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    Londoners! - Please help some travelling Canucks

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    Mouse - Thanks for that link! That will come in really handy.

     

    Mariner - I never thought of visiting Greenwich. That's sounds like a great idea! Probably something every cacher should do at least once, if they're able!

     

    Everyone else - Can you recommend any really good caches that we should check out? Are there any areas of the city that are particularly good for caching? My very quick review of London caches revealed a plethora of micros, but very few smalls or regulars. The Mr. and I have a geocoin that we want to launch while we're over there, but I'm a little worried about finding a cache large enough for it. So if you could point out a few good small or regular sized caches, that would be fantastic.

     

    And as for non-caching activities, are there any under-rated/off-the-beaten-path attractions we should see? We'll be going to all the main tourist attractions, like the Eye, Westminster Abbey, etc, but do you know of any hidden gems that the tourist literature does not usually mention. We're quite interested in really old buildings, especially churches, but we're open to anything. This is going to be a once in a lifetime trip for us, so we want to make the most of it.

     

    Thanks for your input.

    Londoners! - Please help some travelling Canucks

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    Mr. Vaultron and I are planning a much belated honeymoon to London and we need some advice from some real Londoners.

     

    Right now, we're trying to pick out a hotel. We can get a great package deal if we stay at a hotel just north of Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park near Bayswater Rd and Praed St, but there's another hotel that we're interested in that looks like it's a little closer to the sites we want to see, but it's not part of the package deal. The second one is near the Victoria Train Station and Buckingham Palace. We're trying to determine if it's really worth our while to spend the extra money on the second hotel. Are the two hotels really that far apart? How much travel time would we really save by choosing the second hotel? We'd be relying mostly on the tube for transportation.

     

    We also plan to do some caching while we're visiting. Are there any caches we shouldn't miss?

     

    Thanks.

    2008 Jeep Travel Bugs

    in Trackables

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    How does one get ones name on the list?

     

    It would be cool to get one of these promotional TBs (jeep or diabetes).

    For the past few years, there has been an announcement in the general forums telling people to sign up if they'd like to have a Jeep sent to them. You fill out a form with your name and address, and check a box promising to drop the Jeep in a cache within 2 weeks of receiving it.

     

    It's generally first-come, first-served.

     

    Here's a link to last year's notice.

     

    Sounds like they only get sent out to US residents. Is that true? If so, that bites! I'll be completely jealous! ;)

    No ballpoint pens in caches?

    in How do I...?

    Posted · Edited by TheVaultrons

    Any ball-point pens in caches around here (Massachusetts) are frozen solid right now :smile:

     

    We usually leave a gel-pen and a pencil in our caches.

     

    Would a gel pen hold up better than a regular ballpoint? The reason I ask is that Mr. Vaultron and I bought a bunch of small gel pens thinking they would make good swag. But then I read on a local geocaching organization's website that ballpoint pens are discouraged. It's not like the pens broke the bank, but it would be a shame if we couldn't use them.

    What counts as a DNF?

    in How do I...?

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    What's your threshold for logging a DNF? I think there are some situations in which technically the cache was not found, but a DNF is inappropriate. Here are some examples. Which would you consider a DNF?

     

    - Got to the area of a cache and changed our minds (see my log for GCQ62D).

     

    - Made an attempt at a cache but discovered that we were seriously ill-equiped/the cache was inaccessible, aborted our attempt very quickly (within 3 or 4 mintues) and never made it to GZ (see GC554A) so no real attempt was made.

     

    - Actually made it to GZ, could not find cache but not ready to give up on it and we might return (see GC119C0). (We actually logged a DNF on our second attempt at this one).

     

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