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Looks like someone took This Cache a little too seriously!!!

Necessity is the mother of invention!!!

Not only painful but in rare cases, life threatening. Some people can die from anaphylactic shock caused by bee and wasp stings.

When my grandfather died a few years ago, we were tidying out his bungalow and came across some live mortars and anti aircraft rounds in his garage which he'd kept as souvenirs of the 2nd WW. We called the police, who came round and peered gingerly into the garage, keeping what they thought was probably a "safe" distance and they then 'phoned the Army bomb disposal team who arrived a couple of hours later, identified what they were and took them away for distruction. We explained how we thought they'd got there and that was that. No questions, no grilling, no arrests. I think the police were more concerned with the public's safety than anything else.

LOL! Actually, I shoot full bore target rifle for a hobby. My OTHER hobby, apart from geocaching! To tell if it's live, look at the bottom, where the firing pin would hit the cartridge. It looks like a centre fire so if it's NOT live, there will be an indentation in the centre of the bottom where it HAS been fired and the bullet has just been pushed back into the top. If there's no dent in the middle of the bottom then it could well be live!

Looks like a centre fire .303 or 7.62 round. Is it live?

Phew! That means the pressure's off me then! I've just got back from finding "Over the Edge" GC78BF - a N Yorks cache which was unarchived a couple of days ago by Lactodorum. Record still intact. I understand from Harrogate Hunter that their new multi cache, Skipton Stroll, will be going live soon too. Might have to dash down to be FTF in a few days' time!

I know what you mean! I live in N Yorks and some were over an hour and a half's drive away within the same county!!!

Congratulations on completing your mission. If you fancy an even bigger challenge, I recommend all the caches in N Yorks... there's over 150 of them, covering a huge area!!!

Sorry, I can't offer to adopt this cache as I'm moving south soon. Thank you, Lactodorum, for unarchiving it though as it's my first caching anniversary tomorrow and I've been looking for a cache to do to celebrate. This looks like a good one too... AND it's in N Yorks!!!

Quick! Someone go out and "nobble" the last two caches!!! *weg* Only joking. Good luck tomorrow - hope you get your final two/three caches. Which county is next on your list?

I set out to be FTF on Cornwood Walk, the day after it came online. The co-ords provided were for a place over half a mile away from the actual cache and the hint was exaggerated to say the least and of no help at all. I used the "needs archived" facility and, indeed, it was archived within the first week, without anyone having found it. Only when the co-ords were corrected (provided by someone who had managed to find the cache) was it unarchived.

I can certainly concur with Harrogate Hunters with regard to Cornwood Walk. The cache owner became a member a couple of days before his cache was approved and he hasn't even logged on to the website since April! He has never logged a "find" of his own either!

Many thanks, Pengy & Tigger, for diverting especially to pick up and move on my NYM TB. It's very kind of you to move on a "competitor" and is much appreciated. Good luck on your UK tour.

Crikey! That was quick! Congratulations on your double ton.

...and mine is in Terrible Thirkleby GC7699 if anyone would like to move him along, pleeeeease!!!

I think that once you have typed 10+ messages, it will change from "tadpole" to "geocacher" or "Premium Member", if you are one!

Congratulations on your first 100.

Oops! Sorry! I've already done a cache in Berkshire too!

Haven't you heard the song? It's "Go WEST!"

Noooooo! I've got a house to pack up and move!

