Monthly Archives: December 2014

2014 Geocaching Review

Posted on December 31, 2014 by washknight

2014 was our first full year of geocaching and as it draws to a close I thought it would be interesting to review a few statistics and remember some of the highlights. We found 479 caches compared to 397 in … Continue reading →

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T M I?

Posted on December 30, 2014 by washknight

I am feeling in a reflective mood what with it being the end of the year and all. I have thought about how I blog about geocaching and am on balance very proud of the entries I have produced during … Continue reading →

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A Merry Caching Christmas

Posted on December 30, 2014 by washknight

Whilst there has been no caching since the 22nd for us, it wasn’t absent from our Christmas by any means. First off we got this fantastic card from my mum who had taken the time to make it especially for … Continue reading →

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Pre Christmas Caching on Bricket Wood Common

Posted on December 30, 2014 by washknight

Keen to get a little caching done before Christmas, Shar, Sam and I booted up and headed for nearby Bricket Wood to see if we could snag a couple of smileys. The plan had been for six but seeing as … Continue reading →

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Wellies and Waffling with Ellie in Welwyn

Posted on December 18, 2014 by washknight

*** Upon completion of this blog entry I was somewhat alarmed to discover just how much textual meandering, waffling and metaphorical staring out of the window I had succumbed to during its compilation. It is therefore as a service to … Continue reading →

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The Iron Chicken and a Talisman

Posted on December 8, 2014 by washknight

For our PugWash adventure this month we decided to do something a little different. It being December and not especially conducive to long caching days in the cold, wet and mud we decided to meet up with Smokeypugs just to … Continue reading →

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Botley – The Sound of Silence

Posted on December 8, 2014 by washknight

Recently some of our geocaching days out have been, shall we say, less than fantastic. Our trip to Wigmore was thoroughly unsatisfactory (see A Bad Day At The Office) and our recent excursion to Mill Hill left us demoralised and … Continue reading →

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Aborting After A Tip-Off

Posted on December 2, 2014 by washknight

Last Thursday we went out with good intentions of grabbing a few caches in and around Mill Hill which is the area I grew up in. I had scouted out a half a dozen locations where we could drop the … Continue reading →

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