Which caches ??? would you preserve

[markandlynn]

OK you have the power, the ability and the inclination and can preserve three caches forever. Which ones would you save and why (active or archived are OK) UK, Ireland and Crown dependencies only please.

One of your own caches
In the steps of beelzebub. (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=fa694c9a-1ba1-4e2f-b0a9-86dee1790fe7&log=y&decrypt=)
Just a great experience we look forward to maintaining this one and the logs are so long (apart from one) it makes us smile every time its found as we know what the seekers have just done. (would have put one step to heaven in here but its a maintainance / muggle nightmare)

A cache you have found.
Race the clock bath. (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=dae9edd4-4881-4577-9b3d-4d56e765038b)
Sadly archived but a great combination of puzzle (we dont like puzzles normally but this was clever) technology and locations arround Bath and nearby.

A cache you want to find.
Flotsam and jetsam extreme (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=432e7a3e-5f7e-467c-a4e3-e194a4562465)
A true example of cache creativity without the need to resort to impossible puzzles.

Favourite cachers caches.
Happy Humphrey.
Not a dud amongst them and in our case a lot of inspiration for the caches we have set since (arkks came a close second here)

:beer::cheers::applause:

[Alan White]

That's at least four caches :D.

Anyway, it made us think :). Here are the results from the Berkshire jury...

One of your own caches
The Bracknell Ramble (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=802a3525-4ad8-458d-a724-6fe8a2fca5dd)
Sadly archived, but a very popular mixture of simple puzzles and unusual hides.

A cache you have found.
Your Mission.......... (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2d3f0c9f-236f-4243-8692-08f8b889793f)
The best cache in the history of the world. In our experience anyway. Good puzzles with variety, great locations, a weekend away. A holiday in a cache :).

A cache you want to find.
Catch Cromwell Jump Jump (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ed2d2b33-f870-4b13-b202-cb84682abdb1)
Our closest to home oldest unfound. We've just never had the time or inclination to put in the necessary effort.

Favourite cachers caches.
A tie here:
Simply Paul, well written and amusing cache pages, all do-able caches, and pleasant and often historic locations
Team Hippo: Clever yet do-able puzzles
Brambler: A combination of all of the above.
Hmm...perhaps Brambler wins.

[Happy Humphrey]

Favourite cachers caches.
Happy Humphrey.
Not a dud amongst them and in our case a lot of inspiration for the caches we have set since (arkks came a close second here)

Thanks! :o Hope you get chance to return and find some of the latest ones.
I've found 9 aRRKS caches, and can vouch for their quality!

[markandlynn]

That's at least four caches :D.

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Shhh its a guideline :D

Bracknel ramble was on our watchlist for quite a while :(

[Simply Paul]

One of your own caches
Got to be Subterranean Subaqua, in London. All my physical caches could be copied and replaced by someone else, so it's only this virt that would 'need' to be saved.

A cache you have found.
Funny Faces, in SW Scotland. Well off the tourist trail, and one of those curiosities you can't imagine lasting many places. A virtual, for the same reasons as those above.

A cache you want to find.
Europe's First, in Ireland. Physicals can be replaced, but a listing is a listing, and this was the first real cache this side of the pond. Another one at the same spot wouldn't be Europe's First...

Favourite cachers caches.
Got to be Dan & Pid. Not that many left now, but they all took me somewhere I was glad to discover. The advantage of being first to the scene in a particular area I guess. Lots of clever hides and quirky caches along the way. Alibags or thehoomer if I'm in the mood for numbers and want to hit a canal towpath with my bike, or drsolly's Chiltern series for a long walk, but big numbers... Who's that guy who set up loads of the UK's Webcam caches? They need saving too!

[sandvika]

One of your own caches
Well it has to be "Snorkeler's Reward" (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC174FV) because it's the culmination of a lot of effort. I chose to archive it and avoid geolitter when it became clear that the cache was more likely to be washed away in a flood than found by cachers. However, if it were not a holiday cache I'd have relocated it to a more durable hiding place and let someone find it 10 years later.

