The Overall Final Results
1st Place with 463 points, The Lost & Hounds
2nd Place with 442 points, The Die Harders
3rd Place with 438 points, Team Plenty
4th Place with 416 points, The Misfits
5th Place with 411 points, the.last.lot
6th Place with 402 points, Silent Predators
7th Place with 401 points, Polliegoney
8th Place with 398 points, Wacky Racers
9th Place with 330 points, Yogi & the escape committee
10th Place with 309 points, In the Nick of Time
11th Place with 258 points, The Fightin’ Irish
The Wooden Spoon with 236 points, Dragon Hunters
When:
Saturday 14th April 2012
Where:
The Melville Inn, at the above co-ordinates.
An area will be reserved for the event.
Children are welcome.
Time:
1:30 p.m. until around 7 p.m.
Details:
Teams will be going out on a 2 ish hour car treasure hunt. Followed by an early evening meal around 5.30pm to 6pm. Details and full instructions on the day for the format of the ‘treasure hunt' when you arrive.
Teams:
We would advise teams of 4-5 people by car.
If you wish to form a team please let Haggis Hunter know by email, giving me your ‘team’ name, cachers names, number of people in your team and whether you can accommodate any other people within your team. Also if you intend to eat or not.
For cachers wishing to combine with other cachers either organise between you and let us know or alternatively let us know and we can help 'pair' you up.
Please note: That we are hoping that this will be an extremely popular event. So it is on a first come first served basis. We are limiting the number of cars to 12 teams on the road, so please organise teams if possible before contacting us (full cars please). We won’t be chasing up your ‘will attend’ log, so please ensure that you contact Haggis Hunter by email to secure your place for the event.
Due to limited numbers, we will be allocating places to teams who are staying for the meal, those who do not intend to eat may find that we do not allocate a place for them.
We would prefer no on the day entries. All teams must be notified to Haggis Hunter by 5pm Friday 13th April.
Clues:
The basic format will be that you will be setting out looking for GPS co-ordinates, and answering questions.
We may have a few other surprises up my sleeve.
Prizes:
In order to cut down on our costs, It would be appreciated if every team could bring an item that is Geocaching related (around £2 per person or 1 prize around £8 - £10 per car). These will then be given out as prizes.
Co-ordinates:
On the day we will provide instructions, questions and full co-ordinates. You do not have to do any pre work before the day.
What do you need:
• Car full of petrol
• Minimum 2 x GPS per car
• Prizes (see above!)
• Means to take a digital picture.
• A writing implement.
• A clowns wig.
• A sense of humour!
Food:
Food will be served once the hunt has been completed. Please ensure that you book your meals before leaving for the hunt.
Important Instructions:
As cache/event setter we cannot accept any responsibility for any problems encountered during the day, including motoring accidents, speeding etc etc.
It is entirely your responsibility if you take part in the event.
By setting out to this event, the driver is responsible for any third party action that may arise during the day. We as organisers are not responsible for any actions by yourself at all.
See notes below re driver
The route could be 40+ miles so please ensure you have a full tank of petrol.
Full rules and instructions will be given on the day. Brief wil be at 1:45pm and first vehicle to depart by 2pm so please be prompt!
Driver:
The Driver has to apply to all UK driving laws and therefore as such take no part in the treasure hunt (looking at GPS, reading maps, making decisions etc. He/she can take instructions from passengers as to which direction to drive in).
He/she must be in full control of the vehicle and even though the event is time based all speeding laws must be followed, and obviously drive slower if the conditions require.
Co-ordinates must be passed if the road conditions or traffic does not allow safe stopping.
It is the driver’s complete responsibility for the event and his/her passengers.
Driving faster than you would for an 'average' day out in the countryside is the driver’s responsibility, and I suggest for this event that it should not happen.
Attendance:
To be able to log an attendance at this event, you must take part in the treasure hunt. I’m afraid that we don’t have the means for this to be a turn up and just attend event.
The table below shows the information that we require before the event.
The Teams
| No. |
Team Name |
Team Members |
No. of People |
Spaces available |
Eating Yes/No |
| 1 |
The Misfits |
Tippy1969, Bouncing Ball, Trottie True, Pubpool, Crafty Mandy |
5 |
No |
Yes |
| 2 |
Wacky Racers |
Team Incredible, Jackie C |
5 |
No |
Yes |
| 3 |
Team Plenty |
mrplenty, paul+elaine |
4 |
No |
Yes |
| 4 |
The Lost & Hounds |
PossumPat, OriginalA1, thesearchdog, Interloper |
5 |
No |
Yes |
| 5 |
Dragon Hunters |
Zeryx, Goose84, Karenfaeangus, Rossatronix, Glennington |
5 |
No |
Yes |
| 6 |
Silent Predators |
T0pazz, Ronaldshay Rumagers, Scottiedogz |
5 |
No |
Yes |
| 7 |
The Die Harders |
colliewdales, angusdhub, pendragon9321, wingsofamum |
5 |
No |
Yes |
| 8 |
Polliegoney |
beenngone, pytg, hobgoblinkiteflier |
4 |
No |
Yes |
| 9 |
Yogi and the escape committee |
Big Wolf, Jmc66, Scotsbob |
4 |
No |
Yes |
| 10 |
In the Nick of Time |
Firth of Forth, Jack Aubrey, Teuchters |
4 |
No |
Yes |
| 11 |
the.last.lot |
landy 110, Krisztinabelle, sg1granny, Morton |
5 |
No |
Yes |
| 12 |
The Fightin' Irish! |
TheBigJ247 |
5 |
No |
Yes |
Keep an eye on this listing, as changes may be made, we will post an announcement log on here each time we make any significant changes.
Many thanks to harrogate hunters for the inspiration for this event.
Note:
To be within the law for mobile treasure hunts, this event comes under the category of ‘Navigational Scatter Events’.