs or TB's which correspond to their dogs on the Call Out list and their mission is to visit as many peaks around the world as possible. The Geodogs are also competing against each other by adding up the peaks and the kilometres.

 

May the best dog win!

 

Celyn

Started off in Summit or Submit , Snowdon Summit, 9/3/08. She has then been in England, but sadly not on any hills. Just been picked up from Weasel's Rhododendron Conundrum, near Loughborough! Far too flat there!
 

Total 574.3 km

Flash

Started off in Pyg 'n' Hell We're Knackered!! On Snowdon, 11/03/08. He has managed to stay on the hills so far! Just been picked up from The Black Darren, Abergavenny area.

Total 363.8km

Fly

Started off in Ellies Big Stone, Llanfairfechan, on 14/03/08, currently in The Signal Summit, Anglesey. Fly is no longer in Signal Summit.
 

Total 25 km 

Max

Started off in Yr Aran, on 09/03/08. Then went on to Matty’s first hillwalk No. 1, near Denbigh. Then in Lovely Lookout, near Hope, and on to Moel Siabod. Back on the Snowdon massif now Summit or Submit. Currently in Dawn Recon 3. Has been picked up but not placed yet.

Total 139.6 km

Moss

Started off in Moel Siabod, on 27/03/08. Moss is still in the Brecon Beacons and is waiting to be placed.

Total 794.3km 

Pero

Started off in The Signal Summit, Richard’s own cache on Mynydd Bodafon, Anglesey on 01/06/08. Has since been watching seals in "can you spy a seal?" Porthdinllaen, Nefyn. Then on to 25th, near Clitheroe, and off to a cashers meeting Meet at the Heartwood - July NWCMM, ending up in Lochnakeal, Isle of Mull. Currently in Mynydd Nercwys, Mold on his way back to Snowdonia?
 

Total 1052.8km 

Roly

Started off in Moel y Gest, Porthmadog, waiting to be picked up. Roly is currently in Northern Scotland waiting to be placed.

Total 524.4 km

Teal

Started off in Tre'r Ceiri Cache (The Rivals iron age hillfort), on 05/04/08. She was then found on Tryfan Summit, not logged how or when. She is currently travelling around Germany without a passport!

Total 2469.1 km

Tilly

Started off in Moel y Gest, Porthmadog, on 08/03/08. She then visited a TB swap day, and was then placed in The Vertically Challenged Orme, Llandudno. Then inMotorway Mayhem M6 Junction 41 - The quiet stretch, and on to Motorway Mayhem - Killington Services, then Pirate's Mystery Trail II, Coniston. Currently in Ralfland 3 - Ralf is jilted by Rowan, Shap, getting lots of doggie visitors. Now in Twixed Dales - 7 , Yorks.

Total 415.8 km

Willow

Started off in Dawn Recon 3, Bwlch Llechog, between Snowdon & Lliwedd on 09/03/08. Then on to Matty's first hillwalk No. 2, near Denbigh, and on to Lovely Lookout, near Hope. Then in Caldera, near Siabod, then on to Rise Rise Lark Rise, Borth y Gest. Currently in Valey view, Nant Gwynant. Off to Just Another Brick In The, Solihull, then on to Tommy Jones, Pen y Fan, Brecon Beacons.

Total 455.6 km

Mij

Started off in The Signal Summit, Richard’s own cache on Mynydd Bodafon, Anglesey on 15/03/08. Then on to The Avenue - Trackables Travelodge, near the A5, Oswestry. She then turned up in Gwen’s cache No Beech's Here, Maentwrog. Currently watching Rolf’s movements from Moel y Gest. Has left Moel y Gest but not been logged.
 

Total 264 km

Rolf

Started off on Y Lliwedd, on 09/03/08. Then on to Moel Gwy, near Ruthin, moving to Lovely Lookout, near Hope. Back to Snowdonia, Carnedd Llewelyn, and on to Tryfan Summit. Last seen in Red Tarn, in the Lakes, he is currently waiting to be placed.


Total 288km.

 

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