Boneychest & Catsuey

Ely is good for us (by well marked causeway, not boat ).

Mine has a separate mmi file for each disk (on the disk as I have moved them from the hard drive to create some space). BC

No excuses - been out caching all day

Totally in agreement! Well, almost... as much as I dislike micro's, they are in the spirit of hidden plastic boxes.

We check on most of ours after 7 or 8 finds (but only because we need to put more 'stuff' in ) and try to get out as soon as possible after a DNF. One was 'lost' for several months because it was put back a couple of feet from the original hiding place and we couldn't find it despite several searches. It reappeared though, spookily, on the day that the last finder offered to come and have a look. We don't avoid caches with several DNF's (unless on holiday) but treat them as something of a challenge and have been quite successful. Last of the Mohicanswas a particularly satisfying find, as was 5 bridges Llangollen

Well, there's nothing else for it! I can't sit here doing nothing on the compamy's time - I'll have to go home and not do it in my own time (well, it is poets day). Nothing new there then!

We always practice CITO in the vicinity of a cache providing there aren't bucketloads of litter and sometimes on the way to and from, depending on the general state of the area (eg is it a tidy wooded area or a city street etc).

OUCH! Have to agree about the yellow background. Plenty of useful links though, many of which I haven't seen before but will have a look at now. How about adding some ammo can suppliers to the accessories page and a link to Memory-Map somewhere. BC

Had to do this just to read it! ok. Got it now

I beg to differ on the first one. On an OS map a pinky red dotted line (there are 4 types) is an absoloute indication that the path is a public right of way. It's only other paths that may not be a ROW. Cheers. You would think so, wouldn't you. But OS maps aren't dynamic. Our local area has a few public footpaths marked on the most recently printed map that are no longer ROW. The land owner can apply at any time for a change to the route or to remove a ROW; a planning notice goes up for a couple of months and if there are no serious objections then the change can be made. The map isn't updated until the next major revision. A reprint doesn't update the map features or ROWs.

Have you archived the original cache and created a new listing or just edited the original? That would make a difference because many who have found the original probably won't see that it has changed unless you create a new listing - and might not want to 'double log' anyway.

"Power Trails, Great or Hate?" Hate! Definitely! If the locations are worth placing a cache then place one but if it's just for the route then either make it a multi or log it on the Geohike site.

I have just discovered the very interesting "cache tools" page on GUK and went to the Cache placement over time chart. I am astounded at the figures for March and April this year - over four hundred new caches placed in March and again in April and there's another week to go yet! Not sure how July already has one hidden though an event cache booked, maybe? More praise due for our very busy reviewers. How do they find the time to get out themselves and find treasure in the woods? (They have the advantage of knowing the final coords of a multi or mystery cache though

If you don't mind travelling to the other side of the Brecon Beacons Park, Last of the Mohicans is a lovely walk alongside rivers, caves and waterfalls if you park at the recommended car park. The cache is pretty hard to find but the waterfalls are the main event. Chartist's view is another fairly long but gentle walk with good views (and a trig point along the way to get your numbers up ) Have to agree with kbootb about Grwyn Fawr and although we haven't been caching on the Skirrid, it is another pleasant, easy walk.

Hmph! None of them are us because we couldn't find it.

Or others similar to this Memory Map UK when "Ben and Lizzie" regularly sell them at £168.05 buy-it-now (and no, I'm not Ben or Lizzie )

Are people really that egotistic that they expect them? I agree with Sue & Bernie. It really is a pain after a few days away from the forums, trying to filter through the mire to find the useful/interesting threads. Conversely, on the couple of occasions that I have been into the pinned topic (once to post) I have found it incredibly difficult to work out who is congratulating whom. A separate sub-forum would be the best compromise but I suspect that they would still end up on here (with flashing red text if it could be done). Actually, that's not a bad idea - easier to avoid them then!

I wondered what custom URLs are for and now I know. Thanks Rutson & barryhunter - I have added (and satisfacorily tested) your links.

On your "My account" page click on [view Log] for the one you want to get rid of. When the next page appears, click on "Delete Log"

Jenwen & Bingo. Congrats on your first ton - a tricky little mystery cache somewhere south of Greenland!

Getting back to the ladybirds.... I emailed the address at the end of the article to ask, and here is their reply "The message on the BBC website about sending ladybirds is, I think, an old one, but I believe it still stands. The ladybirds should be sent in any sort of small container, alive or dead. But if they are alive, without any food. Would you please go to the new survey website and report any findings you might have on the standard form there, so that the results can be properly co-ordinated and followed up. Findings were collected in this department last year, but the new survey team is far better able to manage the data. The new website is at: www.harlequin-survey.org"

Oh for goodness sake! Thats why kids are all on inhalers and turn grey at the sight of a bit of mouldy bread. If you don't get all mucky (and swallow some of it) you never build up your stock of antibodies. When I were a kid we lived in ' old septic tank. Got up at half past three in t' mornin' an' Licked road clean wi' tongue. Never did us any 'arm.

Nah. We help anybody who asks Actually, we exchanged a few emails so I will check my laptop when I get home to see if I have a private email address for them.

I think its a great idea - then I would be able to keep up with the history.

Nope. Put 'em into a sealed box, such as a taped-up matchbox and send them to the researchers with the time/date and co-ords of where you found them, together with a description of what they were doing (ie, playing the cello, rearranging their stamp collection, watching football on telly, writing their memoirs, doing The Times crossword, practicing polevaulting, etc) at the time you found them. The article says record and report - not collect and send. You wouldn't get a cello in a matchbox anyway!