+Simply Paul Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 (edited) 2 , , Not Out! Alan 'drsolly' Solomon hit his 20,000th find/attend yesterday! He started caching less than five years ago and alongside his understanding wife Susan (ladysolly) has cached across the country, often by electric bike, in search of adventure. Between claming to be hunting for slugs, looking for god and helping push police cars out of ditches he's found an amazing number of boxes but is always keen to point out, "It's not about the numbers." If it were, he'd not have solved so many puzzles and done so many long multis. I hope you'll join me in giving the sollys a hearty Well Done Edited June 3, 2011 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+Fianccetto Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Brilliant! Hope you have enough left to keep going for another 5 years! Quote Link to comment
+Watford Wobble Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I doff my hat to you and can remember when I finally got to fins one of your keyring lights. Well done Sir. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Good going, well done! Quote Link to comment
+Malpas Wanderer Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 If only a few would follow Alan's routine of writing good logs and not just going for numbers. Well done Alan on excelling in all aspects of geocaching Quote Link to comment
+Firefighter0793 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Remarkable! well done and I love the slugs post btw. Quote Link to comment
+drsolly Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Thanks to everyone for the congrats, and a special thanks to all the cache setters whose caches I've done, or will do in the future! I understand that a celebration is being planned - watch this space ... Quote Link to comment
+GAZ Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Fantastic! 20,000 finds.......are you trying to catch Cccooperagency up, heh-heh!! I can remember a few years ago when Seasider hit the 1000 mark first. At the time, it was a fantastic achievement. Well done, Gaz Quote Link to comment
+bones1 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Hello the dr solly team absolutly well done on your huge acheivement,but watch out im not far behind! patand jeff with sali and george the corgis who make up team bones1. Quote Link to comment
team tisri Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Wow, 20000 finds is awesome. You find more in the average year than I've found in my caching lifetime... Now if you could just remember to write "team tisri" on the log sheets as well, and drop me an email listing all the caches I've found, that would do my stats a power of good! Quote Link to comment
+mollyjak Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Congratulations and well done Quote Link to comment
+dibbler69 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Well done. Onwards and upwards. Quote Link to comment
+abiherts Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Congratulations Drsolly. I wish I had as much time as you do to put into caching, maybe in 10 years time when the kids are old enough to fend for themselves Looking forward to meeting you and Bones at some point Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Very well done. What's your slug to cache ratio? Quote Link to comment
+drsolly Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Very well done. What's your slug to cache ratio? Dunno, I'm still counting them. Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Congratulations drsolly, looking forward to the celebration. Quote Link to comment
+Original A1 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Yes, many congratulations on Dr "Chiltern Hundred" and "fob-torch"! I feel privileged to have met the man himself, and his good lady last year, albeit briefly, and look forward to reading about his exploits in getting the next 20,000... Quote Link to comment
+NattyBooshka Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 20000? That's a whole load of slugs you must have counted. Way to go... keep it up, would be great to see a UK cacher at #1 in the world. Quote Link to comment
+dgwebster Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Congratulations! Ive been almost a year since my first cache and not yet hit 100, so ill catch up to you in...... Nah, its not about the numbers. Quote Link to comment
+thehoomer Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Solly slithered to the top He reached up high for the golden cache His slimy trail no one could stop And he slid away with an itchy rash. Did that rash slow down his quest Or stop him in his stead? Did it show right through his vest Or render him to bed? Not a chance, our UK lead, fought that Superbug He bravely carried on his count Of the humble caching slug. Well done indeed. Worth all the pains, scrapes, stings, accidents, punctures, bumps, bashes, bruises? Course it was. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 I understand that a celebration is being planned - watch this space ...Yes indeed: Tuesday the 14th of June in Chesham: Good Golly DrSolly!/BBH42 - GC2RNM3. Everyone welcome Quote Link to comment
+jason johnson Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Well done that man . One of these days I`m going to head down this way and see if I can get myself one of those keyring torches, either that or wait till you`ve run out of caches and head up North Quote Link to comment
+drsolly Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I understand that a celebration is being planned - watch this space ...Yes indeed: Tuesday the 14th of June in Chesham: Good Golly DrSolly!/BBH42 - GC2RNM3. Everyone welcome I had wondered when and where ... now I know! Quote Link to comment
+dgwebster Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Should have made it a puzzle event, just to toughen it up a little to to 20k standard. Quote Link to comment
+burtsbodgers Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Congratulations on 20,000+ surely though you could spare some time and update your profile page! with a slug total Quote Link to comment
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