klaus23
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Well, I could maintain it in the short term, but there are no active cachers in Clare and only 4 in Galway: Craigsbar (who may agree to be the guardian as he has a cache in Clare), Hello, I'm Johnny Cache (my brother, formerly The Rookie, who is car-less and therefore not in a position to travel), The Quiet Man, and me.
I have posted this to the Irish forums which The Quiet Man reads, but unless he or Craig agree to maintain it, I don't know what other options the cache owners have
Shame, we could do with new caches here!
Out of curiosity, where in Clare is it (nearest large town)?
Klaus
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Is that Dan's on the Cliffs of Moher?
I (personally) can't take responsibility as I'm relocating to the UK soon, but you could e-mail Craigsbar (ex-pat Londoner over here), he may agree to help out. I have not yet had a chance to mention this to him.
I dare say (and this is just my view) that if you are referring to the cache at the Cliffs of Moher, bear in mind that this would have been the third cache to have gone missing at this location and that the area, since it is visited by an (estimated) 250,000 persons a year, might be considered too busy for a cache to survive long-term.
* edid 4 spelink
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They could have been caching for quite some time and have only just decided to register and log all their finds.
Yes, just as Richard & Pepper said. However, sometimes things like this turn out be the work of hoaxers, so if you're curious, head out and check the log books in the caches!
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Stonefisk, there's no need for that.
We have 3 X-Boxes in our house and I'd hate to wake up to find the room on fire.
Sure, there are other recalls, but there's no need to get nasty.
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Klaus & Anyone else interested. I would be happy to be a go between from UK to Eire.
Hi CharlieParker,
Thanks for the option, and to Dave and 3rdEye, thanks for the links. I've submitted everything to the group on Geocaching Ireland
Much appreciated,
Klaus
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It has come up in discussion over on our side of the Isle of Man that currently residents in the Republic of Ireland have nowhere to buy geocaching.com accessories.
- Groundspeak/Geocaching.com only ship within the US
- The Geocacheuk shop is sadly no more
- Globalpositioningsystems no longer ship outside the UK
- The nearest other vendor are the Dutch at geocaching.nl but I pretty sure they ship (my Dutch reading skills based on knowledge of French and German are pretty good)
Of course, there is an 'alternative' for anyone who has contacts/friends/relatives in Northern Ireland, but I wonder if anybody has other suggestions.
Cheers
Klaus
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Oh cool - I might get my girlfriend's mum to tape that!
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Also the owner of a virt must log on at least once a month to verify logs or it gets archived.
That's not a bad move...
I'll get started on a list!
Unless I'm wrong, it looks as if the requirements for logging locationless caches were added to also.
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I'm not going to mention the name(s), but a local cacher(s) managed to reverse his/her/their car into a tree at a cache near me. The car was almost new, and needed considerable repairs.
Ouch!
Oh dear - I almost forgot that the same thing happened me.
I reversed back a country lane to make way for an oncoming car (which contained local cacher "The Quiet Man" who had just found the cache I was heading to.
I had to reverse back onto the main road, and managed to hit a concrete flowerpot that some thoughtful person left outside their house. I only got it repaired last week (the car, not the flowerpot) and the total bill for the painting of the bumper and back panel was 180 euro!!!
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Have to agree, it's a great spot. Donnacha, The Rookie (now "Hello, I'm Johnny Cache") spent a great week geocaching up north. Wonderful people and scenery.
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UK & Sweden - joint 2nd lowest
Eire 12th place
The 'statistical' difference between the UK and Ireland is because of better driver training and a more focused attitude to driving throughout society, better enforcement of car safety (MOT, tyres etc) not to mention better road building, development, signage and maintainance and is not because of thousands of speed cameras. I cannot speak for Canada as I have neither lived, visited or driven there.
You may also notice a difference in how "Road Deaths" are calculated, as some countries calculate deaths at the accident scene only and not those resulting from a collision after the person has been removed to hospital.
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Sadly I don't live anywhere near you, but I do love King Crimson!
That said, I must dig out "In The Court of the Crimson King". Haven't listened to it in years.
* Klaus rambles off to sing "21st Century Schizoid Man" all evening *
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I ran my car into a ditch while trying to approach a cache. There was no damage done but I did have to go and find a farmer to pull me out. As I was then in no mood to try and find the cache, and had driven over 80 miles to get there, I guess £12 in petrol, £3 for my lunch, and a wasted 3 hours was the price I paid.
I've been lucky and have never had a speeding fine or parking ticket while geocaching or otherwise... but at the same time the "enforcement" of said things in Ireland does not compare to the levels in the UK. Was it the Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario that termed a local speed camera "an Orwellian Cash Machine"? He was onto something!
