Well I do find this thread fascinating! There are some US caching experiences that I can safely say I've never come across. So I'll share a few things I've learned about caching in England (Rochdale, Manchester for anybody who is interested):
1) Even the smallest of landmarks have names. A tiny little hill or promontory, a spring or stream, a tiny valley or rocky outcrop, or the most obscure of tracks leading from nowhere to nowhere. All of these things are or were special to someone, somewhere. You might think you're the only person to use the track, but for someone it is (or was) probably the Sunday morning walk to church.
2) The nicest scenery is not too near, and not too far, from civilisation. Too near and you get litter/ dirtbike tracks/ doggie gifts/ traffic. Too far and you get the elements, and a bleak, featureless countryside that doesn't lend itself perfectly to caching.
3) Train station security guards are paranoid about terrorism. CALM DOWN!
4) You can probably get from and to anywhere (or at least anywhere worthwhile ) along the canal.
5) Everything I say is a generalisation (there we go again! )
6) Website spellchecks hate it when I spell with an s instead of a z. (Generalisation, civilisation etc)
