2012 Caching Diary

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Objectives

My 2012 Caching Diary – My third year of caching, and the possibility of hitting a couple of milestones. There were no real objectives though. I’d not really been caching long enough to concern myself with specific objectives other than to go caching whenever possible.

So what did I actually do on the caching front in 2012 then ?

January (53 finds)

5^th January – I dashed out at lunchtime for a quick find – 1 find
14^th January – I went to fetch a nearby cache in MK – 1 find
21^st January – I went for a couple of long walks around the countryside to the south of Leighton Buzzard – 32 finds
31^st January – I was on a business trip to Blackpool and had plenty of time to go caching in the evening – 19 finds

February (99 finds)

4^th February – I drove out to the far side of Buckingham for a few – 9 finds
7^th February – I was on a business trip to Blackpool and felt obliged to go out caching again – 12 finds
11^th February – I had a record-setting day up near Peterborough (see Peterborough Splurge) – 63 finds
21^st February – I collected a local puzzle that had been bugging local cachers for 9 months – 1 find
27^th February – I went out in the evening to grab a couple of caches – 2 finds
29^th February – I left work early to attack a new local series and then attend an event – 12 finds

March (51 finds)

6^th March – I headed down towards Mursley after work – 6 finds
9^th March – I went out at lunchtime to grab a local puzzle – 1 find
10^th March – I drove to the top of Northampton for what turned out to be quite a frustrating day – 15 finds
12^th and 13^th March – I grabbed individual caches on workdays – 2 find
14^th March – I had a longer drive around at lunchtime followed by an evening event – 6 finds
15^th and 17^th March – I grabbed individual caches on workdays – 2 find
23^rd to 25^th March – We were in Lisbon over the weekend and collected a few (see Lisbon Half Marathon) – 13 finds
29^th March – I went out at lunchtime – 3 finds
31^st March – I visited Stowe for planning my own caches and grabbed a few on the way by – 3 finds

April (66 finds)

1^st April – I logged a world-famous (or at least, regionally famous) cache that doesn’t really exist (Apollo Fir?) – 1 find
4^th April – I grabbed a few in Blackpool on a business trip (again) – 7 finds
7^th April – I drove down to High Wycombe for a few finds and a nighttime event – 10 finds
10^th, 11^th and 12^th April – I grabbed odd ones and twos during work days – 6 finds
13^th April – I went to Stony Stratford for a few random finds – 6 finds
15^th April – I went out from my folks house in Measham for a few – 5 finds
16^th April – We were at home again and I went up to Newport Pagnell for a few – 9 finds
20^th April – I stopped off for an easy one on the way to work – 1 find
22^nd April – I was over towards Buckingham setting up some at Stowe. I managed to find a few – 6 finds
24^th April – I grabbed a quickie at lunchtime – 1 find
28^th April – An event for my own caches at Stowe. And afterwards a second event in Northampton (see Stowe Series Release) – 11 finds
30^th April – I popped out at lunch and met a work colleague (unplanned) – 3 finds

May (97 finds)

3^rd May – I went out at lunchtime and somehow scraped an FTF – 1 find
5^th May – We were up in the north-east for the Bank Holiday weekend – 15 finds
6^th May – We were still up north and I found a few more – 2 finds
7^th May – We grabbed a couple more on our way home – 2 finds
9^th and 10^th May – I was in Blackpool on a business trip – 17 finds
12^th May – There was a new series up near Newport Pagnell – 16 finds
13^th May – I found a couple close to home – 2 finds
16^th May – I was in Blackpool again, with similar results to last time – 16 finds
21^st May – I found 4 near home at varying parts of the day – 4 finds
22^nd May – I was getting sick of going to Blackpool – 20 finds
27^th May – We were down The Smoke while Kas did a run – 2 finds

June (96 finds)

3^rd June – I went up into the Cachemuda Triangle with Wavvy for a bit of a biggy (see Alconbury and Buckworth) – 56 finds
6^th and 7^th June – I was back in Blackpool again – 18 finds
9^th and 10^th June – We were up at my folks over the weekend – 6 finds
14^th and 16^th June – I went out in the evening to hoover up some local ones – 12 finds
23^rd June – I was in Pune on a business trip and snaffled a couple before flying to Chennai via Hyderabad in the evening – 2 finds
I was back home on June 30^th and found one close to home and another out in the sticks – 2 finds

