Simply Paul

If it's on the border with Scotland, it'd be England's northern-most point?

In brief, please save YOSM & other caches intended to be logged multiple times by giving COs a default-off switch to control their own cache listings' multi-logable status.

Thank you La Lunatica. With your post in mind, I'd like to offer the following revised edition of the original statement, based on everything I've read since and a degree of wishful thinking: The UK reviewing team recently had a meeting where several topics were discussed. This has resulted in changes to various matters of cache placement and events in the UK. Because secret guidelines are a bad thing, we're letting you know the changes are as follows: Placing of caches in Culverts, Mines, Adits, Caves and Underground Quarries. There have been issues with disturbing bats which frequently roost in some of these locations. It was decided there would be no restrictions on placing caches in these locations, but to avoid any issues, cache owners would be asked to show they have permission from the relevant landowner for both physical and virtual stages of any cache using such locations. Please note that caches in culverts under roads managed by Highways England and in culverts under railway lines (Network Rail) will not be allowed. Both these organisations have made this request and it's explained in the UK Geocaching Polices Wiki: Highways England - Network Rail. This change to the guideline is immediate, because you already had permission, right? Event stacking. This phrase refers to holding multiple events that are close to each other and at similar times. Events are social gatherings of geocachers and having too many too close to each other diminishes their value to the community, you could argue. Events are not just an excuse to get a 'smiley', even at a HQ-approved 30-mins long. In the future, if an event is submitted and another event is either already published or also waiting review and they are too close to each other then the following guidance will apply: Events will usually be published within a similar time period only if they are more than 20 miles apart (as the crow flies), except where a significant physical barrier - such as the Bristol Channel - divides them. Common sense and flexibility will be applied, especially when the events' target audiences are significantly different. This rule comes into play in mid September, to reflect that events are already being planned under the old guidelines. Events closer to each other than 20 miles will only be published if the end time of the first is more 10 hours before the start time of the next, except when there's a clear reason not to apply this guideline, such as the target audiences for the events are significantly different. A family-friendly BBQ will attract different interested parties than an event on a mountain-top. We aim to accommodate both, when that will not cause likely conflict between event hosts. The distance and time restrictions will be carefully considered and reviewed in six months time to see if they've caused unexpected problems. In London which is a popular tourist destination and where many events get submitted it was decided the distance would be a 3 mile circle around Trafalgar Square rather than 20 miles. The time restriction of 10 hours will still apply. Anywhere else in London the 20 mile/10 hour guidance will apply, but we'll keep an eye on the size of this area and how many events it forces us to reject. Same case for the rest of the UK. We're not anti-fun, after all, and will try to publish every event we're reasonably able to. 'Camping' events Camping is a very popular activity among geocachers and long weekend camping trips particularly so. It’s becoming common to have several geocaching events during these 2 or 3 days. This doesn't diminish the value of events as social gatherings, even if it's usually the same people attending each time... But the event guidelines say this: "An event is a gathering of geocachers, facilitating the social aspect of geocaching. It is organized by geocachers and is open to other geocachers and those interested in learning about the game. It takes place at the posted coordinates, includes start and end times, and lasts at least 30 minutes. Events with several elements, a sequence of events, or events that are near the same time or location and intended for the same audience should be submitted as a single event." Therefore in the future only one event will be allowed during a camping "long weekend", unless its organised by other people, without connection and intended to attract a different audience, and isn't too close, or promoted as part of the weekend and- actually, it gets complicated. Since an event has a set date, the idea of a 'three day event' which also covers events on days either side of it is logically flawed. If people are on site for three days, let them have three events. Make one a CITO to do some extra good. No harm done. Other rules apply to Megas and CITOs (not on Mega days) anyway. All events must be open to all, and it's up to event hosts to organise events which have a broad appeal - to campers and non-campers alike. This main event must be on a specific day with a start and finish time. If the camp site is closed to visitors; that is you can only get on the camp site if you are camping, then this event must be open to all geocachers so needs to be held off the camp site, even if only as a 30-minute 'nod' to the rules. Paul Simply Paul Not a volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com The orignial post:

It seemed like a good example to me, as it received a lot of publicity at the time and highlighted that "experts" are not infallible. But what value did it add to the process? It gave a great excuse/reason to lock a thread. That's value, of sorts. Also, thank you Happy Humphrey

For what it is worth Paul it seemed you were making a genuine and positive suggestion to mediate the discussion/dispute and I felt using your post to lock the thread ill-judged & linking it in to Godwin's Law quite unnecessarily offensive. Had the invocation of Godwin's law not taken place in the first place the thread wouldn't have been locked. I felt there was no comparison to the actions of a certain dictator - more a reflection on the "findings" of experts. Noted. Moving on. I've an opinion on this, but on *this* forum I'll let others guess what it is & form their own as to the reasons for that thread being snuffed. Also, thank you David

I've nothing to add at this stage. I just wanted to check if I'd been banned or blocked from these forums for mentioning- anything. Seems OK. Cheers. Happy caching ?

