Arasmuz

I would imagine that would depend on how many terrorist attacks have actually happened in the country in the last few years, and how many bomb threats they have had to deal with locally in the last few years. Personally, I would think that info about geocaching could be extremely useful to LE departments: info on websites that list geocache coordinates, how to use Google Earth to track local cache locations, and that geocaching itself would be excellent training for spotting things that have been hidden (whether that be drugs, explosives, or whatever).

Garmin Etrex H on Amazon for £60 (the H means it is the high sensitivity version of the older Etrex model): Amazon link That'll give you an idea of the price not to go above, if you find a bargain on Ebay. Google Earth is very good if you want to get out there before you get a GPS unit. I started logging local caches on it, and then stopped when I realised that the aerial photo's were so clear that it made using a GPS pointless on some of the caches!

Will this involve going into a forest at night?

Thanks MrsB.

Thanks for that MrsB and Spokes.

Thanks for the feedback B&R. The problem I have at the moment, is that almost all of the caches near to me seem to be micros or cache-and-dashes, which don't appeal to me at all (so I can't base any future design on them). I'm looking for pointers, so that as I get out and about I can start to make plans about my own caches. To narrow it down, I already know that I don't want to do anything that involves micros, cache-and-dashes, or urban areas. That pretty much sets the scene for what I don't want to lay down as a cache too. In relation to the difficulty (and ignoring tiny containers in large areas), what does it mean? Difficulty 1 = container at the base of a tree, difficulty 3 = halfway up a bushy evergreen tree, difficulty 5 = disguised as a treestump in a forest, etc? I'm really asking so that I can put some thought in to it in advance.

Does that mean you could build something like those old "choose your own path" adventure game books?

As a newbie geocacher, and one that hopes to eventually create some entertaining caches, I'd be interested to know what makes a cache enjoyable, entertaining, and/or downright awesome.