Lots Of Caches In 1 Day

[+scaw]

can i ask a question please guys?

i read that people have done 20 caches in a day (20 just being a random number) How do you manage to do so many in such a short space of time? we went to 2 on sunday 1 we didnt find but the other we did and it took us the best part of 4 hours so how do peopel manage to do so many

 

thanks

[+The Golem]

I think they are urban caches...out here in the backwoods they are more spread out.

[+scaw]

golem you know were i am coming from as we are in the same area we couldnt possibly do loads in one day could we

[+davy boy]

You have to get up early and finish late!!!! I think the most we have done in a day was 21 and we started at 9.45am and got back home at 0.45am and that was around Dorset..

[+Mad H@ter]

3 things, "location, location, location"

 

If you chose the right location 20 in a day would be quite easy. At places like London and Oxford it is not impossible to bag as many as 50 in a day, although that would take a bit of pre planning.

[Deego]

The current Record is 55 in 24 hours

 

It all depends on where you go to cache.

[+The Golem]

Read my other thread from yesterday scaw, I tried to do 3 in 3 hours last week and just managed it. The thing is, it was all a rush job and I didn't take time to appreciate the places the cache setter had chosen. We are lucky to live in such an awesome place.

I'm going to be in Manchester over Christmas and I'm going to sniff out a few urbans while I'm there....

 

(my daughter likes your avatar by the way....she thinks it's Booh Pear! )

 

Another thing, I have now found nearly all the caches within easy reach of home and I'm starting to look further afield. This involves more planning and maybe having to string a few together to save petrol/time.

 

I'm about to take Emily to the child minders now and I don't know whether to go and read the log entries on my first cache or head down to Coniston and do Swallows and Amazons....decisions, decisions!!

Edited November 18, 2005 by The Golem

[+scaw]

(my daughter likes your avatar by the way....she thinks it's Booh Pear! )

who is Booh bear? my kids are 17 and 14 so getting out of postman pat and bob the builder I dont even know where i found the piccy i just loved it thought it had a bit of attitude

[+rutson]

55 in one little town is easy

 

You could try these 19 each in a different county, they can be done in one day.....

 

..... well they could but a couple are archived now!

[+The Golem]

who is Booh bear?

She meant Pooh Bear...

 

Go and make the most of this glorious weather, don't be stuck behind a keyboard on a day like today unless you've no choice....

 

Speak later...

Edited November 18, 2005 by The Golem

[lakeuk]

Yep - it's all about location, us in the lakes would struggled to do more than a few in a day but a leasted we're lucky that most of the caches are quality ones round here. Looking at the map round your area I could probable only do one at a time

 

Keswick caches

 

If you want to do more than a few then Kendal would be the closest to your where you are, where I think upto 10 could be done in a day, but I do recommend the Bentham series near Ingleton if you've got kids.

 

Kendal caches

 

Time to follow you Golem and get something to eat and get out and drop a geocoin off somewhere

 

D

Edited November 18, 2005 by lakeuk

[markandlynn]

We average 3.1 caches per trip according to GUK stats profile

Our recent trips usually run to 5 ish caches so that average is slowly rising.

In the early days we just did one or two but as the distance to our nearest cache rose to the 16mile range better planning was called for hence the rise in numbers per trip.

Of course with less children to mobilise we would probably do more. We do like longer caches but even on this day we did another cache ! cause its was so close to the other one.

Our habit of having the 500 nearest caches to home we have not found on the GPS has lead to some extra finds.

We do prefer quality over quantity and take time to take digital photos and write up decent logs as well.

[+Mr'D]

How do you manage to do so many in such a short space of time?

I think the word 'Planning' comes to mind.

 

I download a PQ to Memory map of the area I am interested in. This then gives me an OS map of caches, showing density of caches in the particular area.

 

Having done that, it's a case of visiting each cachepage and evaluating the difficulty (terrain is not usually a problem for me, being able bodied) and speed at which one could realistically get to the cache and onto the next. Further, discount caches with more than a couple of DNF's as last logs, long multi's etc....

 

If by then you can get 20 or so within a 10 mile radius, plot the given/recommended parking spots in Tomtom (or on a map), get up early and have a great time!

 

Maybe we are spoilt down here (Bucks, Berks, Oxon etc), but I am sure with a little planning, 20 in a day should be attainable in most parts without too much trouble.

