Well, after all the recent political and religious guff, it's time to get the blog back on message - geocache and blog talk.Fig.1: The geocaching webring logo.
Recently, I've been browsing around the geocaching blogosphere looking out for any other geocaching bloggers.One place I looked first of all was the geocaching webring. However, apart from the attractive logo, many of the listed sites turned out to be unmaintained. A similar story was had in the official groundspeak forums, where a thread on blogging reveals several well-intentioned blogs but much unfulfilled potential.
Nevertheless, I did find enough on these two sites, and google search, to get me going. First up is Musings about geocaching, written by Miragee. It is the most up-to-date blog where geocaching is the main theme. Miragee is an experienced cacher from California, with over 2511 finds to his name. Great pictures on the blog, too.
Symptomatic of the geocaching blogosphere is Geocacheville. This is an amazing site which sets the standard for geocache blogging. All sorts of stuff on every aspect of the sport including my own penchant - geocoins and travelbugs. Lots of cool links, too.
Fig.2: logo from the Geocacheville blogThe blog's most recent post is a spectacular photo of the "Masters of the cache geocoin". But that was way back in September 2006. I would rank this above the "Musings about geocaching" blog if only it were current.
GPSOkie has only just found 100 caches. He keeps an excellent blog, which, like this one, is interspersed with musings about the life beyond geocaching. It also serves as a forum for his photography.
The Cachebug probably desrves a mention at this point as the most devoted blog I've seen on the whole geocoin thing. And it's current, too! Podcacher seems to be the main hub of multi-platform blogging on caching, with podcasts, videos etc.
Best of the rest
Here's a list of other decent geocaching blogs I've found. I'm sure there must be hundreds of others. I'd like to keep this post updated regularly, so please contact me (in the comments or by email) if you spot any other interesting geocaching websites & blogs.
Absocachinlutely keeps a detailed log of a geocacher from Ohio.
A Simple Life of Luxury is written by Alan and Anna of Abercachers, a geocaching group in Aberystwyth to which I'm vaguely affiliated.
Blazerfan's Geocaching Adventures is a neat and tidy blog, regularly updated.
Bomber John is a detailed and amusing blog based in Massachusetts.
Boulter.com is quite an idiosyncratic personal website (as if mine were a paragon of sanity!). Geocaching is but one of the components underneath the heading of "life". However, the geocaching side of things is maintained regularly (if only briefly) so it makes it into my review.
Caching Central - teccie blog that I don't really understand.
Cheesy Pigs have some tall tales from Tasmania. One of them is trying to cut down on geocoins!
Chimbisimo - another teccie site with is aimed at Mac-using geocachers. I haven't a clue what they are on about but they were kind enough to respond to me on the geocaching forums!
Chris n Maria's geocaching homepage is not a blog per se, but it is a very handy resource for geocachers in London. They are the creators of the brilliant Geocaching tube map.
Feeding Squirrels on my Way to Work is quite a light read with anecdotes about geocaching trips in North Carolina.
Rayzir Cache is a more orthodox geocaching blog on blogspot. Very neat and tidy, though could possibly do with some more stats, links and stuff on the sidebar to jazz it up? But the most important thing is that it's regularly updated and nicely written.
Tales from the surface doesn't have that much content. But I did learn here about the game of "Geodashing", which is completely new to me. It is also a current blog, so it sneaks into this review. Crisp site with nice photos.
Team Trail Walker is an impressive site hosted by an outward-bound family in Colorado. Lots of personalised stats and details about their trackables etc... just the sort of thing I was hoping to find more of.
Uniquely Normal, by "Jaggy", has geocaching as part of a wider blog. There's an impressive photo of the "Original Stash" placed by the "Father of geocaching", Dave Ulmer way back in in 2000.
Y'all come geocaching does what it says on the tin: a no-nonsense account of geocaching in the southern states of the USA. Nice photos and brief stats round-up at the end of each day.
