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The Geocachers of Wales invite you to Swansea for the 4th UK Mega Event on Sunday 31st July 2011 between 10am and 5pm.

The venue has been specifically chosen to provide facilities for geocachers and non-geocachers alike. There is easy access to the town centre and beach as well as the odd cache or two!

The glorious Gower Peninsula and beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park are within easy reach of Swansea making it a perfect holiday location – so whether you come for the day, weekend or longer there will be plenty to do.

As well as the Mega Event itself there will be numerous side events in the wonderful Welsh countryside including hill and coastal walks, beach barbecues & family fun days.

If you intend to join, then please register as an attendee on the Mega Wales Website to ensure that your entry to the event is as smooth as possible, your name badge is ready for you and that our auditable record (essential for confirming Mega status) is complete.

A new site www.geocachetrails.com aims to link together caches and multicaches that can be easily completed during the course of a morning or afternoon's circular walk. "A geocache trail is a series of geocaches, usually laid out along a circular route for walking, biking or driving. Completing a geocache trail is a great way to spend a morning, afternoon or day geocaching." There are quite a few such trails in North East Wales, one in Snowdonia, 4 near Aberystwyth and 2 near Cardiff. If you have any suggestions for more please send them to the site using this form.

Over in the USA the founders of Geocaching have linked together 3 challenging caches which sum up the history of geocaching in the States. Click here to see how this has developed. Can anyone think of three Welsh caches which would be equivalent? Please email your suggestions to enquiries@walkingnorthwales.co.uk.

Check out these new caches on geocaching.com