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Have you rebooted the Garmin 450 to see whether that helps? Or tried checking for any updates (if they are still issuing them for it)?

Haha - I can vouch for that, as by coincidence I've done both of those today, as a milestone +1. Great fun, although extremely windy today.

Well my general help/advice is that you should look at the caching maps of the specific areas you are visiting, filter out all but virtuals and earthcaches and see what's close by. Then I'd look at favourite points, which are usually a good indicator of what's good. But as I'm a nice person, I will also add one or two on your route which you might like to try and visit: Edinburgh Holyrood, including the park Holyrood Horror? (GCM021) - Virtual in and around the Scottish Parliament Just a bunch of Rocks?! The Canongate Wall EC (GC4RFQA) Earthcache right beside the first one Earthscape Scotland (GC33CCE) Popular Earthcache near Holyrood Park Arthur's Seat Earthcache (GCNTAB) Recommended in another post above. Bit of a climb but worth every step. We see no vestige of a beginning........... (GC20KW6) If you do no other Earthcache, this is a must (arguably over Arthur's Seat). Samson's Ribs (GC1YF7E) Earthcache also in Holyrood Park like the other two immediately above. Central Edinburgh Calton Hill (GC4MKVY) another Earthcache with an iconic viewpoint over the city. NB It's Princes Street, not Princess Street! Sandstone of the Walter Scott Monument (GC3WE71) Earthcache right in the centre of the city Edinburgh Castle Rock (GC3NR11) Ditto above A glacial erratic rock in Edinburgh (GC5QATE) Ditto above Botanic Gardens Tim-BERRR! (GC1VXRF) A nice old Earthcache David Bellamy's World (GCHK62) A nice old Virtual There are others, but these seem to be in the main areas you intend to visit. Plenty of other caches around too. Up near Culloden, there's Cumberlands Stone (GC4CK73), an Earthcache. I haven't visited it myself. Glencoe area: BALLACHULISH (GC3DWJP) An Earthcache which is slightly quirky. Worth reading all the info before you leave home as I remember doing a lot of scrolling on my GPS at GZ! Ballachulish Slate Quarry (GC2PMTE) A super Earthcache I think by a visitor centre and certainly by some toilets. It's worth trying to get there during opening hours as you can have a tour of the quarry itself (on foot) which is definitely worth the effort... it's not very big, don't worry! Glencoe (GC2HPYA). An Earthcache set at an iconic spot. Big lay-by in which to stop and admire the views too. Stirling: You must remember this! (GCB1E8) A Virtual not to be missed, this is what Scotland is all about! At Bannockburn. I'll let you read the history if you haven't already. It is also a famous Billy Twigger cache (now adopted). My link Silly Stirling (GC4B5GX) An Earthcache which I haven't yet done. I'll let others offer suggestions for other places on your itinerary. Good luck and have fun. Don't forget other types of caches as there are lots of great ones around.

Good for you. This is the first thread I've seen about the subject, although I was aware of the problem, given a couple of caches I was watching had false posts of this ilk. Perhaps a little less of the supercilious and a bit more of the "let's share lest any of us gets infected by malware" and we'd all be a bit happier.

Hi, It sounds like you have a good trip planned, although as with all places, there is never enough time to do all the caches you'd want to do! Living in Scotland and having just completed the series, you might be interested in doing one or two of the Scotland the Quest Series. Have a look at the mysteries in my profile and you'll find the Bonus (26th July 2015) from which you can work back to all the other 32. It might be frustrating to try and start a series you're unlikely to finish, but as I've mentioned in a few of the logs, many of the caches stand as excellent caches in their own right; certainly the scenery is super in most of them. That said, they are rather spread out by their very nature, so see what you think. Not as spread out as BC, however! If you like mysteries, there is a great series North East of Perth in Scotland, the Strelitz series. There are over 40 puzzles in a smiley face (I did the series on 5/8/12) and they will give you a good walk partially through forest and partially farmland. Then there is the Cateran Trail which is north of that in the Blairgowrie area. Each of those will take most of a day. The Haggis Highway series is extensive around the country and consists mainly of drive-bys, if that's your thing. I was in Ireland in May/June and spent a night at Bray in Co. Wicklow. There's lots of lovely caches there and the scenery is beautiful. A must-do is "Europe's First" (GC41) which is on a scenic walk along the coastal path). Again, my profile will show you a few good caches (around 30/31st May I think) and whilst those caches were fun, I wasn't there for very long, so there are masses of others which I didn't have time to find. I hope that's a start. There will no doubt be lots of other suggestions from different people and the favourite points are certainly a good indicator of what is popular and probably therefore worth aiming for too. Enjoy your trip.

Or in my experience last year, archived within weeks of being adopted with no prior warning or question as to whether I'd like them back or like them to be adopted further again.

