GerritS
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Well thanks all for the advice, seems we have spent the cracking weather catching up with old friends and visiting new places. So mainly dive by have been found...
Still mainly good caches found will start logging shortly...
Still a fair few miles covered, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Fort William, Oban, Skye, The North Coast, including John O Groats, Various around Loch Ness now down in Perth down to Glasgow tomorrow before heading south...
Thanks again... For all the suggestions...
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Thanks for all the advice... Presently in Balloch on the shores of Loch Lomond Done one Cache a Small in an Ivy covered tree stump...
Hope to get more chance to find more soon...
Next its fort Bill we think...
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Hi,
I am about to set of on a little tour of Scotland... 12 days and a Caravan.
This is not primarily a caching trip, think distillery's, mountains, bars, deep fried mars bars and pizza's the usual Scottish indulgences first...
But if any one has any recommendations for unmissable caches. Ones that take you of the beaten track or to unusual places I would pleased to hear... planning on skipping the southern highlands and starting in Glasgow Up the west Coast and down the A9.
A good cache ring or 2 would be nice, although not essential.
All caches considered!
Thanks
GerritS
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I wonder if Groundspeak don't want to implement it, in order to stop armchair cachers from setting up automatic logging of bogus finds...
I doubt it, you would still have to select the logs some how to start with... To get them into field notes, if logging arm chair finds I guess you have to select the caches then log it and it would be no easier....
OK you could sit there on other software to select them to turn them into field notes but I am sure there are easier ways of doing it....
Would it now be so much easier to have a page come up for field notes 10 caches, with box's.
Cache Name and Number (Linkable so you can open in new tab if needing reminder)..
A Short description.
1) Found, not found etc.
2) Cache Rating*
3) Space for Logging (with any field notes).
4) Box for TB's
5) Upload Picture*.
I cannot be bothered logging caches on the hoof so often only the remembered caches get really good logs (how is the hint often the best way to remember a cache?) . Most just get get logged as found in the field and on to the next one..
*Notes
2) Well I can dream!
5) Would encourage uploading of pictures to!
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Hi all,
This may have been asked, it may not so apologies it its one of those repeating subjects.
Its there a faster way of logging on the website than having to got to each cache's individual log page?
For instance:
It would be great if you could tick a box in a list of caches, selecting the ones you want, then bring up a page showinging log boxes for each of your selections on one page. Then after you have filled them in hit log and it would submit logs for al of them.
I use GSAK, but I am rubbish at creating macros. The standard log macro saves a small amount of time, in that it takes you to the correct log page, but you still have to log on a cach by cache basis. Maybe all I need is a better macro.
It just seems that logging at the moment is very long winded, (it could be the method I am using though!!).
Cheers
Rob
Long winded compared to going out and finding the cache in the first place?
It's all part of the game.....but there's nothing at all stopping you from not logging them online at all, if you so wish
I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. I'm all for logging online, and I alsways try to write more than TNLN TFTC. It's nice to read the stories of other peoples finds. Logging is indeed part of the game, but I'm afraid I don't see jumping from cache page to cache page to do so as part of the game. A slicker way of logging IMO would be great!
The more time I spend logging and jumping around pages, is less time finding caches! ;-)
Must admit I like the idea, so when you upload your finds to your computer you get little box for each cache, so you can fill it in on one page... WOuld make the administration much quicker...
Alowing for more time to plan the next cache outing
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Just upgraded from my BlackBerry Bold to a shiny new Oregon 550 with OS mapping... it arrives tomorrow
Not usual for a girlie to get excited about techie toys, but there we are
I have the 450 and have no complaints.... I use GarminBing to get OS maps not certain what the difffernce between that and bought except that you can only put in 100 tiles which is enough for a days caching...
Oh and would recomend getting plenty of baterys for your toy
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What are the downside to enabling waas?
usually none. the exception is when you're in an area that's not actually covered by WAAS/EGNOS, but still receive its signal, in which case it may actually worsen your accuracy. but that's not very likely to happen really.
oh and some people have said that it lessens their battery life, but i didn't experience that myself.
I have seen warnings/ read some where that is shortens your battery life. But I have bought rechargables so do not care
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I also got the w995 and live geocaching doesn't work, the GPS Signal is not avaliable. In the Navigator the chip works...
I also cannot close the programm, when I click exit, nothing happens...
I loved this Software on my N95 8GB, it worked perfectly. Why does it not work on my SE W995 ????
How long ago did I post this... Long story I ended up with E75 OK phone for caching although now have Origon so thats prime caching device...
