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Offline Griff Grof

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2016 caching in review and your 2017 goals
« on: December 31, 2016, 05:25:09 pm »
How did your 2016 go caching-wise? Did you meet your goals? Anything you really wanted to achieve but missed out on?

What are your goals for 2017?
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Offline Bear and Ragged

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Re: 2016 caching in review and your 2017 goals
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2017, 05:28:45 pm »
2016.

62 caches for the year (Avg 5 per month)

Caches found in 33 Counties (Including 3 in Wales, after a few years with no Welsh finds)
Managed to fill 1 unfound County for all time caching. 2 still to fill for the 'mainland'
Isle of Wight and Isle of Man still to fill

Extremes North, South, East, West.
North: N 57° 05.819, Haggis Highway: Ordie Moss GC3QP76
South: N 50° 25.769, Face it, you're stumped! (Devon) GCJAZH
East: E 1° 30.145, Church Micro 1072 ST JOHN THE BAPTIST SNAPE GC25KJ2
West: W 4° 31.914, Go East 361B GC2H2JN

Furthest cache from home: 351 miles Wee ZZZs on the A9 (S) - Insh Marshes - GC5BV26

17 SideTracked caches
12 Church Micro caches

7 Virtuals (inc 2 YOSMs)

Cache found this year with most Favourite Points:
Blaise Hamlet (Bristol)  by The Wombles GCF143 (Vitual) 138 points

Oldest cache found:
Hidden Sword not-so-virtual cache by Steve (adopted by Alibags) (Virtual) 
Hidden : 29/Apr/2002

Old caches found for the year.
2 from 2002
2 from 2003
1 from 2004
1 from 2005
2 from 2007

Caches published by 19 different Reviewers... (28 different Reviwers, over all my time caching!)


Aims for 2017?
More of the same, hopefuly with more caches!

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Offline Y6GST

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Re: 2016 caching in review and your 2017 goals
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2017, 10:22:14 am »
Geocaching really has taken a back seat for the last two years since starting a new job, but following on from Bear and Ragged's lead I though i'd analyse my finds for 2016:

111 caches found.

 1 x Letterbox
10 x Multi
14 x Earth
32 x Traditional
51 x Puzzle
 1 x Virtual
 2 x YOSM

Caches found this year:

Most favourite points:
Dorset Series Earthcache (Durdle Door) GC1G6EN (Earth) - 149 fav points

Oldest:
Highest in Conwy (Traditional) - placed 11 Jul 2002

New Counties:
Gwynedd


Despite the low amount of finds, this year has taken me to some very interesting locations, so for 2017 I hope that this continues, with maybe a few more finds and more caches on the 'wish list' visited.

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