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..........

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

Statistics generated on 17/12/2011

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Generated on 17/12/2011 with BadgeGen V3.0.40

Icons	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	Diamond	You Have	You Need
	The Germany Cacher
	10 %	15 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	75 %	100 %	6 %	10 %
	The Hungary Cacher
	10 %	15 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	75 %	100 %	0 %	10 %
	The Spain Cacher
	10 %	15 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	75 %	100 %	12 %	3 %
	The United Kingdom Cacher
	10 %	15 %	20 %	30 %	40 %	50 %	75 %	100 %	93 %	7 %
	The Geocacher
	500	1000	2000	3000	5000	8000	12000	18000	1000	1000
	The Traditional Cacher
	400	1000	2000	3000	5000	7000	10000	15000	910	90
	The Multi Cacher
	50	100	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	19	31
	The Mysterious Cacher
	50	100	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	38	12
	The Virtual Cacher
	5	10	20	30	50	80	120	180	11	9
	The Earth Cacher
	5	10	20	30	50	80	120	180	12	8
	The Letterboxer
	5	6	7	8	10	15	25	50	4	1
	The Wherigo Cacher
	2	3	5	10	15	25	40	60	1	1
	The Mega Social Cacher
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	0	1
	The Social Cacher
	5	10	20	30	50	80	120	180	3	2
	The Environmental Cacher
	2	3	4	5	6	8	10	12	0	2
	The Lost & Found Cacher
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	0	1
	The Benchmarker
	15	20	30	50	80	120	180	250	0	15
	The Waymarker
	20	30	50	80	120	180	250	350	0	20
	The Photogenic Cacher
	2	3	5	8	12	18	25	40	2	1
	The Ape Cacher
	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	0	1
	The Micro Cacher
	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	3000	4500	332	168
	The Small Cacher
	150	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	3000	360	140
	The Regular Cacher
	100	150	200	300	500	800	1200	2000	108	42
	The Large Cacher
	3	10	20	30	50	80	120	180	2	1
	The Adventurous Cacher
	1	2	3	5	8	12	18	30	0	1
	The Brainiac
	2	4	6	9	15	25	40	60	1	1
	The Rugged Cacher
	5	10	20	30	50	80	120	180	1	4
	The FTF Addict
	15	20	30	50	80	120	180	300	47	3
	The Travelling Cacher
	2	3	5	8	12	18	25	35	5	3
	The Cache Owner
	10	15	20	30	50	80	120	200	32	18
	The Head-In-The-Clouds Award
	1640 ft	3281 ft	4921 ft	6562 ft	8202 ft	9843 ft	11483 ft	14764 ft	7008 ft	8202 ft
	The Head-In-The-Ground Award
	-3 ft	-164 ft	-328 ft	-492 ft	-656 ft	-820 ft	-984 ft	-1312 ft	0 ft	-3 ft
	The Busy Cacher
	20	30	50	80	120	180	270	400	13	7
	The Daily Cacher
	7	14	30	60	122	183	274	365	104	122
	The Calendar Cacher
	100	150	200	250	300	350	365	366	333	17
	The Caching Veteran
	3	4	6	8	10	14	17	20	6	2
	The Scuba-Cacher
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	10	0	1
	The Night-Owl
	4	10	20	30	50	80	120	180	63	17
	The Event Host
	1	2	3	5	8	12	18	30	0	1
	The Author
	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	68	70
	The Long-Distance Cacher
	621 mi	746 mi	932 mi	1243 mi	1802 mi	2610 mi	3977 mi	6214 mi	1847 mi	2610 mi
	The Matrix Cacher
	20	25	30	40	50	60	80	81	42	8
	The Travel Bug
	50	100	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	127	73
	The Coin Collector
	75	100	200	300	500	800	1200	1800	106	94

