Glasgow CACHEBUSTERS Challenge City Centre, Southern Scotland, United Kingdom
By AMAZO on 03-May-13. Waypoint GC369ZN

#3219
Had to wait until council workers had finished washing the pavements around gz before we could look for the hint item.

Converted A Muggle - GC37Y6B - Another Garvald Trail - 01.04.12
Attended A CITO - GC44356 - The 2013 Water of Leith CITO Event - 21.04.13
More Than 50 Finds In One Day - See Attached Stats Photo
Swam Or Used A Boat To Find A Cache - GC256W3 - The In Cache - 22.12.12
Found A 5/5 - GC2CRH5 - Paper Cave - 24.10.12

TFTC. TNLN

I'll be in Glasgow this weekend, here's my route, I'll see if I can find this one.

Stung by nettles - several times but the worst one was GCK4T2 The unknown soldier of Lauttasaari
Found cache without GPS - my first find GC1XRGF Pikomala Birdlife
Found a trad, a multi a mystery in 24 h - I have several of these, here'a s chart http://www.geocache.fi/stat/types.php?la=&userid=32995
Found a night cache - GC2MKF3 Sendero luminoso
Had an encounter with the police & found caches in three countries - Met with the military police at GCN922 Suomen kasarmi, + caches found in Finland, Sweden and Jordan. Also UK soon

Spending a few days in Glasgow and thought this one looked fun. Checked that there was a 'path across' and then went to recover the cache. Quickly saw the probable site but had to make a show of taking photographs of the statue.
The answers chosen are :
Chased by Cows - GCE0BFXQ. G/H walk no 5. 24/04/2014. Just a few days ago, crossing the adjacent field with our dog, a whole field full of cows chased us. Dived over the stile just in time. Scary!
Webcam - GCHWAP. Wolfing in the West End. 20/09/2011. Chose one I did here in Glasgow a few years back.
More than 1000 caches. Now on 1619. No 1000 was GC42DC8. MERCURY Jump Start. 12/07/2013.
Cache Underground. Chose a favourite GC17RVA. 100 Trees for 100 Years. 17/08/2013. SPOILER This is a massive container, completely buried in a wood, with a disguised trapdoor over it. In case this doesn't count as underground, I will put down GC196WD. St Robert. 18/10/2010. A hermit's cave beside the river Nidd.
3 Different Countries. England. GCW6T8. Park Life. 12/06/2006. My 1st! Romania. GCVN8A. Casino Constanta. 28/07/2011. Furthest South. USA. GCX8ZN. SF Cable Car. 26/09/2013. Furthest West.
Tftc

8206 + 981 = 9187. Found with ACBC66 and AwesomeL during our European holiday…

In Glasgow for a few days and this was our seventh cache find. Looking at all the choices I qualify for this one and have actually done all possibilities ! The path for me is as follows :

Night Cache - Multi - Reflecting the way forward - GC2M780 - 21 Jan 14;
Underground Cache - Multi - Extreme Challenge Tunnel of Terror - GCKQ73 - 11 Jan 10;
Swim/Boat - Traditional - Mt. Springbank? - GC5765 - 04 Jan 09; and
Climb - Petrie's Nest - GC4EBGR - 01 Feb 14.

The cache itself was in an excellent location !! Loved it !

Thanks again AMAZO ! A Favourite Point from Me !

TNLN – TFTC !!

Cheers from Australia….

Had quite a few but were stumped by the middle column, so have hunted out some old memories:

Stung by nettles. Reservoir Dogs #4 gc4QGTW 18/4/2014

Without GPS. Le PARC Lucette Pennes GC3N7VX 18/6/2013

Stuck in mud. Dead knave's grave GCQNF3 1/6/2011

Chased by cows. GC2C764 Thorin Oakenshield 30/6/2011

Converted a muggle. Michells&hound, who in 6 months has now more finds than we do in 3 years!

