Tag Archives: UK

A Triple Monkey at the Geolympix 2016 MEGA

Posted on August 2, 2016 by washknight

On Sunday we attended the Geolympix Mega event that was being held on the Ashridge estate which sits almost slap bang on the borders of Beds, Bucks and Herts and is just over a half an hour drive away from … Continue reading →

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The GeoBlogosphere gets the Travel Bug

Posted on April 25, 2016 by washknight

A few days ago I got a very unexpected and exciting email from fellow GeoBlogger Kel, whose blog, geo-Mumma Kel – The adventures of a geo-caching mum, you simply must check out . Kel contacted me to ask if I … Continue reading →

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Interrogations – Heading North

Posted on October 23, 2014 by washknight

I’m heading North to bring you the next two interrogations. Admittedly one is the North of England and the other is somewhat latterally position to the west, but Canada is still North of me… honest! Phil Lives not far from … Continue reading →

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Five get found in the woods – breaking the 3 week slump

Posted on October 3, 2014 by washknight

After over three weeks without finding a geocache I was starting to go slightly crazy. Now that Shar’s back seemed to be on the mend and Sam had finally returned to school following a rather nasty bout of sickness, it … Continue reading →

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M is for the Memfis Mafia and a Muddy Mum

Posted on October 1, 2014 by washknight

With threats of being inserted into the rapidly hardening concrete of the latest motorway extension, interesting and eyebrow raising responses were elicited from the latest bloggers to take up the challenge of answering my 20 questions. Clare lives in Cambridgeshire … Continue reading →

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More Interrogations…

Posted on September 29, 2014 by washknight

Following on quickly from my last post, Washknight Interrogates…, where I introduced you to the first two people to undergo my questioning, and as a result of a post on the geocaching uk facebook group, two bloggers have taken the … Continue reading →

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Getting Knotty with CaptainJack

Posted on August 2, 2014 by washknight

The school holidays are here and that means six weeks of a “bored” 10 year old to deal with. Well we have put our thinking caps on and feel that we are prepared to tackle the boredom head on this … Continue reading →

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Philosophy and something Squidgy – caching in Abbots Langley

Posted on July 7, 2014 by washknight

On Wednesday, Sharlene and I went out for our weekly geocaching fix. The plan was to try for 10 hides laid out in a circular route in the Abbotts Langley area. Seeing as it is not too far from home … Continue reading →

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Halloween Hides and Creepy Caches 2013 geocaching Mega event

Posted on October 27, 2013 by washknight

Yesterday we attended our very first Geocaching Mega event which took place in Salsey Forest, Northamptonshire. It was the annual Halloween Hides and Creepy Caches event and is classified as a mega event as more than 500 people were expected … Continue reading →

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:D :D :D –=={FTF}==– :D :D :D

Posted on September 27, 2013 by washknight

Today we found our first FTF!!! In the geocaching world an FTF is a “First To Find” which as it suggests means that you are the first person to find the cache after it has been published. The pursuit of … Continue reading →

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