The "Bearly Thought About A Name"Travel Bug Race

Growler is back

2010-10-10T18:58:00.002+01:00

... with an apology from Jinja Ninja for his prolonged detention - is our own Mr CG getting his own back???

2010-10-02T10:29:00.002+01:00

I would just like to express my gratitude to the idiot that picked up Bjornar on the 5th August and then didn't place him. I find that holding onto a TB for almost 2 months is really helpful for a bug that is in a race!!! Grrrrrr!!!!! Not that I'm bitter or anything...........

The race is over!

2010-10-01T13:10:00.002+01:00

The race is now over, the final result will be published in a few days to give a chance for any late logs.

Thanks to all the geocachers who moved our Travel Bugs on.

Fozzie creeps ahead...

2010-09-16T13:32:00.002+01:00

With the finish line in sight, after a little help from the Puffins, Fozzie edges into the lead...

Home straight

2010-09-01T11:38:00.001+01:00

Last month of the race!

Growler has yet to score...

Bjornar hat geschwankt

2010-08-20T09:30:00.002+01:00

Looks like I spoke to soon in praise of Germans. Bjornar has ground to a halt again. :-(

Bjornar is on the move again

2010-08-06T17:26:00.003+01:00

I probably shouldn't speak too soon but Bjornar's prospects seem to be improving. He's now in Germany and has been picked up within days of being placed. Fingers crossed that the lovely Germans do 'im proud!!

Woohoo - Boston's back

2010-07-13T14:25:00.002+01:00

After a month of sitting in a cache that no-one goes to he's back in the game!

Paddington Bear moving again!

2010-07-12T10:34:00.000+01:00

A friendly cacher from Texas has visited the cache in St. Lucia and has retrieved Paddington! He'll be on his way to Texas soon.... ;-)

Welcome back Poley AND Paddington

2010-06-25T09:46:00.001+01:00

Both bears had gone missing for 2 months and both re-appeared within a week of each other.

Hurrah !!

Paddington bear is alive

2010-06-24T23:26:00.002+01:00

.. but he's arrived in Saint Lucia, all very nice but with two caches on the island.... not sure how many visits he's going to get.

No score with the latest cache as 'R' has already been ticked off

Good Luck to those still in the race

2010-06-22T19:36:00.002+01:00

We've reached around the 1/2 point to this race,

- Bear 'A' , still not moved from starting cache!

- Bear 'H', moving nicely, sat in a cache

- Bertie, moving ok, a few points.

- Bettybear, scored some points but now in a cachers for about 5 weeks.

- Bjonar - moving ok

- Boston, some good mileage, criss crossing the country, good score

- Diamond Bear is storming ahead, well done, fantastic score.

- Doobie, good moves

- Fozzie, scored but needs improvement

- GeoBear, sadly should be on a reasonable score but some mixup has taken place ... ;-(

- Growler, possible MIA, in hands of a cacher since May 5th.

- Love-a-lot bear, has been moved on to Holland... nice.. shame it's in a 6 stage multi-cache.

- Nekkid, very good score so far.

- Paddington Bear is MIA, in the hands of a cacher since May.

- Poley, good starting score.

- Postiebear, scored well, in hands of cacher >3 weeks

- Stripped Bare, good start.

check out the latest scores here - http://tinyurl.com/bearRace

Scores - Or Not

2010-06-08T09:13:00.002+01:00

Two and a bit months down and four bears still to score - Growler, Bear 'A', Bear'H' and Stripped Bear.

Goddamn it!

2010-06-08T09:10:00.001+01:00

Nekkid's caught up to Boston - he sat in that last cache for far too long, over a month!!
But he's on the move again now...

Nekkid is on a run

2010-05-29T10:21:00.002+01:00

Nekkid has been picked up by simplysup who is taking him on a grand voyage. So far in the last two days he has clocked up A, B, P & O, no doubt with more to come. Not that I'm bitter. Not at all. Meanwhile, poor Bjornar is wallowing away in Theale.

Bjornar & Nekkid get their first scores

2010-05-27T17:56:00.002+01:00

Bjornar has been placed in One Fore! Theale and Nekkid in Charlii's Treasure.

Bjonrnar & Nekkid are on the move

2010-05-25T19:31:00.001+01:00

Both Bjornar & Nekkid were picked up today by Chattox. Hopefully we'll score soon!!

Glamrox finally get their collective arses in gear!

