The Winners!

  • 1. EMcache Racer: Nosey Pup, owned by niknrich, 26086.3 miles travelled, held by 7 cachers, visited 19 caches, 8 UK counties & 3 overseas countries
  • 2. SPANK, the Monkey, owned by ITCHYthirdEYE, 5260.9 miles travelled, held by 14 cachers, visited 23 caches, 9 UK counties & 1 overseas country
  • 3. Piston head Pete (& co-pilot Dave), owned by UK89Camaro, 2673.6 miles travelled, held by 13 cachers, visited 18 caches, 6 UK counties & 2 overseas countries

Monday 30 August 2010

Update! Garland Gang dominating the updates again

Yorkshire-based cachers Hutchinfamily have retrieved Garland Gang's EMCACHE RACER LOUIS' VROOM VROOM!! Travel Bug from the cache that it was resting in.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Saturday 28 August 2010

Update! JACKO's in Denmark (the one where they say G'Day!)

American cacher danicadilly has dropped Garland Gang's JACKO TB into this cache in Denmark, Western Australia, adding 3166.1 miles to it's distance travelled.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Thursday 26 August 2010

Update! Vroom Vroom away!

Cacher jampop has placed Garland Gang's LOUIS' VROOM VROOM!! Travel Bug into this Cheshire cache, adding 6 miles to it's distance travelled.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Sunday 22 August 2010

Update! John's stegasaurus visits a dinosaur of a cache

Lgxkls' John's stegasaurus Travel Bug has been placed into one of Britain's oldest caches, adding a mile to it's distance travelled.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Update! Retrieve! Retrieve! Retrieve!

No less than three entries in the 2009/2010 EmCache Travel Bug Race have been retrieved from the caches that they were residing in;
Johnny B. Goode's You want fries with that? TB has been picked up by veteran cacher CyberChemist, Garland Gang's LOUIS' VROOM VROOM!! TB has been collected by keen newbie jampop, and lgxkls' John's stegasaurus TB has been rescued (after more than 2 months in the same cache) by TeamCompton4.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Friday 20 August 2010

Update! No sooner had I updated than...

...Holiday Bug was retrieved by Danish cacher Geocach Rosa!

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Update! Holiday Bug not sunk yet

Lucky Lottie's Holiday Bug Travel Bug has been placed into this multi-cache in South-Western Denmark, adding over 450 miles to it's distance travelled and moving it up 3 places in the rankings for The 2009/2010 EmCache Travel Bug Race.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Thursday 19 August 2010

Update! A little catch-up

Garland Gang's EMCACHE RACER JACKO has been retrieved by occassional cacher danicadilly.

RascalGaskells' Cachehopper has been grabbed from Unknown Hero by Miniature Hero.

The Web Rat's Definitive GeoCoin has been retrieved from The Root Of It by newbie cachers ANDY&EVE.

Finally, Garland Gang's LOUIS' VROOM VROOM!! Travel Bug has been placed into this Cheshire cache, adding 2.6 miles to it's distance travelled.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Sunday 15 August 2010

Update! Mrs Web Rat's geocoin goes up in the world!

Hawaii-based cacher GeoGerms has retrieved Mrs Web Rat's EmCache Racer GeoCoin and moved it to his own 3100-ft high cache K1 or K2 ????, dipping it into this cache on the way, adding a total of 1.6 miles to it's distance.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Saturday 14 August 2010

Update! Johnny B. Goode's TB continues American tour

Cacher ritell has placed Johnny B. Goode's You want fries with that? Travel Bug into this Rhode Island cache, adding 30 miles to it's distance travelled.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Update! Who was that masked man?!

RascalGaskells' Cachehopper Travel Bug has been retrieved by erm... someone heroic from Kent.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Wednesday 11 August 2010

Update! A promising move for Karon's Travel Bug?

Cacher Quackcracker has placed lgxkls' Karon's Promise TB into this West Yorkshire cache, adding 15.2 miles to it's total distance travelled.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Tuesday 10 August 2010

Update! Is JACKO All -Black?

Cacher fletch182 made good on her promise to take Garland Gang's EMCACHE RACER JACKO Travel Bug to the Antipodes when she placed him in this New Zealand cache, more than doubling JACKO's total distance covered to 12245.9 miles, enough to give him 2nd place overall in the race placings.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Monday 9 August 2010

Update! Spa break for Greedy Green Frog

Greedygreenfrog's Greedy Green Frog Adventure Guide, currently in 2nd place in The 2009/2010 EmCache Travel Bug Race, has been placed into this cache, adding 15.4 miles to it's total distance travelled.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Sunday 8 August 2010

Update! Another house move

U.S. cacher IrishFlyFisher dropped Johnny B.Goode's You want fries with that? Travel Bug into this Connecticut cache, adding 23.3 miles to it's distance travelled, and from where it has been retrieved by cacher ritell.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Friday 6 August 2010

Update! Cachehopper hops into a Crater

Cachers the_roys have placed RascalGaskells' Cachehopper Travel Bug into this cache, adding 24.8 miles to it's distance hopped.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Update! Involuntary acupuncture for Greedy Green Frog?

Enthusiastic newbie cacher voodoofun (456 finds in three months!) has retrieved greedygreenfrog's Greedy Green Frog from the Alien Mother Ship.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Tuesday 3 August 2010

Update! One entrant visited the Mega (but not the UK Mega!)

German cacher schnelleharry placed Lucky Lottie's Holiday Bug TB into this German pseudo-mega in The Black Forest, from where it was quickly retrieved by cacher hampf, who is threatenening to return it to the UK shortly.

