Wadders

Stuey........................you been dogging again?

Any news on Shrops? I think some of us need to decide what we are doing with holdays this year.

Or.......

See, would not have been all bad if that had of happened LOL

And it goes on.......and on..................................and on..... :D

Sandisc ultra ii works in my p550 ok. 4gb

You mean this disscussion is still going on Your never going to agree, so just give up now or just make a decision before someone comes up with another bright idea for everyone to discuss the pros and cons

And after reading all the logs and arguments and nit picking (like a scholl playground) ......I really don't care However, i'm a traditionalist........................Rutsons

There is a lovely church one that Stuey did for his 1000th .......but i'm dammed if i can remember it

I sincerely second that I heard a mumbling that the "old" Cache hopper was doing it and it was going to take place in Sherwood forrest or there abouts Well volunteered Lianne (Go on sue me for slander )

Another weekend off and still no caching, one of my longest spells without doing a cache now. However......i did set one today

well done on the 1000th

Well done indeed

Do you fancy another week full on Geocaching in California Terry? (maybe not this year!) Um......let me think about that "YEP" Need to include one of thos ape caches too I fancy doing the ones at the poles as well........same trip?

I totally agree. I've just joined the NWcachers on a day out on Anglezarke and it was good fun and motivating. Mr Lodgebarn invited me out for some bogtrotting to Fait Accompli yesterday too - a 3.5/4.5 and that was... bracing really... where did I put that oxygen cylinder? Group caching doesn't suit the introverts though. Clearly it is also the quiet season on the event front, i'm sure things will pick up one day We need some really harsh frosts which would make a walk on Dartmoor more appealing too. Now then where's that urge........................................

Just waiting for the date to be finalised!!! May get enthused then

Thats one of my points!!!

I must say that the one negative I see from caching is that the more you do, the further you have to drive. When you get to 3,000, it must start getting very difficult, especially as you are probably used to hoovering them up in great numbers- how else would you get to 3,000? Do you have to content yourself with tidying up the occasional cache that is close to home you haven't found (or a new one pops up)? Perhaps you need to take more weekend breaks to areas you haven't much cached in. It would be interesting to hear how a 3,000+ cacher such as yourself views such issues. If caching does continue to grow as a hobby (fuelled by cheaper GPS's etc) it may be that these concerns will be far less of an issue, as there will be lots of new caches, that will keep even the most prolific cacher occupied. I do think that there is ample room for new caches without them turning into junk caches. Yep, to some degree that is true, for the new cachers around now it is a lot easier to get the numbers up quickly, when I started I had to travel around a bit and it has become like that again now that i have done most of the local ones. If I want a good numbers day then I have to do at least 100 round trip. Since I have been caching, I have on two occasions asked myself the question; "what the hell am I doing, racing around these lanes for plastic boxes"? The best days caching in 2007 was a 14 mile walk over Dartmoor for 8 or 10 caches, just me and the dog . With regard to the quality of caches, yes, the more caches that are out there, the more poorly sited and less thought out caches that you will come across IMHO. I came across more and more of those at the later end of 2007 and you end up asking yourself "Why have they put one here"? and that is one reason that I questioned what I was doing, and one reason for the lack of enthusiasm so far in 2008 It also made me very aware of my carbon footprint, but thats another topic totally

And still it continues......another weekend off, it's not raining and not the slightest inclination to go and find a plastic box! I said when I did my 3000th that I was going to become a "greener" cacher, rather than driving all over the country chasing the little blighters, I never meant to become this green! However i may go and check on one of mine when walking the dog later............perhaps thats a start

Well done Andy on the 1000th.......(don't worry, California was awful )

Oh my god..that would be serious!!

Well i'm a leeds fan, so this season i have no problems with the fottball

I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for caching If, while you people are out caching you happen to come across it...would be so kind as to pop it in the post back to me I'm sure i'll come across it sooner or later, but sooner rather than later would be better Who else has gone through this "lull" and why did yours happen? Wadders

Ummmm, yes! I seem to remember something along those lines......................... We were caching in LA and someone drove somewhere they should not have, can't remember who was the guilty one though

A tragedy indeed, I once tried to do Helvellyn on my own whilst the wife and daughter waited in the car at the road. Took me a while to get to the top , the weather was awfull, it was raining and the clouds were closing in and the wind was picking up too. I heard rocks falling nearby just as i reached the top of the Comb crags 0.85 of hard climbing and still 1.2 miles to the cache! That was enough for me, took the decision that it wasn't within my comfort zone any more and the risk for the "plastic box" wasn't worth carrying on even though the hardest part was done. . It is down to the individual to decide. Let them. Wadders Edited to add............................I will be back though!!!