HouseOfDragons

Well, the last time I went I had batteries, a pen, pencil, notebook, camera, a lump of cement, one film cannister, 3 Tupperware boxes and a large plastic pigeon.

Now that I hadn't realised. I didn't get the topo version - to be honest I think I always knew the Toaster maps would be sufficient for my limitedneeds. I am just in the process of wiping and packing up my trusty Colorado as I will be donating it to my sons' scout troop to go with their basic Etrexes. One of the leaders introduced them to the idea of caching (which has caused me no end of trouble and a small amount of embarrassment as I try to explain how and why I spend time lurking in the woods with an assortment of tupperware in my bag). thank you for all your help.

Mmmm.... Shiny... The smell of new gadget... And no children this weekend - what a bonus. I have Talky Toaster's maps on my Colorado and you're right, they are great. I hadn't twigged that the Oregon uses a micro SD card so I will need to scavenge one of those from around the house somewhere! And find wherever my card reader/writer has gone.... Thank you for confirming what my gut feeling was. I don't tend to cache outside of the UK so worldwide mapping wasn't an overriding need. <<strokes new gadget possessively>>

IMO, No, you don't need them. Save the difference and spend it on Tupperware - buy the non-topo version and load Talky Toasters OSM maps instead +1. I think the only benefit of the Garmin Topo Maps is that you can view maps in 3D mode, but contour lines show you all the sticky up bits. Fabulous. That is pretty much what I thought, thanks. I am running out of places to hide Tupperware though...

I am about to order a new GPSr but do I want/need the one with the topographic maps? I have no idea! What are the benefits wrt caching in the UK? thanks!

I had one similar to this. In the end I relisted each of the cache stages (waypoints) as individual logable caches leading to a bonus cache (the original final one). As each of the stages had to be found and had to be the 528ft apart, I couldn't see why they should be be listed as individual caches given the effort in finding them. Once I had done it, the whole set got far more visits. I do like the multis where you have to go from A to B via X, Y and Z to find information but I do kind of think that ones where you have to find an actual box are best listed as individual caches with a bonus. It's all about personal preference though.

I own a Nemesis Cache. I can never find the d.a.m.n thing when I go looking for it and it's not a nano, its a good sized box tied to a tree. It can not wander, it can not drift, it can not be found by the cache owner. And it needs a maintenance visit as it is, apparently, sticky inside after someone left a lolly in there. Most of my caches I can find without a GPS as I simply know where they are. I think this one and one other in the same series are the only two I own where I have to search for them like any other cacher would.

I keep getting texts to my mobile phone saying that I could be entitled to £[random number between 999 and 9999] for my recent accident. Interesting as I haven't had one. yet. I am concerned that they are able to see into the future somehow.

Arts in the 70s had us crying with laughter. Mainly because we were so focussed on the search we didn't notice it was the Interval and hoards of theatre goers had joined us. There are some good caches along the South Bank which make a nice walk.

I've never looked at the Beta maps - I don't think they work at all on the iPad so I just click through to "take me to the old and familiar ones"

Agreed! 5/5 caches are so common these days it's a joke!! Not too far from us you just have to climb a short way up a tree... hardly very taxing. Why do COs think that everyone wants to find 5/5 caches? How about some: 5/3 - only 59 in the UK 5/3.5 - only 17 in the UK 4.5/5 - only 27 in the UK (There's 146 5/5 caches!!) Mark I think part of the problem may be the rating thingy that suggests the rating. Sometimes I've answered honestly, its come out with a rating that I think in no way reflects the real difficulty of the cache - I often then rate them down based on my judgement but I imagine many do not (either through ignorance or blind trust in the system).

Is anyone prepared to find and retrieve a 5/5 whilst I simply look on shouting encouragement? :hopeful:

I"ve emailed caters to ask them to remove references to the camo of my caches before. I have also emailed them to ask them to remove spoiler photos that give the cam away. I don't check for spoiler photos but if a subsequent log says "easy find ith the spoiler photo" for example, I go and check. I think everyone has happily amended their logs, just removing the spoiler, and all bar one was happy to remove the photo. The unhappy one did do it in the end though but I was still polite. If you like taking photos of you at the cache site with the cache/camo in your hand, buy a personal travel bug or coin and post the photos with those logs, not the cache logs.

I download the local caches into Google Earth too. I then use the ordnance survey overlay (which you need to download from somewhere) to create a map and plan hides with this overlay and the ruler option to give likely locations which are far enough away from any local caches (which isn't usually a problem as most seem to be mine!). A print of the map also helps when out and about. Of course, when you get there you may find that the potential location is no good but if you've allowed a margin for error on any proximity issues its usually not a problem to find the right location.

I was wondering about this too. There is still a huge ad on the TImberland site but no actual information.

Two years ago I thought "This would be a good way of getting the children out for walks" Yesterday I found myself buying a tool as I thought it would be handy for making caches. This mornring I am sitting at my kitchen table wrapping a container in camo tape and sticking it up the rear end of a plastic animal. I worry about myself sometimes. The children don't get a look in any more.

I love those codes - for some arson I find it fascinating how text converts to black and white squares and back again. I have something called "Quickmark" on my iphone an it read the picture at the top right off my iPad screen. It's something I squirrelled away for future use but have not done it yet!

30 minutes by car seems a long way away. Unless you are in central London in rush hour in whih case it's about 100 yards.

I think they have their place. They are great for urban hides for example. having said that, if searching for a nano, I do always read the hint.

Supercute! lordy I miss having fluffy pups Dill is a TB too, as the Noodley one knows. However, he lost the tag on one of his recent escapes from our garden. I guess he knew it had his name, address and phone number written on it. i must locate the spare tag... and update his photo!

When I look at the satellite imagery on mine whilst sat on my patio, it often shows me sitting 2 houses down the road.

There's this list

I suspect Groundpeak have shares in a film cannister manufacturer and are acting in retaliation to the hatred of their use as caches.

I can't help thinking that if they were really concerned about the environment, they'd be better off directing their efforts to genuine litter and the many other environmental pollutants out there. I rather suspect they're simply attention seeking.

I can second the suggestion of the South Bank. We had a lot of laughs doing The Arts in the 1970s along there.