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However, this particular attack seems to me to be totally groundless. In the true spirit of our sport please could we call a halt to these incessant attacks on my friends integrity.
Please don't misinterpret me, I am not attacking The Forester and have not questioned his integrity. At the same time I am not demanding he delete his log, and neither do I wish to cast doubt on the legitimacy of his find. There is nothing stopping anyone claiming a "find".
There was a thread about virtuals that had been logged by our man in France, Nick and in summary, I said then what I still say, people do play the game differently, however I do like to voice my own point of view on certain aspects of the game and how people play them.
I realise I'm off-topic but the initial post and general beginning of thread are not pleasant at all and perhaps best left be, rather than returned to.
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I do know where you're coming from as I had previously applied almost the exact same logic to a cache way back at the start of my geocaching days. I accept your mention of flexibility, but I have made the point back in another post (pre-big row) that there must be very basic consensus on how to play the game.
I realise that this is way off-topic (it's not the most pleasant thread anyway), but seriously, you say that "the effort put into the hunt is the same". Could the same logic not be applied to not being able to find the cache at all, even if it were still there?
From what I understand, a geocacher logs a "find" for finding a cache, a "did not find" if it was gone or you had no luck on your search for the box itself, and a "note" for anything else. If the cache was gone when you went there, and got replaced, then the find should have been claimed on a follow-up visit - after the box/container went back. In hindsight, you would now know exactly where to look.
It was not the owner's fault, and not your fault, not anybody's fault the container was gone. But that's the name of the game. Geocaching in it's very essence is about 1. finding the container, 2. signing your name, and 3. possibly doing a trade. Strip away the travelbugs, first-to-finds, virtuals and all other permutations of the pursuit and that's what you're left with.
And if the notepad is not signed, surely there cannot be a find. Gentleman's agreement or not. I'm sorry, I do see where you are coming from, must there not be a basic standard for claiming a find on a cache if we are to play this game?
I know this is back to a very basic thing that has been discussed before.
*edited for really sub-standard grammar
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My point would be that if you don't find the box/can/takeaway container, it's not a find.
Technically, you can't claim a find until you find (and sign) the book.
Being courteous is one thing, but re-interpreting the general guidelines isn't really the spirit, chaps...
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that would be The Forester then ?
LOL @ stonefisk... calls it like it is...
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Beware!
I read something about six months ago in the IAM magazine "Advanced Driving" that the law regarding speed trap detection devices was to be tightened up and reintroduced in 2005.
Well if they do that they have shot themselves in the foot. The whole point about cameras is for them to be visible so that traffic is slowed - or so they have been telling us since the upsurge in camera sites.
And that's why legislation had to be amended to pre-warn you that speed cameras are placed in a given area and that the GATSO boxes themselves have to be visible and are thus painted bright yellow.
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Hi Dave,
As I can't commit for sure, don't worry about the train. But if I had the days off, I could roll up the M5/M6/M56* to my in-laws in Mold, and then make the trek over. It would be nice to meet you all.
I'll keep you posted, but remind me about the dates
- I can be forgetful!Klaus
*by the way, if anyone else is as fascinated with road networks as I am, Chris' British Road Directory should be one of the most interesting websites you have ever seen
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I might be able to make that if it's in North Wales. Let me know about the dates.
Klaus
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BTW, as the cache hider has not logged in since 2002, do we think the cache will still be there? No danger of muggles but the silkies and kelpies may well have got it!
Slight technicality here which only I could know...
"Asterix" is no longer geocaching and lives in Australia. His father is "Obelix", who lives in the area and technically maintains the cache....
How-and-ever, Obelix is no longer active either and several of his caches have fallen into disrepair. As wlw said, the ocean has probably made off with the box by now, but until somebody physically goes there we just won't know.
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Give em a go yourself
LOL... If I was to, it would be a case of "donations welcome..."
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Certain countries have a greater identification of counties than others. For example, in Ireland, when asked where people are from, they always say their county. In England I found that people don't do that as much, they say the name of their town, and when met by a puzzled expression, say the nearest large city. Other countries don't go by counties at all. I guess it's useful to a degree, but need not be mandatory.
Also, in Britain, the counties are changed from time to time (like Avon, for example), so opinions may differ.
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I don't see the point of slagging those geocaches off. No doubt people placed those caches with good intentions. Just because you might not get there anytime soon does not mean that there is anything wrong with them.
Congrats To Alibags On Her Tripple Century
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Well done Alibags!