In its absence it would have to be "Border Crossing: Austria - Switzerland" (https://www.terracaching.com/viewcache.cgi?C=TC9J4) because it's another high-endurance cache that requires sound planning.

If you were to insist on a UK cache it would have to be "Heaven and Hell: 6 feet under" (https://www.terracaching.com/viewcache.cgi?C=TCCHY) which is another unfound swine. Ask those who have completed the baby version, GC14P83, which is a mere D5/T5.

A cache you have found.
Well, it's still Mark and Lynn's "One Step to Heaven". :applause:Sorry, you've got to maintain it even if it's muggle heaven and maintenance hell.

A cache you want to find.
Too many to choose from. There was a D5/T5 multicache that took in about 5 peaks around Aletschgletscher which would have taken about a week of high altitude hiking to complete, but it has gone and I did not bookmark it. So, a very worthy replacement for this dream cache is Denali:The eXpedition (http://www.opencaching.de/viewcache.php?wp=OC5E3C) which was also due to be GC1D8TH but presumably ran into issues during GC review :ph34r:

Favourite cachers caches.
I really can't say. Ask me again when I've done 2000 caches, not 500! I've never done any of his 200+, however, a kindred spirit would be marzipancurtis, so I think I'd enjoy them a great deal.

[Icenians]

One of your own caches
In its absence it would have to be "Border Crossing: Austria - Switzerland" (https://www.terracaching.com/viewcache.cgi?C=TC9J4) because it's another high-endurance cache that requires sound planning.


I feel a trip to Austria coming on :)

That one sounds worth a good chunk of points :)

[sandvika]

I feel a trip to Austria coming on :)

That one sounds worth a good chunk of points :)

Especially if you place some more caches within 100 miles :applause:

[Mrs Blorenge]

One of our own caches:
Some of our caches we create together, others are more 'his' or 'mine'. As these are my choices I'll go for Nutnabber's Home (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?pf=&guid=b0c6aaa7-0401-4952-8aac-77b6f9eef556&decrypt=y&log=&numlogs=). It doesn't get done very often because it's a multi that takes a couple of hours but it gets appreciative logs.

A cache I've found:
Difficult to choose one - some of the contenders were "Scilly Island Hopper" (an odd multi, but wonderful scenery throughout), "First in Wales" (for obvious reasons mentioned elsewhere), "Wildcat" (something for everyone in this puzzle we did for our 500th), Wye Valley Ghost Train (too late for this one as the tunnel has now been gated and locked) but my preservation order will have to be stuck on the whole UnderWorld Series (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=06a0103e-7a72-4e3a-a5d6-8b7c1aff4ac8)in Devon. It gave me such a great sense of achievement to do them.

A cache I want to find:
I've got several cave caches on my Watchlist (Paper cave, Cave Troll's Lair, Look into the light) and others include "You're having a laugh", "Don't Look Down II", "One step to Heaven"... all ones I'd like to find. If I have to be realistic and choose just the one it'll have to be "Off piste and in the dark" (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4bc8808e-920b-4d65-aa59-437a244dc7bc) which is not too far away and I hope to get to it next year.

Favourite cacher's caches.
Sorry, but I don't have one - Done lots of good caches by a variety of cachers in different parts of the country. :)

[Happy Humphrey]

One of your own caches
Around the Island in Eight days (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=4842ae87-4c9b-4f38-a6e1-771d97a91fc1&log=y&decrypt=)
A trail which is based on a very simple concept but which takes a lot of thought and effort to complete, and might take you all over the island (depending on how quickly you "twig"). A couple of twists makes it a bit unusual. Great feedback from the few that have succeeded.

A cache you have found.
So many, really, but
Wrekin Havoc (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=f79cdbc2-34fc-490f-90c5-d6319c5966ca) was a fine finale to a great geocaching day out. Nothing fancy, but a nicely balanced series which is sufficiently absorbing and takes you to many interesting little spots. Classic caching.