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Geocaching Belts
WHITE:This is awarded if a cacher doesn't qualify for another colour belt
YELLOW:This is awarded if the following conditions are met: 100 cache finds (any type) (1000) AND 5 cache hides (32)
ORANGE:This is awarded if the following conditions are met: 300 cache finds (any type) (1000) AND 10 cache hides (32)
GREEN:This is awarded if the following conditions are met: 500 cache finds (any type) (1000) AND 15 cache hides (32) AND 1 event (any type) (3) attended AND at least one cache find in 2 distinct states (19)
BLUE:This is awarded if the following conditions are met: 1000 cache finds (any type) (1000) AND 20 cache hides (32) AND 3 events (any type) (3) attended at least one cache find in 4 distinct states (19)
BROWN:This is awarded if the following conditions are met: 2000 cache finds (any type) (1000) AND 50 cache hides (32) AND 3 events (any type) (3) attended AND at least one cache find in 8 distinct states (19) AND hosted one event (any type) (0) AND any 5 of the following conditions are met:        at least 50 FTFs (47)        at least one find in 4 distinct countries (5)        at least 72 out of the 81 D/T (42) combinations completed        one 5/5 D/T rated cache (0)        30 consecutive days with a cache find (104)        50 caches found on a single day (13)        Furthest cache found 500km or more away from home (1847)        3 gold badges for container size (1)        at least one cache found above 1000m elevation (7008)        3 distinct types of caches hidden(any types incl. events) (3)
BLACK:This is awarded if the following conditions are met: 3000 cache finds (any type) (1000) AND 50 cache hides (32) AND 3 events (any type) attended (3) AND at least one cache find in 8 distinct states (19) AND hosted one event (any type) (0) AND any 8 of the following conditions are met:        at least 50 FTFs (47) OR        at least one find in 8 distinct countries (5)        81 D/T combinations completed (42) (100%) OR        one 5/5 D/T rated cache (0) OR        90 consecutive days with a cache find (104) OR        50 caches found on a single day (13) OR        Furthest cache found 500km or more away from home (1847) OR        3 gold badges for container size (1) OR        at least one cache found above 1000m elevation (7008) OR        5 distinct types of caches hidden (3) (any types incl. events)

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   Northamptonshire:399 Buckinghamshire:181 Greater London:71 Bedfordshire:39 North Yorkshire:27 Leicestershire:21 Warwickshire:20 Derbyshire:19 Gloucestershire:19 Hertfordshire:18 Avon:14 Lothian:14 Hereford and Worcester:13 Oxfordshire:11 Surrey:11 Gwent:8 Cumbria:7 Berkshire:6 Northumberland:6 Nottinghamshire:6 Shropshire:6 Tayside:6 Devon:5 Powys:5 South Glamorgan:5 Staffordshire:5 West Midlands:5 West Yorkshire:5 Wiltshire:5 Scottish Borders:3 Cornwall:2 Essex:2 Hampshire:2 Lancashire:2 South Yorkshire:2 Cambridgeshire:1 Grampian:1 Somerset:1 West Sussex:1 Avon:14 Bedfordshire:39 Berkshire:6 Buckinghamshire:181 Cambridgeshire:1 Cornwall:2 Cumbria:7 Derbyshire:19 Devon:5 Essex:2 Gloucestershire:19 Grampian:1 Greater London:71 Gwent:8 Hampshire:2 Hereford and Worcester:13 Hertfordshire:18 Lancashire:2 Leicestershire:21 Lothian:14 North Yorkshire:27 Northamptonshire:399 Northumberland:6 Nottinghamshire:6 Oxfordshire:11 Powys:5 Scottish Borders:3 Shropshire:6 Somerset:1 South Glamorgan:5 South Yorkshire:2 Staffordshire:5 Surrey:11 Tayside:6 Warwickshire:20 West Midlands:5 West Sussex:1 West Yorkshire:5 Wiltshire:5

Cumulative Finds by Month

Cumulative Total
Annual Totals

Finds by Month

  2011       2010       2009       2006       2005       2004       All  

2011
	64	52	81	19	40	57	50	36	40	36	11	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:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:	31	28	31	14	26	30	26	23	27	21	7	4

2010
		1			31	72	71	61	53	70	63	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:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:		1			18	25	31	21	29	31	30	25

2009
								1	6				Total finds 7 Days caching 4 Average finds per caching day 1.8 Overall finds per day 0.0 Average finds per week 0.1 Average finds per month 0.6
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:								1	3

2006
	5								1				Total finds 6 Days caching 5 Average finds per caching day 1.2 Overall finds per day 0.0 Average finds per week 0.1 Average finds per month 0.5
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:	4								1

2005
		1											Total finds 1 Days caching 1 Average finds per caching day 1.0 Overall finds per day 0.0 Average finds per week 0.0 Average finds per month 0.1
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:		1

