+Snosrap Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Maybe it's just me but I cannot remember the last time I found a TB in an 'ordinary' cache. I can think of a number of possible reasons: 1. There are fewer TBs in circulation. 2. There are many more caches around so the ratio of caches to bugs has hugely increased. 3. Everyone is taking them to cache meets or bug hotels rather than placing them in ordinary caches. 4. I'm completely wrong and everybody else is finding them everywhere! Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I haven't noticed anything lately, but in the past I have. It's usually down to one or more people in in area just targetting caches with TBs. I don't think the amount of bugs going to meets has changed much once you take into account the number of people turning up. T Quote Link to comment
markandlynn Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Had our biggest haul for ages the other weekend after a very quiet spell. this cache has quite few though but they will move on after Saturday particularyl that white jeep i was promised Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 (edited) but they will move on after Saturday particularyl that white jeep i was promised Dont forget who helped you with your Yellow Jeep TB See you there I wonder how many TB's are in the UK? Edited July 21, 2005 by Deego Quote Link to comment
+Snosrap Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 The recent North Yorkshire Meet had 58!! This was one of the things that prompted my chain of thought. Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Not been caching long but I have noticed a drop in the number of TB's in caches. Personally I think it is due to the fact that they are going to events, however, when I attend the events, I take 'em away and put them in caches!! Only problem is i don't get to find them - just place them. Quote Link to comment
+Skippy and Pingu Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 We've had quite a few TB's pass through our hands in the last few months. There seem to be busy spells when nearly all our local caches have TB's in them and there quiet spells when you can't find a TB anywhere close. North Cheshire seems to have quite a few at the moment so maybe you could come and pay us a visit and get a few TB's from our caches Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I've had loads, they all seem to be in the midlands for some reason... MarcB Quote Link to comment
+civilised Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 I don't mind so much about regular TBs - what is beginning to concern me is how Yellow Jeep TBs ( and doubtless the White ones when they start becoming more common here ) are deliberately sought out by experienced cachers and then held onto for weeks. I posted about this before but had no real reaction - I'm interested in any views. TIA civilised Quote Link to comment
+The Biffas Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 May be because the cache boxes seem to be getting smaller,so less room for TB's, some of which can be quite large. Quote Link to comment
+t.a.folk Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 No shortage down south . 20 of the 60 nearest caches to Ringwood ( West Hampshire) have T.Bs shown as being in them . Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 Using the Stats Database :- 2083 travelbugs in UK caches 1949 active travelbugs (updated/moved in the last 30 days) 53 mentioing 'Jeep' below is a table of tb that seem to be in a cache in each county: Avon 24 Bedfordshire 29 Berkshire 54 Borders Region 13 Buckinghamshire 62 Cambridgeshire 24 Central Region 13 Cheshire 47 Cleveland 4 Clwyd 55 Co Antrim 17 Co Down 16 Co Londonderry 5 Cornwall 38 Cumbria 32 Derbyshire 41 Devon 65 Dorset 33 Dumfries & Galloway 6 Durham 23 Dyfed 18 East Sussex 17 Essex 39 Fife Region 12 Gloucestershire 18 Grampian Region 10 Greater London 67 Greater Manchester 38 Gwent 11 Gwynedd 38 Hampshire 106 Hereford & Worcester 16 Hertfordshire 48 Highland Region 37 Humberside 9 Isle of Man 6 Isle of Wight 3 Kent 52 Lancashire 49 Leicestershire 19 Lincolnshire 71 Lothian Region 16 Merseyside 14 Mid Glamorgan 15 Norfolk 17 North Yorkshire 61 Northamptonshire 22 Northumberland 27 Nottinghamshire 23 Oxfordshire 42 Powys 9 Shropshire 26 Somerset 21 South Glamorgan 1 South Yorkshire 22 Staffordshire 49 Strathclyde Region 49 Suffolk 30 Surrey 40 Tayside Region 39 Tyne & Wear 14 Warwickshire 11 West Glamorgan 9 West Midlands 14 West Sussex 32 West Yorkshire 55 Western Isles 2 Wiltshire 50 Wish you had not asked where they are now :lol: Thanks Barry for the help Quote Link to comment
+Snosrap Posted July 21, 2005 Author Share Posted July 21, 2005 Excellent Brian - Now, how does that compare with how many there were a year ago? ( ) 138 in Yorkshire - It look like it is just me then!! I'll have to quit micros. Quote Link to comment
+Us 4 and Jess Posted July 21, 2005 Share Posted July 21, 2005 There were over 70 TBs at the Durham Meet so there floating about somewhere Quote Link to comment
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