Tftc ! Great idea.
SweetpeaOshea's find number 554. 22 April 2014 @ 13:33

This entry was edited by SweetpeaOshea on Tuesday, 22 April 2014 at 20:19:55 UTC.

Nice idea for a challenge. TFTC These are my qualifying caches:

Mud made this a very difficult retrieval. Nearly lost my boot!: Time to excel? (GC4DGVH) 27/02/14.
Flash Mob: The Birthday Club :- March Howling Flashmob (GC4W9B5) 8/03/14
8th March 2014 Traditional: Yesterday, Today, tomorrow (GC1FYC4)
Multi: A Botanist’s puzzle (GC41K4X)
Puzzle: Panda-monium(GC4DFYM)
Night Cache: Crepuscular (GC3YY4Q) 13/04/14
Found Caches in 3 Different Countries:
Austria: Bergwanderung im Kleinwalsertal Basisroute 2 (GC4BJ4N) 26th January 2014
Germany: Gunzesrieder Paradies (GC1T5P5) 27th January2014
Scotland: Not Edinburgh's Royal Mile (GCKTYP) 19th April 2014

First the physical cache - confused as we stood looking for the hint item. A bit of thinking and some clever retrieving by the Saga Louts and we had the cache in hand. Great hide and a challenge to get it discreetly.--

Now for the challenge bit (the correct way -- left to right !)

Have converted a lot of muggles but going to go for 'chased by cows' (many times!) hope my log on 04.08.2013 for GC3VH8H will do..

Found a Webcam Cache - GCR3TR 'Banbury Cross WebCam' on 03/08/2013
More than 50 finds in one day - 65 found on 10/08/2013 (see profile)
Swam or used boat to find cache - GC3QXKB 'The Beach' on 28/07/2013
Found a 5/5 - GC3E7EN 'Sleeping with the fishes' on 14/09/2013


That bought back a few memories-- I can remember looking at this challenge a year or so ago and not having a chance of getting across the board - things have improved greatly and now it would be possible a few times - reckon I have about 15 on the list - time to work on 'had an encounter with the police'

Nice cache location and a good challenge. TFTC.

A day out in Glasgow with Random Precision, saw this one and went for it .
With a little bit of slight of hand and Hey Presto Got Ya !!!. .
Signed the log and got Random to replace it ....
Logging as follows :-
Chased by cows - Powered up, or Down - GC2DKXH - 24/4/2012
Found a Webcam cache - Banbury Cross Webcam - GCR3TR - 8/4/2013
More than 50 finds in one day - ( Got 66 ) - 8/10/2013 ( See Profile )
Climb for a cache - Darley Dash 3 Crow's Nest - GC3Q5G9 - 16/6/2013
Found a 5/5 - Sleeping with the Fishes - GC3E7EN - 14/9/2013

Saw this one on a down load from Random Precision and was close by so I thought it would be rude not to !!.
Fav point for the Idea ...
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Found 08:45, our first find of the day and a nice easy on at this early hour

Proof of Purchase;
Got Stuck in Mud / (GCKYXZ) It's All Miiiiiinnnnneee... / July 31, 2004
Attended Flashmob / (GC22TH9) Meeting At The Mall - Flashmob Event / February 27, 2010
Found More than 1000 Caches
Swam / (GC2P7HJ) Water Logged / March 23, 2011
Found 5/5 / (GC9D2E) Keep it Moving / June 9, 2013

TNLN, thanks AMAZO.

What an innovative use of a hint item! This was the second of the day, but the first in my mission to find some puzzles in Glasgow, and was one of the few I knew I qualified for without checking. In fact, I think I qualify for every single hexagon on the grid, but here's the 5 you require:

Chased by cows - GC19R4X - Jemima. I was chased in the note written on 6/6/09, but not on the actual retrieval date of 26/6/09. I hope that counts!

Found a Web Cam Cache - GCJ76P - Cairn Gorm 1. Found 11/3/10. I thought my first had been Wolfing it in the West End, but apparently not.