2004
						1	1						Total finds 2 Days caching 2 Average finds per caching day 1.0 Overall finds per day 0.0 Average finds per week 0.1 Average finds per month 0.3
Month:	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days caching:						1	1

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

Milestones

Milestone	Date	Interval		Code	Cache Name
1	07/06/2004			GC8455	Keyne for Peace
50	01/06/2010	2185 days		GC1433K	The Northampton Lighthouse
100	22/06/2010	21 days		GC2AJP9	The Longest Day
150	11/07/2010	19 days		GC1YBQC	Natalie's Trail - Charlotte
200	02/08/2010	22 days		GC1ACR8	Guardian of the Cache 3 - Sian the Snake
250	25/08/2010	23 days		GC11YBP	WBC Twixt Rail and Canal
300	26/09/2010	32 days		GC1551K	Northants Churches: St Mary The Virgin, Wappenham
350	20/10/2010	24 days		GC2FRV9	Out of your depth!
400	14/11/2010	25 days		GC2181Q	Foxfield Park
450	04/12/2010	20 days		GC2FVV6	Hardingstone Trail No 8: Spirit Level Required
500	28/12/2010	24 days		GC2KP2E	D'Abby Dash #5 - Lois Weedon
550	21/01/2011	24 days		GC1Q3NR	Carry on England
600	17/02/2011	27 days		GC2087T	Benchmark Nano
650	10/03/2011	21 days		GC1YC4B	A Drive in the Country - Its Either Black or White
700	27/03/2011	17 days		GC2NX9C	The British Red Telephone Box - Weedon
750	23/05/2011	57 days		GCTNZ6	V’s own @ M4 - J13
800	22/06/2011	30 days		GC1AR90	Old A30 Revisited - Polson
850	16/07/2011	24 days		GC2WQXX	Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Amy loves Joe
900	27/08/2011	42 days		GC28G77	Redway Rambles - No peace here
950	01/10/2011	35 days		GC2MDVE	Alphabet Challenge #22
1000	17/12/2011	77 days		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 % Mystery 38 3.80 % Multi 19 1.90 % Earth 12 1.20 % Virtual 11 1.10 % Letterbox 4 0.40 % Event 3 0.30 % Webcam 2 0.20 % Wherigo 1 0.10 %

Finds by Container

Finds by Miles from Home   Number Percent   < 10 366 36.6 % 10 - 20 231 23.1 % 20 - 30 50 5 % 30 - 40 17 1.7 % 40 - 50 38 3.8 % 50 - 100 176 17.6 % 100 - 200 66 6.6 % 200 - 500 49 4.9 % 500 - 1000 1 0.1 % > 1000 6 0.6 % 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 % 2 - Wavvy 49 4.9 % 3 - Scott Cache Seekers 28 2.8 % 4 - Roan65 25 2.5 % 5 - Silver-Fox 23 2.3 % 6 - SCFurniss 18 1.8 % 7 - Bevaren 17 1.7 % 8 - Norfolk12 16 1.6 % 9 - korkyfoss 13 1.3 % 10 - The_Buffs 12 1.2 %

Number Percent   11 - Monkston Madgirl 11 1.1 % 12 - flamedodger 10 1 % 13 - Lorri-Ann & Kev 10 1 % 14 - SEJ & B 10 1 % 15 - frenchtart 9 0.9 % 16 - milvus-milvus 9 0.9 % 17 - bigbatch 8 0.8 % 18 - Hardingstone Hunters 8 0.8 % 19 - jakits 8 0.8 % 20 - TheBramblers 8 0.8 %