Have found software called Geoshrine This might work? Cannot remember if there are issues with SMartGPX?
Us phone cachers should start a list of all phone caching software.. With reviews?....
Would be use full to all?
Blorenges would you be interested for Follow the Arrow?
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I'm all for quality of caches, but the minimum number of finds troubles me. As you will notice, I am not only just 5 days into being a 'cacher but I only have 16 finds. I don't even have a GPS, I have found all of mine by using the Sun and my 6th sense. That said, I have already constructed my first cache awaiting placement. I have a GPS arriving tomorrow so I can get the coordinates. Anyway, I foresee having more fun placing caches than finding them. I don't care so much for micros/nanos, and I don't care so much for swag either. I like travel bugs and geocoins, so I tend to like the larger caches but I like a challenge too (but not because it's the size of a pencil eraser, tossed in a gravel road). This is why I have opted to practice what I preach and will only be creating "clever" caches, usually large enough to house bugs/coins but prove to be a creative challenge. I want people to smile and go "ahhhhhhhhhhh" when they find it, not "@#$% SOB!." My first cache, the one I will place tomorrow, took a number of items from the local hardware, and lots of time to invent and create successfully. As previously stated, I am all about quality over quantity. I would post pics of my cache but for obvious reasons I can't do that just yet. Maybe after 50 finds I can post the container but still, the point being, some of us may prefer doing the hiding vs. the finding.
Sounds like your going along the right lines, all you have to do is throw in Ammo Box and place of intrest/ a history or scenic view (preferably all three) and you will have a superb cache on your hands not just a good one!
Once you place your first sit back and read the logs... Just make sure they do not become abandoned unloved caches... Although if they are good ones people tend to do most of the looking after for you...
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Heres a question, if we buy a trackable can we put a bug and its number any where (within reason)? I have a great place for one but do not want to upset any one... It will Only be about 40 cm tall and in plane view to those who know what it is....
Given the OK I will post pic (minus number) on here for all to admire...
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This isnt advertising but I wear no other shoes than MBT (Massei Barefoot Technology)
Sandals for all weahter other than snow (when I have a pair of MBT trainers)no socks.Feet are easy to wash and what is a bit of mud? Stinging nettle whelts done last that long either.The sandals and trainers are good as new after a gently cycle in the washing machine.
MBTs are not pretty,they have a thick concave sole so you "rock " along in a very orthopaedically sound fashion.They are fantastic for worn out metatarsal fatpads( I am an ex londistance runner(used to train barefoot in my teens) and if anyone suffers from plantar fasciitis they fix that too.
They are great for embarrasing teenage daughters with as well!
MBTs Rock!
Hold it hold it... What about all those stingers in summer
I often make the mistake with shorts but sandals 
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Multis listed as Trads have caught me out like this in the past. As for the rake, self-inflicted pain brings the best lessons.
We once spent 25 mins looking for a multi listed as.............................a multi, at stage 1, DOH!
A caching friend of mine (and this one really wasn't me, although it easily could have been) spotted a cache on his GPS near where he happened to be. So he went to the coordinates, which conveniently had a park bench there. Hunted high and low, not knowing if he was looking for a film pot or an ammo can. After about half an hour he gave up and checked the cache when he got home only to find it was...
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a webcam cache.
I came back from my travels at sea, was punching in some coordinates at a cache event...
No matter how I entered them in the cache was 2000 odd miles away
... I checked and double checked ... Took me about 10 mins to realize, my GPS had not woken up yet and thought it was still of the coast of West Africa
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Hi All,
I only heard of goecache on the gadget show a few weeks ago and didnt give it another thought, well i was around at my mates on saturday and we spoke about it, the more we spoke about it the better it sounded, so on sunday i downloaded the iphone app and searched for a local cache, one came up about a mile from my house, so i got my girlfriend and our 4 year old girl and went on the hunt, well we found it (cheers Suebedz)and we really enjoyed it and i have now got the bug. Well yesterday i even ordered some travel bugs, i havent hid a cache yet i will wait abit for that, i presume i can take my travel bug to a cache and drop it in theirs and then follow the progress (after registering it)?.
Anyway as you now know im a newbie and after finding a local one i want to drive out somewhere and find one, i live in birmingham and we only want to go out for the day so dont want to travel miles and miles,im looking for a scenic one maybe in the country side,although as long as the scenery is nice and the walk is nice (not to rugged as we will have our little girl with us) i dont really mind.
Anyway any advice would be greatfull
Cheers.
Good luck on your hunt, do not get to addicted... I agree put your home coordinates in and also read the logs if your looking for scenic ones. The ones with VERY good reading are normally the best...
