5...4...3...2...1...
As the bell is about to ring time on oceanblue07970's Half Hearted Travel Bug, a cowbell is ringing in panic as smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer TB retakes 5th place overall in The Great Travel Bug Knockout from lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 trackable. SC10KR is now 50 miles ahead of HoG1 after German cacher Der-Steiger placed the tiny 2-seater into this rural German traditional, adding a respectable 87.77 miles to it's distance travelled.
Relief for mat smith, owner of HoG1's cross-species sibling Hazards of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) which has been retrieved from the Dutch cache that it was penned in, before the bicycle ferry was moored up for the winter, by local Dutch cacher citylady.
Finally, Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) shows us that it's not always which cacher retrieves a traveller that can make a difference, but rather which cacher doesn't retrieve! LaP(Maan) has been picked up by Quebecois cacher navy30000 who is planning to take the love-inspiring little TB back to Canada's east coast with him, which should add a considerable distance to it's distance travelled. However, only four days before being picked up, Hediya's entry was ignored by cacher spuchtfink, on holiday in the area from Bremen, Germany!
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Showing posts with label Hazards of Geocaching 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hazards of Geocaching 1. Show all posts
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Don't look now, but there's a cow creeping up behind you...
Yes, despite Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer TB being retrieved by enthusiast German newbie cacher Der-Steiger, lgxkls' Hazards Of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer Travel Bug has gained on the little two-tone car by the distance of 7.99 miles after cacher Helle22 dropped it into this recently-placed German cache. It was picked up the very next day by JohnPower & Mopxi.
Biggest move of this update goes to Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) TB, which added 159.53 miles to it's total travelled after cachers Bull&Tink placed it into this fascinating cache, one of a series placed on an artificial spit built above a waste pipe discharging more than two miles into the recently named Salish Sea close to Vancouver International Airport.
This may be for naught though, as New Zealand cachers sww have revealed that they picked up current Knockout leader, Team Blid435's BraveHeart, last month and are planning to take it to Australia shortly...
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Biggest move of this update goes to Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) TB, which added 159.53 miles to it's total travelled after cachers Bull&Tink placed it into this fascinating cache, one of a series placed on an artificial spit built above a waste pipe discharging more than two miles into the recently named Salish Sea close to Vancouver International Airport.
This may be for naught though, as New Zealand cachers sww have revealed that they picked up current Knockout leader, Team Blid435's BraveHeart, last month and are planning to take it to Australia shortly...
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Friday, 16 September 2011
tnt blows past 4000 mile mark
Whilst the top 3 entries in The Great Travel Bug Knockout have been treading water recently, cooper troopers' the noble traveller Travel Bug has been quietly and steadily racking up the milage and has now passed the 4000 miles travelled mark, thanks to Dutch cachers UPQuest adding 88.33 miles to the silver TARDIS' accumulated distance by placing it into this German cache. It was picked up the very same day by German cachers TeamSanSeba, who are aiming to add about 3000 kms of additional distance soon. That'll put the Whovian TB within striking distance of 3rd place (and early pacesetter) Knockout Ferrari, owned by fellow TB Race organiser Jacaru.
In other Knockout news, lgxkls' Hazards Of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB has been retrieved from the cache that it was resting in by local German cacher Helle22.
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In other Knockout news, lgxkls' Hazards Of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB has been retrieved from the cache that it was resting in by local German cacher Helle22.
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Saturday, 27 August 2011
Is The Skylark's hopes sunk?
5...4...3...2...1...
With only 5 days until the next Elimination Day, it appears that wemnog's hopes for a Knockout win for his Travel Bug The Skylark may have run aground, as although Stompy&Stampy dropped the little sailing boat into this cache (after dipping it into 26 other caches first, of course!). After a week's rest it was retrieved by cacher scott_ie89, who dipped it into this cache, adding a scant 0.54 of a mile to it's distance travelled. He has since dipped the tiny dinghy into 33 more caches, then re-visited 4, and has retained possession. The Skylark has now been logged into 225 caches (including 6 repeat visits)!
Despite all this activity, that teeny .54 of a mile has proven insufficient to hold back mat smith's Hazards of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) John's Knockout Racer TB, which was retrieved from this Portuguese cache by Dutch cacher bachjes, who is threatening to take it back to The Netherlands with him. Assuming that the previous holder of HoG2, Wild_Lion, placed the woolly trackable directly into the cache, the distance added is 78.09 miles. What is it about Portuguese cachers and their reluctance to log TBs into and/or out of caches?
