El Spocko & The Fij

Hi, I would like to point out a few bits too: The warden always seems to appear in his 4x4 when we fly model planes at the base but is never around when the kids (and adults) are churning up the area on motorbikes and quads (making much more noise than electric planes). Also you may like to check out Tim & Debbies 'Common find me' cache at the base. It has been archived since November 2004 as there is some layabout camping there. We cycled past day before yesterday to see if it could be unarchived but he was still there along with all his rubbish. Tim had reported him to the warden! Is the warden taking steps for his eviction? Why are there no signs up to stop people / animals swimming in the various lakes up there (like the no motorcycle sign)? Is it still considered safe to use leeches as these lakes are infested with them? My parents have stopped walking their dog up there as she always got ill after jumping in. As it only took 10 to 15 minutes to cycle around half the base, should a warden not use this environmental form of travel? We also noticed that some gravel extraction has taken place at the common in the last couple of weeks with no mention of it in local papers or notices. We have put two caches at Greenham "COMMON" and had both approved (as it was common land). One has destroyed by the annual rotavating of the natrual habitat the council do, and the other was taken without notice. If we need permission to place caches in every location as is implied by this forum and administrators we will have to make a decision on whether to remove all of our caches (most on common land and footpaths) so as to comply with the geocaching guidelines. We are also concerned (after having had a cache stopped from publication due to it being in a bag) with the number if caches in camo bags which seem to disintergrate over a short period of time. Surely a plastic bag is a plastic bag regardless of colour? We know this posting may look like an attack at geocaching.com but it's only pointing out the double standards issues already mentioned along with a bit of history of what goes on at Greenham Common. Personally we think that as with other activites in the uk, geocaching is becoming yet another victim of the 'do-gooders' and nanny state arguments which are springing up every where. Apart from the above though, we would like to say we love Geocaching and we think everyone should lighten up!!