Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Eternity

After every star
Has burnt its last
Every glacier
Melted clear
Every mountain
Blown to dust
Every jungle
A desert turned

I still will miss
Your touch
Your scent
Your whispered breath.

Only seas remaining
Filled with salt
Every drop
Flowed from my heart.

Ready or not here we go

We've been loaded onto the plane at Birmingham. We're waiting to depart for Dusseldorf. But the plane isn't moving. Suddenly the pilot comes on the tannoy "our apologies, there seems to be a problem with the planes computers. It might go dark for a moment because we are going to turn the plane off and then restart it, just as you do with your computer at home if it isn't working".

Hmm. Is it just me or does anyone else think this isn't the most reassuring start to a flight!

What's That

I've recently said to a few people that I am not a completer-finisher. One reflection that isn't entirely true. I do finish what I start. I do like to see something to an end. The issue is more that having finished something then I don't enjoy doing it again. Once I have done something then it gets packaged into a little box, neatly wrapped up, and packed away into the storage area of my brain.

It's less to do with not being a completer-finisher and more to do with a constant desire to learn. What I really enjoy is being challenged. I look for something new that will push me a bit further. That at the end means I will have new knowledge or new skills. It reflects in my work and my social life.

In the words of Jed Bartlett "what's next" Or possibly I'm just easily distracted. Oooo, shiny..........

Saturday, December 17, 2011

1000 Up

At the beginning of 2011 one of my New Years Resolutions was to get to 1000 geocaches found.  That's not 1000 in a year, I was already at 500 plus a little bit on the 1st January, but it was the target number.  And for most of the year I was motoring towards it.  A minor hiccup when we went to Greece on holiday and I failed to get any, but most days I was getting one or two and the target was getting nearer and nearer.  Then I completely stalled.  In November then it suddenly became very difficult.  Suddenly there was no time.  What little time I had seemed to keep turning up the dreaded DNFs (Did Not Find).  I was floundering.  The stats tell a very sad story.  Only 7 days caching in November with 11 finds, a third of the month before.  December got even worse.  Despite this the milestone was gradually creeping up.  And today I got it, with help from the clan.  An interesting cache, first having to work out co-ordinates from some questions about the Northamptonshire Library, then finding at the co-ordinates that sent you back and in to the library itself.  A clever hide, and great fun.  A good cache to have as a special memory.  And to mark the occasion, and on getting my blue belt, these are my stats on this day:
Merlin-k has 1000 Finds on 999 unique Geocaches
Merlin-k has 1000 Finds on 999 unique Geocaches