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

	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
Furthest cache found:	1847.08 Miles, PICNIC (the 4 islands) GCTVNC
Most Northerly cache found:	N 57° 26.064, Never mind the Bullers GCG4W9
Most Southerly cache found:	N 28° 11.159, PICNIC (the 4 islands) GCTVNC
Most Easterly cache found:	E 8° 05.833, Das stille Gebet IX (Schwabenheim) GC19BV7
Most Westerly cache found:	W 16° 41.889, Pico Viejo - DP/EC50 GC1WYK8
Cache centroid:	N 52° 09.020 W 1° 14.827 Centroid is 14 Miles from home: England, United Kingdom
Youngest cache found:	12/10/2011, The Secret Garden GC35VV6
Oldest cache found:	13/10/2001, Accessible by Horse GC22E0
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			GC2AHDT	Home Sweet Home
2	13/07/2010	22 days		GC2BBY9	Petanque Piste at Bancroft,
3	13/07/2010	0 days		GC2BDMP	Beware of Holly at Bancroft
4	30/07/2010	17 days		GC2CETF	Molly's Bury Field Box
5	03/08/2010	4 days		GC2CMJ6	Strixton Manor
6	03/08/2010	0 days		GC2CRHN	Watermeadows - Visiting grandpa
7	21/08/2010	18 days		GC2CWPW	My Mate
8	01/09/2010	11 days		GC2ED0Z	Sapphire's London Pride
9	06/09/2010	5 days		GC2DATG	Adam's Lego Bits
10	06/09/2010	0 days		GC2EJB4	Water Tower Benchmark Micro
11	23/09/2010	17 days		GC2FJX9	Quicksilver Number Five
12	25/09/2010	2 days		GC2DZQP	Quicksilver Number Three
13	26/09/2010	1 day		GC2FR3V	By Wappenham
14	30/09/2010	4 days		GC2EYAE	This Sporting Life - Sailing
15	06/10/2010	6 days		GC2FRW1	Syresham Bridge #1
16	25/10/2010	19 days		GC2GR41	The Brass Bands of MK - Stantonbury Brass
17	28/11/2010	34 days		GC2JT5G	Hartwell North
18	28/11/2010	0 days		GC2JT6Q	Hartwell East
19	24/12/2010	26 days		GC2KJV6	D'Abby Dash #3 - Syresham
20	30/12/2010	6 days		GC2KPZH	D'Abby Dash #9 - Maidford
21	01/01/2011	2 days		GC2KVWH	D'Abby Dash #19 - Milton Malsor
22	02/01/2011	1 day		GC2KVWJ	D'Abby Dash #20 - Blisworth
23	02/01/2011	0 days		GC2KVWK	D'Abby Dash #21 - Hulcote
24	04/02/2011	33 days		GC23M5G	This Sporting Life - Cricket
25	22/02/2011	18 days		GC2P6QX	Dallington Park
26	22/02/2011	0 days		GC2P6QE	What's the Poyntz?
27	23/02/2011	1 day		GC2N0Q9	The Flying Fox Cache
28	27/02/2011	4 days		GC25AQ2	The Black Spot
29	03/03/2011	4 days		GC2PF4R	D'Abby's M1 view
30	08/03/2011	5 days		GC2PVC6	Brackmills Country Park - Tipsy Birch
31	15/03/2011	7 days		GC2MVQ0	SideTracked Kempston Hardwick
32	22/03/2011	7 days		GC2QPHC	Off the rails
33	01/04/2011	10 days		GC2R8FM	On the hour every hour!!
34	01/04/2011	0 days		GC2R8FJ	Blue on the green!
35	25/04/2011	24 days		GC2TWHB	Whatever Floats Your Boat 2
36	28/04/2011	3 days		GC2MWRZ	SideTracked Ridgmont
37	25/05/2011	27 days		GC2W73W	Checkers (Houghton Conquest)
38	25/05/2011	0 days		GC2W77D	Wacky Races (Houghton Conquest)
39	27/06/2011	33 days		GC2YX6X	FM The Brampton Stables
40	16/07/2011	19 days		GC2WGMT	Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Backs up against the wall
41	16/07/2011	0 days		GC2WQX4	Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Not her again!
42	16/07/2011	0 days		GC2WQXX	Bex & Jax's Firs Trail - Amy loves Joe
43	16/07/2011	0 days		GC2Z66B	Bex & Jax's Firs trail Walk the log not the dog
44	16/07/2011	0 days		GC2Z664	Bex & Jax's Firs trail-EH?
45	17/08/2011	32 days		GC32CW4	Pigeons Cooing
46	02/09/2011	16 days		GC33CCK	S M's #2
47	03/09/2011	1 day		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		Islas Canarias	30m	7007 ft
GC1WYK8	Pico Viejo - DP/EC50	Spain		Islas Canarias	30m	6837 ft
GC1ENYZ	LA ZAPATILLA DE LA REINA (TENERIFFA)	Spain		Islas Canarias	30m	6738 ft
GC1X8DR	The Cathedral / La Catedral	Spain		Islas Canarias	30m	6643 ft
GC2A2WG	Llano de Ucanca	Spain		Islas Canarias	30m	6627 ft
GC2M7Y2	Xc Salamanca VP11	Spain		Castilla y León	30m	2673 ft
GC1C11Q	W.W. Hill Fort #002	United Kingdom			30m	1335 ft
GC16Y8E	LQ:W YORKS - Willmer Green	United Kingdom		Yorkshire	30m	1332 ft
GC16NJG	LQ: Shropshire - Lightspout Waterfall	United Kingdom		West Midlands	30m	1309 ft
GC1R9G7	A Drive in the Country - Baa Baa Ra	United Kingdom		Northern Scotland	30m	1158 ft
...	...	...		...	...	...
GC9E03	Torquay Round Table	United Kingdom		South West England	30m	29 ft
GC1G2W9	Art Deco Dublin: Townsend St. Flats	Ireland		Dublin	30m	26 ft
GC15XG7	The Smallest(?) Royal Park	United Kingdom		London	30m	22 ft
GC23GGH	Troll	United Kingdom		Southern England	30m	22 ft
GC2HZMD	Edithmead Church	United Kingdom		South West England	90m	22 ft
GC1A0EB	Supermarket Sweep - No 2	United Kingdom		South West England	90m	16 ft
GCPR1E	Up and Under	United Kingdom			90m	13 ft
GC11A9P	Tate Britain ~ Mark 2	United Kingdom		London	90m	9 ft
GC12XM3	Howzat! - Torre Abbey - Torbay Landmarks No.6	United Kingdom		South West England	30m	6 ft
GC2VXYT	Het Slot op den Hoef	Netherlands		Noord-Holland	90m	6 ft