Another place change this time too, as although cacher Taubacher finally dropped off lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB into this German cache (after a couple of abortive dips), no actual official Knockout milage has been added due to the Only The First Dip By A Cacher Counts rule. Therefore, after cacher Svenimateur placed Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer Travel Bug into this German cache adding 161.21 miles and fellow German cacher Fo0dy moved the little car along to this cache, adding another 7.02 miles, SC10KR has moved into 5th place overall in The Great Travel Bug Knockout. Interestingly, affter visiting Spain, Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Norway, these two entries are now in caches less than 60 miles apart. Small World eh?
Finally for this update, cacher Radijs placed cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB into this cache, adding another 3.02 miles to it's total distance travelled.
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With only 5 days until the next Elimination Day, it appears that wemnog's hopes for a Knockout win for his Travel Bug The Skylark may have run aground, as although Stompy&Stampy dropped the little sailing boat into this cache (after dipping it into 26 other caches first, of course!). After a week's rest it was retrieved by cacher scott_ie89, who dipped it into this cache, adding a scant 0.54 of a mile to it's distance travelled. He has since dipped the tiny dinghy into 33 more caches, then re-visited 4, and has retained possession. The Skylark has now been logged into 225 caches (including 6 repeat visits)!
Despite all this activity, that teeny .54 of a mile has proven insufficient to hold back mat smith's Hazards of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) John's Knockout Racer TB, which was retrieved from this Portuguese cache by Dutch cacher bachjes, who is threatening to take it back to The Netherlands with him. Assuming that the previous holder of HoG2, Wild_Lion, placed the woolly trackable directly into the cache, the distance added is 78.09 miles. What is it about Portuguese cachers and their reluctance to log TBs into and/or out of caches?
Another place change this time too, as although cacher Taubacher finally dropped off lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB into this German cache (after a couple of abortive dips), no actual official Knockout milage has been added due to the Only The First Dip By A Cacher Counts rule. Therefore, after cacher Svenimateur placed Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer Travel Bug into this German cache adding 161.21 miles and fellow German cacher Fo0dy moved the little car along to this cache, adding another 7.02 miles, SC10KR has moved into 5th place overall in The Great Travel Bug Knockout. Interestingly, affter visiting Spain, Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Norway, these two entries are now in caches less than 60 miles apart. Small World eh?
Finally for this update, cacher Radijs placed cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB into this cache, adding another 3.02 miles to it's total distance travelled.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011
A rare change in The Knockout rankings
...as wemnog's The Skylark Travel Bug moves ahead of mat smith's Hazards of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) John's Knockout Racer TB. The Skylark was retrieved from the Cornish cache that it was moored in by local cachers Stompy&Stampy who then proceeded to take the little dinghy on a busy caching trip, managing to visit 141 caches in the next 5 days! Unfortunately for wemnog, almost all of this effort by Stompy&Stampy was wasted as Rule no.3 of The Great Travel Bug Knockout states:
3. Only the first move by a cacher will count. Reason: This will not stop "dippers" from doing their thing, but it does mean that only their first dip counts.
The first cache that The Skylark visited whilst in the hands of S&S was this one in Warwickshire, which added 191.99 miles to it's distance travelled, sufficient to enable it to leapfrog mat smith's recently returned-to-action HoG2 Bug into 8th place overall in The Knockout.
I'm not going to link to all of the remaining 140 caches that The Skylark has been dipped into, you can find that here if you're the obsessive type, just mention that as well as Warwickshire it also visited caches in South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire and Wiltshire, including both this cache and this one which it has visited previously.
Current 2nd-placed Knockout entry, Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) TB was placed into this brand-new Canadian cache by MaliBooBoo, adding 25.9 miles to it's distance travelled. It was retrieved 3 days later by fellow British Columbians Bull&Tink.
Cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB has also been keeping on the move, Dutch cacher slottys placing it into this puzzle cache (the Dutch love their puzzle caches and their multis!) adding 83.97 miles to it's odometer. It didn't hang around however, as it was retrieved 2 days later by local cacher Radijs.
Not too far to the south in Belgium, current playground of oceanblue07970's Half Hearted Travel Bug, which cachers leffe&duvel placed into this multicache, 29.68 miles away from the cache that they retrieved it from. It was almost immediately picked up by local cacher Verborgen Boswitje.
