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Offline Griff Grof

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Little Quest
« on: March 25, 2013, 01:07:26 pm »
LQ:Final - Little Quest Challenge

I'm sure you've all heard of LQ - one cache in every county leading to a micro final.

Has anyone found any of the caches? Or even considered to start the challenge seriously? (Gaz Zippy, you have?)

I'd maybe consider to, it does look fun, but a LOT of diesel and is it worth it for a 35mm (likely to be soggy) pot at the end?  :-\
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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2013, 02:14:28 pm »
Did someone mention my name?  :D

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  ;D

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  ;D

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

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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2013, 08:51:28 pm »
Thanks for the link gaz-zippy i see i`m ranked 189 with 5 finds :)

Aim to find a few more but doubt i will complete the series.

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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2013, 12:05:19 am »
snap :D  I've got 5 finds as well but I'm at 173 :o

Wonder what algorithm they use to work this out?
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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2013, 12:09:05 am »
What's a little quest?  ???
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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2013, 08:49:52 am »
snap :D  I've got 5 finds as well but I'm at 173 :o

Wonder what algorithm they use to work this out?

Think you're ranked higher as you must have found them in a shorter amount of time? (EG If Wrighty found one in October and the next in January, you'd have found one in October and the next in December)

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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2013, 04:26:11 pm »
Challenge Accepted!  ;D

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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2013, 10:37:54 pm »
Sorry Griff...  ::)



Thought you might have done a little research, to see which LQ caches were local to you!  ;)



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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2013, 10:53:29 pm »
10.7 miles straight line to my neariest one..

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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2013, 09:09:04 am »
Ah, so you've hidden one  ;D - Looks good... and sorry for the misunderstanding  ::)

15.3 miles to my nearest one  :-\
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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2013, 12:59:50 pm »
Yep, we did the series a while ago, most caches are excellent and the series well worth doing - it took us just over a year if I remember correctly.
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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2014, 09:10:28 pm »
I managed to pick up the final four counties last week so I now have the co-ords for the final LQ cache. It has been fun gallivanting around the country visiting different places, which has also enabled me to pick up a fair few virtual caches too, along with other hand picked caches.

Thinking of making the final my 1,000th unknown cache find, but will require some careful planning for that to happen :-)

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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2014, 11:00:27 pm »
I managed to pick up the final four counties last week so I now have the co-ords for the final LQ cache.
Well done!  We think you will enjoy the final too, it will always be good but in the next couple of months even better.
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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2014, 10:16:59 am »
When Little Quest came out, I thought I would never do that but I've now visited all main land Counties - hmmmm, perhaps I should have ::)

Well done gaz_zippy  ;D
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Re: Little Quest
« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2014, 11:03:52 am »
Also posted on Cotswold Caching:

The Little Quest is a 48 cache series which has one cache in each county in England, once you find the first 47 caches you will have enough info to find the final cache:

LQ:FINAL - Little Quest Challenge

The reason I am posting here is the series may be in need of some support, it was set up in 2007 and from time to time, like other caches, maintenance is required but not always forthcoming.

The following cache has been in a bad way since February:

LQ:OXON - Garsington: St Mary

It is now just a logbook hanging in a tree, no bag or cache container. The area also looks like it is about to be fenced off for some work in the area according to the last finder. I have contacted the CO a few days ago so am hopeful of a response, but in the absence of this happening is there anyone on here who, if this cache gets archived, would like to become a CO of a cache in the Little Quest series?

The cache does not need to be hidden in the same spot, although it is a nice spot, it can be hidden anywhere in the county, but please remember that the series was set up to 'Show off your county'   :)

Some guidance about the series can be found here:

Little Quest Series

Little Quest Statistics


If anyone could help then that would be great.

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Gary

 


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