Objectives
So here is my caching diary for 2023.
Where 2022 had been about numbers, lots of numbers, 2023 proved rather more restrained. Don’t get me wrong, it still had some epic days, but for different reasons.
My year began with some personal trauma that reduced my enthusiasm for a while, and during that period I was faffing about with what to do with my caching during the year. Eventually I decided that finishing of the D/T matrix would be good, so that’s kind of the only target I set.
It was also, of course, the year that the UK Mega Event came to my home town of Milton Keynes after 5 years of very meticulous planning by the committee, which had managed to keep itself going despite several changes of face and a global pandemic. So that was good.
| Month | Total Finds | Blog Posts |
|---|---|---|
| January | 55 | Poppy's Ponderings - A trudge round an old airfield near Corby |
| February | 24 | |
| March | 87 | Nuthampstead - Legging it round three small series in Ryoland |
| April | 198 | Grand Union - Ladders and hooky poles up the side of the canal London Calling - Wandering round Marylebone and Regent's Park |
| May | 64 | Chili Series - A full day with the hooky poles |
| June | 22 | |
| July | 172 | A family holiday in The Lake District Piratemania - Pretending to be a pirate, but only a little bit. Kind of half-arrrrrghsed, in fact. |
| August | 201 | MK Mega |
| September | 179 | Lincoln - Keeping myself busy in Lincoln while one of the kids was occupied. Swim Serpentine - Legging it round The Smoke whilst the Mrs was swimming it round Hyde Park Beachamwell - Up near Downham Market again |
| October | 153 | 08/10/23 OVT Series 21/10/23 Norwich |
| November | 86 | 05/11/23 OVT Series 18-20/10/23 Lads Trip to Bayeux |
| December | 68 | 02/12/23 Newport Pagnell 17/12/23 Olney |
| Totals | 1309 |
Summary
So there we have it, my 2023 Caching Diary. So what did I actually achieve:
- A total of 1,309 finds
- No new countries
- Completion of a first lap around the Difficulty/Terrain Matrix
- 11 days ticked off my Shifty Fifty Challenge
- A meagre 2 days of more than 100 finds
Again, I’m calling that a satisfactory year of caching. I have no choice.
What I’ll attempt in 2024 is yet to be decided.