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Announced at the spiritual home of the Geolympix - an Oxford pub - last Sunday, I'm happy to confirm the return of this Mega event... In three years time. Forward planning!

 

Friday 29th to Sunday 31st of July 2016 at a location in the South East of England yet to be made public.

 

Make a note in your Geocaching Diaries (5-Year version) and keep in touch with a slow trickle of Geolympix 2016 news via Twitter (@Geolympix) and Facebook (/groups/geolympix2016) for now. A new website will follow once it's needed, along with all the usual fundraising plava, merchandise (free fresh AANDs!) and so on.

 

You can read about the original version on its cache page and learn a bit about the Geolympix Mega 'model' (lots of fun stuff for stats-fans and cachers who like to challenge themselves a bit) if you like :)

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Yaaay, this is brilliant news.

 

Geolymix 2012 was our first ever mega event.

 

It was simply the best week of caching we have ever had, great series' lots of events and of course the original 11 icons in 11 hours challenge, that so many of us completed.

 

There was so much to do, we never did finish all the caches and challenges, but had a wonderful time and made some life long friends at one of the best campsites we have ever stayed at, lived up to it's name of 'Diamond'Farm

 

Thanks Paul for planning to do it all again, we know how much you put into the last one

 

We are sure to attend this one.

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Be part of it! GC54AXR - Geolympix Discussion Meet #1 - Saturday July 26th, 2-4pm at the cafe in Ashridge Estate nr Berkhamsted in Herts - a possible G2 venue. Help shape the 2nd Geolympix: Team members wanted, suggestions sort, ideas desired, demands considered, objections noted... Action will be taken. Yes, the time has come to get this party started! Please join us by England's 2nd oldest cache (GC177) and the UK's oldest puzzle (GC18BC) to thrash out some plans. I love it when they come together :anicute:

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I was expecting the 'Roving' Mega to head that way in 2015 or later, but from my experience, it is possible to set one up from scratch inside a couple of years (3 to be safe) - so perhaps you need to get a group together to bid for the summer 2017 Roving Mega account slot (saves a lot of hassle and paperwork) or get working on ideas for G(e)oWestFest :)

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Geolympix Mega: Ashridge 2016

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Announced on Twitter and Facebook earlier, the venue for the second Geolympix Mega (Fri 29 to Sun 31 July 2016) is the Ashridge Estate nr Berkhamsted, Herts. It's a free-to-enter National Trust property which is home to one of the 10 oldest caches in Europe, the UK's oldest Puzzle/Mystery and many other excellent caches. There's a launch picnic event coming there soon. More details to follow... B)

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Since it's exactly a month away, here's the details of the Geolympix Launch Picnic - complete with Frolf, so bring a frisbee:

 

2-4pm, Sunday July 26th at Ashridge Estate (free entry, parking, loos, etc, plus a NT monument to climb, caches to find, cafe etc) north of Berkhamsted in Herts. Handy for the M25 (J20, A41) and M1 (J8-11), or 1 3/4 mile walk from Tring Station, it's at the venue for the Geolympix next year: GC5WW4G

 

It'll also be the unveiling of the Geolympix Roadshow stand, complete with some surprise additions to our plans, before it goes off to the Essex Mega (Aug 1st) and then on tour.

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Last night the 2016 Ashridge Geolympix was published. Please take a look at http://coord.info/GC5XXYY for info & log a Will Attend if you plan to come. Thanks!

 

Sunday, July 31st 2016 - the weekend before the North Wales Mega.

 

Ashridge Estate (free to enter & park NT), Berkhamsted, Herts.

 

Ashridge is home to Europe's 9th oldest cache (GC177. England's 2nd oldest, UK's 3rd) & GC18BC, the UK's oldest Puzzle. GC171 (EU's 8th oldest, UK's 2nd oldest, England's oldest) is close by too.

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