Oxygen Thief

So all these little micros on the back of road signs have permission from the council do they, or the ones on railways platforms have permission from Network Rail? All the ones on farmland have permission from the farmer? ...Who probably isn't even the landowner, just a tenant. I'm aware of caches in old mines and canal tunnels, now I know that there is no way permission would be granted for those. The answer is shockingly NO ! I would hazard a guess that 95% of geocaches are placed without permission or knowledge of the landowner. Some serious double standards going on here. Modern thinking I suppose, everything all wrapped in cotton wool, no risks allowed, everything wheelchair accessible and bring the brats along as well. Oh for the good old days of letterboxing.

that's not the case at all. Ever heard of PUBLIC land and PUBLIC rights of way. In that case shall I start removing all the geocaches I find that haven't had specific permission ? You want to get your facts right. [insults removed by Admin. - MissJenn]

Are you aware that we now have to seek the permission of the landowner before placing new caches in Dartmoor or Salisbury Plain? This is because they are SSSI (sites of special scientific interest).

This thread almost answered a question I was going to ask, almost... Is there a way to stop people grabbing or retrieving it? Or is it all a bit vague? How are these logged if they are never hidden? I mean I could be parked 500 miles away from the nearest geocache? How would this work?