Amberel - UK
The Glomach Falls
harrypotter
Highland
23 points
No. 847
Declined
A 12 mile scenic hike to a spectacular waterfall.
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Britain's highest Geocache
Jurassic Parkinsons
Highland
22 points
No. 845
No response
The dreadful weather meant this was not a particularly enjoyable walk for us, but it is an iconic loaction and a bucket list item crossed off 😉.
Nimbus master.
Mousekiller
Highland
21 points
No. 422
With owner
Multi-skills needed for this one, cross the loch and climb a tree. Very well presented.
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Rhosydd Miners Trail
meltdiceburg
Gwynedd
21 points
No. 684
With owner
A great trail of caches that take you through magnificent scenery and teach all about the industrial and farming history of the location. The cache pages are among the best I've seen, well written, informative and interesting.
Swimming to the island - click the image to expand it.
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Ogof Clogwyn
Funk to Funky
Gwent
21 points
No. 409
With owner
Wow, what a great location, done lots of underground caches but never one quite like this!
Wizbit100 in Ogof Clogwyn. Click the images to expand them.
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fladda mill
shetlandbainboy
Shetland
21 points
No. 791
No response
A large, clean cache in an interesting and scenic location.
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Leaping Lemurs!
Preseli
Powys
21 points
No. 485
No response
A well filled ammo can in an amazing location!
A Lad and a Lassie
Mousekiller
Highland
20 points
No. 424
With owner
A great multi on the loch, maybe pick a less windy day than we did!
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Cetacea Odontoceti
Mousekiller
Highland
20 points
No. 423
With owner
A tricky puzzle and an enjoyable small boat trip 🙂. We had a whale of a time 😉.
Amberel and Wizbit100 flushed with success 🙂. Click the image to expand it.
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"POWER SHOWER"
Ellie&Rudi Mentry
Powys
19 points
No. 652
With owner
Wow! And wow again! Where does all that water come from!
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Ogof Huw John Fychan
UrsusBear
Gwynedd
19 points
No. 119
Released
A really great location, superb beach, great views, some surprises and possibly the best hiding place I've seen in 5,500 cache finds 🙂.
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Stratton hotel
Mousekiller
Highland
19 points
No. 420
With owner
A very original field puzzle followed by a roped tree climb.
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Little Bridges # 2500 - A Steall rope bridge
Ev1l 81tch
Highland
19 points
No. 846
With owner
I've never before visited a little bridge quite like this one 😉. Plus sensational views of An Steall.
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Clambering with the Classics
Funk to Funky
Gwent
18 points
No. 483
With owner
A series of very varied tree free climbs. The trees were well chosen to be challenging (for me) but possible.
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Mountain Spring.
vincent1960
Mid Glamorgan
18 points
No. 317
With owner
This wasn't the main part of our route, but it turned out to be the nicest cache of the day, a beautiful location perched on the side of the mountain.
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Porth Sion Dafydd
UrsusBear
Gwynedd
18 points
No. 118
No response
A lovely walk along a wide, deserted beach, at low tide, to a fun cache placement 🙂.
CC37 Cannon Balls – a Likely Story
Write and Mane
Gwent
18 points
No. 488
With owner
A neat puzzle, leading to a wholly unexpected final location!
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Dingestow Triathlon
SamBryo
Gwent
18 points
No. 848
With owner
An unusual Wherigo in a lovely location.
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Start Jumping at the Bryn
martin&lindabryn
Gwynedd
18 points
No. 412
With owner
My goodness, stage 1 was tricky. Fun interaction with pub customers 🙂. Very original 🙂.
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Wireless Ridge Re-org (Chirp)
Signum-GB
Fife
18 points
No. 661
With owner
A bit of a journey between stages but a great final location.
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Lost in Lanarkshire
AbrachHutchison
Strathclyde
18 points
No. 844
With owner
An ammo can in a fun location 😉.