I hear the Hitler Diaries have been verified and are definitely genuine. Not my words, the words of experts. I'm saying reviewers are human - hear me out - and apart from His Holiness, that means fallible. Even as expert geocachers.

A double-pager. This forum hasn't had a new one of those in at least five years. Either someone's been amazing, or someone's been... not amazing. So I had a read (full disclosure; I had already seen Facebook implode, so I wasn't totally shocked at the content) and it's the latter. Without wanting to put the boot in - as I respect reviewers and what they do, the time they give, the grief they put up with - I have to say this has been a disaster for them. They've damaged their high standing, placed a question over their 'frog-given right to decide' what's best for UK/ROI/IoM/CI cachers and caused as much confusion as resentment, as much resentment as disappointment and as much disappointment as confusion. There's proper anger in there too, especially on Facebook, where you can't get banned for criticising the leadership..! The good news is I've worked out how to fix this (as I've a huge brain to match my ego) and it doesn't involve writing to Groundspeak (still worth it for their 'unhappy punter' stats though, even if no action is forthcoming) or archiving all our caches, or even failing to renew Premium Membership (still an option in a language every business speaks though...) So, here goes! Generally, a rule on event placement (time and space) is as welcome as rules on physical cache placement. I've no wish to see my event published only for another one to appear the same night, five miles away, with the offer of a pub quiz to gazump my meet's appeal. So- As I understand it, the things which have annoyed cachers - and particularly event hosts like myself - are as follows: i) Lack of consultation on a community matter which, while reviewers don't need to consult on everything, is of so little 'damage' to the game (unlike upset landowners with angry bats, etc) that it is the sort of thing which could have been opened up to event hosts/the wider community rather than a table of 17 plus a HQ lacky nodding along. Maybe there's more in the background I don't know about as a lowly cacher (it can't all be about Leap Day Souvenirs, can it?) but whatever the reasons for this unpopular change, there could have and, I believe, should have been discussion about it outside of The Frog Lair. ii) Lack of warning. There was no need to spring these changes on people. It appears to have hit plans, around Megas and not, in a way which was totally predictable, and totally avoidable. Own Goal again. iii) Flippant replies. Didn't help. 'You can still go to Piratemania. It's still an event' is accurate, but 'You can still go to Piratemania. It was formerly three events on three days, and as no event can last more than a day, and has its own date, that was fine but it's not any more as we've reinterpreted the guidelines to take 'close in time or location' to mean days apart, not hours' is that bit more accurate. You got a Tut from me for that. iv) Lack of clarity. The announced change to the interpretation of the guidelines (ACIG, for short) leaves a lot to be desired. It's wide open to interpretation and all the 'what if' questions which aren't being answered are simply an attempt to understand 'the extent of the damage'. Of course the questions are hypothetical. It's quicker to ask the question than to set up an event page, put it in the reviewer queue, along with another, to see what happens under the refreshed events stacking guidelines. Talk of camping events, when strictly speaking no such thing exists didn't help. Nor did referring to 'events' when CITO events are events, and Mega events are events too. Not clear; boo. v) The change in rules themselves. 20 miles and 10 hours? Figures plucked from a hat, it has been suggested. They're certainly restrictive. No satellite events around an event (bar CITOs around events, or events and CITOs around Megas, but not too many, and not too close, and not, not, not...) - Was there such a problem with 'stacking' that a nuke was brought to a knife fight? One has to assume there was. These figures may prove to be good ones - as good as any - but the promise to review them, at some point in the future, to an angry mob, wasn't much comfort. Especially as the criteria to decide if "not publishing an event was better for the caching community than publishing it would have been" can't really exist outside of a Schrodinger cat box. In addition, the nature of the event should be considered as well as its time and location. Is the target audience between events likely to split attendance, or is one in a cosy pub and one up a mountain far enough apart in concept to be allowed to be closer together in time, or space, or both. To fix things, simply: i) Set up a vote on time and distance between events, both on the same day and across days, with an eye on event nature/type/appeal too. Let the community shape a community policy to deal with a community problem (which must have existed for the ACIG to have been issued). ii) Allow some time between the results being seen and the new, new ACIG being implemented. This will give time to iron out any creases, answer questions to give additional clarity (although a good guideline should be clear in the first place, really) and some time to adjust and rethink event plans, for those planning events. iii) Apologise, as a group, for getting it wrong on this occasion (this isn't to make you look small, it's to make you look big) and drop the flippancy. Real distress (ridiculous as that may appear to some) has been caused. Please keep that in mind when replying to those you have served so well (on the whole) in the past, and whose appreciation and respect are the only payment (bar the odd T-shirt and geocoin) you receive. Those are my suggestions. If you don't like them, I have others

