tsiolkovsky

Chap at work suggests the problem is the plastic bag (his job is to work this kind of thing out - something to do with moisture and planes falling from the skies). He seems to think that the cache might in a warm place and as it warms up the moisture in the log book is taken up by the air, then when the temp falls at night it condenses out. The plastic bag traps the warm air in the bag. He said it's a similar effect to that of leaving potatoes in a sealed plastic bag. If there is a pencil in the film can that could also be a contributing factor. He suggests: 1. drying to log book out in the oven, making sure the inside of the film can is dry and then popping the log book back in sans bag (and sans pencil). Then see what happens. 2. Stick a silica gel bag in the film can (has the added side effect of stopping trinkets from being stored in there). Tsiolkovsky

Well if I am being honest I've already done it twice so far - both cases were encrypted puzzle caches (Part of the Moscow Rules series) but this would be a straight one and he might get the feeling I was getting at him - which I'm not. BTW if you do want some help, I can craft up a little encrypted puzzle for you which might just fox him... Tsiolkovsky

Okay here's the thing. quite close to me is a geocacher who has made a point of clearing all the caches within a 5km radius of his home. Now is it right to put in a really hard one within his 5km 'exclusion zone' just to 'flumox him' (in a totally non-malicious way as he's a top bloke!)? Obviously it would be a permanent thing and open to everyone to find... Tsiolkovsky

I have always though that this was more to do with putting down a cache that had a commercial intent. Such as you have to buy the cache co-ordinates from someone, or a cache advertising some product or service. There is at least one cache in Bristol you have to pay to get in. My advice is make this a cast iron cache find - after all if you have to pay to get at it, out ought to be able to get at it! something the cache in Bristol doesn't guarantee (not that I'm bitter or twisted in anyway ). Tsiolkovsky

I've had a TyTN II for nearly a year now on Three. so far not tried using any geocaching style apps on it. I do have tomtom on it nd I do use that for getting me close to caches and then go to the proper gps for the final approach. It would be interesting if I could get the gps to be a bit more useful. Right onto the device itself. Pros: Good user interface, the flip up screen is pretty resilient and the keyboard is pretty useable. 3G internet access - it is amazing to log cache finds actually there in the field. cons: battery life - the provided battery is not brilliant. In fact I am currently on my third battery. I eventuallywent for a high capacity battery. When used as a phone it's okay but anything else runs the battery right down. The worst offender for this is when using the GPS. If you do get one, you may want to invest in a car charger for it. occasional instability - especially when finishing phone calls.