How far would you travel for a geocache?

[+Richard & Beth]

The discussion about Dan and Pid's Island Race idea has set me wondering how far people would actually go.

 

The question is how far would you, or have you gone in the past specifically to do a geocache?

 

Caches you've done on holiday don't count unless the geocache was the main reason you chose that destination, nor does doing one because it's close by somewhere else that you were visiting, it doesn't count. (For example we did Avebury, and tried to do Glastonbury visiting a relation in Shepton Mallet)

 

If there is a specific cache you've travelled a long way to do, feel free to say why that was.

[Ben Pid]

Travelled furthest for Fingers one, Rarebit burrow.

 

Cold war no more is further though, going there tommorow.

 

Pid x

 

WESTSIDE RESPEK! Lets get the party started! xxxx

[+Finger]

Pid,

You have made me feel good now especially after all the "Flack" I got.

Thanks,

Finger

 

Finger

[Moss Trooper]

My max is usually bout 100 miles.. but did go over that to log couple in early days and to get Hot Dog man

 

Moss de Boss... Sorta

[Moss Trooper]

My max is usually bout 100 miles.. but did go over that to log couple in early days and to get Hot Dog man

 

Moss de Boss... Sorta

[+Logscaler and Red]

Red and I have been known to travel 300 miles. One way. Upwards of or over 1,000 miles in a weekend a couple of times. And now with more daylight, maybe hit 50 finds in a weekend? But then again, we traveled 600 miles round trip just to log a confluence also. Later, logscaler.

[+Chris n Maria]

In my book anything within 100 miles is fair game. Though I have gone further as part of a caching holiday.

 

Chris

"We're not lost - we just don't know where we are"

London & UK Geocaching Resources: http://www.sheps.clara.net/Index.html

[+The Northumbrian]

Normally about 100 miles, Have done troon , which is 175 miles from my home co-ordinates, and last sunday clocked up 380 miles doing eight caches, Harrogate area then Humberbridge and some on the east coastWe left the Newcastle area at seven Thirty a.m. and got back home at eleven forty five p.m. and it was well worth the journey, some of the places we visited were fantastic especialy looking down on to Otley from the Great dib cache. having done most of the north caches ,we can now get round the west part of the country.

and we love it.

 

[This message was edited by The Northumbrian on April 11, 2002 at 06:03 AM.]

[+The Northumbrian]

Normally about 100 miles, Have done troon , which is 175 miles from my home co-ordinates, and last sunday clocked up 380 miles doing eight caches, Harrogate area then Humberbridge and some on the east coastWe left the Newcastle area at seven Thirty a.m. and got back home at eleven forty five p.m. and it was well worth the journey, some of the places we visited were fantastic especialy looking down on to Otley from the Great dib cache. having done most of the north caches ,we can now get round the west part of the country.

and we love it.

 

[This message was edited by The Northumbrian on April 11, 2002 at 06:03 AM.]

[+GAZ]

Hi everyone, between Good Friday and last Monday I went for about ten cache's, and clocked up about 600 miles! Each one had it's own merits, either the views as it was a good week for the weather, or the actual location.

 

I don't care, either, coz I love it!!!

 

GAZ

[+GAZ]

Hi everyone, between Good Friday and last Monday I went for about ten cache's, and clocked up about 600 miles! Each one had it's own merits, either the views as it was a good week for the weather, or the actual location.

 

I don't care, either, coz I love it!!!

 

GAZ

[+The Hornet]

Having arranged a geocaching holiday some distance away I thought it might be a good time to re-visit this thread.

 

I now reckon a 'local' cache is anything within 50 miles and I regularly do 100-200 on a day's caching although to be fair this does involve more than one cache. I suppose a good average is 20-30 miles per cache. Gordon Brown does help with the cost though as I usually manage to combine it with some 'business' travel in the van

 

Mind you that average should go up this week when I'm off to try my luck in California !!

 

Now if only I could find someone wanting a package delivered to San Francisco I could claim it as business mileage

 

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