Bump for this as the events are next month and I welcome last-minute joinees. Is that a word? I'm hoping for good weather but whatever the summer brings us, the welcome will be warm at my meets

Latest update on the NGAs - Voting ends at midnight on June 30th! Remember, you need to be a resident cacher of the UK, RoI, CIs or IoM to vote. One vote per cacher (or device, so if a caching couple, one use their phone, one the pc) and there's no need to vote in every category. Just pick the ones you've an opinion on We're currently at 1,183 votes, or about 14,500 individual votes across the 24 categories. One of which was a dead heat when I last took a peek at the stats (without looking at names. No point in quizzing me - I don't have a poker face and don't trust myself not to give away anything I know - so I know nothing!) So, if you don't think your vote counts, it really does at this scale! To make a difference, please visit the SurveyMonkey voting page and help shape the future... of someone's evening anyway. We're not trying to change the world. We're patting backs for hiding great caches, writing great logs, uploading great pictures, running great social media stuff about caching, picking great cache names, making great cache pages, conceiving great cache series, etc etc etc.

Well, I counted them (totals for 24 categories) and added them together, and so, yes, it's well over 12,000 individual votes now, thanks. Which is the best coin? Links take you to photos of them all. Which is the best cache? Links take you to the cache page to read the description and more importantly, logs. It's the best we could do without magic & teleportation (We can't vote for the UK entry in Eurovision but you're right, winning was never an option in the current climate.) The National Geocaching Awards have now passed 1020 votes (12,300+ across the 24 categories) which we thought would mean we hit a monthly cap, but that's not happened, so keep going folks - they're your awards, after all!

We've now exceeded 940 votes which, across the 24 categories being voted upon, adds up to over 11,500 votes cast! The geocachers of Britain & Ireland are awesome - Without your support, the NGAs would be nowt. If you've already voted, thank you very much. You've helped these experimental awards be something the caching community can be proud of. If you've yet to vote, please do (assuming you're a resident cacher of the UK/RoI/IoM/CIs). You can only make the awards more representative and thus more relevant. See http://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ngas Please note, when we hit 1k votes there may be a pause until our June allocation of votes cuts in. Cheers!

Well, this is exciting. Voting is now open at SurveyMonkey, where you can vote for 24 awards. We hope you will as the more Britian and Ireland-resident cachers who cast their votes, the more 'accurate' the awards will be. Some history: Begun in mid 2015 as an offshoot of the 2016 Geolympix, the British and Irish National Geocaching Awards started as an experiment; how representative could a community-lead caching award programme be? So, we began by asking the cachers of Britain and Ireland to suggest awards categories and made a list of 25 from those suggestions - as well as naming the awards themselves 'The Golden Smilies' - before asking for nominations against those categories from February to May 2016. Lastly, we used a well-known survey website (link above) to gather votes... Being nominated is a huge deal, given how many cachers, caches, etc are out there, but making the finalists is an even huger deal! Only the best of the best make the finals. To actually win... Well, fame at last. You even get a 'cache prize' - A Golden Smilie to keep forever, safe in the knowledge it's meaningful and deserved! Please help us by voting. It's one vote per device (so if you cache as a couple, you can still both vote if you've a phone and computer) and we've a maximum of 1000 per month. Voting closes at the end of June. Happy to answer any questions!

Now listed, all nominations for Funniest Cache Name, Best Caching Event, Best Extreme Cache and Best Archived Cache. Hoping to get the Voting started this evening. Stand by for an announcement!

Illuminati Confirmed!