July (63 finds)

3^rd and 4^th July – Guess where I was ? It begins with a “Black” and ends with a “pool” – 19 finds
6^th July – I did a single cache near home that needed some special equipment (water) – 1 find
17^th July – I was back there again (groan!) – 15 finds
22^nd July – The first ever Geolympix. Wavvy volunteered to drive for an attempt at the 11 in 11 challenge (see Geolympix 2012) – 22 finds
23^rd July – I ventured out for an hour near home – 4 finds
29^th July – We were at my folks. I had to go fetch Kas back from a 24-hour running event in Burton upon Trent – 2 finds

August (182 finds)

4^th August – I began the substantial Geolympix Marathon series on my way down to the airport (see Geolympix Marathon) – 44 finds
10^th August – I returned home from India and hacked round the rest of the Marathon (see Geolympix Marathon) – 66 finds
11^th August – The girls were all still away so I went caching again (see Midshires Meander) – 37 finds
12^th August – I was off setting a bunch of my own (see MKBW Magenta) and found a couple on the way – 2 finds
18^th August – We “coloured in” Norfolk with a trip over for an event on the beach – 5 finds
19^th August – There was a new one close to home – 1 find
21^st August – A business trip in Durham and a walk in the evening – 22 finds
23^rd August – An event down near Hemel Hempstead – 4 finds
31^st August – We were up at my folks for the Bank Holiday weekend – 1 find

September (94 finds)

We were still up at my folks on September 1^st – 12 finds
5^th September – I was on a busines trip to Warrington – 7 finds
11^th and 12^th September – I was back in Blackpool – 29 finds
14^th September – I found one at the end of setting a load of my own – 1 find
20^th September – I grabbed a quickie near home – 1 find
26^th September – I was back in Blackpool again – 16 finds
28^th and 29^th September – A hack at the new MKBW Turquoise and Violet series (see MKBW Turquoise) – 28 finds

October (152 finds)

4^th October – An event down at Edlesborough – 1 find
6^th October – I had to fix a couple of my own up near Weston Underwood and grabbed a couple on the way – 2 finds
12^th October – I had a hack at some more of the MKBW Violet series (see MKBW Violet) – 30 finds
20^th October – I grabbed a couple whilst finishing off the setting of some of my own (see MKBW Blue) – 2 finds
23^rd October – I was in flippin’ Blackpool again and attended a local event- 2 finds
27^th October – I attended my first ever mega event (see Halloween Hides and Creepy Caches 2012) – 60 finds
28^th October – I hadn’t had enough, so I went out again (see Bletsoe Bombing Run) – 45 finds
31^st October – We were up at my folks in Measham – 10 finds

November (44 finds)

3^rd November – We were still up at my folks in Measham – 3 finds
11^th November – I made a single find in the middle of the day – 1 find
14^th November – I hosted an event in Stony Stratford – 1 find
8^th November – A random bunch of caches in Milton Keynes whilst maintaining some of my own (see Around and About) – 6 finds
21^st November – I was back in Blackpool again. It wasn’t a great night (see Not the Best Night Ever) – 10 finds
23^rd November – An attempt on both 1,000 finds for the year, and 2,000 finds in total (see Grand, Double Grand) – 23 finds

December (94 finds)

5^th December – A snow day off work. I went up to Ashridge and didn’t enjoy it, so I came back home and did a short series there – 10 finds
6^th December – I was still off work and decided to go caching again. This time I made a long walk round part of the Milton Keynes Boundary Walk (see Trees, Golf and Mud) – 44 finds
10^th December – Oh come on, please let it be the last trip of the year to Blackpool – 11 finds
12^th December – There was an event down in Aylesbury – 3 finds
15^th December – I started a fairly poor series in north MK with BingBongLong – 7 finds
16^th December – I did a random one owned by BingBongLong – 1 find
21^st December – For some reason I went and finished the rubbish series – 6 finds
24^th and 25^th December – We were up in the north-east for Christmas – 6 finds
30^th and 31^st December – I went out locally to grab a few final ones for the year (see Filling a Gap) – 6 finds