More than 1000 Finds. I think this speaks for itself, but the first milestone was The Covenanters Grave - GC1YMAZ, found on 25/7/10. A must-find for those who haven't yet visited.

Swam or used boat to find cache - Caisteal na Nighinn Ruaide ( Lord of the Isles) - GC1FHV5 on 14/7/12. There are pictures…!

Found a 5/5 - Tooey's Adventure No.1 - GCYD9H on 31/7/12. This qualifies for the previous hexagon too, but I'm using it for this one.

So there we are. Lots of fun and games, and even in chronological order!

TFTC.

My first challenge cache (I think)! There's not many I automatically qualify for, having done less than 1000 caches so all feel properly challenging for me - I'm working on a few (slowly). Anyway it does appear I now qualify for this one - list below. Great wee hide right in the centre of town. Thanks for setting this challenge cache up.

1. Got stuck in mud
GC1W5NE Lay on here come the Gillies - 22.08.12.
So much mud it nearly came over the top of my wellies!

2. Found a cache without a GPS
GC42G5G Carpet Noetem - 04.03.14
Doing a series of caches and GPS packed up on the way to this one. Found it be remembered hint and approximate location on map.

3. Found a traditional, multi and puzzle cache all in 24 hours
17.12.13 - all Secret Scotland series
GC4TGMO Point blank (traditional)
GC4TE06 Lead shot (multi)
GC4TJ07 Fathom out (puzzle)

4. Found a cache underground
GC4YWV8 Bannockburn ROC post - 22.02.14
With the kind help of another cacher, I climbed down a ladder underground and found this cache.

5. Found caches in three counties
First one found in each country listed here
UK - GC1KT4P Butt well - 15.02.12 (my first ever cache)
Ireland - GC3M4R1 Blessington - 15.07.13
Portugal - GC2P1WC Jardim Botanico 09.08.13

Found on a wet day - muggles don't take as much notice in the rain! Signed and replaced - great hiding place. Will need to check I satisfy the challenge.

Edit: I don't (yet) qualify as I'm stuck on the fourth column having done none of them apart from the last one, which means doing 50 in a day to be able to get to it.

Here's the list so far (so less work for the final log) for Geo_Bro:

Converted a muggle (Cam&Finn)
Found a webcam (found three!) GCHWAP 05/09/2013
Attended a flashmob event GC46GQA 04/05/2013
Found a Trad/Mystery/Multi in 24hr (found 5 different types!) in Jersey on 08/09/2013

I will finish the rest another time!

This entry was edited by Geo_Bro on Saturday, 22 March 2014 at 09:03:54 UTC.

Took my big young brother, russell13 with me this time and he grabbed it without any difficulty.

GC1H7T This is my hill (TintoHill) 713m high 03/23/2010


GC406AP Hansel and Gretel and FFB Night Cache 10/28/2012


GC2R0JQ Stopped by the police and asked if we were just out walking,

told them we were geocaching. 08/09.2011



Found caches in Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Austria, Canada, the USA and others.


GC3J44H AMAZOing disGrace in the D2D Country PArk. Underground cache. 07/10/2012


GC18537 Multi GCA98F Trad. GC146 Mystery all found on 02/15/2009


GC1BBNQ Just starting out at this game and got this one with the hint/spoiler.


Stung by nettles in loads of locations.


Stuck in mud on many occasions.


chased by cows quite a lot in fields even had to hide in bushes one time to avoid the stampede, SCARY.


GC46GQA Flash Mob May the 4th be with you 05/05/2013


More than 1,000 finds.


GC256W3 The in cache, used a rubber boat 01/19/2013


moved more than 100 travel bugs.


