After the news about the Project GC Locationless Lab Caches got spread about there was a lot of fuss in the caching community – because Geocaches were supposed to involve visiting a specific location and sitting at home on your computer finding a cache was not the done thing.Then word got round that a) there were 3 more sets of lab caches that had no Geofencing so could be done at home and b) Groundspeajk had decided that the community was right and that these Lab Caches would be turned off at the end of the month… which left three or four days for me to do them in… So I did
28th January 2020 – Netchvilski : LABrador Lab Cache #1 Introduction – cache #5134
The first set of caches was vary good, a Polish set, but in English as well, and involved some puzzles to solve to get the answers
(I’m not going to put images for all these locationless caches as there is nothing to see other than the ‘completed’ screen for each lab cache… so I’ll just show you this one !)
28th January 2020 – Netchvilski : LABrador Lab Cache #2 At Night – cache #5135
28th January 2020 – Netchvilski : LABrador Lab Cache #3 Take a look! – cache #5136
29th January 2020 – Leeds Drink and Chat 25 GC8HNZT – cache #5137
And in the middle of all this locationless lab caching was the second birthday of the Leeds Drink & Chat event… held at the Adelphi where the first one was held
When I attended the first of these events I arrived at 8:20, ten minutes before the event ended… here we are two years later and I am pleased to say my punctuality has got a bit better, it was only a few minutes after 8pm that I got there this time
30th January 2020 – Netchvilski : LABrador Lab Cache #4 Help note – cache #5138
30th January 2020 – Netchvilski : LABrador Lab Cache #5 Finale – cache #5139
The last of this well done set of caches – an actual adventure story in an adventure lab cache series
30th January 2020 – Route 66 Southwestern Illinois Lab Cache #1 Ariston Cafe – cache #5140
The next set of Labs were on the Route 66 American Highway… you did have to visit the places to find the answers, but Google Street View was your friend here
30th January 2020 – Route 66 Southwestern Illinois Lab Cache #2 Soulsby’s Shell Station – cache #5141
30th January 2020 – Route 66 Southwestern Illinois Lab Cache #3 Pink Elephant Antique Mall – cache #5142
30th January 2020 – Route 66 Southwestern Illinois Lab Cache #4 Hamel – cache #5143
30th January 2020 – Route 66 Southwestern Illinois Lab Cache #5 Chain of Rocks Bridge – cache #5144
And that was the Route 66 lab caches done
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #1 My Profile – cache #5145
The final set was as the title of them suggests, search the setters Geocaching Profile to find the answers (how this chap got 10 labs when everyone else only gets 5 who knows ?)
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #2 My First Find – cache #5146
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #3 My Souvenirs – cache #5147
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #4 My Favourite Points – cache #5148
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #5 My First Hide – cache #5149
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #6 My Trackable – cache #5150
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #7 My WEB CAM finds – cache #5151
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #8 From the Gallery – cache #5152
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #9 Hidden in the code – cache #5153
30th January 2020 – A virtual exploration of day1976’s adventures Lab Cache #10 Final – cache #5154
And finally the last of the locationless adventure lab caches, now gone forever…