+G Force Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Congratulations to Pooter and Firth of Forth both hitting 500 today!!! I believe Pooter hit the mark first by a few hours and FoF followed by going on a caching frenzy south of the border. Well done to both and who is going to hit the 600 mark first??? Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Well done to you both Big Congrats from me :D Brian (Deego) UK Hall Of Fame Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Well Done to both of you Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Well done on reaching your half-millenium! MarcB Quote Link to comment
+Brenin Tegeingl Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Big congrats to both of you Dave Quote Link to comment
+S&G.Davison Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 well done from us too Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Many congratulations to both. It's a major achievement! Cheers, The Forester Quote Link to comment
+Pharisee Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Well done Pooter & FoF.... Guess I'll have to buy you a pint when we meet up on Bute Quote Link to comment
+The Hokesters Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Congrats to both of you Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 It's not a numbers game... ... but then again, both of the people involved have a well-developed sense of the theatrical. By the last week of February, Pooter was 21 ahead and it seemed like he could not be caught. But Firth of Forth had a secret plan. The plan was: to put psychological pressure on Pooter, by not trying to beat him to 500. This plan had a couple of glaring defects: 1) It was told to about twenty different people at the SGDO - thus ensuring that it didn't remain a secret for very long. 2) It wasn't a very good plan, anyway. During the following weeks, Pooter did a sweep round the Midlands and picked off the remaining caches. His last one was (accidentally, you understand) a DNF, leaving him on 499. Pooter did not worry about this, because it isn't a numbers game... Firth of Forth let it be known that it was impossible to catch up, because the children's activities had priority for the weekend. And anyway, it isn't a numbers game... In fact, the kids were handcuffed to a radiator with 2 days' supply of food placed within reach. By daybreak, FoF was already over the border into Northumberland, with a list of 20 caches and a tankful of gas. Meanwhile, Pooter had his eye on one special cache for his 500th. It was on the Kintyre peninsula - only 30-odd miles away, but over 100 miles by road. Firth of Forth was grabbing 1/1 caches by the handful. The 500th came up at 12.25hrs - would be enough? No. Pooter had already found and logged GCKY6K at 11.15. The race to 500 was won, by little more than an hour. Which is pretty close, Considering that it isn't a numbers game... -Wlw. Quote Link to comment
+Mustard Devil Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Congrats to both Pooter and Firth of Forth Looking forward to meeting you on Bute Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Congratulations to both of you! Quote Link to comment
+Walker Dan Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Well done. Looks like we've got some catching up to do. Scotland here we come. Quote Link to comment
+Firth of Forth Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Thanks everyone. In fact, Pooter beat me comfortably by two hours, although I didn't get his text announcement until a little later. That's the last time I tell Wlw any of my sneaky plans! And as for handcuffing my children to radiators - don't tell the Social Work Department, OK? I won't be racing Pooter to 600 - it's far too exhausting! Anyway there simply aren't enough unfound caches left in Scotland. Don't know what we are going to do! Quote Link to comment
+Pooter Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Gothenburg, Sally, followed by Winchester! Quote Link to comment
+aRRKS Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Congratulations from all of us Well done. Excellent post from Wildlifewriter as well Quote Link to comment
+Subarite Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Well Done to both of you Andy. Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Well Done! I don't know about 600 - who's going to be first to 1000 (and will it be this year?). HH Quote Link to comment
+littlejim Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 Well done!! Sorry that fof realised that pooter had got to 500 first just after getting to my Catton Beacon cache - you can't win them all! Still all the best to both of you! Now I've just got to get to 50.... Quote Link to comment
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