Hello there! I’m Cass (Or cassandy on Geocaching.com). I work in IT. Hoorah! I’m pretty much an odd job girl. I do a bit of server admin, programming, web dev, Linux support, Oracle DB admin, PC building, etc. I have a degree in computer science, and computing, techie stuff and gadgets have been very much “my thing” ever since I was a wizz on the ZX Spectrum and coded in BASIC on the Commodore 64 (What? I don’t look old enough to do those things? I started VERY young!) I absolutely love my job as I am a complete computer geek. I know this is unusual for a girl, but I am the exception 
I got into GeoCaching in March 2010, we were bored and wanted to do something different so I downloaded the free GeoCaching Intro app onto my iPhone and we went to find our first cache. Since then I’ve been hooked. I remember when we found 6 caches in a day and I thought “We will never find this many in a day ever again” well, we’re now past our 2000th find so as you can imagine we have found quite a few more in a single caching trip!
My promise to you is a well maintained, regularly updated blog. Hopefully full of GeoCaching information that you find useful, including:
- GeoCaching resources
- Websites and software to help you on your GeoCaching travels
- Tips, tricks and advice on GeoCaching
- Details on my caching, biking and camping adventures (I’m a newbie at pretty much all of these things)
- Tutorials on creating creative cache containers
- Reviews on geocaching sites, software, and hardware
- And any ideas as they pop into my head!
Other than “Geeking it up” and Caching I’m a generally a very active person and either visit the gym or go running (Quite often I do both) daily. I enjoy listening to music and am very into Heavy Metal and Classic Rock. Led Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Label Society and anything loud are my favorites. I play electric and classical guitar and when I’m not doing any of the things listed above you’ll find me shopping or down the pub having a gossip with the girls!
I hope you enjoy the blog. If you have anything to add please drop me a comment on any of my posts and I will get back to you. Any site feedback is greatly appreciated and I’ll be happy to do a link exchange if you have a site. Just drop me a comment! Happy caching!
July 14, 2010 at 1:50 pm
I enjoy your blog. I wish I could find a trails map for the US.
July 14, 2010 at 8:56 pm
Hi, just found your blog through Slightly Tall Paul’s who follows you. Great to find another caching blogger. My blog is http://www.jacaru.blogspot.com if you want to have a look at it. Not at all as good as yours, I am not the best at computer stuff LOL. It does give bits of caching info though. It is very much in an embryo stage as I have only just started it but I would love you to follow me. Any hints or advice on the blog would be appreciated. Cheers, Daryl
August 19, 2010 at 3:37 pm
brilliant blog Cass
already found loads of useful stuff.
look forward to future installments
Cheers J
September 30, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Wow. I’m impressed with your capacity. I started geocaching four months before you and have managed less than 1/10th of your total. Excellent new Rowney Wood series.
I’m guessing you’re located not very far from me (I’m in Dunmow). Do you make it to the Essex Meets? I don’t, as they are always on Wednesday evenings, which clash with my work.
If you fancy a lunchtime drink to compare notes (I’m currently preparing a Thaxted series), email me.
Peter (watsonic)
September 30, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Hi Peter! Thanks for the comment. Yeah were just up the road in Walden (Near our Walden Wander trail) Would be good to see a Thaxted series as there’s nothing there after the mill one went missing. Not made it to any Essex meets so far but only as they keep falling on inconvenient days. We hope to get to one soon, maybe the next. You’re right though as they can be quite a drive after work. Might have to take you up on the lunchtime drink offer for some geochat
October 24, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Hello Cass,
I’m working on my own geocaching blog and would like to link to your blog as well – ok with that?
Thanks,
KayakJim
October 24, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Yeah of course!
What’s your URL? I’ll add it to my site links sections.
November 7, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I love reading your blog, Cass. It really is a very good one. I just randomly chat on mine! Thanks for commenting on it, by the way and congrats on getting fit and healthy. That list of things to do on my blog is 101 things to do in 1001 days. It is an international thing – just google 101 things to do in 1001 days and see what other ideas you get. We will have to arrange an Essex meet nearer to you guys and encourage some more cachers out that way so you can have more new caches to find.
March 6, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Happy Anniversary!
March 24, 2011 at 6:15 am
Hi! I have been thinking about geocaching for ages, but keep forgetting about it. Your blog has made me curious again.
You should check out http://www.trailzilla.com They have some great tools and reviews of walks and trails for tons of areas.
Angela
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May 20, 2011 at 8:21 am
Hi Cass, I just wanted to give you a heads-up on a little digital geocaching stunt being carried out by Jura Whisky.
Jura Whisky is having a bit of fun with QR codes and putting a bunch of them around the island next week as part of the Islay/Jura Whisky Festival known as the Feis Ile. We gave it the name Juracaching as a play on the geocaching.
The idea is a bit of fun, but also to encourage people to explore a little bit more of Jura than the distillery! And as far as we can tell, it’s the first time a whisky company has done something like this.
There’s more details in the links below and if you need any more I’m sure Rob Bruce, Jura’s head of PR would be happy to help. He can be reached via rob.bruce@whyteandmackay.com
http://www.isleofjura.com/distillery/ambassadors/blog-post.aspx?id=77b6c926-3250-4cac-96bb-bcc1b8396059
Anyway, I hope you find it of interest – and have a nice weekend,
Craig
July 7, 2011 at 8:15 am
Thought you might be interested in this geocache style trail around Birmingham this weekend (9 July) – you have to hunt for historical characters, and prizes of tickets to English Heritage’s Festival of History up for grabs, too!
http://www.responsesource.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=65836
January 11, 2012 at 9:44 am
Wow Cass – that is quite something. You have such an energy that I am jealous of. Sounds like you started caching at the same time I did and in the same area. A friend mentioned it to me not really knowing what it was and it gripped me. But definitely not as tightly as it got you (I have a family with 3 kids. Tends to slow one down a bit). That and a big building extension project that I am mostly DIYing.
I have laid a few caches myself (which you have scooped up ages ago).
You are an inspiration to me. I need to get outdoors more and follow the trail. Thank you for all you blogging giving me loads of ideas for where to go what to do etc. etc….. I just logged my first waymark thanks to your blogging away.
Hopefully we bump into each other at some point but by then you will have most likely reached the 10,000 mark
Thank you for a fantastic blog.
Gavin (aka theUrqs)
May 27, 2012 at 11:38 am
Hello Cass, I’m in the process of researching geocaching with a view to setting up a trail in Cambridge…do you know of anybody in the Cambridge area whose brains I could pick?
N
May 28, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Could you be a bit more specific about what kind of info you need? I’m not far from Cambridge and would be happy to help. Do you need info about getting permission in a particular area or just have some general cache hiding questions? Feel free to fire away and ask me!