Border Caz

Been waiting all afternoon for the confirmation e-mail. Anyway I can check I entered my e-mail correctly?

Chirk Castle has some good ones.

This happened to me this weekend - dropped off a TB on Sunday morning whilst away for a long bank hol weekend. When I got back home on Monday evening and did my logs someone had already picked the TB up and logged that it wasn't showing as in the cache. So I did my log and dropped it in, then e-mailed them to let them know they could retrieve it now.

Good idea, team tisri, I've often thought that would be an easier way of doing it than having to go to the trackables page. It should be easy enough to incorporate a field to enter the trackables number to avoid bogus pick ups.

237 finds : 2 Needs Archived Logs - both archived straight away. PS The total is shown at the top, no need to count them!

I'm glad I know what a Disco is now, thank you - I'm sure I would have been none the wiser the first time I found one (or more likely didn't find one) otherwise. I'd probbly have been looking for a large Landrover. The one that baffled me was "ICT" in a number of clues for caches round Worcestershire. I assumed "Information & Communication Technology" and was looking for telegraph poles or phone boxes, until someone put me right by explaining it meant Ivy Covered Tree. Are there any more local abbreviations I might need to know?

I've got one that I haven't placed yet. Originally it was one of two - magnetic flashing earrings that my daughter bought at a festival. Don't know what happened to the other one. I'm still trying to work out how to disguise it as it's silver with a white top. Green acrylic paint peeled straight off.

After my first half dozen or so I decided to stop wasting paper and carrying round an A4 file. I studied the caches on the Google maps, decided which I was going for next, then clicked on them in the order I planned to find them, downloaded the co-ords to the GPS and made notes in a little notebook of anything that might help with the find - the hint, size & possibly description of cache (look for photos of it!) and any comments in the logs that seemed to be clues. Then I became a premium member and can download all the info onto the GPS - but I still check Google maps and decide which caches to go for and in what order, also if time have a quick read through the cache pages to get a "feel" for them. Must confess though I still print off complicated puzzles and multis that need notes and things "in the field".

Totally off topic, but neither driver is breaking the rules in this example. The approaching car slows down and flashes his lights at you - the light flashing is done as per the Highway Code - to draw your attention to his presence. What you do about it is up to you. From his speed and position signal - the slowing down and stopping before the junction to allow you room to pass - you can surmise that he is giving way to you, not from seeing his lights flash. If he isn't slowing down then it's obvious he isn't giving way, and you don't pull out in front of him. I have often seen drivers flash their lights to draw the attention of other drivers to their presence for many other reasons - such as a warning that they are travelling at speed and aren't going to stop so get out of their way. Flashing of lights and blowing of horn have the same meaning - to attract the attention of other road users. It is the other signals whcih are put with them that clarifies the intention. Sorry, back on topic - I have seen many caches of micro or nano size attached to street furniture such as benches, phone boxes, lamp posts. I very much doubt that any of the placers sought specific permission for them.

Oh good, I thought it was just me doing it wrong.

The hide may lack imagination, but they're bu**ers to find - whenever I see"IVY" in a clue I panic. Bacas: "Roll on Easter ...... " Not long now! Are you planning what we will raid? Still thinking about ways we could do London.

I'll bring it at Easter!

Yes that's right. I too was once (for a very short time in the early 80s) a Tupperware lady. That's how I know the difference between real Tupperware and imitation plastic boxes. I've got a lot of the orange and yellow stuff with corrugated lids - did someone say it's worth a lot of money now? E-bay here I come ...........................

Well I'm definately still a newbie. I know this 'cos this afternoon I spent 2 3/4 hours DNF'ing 3 caches fairly close together.

Yep, same here - snow and mud. Lovely.

The sandwich boxes I've found have been lock 'n lock, click-lock, clip-loc or whatever you like to call them - definately NOT Tupperware which was of far superior quality and lasts for years. I still use a lot of proper Tupperware in my kitchen that my Mum bought in the 60s, and it still works just as well as it did 50 years ago when it was new. I don't reckon the cliploc things will last that long, quite a few of the ones I find already have the clips missing. I suppose Tupperware is just too expensive to leave lying around in the woods.

I lost my Garmin Nuvi somewhere between caches, went back to most likely place, no sign. That was the end of caching that weekend. Rushed out and bought a new one on the Monday.

DOH! I feel daft now - it was my fault, I tried to move the folder instead of the two files separately! I've now done it all and I think I'm ready to go paperless caching - although I'll still need my trusty little notebook for working out multis and ? s. Can't wait to have a go tomorrow. Thanks so much for this!

No offense taken by me... so as you say let's move on and do something useful... like finding some tupperware! Having duly considered all the arguments, I still agree with Pajaholic on this. Why do we say "Tupperware" ? In all my finds I've never seen any! I've found ammo cans, 35mm film canisters, bubble gum containers, pill bottles, ice cream tubs, many lock 'n lock sandwich boxes, dog tags, tiny magnetic things, and some other unidentifiable items - but not one item of Tupperware! Am I doing something wrong?

I had this problem with my Nuvi250 when I started - GC.com was telling me that the co-ords for the cache had been downloaded but it wasn't there. I discovered it was because I hadn't registered on the Garmin website and downloaded the thing (technical term) off there. Once I'd got that from the Garmin site, it worked. Also, on their site you can download the co-ords for 5 caches at a time from a map so it's quicker than doing them individually from GC. They come up under favourites.

To my way of thinking, if I actually get the cache in my hand - unless part of the cache's challenge is the opening of it - then I have found it. I confess there has been one of my finds where I didn't sign the log - I was so excited at my find (it was one of my early finds and had taken me two trips to locate) that I simply forgot. But I just don't get cachers who venture forth with no writing implement in their pocket/bag. Often the pencil in the cache has broken and someone has "traded" the sharpener, or the pen doesn't write, or it's a micro with no pencil in it. I always sign with my own pen.

Hi, I've followed the instructions on that link and it's fine till I get to: "Now here's the nice part, launch GSAK and when you're at the main program screen, go and find the zip file you downloaded earlier. CLICK AND DRAG this zip file from the folder it is in, and DROP IT ONTO THE GSAK program it will import all the data instantly!!" I drop it in and it says there is no matching file and the import has been aborted. Help!

"only option for a NANO is OTHER " I don't understand this comment, a nano should be shown as a micro as that covers all caches the size of a 35mm film canister or smaller, according to the size guidelines I've read. If the CO wants to add in the description that it's a nano then that is up to them surely?

I retrieved a magnetic nano one night. As I was signing the log some muggles appeared round the corner and I hastily shoved it all in my pocket. After they'd gone I fished it out again but dropped it. I thought it had rolled under a parked car. I spent about half an hour trying to find it - I had the log and half of the nano but couldn't find the other half anywhere. I eventually gave up and started to go back to my car, thinking I'd have to e-mail the CO when I got home to apologize. Could I still claim a find as I'd signed the log? When I got my keys out of my pocket they felt strange - yes, the magnetic part of the nano was stuck to them! Phew. Quickly replaced as found and beat a hasty retreat.

You don't need to go out and buy a GPS unit to start caching. The friend who introduced me to it started by using his Sat nav - and I did, and still do, the same. Another friend, who actually took me to my first finds, was on over 120 finds before they acquired a GPS - they were using maps which they already had, google earth, and cache descriptions. As someone said previously, the cost of premium membership may not be much to some - but to someone on basic benefits it is a third of their weekly income. They may not smoke, drink, or run a car - in fact they probably don't as they can't afford such luxuries after their basic needs of accomodation, clothing and food are met - so the comparison to the cost of fuel is irrelevant.