There is a big debate about caches and what makes a good one... Do a few before you set one, you will find there are types/ places you enjoy more than others....
Personally I like bigger hides (ammo Box's they are out there) and places of interest but it takes all kinds, find what you like THEN set one is my advice..
With travel bugs they rarely come back some travel wide and far others vanish in months, weeks or sadly even days. So nothing you would be upset to loose.
Do not send anything TOO big cache box's are tending to get smaller and big TB's (travel bugs) are getting harder to move on. Also sounds daft but drill a hole in the bug to attach it, this way if some one takes a fancy to the item its already got a hole in it and although still good as a travel bug its not much good as anything else...
I am sure there are many more pieces of advice coming your way...
Enjoy your addiction!
Edit Spelling and English and grammar...
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Hi all,
As a tadpole I'm keen to learn more, and am continually surprised by people's ingenuity with their hides and clues, and by the new things I keep finding.
My most recent new thing is a Keyword TB that wants to visit caches with that word in the title. Easy to find which caches have that word in their title?? No! Using the website keyword search brings up caches all over the world, not just in the UK. Restrict to a location and you can't search by keyword.
As there doesn't seem to be an easy way round this (or is there?), please can you help with the titles of caches in the South of England that have the word "Mark" in their titles?
If I'm doing something obviously wrong, and there is an easy way to do a search like this, then please let me know!
Thanks any help you can offer.
I don't know if there is an easier way, my Oregon and EasyGPS (free) will search Pocket Quires (Premium member) for key words in cache names like that.
Hope it helps.
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The questions I am asking are for each of the below:
a, When do you use it?
b, Who gets notified when you post?
When you write a log on a cache you have 5 options:
1) Found it
a, When you find a cache and sign the log.
b, Cache owner and people watching the cache?
2) Did not find it
a, When you looked but did not find the cache?
b, Cache owner and people watching the cache?
3) Write Note
a, ??? Dropping TB's in you forgot?
b, Cache owner and people watching the cache?
4) Needs Archived
a, ?
b, ?
5) Needs Maintenance
a, Wet log, Damaged Cache Box anything else?
b, ?
I have tried to self answer but would appreciate the blanks being filled in....
Seems like simple questions and I am being stupid but a search did not revile much...
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The idea of the questions was, to make the cache setter think, not for reviews to do anything about!
Now since that idea has a serious floor
(Deci, and all the reviewers I would not want your job if I was paid for it! I respect the work you do, and would hate to do it myself!)Lets change it
Another idea (boy am expecting a flaming soon
) what would happen if the same questions where posed and published in the cache?1) Why have you placed this cache?
Because I can.
2) What do you hope other cachers will get form finding it?
A smilie to add to their cache found total.
The answers might not seem so clever?
Will put shovel away (for a whilst) a before I dig my self a deeper hole
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1) Why have you placed this cache?
Because I can.
2) What do you hope other cachers will get form finding it?
A smilie to add to their cache found total.
Have I answered correctly?
Do you think my cache will be published?
Yes
It seems that the policy is and set to continue to be to publish any Cache that ticks all the box's
. There is a whole debate there that I do not want to enter again .If the questions make 5% of caches better thought out its a start
. Most newbies would not know the reviewer would not not care to much about the answers
, by the time they found out they would probably be experienced cachers In-fact with answers like that the Reviewer would probably know you are an experienced cacher
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A cache approved yesterday renewed by interest in this.
- Micro
- No description (I mean NO description, short and long both blank)
- Coords reported to be 30m out (Iphone?)
- User with one find, joined on Sunday
OK, some of my hides haven't exactly been top notch but I like to think there's been SOMETHING going for them.
I think it must be time to impose some sort of limitation on number of finds before placing.
Been flamed for agree this point before but yes some requirement should be enforced to many junk caches appearing.
Another Idea I have not seen posted? Maybe there should be a question or 2 for the cache setter to complete when he submits a cache.
1) Why have you placed this cache?
2) What do you hope other cachers will get form finding it?
I am not saying it would stop any caches being placed but might make people think?
Only an idea, but have my fire suit and lead suite on standby
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Ok, maybe not the most Geocaching related topic, but here goes.
Getting into walking more due to the Geocaching, and would like some sort of walking shoe, probably not a heavy boot though.
So, 2 questions
1)Any recommendations? I'm not doing anything too serious, so am just thinking of a shoe/trainer type, with the usual waterproof/breathable material.
2)Any good shops in the Cheshire area to go try them on?
Thanks for any input.
My thoughts for what they are worth "vibram" Soles are normally good, although not as hard wearing as they used to be.
