Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of community and support for the environment.

To find Geocaches follow these instructions:

Visit www.geocaching.com

Click Hide and Seek a Cache on the left hand menu

Then search under the postcode of WR10 1PT

Select The bottom option Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1, UK

Select any of the caches listed below, and enjoy!

Geocaches Available

Hi your on the Pershore Plum Trail Multi Cashe you have 7 locations to find with coorinates for the next cashe in this location plus part of the final cashe location in each cashe clue for the first cashe is up on high the mortar is no longer wet but still not firm
You are going on a trail around Pershore to find 7 cashes in total small and large in each cashe you will find the coordinates for the next cashe and a clue plus part of the coordinates for the final cashe only with all the cashes found will you get the complete location for the last cashe which has items to swap and a log book to sign Good Luck and we hope you enjoy your walk around Pershore the home of the Pershore Egg Plum

Your Looking For a small Clip box in a Cammo bag. Maybe woody has helped you ?
The Pershore Yellow Egg Plum was discovered in Tidesely wood in 1833 by George Crooks the Land lord of the Butchers arms in Pershore.

The Egg Plum was later crossed with another wild Plum to produce the Pershore purple plum in 1890

Travel Bug

Good news! 'Prunella Plum' Travel Bug has started her travel!

If you want to follow her travels go to www.geocashing.com click on the trackable items link and put in her ID number   GWFQ77 
Please take photo's when ever you place her in a new cashe so we get to see her travels. Her view at the moment is quite stuning ! 
 

Media

The Dave Bradley Show

BBC Hereford & Worcester

Saturday 15th May 2010

with Richard Grantham

With the launch of the new Geocaching event for the Plum Festival in 2010, Richard Grantham, founder of the idea, was invited to attend Dave Bradleys morning radio show on BBC Hereford and Worcester to inform the public of the exciting event as well as providing an insight into this years festival. The summary of the interview can be seen below

What is it?

Basically it’s a modern form of ‘techy’ treasure hunting, where you find treasure by using GPS equipment.

Where did you come up with the idea?

Found out about it on the Countryfile television Programme

How do you do it?

There a Geocahcing website, and you click on the (Pershore) geo cache - which is basically a small box with items in - put in the co-ordinates and go find it. It was origionally aimed at children who would swap items, but now adults do it, and there’s a lot of competition in it now!

Evesham Observer

6th May

GPS hunt is plummy

A technology expert has revealed his plan to put Pershore on the map with the latest craze to hit the UK. 

Richard Grantham, a Pershore Plum Festival committee member, hopes to bring the event into the 21st Century with some new technology and a game of hide and seek. 

Geocaching is a new game which sees objects hidden in secret locations for participants to find using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and now the Pershore Plum Festival has got in on the act after launching their own geocache plum trail which went live on Saturday May 8th. 

Treasure hunters can find the first location of the website as www.geocaching.com before a search around Pershore will lead to several other hidden caches and co-ordinates. 

A travel bug, called Prunella Plum, will also be introduced onto the trail next month (June) and people will be able to track it on its travels around the world. 

Mr Grantham, who has launched the project with local Geocacher fanatic Phil Ludlow, said the hunt promised to be really interesting. “It’s a great fun way to see the wonderful town and countryside we have around us” he said. 

“It’s a perfect activity for both young and old with the benefits of seeing some of the great sights of Pershore.” 

The trail will be a permanent fixture for both residents and tourists to follow.