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Hitchcock Series: The Mountain Eagle
thelotuseater
West Glamorgan
18 points
No. 653
With owner
A punishing climb to a great view 😉.
Hanging Around Wharry Gorge
Nirikina
Central
17 points
No. 662
With owner
A short but lovely walk and a fun cache at the end of it 🙂.
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Trophy Challenge
Landsbanki
Central
17 points
No. 663
With owner
A super series of challenges in a great location, with some fun 'gadget caches' in the mix 🙂. 2 coins for the series as it has 2 main owners.
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Sygyn Copper Trail
UrsusBear
Gwynedd
17 points
No. 114
With owner
A varied walk, taking in the town of Beddgelert, industrial and other history, myth, great views, past rushing river and over rocky mountain.
Rhobell Fawr
DAEARYDDA
Gwynedd
17 points
No. 191
Released
A superb walk in the mid-Wales mountains. Regrettably the caches appear to be visited far less frequently than they deserve.
Sheepfold through the clouds - click the image to expand it.
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Trophy Challenge
Trophy Team
Central
17 points
No. 664
With owner
A super series of challenges in a great location, with some fun 'gadget caches' in the mix 🙂. 2 coins for the series as it has 2 main owners.
Chip's Challenge
TeamBucki and HarpingMcCartan
Grampian
17 points
No. 419
With owner
Nicely presented cache, up a tree, in a beautiful location 🙂.
Troglodyte's Treasure
MagicCarpet
Highland
17 points
No. 421
With owner
A steep descent to the beach.
Wizbit100 prospecting a route. Click the image to expand it.
Terror on the ridge of death !
leminem
Gwynedd
17 points
No. 387
Released
The cache that got us started on this crazy hike in a crazy place!
Wizbit100 on the final push up to the ridge
Looking back
That's the ridge part complete
and then it gets harder - dizzygirl already up there, I've still to climb it!
Another climb, never ends
Another top, with Cache U Nutter
mjcross, dizzygirl and Cache U Nutter - we went right along the top of that!
Dizzygirl looking back
Garnedd Ugain, the long ridge after Crib Goch
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Alva's Cliff Faces
Claxons
Central
17 points
No. 399
With owner
The award also covers "D'Ye Ken Wee Torry?". A lovely walk with some spectacular views.
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The "Extreme" Waterfall
thehorcrux
West Glamorgan
17 points
No. 486
With owner
A really silly place to put a cache 😉. And silly cachers for finding it 🙂.
Six Kingdoms
Chermione
Isle of Man
17 points
No. 552
With owner
A great location, shame we were in cloud and high winds when we were there, we had to imagine the view 😉.
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Pickle House
mushroom mike
Pembroke
17 points
No. 122
With owner
Wow! We were most fortunate to arrive just after Pickle House had been redecorated 🙂.
Pickle Tower
mushroom mike
Pembroke
16 points
No. 121
With owner
A really great location, and a fun hide 🙂.
South Goes Northwest (Betws Ash Ascent)
alfieo
Gwynedd
16 points
No. 683
With owner
A splendid tall and upright specimen, with the cache prepared to the c/o's usual attention to detail 🙂.
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Cilan Cliffs
UrsusBear
Gwynedd
16 points
No. 116
No response
A fairly straightforward puzzle followed by a lovely cliff-top walk, in a strong gale, through heather and gorse. A slightly "heart in mouth" hiding place!
Bardsey View
UrsusBear
Gwynedd
16 points
No. 117
No response
The First in Wales
The Gecko's
Gwent
16 points
No. 318
With owner
Classic cache in a great location 🙂.
Rock In A Hole
Welshvlad
Gwent
16 points
No. 319
With owner
A lovely cross-country walk for us, as the sun was going down.
Llywn Hir
Canalcruisers
Mid Glamorgan
16 points
No. 849
With owner
A lovely walk round the forest for some "fishing" caches.
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Grid Filler Challenge Cache
malbowsier
Mid Glamorgan
16 points
No. 484
With owner
A most unusual cache location, with a beautiful view to boot 🙂.
