Izzy and the Lizard King Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thought this might worth bringing to peoples attention as we have not noticed any mention of it up till now. Today we bought the latest edition (January 2008) of Country Walking magazine and within one article outlining some walking weekends for next year the Crickhowell Walking Festival caught our eyes There is a programme of events taking place over the 1st week of March but notably on the 1st-2nd March there is going to be a geocaching event with a new series of geocaches being placed around the Crickhowell area. There seems to be limited info available online at the moment but it may be worth bookmarking. Perhaps there is a forum member that may know more about this event and be able to post information to enlighten us all. Quote Link to comment
+Von-Horst Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Sounds interesting - and close to home as well Quote Link to comment
+The Flying Boots Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 We'd love to know about this event too. Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 It sure is a great area to go walking in. And there are some good caches nearby too. Quote Link to comment
+The Cache Hoppers Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Looking at the programme of events, looks like a good excuse for a camping event there. Do we know who is organising the geocaching part? Quote Link to comment
+HazelS Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 a good excuse for a camping event there. In March??? Brrrrrrrr!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Mad H@ter Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 a good excuse for a camping event there. In March??? Brrrrrrrr!!!! Wimp Quote Link to comment
+PopUpPirate Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Looks a fab area, hope to attend Quote Link to comment
+The Cache Hoppers Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 a good excuse for a camping event there. In March??? Brrrrrrrr!!!! Wimp Ask Santa for one of them fan heaters Hazel Quote Link to comment
+kewfriend Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 Know the area well - used to have a house nearby. March ... well snow could be a real problem. I have even been caught in a blizzard whiteout on Pen y Fan in April and had to get down pre-GPS days - not easy. But when the daffs are out its idyllic. Used to be a good outdoor shop in Crikhowell, and some good pubs. The lower levels near the river can flood! I'd say go for it, but at my age I am definietly a wimp and would pass this opportunity up. Quote Link to comment
+The Flying Boots Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I've just sent an email to "Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre" to see if I can find out more about the geocaching part of the event. Will post here if they get back to me. Quote Link to comment
Lactodorum Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I've just sent an email to "Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre" to see if I can find out more about the geocaching part of the event. Will post here if they get back to me. So have I, but from a reviewer's perspective. Maybe we can persuade them to post more details here. Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 I contacted them a couple of days ago too. I also emailed a Crickhowell cacher, but he knew nothing about it either. Quote Link to comment
+The Flying Boots Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Just had the reply below to my email to the "Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre". We'll certainly be keeping an eye out on their website early next year. Thanks for your interest in the geo-caching planned for around Crickhowell next year. Details will be available in the New Year and, be assured, we will be setting up new caches in compliance with the geocaching rules so you will be able to log them as finds. Keep an eye out on the website early next year! Regards, David Thomas Quote Link to comment
Izzy and the Lizard King Posted December 14, 2007 Author Share Posted December 14, 2007 Thanks for that, TFB We've bookmarked the website and look forward to further details. I & P Quote Link to comment
Lactodorum Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 I've just sent an email to "Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre" to see if I can find out more about the geocaching part of the event. Will post here if they get back to me. So have I, but from a reviewer's perspective. Maybe we can persuade them to post more details here. I'm now in touch with, and working with, the person organising the Geocaching side of things. I'm confident it will be a good event with some fully compliant caches. Quote Link to comment
sambedr Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 I've just sent an email to "Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre" to see if I can find out more about the geocaching part of the event. Will post here if they get back to me. So have I, but from a reviewer's perspective. Maybe we can persuade them to post more details here. I'm now in touch with, and working with, the person organising the Geocaching side of things. I'm confident it will be a good event with some fully compliant caches. Evening All, I have just submitted an Event Cache listing, which subject to review should be up in a few days, together with 6 new caches in the Crickhowell area, which will hopefully be available in time for 1 March, Dydd Dewi Sant. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Evening All, I have just submitted an Event Cache listing, which subject to review should be up in a few days, together with 6 new caches in the Crickhowell area, which will hopefully be available in time for 1 March, Dydd Dewi Sant. ... and lo and behold, here it is! As if by magic ... Crichowell 2008 Event MrsB Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Just giving this one a stab with my pointy stick Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Oh look... it's that Walking Event in Crickhowell (again) Quote Link to comment
+Von-Horst Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 ~Cough~ bumpbumpbump... Quote Link to comment
+The Flying Boots Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 The Crickhowell event starts a weeks holiday for us. We've booked into the Riverside Campsite for 3 nights from Friday, then on Monday we'll head for the Gower for the rest of that week Quote Link to comment
Izzy and the Lizard King Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 bump! It starts this coming weekend. Quote Link to comment
+Eclectic Penguin Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Are the special caches for this event likely to go live sometime tonight? The reason I ask is that I hope to be out and about at a relatively early time tomorrow and want to get them electronically onto my GPSr in preparation. I can fully understand why the caches have yet to be published and I know that a moderator is involved in helping set up these - I'm just wondering if they're only going to be made available tomorrow at the event (and then made public on the web site). If so, I may well build a list of alternative local caches to do instead. Its a completely new area for me at any rate so Looking forward to getting a few new red dots on a new part of the map tomorrow Quote Link to comment
