Showing posts with label winner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winner. Show all posts

Thursday, May 1, 2014

The Podcache Show Winner!

Awesome!  I received an email this past week from Pete of The Podcache Show (in the UK) letting me know I won the April challenge! 


You had to find 5 caches that spelled out “APRIL”.  I decided as it was a good caching month for me to add a bit more to the challenge and use 5 different cache types, too!  And look at where they were – all over the place!

 My friend, DarrylW4, let me know this morning that the Episode 33 has been aired, announcing me as the winner.  My prize?  I get to pick May’s challenge.  As May 4-10 is Be Kind to Animals Week, the challenge is to find 4 caches in the month of May that include animals in their name like Tiger, Wolf, Elephant, etc.

Part of Pete’s email had me chuckling:

“I've also noticed that you won a competition on another podcast and they pronounced your name correctly. Is it pronounced with an 'S' or a 'Z'? I can't have Australians bettering me at English pronunciation!”

He was also very complimentary about this blog.  He has an interest in “active geocaching bloggers” so stay tuned! He appreciated the link to his show and also the link to Red Ruth Riddle Tools (I used that link myself several times this week!).

I’m a big fan of The Podcache Show because Pete and Tracey are a lovely couple who invite you into their geocaching world with sincerity and humor. They, alongside with their kids and geofriends, share the world of UK caching: the series, local events, walking trails, and history, too.  I just love the way they don’t take themselves too seriously and have a bit of fun.  Some of my favorite experiences on their shows (sorry, I don’t remember episode numbers):
  1. Pete’s son telling him a joke.  Then, 30 minutes later in the podcast, Pete finally understood the punch line.
  2. The running commentary on an Earth Cache.  Pete and Tracey were waiting at the site of an Earth Cache for a geological phenomenon that only occurs several times a year (solstice, was it?).  There’s all this build up while waiting for this wave on a river… and then it was over.  Very dry humor.
  3. They also feature interesting series (railroad series or village sign series) and interesting events (24 hours of caching?!?)
What an awesome way to kick off May! 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Geotalk Winner!

Just listened to Episode 104 of the GeoTalk podcast ("caching down under") and heard my name! And it was pronounced correctly TWICE!

I forgot during one of Darren's (Spindoc Bob) recent podcasts that he requested listeners to email their 2014 geocaching goals (mine was to complete a dozen Earth caches plus more quality caches in 2014). My name was drawn, and I won a 2013 New South Wales Geocoin! Awesome!


I love this show.  I love the roving reports from Australia and New Zealand.  I love hearing about the types of caches they find, the challenges they complete, the dangers they deal with. Caching "down under" is on my bucket list, but I don't know if I'll ever afford it.  I can dream while listening to this podcast, though.

I have to admit that I've been lucky, of late.  I won several geocoins through GeoGearheads last Fall, Detroit Zoo tickets through their caching series, a Huron Metropark pass in their MGA13 drawing, Travel Fleas via the Podcache Show, a flashlight during a live taping of GeoGearheads about a week ago, and another flashlight during the taping of the Chicago Geocaching Podcast's 100th episode.  

I thank my lucky caching stars!