Statistics generated on 17/12/2011

Achievement Badges

title=The United Kingdom Cacher:  Awarded for finding caches in a percentage of states in United Kingdom  |  I have 93% (13 of 14 states) and need 7% more to go up a level
title=The Calendar Cacher:  Awarded for having found a cache on 100 or more different dates  |  I have 333 and need 17 to go up a leveltitle=The Night-Owl:  Awarded for finding 4 or more night-time caches  |  I have 63 and need 17 to go up a leveltitle=The Long-Distance Cacher:  Awarded for finding a cache at least 621  miles from home  |  I have geocached 1847 miles from home and need to geocache 2610 miles to go up a level
title=The Daily Cacher:  Awarded for having 7 or more consecutive days with finds  |  I have 104 and need 122 to go up a leveltitle=The Author:  Awarded for having an average log length of 30 words  |  I have approximately 68 words/log and need 70 to go up a leveltitle=The Head-In-The-Clouds Award:  Awarded for finding a cache above 1640 feet in elevation  |  I have found a cache above 7008 feet and need to find one at 8202 feet to go up a leveltitle=The Matrix Cacher:  Awarded for finding 20 caches with unique Difficulty/Terrain ratings  |  I have 42 and need 8 to go up a leveltitle=The Cache Owner:  Awarded for hiding/hosting 10 or more geocaches/event caches  |  I have 32 and need 18 to go up a level
title=The Small Cacher:  Awarded for finding 150 or more small sized cache containers  |  I have 360 and need 140 to go up a leveltitle=The FTF Addict:  Awarded for being the first cacher to find 15 or more caches  |  I have 47 and need 3 to go up a leveltitle=The Travelling Cacher:  Awarded for finding a cache in 2 or more countries  |  I have 5 and need 3 to go up a leveltitle=The Caching Veteran:  Awarded for finding a cache in 3 different years  |  I have 6 and need 2 to go up a level
title=The Geocacher:  Awarded for finding 500 or more geocaches (any type)  |  I have 1000 and need 1000 to go up a leveltitle=The Virtual Cacher:  Awarded for finding 5 or more Virtual type caches  |  I have 11 and need 9 to go up a leveltitle=The Earth Cacher:  Awarded for finding 5 or more Earthcache type caches  |  I have 12 and need 8 to go up a leveltitle=The Micro Cacher:  Awarded for finding 200 or more micro sized cache containers  |  I have 332 and need 168 to go up a leveltitle=The Travel Bug:  Awarded for moving/discovering 50 Travel Bugs  |  I have 127 and need 73 to go up a leveltitle=The Coin Collector:  Awarded for moving/discovering 75 Geocoins  |  I have 106 and need 94 to go up a level
title=The Spain Cacher:  Awarded for finding caches in a percentage of states in Spain  |  I have 12% (2 of 17 states) and need 3% more to go up a leveltitle=The Traditional Cacher:  Awarded for finding 400 or more Traditional type caches  |  I have 910 and need 90 to go up a leveltitle=The Photogenic Cacher:  Awarded for taking pictures at 2 or more Webcam type caches  |  I have 2 and need 1 to go up a leveltitle=The Regular Cacher:  Awarded for finding 100 or more regular sized cache containers  |  I have 108 and need 42 to go up a level

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United Kingdom - 974 finds in 39/72 Counties


 1 2 - 20 21 - 50 51 - 75 76 - 100
 101 - 125 126 - 150 151 - 200 201 - 500 501+

  County Totals: Sort by Totals        County Totals: Sort by Name  


Cumulative Finds by Month

Cumulative Total
Annual Totals


Finds by Month

  2011       2010       2009       2006       2005       2004       All  

2011
  64
64
52
52
81
81
19
19
40
40
57
57
50
50
36
36
40
40
36
36
11
11
6
6
Total finds 492
Days caching 268
Average finds per caching day 1.8
Overall finds per day 1.4
Average finds per week 9.8
Average finds per month 42.7
Month: JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Days caching: 3128311426302623272174

2010
  1
1
31
31
72
72
71
71
61
61
53
53
70
70
63
63
70
70
Total finds 492
Days caching 211
Average finds per caching day 2.3
Overall finds per day 1.3
Average finds per week 9.4
Average finds per month 41.0
Month: JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Days caching:  1  1825312129313025