Ayondin Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 a good excuse for a camping event there. In March??? Brrrrrrrr!!!! Wimp Just spotted this, a couple of years back I camped in Crickhowell in November, that was a tad brisk to say the least Quote Link to comment
+The Brat Pack Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 bump! It starts this coming weekend. The six caches have now gone live with varying degrees of terrain and difficulty Quote Link to comment
+Eclectic Penguin Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) Oops - I guess I didn't look hard enough - they've been there for weeks! I could swear they weren't there yesterday when I looked though.... I was looking for a whole series of new caches with NEW next to them... Confused looking penguin... [Edit: Aaah. They were PLACED weeks ago but only went live tonight It's been a long day....] Edited February 29, 2008 by Eclectic Penguin Quote Link to comment
Lactodorum Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 [Edit: Aaah. They were PLACED weeks ago but only went live tonight It's been a long day....] Yup! Published as soon as it got dark this evening. Enjoy Quote Link to comment
+Eclectic Penguin Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 Allrightey - the sun is shining and my bags are (almost) packed. I'll be on the road at 9 and should arrive there around 10:30am. Not really going for the prize and probably won't complete all the caches but hopefully may bump into familiar faces along the way and at the same time do some walking in an area of Wales I'm not familiar with - and hopefully discover where to meet afterwords as I'm not to clear on that at the moment... Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 [Edit: Aaah. They were PLACED weeks ago but only went live tonight It's been a long day....] Yup! Published as soon as it got dark this evening. Enjoy That didn't stop half of them being done before the day of the event though. What's the protocol on this? I know poor old Sniffadogz are still trying to recover after not getting their usual FTF fix. Quote Link to comment
+Von-Horst Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) [Edit: Aaah. They were PLACED weeks ago but only went live tonight It's been a long day....] Yup! Published as soon as it got dark this evening. Enjoy That didn't stop half of them being done before the day of the event though. What's the protocol on this? I know poor old Sniffadogz are still trying to recover after not getting their usual FTF fix. At least there will be a nice 'cacher's trial' to make it easier next for us when we attend next week (I'm tapped in the Office this weekend on O/T. Wouldn't be too bad but the system is down so there's not a lot to do... ). From the look of the logs on the event page, it seems like all it'll be us all on our own as everyone else hseems to have attended already! Mike Edited March 2, 2008 by Von-Horst Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 At least there will be a nice 'cacher's trial' to make it easier next for us when we attend next week (I'm tapped in the Office this weekend on O/T. Wouldn't be too bad but the system is down so there's not a lot to do... ). From the look of the logs on the event page, it seems like all it'll be us all on our own as everyone else hseems to have attended already! A very clever ploy to win the prize that's up for grabs next Saturday. I hope you're as lucky with the weather as we were. Quote Link to comment
+Matrix Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 From the look of the logs on the event page, it seems like all it'll be us all on our own as everyone else seems to have attended already! Mike I am hoping to go next week car troubles not withstanding Quote Link to comment
+Von-Horst Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 From the look of the logs on the event page, it seems like all it'll be us all on our own as everyone else seems to have attended already! Mike I am hoping to go next week car troubles not withstanding Excellent! It will be nice to know we're not on our own! Quote Link to comment
+Eclectic Penguin Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 It was a great day - the caches are quite diverse in the nature of their locations making it all the more enjoyable. There are also several pre-existing caches quite close to the new ones so a quick check of the local area may me a good idea unless you're trying to be first to find all 6. The rules with regard to this appear to have changed though - the original post seemed to imply that it was the first to find all 6 that got the prize but more recent posts suggest that it's now a "first out of the hat" for each weekend - or am I wrong? If you arrive at 9am, the time available is quite comfortable to complete all 6. we only completed 5 but we only started at 10:30am and stopped at 4pm. All the tokens had been removed from all the caches by then too. Quote Link to comment
+Write and Mane Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 (edited) The rules with regard to this appear to have changed though - the original post seemed to imply that it was the first to find all 6 that got the prize but more recent posts suggest that it's now a "first out of the hat" for each weekend - or am I wrong? If you arrive at 9am, the time available is quite comfortable to complete all 6. we only completed 5 but we only started at 10:30am and stopped at 4pm. All the tokens had been removed from all the caches by then too. To quote from The Cache Page ~ On the weekend of 1-2 March and again on 8-9 March, whoever is first to collect a set of 6 individual tokens and hand them in to Headquarters (the Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre – hence CRiC - at SO2180018500) will receive a prize of a Gift Token for the UKGeocachers shop. Then a note posted 29th February 2008 mentions ~ - Prizes. The Prize of a £15 voucher from the Geocache Shop for the FTF will be awarded and notified on this site early next week – after the dust has settled. In the event of more than one entry with the same number of tokens, the winner will be drawn at random. - Next Weekend. Remember there will be another set of tokens distributed for next weekend (8/9 Mar) and another prize for FTF too! So 2 Prizes will be awarded one for each weekend, so hopefully sniffadogz will get his HO HUM reward! Edited March 3, 2008 by Write and Mane Quote Link to comment
+Satellite Kid Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 From the look of the logs on the event page, it seems like all it'll be us all on our own as everyone else seems to have attended already! Mike I am hoping to go next week car troubles not withstanding Excellent! It will be nice to know we're not on our own! I didnt do any of the new caches around there as a few of us went off to do the cave entrances series in Llangattock instead....so if I'm half as sober as I was last weekend then I will be back up to do the new ones on the Sunday. Quote Link to comment
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