Firstly, let me express my condolences on the loss of your mother. It sounds like you have been through a tough time. I don't live in or particularly near Hamilton, and so it would not make sense for me to attempt to set a cache there myself. However, although I have taken on board that you seek a new cache, had you considered starting your TB from an existing cache? There are a few on or close to Avon Water in Hamilton, or there's a multi called Palace Permutations (http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCN9E2_palace-perambulations) which starts right by the Low Parks Museum, a place which offers a very good representation of life in Hamilton in former days, and therefore the historical element might be a nice link with your mother and forebears. Whether or not you run with my idea, the museum is definitely worth a visit; they also run the visit to Hamilton Mausoleum which is a must-see. Good luck in your quest.

Oh the refresh button gets used lots. So do the stop and start again buttons. Of course, having posted last night, all worked just fine and dandy again... till the next time, of course. (Who are TPTB?)

I like hands. I have two of my own and they come in very useful when pressing buttons on the GPS (well bits of screen) or gripping a pen or unscrewing a cache lid. They help me to grip my Leki poles which in turn help me to balance when out caching. They help me to tie my shoelaces. They help me to drive my car to get to some of the caches. They help me in changing the batteries on my GPS. They get stung, scratched, lacerated and in so doing remind me that my nervous system is still working. I'm especially grateful to have my two because I know of people who don't have the full complement of ten digits. I'm slightly (ok, make that a lot) less grateful to have a hovering hand over my caching map. When I first started caching, life was good. The hand would hover until I reached an icon, then it would fix on that icon and tell me what cache it related to. Click and the information would reveal itself and all being well, I'd load it onto my GPS (before I became a premium member and did PQs), repeat the exercise many times and off I'd go. Every now and then, the hand wouldn't morph into information. It remained a hovering hand. It is doing this right now, and it did it earlier this evening. In between times, it behaved itself. Currently, however, it is the mysterious misbehaving hovering right hand. Right hands are also good for shaking to say "How do you do?" My question is how to shake it to say "How do you don't?"

I've just returned from Ireland and whilst I didn't get to Dublin itself, I circumvented it and two caches not that far away which I would highly recommend are "Europe's First" (GC43) and "Let's Get Fizzical" (GC26BHG). The first is about 10 miles (at a guess) south of Dublin with accessible transport from the capital and is along a cliff walk; the second would require a car to reach as it's up in the hills, again probably about 10 miles out of Dublin. Both would have room for your TBs. Enjoy your trip when it arrives.

