The aim of this cache is simple - NOT TO FIND IT!
Has Geocaching taken over your life? Have a think about whether any of the following apply to you:
• Every time you enter the supermarket, you are drawn to the tupperware section like a moth to a flame.
• If it's not the tupperware section, it's the toy / party section looking for items small enough to fit inside tupperware containers.
• You feel the need to examine every pile of stones or hollow tree stump as you suspect it to be a potential Geocache hiding place.
• You check your emails repeatedly, eagerly awaiting that FTF oppotunity and for potential new caches in your area. You may even have special software installed on your computer which does this for you.
• You've had your GPS confiscated "for your own good".
• You no longer visualise/think of the area in terms of streets and addresses but rather cache locations.
• No matter who you are with, you can't resist pointing out a nearby cache when passing.
• You realise you can now read the hints without clicking “Decrypt” or looking at the key.
• You get distracted watching films because you keep scanning the background scenery, thinking, “That’d be a GREAT place for a cache!”
• The police have taken an interest in your suspicious behaviour while caching. More than once.
• While everyone else puts a quid in the coffee fund in the office, you TAKE a quid and leave a Travel Bug.
• The police take an interest in the sheer number of small plastic bags you buy when you visit the supermarket.
• The location of nearby caches is one of the most important considerations when planning a holiday.
• You break out into a cold sweat when you can't lay your hands on your GPS when getting ready for a caching trip.
If you can relate to more than 2 of these then this cache is for you.
There are some among us (and you know who you are) when they look at the first page of the 25 caches closest to their home location, who feel a sense of pride and have a warm fuzzy feeling in their belly every time they scan down the list and see smileys next to every single item. Many have extended this list to the second and third page too.
Then, that new cache suddenly appears on the list with one purpose in mind. It sits there on the list, like an unblinking eye taunting you. It says "Find me... I'm waiting for you!". Even though the sun hasn't risen, you're out on the road with the hope of getting yet another FTF.
Once found, all is well again in the world - that list looks nice and complete and order is restored.
The challenge of this cache is simple. Can you show the world that you're not an addict to your hobby and resist finding it?
• There is no invigorating walk.
• There are no breathtaking views.
• There is no First to Find trophy to find or other cool pieces of cache swag to trade for and contains nothing but a logbook. And it's probably damp too.
All we ask is that, just in case you succumbed to temptation and genuinely wanted to log it as a DNF as you suspect the cache is missing, please contact us directly so that we can investigate. We suspect there may be many fun DNF which will be logged for this cache by cachers who just want to let us all know they're not going to find it!