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The Second Year

A caching diary for 2011, my second year. The first didn’t involve a huge amount of caching. In 2011 the game stepped up a bit. Not a lot, but a bit.

It was the first year I started taking days out, as in, going off somewhere for a whole day just to go geocaching. This was kind of welcome, because on a personal level it was a year when we weren’t flush with cash, and as a result we didn’t really take any holidays. Certainly none overseas. Just a few that were “staycations” with family, as I remember.

Having said that, my job at the time involved a couple of business trips to India, and hence it became a fairly unlikely fourth country to have made a find, in addition to Morocco, UK and France.

Back at the plot, 2011 yielded 731 finds in total.

Monthly Statistics

  • January – 57 finds
  • February – 80 finds
  • March – 40 finds
  • April – 68 finds
  • May – 37 finds
  • June – 67 finds
  • July – 59 finds
  • August – 43 finds
  • September – 112 finds
  • October – 61 finds
  • November – 51 finds
  • December – 56 finds

Summary

So there we have it, my 2011 Caching Diary. So what did I actually achieve:

  • A total of 731 finds
  • 100 days ticked off the “days found” list
  • No days ticked off my Shifty Fifty Challenge, yet
  • 1 new country – India

That’s a good continuation from last year’s start. I was still finding my feet as a geocacher. The world of statistics and challenges had yet to arrive on my doorstep. I was starting to get into the swing of it, and starting to gain the confidence to go out on bigger days.

Caching Expeditions in 2011

Life Begins

Life Begins

Kingsbury Water Park

Kingsbury Water Park

Getting on a Bit

Getting on a Bit

The Belfry

The Belfry

Bozeat

Bozeat

Chesham

Chesham

Burgo and Beans

Burgo and Beans

Chiltern Hundred

Chiltern Hundred

Long Compton

Long Compton