treaclefudge

I am using firefox version 39 and it says "firefox no longer supports the Garmin plugin" Chrome says exactly the same thing, and as I don't have IE (I deleted it as it was causing so many hang ups) I am now stuck and unable to down load caches to my GPS!

I'm 78 and cache alone in rural areas only. This means that I have to plan my routes carefully in rough country such as Dartmoor. I try to avoid rocky climbs or slippery river crossings - having to call out Mountain Rescue would be most embarrassing!

76, I prefer to cache alone and usualy only go for rural caches treaclefudge

My laptop has just developed the same symptoms! My PC is still OK. Tried suggestions so far to no avail. Any other ideas - please treaclefudge

Putting down my GPS'r to make a log; walking off without it and not noticing until the next cache. Then having to retrace my steps(usualy up a gert hill) hoping no one else has got there first. treaclefudge

Having been questioned several times I tend not to "do" urban caches because of all the possible hassle! Fortunately here in Somerset there is no shortage of rural ones. treaclefudge

The real problem is that there are just too many dogs - many of them unhealthy. Rarely wormed; fed an incorrect diet and untrained. I consider that all dog owners should pay a licence for each animal they own and be able to show that it has adequate living space and that they are competent to keep an animal. Unfortunately we are not a nation of animal lovers - just animal keepers! treaclefudge

Perhaps not in Birmingham, but a fair chance on Dartmoor! treaclefudge

I have just placed my first cache and I only have 36 finds (+ several DNFs!). I am now waiting for my review results with baited breath. treaclefudge

Hi, Hungry Caterpillars I last 'did' Yellowmeade farm area in July 2005. Its an interesting area. Didn't happen to find my hat here did you? I put it down to write up a box and then forgot it! treaclefudge

K-K My letterbox stamp is a seahorse. I would have liked to use it for geocaching but apparently the name was already in use. Further to this forum, I did not intend to start all the hassle about letterboxing v. geocaching, I too, think the two activities can run in paralell. My original statement about the origin of the sport came from something I read many years ago (on the letterboxing website, I think). It was written by someone who had started a "letterboxing" type of activity in a small area of the USA, around his home town. He claimed that he had first got the idea whilst on a trip to Dartmoor duing a visit to the UK. I assumed it all took off from that and subsequently spread through the world including the UK.

Thanks for the responses. I was not meaning to imply criticism of Geocaching or Geocachers. Just trying to be helpful! I enjoy both letterboxing and Geocaching and feel frustrated when I come across sites that have been vandalised, as has happened quite a lot over the years in some parts of the moor. Treaclefudge

The sport of geocaching is derived from the activity of letterboxing on Dartmoor which was initiated in 1854. Over the intervening years "letterboxers" have developed unwritten rules and tips about the siting of their boxes. They have found that boxes (caches) hidden near the tops of tors soon get stolen or vandalised. This is because these places act as targets to the casual walkers. Unfortunately there are groups of misguided people who think it is fun to destroy things that give others pleasure. From a conservationist point of view, it is also more sensible to site a cache in a place were there is likely to be less wear and tear to the moorland, and away from any antiquity. There are certainly many thousands of suitable places on the moor! Perhaps Geocachers should learn from these example when siting their caches. treaclefudge (member of the Dartmoor 100 club and letterboxer for 25 years)