Chibi88

Hello So I've had a spot in mind to hide my first Geocache in a park not too far away from me for a while. Following the guidelines, I contacted the council for permission. First person I spoke to had never heard of Geocaching and pretty much spoke to me like I was an idiot because, to paraphrase him, people use parks for all sorts of their own violition, they don't usually need permission for it unless it's a big event with loads of people. But, I perservered just incase this person had the wrong idea, and I was told to email their colleague who'll probaly know more about it. That was about a month ago. I've spent the last 3 weeks revising for an exam so it sort of went out of my head, but now my exam's over and I'm free to geoache guilt free once again, I realised I'd not heard from the colleague. So, I guess my question is, how do I continue with this? Am I best waiting for this colleague to get back to me for explicit permission, and has anyone else in the UK had difficulty in getting permission simply because the parks people have never heard of Geocaching? Or am I over thinking this (as I tend to) and is the first guy right? I just don't want to do the wrong thing.

To answer the question, I hope not! I've only just been able to start up again after not being well for a while but itching, Itching, to get back out there. I had one find and 2 weeks later, bam, a bug that wouldn't go. It'd be devestated to find everyone's winding down whilst I'm just gearing up. To add to the conversation: Although I am a newb and my opinion probably counts for little... there are some caches near me (ish) in lovely areas where the logs go back 4 or 5 years with frequent visits, and the history of a cache is part of the game for me. I know it's up to the CO to do with it what they want if they're still active, but it would be sad if every couple of years people just wanted to start afresh because it was old. Lots of things are old. Liverpool and it's surrounding areas is full of old things, it's part of their charm. Anyway, that's just this one newbs opinion.

Hello! Call me Chibi. I'm not exactly new, I joined up just this summer gone, but then ill health befell me and my first chance to do some more geocaching was the other day. So this is my first post and I hope there'll be many more to come. I'm from Liverpool, England, now living just outside the city. I use my phone for the moment because the GPS gadgets scare me but maybe one day I'll upgrade to one of those bad boys.