Travel Bug Dog Tag Brittania Bear Racing Bug

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Owner:
Tim & June Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, March 16, 2002
Origin:
United Kingdom
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Current Goal

This Travel Bug is part of a two-way race between Texas and the UK. My objective is to reach Miss Pumpkin's O-Cache II in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. before the other contenders Travel Bug reaches our cache in the UK.

The other contender in this race is Webling's travel bug The Texas Spoon II Racing Bug, which is trying to get to Winchester in the UK. Don't forget to put a watch on both bugs if you want to be kept informed about the progress of the race.

About This Item

Britania Bear

Britania Bear is so named because he is a 'Yeoman Guard' otherwise known as a 'Beefeater'. No, this title has nothing to do with McDonalds or any other food.

It is the duty of a Yeoman Guard to protect the Queen and the Tower of London where the Crown Jewels are kept. Problem is, being little more than 3 inches tall and not very scary, this chap cannot do a very good job, so he is retiring to the sunnier climate of Texas.

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Tracking History (14824.8mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 7/27/2003 Web-ling retrieved it from Middle Tennessee Geocachers' Club Meeting Tennessee   Visit Log

I had to go over 500 miles to get it, but I finally picked up Brittania Bear!

I'll attach the tag to another traveler and send it back to Tim.
Dropped Off 7/23/2003 robertlipe placed it in Middle Tennessee Geocachers' Club Meeting Tennessee - 1,759.32 miles  Visit Log
Write note 7/12/2003 Web-ling posted a note for it   Visit Log

Change the destination for the race to Cincinnati, OH - GCG530. I'm moving to Cincinnati in August, and won't be able to retrieve it in Texas.
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/12/2003 robertlipe retrieved it from Never in a Million Years Tennessee   Visit Log

I don't normally do travel bugs, but when I found out this fella was in a race, it sure seemed that being in a members-only difficulty 5 cache was a suboptimal strategy for him...

Anyway, he's in my posession now, but it looks like he's lost the race. Should he continue his trek to TX (I can move him to probably AL or so in the next two weeks) or does he have a new mission?
Dropped Off 5/22/2003 Monkeybrad placed it in Never in a Million Years Tennessee - 3.88 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/11/2003 Monkeybrad retrieved it from Travel BUG Resort Tennessee   Visit Log

Found with Scoot the Frog and Angelflye. We will keep this littlew fella movin.

Gorilla Freedom Finders are on the prowl.
Dropped Off 4/4/2003 betajax placed it in Travel BUG Resort Tennessee - 2.33 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/4/2003 betajax retrieved it from Push, Pull or Drag, We Trade For Anything Tennessee   Visit Log

Gave Brittania Bear Racing Bug a lift a few miles closer to I-40 W to hitch on over to Texas. Good luck in your race.
Dropped Off 3/20/2003 sbell111 placed it in Push, Pull or Drag, We Trade For Anything Tennessee - 11.99 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 2/10/2003 sbell111 grabbed it   Visit Log

Found Britania Bear in 'Its Dark in here!' cache in Nashville, TN. I will place him soon.
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