richard701

I have a number of queries that are scheduled to run overnight on a Friday night / Saturday morning. None of these have generated and looking in the PQ available to download tab they have not run. I also input another Pocket Query this morning (over an hour ago), and this hasn't run either. I do think it is worth the techie guys looking at the scheduling server as there definitely appears to be something wrong. Richard

There has been times when I have logged caches where I didn't sign the log, but there has always been a reason, log too wet, log full or even no pen. In such cases I have always taken a photo of the log book and posted it to actually prove that I had retrieved the cache and log properly. If I don't get the cache and logbook in my hand, then to me it's not a find. This weekend I visited a cache where the cache was up a tree. I could see it but given the temperature was sub-zero I wasn't prepared to climb the tree and get the cache in hand. To me that's not a find, if I want to log that cache then I'll need to go back and actually retrieve it. I think you are well within your rights to delete the online find as the cacher hasn't given you evidence of actually finding and retrieving the cache.

A couple of times I have found a cache and not had a pen or pencil with me and there has not been one in the cache either and I have taken a photo of the log book and included that with my log on gc.com.

I take my iphone when out caching and will use it to search for local caches and find out the relevant info about them, but I'll input the co-ordinates into my GPS and use that to actually find the cache. The iphone is fine for finding the general area, but accurate it is not, well not really to less than 100 feet or so. Plus the battery level falls down quicker than an Arsenal forward in the penalty area, so if you are planning on doing more than a few caches (and only in an area with excellent GPS coverage) I would definitely recommend a GPS.

I'm not a London fan myself, although a couple of times lately I have been there and there are loads of caches around. Most of the caches I did there were in touristy areas and to be honest there are so many people around, many doing quirky things anyway that muggles were not a problem at all. I'll definitely be going back soon, particularly to finsh the Jack the Ripper and the Sherlock Holmes series' and will no doubt find a few others while I am up there.

I've never written a TNLN TFTC type log, in fact just had a look and the shorted I have written in six words, I haven't placed a cache of my own yet either ... plans are afoot though to do so! In my opinion cache setters take time and trouble and spend money in setting caches, and I am appreciative of every single cache, and I feel they deserve something back. On a long route, I will often copy and paste an opening paragraph, and then add a different sentence or two afterwards, even if it is just something like 'this was an easy find, co-ordinates spot on'.

My sometimes caching partner doesn't always log her finds. She doesn't cache often, and I do keep encouraging her to log them them online, if for no other reason than if she does go caching on her own then it will be easier to spot 'new' caches for her. Does it matter though if people do not log their finds? It's not the end of the world no, but I think it is useful to do, it allows other cachers to see what is visited regularly and a good cache to place Travel Bugs (cache size permitting of course) that need to be moved on quickly, and it gives cache setters an indication of what is a 'good' and 'not so good' cache in their planning for setting other caches.