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It may be worth asking for a 'caching buddy' to show you the ropes. Try asking on your 'local' forum here or join what seems to be your most local caching organisation, Nebraskache here. Good luck and happy caching, Mike

GC11ZQ4 is lovely but may be too small. GCT6Z5 is nearby and will take small TBs. Mike

We can hide one for you in Wales, United Kingdom if you wish. Mike & Helen.

Shortly after we started caching we were caching with friends and were looking for a cache hidden in a pile of rocks forming a sea wall. I got to the coordinates, reached around and below a rock and could feel the cache. With a triumphant yell I took a good firm hold of the cache, pulled it out and proudly held it aloft - only to realise that it was a hypodermic.... Needless to say, we DNFd that one....

Near 'The first in Wales'; GC18HNN GC18DDV GC151NY Are all nice caches and are trads or simple multis. GCQ2CN is in a fantastic spot but may be a bit strenuous and/or take too long. On the way to/from South Wales I can recomend GCQC0Q and this cache is fab if you like Roman stuff and history in general; GCNF10 Hope this helps, Mike

You need one of these, unfortunately.... Mike

My personal opinion is "Yes", as long as the pins are not for Mike

There are some caches that are only possible to do by couch caching, such as 'Four Windows' GCF55A. What do people think about such caches? Is it wrong to do them? If so, why - you're not cheating by couch caching in this instance as there is no other way do do the cache... Mike

Having seen/done the Peter Pan caches and the Over the pole caches, what seems to happen is this; We each place a multi cache, with ours having initial 'virtual' coordinates in Norway and yours having intial 'virtual' coordinates in Wales (near the Norwegian church) and the final for ours being in Wales (so we can maintain it) and final for yours being in Norway (so you can likewise). In order to find the caches, UK-based cachers find partners in Norway via the forums (so either here or here) to form teams and vice versa (such as by asking here , here or even here). At each set of 'vitual' coordinates the seekers must find some information that reveals the final cache coordinates in the other country which they then pass onto their team members in the other country. When the finals are found, each team signs on behalf of all their members in both countries. Simples!

We might be up for ut. We'd like to try and connect the first (virtual) stage of the cache to the Norwegian Church in Cardiff; http://www.norwegianchurchcardiff.com/cont..._directory_id=2 Mike and Helen

Gotcha. Here in Europe, it has become a HUGE problem for the owners of virtuals and earthcaches in particular, with armchair/couch cachers from certain countries (Germany especially and, oddly, Latvia) posting bogus finds ("sorry but I am forgetting my camera so have no picture") in multiple countries on the same day...some of them attempt to legitamise their virt/earth cache 'finds' by 'claiming' a nearby trad at the same time! Sadly, this has lead to some excellent caches (such as Pompeii) being archived. Mike

From the cache listing guidelines; "The cache owner will assume all responsibility of their cache listings. The responsibility of your listing includes quality control of posts to the cache page. Delete any logs that appear to be bogus, counterfeit, off topic, or not within the stated requirements." If its your cache, I'd say delete the online log, unless the 'finder' has stated convincingly why they couldn't sign the logbook... Mike

Its a data protection issue and probably won't happen. Although the US' laws are (at best) lacking in this area, geocaching is a global sport. In Europe, personal data (such a email details) can only be used for the purposes agreed to when they are submitted. Given that the present T&Cs do not mention social networking, if GC.com were to introduce this feature and make it possible for others to search for my contact details without my having expresed my consent that they do so, they would be commiting an offence under UK law, and that of all the European Union (EU) member states...which would not be good from a PR perspective if nothing else! Mike

Am I the only one who is amazed that they left another container? Down our way, either someone simply leaves a rude note in the logbook, or else the whole thing just vanishes... Mike

After taking the time to read the log in question , it seems that they were looking for their first cache and, wrongly, thought that the cache was hidden in the area where the liquid manure had been spread; "local farmers have just spread liquide manure around the area" Perhaps you could contact them and assure them that this is not the case. Mike

Brilliant! Many thanks!

Cheers for that - fantastic. Only as a cadet.....tried to join up after leaving school but was deemed to be too aggresive and free-willed! Mike (who has never killed anyone, been in a bar fight or mugged anyone...but who is a bit on the rebellious side )

I'm trying to find out a little bit about the history of caching in Wales, and what are/were the fist Welsh caches of each type. The oldest Trad was/is "First in Wales" but after that I'm stuck, only having cached since 2007. To that end, I was wondering if anyoneknows which were/are the first Virtual, Multi, Letterbox, Event and Webcam and Earth caches that were placed in Wales? So far the best candidates are; Traditional:GC2BA "The First in Wales" 17 February 2001 Multi: GC4664 "Lord Hereford's Knob" 28 March 2002. Virtual: GC50DD "The Glory of Steam" 24 April 2002. Webcam: GCGA1V "* Cardiff Live! * (webcam cache)" 17 June 2003. Letterbox: GCJBY5 "Cadair Idris / Chair of Idris" 3 May 2004. Puzzle: GCJV0A "Denbigh Delights #1" 27 June 2004. Earthcache: GCND09 "Dee Bore Earthcache" 8 April 2005. Event: GCJ696 "Forestry Shepherds " 29 May 2004. Cheers, Mike Edited to add many thanks to Pharisee for the update!

Ooops. I've committed thread necrophilia..... Ooops. Mike

Surely if one of these is acceptable; Then so is a Fire Tack? Mike

Possibly here? Its a little on the small side but I'm sure its very nice....

The guidelines for multi-caches are here, though it is probably worth reading the whole lot, which start here. No, but the more intermediate stages there are, the fewer people will look for the cache. IF a multi takes you on a tour of a village, say, and the stages are close (strolling distance) together, then 6-8 is possibly the most stages we'd be willing to do. You could (if you could convince the reviewers to allow it), but very few people would look for it unless you offered petrol coupons! On a more serious note, why? What would you be seeking to achieve that couldn't be done by a series of traditional caches along the route? Mike

If you click on the link to the cache the TB is/was in, the listing gives the state and the country,(e.g. "South Wales, United Kingdom") in the blue location box near the top of the page - see this cache for example. Mike

Yep. No point in buying a DeLorme in the UK. There are free Garmin-compatible maps (part of the OpenStreetMap UK Project) of the UK available -- see post 110 of this topic here. for details. Mike

On the other hand, how would you feel it it was your TB that had been stranded in a cache since last October? Would you be happy at the thought of your TB being left in a cache for 10+ months? Mike