Finds by Weekday

311 Weekend Finds (31.1%) : 689 Weekday Finds (68.9%)


Milestones

Milestone Date Interval   Code Cache Name
1 07/06/2004 United Kingdom GC8455 Keyne for Peace
50 01/06/2010 2185 days United Kingdom GC1433K The Northampton Lighthouse
100 22/06/2010 21 days United Kingdom GC2AJP9 The Longest Day
150 11/07/2010 19 days United Kingdom GC1YBQC Natalie's Trail - Charlotte
200 02/08/2010 22 days United Kingdom GC1ACR8 Guardian of the Cache 3 - Sian the Snake
250 25/08/2010 23 days United Kingdom GC11YBP WBC Twixt Rail and Canal
300 26/09/2010 32 days United Kingdom GC1551K Northants Churches: St Mary The Virgin, Wappenham
350 20/10/2010 24 days United Kingdom GC2FRV9 Out of your depth!
400 14/11/2010 25 days United Kingdom GC2181Q Foxfield Park
450 04/12/2010 20 days United Kingdom GC2FVV6 Hardingstone Trail No 8: Spirit Level Required
500 28/12/2010 24 days United Kingdom GC2KP2E D'Abby Dash #5 - Lois Weedon
550 21/01/2011 24 days United Kingdom GC1Q3NR Carry on England
600 17/02/2011 27 days United Kingdom GC2087T Benchmark Nano
650 10/03/2011 21 days United Kingdom GC1YC4B A Drive in the Country - Its Either Black or White
700 27/03/2011 17 days United Kingdom GC2NX9C The British Red Telephone Box - Weedon
750 23/05/2011 57 days United Kingdom GCTNZ6 V’s own @ M4 - J13
800 22/06/2011 30 days United Kingdom GC1AR90 Old A30 Revisited - Polson
850 16/07/2011 24 days United Kingdom GC2WQXX Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Amy loves Joe
900 27/08/2011 42 days United Kingdom GC28G77 Redway Rambles - No peace here
950 01/10/2011 35 days United Kingdom GC2MDVE Alphabet Challenge #22
1000 17/12/2011 77 days United Kingdom GC2RT2D Northampton Central Library

Merlin-k should reach 1100 finds in 71 days (54 Caching days) on 26/02/2012

1500 finds in 353 days (267 Caching days) on 04/12/2012
and 2000 finds in 705 days (533 Caching days) on 21/11/2013

Finds by Type

  Number Percent  
Traditional 910 91.0 % 910
Mystery 38 3.80 % 38
Multi 19 1.90 % 19
Earth 12 1.20 % 12
Virtual 11 1.10 % 11
Letterbox 4 0.40 % 4
Event 3 0.30 % 3
Webcam 2 0.20 % 2
Wherigo 1 0.10 % 1


Finds by Container



Finds by Miles from Home

  Number Percent  
< 10 366 36.6 % 366
10 - 20 231 23.1 % 231
20 - 30 50 5 % 50
30 - 40 17 1.7 % 17
40 - 50 38 3.8 % 38
50 - 100 176 17.6 % 176
100 - 200 66 6.6 % 66
200 - 500 49 4.9 % 49
500 - 1000 1 0.1 % 1
> 1000 6 0.6 % 6

Average Distance: 53 Miles

Finds by Month



Finds by Difficulty Rating



Finds by Terrain Rating



Finds by Owner

  Number Percent  
1 - T A G 97 9.7 % 97
2 - Wavvy 49 4.9 % 49
3 - Scott Cache Seekers 28 2.8 % 28
4 - Roan65 25 2.5 % 25
5 - Silver-Fox 23 2.3 % 23
6 - SCFurniss 18 1.8 % 18
7 - Bevaren 17 1.7 % 17
8 - Norfolk12 16 1.6 % 16
9 - korkyfoss 13 1.3 % 13
10 - The_Buffs 12 1.2 % 12
  Number Percent  
11 - Monkston Madgirl 11 1.1 % 11
12 - flamedodger 10 1 % 10
13 - Lorri-Ann & Kev 10 1 % 10
14 - SEJ & B 10 1 % 10
15 - frenchtart 9 0.9 % 9
16 - milvus-milvus 9 0.9 % 9
17 - bigbatch 8 0.8 % 8
18 - Hardingstone Hunters 8 0.8 % 8
19 - jakits 8 0.8 % 8
20 - TheBramblers 8 0.8 % 8
These didn't make it to the top:
Barry'n'Shirley (7) Bootle (7) brew-a-cache (7) firemountain24 (7)
Legodude_uk (7) Loony Londo (7) nigel/liz (7) We do checks and c... (7)
aliandtone (6) NeillyB (6)

