Amberel Top Cache Awards Central

If You Go Down To The Woods Tonight	The first above ground maximum 25 point TOP CACHE in the UK. This by itself says almost all that needs to be said. A truly awsome night cache, in a great location, meticulously planned for optimum layout. Immense investment of time and effort on each of the stages, ingenuity coupled with top quality preparation, everything is designed, made and maintained to the highest standard. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
cannonfodder32
Northhamptonshire
25 points
No. 557
With owner
I Love Dr Beeching – Bridge Inspector: Re-Dangled	Cleverly designed and immaculately prepared, as always for this c/o. And a really tough challenge :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
cannonfodder32
Northamptonshire
24 points
No. 515
With owner
The Sky At Night	Tree climbs by night :-). A lot of work for one cache, but what else would you expect from this c/o ;-) ? The other thing you expect from this c/o is immaculate presentation and minute attention to detail, and you get this too :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com
cannonfodder32
Northamptonshire
22 points
No. 524

Five Fall Into Adventure (Pt. 2)	The best Famous Five cache we've done yet, and that's really saying something :-). Swinging down after finding the cache :-). Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
bilkobaggins
Derbyshire
22 points
No. 445
With owner
Subterranean Homesick Blues	A clever and original puzzle, with several layers, leading to a very pleasant final location. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Happy Humphrey
Nottinghamshire
20 points
No. 556
With owner
C.O.D. Petrus (Derbyshire)	A great location, lovely views. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
cats-eyes
Derbyshire
20 points
No. 555
With owner
Northampton By Boat	A series of canoe or dinghy caches on the Nene, through Northampton. A lovely river to paddle on, with some challenging sections, and several outstanding hides. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
mcaddy
Northamptonshire
20 points
No. 215
With owner
Hippos Below	One of the "classics", I don't know how I managed to cache for 11 years without doing it earlier. Saved it up for a great occasion I guess ;-). A dreadfully muddy approach, but a great paddle once inside :-) View the cache page on geocaching.com
girloutdoors & Water_mad
Gloucestershire
20 points
No. 586

Five Go Down to the Sea	Part of the fun of these caches is the way that what you have to do is matched to the story line :-). A series of 6 culvert caches. By no means the most difficult ones I've done, but WAY the longest :-). View the cache page for the trickiest one on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
bilkobaggins
Derbyshire
19 points
No. 446
With owner
I Love Dr Beeching – Shafted 1	A highly unusual cache, not done anything quite like it before :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
cannonfodder32
Northamptonshire
19 points
No. 231
With owner
Unloved cache challenge	Best cache of the trip - a lovely walk to a great location, a long search for tricky hide, ultimately successful :-). Approaching the cache - click the image to expand it. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
duncanhoyle
Northumberland
19 points
No. 499
With owner
Alfresco Gecko Lifeboat	Very unusual field puzzle in an unusual location for a cache :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com
01582 & 5791
Bedfordshire
19 points
No. 436
With owner
Ooops!	A most enjoyable puzzle and a fun cache placement :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com	No response from c/o
Harry the furry squid
Warwickshire
18 points
No. 439
No response
broom west junction signal box	This was something a bit different, which is partly why it "scores" well :-) View the cache page on geocaching.com
dylan burgess
Warwickshire
18 points
No. 583
With owner
Famous Five	A series of extreme and semi-extreme caches around Glossop, exploring secret tunnels, wading through rivers, climbing trees - all the sort of things the Famous Five do :-) View the cache page for one of the series on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
bilkobaggins
Derbyshire
18 points
No. 371
With owner
Climb of Adventure	A challenging placement in a lovely setting, with great views . View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
meltdiceburg
Derbyshire
18 points
No. 448
With owner
Aerial Adventure	A tricky free climb to an extremely well made and presented cache container. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Geena10
Nottinghamshire
18 points
No. 430
With owner
Five on a Secret Trail	A two stage problem getting to the cache. And another two stage problem getting back, of course ;-) A long, long crawl and a fitting end to the Famous Five caches on this trip :-). George, Dick and Julian after their adventure :-) Photo and Timmy courtesy of the c/o :-). Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on geocaching.com
bilkobaggins
Derbyshire
18 points
No. 449
With owner
12 days of Caching: 1 Weir today, gone tomorrow	A rather different challenge, very tricky and took us quite a long time :-) Wizbit100 and dizzygirl taking different approaches. Click the images to expand them. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
18 points
No. 283
With owner
Roan65:814050 Fetch Special	We didn't find a large number of caches on this trip, but many of those we did find required imaginative solutions that we hadn't had to employ before. This was no exception :-). Wizbit100 making it look easy ;-). Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
18 points
No. 285