Meanwhile, to the east, lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB was retrieved by German cacher Taubacher from the Italian cache that it had been left in. He has logged an intention to take HoG1 to Germany, but in the meantime stopped off in Austria (which the little bovine briefly visited in April) to dip it into this cache (adding 38.3 miles to it's total distance), this one (adding nothing) and this one (ditto!).
Finally, commiserations to castlegrice, whose George's Fun Bus 2 Bug has been placed into this Spanish cache, which would have added sufficient milage to save the little camper van from the scrapyard, but it came just 9 days too late!
STOP THE BLOG!! Just received word that German geocacher CryptoBLN retrieved current Knockout leader, Team Blid435's BraveHeart TB from the New Zealand cache that it has been languishing in for the last 2 months and dropped it into this more regularly visited one 1.35 miles along the coast. Well, at least he didn't take it back to Germany with him! (Team Blid435 - that's new!).
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...and I haven't forgotten about the promised mid-race round-up. I'll post it as soon as I have time!
3. Only the first move by a cacher will count. Reason: This will not stop "dippers" from doing their thing, but it does mean that only their first dip counts.
The first cache that The Skylark visited whilst in the hands of S&S was this one in Warwickshire, which added 191.99 miles to it's distance travelled, sufficient to enable it to leapfrog mat smith's recently returned-to-action HoG2 Bug into 8th place overall in The Knockout.
I'm not going to link to all of the remaining 140 caches that The Skylark has been dipped into, you can find that here if you're the obsessive type, just mention that as well as Warwickshire it also visited caches in South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire and Wiltshire, including both this cache and this one which it has visited previously.
Current 2nd-placed Knockout entry, Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) TB was placed into this brand-new Canadian cache by MaliBooBoo, adding 25.9 miles to it's distance travelled. It was retrieved 3 days later by fellow British Columbians Bull&Tink.
Cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB has also been keeping on the move, Dutch cacher slottys placing it into this puzzle cache (the Dutch love their puzzle caches and their multis!) adding 83.97 miles to it's odometer. It didn't hang around however, as it was retrieved 2 days later by local cacher Radijs.
Not too far to the south in Belgium, current playground of oceanblue07970's Half Hearted Travel Bug, which cachers leffe&duvel placed into this multicache, 29.68 miles away from the cache that they retrieved it from. It was almost immediately picked up by local cacher Verborgen Boswitje.
Meanwhile, to the east, lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB was retrieved by German cacher Taubacher from the Italian cache that it had been left in. He has logged an intention to take HoG1 to Germany, but in the meantime stopped off in Austria (which the little bovine briefly visited in April) to dip it into this cache (adding 38.3 miles to it's total distance), this one (adding nothing) and this one (ditto!).
Finally, commiserations to castlegrice, whose George's Fun Bus 2 Bug has been placed into this Spanish cache, which would have added sufficient milage to save the little camper van from the scrapyard, but it came just 9 days too late!
STOP THE BLOG!! Just received word that German geocacher CryptoBLN retrieved current Knockout leader, Team Blid435's BraveHeart TB from the New Zealand cache that it has been languishing in for the last 2 months and dropped it into this more regularly visited one 1.35 miles along the coast. Well, at least he didn't take it back to Germany with him! (Team Blid435 - that's new!).
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...and I haven't forgotten about the promised mid-race round-up. I'll post it as soon as I have time!
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Bye-bye to George's Fun Bus ...and just where has that sheep been?!
I think that castlegrice's George's Fun Bus 2 TB is the first entry in The Great Travel Bug Knockout to be eliminated from the competition whilst in the hands of a cacher, but obviously urriellu hasn't had time to place the little camper van in Spain...
...or has he, as this looks familiar...
In other Knockout news, mat smith's Hazards of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) John's Knockout Racer TB has made a surprise reappearance after more than 7 months on the missing ovines list when Portuguese cacher Wild_Lion found the woolly bug in this cache, 219.62 miles from where it was last reported as being. Assuming that it hasn't visited any other caches in between, that makes HoG2's current distance travelled as 1118.82 miles, giving it a more than 150 mile advantage over wemnog's The Skylark TB, which was safely retrieved from Mega Wales by cacher Shiggaddi, who then placed the little dinghy into this Cornish cache (crossing the Bristol Channel on the way, of course!), adding 86.81 miles to it's distance travelled.