Merlin-k has also found caches placed by 362 other people

Europe - 1000 finds in 5 Countries

European Countries cached in
 1 2 - 5 6 - 10 11 - 20 21 - 50
 51 - 100 101 - 200 201 - 500 501 - 1000 1001+

 United Kingdom:974,  Ireland:15,  Spain:7,  Germany:3,  Netherlands:1


Some Numbers

Overall Total Finds: 1000 finds in 491 caching days over 2750 total days (17.8 %)
Overall Averages: 2.04 finds per caching day, 0.36/day, 2.55/week, 11.07/month
Last 365 Days: 518 finds in 276 caching days over 365 total days (75.6 %)
Last 365 Days Averages: 1.88 finds per caching day, 1.42/day, 9.93/week, 43.20/month
Most consecutive days with finds: 104, from 06/09/2010 to 18/12/2010
Most consecutive days without a find: 1059, from 09/09/2006 to 02/08/2009
Most finds in a day: 13 on 20/03/2011; 10 on 18/07/2010; 10 on 13/10/2010
Best weekend caching: 15 finds, on Saturday 19/03/2011 & Sunday 20/03/2011
Best week caching: 29 finds, from Monday 14/03/2011 to Sunday 20/03/2011
Most finds in a calendar month: 81, in Mar 2011
Most Cache Types in a day: 3 on 01/06/2010
Most States in a day: 4 (East Midlands, Yorkshire, Northeast England, Southern Scotland) on 09/03/2011 Note: includes locationless caches.
Most Counties in a day: 5 (Surrey : South East England, Berkshire : Southern England, Oxfordshire : Southern England, Buckinghamshire : Southern England, Buckinghamshire : East Midlands) on 27/07/2010 Note: includes locationless caches.
Fastest 100 finds: 37 days from 12/06/2010 to 18/07/2010
Last 100 finds: 112 days
Fastest 1000 finds: 2750 days from 07/06/2004 to 17/12/2011
Last 1000 finds: 2750 days
Total cache-to-cache distance: 27535 Miles, Note: includes locationless caches.
1.11x Earth Circumnavigation,
0.115x Distance to the Moon
Maximum distance in a day: 332 Miles - 6 caches, on 14/10/2010
Note: includes locationless caches.
Nearest cache found: Riddle me this, Riddle me that GCV13M United Kingdom
Furthest cache found: 1847.08 Miles, PICNIC (the 4 islands) GCTVNC Spain
Most Northerly cache found: N 57° 26.064, Never mind the Bullers GCG4W9 United Kingdom
Most Southerly cache found: N 28° 11.159, PICNIC (the 4 islands) GCTVNC Spain
Most Easterly cache found: E 8° 05.833, Das stille Gebet IX (Schwabenheim) GC19BV7 Germany
Most Westerly cache found: W 16° 41.889, Pico Viejo - DP/EC50 GC1WYK8 Spain
Cache centroid: N 52° 09.020 W 1° 14.827
Centroid is 14 Miles from home: England, United Kingdom United Kingdom
Youngest cache found: 12/10/2011, The Secret Garden GC35VV6 United Kingdom
Oldest cache found: 13/10/2001, Accessible by Horse GC22E0 United Kingdom
Caches found which are now archived: 106 (10.6 %)
Most FTFs in a day: 5 on 16/07/2011; 2 on 13/07/2010; 2 on 03/08/2010
Most FTFs in a calendar month: 7, in Sep 2010
Most consecutive months with a FTF: 16, from Jun 2010 to Sep 2011
Log Length, words: Total Words: 67131, Average: 67, (Total Characters: 351853)
Longest: GC16NJG 459, Shortest: GC19AZ3 3


Merlin-k has 47 FTFs (4.70 %) - Average Distance 9.7 Miles, Average Interval 9.5 days