Hi - if you are a premium member, you can run a pocket query (PQ) for areas in which you want to cache. Whilst selecting that, you can specify certain things. I'm not sure that you are a premium member, so I ran a PQ for you with just the night time and flashlight required attributes. 119 came up in the East Sussex area around the code I chose. Excluding those for premium members, here are some of them: An evening stroll by Sir-Lancelot & FarAway | GC51EVE | South East England, United Kingdom Secret Underground Operations (Exceat, Seaford) by LostInTheWoods! | GC1PAR7 | South East England, United Kingdom Watership Down by Top rope ian | GC2ARDD | South East England, United Kingdom Clocktower Views by Snodlandscouts | GC4QGAT | South East England, United Kingdom Night Terror #01 by Chris-King | GC42H1T | South East England, United Kingdom Lullingstone Goats Gruff by GeoCotch | GC1F398 | South East England, United Kingdom The Devil's Den by Dr Evil. | GC55WRH | South East England, United Kingdom M25 Junction 3 "Altitude" Challenge Cache by jazzyjessups | GC47JJX | South East England, United Kingdom Model Geocachers or Not? by jazzyjessups | GC44NV1 | South East England, United Kingdom LA:RS Lights The Way... by LA:RS | GC3E06P | South East England, United Kingdom One Way Or Another by DDMR & Ickennugget | GC3F2RM | London, United Kingdom Haydons parks Morden Halloween Park by Haydon the Hunter | GC4R281 | London, United Kingdom Midnight Rambler - Sheepleas by Pitt Monqui | GC3C0NQ | South East England, United Kingdom Spooky Woods - Night Cache by Pitt Monqui | GC36T4N | South East England, United Kingdom Alien Trail - Night Cache by Pitt Monqui | GC42ZGY | South East England, United Kingdom It's dark in the park by timsaxman1, slaphead59 and whizzer28 | GC5KCEK | Eastern England, United Kingdom Super Sonic - Night Cache by Pitt Monqui | GC395TV | South East England, United Kingdom snappers night-mare trail 4 fence by snapper333 | GC38Y1B | London, United Kingdom snappers night-mare trail 3 tree by snapper333 | GC38XYZ | London, United Kingdom snappers night-mare trail 2 fallen tree by snapper333 | GC38XYN | London, United Kingdom snappers night-mare 1 by snapper333 | GC38MT8 | London, United Kingdom Fragments of the Night by OfTheNight | GC5HQRJ | South East England, United Kingdom Wayster’s Night-Time Wander by Waysters | GC3DEWQ | South East England, United Kingdom Siblings' Mischief by Electric Sparrow | GC3HHXN | London, United Kingdom Eine Kleine Nachtfrolik by croquetmike | GC1Q4FG | South East England, United Kingdom Jewels of the Night (Night Cache) by OfTheNight | GC51W5Q | South East England, United Kingdom Secrets of the Night by OfTheNight | GC4CZB5 | South East England, United Kingdom Unlocking of the Night by OfTheNight | GC4ZW1Q | South East England, United Kingdom After Dark Activities Anyone? by KnightFamily1980 | GC2MER8 | South East England, United Kingdom Book of the Night by OfTheNight | GC4570J | South East England, United Kingdom Birds Eyes (Night Cache) by timhewison, t171, welshie | GC5JCD0 | Southern England, United Kingdom Church Micro 4278…Ramsgate - St Marks by kster06 | GC4PF1R | South East England, United Kingdom Red Road's Ruthless Night Cache by Wallenstain | GC1Q7W9 | Southern England, United Kingdom The Legend of the Lost Cachers by sandvika | GC1PAWM | Southern England, United Kingdom Ellie's Englemere Insomnia (AJNC #1). by AscotJones' | GC459MW | Southern England, United Kingdom Freya's Firetack Forest Forage (AJNC #2). by AscotJones' | GC4984D | Southern England, United Kingdom Zombie by _TeamFitz_ (maintained by bones1) | GC2A3MP | Eastern England, United Kingdom Tri Hard with a Vengeance by Noztradamus&JackNano | GC4DJX6 | Eastern England, United Kingdom Nano's Secret Nuclear Bunker by Noztradamus&JackNano | GC4WFTV | Eastern England, United Kingdom Night time Blind Lane Cache by VONKEILLER | GC433EV | Eastern England, United Kingdom Jack Tap-on-the-Back night cache by CathyLesleyMichael | GC33ACA | Southern England, United Kingdom The Night Mail by drsolly | GC4NYBR | Southern England, United Kingdom Krazy Kays Kayaking Cache by Watford_Chick | GC4R52W | Southern England, United Kingdom Molly's Midnight Meander by The Hewletts and Molly Dog | GC5H920 | Southern England, United Kingdom The Trees Have Eyes by realszopen | GC462A6 | Southern England, United Kingdom Iron Latch Nature Reserve Night Run by PuReWaRRioR69 and James | GC24AXV | Eastern England, United Kingdom Essex Way - Ford street by tam9433 | GC2X9VV | Eastern England, United Kingdom Spirit of the Teine Sith by The Catuvellauni | GC10YGF | South East England, United Kingdom Mallards shelter by Oystercatcher | GC53C4F | Eastern England, United Kingdom killens 1- hide and seek by chocoholic harri,jolliefemme,killens | GC39NTB | Southern England, United Kingdom Just a couple of notes. Quite a lot of these are mysteries or multis, so there may be a twist in them, or an accumulation of information required prior to getting to the final area. It may be that not all of these are specifically to do at night - I haven't looked at the individual details, but some of them have indicative names, such as "Molly's Midnight Meander"; looking at other logs may also help. It may also be worth just double-checking the D/T ratings as although I'm sure you're perfectly sensible, it doesn't look like you've done much caching, and to do a 5/5 in the dark probably needs a bit of respect given to it! Summer is a less usual time to do too much night caching as it only gets dark late at this time of year. Good luck and have fun!

I was there in April and so if you look at my profile, you'll see what I found, which was a really nice bunch of caches. The one I regret not having time to find was St Ninian's Treasure on the eponymous island. Have a great time. It's a lovely place.

My Magnetic North TB has "only" been some 97k miles with me, according to its webpage: http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=2441871 In fact, it's been a long way further than that, including the extra distance from Moscow to Wrangel Island (near Alaska) and back, but there were no caches in which to dip it at the time. I also don't log it into every cache I've visited - far from it - and if I had done, I suspect its mileage would exceed the figures mentioned above.... and genuinely, too.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you here, but the most southerly munro is Ben Lomond. I know because the first I climbed was the most Northerly (one of the Ben Hopes), and my second was the most southerly, Ben Lomond. Do you mean the most southerly on Mull?

How coincidental. I was talking to another cacher about "The Cat" about 10 days ago in Orkney, when mentioning his Hardknott Pass cache. Flew to Shetland and the following day found his "Shetland Overview" cache. Many days, weeks and months without giving him much thought (I never met him) and then three mentions in quick succession! (Those two are great caches, btw.)