The Skylark at Mega Wales 2011
Mention of Hazards of Geocaching 2 brings to mind it's sister entry, lgxkls' Hazard of Geocaching 1, which has been deposited into this Italian multi-cache, just over the border from Slovenia, scene of it's recent dipping mini-frenzy.
Another entry to visit another country is oceanblue07970's Half Hearted Travel Bug which was placed into this Belgian cache, 602.5 miles from the French cache that cacher SOSATO retrieved it from. It was promptly picked up by local Belgian cachers leffe&duvel.
Finally for today, cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB was placed into this Dutch puzzle cache, adding 57.94 miles to it's distance travelled. It was retrieved by Cache Owner verdi, who placed it into another Dutch puzzle cache, adding another 68.84 miles, and from where it was retrieved the very same day by local cachers slottys.
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...and look out later this week for very special ½-distance round-up, including the first look at The Winner's Trophy!
...or has he, as this looks familiar...
In other Knockout news, mat smith's Hazards of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) John's Knockout Racer TB has made a surprise reappearance after more than 7 months on the missing ovines list when Portuguese cacher Wild_Lion found the woolly bug in this cache, 219.62 miles from where it was last reported as being. Assuming that it hasn't visited any other caches in between, that makes HoG2's current distance travelled as 1118.82 miles, giving it a more than 150 mile advantage over wemnog's The Skylark TB, which was safely retrieved from Mega Wales by cacher Shiggaddi, who then placed the little dinghy into this Cornish cache (crossing the Bristol Channel on the way, of course!), adding 86.81 miles to it's distance travelled.
The Skylark at Mega Wales 2011
Mention of Hazards of Geocaching 2 brings to mind it's sister entry, lgxkls' Hazard of Geocaching 1, which has been deposited into this Italian multi-cache, just over the border from Slovenia, scene of it's recent dipping mini-frenzy.
Another entry to visit another country is oceanblue07970's Half Hearted Travel Bug which was placed into this Belgian cache, 602.5 miles from the French cache that cacher SOSATO retrieved it from. It was promptly picked up by local Belgian cachers leffe&duvel.
Finally for today, cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB was placed into this Dutch puzzle cache, adding 57.94 miles to it's distance travelled. It was retrieved by Cache Owner verdi, who placed it into another Dutch puzzle cache, adding another 68.84 miles, and from where it was retrieved the very same day by local cachers slottys.
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...and look out later this week for very special ½-distance round-up, including the first look at The Winner's Trophy!
Sunday, 31 July 2011
There I was slacking off...
5...4...3...2...1...
...when I realised that it's Elimination Day tomorrow at The Great Travel Bug Knockout, so I'd best get the blog up-to-date!
The big question is: Is the sheep a sitting duck? Mat Smith's Hazards Of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) Travel Bug went missing months ago, but it's distance travelled of 899.2 miles has kept it out of danger. However, castlegrice's George's Fun Bus 2 TB, which survived by the skin of it's teeth (the chrome of it's bumper?) last month, has been retrieved from the Scottish cache that it was resting in by Spanish cacher urriellu. If urriellu dips GFB2 into a cache back home before the deadline of noon tomorrow it will surely add sufficient milage to pass wemnog's The Skylark TB, which was picked up by cacher a1nnie, who then placed it into this Mega Event, adding 184.57 miles to it's distance travelled, but if it's quickly collected and placed by another cacher... Yes, it's all "ifs" at the moment. More worrying for wemnog must be that Travel Bugs sometimes disappear at busy events...
In other news, Canadian cachers Volkswag took Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) TB to this cache, then this one, and finally this one where they passed it on to fellow Canadians MaliBooBoo.
Another entry to indulge in some pointless dipping is lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer, which was retrieved by Slovenian cacher lynx.attentus, who dipped the little bovine into this cache, adding 1.84 miles to it's distance travelled, and then proceeded to dip it into this cache, this one, this one and this one, and has retained possession of the Travel Bug.
Finally, oceanlue07970's Half Hearted TB has been picked up from the French cache that it was resting in by Belgian cacher SOSATO, who has logged an intention to take the shiny little bug back to Tintin's homeland with him.
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...when I realised that it's Elimination Day tomorrow at The Great Travel Bug Knockout, so I'd best get the blog up-to-date!