If cool, cute, funny, interesting or educational cache listings are your thing, thanks for nominating in Category 3 for the best of Britain and Ireland's. Here's a full bookmark list of all those nominated (not a list of finalists!) Also Night Caches, best of, full list of nominations Bookmark. And Best Non-Physical Cache bookmark list (excludes events and a Wherigo tried to sneak in too...)

Plus all the caches nominated for 'Best NEW Cache' of 2015 - remember, this is a full list, not the shortlist of finalists. Also GC5FAGF -The Metals - was excluded as it was published in December 2014. If you nominated anything which doesn't appear here, again, please let me know ASAP.

...And the NOMINATIONS are..! Here's a bookmark list of all the caches nominated as 'Best Cache' - it's not the shortlist of Finalists, it's a full list. If the cache/s you nominated aren't on it, please let me know ASAP. Thanks

Thanks a DING! to OotR. Well, a Close Enough - they all outlived their twin by a large margain. Sorry to Yorkshire Yellow - I'm not sure anyone would have got Sir Peter Scott without several more clues. Good bit of history though. Over to OotR for the next pubby-type question!

Since this thread has slid to a halt, here's a question for you. What links Elvis Presley, Norris McWhirter and Rosie of the Dolly Sisters?

Free Premium Membership threshold dropped from 300 to 200 nominations - so keep spreading the word! - and also to let you know, the nominations will close on April 24th at noon. Voting will then start on May 1st, once the nominations have been processed. Please keep those nominations coming until then!

Barbara Cartland might fit?

Good news from over at http://www.facebook.com/groups/geocachingawards "For regaining Mega status, the Geolympix team has received eight Premium Membership codes from Groundspeak to be used at/around/for July's Geolympix. Worth £25/€30, if we get over 300 nominations we'll pick one nominator at random to win one of them (using a random number generator). If you're not already a PM, it'll make you one for a year. If you are a PM, it'll extend your existing PMness by an extra year. If you win & don't want to be a PM you could pass it on to someone else, sell it, raffle it, auction it for charity... Please keep those nominations coming- now there could be something extra in it for you! Tell your friends & get us over that magic 300."

