First off i'd like to take this chance to thank all that have either posted here, on geofrees, geoX and GAGB. I'd also like to thank the cachers that have sent me personal emails congratulating me on taking up the challenge of being the [first] Scottish reviewer.
The whole weekend has been fantastic. We, as a family, love the GITG and this year we were looking forward to it just as much, then just after the Harrogate mega i recieved the email from Deceangi asking whether i would consider the position. I was amazed that i had even been put forward by some of the scottish cachers, there are plenty out there with far more experience and years than me. A lot of thought and talk to both my husband [who started us off in this mad pastime that i admit is an addiction for me!!] and Deci, and then the space to think about the proposition led me to accepting it.
I know that the announcement on Saturday evening after an action packed day was the icing on the cake, and yes it did feel great seeing the shock on my friends [as lot of the cachers up here are indeed friends] faces especially Tracy from the 4brochers who happened to be out the night before on her first ever night caching experience with me. Here's a wee snippet of the log from the cache
‘We'd just got through the gate [and over the fence] when another car pulled along side.
'Geocachers by any chance?' asked the driver.
'What gives it away; it's getting dark, gps in hand and a few more to tick off this evening?'
I extended my hand and introduced myself as Carol [Mrs Geoki] and Tracy. He replied 'I'm Dave' I asked 'Dave from…?'
With this the passenger leaned forward and said ' He's royalty!' For me the penny dropped, but Tracy hadn’t a scoobie, so I turned and said ‘He’s Decci, the moderator’. They were on route to Scott lodge, so we left them and carried on, we had more caches to get.
[i couldn’t help chuckling to myself though as the weekend was going to progress in a way that only Mr G, Dave and I knew about teehee]’
The congratulaions from all the cachers there meant a great deal. It was nerve wracking stepping forward from the crowd, they could have reacted in a negative way then who would have egg on her face!
So i look forward to working in partnership with Deceangi and Graculus. I also look forward to all the challenges that this position brings and helping work with the Scottish caching community.
Oh and the name, well it's the old Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland and covers the whole of Scotland so seemed appropriate.
Well i think that's everything apart from...this is the longest post i think i have ever done [even as Geoki!!]
[oh and does this now mean that Graculus and me are royalty in training?!? ]