2010-05-13T18:40:00.002+01:00

Nekkid and Bjornar were launched on the 3rd May. I just kept forgetting to post it on here!

Bear 'A' & Bear 'H'

2010-05-12T15:46:00.001+01:00

AndyandHelen have launched their TB's! finally! now just flo-rider left.

Will he ever travel again....

2010-05-10T06:53:00.001+01:00

will paddington bear move again - in the hands of cachers for over 15 days ... i hope he doesn't suffer the fate of Mowchak's previous TB

Wocka Wocka Wocka

2010-05-09T21:31:00.001+01:00

Fozzie is on the move!

Postiebear and Bettybear.

2010-04-30T09:48:00.001+01:00

Looks as if Mowchak has chosen very Bad bear hides on our behalf. Just wait till they get moving though!!!!!!!!!!!!

Way to go Diamond Bear

2010-04-30T07:43:00.003+01:00

Congratulations to Diamond Bear, gaining two new letters 'L' and 'O'.

This takes his score to a whopping 8, more than all the other scores put together!!!!!

GO BRUINS!

2010-04-27T16:25:00.002+01:00

Boston is very happy to see that the Bruins won their Stanley Cup quarter-final series by 4 games to 2 and are through to the semis where their next victims will be Philidelphia or Pittsburgh.

GeoBear & the rest

2010-04-26T19:34:00.003+01:00

GeoBear has unfortunately suffered the fate of not being checked into caches properly thus was unable to score any points ;-( , he should be on 2 points, W & F.

Many thanks to helennbrian for putting GeoBear back on track.

Five travel bugs are yet to launch .......

...And Poley too!

2010-04-26T13:27:00.001+01:00

He's been picked up by sedbergh and is on his way again.

Paddington on the move again ...

2010-04-26T12:02:00.001+01:00

three pick-ups in less than one week! Thanks to The Jetsetters for picking him up.

Boston Grabs an 'M'

2010-04-26T09:30:00.004+01:00

Thanks to brucieandweezy for taking Boston to Mushroom Mike's Caching Foray Get togetherand bringing him up to joint second.

Go Boston!

R for Paddington

2010-04-20T20:16:00.002+01:00

Paddington has gained an 'R' but it's in a premium cache, hopefully he won't be there too long. And manoeuvred into position 2. Many thanks to The Platonas Two.

Paddington has scored a 'Q'

2010-04-18T18:01:00.001+01:00

thanks to flotron84 for moving him on!

Love-A-Lot and Paddington

2010-04-18T17:22:00.000+01:00

are on their way, both were dropped off on Friday and Saturday respectively. Both have been picked up by cachers already. Thanks very much!

And Bear Off...

2010-04-16T17:07:00.001+01:00

Fozzie and Doobie are out in the wild...

Hurrah!

2010-04-13T11:31:00.004+01:00

Boston gets his first letter - T.

Which is a brilliant letter, it's the first letter of Terrific and Tiki-tiki and Taramasalata. And of course Tony !!

Brrrr Grrrr

2010-04-12T10:42:00.002+01:00

We have another scorer - Poley's got his 'S'

On bear way...

2010-04-09T22:04:00.002+01:00

Postie Bear and Betty Bear are now out loitering in Twyford caches waiting to begin their alphabet adventure...

More action - but not scores

2010-04-09T12:59:00.004+01:00

Boston, Poley and Geo Bear have been retrieved from their launch caches and Stripped Bear is in Theale waiting for someone to pick him up.

FIRST BLOOD!!

2010-04-07T15:15:00.004+01:00

goes to 'Diamond Bear'

He was grabbed on the day he was launched and taken for a dip-trip by someone who's targeted different letters and did S,B,H,T and M.

Bugs' Away

2010-04-05T23:01:00.006+01:00

Boston and Poley are out there in Newbury...

Poley is here and Boston is here

Our mascot

2010-03-23T16:22:00.004Z

I'd like to introduce our mascot (you can see him at the top in his running gear)

Ladies and Gentlemen please give a big welcome to Mr Marmaduke Deathmonkey, world famous bearthelete.

The first bugs are registered...

2010-03-11T16:17:00.006Z

... to a varying level of detail.

* Boston
* Poley
* Paddington
* Bertie

Welcome to our third annual TB race

2010-03-05T14:53:00.002Z

The race will be launching on the 1st April.

More details soon...