2011 Caches – Popular Caches

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I am defining popular caches purely on the number of times that they have been found.  It is not recommending these caches or suggesting that they are of any particular quality – either good or bad.

Before I compiled this list I would have thought that it would have been dominated by easy cache & dashes placed by the roadside.  But this is not the case.  Possibly two reasons may explain this – first, we don’t have that many cache & dashes on Dartmoor and second, many of those we do have were placed later in the year and haven’t had the same chance as those placed earlier.

The surprise to me is the huge popularity of the South Brent Trail and the Dewer Ramble.  Together, the 31 caches in these two series account for 46% of the total caches found on Dartmoor this year!  Please note that I have only included one cache from each series in this list, as otherwise hardly any other cache would get a mention!

So, if you want to place caches that are going to be popular, forget the cache & dash, and place your caches around a fairly easy but beautiful walking route somewhere to the south of the moor.  Congratulations to both Silky & Saucepan Man and muddypuddles for these very good and enjoyable series.