50 British Cahces You Must Do Before You Die

[+-Phoenix-]

apart from being a blatent 'lets start a thread for the hell of starting a thread' thread, what in your opinions are the best, most signifigant caches in the country?

 

heres my starters, of course they will be limited to only those Ive done, but hopefully we may reach a concensus..

 

Crocodile Hill, a great view over Llandudno and the irish sea.

 

Abbey road, a great walk up a valley with a lot of interesting industrial archeology.

 

Denbigh Delights #2 - Bath in the Woods, one of those completely unique places that nobody would ever find were it not for Geocaching

 

5 Bridges Llangollen, youve got everything here all within a few hundred yards, this place is a real discovery every step of the way.

 

Hockenhull Platts (Cheshire), very unique location

[+MartyBartfast]

I think GC7FE0 "Yew (W. Sussex)" deserves to be up there.

 

There'a a very spooky Yew forest with tales of hauntings, several Iron/Bronze age barrows and from the top of the hill you can see for miles to the North into W. Sussex & Hampshire, and to the South down to the Isle of Wight & the sea.

[+steviep]

"all tooled up" & "jonahs journey" are my most memorable

[+Kitty Hawk]

Quantum Leap Pt 1 is well worth a go for the clues and the final cache all of which are unique in my experience.

 

GC3BF5

 

Adrian

[markandlynn]

The ones labelled in our bookmark list. Caches you absolutely must do before you die (in our opinion) fits the thread title perfectly.

[+klaus23]

The ones labelled in our bookmark list. Caches you absolutely must do before you die (in our opinion) fits the thread title perfectly.

They've even squeezed two Irish caches on there

 

If we're going by strict political boundaries, then the following are my "Do-Before-You-Die" caches in Britain

 

Brean Down nr Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England

 

Where Is Snowdon Summit? Snowdonia, Wales

 

Last Of The Mohicans nr Penderyn, Brecon Beacons, Wales

 

Where Eagles Dare Wye Valley, nr Tintern, just about in Wales

[+alma]

in my humble opinion wainstones is my best cache

[+Stuey]

Wildcat and The Final Hurdle would be on my suggested "Must do" list. My TOP 10 bookmark list is linked to from my signature line.

[+aRRKS]

Missing Cacher with a doubt, and still my favorite Dead End Cache

[+snaik]

This is my favourite cache The Road to Jericho

 

Edited May 16, 2005 by Snaik

[+Pharisee]

If it's 'Must Do' caches you're talking about then surely the very first cache placed in the UK (and it's still active) has got to be top of the list. With only 18 finders since 15/12/2000, it's still a fairly exclusive club. If you're reasonably fit and want a great view from the cache site, then have a go at Scotland's First

Edited May 17, 2005 by Pharisee

[westonwanderers]

Cut Down Cache...

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCHBD1

 

a Five star, and needs specialist equipment, but this is cheap to get , or you probably have it already, and is still easy enough for anyone to do.

[+dogastus]

MarcB's Alchemy Quest ~ Gold

[+stu_and_sarah]

MarcB's Alchemy Quest ~ Gold

Cruel.

 

We've found four of the series so far...

 

Stu

[+The Forester]

England:

Bridge Too Far

Because this is a fun puzzle cache, in truly delightful countryside which looks and feels like the best of Scotland. It's not one of those dreary count_stones and count_railings "puzzle" caches. It's one which encourages the enjoyer to use a bit of imagination and creativity. Get it right and you may get chuckly; get it wrong and you may get soggy.

 

Wales:

Pyg 'n' Hell We're Knackered!!

Because this is a truly beautiful location which looks and feels like Scotland. It makes you work to get there: whether you choose the high road or the low road, you'll love it all the same.

 

Scotland:

Clearances

Because this is generally a hauntingly beautiful part of the world, locally on the skirts of what appears to be a lonely surviving fragment of the Ancient Caledonian Forest. You can feel the tragedy of the Highland Clearances in the vicinity and you can see the enormity of the extent of the human destruction which the Clearances wrought. These were the homes of people who loved and lived the land. The people are gone, but their place is not. Those people would have died for their place, if they had been allowed to have it.

 

{Edited to add links}

Edited May 18, 2005 by The Forester

[+Rocky Balboa]

Heres three of my faves to add to the collection:

 

Balmenach Cache by Balmenach Dave - Located just outside Aviemore in Scotland at the foot of Cairn Gorm. A cache by a loch with a sandy beach and mountains as the back drop. Really was fantastic scenery.

 

Lead Mines Clough by Carney Family, adopted by Dallan72 - Not too far from Bolton this cache gave us great scenery and a great walk. Probably made 100 times better because we did it on a boiling hot summer day and parked in completely the wrong place by 2 huge reservoirs which were a sight in themselves.

 

Decaying Hospital by Cryptic Souls Crew - This cache is archived before anyone goes looking for lunch boxes but it has to be mentioned because of the brilliant location. Set on the remains of a hospital it gave you the oppertunity to explore the grounds and the old ruined building including an old chapel and animal testing labs. Totaly illegal (reason for archiving) but great fun

[+klaus23]

Decaying Hospital by Cryptic Souls Crew - This cache is archived before anyone goes looking for lunch boxes but it has to be mentioned because of the brilliant location. Set on the remains of a hospital it gave you the oppertunity to explore the grounds and the old ruined building including an old chapel and animal testing labs. Totaly illegal (reason for archiving) but great fun

I've just spent the last hour and a half exploring the website about the CRCMH - great fun indeed.

[+Haggis Hunter]

If you're reasonably fit and want a great view from the cache site, then have a go at Scotland's First

View?? View?? What View??

 

I didn't see any view when I was up there, mind you it was peeing down with rain at the time. it just so happens to also be on my most memorable list as well