GC17N8A coco Cay - Erosion Trail. GC2C4ZV Braco Lok & Lok. 5/5

went with my sister and brother in law who worked out the clues but they were to short to reach the cache so I had to get it. had to be carefull as there were plenty of mugglers about. tftc

GCM8JZ St Blane's (Bute) 15th Sep 2012 - Stung by nettles
(happened to us many time but this was worst case)

GCYTTC The Rockies 13th July 2012 - Found without GPS
(our GPS completely failed us on this mission but we thought we'd keep going and see if it decided to come to life again alas it never did until we got back to the car .
The dogs as usual managed to find the muddiest puddle ever and had a ball lucky there was cleaner water further up for them wash of again.
We made our way up the track finding what we beived to be the posts in questio but with out GPS they were usless to us anyway we kept going and then I saw what could have been the location of the cache but Colin took one look at the trees we had to get through to get there and said 'it won't be up there lets keep going'. So I said 'you keep going I'm going to check it out'. Me and Helpmaboab started off up the non track and guess who followed behind grumping all the way 'it won't be up here. it won't be up here, just dragging us through these trees for nothing. - There was an eliment of glee in my voice when first it was infact up there and secondly that I found it first. Grumpy draws looses again.)

GC46GQA WWFM X-Glasgow, Scotland. May the 4th be With You! - Flash mob
(lots of bubbles at this one)

GCN1YZ The Domino Effect - Multi
GC40Y25 SKEOCH WOODS,,, - Traditonal
GCM8JX To the Lighthouse (Woolf) - Mystery - Found trad, Multi and Mystery in one day


GC21GBK A peak at Ben Ime 5th Aug 2013 above 2000 ft
(Brandon was starting the grammar school in August of last year and really wanted to climb a munro before he was offically in the big school so we did both this one and Ben Narnain in the same day he was so pleased with himself.)

GC3DEK9 Leap Night - Werechicken's Dare! - Found a night cache 9th feb 2013
There is something creeping about those woods for sure


GCN2J7 Model Village 2nd Aug 2012 - An encounter with the police
We, being myself and Helpmaboab had found this cache on the date we logged cache but on a return visit to the island Colin was with us and wanted to find some of the caches he'd missed out when we were over so we stopped at this one only to find a police car with two policement sitting right next to GZ so we say better get it on the way back but no Colin jumps out the car bold as brass walks over to GZ picks up the cache, flashes it to us and then on the way back waves at the police before jumping into the car.

Done all these with 3+4 cache hunters sorry for the cut and paste but I'm in a lazy mood. TFTC
GCM8JZ St Blane's (Bute) 15th Sep 2012 - Stung by nettles
(happened to us many time but this was worst case)

GCYTTC The Rockies 13th July 2012 - Found without GPS
(our GPS completely failed us on this mission but we thought we'd keep going and see if it decided to come to life again alas it never did until we got back to the car .
The dogs as usual managed to find the muddiest puddle ever and had a ball lucky there was cleaner water further up for them wash of again.
We made our way up the track finding what we beived to be the posts in questio but with out GPS they were usless to us anyway we kept going and then I saw what could have been the location of the cache but Colin took one look at the trees we had to get through to get there and said 'it won't be up there lets keep going'. So I said 'you keep going I'm going to check it out'. Me and Helpmaboab started off up the non track and guess who followed behind grumping all the way 'it won't be up here. it won't be up here, just dragging us through these trees for nothing. - There was an eliment of glee in my voice when first it was infact up there and secondly that I found it first. Grumpy draws looses again.)

GC46GQA WWFM X-Glasgow, Scotland. May the 4th be With You! - Flash mob
(lots of bubbles at this one)

GCN1YZ The Domino Effect - Multi
GC40Y25 SKEOCH WOODS,,, - Traditonal
GCM8JX To the Lighthouse (Woolf) - Mystery - Found trad, Multi and Mystery in one day


GC21GBK A peak at Ben Ime 5th Aug 2013 above 2000 ft
(Brandon was starting the grammar school in August of last year and really wanted to climb a munro before he was offically in the big school so we did both this one and Ben Narnain in the same day he was so pleased with himself.)