In other news, U.S. cacher ProTechCC placed greedygreenfrog's Greedy Green Frog into his own Alien Mother Ship, adding 6.6 miles to it's total race distance.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Update! Strange green guy retrieved Greedy Green Frog

Greedygreenfrog's Greedy Green Frog EmCache Racer has been retrieved by California-based cacher ProTechCC.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Sunday 1 August 2010

Update! Johnny B.Goode's TB duckwalking again

After a brief overnight stay in What... Summer School !?!, Johnny B. Goode's You want fries with that? Travel Bug has been retrieved by experienced Rhode Island based cacher IrishFlyFisher.

Scroll down to bottom of this page for latest race placings. I.H.O. means In The Hands Of the named cacher. One * after a TB's milage shows that it is currently overseas, two ** shows that it has travelled overseas and returned to the UK.

Final Race Positions

  • 1. EMcache Racer: Nosey Pup (Travel Bug tag) owned by niknrich, 26086.3 miles travelled, held by 7 cachers, visited 19 caches, 8 UK counties & 3 overseas countries
  • 2. SPANK, the Monkey, owned by ITCHYthirdEYE, 5260.9 miles travelled, held by 14 cachers, visited 23 caches, 9 UK counties & 1 overseas country
  • 3. Piston head Pete (& co-pilot Dave), owned by UK89Camaro, 2673.6 miles travelled, held by 13 cachers, visited 18 caches, 6 UK counties & 2 overseas countries
  • EMCACHE RACER JACKO (Travel Bug tag) owned by Garland Gang, 15538.2 miles travelled, held by 19 cachers, visited 22 caches, 8 UK counties & 4 overseas countries
  • Greedy Green Frog Emcache Racer (Adventure Guide tag) owned by greedygreenfrog, 11290.1 miles travelled, held by 17 cachers, visited 23 caches, 1 UK county & 4 overseas countries
  • Mrs Web Rat's emCache Racer (GeoCoin) owned by Mrs Web Rat, 8170.2 miles travelled, held by 9 cachers, visited 11 caches, 3 UK counties & 1 overseas country
  • JohnnyBGoode's emCache racer - You want fries with that? (Travel Bug tag) owned by JohnnyBGoode, 5523.8 miles travelled, held by 12 cachers, visited 13 caches, 2 UK counties & 1 overseas country
  • Geohunter-X emcache Racer (Horsey Neigh Neigh) (Travel Bug tag) owned by geohunter-x, 5198.8 miles travelled, held by 12 cachers, visited 18 caches, 7 UK counties & 1 overseas country
  • Sukygoeswandering emcache racer From Leicestershire with love (Travel Bug tag) owned by Sukygoeswandering, 4120.3 miles travelled, held by 3 cachers, visited 5 caches, 2 UK counties & 1 overseas country
  • The-Black-Angel's emCache Racer (GeoCoin) owned by The-Black-Angel, 3525.5 miles travelled, held by 11 cachers, visited 14 caches, 4 UK counties & 2 overseas countries
  • RascalGaskells emCache Racer - Cachehopper (Travel Bug tag) owned by rascalgaskells, 2862.9 miles travelled, held by 15 cachers, visited 15 caches, 8 UK counties & 1 overseas country
  • emCache racer - Emo the Fast Fish (Travel Bug tag) owned by Slightly Tall Paul, 2174.3 miles travelled, held by 8 cachers, visited 9 caches, 4 UK counties & 2 overseas countries
  • Oceanblue's Emcache racer - Pat's Special Delivery (Travel Bug tag) owned by oceanblue07970, 1655.6 miles travelled, held by 6 cachers, visited 10 caches, 6 UK counties & 2 overseas countries
  • Lucky Lottie emCache racer "Holiday Bug" (Travel Bug tag) owned by Lucky Lottie, 1647.7 miles travelled, held by 14 cachers, visited 15 caches, 1 UK county & 2 overseas countries
  • peachleaf's emCache Racer (GeoCoin) owned by peachleaf, 1151.2 miles travelled, held by 16 cachers, visited 16 caches, 2 UK counties & 2 overseas countries
  • Karon's Promise emCache TB racer (Travel Bug tag) owned by lgxkls, 1051.2 miles travelled, held by 15 cachers (including 1 unknown), visited 17 caches in 10 UK counties. Did not travel overseas
  • The Great Galaxy Seekers - emCache Racer - Big Ben Geocoin (GeoCoin), owned by The Great Galaxy Seekers, 597.2 miles travelled, held by 7 cachers, visited 9 caches in 4 UK counties. Did not travel overseas
  • CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER John's stegasaurus emcache TB racer (Travel Bug tag) owned by lgxkls, 376.2 miles travelled, held by 12 cachers, visited 14 caches in 7 UK counties. Did not travel overseas
  • Katie 2000 emCache racer "Needles" (Travel Bug tag) owned by Katie 2000, 273.1 miles travelled, held by 2 cachers, visited 10 caches in 3 UK counties. Did not travel overseas
  • EMCACHE RACER LOUIS' VROOM VROOM!! (Travel Bug tag) owned by Garland Gang, 228.2 miles travelled, held by 13 cachers, visited 15 caches in 6 UK counties. Did not travel overseas
  • geopirate4's emCache Racer (GeoCoin) owned by geopirate4, 117.7 miles travelled, held by 1 cacher, visited 3 caches in 3 UK counties. Did not travel overseas
  • John's triceratops emcache TB racer (Travel Bug tag) owned by lgxkls, 2.7 miles travelled, held by no cachers (just 1 muggle!), visited 2 caches in 1 UK county