Count Date Interval   Code Cache Name
1 21/06/2010 United Kingdom GC2AHDT Home Sweet Home
2 13/07/2010 22 days United Kingdom GC2BBY9 Petanque Piste at Bancroft,
3 13/07/2010 0 days United Kingdom GC2BDMP Beware of Holly at Bancroft
4 30/07/2010 17 days United Kingdom GC2CETF Molly's Bury Field Box
5 03/08/2010 4 days United Kingdom GC2CMJ6 Strixton Manor
6 03/08/2010 0 days United Kingdom GC2CRHN Watermeadows - Visiting grandpa
7 21/08/2010 18 days United Kingdom GC2CWPW My Mate
8 01/09/2010 11 days United Kingdom GC2ED0Z Sapphire's London Pride
9 06/09/2010 5 days United Kingdom GC2DATG Adam's Lego Bits
10 06/09/2010 0 days United Kingdom GC2EJB4 Water Tower Benchmark Micro
11 23/09/2010 17 days United Kingdom GC2FJX9 Quicksilver Number Five
12 25/09/2010 2 days United Kingdom GC2DZQP Quicksilver Number Three
13 26/09/2010 1 day United Kingdom GC2FR3V By Wappenham
14 30/09/2010 4 days United Kingdom GC2EYAE This Sporting Life - Sailing
15 06/10/2010 6 days United Kingdom GC2FRW1 Syresham Bridge #1
16 25/10/2010 19 days United Kingdom GC2GR41 The Brass Bands of MK - Stantonbury Brass
17 28/11/2010 34 days United Kingdom GC2JT5G Hartwell North
18 28/11/2010 0 days United Kingdom GC2JT6Q Hartwell East
19 24/12/2010 26 days United Kingdom GC2KJV6 D'Abby Dash #3 - Syresham
20 30/12/2010 6 days United Kingdom GC2KPZH D'Abby Dash #9 - Maidford
21 01/01/2011 2 days United Kingdom GC2KVWH D'Abby Dash #19 - Milton Malsor
22 02/01/2011 1 day United Kingdom GC2KVWJ D'Abby Dash #20 - Blisworth
23 02/01/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2KVWK D'Abby Dash #21 - Hulcote
24 04/02/2011 33 days United Kingdom GC23M5G This Sporting Life - Cricket
25 22/02/2011 18 days United Kingdom GC2P6QX Dallington Park
26 22/02/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2P6QE What's the Poyntz?
27 23/02/2011 1 day United Kingdom GC2N0Q9 The Flying Fox Cache
28 27/02/2011 4 days United Kingdom GC25AQ2 The Black Spot
29 03/03/2011 4 days United Kingdom GC2PF4R D'Abby's M1 view
30 08/03/2011 5 days United Kingdom GC2PVC6 Brackmills Country Park - Tipsy Birch
31 15/03/2011 7 days United Kingdom GC2MVQ0 SideTracked Kempston Hardwick
32 22/03/2011 7 days United Kingdom GC2QPHC Off the rails
33 01/04/2011 10 days United Kingdom GC2R8FM On the hour every hour!!
34 01/04/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2R8FJ Blue on the green!
35 25/04/2011 24 days United Kingdom GC2TWHB Whatever Floats Your Boat 2
36 28/04/2011 3 days United Kingdom GC2MWRZ SideTracked Ridgmont
37 25/05/2011 27 days United Kingdom GC2W73W Checkers (Houghton Conquest)
38 25/05/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2W77D Wacky Races (Houghton Conquest)
39 27/06/2011 33 days United Kingdom GC2YX6X FM The Brampton Stables
40 16/07/2011 19 days United Kingdom GC2WGMT Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Backs up against the wall
41 16/07/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2WQX4 Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Not her again!
42 16/07/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2WQXX Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Amy loves Joe
43 16/07/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2Z66B Bex & Jax's Firs trail Walk the log not the dog
44 16/07/2011 0 days United Kingdom GC2Z664 Bex & Jax's Firs trail-EH?
45 17/08/2011 32 days United Kingdom GC32CW4 Pigeons Cooing
46 02/09/2011 16 days United Kingdom GC33CCK S M's #2
47 03/09/2011 1 day United Kingdom GC32993 The British Red Telephone Box - Pitsford