GC3DEK9 Leap Night - Werechicken's Dare! - Found a night cache 9th feb 2013
There is something creeping about those woods for sure


GCN2J7 Model Village 2nd Aug 2012 - An encounter with the police
We, being myself and Helpmaboab had found this cache on the date we logged cache but on a return visit to the island Colin was with us and wanted to find some of the caches he'd missed out when we were over so we stopped at this one only to find a police car with two policement sitting right next to GZ so we say better get it on the way back but no Colin jumps out the car bold as brass walks over to GZ picks up the cache, flashes it to us and then on the way back waves at the police before jumping into the car.

Easy find when you know where to look, only difficulty is in getting and replacing at the right moment which can take a while. Actually finding the correct item on the base took a while also, anyway the rest of the entry to comply with this cache is as follows.

1) Moved on more than 100 travel bugs 123 to date
2) Underground 29/08/2013 Nimborio Catacombes GC1ZWZD
3) Within 24hours. 07/11/13 Abbey Alien GC4M3TZ
Mini Sidetracked Barshaw Central GC4M16Z
Lights Camera Action GC4NHNC
4) No GPS 15/02/2014 Lobey Dosser GC4YFK0
5) Nettles 04/09/2010 The Alchemist Way GC13CPD
6) Night Cache 17/11/2011 Things that go cluck in the night GC37ERH

Found the cache easily with sh of shstju as cover while I reached for it. No cone on the statue today though!
Can I have a 'P' please Bob? Falls to the floor laughing! I loved this programme, and was so pleased to see a cache based on it. I think I have completed the entire grid, bar two, and have listed below interesting finds. Here we go:
25/5/13, Stung by nettles, GCW#120, GC4AZD7
15/2/13, Get stuck in mud, CCCC086 Quickie Multi Number #2, GC3HQ1B
25/5/13, Chased by cows, GCW#98, GC4AZ65
04/6/11, Attended a Flash Mob Event, WWFM VIII Health and Safety Caching Style, GC2REK7
10/8/12, Found a traditional, multi, puzzle, virtual and earthcache in one day
Bardney Bridge, GC3JJEM
University of Lincoln, GC2H6Q1
8 Point Sudoku Challenge SOUTH, GC2M0A7
23/9/13, Cache above 2000ft, Snowball, Mount Olympus, Cyprus,
17/8/13, 1000 finds, Royal Observatory Greenwich cache, GCK7HH
10/5/13, More then 50 finds in one day, GCW
09/2/14, Cache underground, AMAZOing disGRACE in the D2D Country Park, GC3J44H
23/6/13, Swam/boat to a cache, Flat Holm Island Earthcache, GC1ENZ3
13/8/13, Climb for a cache, Skidmarks on my trousers, GCMFKG
Move on more than 100 TBs - 103 to date
Caches in three countries:
10/6/11, Wales, Trefin Quarry, GC2B5CX
08/9/11, Kefalonia, Greece, Melissani Lake, GC1WGHV
17/9/13, Cyprus, South Cyprus Stash, GCE878

1.Converted a muggle GC2MTAZ La cartuja, Granada.
2.Found a webcam cache GCQQ7T Webcam Malaga, Malaga.
3. Found a trad, a multi, a mystery in 24h 27/07/2013-Ferrara GC3TR0R Pari o dispari (mystery), GC18QHX Scampagnata in città (multi), GC3XTXV San Zorz (trad)
4.Found a night cache: GC1FPNC, il lato oscuro del cache, Castel San Pietro Terme.
5.Found caches in 3 diff countries: Spain GCQZ25 malaga reino de taifas, Italy GC3GQ6H BLQ, Ireland GC1JE8J The Guinness Logbook Of Records

Replaced log book today. Well done to all the cachers who completed the challenge... and found and replaced the cache without getting muggled! Happy hunting!