Announcing the National Geocaching Awards categories (Originally posted on Facebook on Jan 31st 2016) Firstly, thank you to everyone who suggested categories for the British and Irish National Geocaching Awards. The following list, which we're asking you to nominate cachers, caches, organisations, etc. against, has been created from your ideas, with a few tweaks from the Geolympix team. We received several suggestions for names for the awards being given at the NGA's, but we decided on The Golden Smilies as it seems to fit awards designed to reflect the best in British and Irish Caching, Cachers and Caches! A note on geography: Ireland includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland plus Irish islands off the mainland (the same way Groundspeak categorises Ireland). Britain includes England, Wales, Scotland, the off-islands of Scotland, England and Wales (Including Shetland, Flat Holm, IoW, Scillies, etc.) and the non-UK islands of Britain, including the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Sark, Herm and Alderney, plus their off-islands. Basically the NGAs cover anything east of Rockall, west of Ness Point, Lowestoft, south of Out Stack, Shetland and north of The Minkies, CIs - that isn't France. The NGAs exclude other British or Irish territories, such as Gibraltar, Bermuda and the Falklands. A 'British or Irish Cacher' would be someone living the majority of their time in Britain or Ireland, even if they're Dutch. Voting will be limited to them too. Also note: Best means, most innovative, most enjoyable, coolest location, concept and/or container, cleverest, the one that made you smile widest… You know, Best! You don't need to nominate for every category, or make multiple nominations for the categories where that's an option. Nor do you need to have found the caches or attended the events you nominate, although that may make more sense. The choice is yours! You can also nominate yourself or your caches, but don't try to unfairly skew the awards; we will be looking for attempts! A condition of listing an event such as the Geolympix - which is hosting the NGAs- on Groundspeak's site is that alternative cache listing sites cannot be promoted. Therefore only Geocaching.com-listed caches are eligible for the National Geocaching Awards. AWARDS CATEGORIES Caches: 1) Best Cache (must have been live at the end 2015. For archived caches, see 'Gone but not Forgotten', below.) 2) Best New Cache (as above, but published in 2015.) 3) Best Cache Listing (most beautiful, clever, funny, helpful or educational cache page.) 4) Best Night Cache (specifically designed to be done at night.) 5) Best Non-Physical Cache (includes Virtuals, Webcams, Labs and Earthcaches, excludes Events - see below) 6) Best Event (includes all British and Irish Megas, CITOs & regular events - inc flashmobs - but be clear which incarnation of recurring events you mean please!) 7) The Gone But Not Forgotten Award for Best Archived Cache (can only be won by a cache once. Must have been archived in 2015 or before.) 8) Best Extreme Cache (can only be won by a cache once. Doesn't need to be a 5/5, but should be 'extreme'!) Cache Series: 9) Best Individual Series (could be ring/s, power trail, cluster or just a collection of caches on a theme, owned by one cacher or caching account or a small number in a 'geographically discrete series' such as a multi-owner ring.) 10) Best National Series (themed caches - often numbered - set by multiple hiders across a wide -national- area.) Support: 11) Most Helpful Landowner/Organisation (who's been a great support to British and Irish caching? They don't need to cache or place caches themselves.) 12) Most Helpful Reviewer (They give a lot of time and effort to make caching in Britain and Ireland possible, but who's gone above and beyond the call of duty? Must have been a reviewer at some point in or before 2015 to be eligible) 13) Best Supplier of Caching Goods (must be based in Britain or Ireland) 14) Best Caching Social-Mediaist (includes British/Irish geocaching blogs, vlogs, podcasts, twitter accounts, YouTube channels, Facebook groups/pages) 15) Best Caching Resource (could be international, includes stats websites, books, magazines, hints 'n' tips sites, vlogs, podcasts etc) Others: 16) Best Online Cache Log (funniest, most inspiring, or pack of lies. DNF, Found, Notes- all log types included) 17) Best Log Photo (must relate to the cache it's added to. Includes Webcam log pics.) 18) Funniest Cache Name (can only be won by a cache once) 19) Most Memorable Trackable (owned by a British or Irish cacher. Can be memorable for being an interesting item, having a cool mission, etc etc.) 20) Best New Coin (released in 2015) Cachers: 21) Geocacher/s of the Year (could be the most dedicated cache owner, keenest cache maintainer, most inspiring or creative cache owner, most helpful event host, most committed -or should be- cacher who went the extra mile and more… Basically this could be called 'Services to Geocaching') 22) Newbie of the Year (must have begun caching in 2015) 23) Young Cacher of the Year (Junior cacher who's added something to the game. Must have been under 18 at some point in 2015. So born after 1/1/1996) 24) Achievement Award (either a Lifetime Achievement award, or for someone who's Overcome Adversity in the pursuit of Tupperware. Basically, an impressive, inspirational cacher.) Please also nominate for the Hall of Fame - Cachers who contributed to the British/Irish game but are who are sadly no longer with us. This won't be voted on (that would be inappropriate) but the Geolympix team will make a joint decision based on nominations. Next stage: Nominations! In order to make short-lists of finalists in each category, we're now asking for your nominations. You can suggest a maximum of three people/caches/whatever in some categories, and one in others. The best way to do that is copy the text below, replace the [bits in boxes] with info, and email it to geocachingawards@gmail.com (Please don't use this account for questions - it's not being monitored until late April!) Or, if you don't mind making your nominations public, posting them below would be fine. If you'd like to direct people to the