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Posted (edited)

As of yesterday, 301 finds since the middle of January 2004, so 1.4 a day or 9.8 a week. That will slow down considerably now, as I have to travel further afield...

 

But I don't consider myself in any kind of race; I just to it because I enjoy it and have a large dog that needs exercising daily!

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Posted (edited)

Whoops, thanks Stuey as simple as that :blink:

 

Currently running at 9.9 caches a week, but like everyone else expect that to drop off with the nights drawing in. ;)

 

Whats your best caching day, mine appears to be Friday, must be because its POETS day! :D

 

 

Nick

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Posted
Whoops, thanks Stuey as simple as that :blink:

 

Currently running at 9.9 caches a week, but like everyone else expect that to drop off with the nights drawing in. :D

 

Whats your best caching day, mine appears to be Friday, must be because its POETS day! ;)

 

 

Nick

:D:D P*ss Of Early Tomorrow's Saturday ;);)

Posted (edited)

I thought I would try to find out who the keenest cacher in Scotland is. By my reckoning it is Ullium at a rate of 6.19 caches per week, closely followed by Perth Pathfinders at a rate of 6.18 per week. Ullium has the advantage of being retired! Given the relative sparsity of caches in Scotland, the distances that have to be travelled and the walking that has to be done, I think that these figures are pretty impressive.

 

PPs also have an impressive 0.86 rate of cache setting; that's almost one cache per week!

 

Other prolific Scottish cachers are:

 

3rd = place: Allieballie 5.52 (with no locationless and a 4-year-old in tow)

3rd = place: Roolku 5.52 (who does it on a bike)

5th place: TartanT 5.42

6th place: Haggis Hunter 4.53

7th place: The Tupperware Party 4.26

 

I hope that I haven't missed anyone out. Please correct me if I have.

 

Oh and my rate is a miserable 3.99.

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714 caches in 195 expeditions spread over 688 days....

That's 7.26 caches per week, 3.66 caches per trip

 

But statisics lie... that includes 17 'event' caches and 32 'locationless'. If you remove them it becomes...

 

6.76 caches per week and 3.4 caches per trip.

Posted
6th place: Haggis Hunter 4.53

 

Oh and my rate is a miserable 3.99.

FoF thanks for sorting out my stats for me, it has certainly saved me from doing it.

What I don't believe however is that my stats work out better than yours.

I think you are being over modest on your capabilities :blink:;)

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To help out in your calculations you might like to visit this site

 

GeocacheUK - Stats

 

Here you can find a wealth of stats for each UK cacher.

 

(Apologies to those who already are aware of this site, but it might be of interest to others)

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FoF thanks for sorting out my stats for me, it has certainly saved me from doing it.

What I don't believe however is that my stats work out better than yours.

I think you are being over modest on your capabilities 

 

It's probably because I spent the first 6 months of my caching career without a GPS. Once I really got going a year ago when I bought my GPS, the stats are a little different: 5.42 weekly average.

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I've just got back from a two week geocaching holiday in Morayshire where my wife and I logged 36 caches out of 37 tried and I think that might be the reason for my name bubbling to the top of FoF's list ;)

 

Although I'm retired my spare time is limited as I lead a very active academic (and just recently a very active physical) life which means I have to fit in geocaching time when it is suitable.

 

36 caches in 11 days caching isn't all that much ... especially when I read that some cachers expect about 70 in a week's holiday geocaching ;)

 

As FoF stated the distances between caches in Scotland can be great (during my holiday I clocked up 1750 miles) and as nearby caches get scratched off my list it becomes more and more difficult to find the time and petrol money to go after more....so I suspect this will be the last time I get any sort of mention in dispatches :lol:;):unsure:

 

Also, when I started geocaching early this year I couldn't walk more than 500yds after a two year illness which kept me housebound.... and now I am fit enough to walk for miles (16 miles on one occasion) :unsure:

 

All due to this great pastime of geocaching!

 

One other benefit I have accrued from geocaching and that is I have come in contact with many very very nice people and made many great friends ;)

 

My life has been enriched in many many ways since I was introduced to this sport!

 

Thanks everybody ;)

Ullium.

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Ben More and Scotlands Oldest Cache at night followed by Ben Nevis the following day. Snowdons Pyg 'n' Hell We're Knackered at night followed by returning up Snowdon the following day. Is that keen enough to get a mention?! ;)

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Ben More and Scotlands Oldest Cache at night followed by Ben Nevis the following day. Snowdons Pyg 'n' Hell We're Knackered at night followed by returning up Snowdon the following day. Is that keen enough to get a mention?! 

 

Not everyone has access to a helicopter and a private jet Pyoung1s :unsure:;):unsure:

 

Ullium.

Posted
Ben More and Scotlands Oldest Cache at night followed by Ben Nevis the following day. Snowdons Pyg 'n' Hell We're Knackered at night followed by returning up Snowdon the following day. Is that keen enough to get a mention?! 

 

Not everyone has access to a helicopter and a private jet Pyoung1s ;);):unsure:

 

Ullium.

He does not need one. I spent most of Saturday watching Pyoung1s disappear into the distance on Snowdon's Pyg Track. :unsure::lol:;)

Posted

My first 200 came up in 42 days at an average rate of 33.33 pw and my last 500 (to 1000) took 105 days which is also an average rate of 33.33 pw! ;)

 

I took it easy inbetween and cached on and off so only had a rate of 10.00 pw for 30 weeks.

 

Overall my millenium was attained at a rate of 19.61 pw.

 

I've taken it easy since my millenium cache and now have dropped to a sedate rate overall of 14.62 pw.

 

Infact, since my retirement on 27th June I have found just 13 caches (two of which were event caches and 4 were last Sunday) which is a rate of 1.03 pw!! ;)

 

I love stats! :P

 

Cheers!

 

Seasider

Posted

My rate is only 3.75 a week (30 in about 8 weeks) :rolleyes: but then again i am too young to drive, and have to school, then again i suppose most of you have to work all week too, so i'll stick by my innability to drive anywhere excuse. Anyway all that cycling will make me fit.

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