The big question is: Is the sheep a sitting duck? Mat Smith's Hazards Of Geocaching 2 (The Sheep) Travel Bug went missing months ago, but it's distance travelled of 899.2 miles has kept it out of danger. However, castlegrice's George's Fun Bus 2 TB, which survived by the skin of it's teeth (the chrome of it's bumper?) last month, has been retrieved from the Scottish cache that it was resting in by Spanish cacher urriellu. If urriellu dips GFB2 into a cache back home before the deadline of noon tomorrow it will surely add sufficient milage to pass wemnog's The Skylark TB, which was picked up by cacher a1nnie, who then placed it into this Mega Event, adding 184.57 miles to it's distance travelled, but if it's quickly collected and placed by another cacher... Yes, it's all "ifs" at the moment. More worrying for wemnog must be that Travel Bugs sometimes disappear at busy events...
In other news, Canadian cachers Volkswag took Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) TB to this cache, then this one, and finally this one where they passed it on to fellow Canadians MaliBooBoo.
Another entry to indulge in some pointless dipping is lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer, which was retrieved by Slovenian cacher lynx.attentus, who dipped the little bovine into this cache, adding 1.84 miles to it's distance travelled, and then proceeded to dip it into this cache, this one, this one and this one, and has retained possession of the Travel Bug.
Finally, oceanlue07970's Half Hearted TB has been picked up from the French cache that it was resting in by Belgian cacher SOSATO, who has logged an intention to take the shiny little bug back to Tintin's homeland with him.
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Sunday, 17 July 2011
Fight! Fight! Fight!
It looks like a little battle brewing between the 5th and 6th placed entries in The Great Travel Bug Knockout, with lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB having been retrieved by cacher superhrac007, who then quickly placed the little bovine into this cache, 2.59 miles away. In response to this, Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer has been retrieved by occasional German cacher Svenimateur.
Hmmmm, one has been placed into a puzzle cache, whilst the other has been picked up by a cacher who has only logged 5 finds in the last 9 months. Which situation will prove to be the most beneficial?
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Hmmmm, one has been placed into a puzzle cache, whilst the other has been picked up by a cacher who has only logged 5 finds in the last 9 months. Which situation will prove to be the most beneficial?
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Monday, 4 July 2011
Unhappy Hoppy
No doubt you're all dying from the suspense, but now it can be revealed: the entry in The Great Travel Bug Knockout eliminated on July 1st was fuzziebear3's Happy Hoppy Travel Bug, and somehow I just can't help but think that whoever found the little amphibian resting in it's box experienced something like this...
Ah, a redo of the classic One Froggy Evening, possibly the greatest Merry Melody of them all? Oh, and am I the only one who loved that scene in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs..?
Although we bid farewell to the little green fellow, life goes on for other entries in The Knockout, with cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB adding 257.78 miles to it's distance travelled by being placed into this interesting puzzle/multi cache near Arnhem in the east of The Netherlands.
Another entry to add some milage to it's total is Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer TB, which logged another 38.79 miles after being placed into this Swedish cache.
Slovenian cachers Kassiopeia82 dipped lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer into this cache, then dropped it into this one.
Finally, wemnog's The Skylark Travel Bug continues it's voyage around the caches of Greater London, having been retrieved by cacher Oofy.
Although we're now down to the final ten surviving entries in The Great Travel Bug Knockout things are looking healthy with entries currently available for retrieval from caches in 7 different countries on 3 continents; the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Slovenia in Europe, plus Canada in North America and New Zealand in Australasia. Go get 'em cachers!
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Ah, a redo of the classic One Froggy Evening, possibly the greatest Merry Melody of them all? Oh, and am I the only one who loved that scene in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs..?
Although we bid farewell to the little green fellow, life goes on for other entries in The Knockout, with cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB adding 257.78 miles to it's distance travelled by being placed into this interesting puzzle/multi cache near Arnhem in the east of The Netherlands.
Another entry to add some milage to it's total is Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer TB, which logged another 38.79 miles after being placed into this Swedish cache.
Slovenian cachers Kassiopeia82 dipped lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer into this cache, then dropped it into this one.
Finally, wemnog's The Skylark Travel Bug continues it's voyage around the caches of Greater London, having been retrieved by cacher Oofy.