Average elevation of all finds: 306.8 ft

Elevation Chart
		638	323	22	7	3				1											5
Elevation	< 0	0 - 299	300 - 599	600 - 899	900 - 1199	1200 - 1499	1500 - 1799	1800 - 2099	2100 - 2399	2400 - 2699	2700 - 2999	3000 - 3299	3300 - 3599	3600 - 3899	3900 - 4199	4200 - 4499	4500 - 4799	4800 - 5099	5100 - 5399	5400 - 5699	5700 - 7008

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

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

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

Cumulative Finds of My Caches

Caching Karma

Finders of My Caches

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Number Percent   1 - Norfolk12 22 68.7 % 2 - Bevaren 21 65.6 % 3 - mk rambling rose 21 65.6 % 4 - wallacewarrior 20 62.5 % 5 - bones1 18 56.2 % 6 - runningduck 18 56.2 % 7 - mikenjess 17 53.1 % 8 - T A G 17 53.1 % 9 - Wavvy 17 53.1 % 10 - Honey_Monster 16 50 %

Number Percent   11 - Lorri-Ann & Kev 16 50 % 12 - zensunni 16 50 % 13 - flamedodger 15 46.8 % 14 - Nebias 15 46.8 % 15 - Bexter666 14 43.7 % 16 - firemountain24 14 43.7 % 17 - LITTLECASSIE 14 43.7 % 18 - We do checks and c... 14 43.7 % 19 - BearT 13 40.6 % 20 - MTQ2010 13 40.6 %

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)

320 other people have also found caches placed by Merlin-k

Number Percent   1 - Norfolk12 22 68.7 % 2 - Bevaren 21 65.6 % 3 - mk rambling rose 21 65.6 % 4 - wallacewarrior 20 62.5 % 5 - bones1 18 56.2 % 6 - runningduck 18 56.2 % 7 - mikenjess 17 53.1 % 8 - T A G 17 53.1 % 9 - Wavvy 17 53.1 % 10 - Honey_Monster 16 50 %

Number Percent   11 - Lorri-Ann & Kev 16 50 % 12 - zensunni 16 50 % 13 - flamedodger 15 46.8 % 14 - Nebias 15 46.8 % 15 - Bexter666 14 43.7 % 16 - firemountain24 14 43.7 % 17 - LITTLECASSIE 14 43.7 % 18 - We do checks and c... 14 43.7 % 19 - BearT 13 40.6 % 20 - MTQ2010 13 40.6 %

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)

320 other people have also found caches placed by Merlin-k

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