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Objectives

Time to write my 2016 Caching Diary. It turned out that I had a bit of a problem with my caching mojo for much of the year. I was also quite busy with work, and therefore more interested in spending the weekends with Kas and the girls. What I did do though, I greatly enjoyed. I went out less often, but enjoyed it more, so it was a good thing to do, consciously or otherwise.

2016 had the lowest number of finds in the year that I’d had since 2012. That was offset by having a number of fantastic individual days and involved some fairly epic locations for finds.

Having said that, I did actually make quite a large number of caching trips, and nearly 1,400 finds can’t be regarded as a poor year.

Highlights

Key highlights of my geocaching year, in no particular order, were:

  • My first Geonord event, held in July in Valenciennes.
  • A family holiday in the Lake District in May and June which turned out to be rather good.
  • Another family holiday in the French Alps, based in Chamonix.
  • A long weekend at the UK Mega Event in Llangolen.
  • A Geolympix mega event right on my doorstep.
  • Another trip to the Lake District in September for a running event.
  • A long weekend in Wales with “the lads” on our first ever November boys weekend.

Monthly Statistics

So here’s a monthly summary of cache finds:

  • January – 132 finds
  • February – 172 finds
  • March – 114 finds
  • April – 128 finds
  • May – 122 finds
  • June – 53 finds
  • July – 144 finds
  • August – 225 finds
  • September – 71 finds
  • October – 114 finds
  • November – 17 finds
  • December – 66 finds

Summary

So there we have it, my 2016 Caching Diary. So what did I actually achieve:

  • A total of 1,358 finds, made on 60 different days
  • Fourteen days ticked off my Shifty Fifty Challenge
  • Two days with over 100 finds and 9 days with more than 50
  • One new country – Italy. This was added while we were on a family holiday in Chamonix.

A year of consolidation, to some extent. Fewer finds than the previous year, but that’s partly because we had lots of family holidays / trips away where we spent time together.

Caching Expeditions in 2016

Cutting the Mustard

Cutting the Mustard

Col des Montets

Col des Montets

Chamonix

Chamonix

Three Countries

Three Countries

Not Quite as Planned

Not Quite as Planned

Ups and Downs

Ups and Downs

Aiguille du Midi

Aiguille du Midi

Run to the Hills

Run to the Hills

Home to Reims

Home to Reims

Geolympix 2016

Geolympix 2016

Coudekerque

Coudekerque

Valenciennes

Valenciennes

Friday Tunnelling

Friday Tunnelling

Pavey Ark

Pavey Ark

Cat Bells

Cat Bells

Skiddaw

Skiddaw

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