What Delights are in Store?
A caching diary for 2012, my third year. The previous two years weren’t spectacular, as I was only just getting my eye in. This year proved to be a bit more adventurous and a bit more productive.
I made a number of visits to various bits of the country and had my first experience of mega events, attending both the 2012 Geolympix in Oxford and the 2012 Halloween Hides & Creepy Caches at Stanwick Lakes.
My job kept me busy with multiple trips to India and several others to Blackpool. One of those was more of a cultural challenge than the other. Make up your own minds which was which……
Back at the plot, 2012 yielded 1,095 finds in total. That’s my first year over 1,000. It also yielded my 2,000th find.
Monthly Statistics
- January – 53 finds
- February – 99 finds
- March – 50 finds
- April – 66 finds
- May – 97 finds
- June – 96 finds
- July – 66 finds
- August – 182 finds
- September – 93 finds
- October – 155 finds
- November – 44 finds
- December – 94 finds
Summary
So there we have it, my 2012 Caching Diary. So what did I actually achieve:
- A total of 1,095 finds
- 50 days ticked off the “days found” list
- No days ticked off my Shifty Fifty Challenge, yet
- One new country – Portugal
- My first ever mega events – Geolympix in Oxford and Halloween Hides in Northamptonshire
That’s a good continuation. I was starting to feel like a “proper” geocacher. Statistics and challenges were becoming a feature. 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 2012