categories, please aim them here rather than copying and pasting them, as if there are nominations being made in too many places, we may not get to see them! The Facebook group for the awards is: http://www.facebook.com/groups/geocachingawards Nomination FAQs - Yes, you can nominate yourself or your caches/series/business, but unless some other people do too, you're unlikely to make the shortlist! We'll award one point to third nominations, two to second and three to each main nomination on categories inviting you to pick three, and then add them up to see which cachers/caches/etc. are most deserving of joining the Finalists for each category. There's two (or more) of you who use the caching account and you'd both/all like to vote? No problem. Duplicate names will only be an issue if it's clearly an attempt to skew nomination results unfairly. A team of six all nominating themselves as Cacher/s of the Year would only be counted once, for example. What then? Once we have sort-lists of finalists, in May and June we'll invite cachers to vote on them via a secure, cheat-blocking polling website (such as SurveyMonkey). In the meantime, please Copy, Paste, Edit and Send the below to geocachingawards@gmail.com, or post it here: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations by [your geocaching name] Caches: 1) Best Cache (must have been live at the end 2015. For archived caches, see 'Gone but not Forgotten', below.) [Nomination 1: Name - GC number Nomination 2: Name - GC number Nomination 3: Name - GC number ] 2) Best New Cache (as above, but published in 2015.) [Nomination: Name - GC number] 3) Best Cache Listing (most beautiful, clever, funny, helpful or educational cache page.) [Nomination: Name - GC number] 4) Best Night Cache (specifically designed to be done at night.) [Nomination: Name - GC number] 5) Best Non-Physical Cache (includes Virtuals, Webcams, Labs and Earthcaches, excludes Events - see below) [Nomination: Name - GC number] 6) Best Event (includes all British and Irish Megas, CITOs & regular events - inc flashmobs - but be clear which incarnation of recurring events you mean please!) [Nomination 1: Name - GC number Nomination 2: Name - GC number Nomination 3: Name - GC number ] 7) The Gone But Not Forgotten Award for Best Archived Cache (can only be won by a cache once. Must have been archived in 2015 or before.) [Nomination: Name - GC number] 8) Best Extreme Cache (can only be won by a cache once) [Nomination: Name - GC number] Cache Series: 9) Best Individual Series (could be ring/s, power trail, cluster or just a collection of caches on a theme, owned by one cacher or caching account, or small group if a 'geographically discrete series' such as a multi-owner loop.) [Nomination 1: Series Name - GC number for one of them Nomination 2: Series Name - GC number for one of them Nomination 3: Series Name - GC number for one of them ] 10) Best National Series (themed caches - often numbered - set by multiple hiders across a wide -national- area.) [Nomination 1: Series Name Nomination 2: Series Name Nomination 3: Series Name ] Support: 11) Most Helpful Landowner/Organisation (who's been a great support to British and Irish caching? They don't need to cache or place caches themselves.) [Nomination: ] 12) Most Helpful Reviewer (They give a lot of time and effort to make caching in Britain and Ireland possible, but who's gone above and beyond the call of duty? Must have been a reviewer at some point in or before 2015 to be eligible.) [Nomination: Reviewing Account Name] 13) Best Supplier of Caching Goods (must be based in Britain or Ireland) [Nomination: Name - URL] 14) Best Caching Social Mediaist (includes British/Irish geocaching blogs, vlogs, podcasts, twitter accounts, YouTube channels, Facebook groups/pages) [Nomination 1: Name - URL Nomination 2: Name - URL Nomination 3: Name - URL ] 15) Best Caching Resource (could be international, includes stats websites, books, magazines, hints 'n' tips sites, vlogs, podcasts etc) [Nomination 1: Name - URL Nomination 2: Name - URL Nomination 3: Name - URL ] Others: 16) Best Online Cache Log (funniest, most inspiring, or pack of lies. DNF, Found, Notes- all log types included) [Nomination: Log URL] 17) Best Log Photo (must relate to the cache it's added to. Includes Webcam log pics.) [Nomination: Log URL] 18) Funniest Cache Name (can only be won by a cache once) [Nomination: Name - GC number] 19) Most Memorable Trackable (owned by a British or Irish cacher. Can be memorable for being an interesting item, having a cool mission, etc etc.) [Nomination: Name - Ref code (not tracking number!)] 20) Best New Coin (released in 2015) [Nomination: Name/version] Cachers: 21) Geocacher/s of the Year (could be the most dedicated cache owner, keenest cache maintainer, most inspiring or creative cache owner, most helpful event host, most committed -or should be- cacher who went the extra mile and more… Basically this could be called 'Services to Geocaching') [Nomination: Caching Name and reason] 22) Newbie of the Year (must have begun caching in 2015) [Nomination: Caching Name and reason] 23) Young Cacher of the Year (Junior cacher who's added something to the game. Must have been under 18 at some point in 2015. So born after 1/1/1997) [Nomination: Caching Name and reason] 24) Achievement Award (either a Lifetime Achievement award, or for someone who's Overcome Adversity in the pursuit of Tupperware. Basically, an impressive cacher) [Nomination: Caching Name and reason] Please also nominate for the Hall of Fame - Cachers who contributed to the British/Irish game but are who are sadly no longer with us. This won't be voted on (that would be inappropriate) but the Geolympix team will make a joint decision based on nominations. [Nomination: Caching Name and reason] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks again for getting involved. The more cachers who respond to this call for nominations, the more the NGAs will truly reflect the opinions of British and Irish cachers. We want them to be meaningful and relevant, and that needs your help.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's my privilege to introduce you to the UK's first returning non-annual Mega event. The 2016 GEOLYMPIX!