Did someone mention my name?
I did a couple of the LQ caches back in 2011, the closest to home (West Mids) and Devon whilst in the area on holiday, but then didn't give it another thought until June 2012 when I found myself in Cambridgeshire picking up some puzzle caches, and this one was nearby (ok a few miles, but nearer than home) with that find I gave it a bit more of a serious think about taking on this challenge.
I have now found 27 of the 48 and still enjoying visiting different parts of the country, so far this year we have visited Chester for the first time, picking up Cheshire and Birkenhead, then a first trip to Norwich earlier this month to pick up Suffolk and Norfolk. Both times we also visited other places in the area and I (other half is a non-cacher) only did minimal amounts of selected caches, earth, virtual and solved puzzles. We have been lucky on our travels to find so many non-chain, non-identikit pubs serving good local real ale to distract me from Tupperware hunting
We have another trip booked to hopefully pick up Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and Durham during April, staying firstly in Kendal and then Durham (I've not told the missus how long it might take to get from Kendal to Durham, via Northumberland then Tyne and Wear
All I can say is yes it can get expensive, but doing it in this way we get to visit the counties the caches are set, and Premier Inn do some very good deals when booking early, so accommodation doesn't cost the earth, we have been lucky with £19 and £29 rooms so far.
There is a Little Quest stats page here for anyone interested:
Little Quest Stats