Average Distance by Bearing



Finds by Bearing



Finds by Year Cache Placed



Finds to 17 Dec for Each Year



Finds by Found Date

Date
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Jan 2 5 1 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 7 1 4 1 1 1 4 5 3 1 2 2 1 69
Feb 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 6 2 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 X X 54
Mar 2 3 1 1 4 3 1 1 8 3 5 1 1 5 2 1 3 3 2 13 1 1 1 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 81
Apr 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 X 19
May 1 2 1 6 5 3 1 3 4 1 1 5 1 3 2 3 2 3 2 4 3 2 2 3 6 2 71
Jun 4 3 3 5 5 2 3 3 2 2 5 4 6 4 2 6 6 4 2 5 11 3 7 3 1 9 9 5 1 5 X 130
Jul 4 5 3 5 4 2 3 4 3 9 7 3 5 5 4 7 1 12 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 8 3 3 6 1 122
Aug 8 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 6 3 3 1 7 3 1 11 5 4 3 6 4 3 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 5 98
Sep 2 3 4 2 1 4 6 7 5 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 7 2 2 5 2 3 2 2 3 4 3 7 2 2 X 100
Oct 4 2 3 7 6 2 3 2 2 6 2 3 13 7 4 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 5 1 1 4 2 3 1 10 3 106
Nov 2 4 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 4 1 2 5 2 1 1 2 4 2 6 1 5 4 3 2 1 8 1 1 X 74
Dec 1 4 1 6 3 1 4 2 2 8 1 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 4 7 3 6 1 1 3 76
35 34 23 33 34 28 29 27 29 39 34 23 44 44 31 29 46 35 36 36 36 21 32 31 27 42 36 39 16 35 16

337 Found Dates, out of 366 (92%)
35 FTF Found Dates, out of 366 (9.5%)
Green cells or black text indicate at least one FTF on that day

Difficulty / Terrain Chart

Terrain
Difficulty 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 93 67 18 7 4 189
1.5 43 335 56 12 1 1 448
2 36 95 66 16 9 5 227
2.5 14 32 12 8 1 1 68
3 9 23 6 2 4 1 1 46
3.5 9 1 1 1 12
4 1 2 2 1 1 7
4.5 1 1 2
5 1 1
196 565 162 47 20 7 1 1 1

42 Diff/Terr combinations found, out of 81
90 (9%) finds were rated with Diff or Terr of 3 or greater


Finds by Placed Month

Date
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2000 X X X X 0
2001 4 4
2002 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 11
2003 2 1 2 1 2 1 9
2004 1 2 2 2 1 2 10
2005 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 21
2006 2 2 5 2 1 1 1 2 8 1 25
2007 3 4 2 5 7 5 8 16 10 13 10 4 87
2008 7 15 17 19 12 9 18 11 19 13 9 11 160
2009 16 9 17 13 22 10 26 18 22 14 21 5 193
2010 23 25 33 21 38 39 20 44 46 23 12 23 347
2011 21 18 19 16 19 16 10 4 9 1 133
78 78 98 74 107 84 88 96 112 81 58 46