Although we're now down to the final ten surviving entries in The Great Travel Bug Knockout things are looking healthy with entries currently available for retrieval from caches in 7 different countries on 3 continents; the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Sweden and Slovenia in Europe, plus Canada in North America and New Zealand in Australasia. Go get 'em cachers!
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Monday, 27 June 2011
Will fuzziebear3's TB have to hop it?
5...4...3...2...1...
Castlegrice can kick back and chill out; Their entrant in The Great Travel Bug Knockout has moved off of the elimination bubble thanks to Scottish cacher Claraloon, who yesterday retrieved George's Fun Bus 2 from the cache that it was resting in, and this morning placed it into this one, adding a vital 80.49 miles to it's distance travelled. This has moved GFB2 ahead of fuzziebear3's Happy Hoppy TB, which I suspect went missing from the cache that it is logged into many months ago...
Meanwhile, Wemnog's The Skylark TB continues to steadily rack up the distance, having added another 10.1 miles after being dropped into this cache, one of the controversial Timberland-sponsored TRAIL OF HEROES series.
In other Knockout news, Oceanblue07970's Half Hearted Travel Bug has finally been left in a cache, rather than just dipped, by French cacher christian35. This interesting looking one, to be precise.
As one cacher finally lets go of an entry in The Knockout, it seems another takes up the dipper's baton, as Slovenian cachers Kassiopeia82 have taken lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer to this cache, and have retained possession of the cud-chewing little trackable.
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Castlegrice can kick back and chill out; Their entrant in The Great Travel Bug Knockout has moved off of the elimination bubble thanks to Scottish cacher Claraloon, who yesterday retrieved George's Fun Bus 2 from the cache that it was resting in, and this morning placed it into this one, adding a vital 80.49 miles to it's distance travelled. This has moved GFB2 ahead of fuzziebear3's Happy Hoppy TB, which I suspect went missing from the cache that it is logged into many months ago...
Meanwhile, Wemnog's The Skylark TB continues to steadily rack up the distance, having added another 10.1 miles after being dropped into this cache, one of the controversial Timberland-sponsored TRAIL OF HEROES series.
In other Knockout news, Oceanblue07970's Half Hearted Travel Bug has finally been left in a cache, rather than just dipped, by French cacher christian35. This interesting looking one, to be precise.
As one cacher finally lets go of an entry in The Knockout, it seems another takes up the dipper's baton, as Slovenian cachers Kassiopeia82 have taken lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer to this cache, and have retained possession of the cud-chewing little trackable.
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
Is George's Bus still having fun?
5...4...3...2...1...
It's five days until the next elimination from The Great Travel Bug Knockout, and castlegrice's George's Fun Bus 2 has to pack away the surfboards (in Scotland?!) and hit the road if it hopes to pass the probably missing Happy Hoppy TB owned by fuzziebear3.
No such worries for current 2nd-place entry Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) Travel Bug, which, after it's Alaskan adventure, has been dropped into this cache in British Columbia, Canada ready to be retrieved and add to it's distance travelled.
Meanwhile, cooper troopers' the noble traveller has added 436.19 miles to it's distance travelled after being retrieved from the airport cache that was resting in by German cachers forestcats. They brought tnt back to the UK and dipped it into this London cache, before placing the silver TB into this popular one, from where it was quickly retrieved by Dutch cachers Arjan&denise, who have taken the travelling TARDIS back to their native (Nether)land.
Still in the UK, and indeed Greater London, wemnog's The Skylark Travel Bug was placed into this cache by cachers theleverets, adding 6.8 miles it's distance sailed. It was retreived 3 days later by local caching team The 5 Raybould Ramblers.
Finally for today, Slovenian cachers Kassiopeia82 picked up lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 TB from the cache that it residing in and dipped it into this cache, then this one, this one and this one. As per usual Knockout rules, only the first dip counts, so 3.06 miles have been added to HoG1's total distance.
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It's five days until the next elimination from The Great Travel Bug Knockout, and castlegrice's George's Fun Bus 2 has to pack away the surfboards (in Scotland?!) and hit the road if it hopes to pass the probably missing Happy Hoppy TB owned by fuzziebear3.
No such worries for current 2nd-place entry Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) Travel Bug, which, after it's Alaskan adventure, has been dropped into this cache in British Columbia, Canada ready to be retrieved and add to it's distance travelled.