I Love Dr Beeching – Tickets To Ride	Great location for an abseil :-) View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
cannonfodder32
Northamptonshire
18 points
No. 545
With owner
Lockinge Kiln - where the skeletons lie	An unusual and interesting location, something a bit different. View the cache page on geocaching.com
smstext
Oxfordshire
18 points
No. 247
With owner
Tree	A series of 9 tree climbs set in lovely rolling English countryside. During the whole day we saw only one other person, a horse-rider :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
17 points
No. 281
With owner
Stert stream, going underground (1 of 3)	A most unusual underground location for a cache, an underground river accessed via the Thames. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Daniel Glover
Oxfordshire
17 points
No. 203
With owner
Caching for Girls - Pretty in Pink?	Not extreme, but favourite of the Caching for Girls series. Find it with friends, don't do it by yourself :-) The photos give some idea :-) 3 pink pinups :-) Click the images to expand them. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Splendidz
Northamptonshire
17 points
No. 364
With owner
12 days of Caching: 11 Mulled Wine!	Award is for the series of 8 caches on a linear trail, but this free climb was the most challenging for me. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
17 points
No. 365
With owner
Rendcomb Rat Run	Another culvert cache, not very long but in a "nice" tunnel, with (lots and lots of) clean water :-). In a very pleasant location, and with a nice cache container at the end of it. Or, more precisely, in the middle of it :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com	No response from c/o
twise_1
Gloucestershire
17 points
No. 108
No response
Alphabet Soup	A mix of walking on and off road, but what made the series was the variety of excellent camouflaged and "trick" caches :-). View the cache page for A, Alphabet Soup on geocaching.com
smart451
Derbyshire
17 points
No. 95
With owner
Series 3 (Walk 4) The Fairy Door	A cache of great imagination, on a lovely walk in lovely woods, and one very especially for the toddlers. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
bailey rangers
Worcestershire
17 points
No. 71
Released
ALL TOOLED UP	Something a bit different, and an enjoyable walk. View the cache page on geocaching.com
EspritS3
Leicestershire
17 points
No. 578

Climb & Twist.	A field puzzle of a type I've seen several times before - but not usually in a tree ;-) View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Owd Miner
Nottinghamshire
17 points
No. 429
With owner
out of my tree	Three quite different tree climbs on a linear trail. View the cache page for "out of my tree" on geocaching.com View the cache page for "out of your tree" on geocaching.com View the cache page for "the big meanie" on geocaching.com
dylan burgess
Warwickshire
17 points
No. 582

Brick Kiln	Made the most of an interesting location :-) View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
fairyspan
Derbyshire
17 points
No. 571
With owner
Jaggers Clough	A fabulous walk following the path of the stream onto the Kinder plateau, which had remained unfinished business for me as I was unable to complete it on my first attempt due to a dodgy knee. Returned 15 months later to find the remaining caches in the series, which were in even more outstanding locations than the lower ones, and the rating has been bumped up accordingly. Now archived as the owners are no longer able to maintain the caches - a loss to caching :-(. Factotem at Jaggers Clough #8, looking down the clough towards #7. Click the image to expand it. View the cache page for Jaggers Clough 8 on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
geogeriatrics
Derbyshire
16 points
No. 96
With owner
The Roaches	A lovely location. UrsusBear once again demonstrate the advantage of dual skinning caches that are in exposed locations. Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on terracaching.com
UrsusBear
Staffordshire
16 points
No. 149
With owner
Carding Mill	Standing in these lovely hills I couldn't believe that I'd managed in my whole life not to visit the Long Mynd before! View the cache page on terracaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
markandlynn
Shropshire
16 points
No. 21
With owner
Red Kite	A great location, you feel on top of the world. View the cache page on opencache.uk View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
sandvika
Oxfordshire
16 points
No. 9
With owner
Float your boat	Lovely boat series on the Nene, but tricky - I was able to reach only two of the four caches. The best of them was one that I didn't even try to get to on my own, and from a narrow, wobbly, unstable canoe, so I've linked to one that I did manage :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Splendidz
Northamptonshire
16 points
No. 288
With owner
The National Memorial Arboretum Virtual	A fascinating location, even more so than we had expected it to be. View the cache page on geocaching.com
billnwen
Staffordshire
16 points
No. 581
With owner
Zeke and Mya go climbing	Straightforward climb in a nice location. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Citrus-Lizard
Staffordshire
16 points
No. 580

