[I'm getting fed up!]

I'm in the same quandary as you Wadders. When this 'broke' a couple of weeks ago, I decided to wait to hear the full story before doing anything. I'm still waiting. Nothing I've heard has cast enough light on the situation for me to make a decision yet. If I'd not bought premium membership in March I certainly wouldn't be buying it now, and if I was paying monthly, I'd stop. Apart from not posting to the forums for a week (a minor message to the axis of 'where's my common sense gone?') I can't do much else. I've not cached since the news and I've seriously considered archiving my 100ish active caches. Picking up my geo-litter has been one of the few things stopping me doing this.

 

I don't see this as 'cutting my nose off' - I see it as one of the few things I can do to express my dissatisfaction with how 'my' hobby is being run. Yes, it'd deprive me of logs which I enjoy seeing, and cachers of caches to find- both bad things. On the other hand, it'd deprive Groundspeak of a fraction of British caches, and send the message that they shouldn't forget who makes 'their' game work; finders and setters.

 

I'm also keeping my options open. Should a British/Irish listing site evolve in response to this current lack of finesse by TPTB, I could relist my caches there and not have to have two (or more) days of geo-litter collection. I see GPSHunt.co.uk is available for just £9.99 for two years... The name Geocaching is, of course, subject to trademark.

 

I just googled that web address and there is no such place. The only reference I could find to it is your post here. Are you sure of your facts?

[List of UK Counties]

Another vote for Rutson

 

Would it not be better to run a proper poll. Otherwise somebody has to manually count these preferences. Doh!