 

This is not a recommended way in enjoying caching by the way, although I really do like these type of expeditions once in a while!

 

Quality AND quantity make a good mix.

 

Jon

[+HazelS]

I have to say that we have our own record of 14 in a day - all around Wales - and mainly by Happy Landins... they are nice easy finds all close together. It's great when that happens, but I think you tend to get cache for caches sakes in a lot of cities.

 

I'd rather do 5 really great caches than 25 boring old Micros in a city where I'd think... ok, so why is that cache there???

[+Mr'D]

I'd rather do 5 really great caches than 25 boring old Micros in a city where I'd think... ok, so why is that cache there???

Agree entirely! I am fast going off urban micros!

 

Oh, except when the day's objective IS numbers of course.... but then I am not a numbers man

 

[+Happy Humphrey]

I'd suggest that 10 in a day in the Lake District is quite feasible, even in winter daylight. It's all down to planning. Obviously a certain fitness level may be needed, even though there are roadside caches there aplenty. I did manage six Lakes caches in half a day last November - one being the last two parts of Quest for the Ring Of Power - and didn't feel rushed. I started at first light (which is not that early) and finished at lunchtime.

 

I'm not sure that "urban micros" take that much less time unless they are really crammed together (which I've not experienced yet). On country roads you can normally drive a few miles and park without wasting any time (as long as you have a plan!). In a city, you might have to be on foot and have to wait around for muggles to clear.

 

With Mrs. H, I managed fifteen caches around Cheshire in August without any trouble at all - almost all of them needed a walk, and Mrs. H is a very slow walker so we had time to appreciate the scenery. Yet we were back at the B&B by half past five.

 

HH

[+HazelS]

ah yes, we are truely blessed here in Cheshire... stunning scenery, flat land, a County Council who love caches and have even set several of their own and some of the happiest, friendliest cachers you could ever meet!!

[+Firth of Forth]

I managed 20 in one day in Northumberland last March. Mind you, I left home in Edinburgh at 4am, because I had to drop my daughter at school to go on a ski trip. I only achieved that number by planning a careful route and focussing on easy caches. The temperature didn't reach above 0 degrees until mid morning, but it was a fantastic solo caching trip and included my 500th cache.

 

I think that it's probably possible to do 20 in a day easily in two places in Scotland: Edinburgh and Perth.

Edited November 18, 2005 by Firth of Forth

[Da Rubber Chicken]

I did 21 caches on my first dat as a registered user at the bigger event

[+Stuey]

I did 26 in one day, and that was quite an easy day to be honest. If you go along the Kennett and Avon canal by bicycle, they are nicely laid out for you (well, sort of!), and the terrain is pretty flat too. It's great how fast you can knock a mile off the "distance to go" by bike compared to by foot.

[+The Golem]

I went to Coniston and did Swallows and Amazons in the end. Perfect winters day, lake flat and glorious sunshine. I met 2 fellow paddlers near the island and shared a brew and chatted with them for about an hour, they even helped me find the cache in the end! I gave them the details for the geocaching website and they said they'd look for caches when they get home...

 

My point is I only found 1 cache, made 2 new "friends" and had a fantastic afternoon out. The cache was trashed so I've brought it home to repair which gives me another excuse to go back! I have notified the owner.

 

I wouldn't be in a hurry to bag loads of caches, take your time and appreciate the location that the cache owner has chosen for you....

 

End of Sermon.

[+Mr'D]

If you go along the Kennett and Avon canal by bicycle

I did all the K&A series last winter. Took 3 weekends on foot doing out and back.

 

This was by far the most enjoyable series I have ever done, especially recommended in winter, with snow on the ground and no muggles!

 

A great place to get the numbers up...

 

Thanks to Daisy&me!

 

Jon

[+2202]

Jolly Jax's and myself did 34 of the then 36 K&A in 9 hours and our combined age is over 100! Useful if you are on a bike though. Was also on June 20th.

A month or two later Jochta and I did 20 or so of the Tring / Berkhamsted canal series in around 7.5 hours.

 

Looking for a walking one to do with JJ again on a day between Xmas and new year to complement the 15 we did last year (Bracknell Forest) . Any ideas anyone?

Edited November 18, 2005 by 2202