Meanwhile, cooper troopers' the noble traveller has added 436.19 miles to it's distance travelled after being retrieved from the airport cache that was resting in by German cachers forestcats. They brought tnt back to the UK and dipped it into this London cache, before placing the silver TB into this popular one, from where it was quickly retrieved by Dutch cachers Arjan&denise, who have taken the travelling TARDIS back to their native (Nether)land.
Still in the UK, and indeed Greater London, wemnog's The Skylark Travel Bug was placed into this cache by cachers theleverets, adding 6.8 miles it's distance sailed. It was retreived 3 days later by local caching team The 5 Raybould Ramblers.
Finally for today, Slovenian cachers Kassiopeia82 picked up lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 TB from the cache that it residing in and dipped it into this cache, then this one, this one and this one. As per usual Knockout rules, only the first dip counts, so 3.06 miles have been added to HoG1's total distance.
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Sunday, 19 June 2011
Cancel that visit to the Slovenian china shop...
...there's a bull on the loose, as cacher perhan has dropped lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer in this cache in the medieval town of Višnja Gora, adding 203.59 miles to it's distance travelled.
In other Knockout news, French cacher christian35 has reminded us that he is still holding oceanblue07970's HalfHearted TB by dipping it into this cache, 6.71 miles away from the last cache that he dipped the shiny broken-hearted Bug into.
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In other Knockout news, French cacher christian35 has reminded us that he is still holding oceanblue07970's HalfHearted TB by dipping it into this cache, 6.71 miles away from the last cache that he dipped the shiny broken-hearted Bug into.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Comings, goings, and a possible disappearance
New Zealand cacher willbuild just can't resist Blid435's BraveHeart Travel Bug! Having dropped BH off in his own cache last week, he's now retrieved the shiny TB and dropped it into this cache near North Island's Welcome Bay, 26.94 miles away. The milage will not be added to BraveHeart's official Knockout distance travelled due to it being the upteenth cache that willbuild has taken it to.
lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB has been retrieved from the German cache that it was penned in by Slovenian cacher perhan.
Finally for today, G-X's Voodoo Whodo What You Don't Dare Do People (Racer Bug) TB has been reported as missing from the Cheshire cache that it is logged into. If another cacher reports it missing too, then I'll mark it with the dreaded whereabouts unknown.
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lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB has been retrieved from the German cache that it was penned in by Slovenian cacher perhan.
Finally for today, G-X's Voodoo Whodo What You Don't Dare Do People (Racer Bug) TB has been reported as missing from the Cheshire cache that it is logged into. If another cacher reports it missing too, then I'll mark it with the dreaded whereabouts unknown.
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011
Deja vu!
Yes, it's deja vu all over again, as Blid435's BraveHeart Travel Bug has been picked up from the cache that it was resting in by veteran New Zealand cacher willbuild, who then dipped it into this new cache shortly afterwards, extending it's lead by 19.61 miles.
lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB has also done some travelling, from Budapest, Hungary to this Austrian cache, and from there to this odd German "Flirt-Cache"; translate the webpage to find out what that means! Unfortunately for lgxkls, none of this international travelling has added any milage to HoG1's official Knockout distance due to the rule that stipulates that only the first dip by a cacher counts.
Finally, smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer Travel Bug has been retrieved by relative newbie cacher Dilboket.
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lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer TB has also done some travelling, from Budapest, Hungary to this Austrian cache, and from there to this odd German "Flirt-Cache"; translate the webpage to find out what that means! Unfortunately for lgxkls, none of this international travelling has added any milage to HoG1's official Knockout distance due to the rule that stipulates that only the first dip by a cacher counts.
Finally, smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer Travel Bug has been retrieved by relative newbie cacher Dilboket.
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Monday, 21 March 2011
3rd, 4th and 5th place entries respond to Knockout Ferrari's move
While Blid435's BraveHeart TB kicks it's heels in New Zealand, not only has Jacaru's Knockout Ferrari gained 78.76 miles, but now Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) has caught up by 20.28 miles after being placed into this intriguing cache outside a drive-in cinema. Just one thought, if everyone has to tune their car radios into the soundtrack, does everyone end up with a flat battery at the end of the film?
Next up is cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB, which has gained a whopping 525.58 miles by being placed into this cache in the south-western corner of Germany, close to borders with both France and Switzerland. The cache is dedicated to poet Johann Peter Hebel.
