Mole's Fibonacci Country Challenge
I saw a poem the other day
The poem of Fibonacci by Brian Bilston
I
wrote
a poem
on a page
but then each line grew
by the word sum of the previous two
until I started to worry at all these words coming with such frequency
because, as you can see, it can be easy to run out of space when a poem gets all Fibonacci sequency.
The cache is at the published co-ords - this is a challenge cache and so you have to complete the criteria in order to log a find. You may find the cache if you do not qualify but please only log a 'write note' - you may then log a 'found' on the day you qualify.
Not everyone likes a challenge cache - but for those that do, visiting other countries is a great theme to base their challenges around.
This one requires you to have visited 15 countries - however to qualify for this challenge you have to find a certain number of caches in each country. Putting it simply - Using the first 15 numbers in the Fibonacci sequence
1,1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377 and finally 610
and find a minimum of those numbers of caches in different countries
So find 1 cache in one country, then 1 in another, 2 in another and so on up to 610 in your 15th country.
so only 1596 caches
- OK that is a lot but this isnt an easy challenge
Note - you don't have to have just found that number in each country - these are a minimum requirement, so you may have found 10 caches in each of 6 different countries and that covers the first 6 numbers
All past finds count - so you may already qualify, in fact I know several do as we had to list a whole bunch to get this published
Here is a checker to see if you do qualify

The D rating reflects the difficulty of the challenge
The T rating reflects the location of the cache
As required by challenge cache COs - we do qualify for this
As follows:- Fib no. : Country (cache finds)
1: Sweden (64)
1: Denmark (69)
2: Germany (78)
3: Italy (86)
5: Hungary (88)
8: Ireland (103)
13: Belgium (115)
21: Cyprus (148)
34: Australia (201)
55: Greece (210)
89: France (221)
144: Portugal (247)
233: Spain (953)
377: New Zealand (1798)
610: United Kingdom (25934) |
Parking is not easy here - To the north there maybe a space at the beginning of the footpath else there is space at the side of the road at the given waypoint.
If you are visiting the Castle / gardens you can walk in from the south
If you cannot find a cache, do not assume it missing and do not put a throwdown as a replacement.
Maintenance is the responsibility of the CO – if any is required, or any issue with the cache please add an ‘Owner Attention Required’ log to highlight the issue.
Good luck and enjoy