Roan65:815050 Roan's Revenge - FT Caching Rat	Another tough and imaginative cache from Roan65. Took us ages, doing it the slow way, and was very eventful, including a visit from the boys in blue! View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
16 points
No. 284
With owner
Sub Hedera	A very tough puzzle followed by a nice climb :-). Also covers the nearby "Training Tree" cache. View the cache page for "Sub Hedera" on geocaching.com View the cache page for "Training Tree" on geocaching.com
offbeam
Staffordshire
16 points
No. 579

Cetus	An unusual combination of activities ;-) View the cache page on geocaching.com
Cpt_Blackadder
Northamptonshire
16 points
No. 544
With owner
Float your boat	A boat series on the Nene - Splendidz set the upstream caches, The_Buffs the downstream ones. The link is to a cache in a challenging location :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
The_Buffs
Northamptonshire
16 points
No. 289
With owner
Looking for Linda	A beautiful walk with spectacular views, leading to a fun cache :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
SidAndBob
Herefordshire
16 points
No. 482
With owner
Boat Only	A whole series of great boat caches on the River Nene, either side of the site of Fotheringhay Castle. Could have chosen several for the link, but used this one because a) it was a fun puzzle that was straightforward for me to do, and b) we were First to Find :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
thepanteras
Northamptonshire
16 points
No. 287
With owner
Trigonometry, Triangles and Treachery	Some tricky workings out in the field, and a fun final location :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com
Pharisee
Bedfordshire
16 points
No. 435
With owner
Sneaky Leaky	An ingenious and original field puzzle ;-) View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
PlasmaWave
Nottinghamshire
16 points
No. 427
With owner
Simples!	Another humourous cache page, final was quite straightforward but a bit different :-) View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Splendidz
Northamptonshire
16 points
No. 363
With owner
Roan65:814050 Shocking Cache Experience	Nice climb with an unusual container :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
16 points
No. 286

Wayland's Smithy	This one is for the walk, and the destination. The destination I found most interesting. The walk I did twice, after leaving my eTrex on the ground beside the cache :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
The Wombles
Oxfordshire
15 points
No. 18
With owner
WW2 Series - Minton Beware	Fantastic views. View the cache page on geocaching.com	No response from c/o
Discovery Centre
Shropshire
15 points
No. 391
No response
Love Nature	More superb views in an idyllic spot. View the cache page on geocaching.com	Declined
foxeylady
Shropshire
15 points
No. 392
Declined
peregrines above	A long walk over Coppet Hill to the meadows below Symonds Yat Rock, with the Peregrine Falcon's nests directly above. It's somewhere I've looked down on before, but never visited. View the cache page on opencache.uk View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
laurencemo
Herefordshire
15 points
No. 109
With cache
S'Up?	A climb, but not one of the usual climbs ;-) View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Splendidz
Leicestershire
15 points
No. 426
With owner
Village of the damned	An interesting location. But muddy. Very muddy :-). View the cache page on terracaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Gackt
Oxfordshire
15 points
No. 107
With owner
ZEKE'S no jOAK	Nice tree climb in a great location. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Citrus-Lizard
West Midlands
15 points
No. 440
With owner
Cache EM if you can #1 - 9 ladies of Stanton Moor	A gorgeous spot, high on the moor. On an autumn morning I climbed up through heavy mist to a beautiful sunny day. Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on opencache.uk View the cache page on geocaching.com	No response from c/o
Ve8
Derbyshire
15 points
No. 70
No response
Caching for Girls - Pucker Up!	This entry covers 3 quite simple but varied free climbs on the Brampton Valley Way - the other two being BVW High 'n' Mighty and BVW Branching Out. All the caches were nicely presented. There are a number of more difficult climbs in the vicinity that I didn't tackle because I hadn't solved the puzzles - maybe in due course they will get a TOP CACHE coin too :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Splendidz
Northamptonshire
15 points
No. 217
With owner
Crowden Brook Waterfall	A delightful spot for the cache, but also scores big for the section of Crowden Clough above the cache, leading to the top of Kinder Scout, which was a tough walk in gorgeous surroundings. View the cache page on geocaching.com	No response from c/o
Wicker
Derbyshire
15 points
No. 147
No response
Yo-Yo!	Once again, an unusual location, something a bit different. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Splendidz
Northamptonshire
15 points
No. 366
With owner
Caching for Girls - VPL?	A fun puzzle, followed by fun stages :-) SuperAmberel ;-) Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Splendidz
Northamptonshire
15 points
No. 362
With owner
HarbSplash	An extensive series of canoe or dinghy caches along the Grand Union Canal. Good parking, easy paddling and straightforward hides. View the cache page for the most easterly cache on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Harbcache
Leicestershire
15 points
No. 216
With owner
S&WCGB	A lovely paddle along a very scenic section of canal through Kinver, with a mixture of easy and challenging caches on the way. Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Fungimanforager
Staffordshire
15 points
No. 311
With owner
Ringing Roger	A bit of a scramble at the end of a long climb. View the cache page on geocaching.com	No response from c/o
Flipperfeet
Derbyshire
15 points
No. 146
No response
WLH#9 - Cuckoo Cuckoo	A straightforward tree free climb in a pleasant location. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
PlasmaWave
Nottinghamshire
14 points
No. 428
With owner
Crystal Ball	An original puzzle and and an excellent hiding place :-) View the cache page on geocaching.com
Chisipiti & Spire67
Nottinghamshire
14 points
No. 572
With owner
Five Get Into Trouble	Possibly the most straightforward of the Famous Five caches for us - it's what we are more used to ;-). View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
bilkobaggins
Derbyshire
14 points
No. 447
With owner
ARBOREAL ADVENTURE	Several modest tree climbs and an unusual final location. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Fungimanforager
Staffordshire
14 points
No. 313
With owner
Giant Hosin (Reverse Cache)	A very unusual series of tree climbs. View the cache page for one of the caches on geocaching.com
Roan65 & the Muddy Labs
Northamptonshire
14 points
No. 513
With owner
12 days of Caching: 8 No Yellow Ribbon	Nice climb with a twist at the end :-). View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
14 points
No. 282