Firstly, my thanks to Seasider for creating this forum message. I've never seen anything quite so colourful in the forums before! There's not many people who can make me blush but I have to admit to turning a pretty shade of pink when I opened this topic! Many thanks also to everyone else for your kind comments and congratulations. I have only been living in N Yorks since May 2003 and came across geocaching last summer, finding my first cache on 1st August, so I've yet to clock up a full 12 months. It didn't take me long to become addicted though and I only set myself the goal of finding every cache in N Yorks earlier this year. At the time, I didn't realise that N Yorkshire is the largest county in the UK, with over 150 very diverse caches, covering a huge area. My source has been the geocacheuk.com interactive map, which I have slowly turned from blue to red! I am aware that there are other caching websites and there may well be other caches out there in N Yorks of which I am unaware. I thought it might be nice to list a few of my favourites and have found this to be virtually an impossible task as I have enjoyed (nearly) every single one. OK, so you're now wondering which I DIDN'T enjoy, so I'll stick my head above the parapet and say that it was Cornwood Walk - GCJ17N near York (see the comments and you'll understand why!) As for my favourites... Hardest to get to has to be Sun Trap - GCJH1X, bushwhacking through 6ft high bracken on an impossible incline but the FTF made it all worthwhile. Best days caching was the day I spent with Seasider on Ingleborough. We set off from Clapham, taking in Sleepy Hollow - GCJ5M3 and Gaping Gill - GCJ3CT on the way up Ingelborough - GC5EF4, walked 12+ miles in beautiful countryside with fantastic views and found half a dozen caches with 2 FTFs, namely Sulber Gate - GCJDC0 and Moughton - GCJDBM which are both on limestone pavements. Being "ladies of leisure" (well I am ) we chose a weekday and therefore had the countryside entirely to ourselves as the three peaks can become motorways at the weekends. The best views were naturally from the tops of big hills and there's plenty of them in the Yorkshire Dales! Whernside - GC5EF3 (again with Seasider) and Pen-y-Ghent - GC5EF2, Shirfare's Point - GCGDJ2 and Which? Ditch - GCGE2V. Other great views from The Kitchen - GCG9D4 and How Tallon - GCFA6E, (both of which are only just in N Yorkshire by a matter of feet) and RADAR - GC31DF and Wainstones - GCHFN5 over on the Moors. I enjoyed two multi caches placed by Harrogate Hunters, namely Ripon Ramble - GCHGXF and Harrogate Hobble - GCH2N7 and I understand there's the Skipton Stroll to look forward to soon. I hope it goes online before I move south. I have to admit to being a little worried about the prospect of having to solve From Enigma to Echelon - The Stash (GC6536) as it was a level 5/5. E to E- The Code (West Yorks) had been archived for some time so I was hoping I could get away with not being able to do The Stash but KimRobin very kindly unarchived it, so it became a must. It was certainly the most complex cache I have had to work out and gave the old "grey matter" a good work-out too. I saved the caches on the coast until last. Partly because of the logistics of getting the timing right (low tide) and partly because they're the furthest from home. I have to agree with Seasider that Walking with the Dinosaurs - GC7684 was fun, especially since we added to the drama by sliding down the cliff in heavy rain. I'm also amazed that so few people have been to Doin' Time - GC39DA at Filey Brigg. There's a sign on the beach advising people to LEAVE the Brigg at least 2 hours before high tide. We added to the drama by setting out 2.5 hours before high tide and just as the sun was going down! Nearly every cache in the county has been interesting either for the beautiful countryside/views or the interesting local history. I have learned a lot in the last few months and have got to know the Dales very well, not to mention adding a few 1,000 miles to the tachometer in hubby's car!!! As for the future... we've just heard that we "march in" (don't you just love those Army terms) to our new quarter on 2nd September, so I'm around in the area for a few more weeks. We're hoping to get up to Scotland for a few days in August before it becomes too far away and then, look out West Country, here I come!!! Many, many thanks to everyone who has placed a cache out there for me to find. I am sure that one day we will be returning to live in Catterick Garrison and I can do all the new ones and revisit some old favourites again. I might not be a numbers (wo)man... but addicted? Who me?

I think a bin liner should not be necessary provided that a suitable tupperware container or ammo box is used, as these are waterproof anyway. It shouldn't be necessary to wrap a decent quality container up in a plastic bag. I have come across many containers in plastic bags... in fact I found one today. If it's not mentioned when submitting a cache for approval, then how is the approver to know! I have seen some excellent tupperware boxes with flip over lids which are easy to seal (can't remember the name... lock lock?) and ammo boxes are the best. I feel that it is also the reponsibility of the finder to ensure that the lid is securely fastened and any zip lock bags inside the cache are properly closed, to provide a water tight seal. Just my two pennyworth!

Because they get horribly wet and smelly inside and it's very unpleasant to have to deal with a torn, holey, smelly, wet plastic bin liner... often with slugs and snails in as they love such places! When I placed both of my caches, I put the containers in a black bin liner and was asked to remove the bag by the approver. My caches were both approved BEFORE I had done this, I was just asked to do it next time I visited my caches for routine maintenance.