PaulThBrit

Wonderful. Thanks - I hadn't though of using the date hidden as the filter. All the best, Paul

No sorry - I miss the Mega by a week. Paul

Sure - but PQs are limited to 500 caches. I can play with the radius to come up with no more than 500 caches, and then pick another place and do the same thing, but if someone has already come up with a set (like they did for Ireland) it saves a lot of experimentation. Paul

I went to Ireland a few years ago and found on these forums a set of Pocket Queries that covered all the caches in Ireland while limiting each one to no more than the limit of 500. Does anybody know if such a set of queries exists for Scotland? I am visiting Edinburgh and the highlands in August for the Pipefest and want to maximize my trip by doing some caching. Regards, Paul

That sounds like my sort of hike but unfortunately I have to decline as I'm in Houston on business this weekend. Hope it goes well, but if not maybe the next weekend I can join you. All the best, Paul

This sounds good. I have wanted to do this hike and this sounds like a good palindromic way to do it. Looks like I'm free and back in time for the evening. Paul

Perfect Beefy. Thanks. I have followed the instructions and set up the five PQs to run. All five were just less than 500 so that's perfect. I will load them into GSAK and filter/download as needed. Paul

OK - that's an option I hadn't considered. It seems a bit hit and miss but it'll work. Thanks - I'll give it a try. Paul

I am going to Ireland and will not have access to the Internet to do a multiple PQs as I move around the country. I would like to generate a GSAK database of all the caches in the whole country, and then filter on the area I am in to load the GPSr every few days. If I generate a PQ of say 100 mile radius of Dublin, it will max out at 500. What is the strategy to cover a whole geographic area, ensuring I get all the caches captured? It would be nice to say divide the country in half and generate a PQ of all caches north of a line and another south of a line and merge them in GSAK, but I do not believe there is a way of doing that. Ideas? Paul

Thanks for the hike. I think the total mileage including the trip to New Jersey's rooftop was about 4.8 miles. Great time, great people - and great calorie loss! Looking forward to the next one. Paul

The more the merrier! Another set of eyes may be what we need to claim this illusive one. Paul

And what location? At the lot at the end of Mountain Avenue by GC1WX12? 7am is Ok with me. Paul

The forecast looks good. 7am 66F Chance of thunderstorms. 8am 70F Mosttly Cloudy 9am 73F Mostly Cloudy 10am 75F Partly Sunny 11am 79F Partly Sunny 12am 83F Partly Sunny 1am 85F Chance of Thunderstorms 2am 86F Partly Sunny Do I sound like WeatherNowCast??!! Paul

Strength in numbers - and decades of combined caching experience is what I am hoping for!

I'm up for that one. I drive that section of 287 to work very day and want to do some of those caches in that area and in the nearby Mountainside Park. Maybe with a group effort we can put this one to bed. It would be a good one for my 300th. Paul

Pack - where are you planning on hiking Sunday morning? Are you starting early? I'm up for one. Paul

I'm interested in the old style Sunrise step-offs but I am not into biking or kayaking. Some of these summer mornings are spectacular and the last group event (the Watergap hike organized by mblatch) was well attended and enjoyable. I need to start getting my strength back after coming down with Lyme on the last caching expedition! Paul

Thanks - I am well aware of the Tonic water story (Being British) and probably drink more of it than most people. That didn't help me. I read your March 11 post about Babeiosys and other tick-borne illnesses and addressed these with my doctor. Apparently only 50% of people that get Lyme disease develop the 'Bulls-eye' rash but the Bulls-eye is 100% indicative of lyme disease so we are fairly confident that that is what I have. Feeling a little better on my third day of Doxycycline and the rash is fading. Paul

So on June 14th I went after WeatherNowCast's Snow: Capped Columns cache in Ringwood. My log entry read "Thick undergrowth and lots of ticks found". After removing many ticks in the field and four at home I thought I had caught them all. The following day I disovered one that was definitely not there before. My suspicion is that it was on my clothes and hopped off . I thought nothing more until an 8 inch ring appeared around that bite on Tuesday this week. I had spent the previous 3 days with fever, sweats, severe headaches and ringing in my ears, but thought it was flu. I went to the doctors on Monday, he saw the little red bites and ordered a serious of blood tests. Then on Monday night/Tuesday morning the ring appeared and I went back. Even the doctor was amazed at the change in 24 hours. The pain had god a lot worse too. After two days on doxycycline the symptoms are beginning to subside, but I'm still weak, high temperature, headaches and ringing are still there. Lesson learned - don't take ticks lightly. These were nymph deer ticks and were all still on the surface, not embedded. Only slightly larger than the head of a pin. If you have been in an active tick area, put your clothes in the wash (Preferably with some tick prevention additive). Then check yourself and shower. Check again and check the following day. I thought I was wearing all the right clothes and sprays, but it was hot and I untucked my T-shirt from my pants. That was the mistake. All 5 bites were around my belt-line. Beware! Don't risk getting Lyme Disease. This is some bad stuff I'm going through! Paul

I too heard a rattlesnake while hiking on the Orange trail between Skyline Drive and Glen Gray on Sunday. He was close by the trail in some rocks but I didn't poke around to get a picture. Funny story. So last September I went up to get the Micro-Wave cache along the pipeline in Ramapo. I couldn't fund it but right there at ground zero I saw this which I later found out to be a juvenile Copperhead. The green tail being the sign of a juvenile. So a couple of weeks ago I decided that my caching skills have improved and I'd go and have another search for the cache. I found it in two minutes, put my pack on and walked no more than 20 paces and I saw this snake - I believe it's a Rat Snake. It's the biggest I have seen and seems content to 'freeze' while I slowly backed off and took some pictures. I guess the rocks up there at the tower make an ideal snake habitat so beware! Paul

I have done this and it works very well as an offline web site. The basic steps are: 1)Use GSAK to export your current GSAK database as HTML (File/Export/HTML) 2) Go to the iTunes store, download and install the Air Sharing application. 3)Follow the Air Sharing instructions to 'Map' the iPod as a drive on your computer. This is very simply done. 4) Drag over the HTML folder that you exported in Step 1 You can now go to the Air Sharing application when out in the field and view the HTML version of your GSAK database. Paul

Brian - we saw every kind of cloud known to man - including the well-known Cumulo-Stradivarius, the so-called 'musical cloud'!! We had to use our imagination though because everything was shrouded in misty rain! Thanks for bringing us here for a great series of caches. Paul Polskikrol & ACCBD near the second cache of the day - Nimbostratus: Polskikrol, Packanack & ACCBD at a flooded mine shaft close to Cirrocumulus cache:

This sounds good. I may join you all for a quick hike. Paul

Thanks - we were planning on going to Morwellham Quay museum anyway so we'll be sure to do this one. All the best, Paul

Excellent suggestions everyone. Thanks for the tips. I am looking forward to it. Paul