Excellent! Just back from STQing in the Orkneys and Shetlands, but Lewis is in mind (dunno when I'll get there though!), so as long as your super-swish new ferry is back in action, I'll be heading up there at some point. Or I could fly... Thanks for the work you've put into it all.

Good to hear an endorsement. I too like variety (I'm sure we all must find it a little more stimulating to see different types of caches around) and remember noticing that the caches by Trottie True in East Lothian almost all differ from each other. Another one for great variety is OnHisBike, although as he moved from Edinburgh to Ayrshire, many of his have been adopted out (there's a great set around Harlaw Reservoir, for instance). I suppose when you discover caches like these, you particularly look forward to finding any more set by the same CO. That's how it is for me, anyway.

Welcome to the hobby. Probably like many others, I followed a similar pattern to you and after 2 weeks (6 years ago tomorrow), became a premium member. To be honest, it's an exceptional return you get for a relatively small outlay each year and I don't usually give it any further thought, other than as a cache setter where most of my puzzles have been put to premium membership. There is a two-fold reason for this: 1) it offers just a slightly stronger protection against people who might go and despoil my hide (alas, it happens, and any member of the public who learns about this game can log into the site, look at the map to see where caches are and go and remove them. Although it sounds far-fetched, it has happened and they are perhaps slightly less likely to pay to look and see where those caches are, etc.) and 2) I quite enjoy having the occasional peep to see who's been working at my puzzles (although I'm intrigued that some people seem to enjoy revisiting the pages many many many times, even when they've already found the cache!). It's really up to you. I don't know too many people who regret it. Happy caching.

I assume that's directed at me. Ok, hands up, I got the TB reference wrong, but to talk about accusing is a bit pot and kettle, methinks. Not embarrassed - why should I be? "Questions of credibility"? Do explain.

I often log TBs well after I discover them (usually an event) - in fact I did so today. I was going through old photos and found one of a hand holding a TB tag and wondered whose hand it was. Turns out it was a TB I "discovered" in the event owner's hands precisely 13 days ago. Was that cheating? I think not - I saw the TB and "discovered" it at that point, but was merely late in logging it. What a crime! When I do log late, I do try to backdate it to the time that I can usually deduce I saw it, going by logs. It seems that this person didn't necessarily manage that. Still doesn't make it cheating in my book, even if it's not a perfect log. Incidentally, there are loads of trackables over the years which I HAVEN'T logged because the number doesn't turn out to correlate to what I wrote down, despite my jiggling around with possible options. Was that cheating because they're NOT logged? Finally, rather an irony that you are inviting us to "cheat" by posting the TB number! Any armchair cacher could add to their number. Me? I've left it well alone.

OK, so next question: That query also chucks up 5 people who have duplicate logs on my caches. Normally, when I see duplicates, I usually notify the loggers and after due time, if there's been no response, I might delete the log. However, these 5 were clearly made some time ago and I know one in particular will have had big milestones since then. Do you say anything or not?!

http://coord.info/GC2559M in Christmas Eve 2010 - Project-GC is your friend! see http://project-gc.com/Profile/FindBadLogs Thank you so much. That makes sense because I returned to that cache a couple of nights ago to dip in a TB which was being back-dated. Although I thought I'd gone back through all the caches I'd written notes for to see whether one had accidentally been a find, including this one, I must have overlooked it. Blame it for being after my bedtime. Sorted now and thanks again.

I only noticed this page because I was doing a word search to see why my numbers (currently officially 5,200) have been listed on my profile as 5,201. I noticed the "unique finds" element had gone some time ago and mildly rued the fact. Having had a caching friend going through my PQ to see where I've duplicated, he says it's not making sense as the PQ has 5,190 caches + my 10 lab cache finds, so it should read 5,200. I've never duplicated a log as far as I'm aware. So for that reason, I'd like to see the "unique finds" restored. This doesn't really solve my own problem and it was only because I'd reached a mini milestone that I knew it was out, so off to contact GS directly to see what's going on...

So sorry to hear this. I recall doing two caches in his name - "Isn't that nice! [borders]" (GCGA81) in Gretna and at the time, had taken over "Round Turn & Two Half Hitches" (GC6DAE) at the top of the Hardknot Pass. Looking at his profile, I see I've found another couple of his: "Long Meg [Cumbria]" (GCD6C2) and "Brig o'Doon [Ayr]" (GCG614). I have thoroughly enjoyed finding all of these and although my interaction with John was minimal, it was always friendly, and he usually added a little bit of education in his responses regarding the virtuals. Rest in Peace.

That's a nice story to read. All fuzzy feelings for you both (and the baby). Congratulations.