I like ankle style boots for caching rather than trainer style, helps keep my ankles protected from thorns, wading small puddles streams, muddy patches etc.
What ever you buy make sure they are comfortable to start with. I do not follow the theory they will wear in.
I am always shopping for boots, looking for the good deal on the right boot. I frequently find Millets like Cheshire oaks have nice boots in on offer although you have to know what you want. Blacks Cotswolds are good as the staff can generally give advice, if a tad expensive.
I have not tried go outdoors, although I have been a fan of Decathalon for years. MY sister lives in france and I always visit decathlon if there. Although you do tend to get what you pay for...
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Ok for me it would of been a photo and a nice email to cache owner explaining why... Then being refused, I would write an honest cache log perhaps:
"Completed the walk, which took me to (little of interest/ some interesting historic sites/ a list of street names/ what ever you feel appropriate) found the GZ and found that unless you have got the arms of a gorilla or the reach of a yeti you cannot reach the cache. As I did not have ether and could see no appropriate implements for retrieve to hand the cache was out of my reach.
It seems for those of us who are vertical challenged a photo of the cache is considered cheating... So a DNF for me."
I am sure some people will read some of my logs and think not very nice thoughts, but if its a box beside a road will little reason for existence I will say it as it is...
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LU...2f-6d1a8fb4ae1e
This one is quite sad the church has an interesting history, the church is very proactive in the community and the cache setters do not even mention any of it...
Or am I wrong?
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I see that quite a bit - working in a museum, we get folks saying under their breath all the time, that the info on the displays is complete BS and that "this stuff was no way over millions of years old!"
It's just sooo much fun to then pull out a well-known, highly acknowledged publication by a well-known author, and put them straight!Or even better, the curator comes out of the back, siddles up beside them as though to make out he's a visitor too, and then say "Yeah, I didn't quite believe it til I did the degree, got the job here, and WROTE IT"
It was my Granddad who was worst for this, he was terrible for correcting people... Some examples:
My friend studying ancient history at Oxford, he tried correcting her very politely. She insisted she was right, she went back to Uni came back next holidays and apologized he was right
.In a museum for old motorbikes (his passion), he made quite an effort to tell them they had labeled a bike as the wrong model. Again polite and insistent, advising them the petrol tank was this shape and not that shape thats how he knew, a short whilst later the museum wrote to him and thanked him for correcting there mistake
What ever I have studied Engineering, Navigation, Stability. He was always there to tell me where I should revise
Aways nice always polite unassuming, you learned not to argue with him...
Sadly he is no longer around
or he would of sent me running round the country with the answers to all the UK's puzzle caches. None would of been safe ...As for dealing with muggles, sadly my Ex-wife got the dogs (always a great excuse).
I have taken to doing the telephone trick like above, but have been caught out with the question "You get phone reception here? What net work are you on?"
The great thing with an Oregon, is you pretend its a PDA and you are hard at work
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We have quite a few OS Explorer maps for various areas around the country and find them quite invaluable. We need a new one for our forthcoming break in the Forest of Dean as our existing one is quite battered and bruised. Would anyone recommend the Active map against the normal paper one?
Battered and bruised means, used and abused
... This is a great thing means you have been out having fun My First new Forest map was a paper one, lasted 1 year my second was a waterproof one still going strong after several years.
If I am visiting an area more than once I buy water proof if its more a one off I buy paper...
I have a box of maps that I try and keep battered and abused
I now have an Oregon great for maps, just I now tend to down load and not buy paper maps...
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Is there anywhere that will make one off custom coins for a reasonable price??
I would be interested as well.... Own simple design..
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I'm with DD&V
I've now decided that I'm going to check the logs on my micro caches and tally them with those that have anti micro views.
Any I find will be deleted with a very personal message.
You can't say fairer than that can you?
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Check the rules there is nothing that states that a find is only valid if the finder enjoyed the cache.
The problem I have with Micros is 10% are worth doing the other 90% I think just WHY?
Where as I consider as a rule of thumb the larger containers have better thought out caches...
Before you start flaming THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. I guess I am as much against bad cache placement and poorly conceived caches as the container size.
So does that mean every non complimentary log I write will get deleted?
I often make the mistake with shorts 
Ouch!
... I checked and double checked 
) what would happen if the same questions where posed and published in the cache?
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or he would of sent me running round the country with the answers to all the UK's puzzle caches. None would of been safe 
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Yup went down that route too or three actually counting them all its 5 now!
Although had I had my thinking head on I should have kept it at on then I could have followed and admired the view