101 Placed Months, out of 140 (72.1%)

Highest and Lowest Elevations

Code Cache Name Country   State Resolution Elevation
GCTVNC PICNIC (the 4 islands) Spain Spain Islas Canarias 30m 7007 ft
GC1WYK8 Pico Viejo - DP/EC50 Spain Spain Islas Canarias 30m 6837 ft
GC1ENYZ LA ZAPATILLA DE LA REINA (TENERIFFA) Spain Spain Islas Canarias 30m 6738 ft
GC1X8DR The Cathedral / La Catedral Spain Spain Islas Canarias 30m 6643 ft
GC2A2WG Llano de Ucanca Spain Spain Islas Canarias 30m 6627 ft
GC2M7Y2 Xc Salamanca VP11 Spain Spain Castilla y León 30m 2673 ft
GC1C11Q W.W. Hill Fort #002 United Kingdom United Kingdom 30m 1335 ft
GC16Y8E LQ:W YORKS - Willmer Green United Kingdom United Kingdom Yorkshire 30m 1332 ft
GC16NJG LQ: Shropshire - Lightspout Waterfall United Kingdom United Kingdom West Midlands 30m 1309 ft
GC1R9G7 A Drive in the Country - Baa Baa Ra United Kingdom United Kingdom Northern Scotland 30m 1158 ft
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GC9E03 Torquay Round Table United Kingdom United Kingdom South West England 30m 29 ft
GC1G2W9 Art Deco Dublin: Townsend St. Flats Ireland Ireland Dublin 30m 26 ft
GC15XG7 The Smallest(?) Royal Park United Kingdom United Kingdom London 30m 22 ft
GC23GGH Troll United Kingdom United Kingdom Southern England 30m 22 ft
GC2HZMD Edithmead Church United Kingdom United Kingdom South West England 90m 22 ft
GC1A0EB Supermarket Sweep - No 2 United Kingdom United Kingdom South West England 90m 16 ft
GCPR1E Up and Under United Kingdom United Kingdom 90m 13 ft
GC11A9P Tate Britain ~ Mark 2 United Kingdom United Kingdom London 90m 9 ft
GC12XM3 Howzat! - Torre Abbey - Torbay Landmarks No.6 United Kingdom United Kingdom South West England 30m 6 ft
GC2VXYT Het Slot op den Hoef Netherlands Netherlands Noord-Holland 90m 6 ft

Average elevation of all finds: 306.8 ft

Elevation Chart
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Finds Per Day


Merlin-k has also had 261 days with one find.

Owned Caches Statistics

Owned: 32
Total finds of my caches: 1306 finds in 532 total days, 2.45/day, 17.18/week, 74.73/month
Total finds I've made: 1000
Caching Karma: 1.31 (1306/1000)
Hide with most finds: 97, A Cache For Charlie GC2B7Y0
Hide found most frequently: Every 4.2 days, Freemasons Hall - Cardiff GC2WPBJ
Log Length, words: Average: 24, Longest: GC2BCHG 279