A cache you want to find.
Again, so many, but Spencer Cashell (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=57fb5038-522f-4756-a3e6-9adc8d9595f9&log=y&decrypt=) has been on my list for as long as I can remember. This is a cache by Mickledore (https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=1fc52a57-3299-4cab-ba8d-d8d27c1136b3), who was probably the most creative cache hider in the country until he resigned due to forum woes a few years ago. :( His caches were so well thought of that they have been looked after ever since.

Favourite cachers caches.
Pieman (https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=42411601-c259-4113-9bb5-4b97690b13a7&wid=d374e141-e139-4ad2-9387-0b24c085c4aa&ds=2)has to take the accolade.
He's created a bunch of unusual, creative and well thought out caches that are satisfying to find and only a bit evil.
Steve (The Windsockers (https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=da5b827f-c4ea-4c41-aa0e-8603716cedda&wid=2825c58f-ac22-4877-8a2c-dfde3a779f44&ds=2)) deserves a mention: I've not had the opportunity to take on many of his challenges, but inspired by a couple of visits to the Isle of Man he's taken Irish geocaching to a new level. Monsters like That Nagging Cache (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=2825c58f-ac22-4877-8a2c-dfde3a779f44) (which tend to attract logs like this one (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=d0e480b4-7079-4ca7-a022-f3dbb47fea3c)) are balanced by less challenging offerings.

[markandlynn]

Some interesting replies here (wish there were more) the most interesting thing ive noticed is that my almost throwaway line at the end of favourite cachers caches has given me more targets to look for, great cache hiders do seem to rise from the hazy fog of poor cache hiders.

[Pharisee]

One of your own caches
Soda's Stash (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=51ecbe5c-c193-4854-8b8a-9cccfe1b01e0)
It's such a simple, traditional cache but it has caused a lot of finders trouble.... and it's very easy for me to maintain.

A cache you have found
A Midsummer Nights Dream (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=c08ad574-7c97-41a7-aff8-98c2d3ef1333)
In Puck's Glen on the west coast of Scotland. An absolutely knock-out location. Still at the top of my favourites list 5.1/2 years after finding it!

A cache you want to find
I honestly don't know.... There are 35,000 to choose from :dunno:

Favourite cacher's caches
Those set in the north of England by Walker Dan. One of my favourite caching locations is around Weardale on the Durham / Northumberland border and Walker Dan's caches have never failed to deliver the goods. Usually a good, long, uphill trek with stunning scenery. I always feel a huge sense of satisfaction after completing one.

[Izzy and the Lizard King]

Gone but not forgotten (a cache we have found)
Trek to the Severn (http://https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e52df3f7-f10c-4df8-8394-6312a2456079)

Sadly now archived :( but probably our all time favourite

[markandlynn]

Gone but not forgotten (a cache we have found)
Trek to the Severn (http://https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e52df3f7-f10c-4df8-8394-6312a2456079)

Sadly now archived :( but probably our all time favourite

Remember it well. I believe apart from the final ammo box it is still in place and one of our all time favourites but we had to choose one :(

What we found most remarkable was the people who did not do it, a sign of things to come not enough smileys for a day's caching :(:confused:

[Matrix]

One of your own caches

Matrix 1 (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=5c205153-8e8e-4aa3-9173-483173afdf0d)
It's only a simple, traditional cache but it was my first born :wub:

A cache you have found

Mumbles Hill Cache (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8E77)

simply because it was my first find

A cache you want to find

I honestly don't know.... sorry

Favourite cacher's caches
Not an easy one this ......its probably between 2 If I am honest Eclectic Penguin because I have yet to think that the cache was in a bad place, and Zetetic for the same reason....I wish mine were as good :(


:)

[markandlynn]

200th post seemed appropriate to bump into this.

I note that marzipancurtis has attracted praise in other quarters.

I feel a marzipan trip coming on as they are just in day caching distance.