ThePirateKing

I just wanted to post a last note on this topic before leaving the forum. I won’t quote the posts I’m answering, just refer to the poster’s name and post number. Mandarin – Post 24 I simply don’t agree with you that what I posted was a “personal attack.” It is possible for two people to disagree about something and to say so without it being an attack. I went out of my way to describe the Master Mariner as “a good bloke.” Your complete deletion of the post while describing it as an “attack” etc gives a negative impression when in fact it was a civil post that just disagreed with someone actions. Haggis Hunter – Post 27 I won’t be running anything by the GAGB or the reviewing team because I will not be taking this issue any further. When you say “it worries me that he has self-appointed himself to be the speaker for our pasttime with the park authorities” I just want to make it clear that I do not wish to be the speaker for you or geocaching or anyone. When I first heard that geocaching in the park was to be stopped, the news was delivered in such a way that made it sound like the authorities had just woken up one morning and decided to ban it for no reason. Since then it has become clear that their requests were not out of the blue, but were in response to a geocacher writing in and asking if he could place several new caches in the park. I obviously still disagree with the authorities wishing to stop people geocaching, but it wasn’t quite as random as it seemed when I first heard about it. Since posting on this forum I have been a little surprised to find out how sensitive and political things are. I enjoy finding little boxes hidden in the woods, but I do not want to get involved in the politics of caching. I have good friends (keen geocachers ironically) who are on the staff of the museum in the park, and I did wonder if they would be a useful point of contact, but I now see just how sensitive the subject of permissions in Royal Parks etc is. I hope that the cacher who started this chain of events can soon sort it out and get geocaching restored to the home of the prime meridian. Dorsetgal + GeoDog – Post 28 Yes, it’s a great shame indeed about the riverside caches. I have no idea why they have been archived. Firelanterns – Post 32 When you say “not only lost it’s park caches but well over a dozen more good caches that have been archived for some unknown reason but I would guess to make (quite rightfully) a point...” I really don’t understand what point is being made by archiving them? They are very local to me so I had done most of them ages ago, so the owner is not frustrating me. Taking them off line just serves to stop many other people from enjoying them. I really don't understand what point is being made. It really feels to me as if someone has thrown their toys out of the pram. If the riverside caches stay off-line then perhaps other Greenwich cachers will eventually replace the series. I wish you all very happy Geocaching and hopefully one day soon the caches in Greenwich Park will be restored. Cheers mateys.

Greenwich Park is my local - only five minutes from where I live so it's pretty important to me as well as being a beautiful park and the home of the prime meridian.

PS I am a member of the Friends of greenwich park and will be raising the issue with them in writing tomorrow. Seriously - we should fight this.

Please can you explain to me why on earth this site is agreeing and going along with this unreasonable request? The caches in the Park do no one any harm. Why on earth has some unnamed person decided that they are an "increased security risk" at this random point? If this site continued to list the caches then there is little the "authorities" can do about it. (Maybe remove them - but I would happily replace mine.) This is another example in the UK of post 9-11 madness. Where the bonkers threat of "security" is used to control and undermine the live and freedoms of normal people. This site should say a polite but firm 'no' to the "authorities" and keep the caches on line. It is our taxes that pay for the upkeep of the park. Please can this site resist this very silly and random demand? ThePirateKing. <Edited by Moderator to remove inappropriate language>

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