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    snow!

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    The snow helped me yesterday find a tricky cache that I had DNF twice before......... I knew the COs had been to check it on Saturday - so i just followed their footprints in the snow to find which tree it was ..... :o

    European ski resort maps..

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Brilliant link - Thank you [8D]

     

    I nearly bought the snowranger maps last year when i went skiing in Alpe D'Huez (I managed to find the cache at the bottom of the longest black run in the world!)

     

    I will definitely download these free ones [:o]

     

    Hope you have a great holiday!

     

    Cheers

     

    Diddi

    Changing your username

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Hi all

     

    I am thinking of changing my username - as when I registered I thought the whole family would join in ........ but I'm the only one who is interested!

     

    Could you tell me if there are any disadvantages? Am i likely to have any of my logs deleted as the name in the log book wouldn't match the online log?

     

    I will probably keep 'Didz' as part of my new name (annoyingly Didz has been taken but never used :lol: )

    Any suggestions welcome ;)

    'Splendidz' is all I have come up with!

     

    Cheers

     

    Diddi (Didz)

    EGNOS declared operational

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    how do I know if I am receiving an EGNOS signal, or the American signals? and how do I switch from one to the other or does my GPS decide?

     

    It depends on your specific GPSr - I can only speak regards my Garmin Etrex Vista HCx:

     

    Main Menu -> Setup -> System -> WASS/EGNOS = Enabled (think you also need to set GPS = Normal too).

     

    To check accuracy

    Main Menu -> Satellite and in the top Location shows +/- x meters/feet

     

    Thanks for that!

    I've just switched it on, on my Vista......... Looking forward to see if it makes any difference!

    Horse feathers

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    If you prissy Geocachers are going to keep complaining about Horse muck, I'm going to moan about you frightening my horses by popping out from the undergrowth, wearing flapping coats, dangly things round your neck and with odd taste in hats :rolleyes:

    Horse feathers

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    ...but horses have just as much right to be on the bridle path as anyone...

     

    One could argue, that given the name "bridle path" they have more "right" than anyone else.

     

    But,..."footpath", "roadway"?

    I would personally never ride a horse on a footpath unless i had express permission from the landowner.

     

    You would be very likely to come across an angry farmer with a shotgun shouting "Gerr orf moy Laaaand!" :D

    Horse feathers

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    What next - ban mud?!? :D

    Now then, you have a great point there, why is it when you have a nice wide bridleway that the horses have to churn every inch of it up into a mud bath :P . As a dog owner I don't have a problem clearing up behind him as dog pooh isn't particularly pleasant and it is my belief that as they are carnivores it can be more harmful than that of a herbivore. And on the same note have no problem with horse pooh being left, after all it is much easier to avoid/see.

     

    But as for the MUD :blink:;);):) , do horses not like walking through mud so choose the non muddy bit and eventually churn that up too.

    I'm glad you have no problem with horse poo........ but now a complaint about the mud horses make :P

    You are right horses don't like stepping in the mud so will choose the driest route possible (they can get an infection in their legs from the mud - mud fever! - so i don't make mine step in it if pos')................................

    but horses have just as much right to be on the bridle path as anyone.

     

    I think some people would only be happy if the countryside was concreted over :)

     

    As the Countryside Alliance car stickers say "Keep your Bull**** in Westminster and we'll keep ours in the Countryside" :)

    Horse feathers

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    <<Being a horse rider...... I'm just wondering how you expect me to clear up after my horse while out riding in the middle of nowhere? Do i take a pocket full of big plastic bags and ride home carrying huge bags of poo!?!>>

     

    Method 1 - same as dog owners; your idea of a pocket full of plastic bags sounds great.

    or method 2 - the way that horse-and-cart users do it in towns, you put a bag at the ouitput position

    or method 3 - google "horse poop scoop"

     

    How do the mounted police do it? Or don't they care?

     

    <<Or expect my horse to tow a wheelbarrow and shovel behind him!?! ;)

    Horses aren't meat eaters so their poo doesn't smell like dog poo and it's usually big enough to see to avoid treading in it!>>

     

    It isn't the smell that bothers me. I'm just wondering when it'll become unacceptable, just as it is for dogs. I don't find the smell of dog poo bad (maybe my sense of smell is poor). I just don't like treading in it. Yes, I know it won't harm my boots.

     

    <<I've been picking up horse poo all my life and its never done me any harm...............! :P>>

     

    I think what I'm looking forward to, is the time when all the other horse riders start picking up horse poo, just like you do.

    I think this post must be a wind up or this country has gone mad and I'm emigrating!

     

    I was joking about the plastic bags... how am i supposed to put 3kgs of horse muck in a bag in my pocket?

     

    I only pick up horse poo at home or if they do in front of someones house or on the pavement (yes i know you shouldn't ride on the pavement) - but on a bridlepath in the middle of nowhere - get real!

     

    What next - ban mud?!? :wub:

    Horse feathers

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Couldn't agree with you more. I am afraid our latest cache at Eden Project is just off a footpath that some horses use and you have to tip toe through the turds. Apparently horses waste contains tetanus, so yes it would be nice for the horses riders to get off their steeds and scoop it into a bag.

    Being a horse rider...... I'm just wondering how you expect me to clear up after my horse while out riding in the middle of nowhere? Do i take a pocket full of big plastic bags and ride home carrying huge bags of poo!?!

    Or expect my horse to tow a wheelbarrow and shovel behind him!?! :cool:

    Horses aren't meat eaters so their poo doesn't smell like dog poo and it's usually big enough to see to avoid treading in it!

    I think if you are that worried about a bit of horse poo you should stick to caching in towns. :D

    I've been picking up horse poo all my life and its never done me any harm...............! :laughing:

    BOAT Only caches are cool...

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    If you added a few alligators to the River Nene (just for the event, obviously) would that up the difficulty rating, or the terrain rating? :D

     

     

    Ain't no Alligators in the Nene anymore...

     

    ...Sharks ate 'em all. :D

     

    J

    :D:D:D

     

    We've just had a lovely afternoon doing BOAT ONLY 1 & 3....... Managed to avoid the sharks too!

    I would love to see some more BOAT ONLYs..... Its great to do something different.

    D :D

    BOAT Only caches are cool...

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    How exciting....... That sounds fantastic! As it happens I've just ordered myself an inflatable canoe (Stearns Back country) and I'm hoping it will come in time for me to do the BOAT ONLYs at the weekend. An event would be a cool idea. I would love to know if you get one organized.

    Cheers

    Diddi

    'Envioronmental' Cache Vandals

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted

    Hi all

    I'm new to this forum - so please be gentle with me!

    I've just noticed 4 more caches have been GROEPed

    GCM7HV

    GC1JC9P

    GC1K2MG

    GC1JZRF

    All around the Market Harborough end of the A14 (where I'm based)

    I put all my caches on to premium members only a couple of days ago - but I'm tempted to put them back to normal as i don't want these spoil sports to win. I will remove the TBs though if i do.

    What do you think - do you think its Uni students and it will die down after the Hols?

    Maybe we need more puzzle caches - I don't think they would have the intellect to solve those!

    :)

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