{"id":330570,"date":"2025-08-09T12:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/330570\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:48:09","slug":"geocachers-celebrate-with-week-long-event-in-almondsbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/330570\/","title":{"rendered":"Geocachers celebrate with week-long event in Almondsbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The event, Severn UK Mega 2025, marked 25 years of the global treasure-hunting game and was the finale of a week-long festival.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The volunteer-led committee from Gloucestershire and Bristol transformed the scout-run site into a vibrant hub with challenges, entertainment and a focus on sustainability.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The celebration featured interactive stalls, hands-on puzzle zones and a variety of geocaching challenges, plus various side events, including campfires, quizzes, bingo and a disco.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Two representatives from Geocaching HQ in Seattle attended, recognising the event&#8217;s international significance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Josh Rowles, chairman of the Severn UK Mega committee, said: &#8220;It\u2019s been a long time coming.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Over the past three years, the support from the geocaching community has been incredible.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We\u2019re proud to have welcomed so many people to our local area.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Environmental responsibility was at the core of the event, aligning with several United Nations sustainable development goals.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The wild boar mascot, surfing the Severn Bore, added a whimsical touch, capturing the playful spirit of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event, Severn UK Mega 2025, marked 25 years of the global treasure-hunting game and was the finale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-330570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114998889888713787","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}