Objectives
So here is my caching diary for 2023. Where 2022 had been about numbers, lots of numbers, 2023 proved rather more restrained. Don’t get me wrong, it still had some epic days, but for different reasons.
My year began with some personal trauma that reduced my enthusiasm for a while, and during that period I was faffing about with what to do with my caching during the year. Eventually I decided that finishing of the D/T matrix would be good, so that’s kind of the only target I set.
It was also, of course, the year that the UK Mega Event came to my home town of Milton Keynes after 5 years of very meticulous planning by the committee, which had managed to keep itself going despite several changes of face and a global pandemic. So that was good.
Statistics
- January – 55 finds
- February – 24 finds
- March – 87 finds
- April – 198 finds
- May – 64 finds
- June – 22 finds
- July – 172 finds
- August – 201 finds
- September – 179 finds
- October – 153 finds
- November – 86 finds
- December – 68 finds
Summary
So there we have it, my 2023 Caching Diary. So what did I actually achieve:
- A total of 1,309 finds
- No new countries
- Completion of a first lap around the Difficulty/Terrain Matrix
- 11 days ticked off my Shifty Fifty Challenge
- A meagre 2 days of more than 100 finds
Again, I’m calling that a satisfactory year of caching. I have no choice. What I’ll attempt in 2024 is yet to be decided, but here’s a few of this year’s highlights.
