THE SMILEYS

We have been able to get right around the Lakes from Ullswater to Crummock, all roads open and most debris removed, a great job well done and the area looking pretty much the way it did before the floods. We know that there is much work still to be done such as dry stone walls, bridges, fences, paths etc. to be repaired and that the NT are working on specific projects to tackle this and are looking for volunteers to assist with this massive task – more information on this at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lakedistrictfloods. The Tourist Board are encouraging visitors back to the area, their message is ‘open for business as usual’ although there were very few out and about yesterday. We did a good cross section of caches and amazingly none of them are much the worse for wear, requiring only routine maintenance. Thanks for all feedback and offers of assistance with maintenance received to date, and to GAZ for the physical assistance.

This is exactly the kind of information/assistance we were hoping for, more than in fact - thanks Gaz for saving and relocating this one. We couldn't get onto the A592 at all on our last visit so it is extremely useful to know where and what is accessible. Also thanks D for the clarification and to MBFace for the offer of help yet again, which is much appreciated. Although we are keeping our finger on the pulse via the media/friends & visits perhaps MBFace (and any other resident/visiting cachers) would like to provide updates on changing conditions – this would be very useful indeed. Needless to say we would like to express our concern for all residents in the affected areas – we have seen for ourselves what you are having to cope with.

Following recent floods many of our Lakes caches will be inaccessible for a while - we will get around them all when conditions improve, in the meanwhile we would appreciate feedback on any that require urgent attention. It is indeed a sorry sight and Geocaching aside hopefully the conditions in the Lake District will improve and the area recover very soon.

Happy to help out and take over caches that are on our run - drop us a line and we'll let you know which ones we can easily manage. Having been off the road ourselves for a while we realise that this will leave a big gap and hope that you will be back in the game in the near future. We will also miss your FTF logs on our new caches!! Cheers THE SMILEYS

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE FROM THE SMILEYS AND - LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER FANTASTIC YEAR CACHING THANKS FOR SOME GREAT CACHES IN 2005

Congratulations: Longfram Kev - 200 at Coquet Island cache Marinor - 50 at Coquet Island cache Us 4 and Jess, Marinor & Longframkev for completing the River Coquet Series Thanks for your great write-ups glad you enjoyed the series. The Smileys.

Well Done from The Smileys

Well done from The Smileys - Whoops Castle Hill

Congratulations DeeTeeDee it's not "s'late in the day" that we can't add you to the list - Well Done - Looking forward to the Logs as ever

PIEMAN 300 HAPPY LANDINS 200 ACHILLES 100 CONGRATULATIONS ON REACHING A MILESTONE ON ONE OF OURS

Thanks all (special thanks to Lactodorum) we're getting there!!

Hi all - Sure this will have been covered but... how do we download waypoints from the search page to the pda done it with the gps no problems!

Hit 100 at Last - doesn't time fly when you're having fun! Thanks to everyone for some smashing locations

How about sacrificing some of that hot coffee from the flask - or use your hand warmers - these work for the gps/camera also - errr not the coffee!

Just posting the telegram - well done!

How do others feel about photos being added to their cache page? We like to see photos of where we are going, do others feel the same?

Do other guys keep momentos from the caches or do members generally prefer that items placed in caches keep in circulation? would like to here your views.