Roan65:815050 C&A's little challenge	Simple enough climb, but not so simple once you got up there ;-). View the cache page on geocaching.com
Roan65
Northamptonshire
14 points
No. 562

The Emperor's Quest	This series took the highly unusual form of a fairy tale continued on each cache page, loosely related to the cache at that stage. I've taken the liberty of naming this from the most enjoyable part of the route as the series doesn't really have a name as such. Some great scenery, and a few out of the ordinary hides to make it more interesting :-). Click the image to expand it. View the cache page (of the most challenging hide) on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
meltdiceburg
Derbyshire
14 points
No. 227
With owner
Series 3 (Walk 13) Sum It Up	Not unique but very unusual. Top quality implementation, and in a great location. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
bailey rangers
Worcestershire
14 points
No. 85
With owner
Noe Head	A delightful spot, in a steep sided valley, beside a waterfall. Click the image to expand it. View the cache page on geocaching.com	No response from c/o
Barber Booth Alpine Club
Derbyshire
14 points
No. 148
No response
Biggin to see	A lovely walk up Mill Dale with a stiff and steep climb at the end. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Dicy Penn
Staffordshire
14 points
No. 145
With owner
Noon Hill	A great walk, lovely views, an immaculate cache box and a really friendly bunch of cows :-). View the cache page on opencache.uk View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
pharisee
Bedfordshire
14 points
No. 22
With owner
PARK & STRIDE 40	Freeclimb, lots of footholds though some of them a bit far apart for my old knees. View the cache page on geocaching.com
Fungimanforager
Shropshire
13 points
No. 312

The large Holly Tree	Just as it said on the tin - a large holly tree :-) View the cache page on geocaching.com
Kev + Jackie
Leicestershire
13 points
No. 573

T5 Challenge cache	A straightforward rope climb. View the cache page on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
sr510
Northamptonshire
13 points
No. 367
With owner
Hergest Ridge	A lovely walk and great views. Peter is the first recipient to choose the "brave" option of having his coin delivered by cache :-). View the cache page on opencache.uk View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
The Hornet
Herefordshire
13 points
No. 19
Released
HMS Victorious	A gentle and pleasant paddle along the Grand Union Canal. View the cache page for one of the series on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
gladstone8
Leicestershire
13 points
No. 425
With owner
The Only Way Is Up	A series of free climbs, not unduly high but most of them quite tricky. View the cache page for #1 on geocaching.com View the geocoin page on geocaching.com
Boer&Brit
Bedfordshire
13 points
No. 343
With owner