360 Geocachers Have Made 1306 Finds on 32 Geocaches Owned By Merlin-k

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Placed Last Find Finds Days/Find   Code Cache Name
09/07/2011 05/12/2011 21 7.6 United Kingdom GC2ZR2J REALLY SideTracked - Blisworth
11/06/2011 27/11/2011 10 18.9 United Kingdom GC2Y11W Cheeping and Chirping
26/05/2011 25/11/2011 14 14.6 United Kingdom GC2X0FH REALLY SideTracked - Salcey Forest
22/05/2011 09/12/2011 49 4.2 United Kingdom GC2WPBJ Freemasons Hall - Cardiff
30/04/2011 18/11/2011 34 6.7 United Kingdom GC2V9PG REALLY SideTracked - Castle Ashby and Earls Barton
27/04/2011 27/11/2011 26 9 United Kingdom GC2V3N1 Quarter to Semi
27/04/2011 27/11/2011 34 6.8 United Kingdom GC2V3Q9 SideTracked - Bletchley
05/03/2011 27/11/2011 11 26 United Kingdom GC2PR5R Pedestrian Access
16/02/2011 10/11/2011 15 20.2 United Kingdom GC2NXH2 MP
16/01/2011 24/11/2011 61 5.4 United Kingdom GC2MG11 All The Fun of the Fair Trail 4
16/01/2011 24/11/2011 63 5.3 United Kingdom GC2MG1M All The Fun of the Fair Trail 5
16/01/2011 24/11/2011 63 5.3 United Kingdom GC2MG24 All The Fun of the Fair Trail 6
16/01/2011 24/11/2011 56 5.9 United Kingdom GC2MG2F All The Fun of the Fair Trail 7
08/12/2010 26/11/2011 40 9.3 United Kingdom GC2K629 Give It Some Oomph
27/11/2010 25/11/2011 31 12.4 United Kingdom GC2JRTK Like 'n Touch
24/09/2010 29/11/2011 33 13.6 United Kingdom GC2FN4V Freemasons Hall - Northampton
18/09/2010 24/11/2011 65 7 United Kingdom GC2F9FB All The Fun of the Fair Trail 1
18/09/2010 24/11/2011 67 6.7 United Kingdom GC2FAWZ All The Fun of the Fair Trail 2
18/09/2010 24/11/2011 67 6.7 United Kingdom GC2FAX1 All The Fun of the Fair Trail 3
15/09/2010 08/12/2011 47 9.7 United Kingdom GC2F75J REALLY SideTracked - Northampton St John's Station
04/09/2010 19/10/2011 39 12 United Kingdom GC2DYWP COYS
04/09/2010 25/09/2011 41 11.4 United Kingdom GC2DYWT O WENDY
03/09/2010 23/10/2011 27 17.4 United Kingdom GC2EHE1 REALLY SideTracked - Northampton Bridge Street
01/09/2010 19/09/2011 20 23.6 United Kingdom GC2ED2K SideTracked - Bow Brickhill
21/08/2010 22/07/2011 16 30.1 United Kingdom GC2DT44 First To Find
05/08/2010 29/10/2011 44 11.3 United Kingdom GC2CWWJ A Cache for Brendon
03/08/2010 03/12/2011 80 6.2 United Kingdom GC2CRJ7 A Cache for Charlie Brown
25/07/2010 25/11/2011 38 13.4 United Kingdom GC2C8Y0 In A Roundabout Way 1
22/07/2010 28/09/2011 25 20.5 United Kingdom GC2C4NZ Springs and Spas
11/07/2010 03/11/2011 49 10.6 United Kingdom GC2BJEN Giddy Up
11/07/2010 17/11/2011 23 22.7 United Kingdom GC2BCHG What Colour Holds My Trousers?
04/07/2010 01/12/2011 97 5.4 United Kingdom GC2B7Y0 A Cache For Charlie


Cumulative Finds of My Caches



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Finders of My Caches

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  Number Percent  
1 - Norfolk12 22 68.7 % 22
2 - Bevaren 21 65.6 % 21
3 - mk rambling rose 21 65.6 % 21
4 - wallacewarrior 20 62.5 % 20
5 - bones1 18 56.2 % 18
6 - runningduck 18 56.2 % 18
7 - mikenjess 17 53.1 % 17
8 - T A G 17 53.1 % 17
9 - Wavvy 17 53.1 % 17
10 - Honey_Monster 16 50 % 16
  Number Percent  
11 - Lorri-Ann & Kev 16 50 % 16
12 - zensunni 16 50 % 16
13 - flamedodger 15 46.8 % 15
14 - Nebias 15 46.8 % 15
15 - Bexter666 14 43.7 % 14
16 - firemountain24 14 43.7 % 14
17 - LITTLECASSIE 14 43.7 % 14
18 - We do checks and c... 14 43.7 % 14
19 - BearT 13 40.6 % 13
20 - MTQ2010 13 40.6 % 13
These didn't make it to the top:
Topsydee (13) bingbonglong (12) doyboyz (12) Legodude_uk (12)
the big bulldog (12) TheMoombles (12) argente460 (11) cakemaker (11)
millies gang (11) DaveStan (10) EJR14 (10) frenchtart (10)
Kitey (10) Lord_Blackadder (10) tipplj (10) tremar (10)
drsolly (9) SCFurniss (9) Scott Cache Seekers (9) stucuk (9)

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