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The "Extreme" Rock
thehorcrux
West Glamorgan
16 points
No. 410
With owner
A fun abseil - but we made the same mistake as everyone else 😉.
Phones 4 U - Carn Aosda
IamAJMiller
Grampian
16 points
No. 398
No response
A gentler gradient to this one.
Loch Vrotachan
perth pathfinders
Grampian
16 points
No. 397
With owner
The Cairnwell
IamAJMiller
Tayside
16 points
No. 396
No response
A stiff climb under the chair lift cables. The ski lifts, so useful in winter, do blight the landscape somewhat in summer.
Precipice picnic
Bedfordj and Woody
Gwynedd
16 points
No. 411
No response
A lovely walk and great views - and a tricky approach to the cache.
Cateran Link
Dair Mor
Tayside
16 points
No. 395
No response
A pleasant walk, if little boggy in places, and some great views.
North Wales Mega Ascent
alfieo
Clwyd
15 points
No. 413
With owner
A couple of good tree climbs during the Welsh Mega.
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The Old metal bridge
the day clan
West Glamorgan
15 points
No. 651
With owner
A fun cache. I made a hash of it, but heartstones1 got me out of trouble!
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Lest We Forget #(??) Stobo
Caledonian CacheFest
Scottish Borders
15 points
No. 500
With owner
The first TOP CACHE coin for a virtual cache. What I found here was completely unexpected, and the more I looked, the more was to be seen. If you only ever do one virtual, make it this one 🙂.
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Canaston Wood
mushroom mike
Pembroke
15 points
No. 120
With owner
A series of amusing and beautifully engineered caches in some lovely woods.
Yr Wyddfa
Black Tulip
Gwynedd
15 points
No. 386
With owner
Done the hard way, along the top of Crib Goch.
Lots of photos on this page, see entry for "Terror on the ridge of death".
IT HAS IT ALL! #1
J@cobite
Strathclyde
15 points
No. 418
With owner
A hard slog over boggy ground and felled trees, a descent through the bracken and a wade in the river 🙂.
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...wombling free (Great Uncle Bulgaria)
monkeydestructor
Strathclyde
15 points
No. 385
With owner
A first stage that was great fun 🙂.
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Scotland's First
Jock Scott
Central
15 points
No. 384
No response
An iconic cache in a great location.
South Goes Northwest (Betws Beech Ascent)
alfieo
Gwynedd
15 points
No. 389
With owner
All the way to North Wales to find a tree cache set by a cacher local to us 🙂.
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Elan Valley
Jaughan
Powys
15 points
No. 190
With owner
A lovely walk on the hills above the Caerwen Reservoir, though the going is difficult and energy sapping in many places.
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Vertigo - MACC29
malbowsier
Mid Glamorgan
14 points
No. 408
With owner
A fun cache placement, well hidden - though I did get saturated by the wet moss 😉.
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Summit or Submit
scottpa100
Gwynedd
14 points
No. 388
No response
A quiet walk along the top of Crib Goch to join the thousands thronging up the Pyg track and the path from Llanberis.
For photos, see the entry for "Terror on the ridge of death".
Coed y Gedrys #4 Rusting Hulk
Ffion's friends
Mid Glamorgan
14 points
No. 487
With owner
I'm not generally a fan of nanos, but this was an excellent hiding place.
Reviewer's 25 Challenge - GOLD
martin&lindabryn
Gwynedd
14 points
No. 390
With owner
woodwick
UBVikings
Shetland
14 points
No. 790
No response
A remote and windswept location.
Cache on a Bare Mountain
wumsandi
Gwynedd
14 points
No. 115
No response
A good hiding place in a beautiful cliff-top location.
Cuckoo
mushroom mike
Pembroke
14 points
No. 123
With owner
There's not much that is new under the sun, but in 5,500 cache finds I'd never come across one like this before 🙂.