jpjeffery

What's that? "Needs Maintenance"... Ah, I have two to mark as NM for full logs. Can't see how to do that though.

Let me guess, the cache was in a knot hole about three feet up on the side of a tree near a walking path? Not quite. Very near the River Thames, lots of pubs around there, and in a quiet(-ish) corner.

What's that? Yes, I did sign the log - well, a piece of paper I added - then touched NOTHING ELSE until I got back to the office to wash my hands. *shudder*

I found two caches today (a beautiful, and warm, sunny late lunchtime by the River Thames). The second one was the trickier find, but there were two significant issues. Firstly, the log was full (it happens, I know, and I'll buy some to help out in such situations). Secondly, as per the title, it was in a place that seems to be popular with men (I assume) who need to pee. As a result, the cache itself was...aromatic! Nasty.

Well, at least you put it back...

Found it. Opened it. Felt like a schmuck. Signed it. Put it back. I'm legal!

Just because the item I found didn't look it contained anything. What looked like a lid didn't shift when I tried it. I extrapolated (incorrectly it seems) from there.

Well, that was my assumption, and there is what looks like a lid on the cache which I did try to open but couldn't get it to shift. Will revisit and try harder. Ta muchly.

Well, thanks for your replies, all. I've now found/completed 7 caches. The last one (within the past hour) was a nano-cache, so no log to sign, also no apparent other requirements. Assuming, as per the quote above, I should supply the co-ords, where would I do that? I know the Activity page in the app allows the option of encrypting part of the text, but doesn't that allow for it to be treated like a 'spoiler' which anyone can reveal if they want to? If I'm right, then anyone can couch log using that. Anyway, this is fun. I just wish there were more around, and that my younger daughter had less homework so she should come with me...

I like the cut of your jib, sir.

Thank you, good person.

I do check the photos. In the case of the church cache they just confirmed I was at the right church (difficult to go wrong with that!) Checking the Activity page seemed to suggest I was looking in the right place, at least within 5 or 10 feet...unless of course I have worked out the co-ords wrong. I'll check with the CO on that. What puzzled me about it was where on earth the CO could have hidden it without damaging property (actually, perhaps that should help me!)

Except that at least one of the caches I've done the CO has said "Send a picture, that'll do.", particularly where there's likely to be a lot of muggles. But I do agree in principle, there's a much more solid sense of achievement to signing a log.

I don't know what that means. Well, there's degrees of easy, but really that's not my point. I just want to get started. Sometimes I do want easy, such as when I'm doing one in my lunch break, but other times I just don't want to feel like I'm utterly clueless! :-)

Thanks Fair point. Can you recommend a more reliable online map for checking position with? Even 'after the fact' (i.e. when I get back home or to the office)

Thanks, all. I'll reply in a bit more detail later (when I've got a new printer in New York working from my office in London!)

(Ooer!) I've searched for about nine caches, and certainly found only two. One, an EarthCache, I knew before I'd even left the house, but we went anyway. The other was a replacement cap on a road name sign post. Of the fails... One was like a geography lesson/test, so although I was at the right place, I didn't have the energy to answer the questions! (shame on me, I know!) Two had too many muggles around and I didn't want to get arrested! One we couldn't begin to work out the first question of the multi-cache, and it was dark Four others we're absolutely sure we were in the right place but couldn't find anything. I can accept my lack of intellectual vigour, and my discretion in the face of many strangers, but it's the 'can't find anything' incidents that bother me. Example: The starting point was a ruined church in the city. The clues lead to various numbers which could then be used to complete a set of coordinates. The clues were pretty simple so I'm sure the numbers I had were correct, but upon find the new coordinates with the GPS I could find nowt there. At least, not without stomping in to a flower bed of a maintained, quasi-formal, gardens, and I doubt the CO would be that irresponsible to hide a cache in a place like that. Checking the written coordinates later, with Google Earth, I know I was looking in the right place. I know this question is impossible to answer, but, indulge me...what am I doing wrong?! :-) JPJ