Finally, current fifth-placed Travel Bug in The Great Travel Bug Knockout, lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer has been dipped into this microcache, part of a series that spells out the word Újpest, the district of Budapest, Hungary that the cache is hidden in. This has added 176.05 miles to HoG1's distance travelled.
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Next up is cooper troopers' the noble traveller TB, which has gained a whopping 525.58 miles by being placed into this cache in the south-western corner of Germany, close to borders with both France and Switzerland. The cache is dedicated to poet Johann Peter Hebel.
Finally, current fifth-placed Travel Bug in The Great Travel Bug Knockout, lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer has been dipped into this microcache, part of a series that spells out the word Újpest, the district of Budapest, Hungary that the cache is hidden in. This has added 176.05 miles to HoG1's distance travelled.
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Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Hazard on the road
Lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer Travel Bug has been retrieved from the Polish cache that it was penned it by Budapest-based cacher tomreti, who is planning to take it home to Hungary with him.
In other Knockout news, Swedish cachers Pettssons are continuing to dip Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer TB into caches, this one and this one being the two most recent. As these are the 7th and 8th caches that SC10KR has visited whilst in the hands of Pettssons, none of the milage added counts towards it's official distance recorded in The Great Travel Bug Knockout.
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In other Knockout news, Swedish cachers Pettssons are continuing to dip Smart451's Smart Car 10 Knockout Racer TB into caches, this one and this one being the two most recent. As these are the 7th and 8th caches that SC10KR has visited whilst in the hands of Pettssons, none of the milage added counts towards it's official distance recorded in The Great Travel Bug Knockout.
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
Hazards of Geocaching 1 reaches South Pole (land, that is!)
Alright, this should be easy to follow; Spanish cacher andrewini retrieved lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer Travel Bug from a cache in Spain, then 5 days later traded it to Portuguese cacher lipaxana (what for, I don't know), then the following day it was grabbed from lipaxana by her regular caching partner, fellow Portuguese semi-muggle, who then placed it into this cache in a bookshop-cum-café in the historic city of Kraków in Poland, adding 1242.25 miles to HoG 1's distance travelled, propelling the little bovine into 4th place overall in The Great Travel Bug Knockout.
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Tuesday, 15 February 2011
Will Karon's Knockout Racer soon be in Pole position?
Lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer Travel Bug has been retrieved from the Spanish cache that it was resting in by local cacher andrewini, who is planning to relocate HoG1 to Poland.
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Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Love and Peace (Maan) edges a little closer
Hediya's Love and Peace (Maan) Travel Bug has been placed into it's 9th cache (it's 6th since arriving in Canada), adding 28.64 miles to it's distance travelled. The cache that it is now resting in is this one, within the grounds of the studio of sculptor Kevin Stone, who specialises in large stainless steel works.
Disappointing news for Grizzly Pair, as the cache that their Quatchi TB was logged into has probably been muggled. If this is confirmed, I'll mark Quatchi as whereabouts unknown.
At this rate, it's possible that there won't be any Bugs left in circulation by the end of the 17 months; however one that definitely still is in The Great Travel Bug Knockout is lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1- Karon's Knockout Racer, as proven by this photograph taken by the most recent finder of the cache that it is in;
Disappointing news for Grizzly Pair, as the cache that their Quatchi TB was logged into has probably been muggled. If this is confirmed, I'll mark Quatchi as whereabouts unknown.
At this rate, it's possible that there won't be any Bugs left in circulation by the end of the 17 months; however one that definitely still is in The Great Travel Bug Knockout is lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1- Karon's Knockout Racer, as proven by this photograph taken by the most recent finder of the cache that it is in;
There it is, just to the left of the cigarette lighter!!!
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Sunday, 2 January 2011
Watch out for the bullrings!
The first placement of the new year for an entrant in The Great Travel Bug Knockout is for lgxkls' Hazards of Geocaching 1 - Karon's Knockout Racer, which was retrieved from a cache in Essex on Boxing Day by newbie cachers Jobabs and today placed into this cache, halfway up a mountain in Valencia, Spain. Normally this wouldn't be a worry to any Travel Bug, but Valencia is on record as the only Spanish province that has declared that bullfighting will never be banned in!
This move has added 845.67 miles to HoG1's distance travelled, moving it up to 4th place overall.
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This move has added 845.67 miles to HoG1's distance travelled, moving it up to 4th place overall.
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