I thought that I should clear up all the Southend stragglers as I’m probably going to concentrate on Kent on weekend mornings now.

I needed numbers today so was relying on AdLabs in London and a few stragglers in between.

Jazzyjessups has published a circular series of mystery caches down near Edenbridge based on Scooby Doo so that is the plan for the day.

I got a lift to Ingrave with the plan to do some caching by bus on the way into Brentwood.

I was only in this neighbourhood last week but in the interim, jazzyjessups and agrajag2007 have published a circular series of trad so here I am again.

My main destination today was Battersea but I was meandering a bit to get there.

As I’m still having problems with the old DART charge, it’s back down to Southend again this morning.

Leap Year Day is one of the most important days in the Geocaching diary so I had a lot planned.

I had another trip down to the Southend area to hoover up some more caches.

I started off early at the Thames near East India Dock and then headed north to meet the River Lea Navigation. Then it was a case of travelling along the riverside.

The main priority for today was a late morning event in Islington but I I wanted to visit a few places in North London during the day.

I had been planning to go to Battersea Park for years but never got there. Hopefully I’ll get there today.

It’s down to Shoebury for a few hours this morning.

I had to kill time in Rayleigh and how best to do it - geocache

It was about time that I visited the old Woolwich Arsenal. It has gun powder links with the local area plus my Nan worked there in munitions during WW2.

Did I tell you about my new motor?

This was my first trip to London this year so I wanted to make the most of it.

I’m heading back to Sevenoaks to try to clear up after last week’s visit.

I hadn’t attended an Event this year so I was looking for one that I could incorporate with a decent circular walk. Here’s what I found.

I seemed to have bypassed Sevenoaks in the past so it’s time to redress the balance.

I decided to go back to Edenbridge for the JJA2 series.

It’s back to Edenbridge in Kent for another of jazzyjessup’s epic series.

This is my tenth year of geocaching and it could be a big year for me.

I always welcome a New Year’s Day Breakfast event.

I only had about 70 minutes to cache this morning but I needed to get some as it was the 31st of the month.

There are a lot of Challenge caches over in the Chilterns and it’s time that I went over and found a few of them.

I needed a Mystery cache today but there was a problem at the QE2 Bridge so I had to stay local.

I’m heading up to the area near Aylesbury to add to my collection of Bucks caches.

I decided to stay closer to home today and headed over to Shenfield for a few.

We went on a Christmas Market cruise from Tilbury to Hamburg and then back to Antwerp. Hopefully it was a chance to pick up some virtuals.

I’m going back to Back to Back territory this morning.

Edenbridge is very rich in caches, especially since jazzyjessups moved down there. I have my eye on a couple of mystery series there.

I’m going to an area of Kent that I haven’t visited before.

A spare couple of hours gave me the opportunity for another crusade over on Canvey Island.

Only a few hours available so I went the couple of miles over to Canvey Island.

It’s a Sunday morning so I haven’t travelled that far but it’s a place that I have never been.

It’s Church Micro Day and I always make a point of finding a few CMs today as well as attending an event to grab the souvenirs.

I’m going over to Aylesbury again hoping to pick up some more challenges and golden oldies again.

I’m heading up to Flitwick today for an event and whatever else I can cram in around it.

I have been visiting Knockholt and the neighbouring Halstead for a while now picking off geocaches. Hopefully I will clear up the area this morning and then it’s bye, bye, Sooty, bye,bye.😀

We had to travel up to Ironbridge near Telford in Shropshire and planned to stay the night. Hopefully I could grab a couple of caches.

It’s International Earthcache Day and I’m looking for the nearest unfounded one to me. Unfortunately there are problems at the QE2 Bridge so I need something in Essex.

Today, I’m heading into Buckinghamshire to hunt for Challenge caches.

I’m going back to Kent this morning for the Knockholt Stroll series.

I decided to come back to Hertfordshire to tackle a long series of puzzle caches based on wolves.

We had a week staying in Château-d’Oex in the Bernese Oberland.

I needed to stay local this morning but I still needed points on the board.

I’m after a series of mystery caches down near Sevenoaks Weald this morning.

I needed to go back to Milton Keynes to continue my Mega plans.

I needed to check out a few of my caches and to pick up a couple of trads of successive days.

A early morning’s visit to Bromley was the order of the day today.

This is another short day out as I need to stay local and I need a mystery cache.

This was an early morning visit to Kent to get some more letterbox caches.

I was planning to go to Buckinghamshire for a day’s caching but it didn’t pan out.🤔

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I couldn’t get to the Mega in Milton Keynes but I headed north this morning with my list to try to do today what I couldn’t last Saturday.

