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Back to School with Geocaching

The air is crisp and clean, the leaves are turning golden, the scent of pumpkin spice wafts through the streets, and school is officially in session. Looking for ways to include geocaching into your back to school lesson plans? Check out our GeocachingEdu page where parents, teachers, and educators can find handy resources on incorporating geocaching in the classroom. 

As added inspiration, we’re highlighting six unique ways you can get back to school—geocaching style. Let’s get ready to make mistakes, get messy, and go geocaching!

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/ Sarah

Chalking The Horse: It’s the Neigh-borly Thing to Do — Interview With CITO Host The Wombles

Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) is an environmental initiative supported by the geocaching community. Since 2002, CITO helps preserve the natural beauty of cache-friendly spaces. In that time, more than 363,000 people have volunteered at 18,000 events.

Lots of cachers think of CITO as a chance to pick up trash—which it definitely is. But the events are not limited to this—it’s also a chance to preserve the integrity of cache-friendly places in other outside-of-the-box ways!

The Wombles is a British geocacher who has taken improving mother earth to a whole new level. He hosts regular CITOs, among them a recurring crowd favorite—Wombling free – Chalking the Horse—meaning that, if you’re in the UK, you can attend!

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Wombling free – Chalking the Horse — Geocache of the Week

Cache In Trash Out Event
GC87M05
by The Wombles
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
1.5
Location:
Southern England, United Kingdom
N 51° 34.630′ W 001° 34.005′

Cache In Trash Out® (CITO) is an environmental initiative supported by the geocaching community. Since 2002, CITO Events help preserve the natural beauty of cache-friendly spaces. In that time, more than 363,000 people have volunteered at 18,000 events.

Lots of cachers think of CITO as a chance to pick up trash—which it definitely is. But it’s also a chance to preserve the integrity of cache-friendly places in other ways!

Hosted by cache owner The Wombles, Wombling free – Chalking the Horse brings cachers together to restore a prehistoric chalked horse figure in Uffington. While it isn’t unusual for CITOs to be limited to one occurrence, this particular CITO recurs twice annually. This means that, if you’re in the UK, you have multiple opportunities to participate—making it a perfect candidate for our Geocache of the Week! 

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12 Tipps zum Ausrichten eines Geocaching-Events

Wer liebt eine gute Party mit Geocaching-Freunden nicht? Antwort: Keiner.

Geocaching Events sind eine großartige Möglichkeit, die lokale Geocaching-Community zu treffen, in der jeder eigenartig genug ist, genau wie du. Geocacher vereinbaren eine Zeit und einen Treffpunkt und fachsimpeln über ihr Lieblingshobby. Geocaching-Events machen Spaß, Du kannst Dich darauf verlassen.

Jeder kann ein Event planen und veranstalten. Hier sind 12 Tipps und Tricks, wie Du die beste Geocaching-Party aller Zeiten veranstaltest.

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12 tips voor het organiseren van een geocachingevent

Wie houdt er niet van een goed feestje met fijne geocachingvrienden? Antwoord: niemand.

Geocachingevents zijn een goede manier om lokale geocachers te ontmoeten die, gek genoeg, net als jij zijn. Geocachers stellen een tijd en locatie vast om elkaar te ontmoeten en hun favoriete hobby te bespreken. Geocachingevents zijn leuk, dus verwacht altijd dat je een fijne tijd hebt!

Iedereen kan een event plannen en organiseren. Hierbij 12 tips en trucs om je te helpen het beste geo-feestje van de buurt te vieren.

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