Normally I would have gone to the UK Mega held yesterday in Milton Keynes but circumstances prevented that so I'm off to Kent this morning.

A quick visit to Southend-on-Sea was needed today.

We had booked a cruise round the United Kingdom cruise from Tilbury and I was excited that amongst the ports that we would visit would be Stornaway in the Western Isles of Scotland and Belfast in Northern Ireland. These were places that I hadn’t cached in and I was really hoping that I could add them to the list. I was also hoping to add to my list of caches in Orkney, Tobermory, Cork, the Scillies and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

The main priority today was a Mystery cache for my 365 challenge. I decided to stay local and head down to Southend-on-Sea as there were a couple down there that I could count on.

This morning, I’m heading into Kent for some early morning caching.

Today I shall be mainly concentrating on West London.😀

In the geocaching diary, today is the anniversary of the publication of the first WM cache. I had to get one to grab the souvenir.

This is my first visit to Hampstead supposedly the haunt of the highwayman from Hempstead, in Essex.

For a change, I had an early morning trip down into Kent.

I was heading to North London today but the deluge changed my plans.

We had a week’s family holiday staying in a rental house in Overstrand, Norfolk on the cliffs overlooking the beach.

After spending many weeks south of the river geocaching, it was time to head oop north into North London.

I’m coming back to Wimbledon for another try at the letterbox and mystery caches here.

I was planning to hunt for golden oldies in Epping Forest but ended up in Corringham.

I needed a mystery cache today to help qualify for a challenge cache.

I finally had the chance to visit virgin geocaching territory in Wimbledon, South West London.

I spent a few hours caching locally this morning.

We are cruising down the River Danube on a river boat for a week visiting Hungary, Serbia and Croatia.

I spent a few hours early on in Epping.

I needed a cache today to claim the souvenir for Blue Switch Day.

It’s the London Calling 2023 today in Marylebone so it’s an early start in town and working my way around to the Mega.

A trip around Lewisham to fill in more of the OS161 squares for a challenge.

I had another visit to South London to more places that I had never visited before.

I took a trip down to Shoreham in Kent this morning to check out a series of Challenge caches.

I managed to fit in two AdLab series on the way home from Brentwood.

My journey today would take me down into Peckham and hopefully over into East Dulwich.

I met an old pal in Chelmsford for lunch.

Saturday 1st April 2023 Today was focussed around a couple of events in London and a series of challenges around the Victoria Docks.

Thursday 23rd March 2023 A day starting in the City and crossing the River Thames going south, Bermondsey bound.

19th March 2023 The target for this morning was a small series of Letterbox caches in Epping Upland this morning. Everything else would be a bonus.

16 March 2023 Another day in town clearing up in Soho, then a bit of business across Westminster Bridge. The plan was then to head north up to St John’s Wood.

Sunday 12th March 2023 I completed the 130 SpongeBob Mystery series this morning.

Thursday 9th March 2023 Today was a bit of a meander, starting in Covent Garden, working my way over to Paddington and then back to the City.

A visit to Bexley and Dartford

A visit to Hatfield Peverel and Maldon

I am heading out to West London today.

Well I’ve been away for a while, haven’t I but more of that later.😀

It seems like years that I’ve been working on one particular Challenge Cache - 1666: The great Fire of London. All I have to do is find at least 1611 caches in Greater London and 55 caches in the City of London.😀

A walk around the historic village of Broomfield

I started off in Ingatestone and worked my way up towards Broomfield.

It seems like only yesterday when I found my first cache, a CM in Rutland, eight years ago today. I still get the same buzz from finding a cache now as I did back then. It's fortuitous that I am out caching today and I have an event booked for later. Here's how the day went.🙂

William Hunter was a Marian martyr who was burnt to death in Brentwood at the age of 19 on 26th March 1555. He was the first martyr in England under the reign of Queen Mary.

I had formulated a plan to visit Bromley and do the three new AdLab series here. They all had bonus caches and there was also an ST multi and an EC here to. So I thought that it would also be a clever idea to hold an event here too.🤔

We had a bit of a do indoors last night so I wasn't going anywhere early this morning but I had arranged an event at Battersea Bridge for noon so I couldn't leave it too late. In the end I only missed an hour of the day's play and arrived at Victoria Station just after nine o'clock. Here's how the day panned out.

CHACHA is a series of challenge caches based near Sidcup, set by that profilic challenge cache setter, RubyShoos. The series just about sums up this challenge hound - CHallenge Attribute Chaser, Hunter, Addict.🥴😀🤣