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Here's an oddball Welsh & Worlds First ( possibly) GCIATEA Witch one? Mystery Letterbox Hybrid Night Cache 04/01/2008

Simple solution ...all caches should be archived after a period of five years...unless re-registered by the cache owner.

I hear that within a year or so the GPS satellites which are owned and operated by the American Air Force are expected to start breaking down through a lack of funding. So it's back to a compass and a paper map then!

Don’t panic....it’s not a new classification of cache size! We all have our favourite side interests while caching....wildlife, flowers, exercising the dog, photography etc. You may have seen an item on BBC The One Show which featured a basic camera made from an aluminium drinks can...the pinhole acts as the lens.....which produced an amazing abstract photo (of Christine) Check out PINHOLE photography and cameras on the net...loads of info available. There’s even an eco warrior out there who will convert your drinks can, develop the picture an even recycle your can for free....with your photos featuring on the web. Perhaps the concept could even be incorporated into a CITO event?

Just a note of interest....the first Welsh Ospreys appeared back in 2004 and has attracted some 180,000 visitors. O.K....here are the best options to view the Dyfi Ospreys. 1. To watch the Ospreys fishing ramble in to the Dyfi from the village of Pennal or Cwrt. 2. Take the train to Dyfi Junction....the birds are viewed from the north end of the station platform. 3. Visit the hide at the Cors Dyfi Wildlife Reserve... web cam & CCTV should be up and running soon. 4. Just...visible with scope from the RSPB hide at Ynys Hir.

Great news for Welsh and visiting 'geo birders'... Wales now has a second pair of nesting Ospreys! These eagle like birds are best viewed on the Afon Dyfi from GC1E6FE

<p><font size="3"> Before the advent of geocaching in he UK ... and the banning of blood sports...this story relates to our then interest in the sport of letterboxing.</font> </p> <p><font size="3"> Not a single soul had we seen all day, having just finishing our lunch, sitting on a boundary hedge of a remote ruined farmstead high up in the hills of Exmoor, on a perfectly calm and peaceful day. taking in the beauty of the moorland ....<strong>when suddenly all hell let loose!</strong>... From literally nowhere...a highly charged Stag deer, clearly in great distress was bearing down on us at full speed!.....had we not taken avoiding action we would almost certainly have been bowled over .... the Stag missing us by inches... I still recall the rush of air past us as it went crashing through the heather and gorse beyond in full flight! ....if that wasn't surreal enough...after dusting ourself's down, a small group of hounds appeared followed some minutes later by the Master of the Hunt in a state of some embarrassment as he had lost his quarry ....and had we seen it?.... not that we told him you understand.... but no fooling the hounds as they picked up on the scent . The rest of the hound pack were called up ,and with (<em>I kid you not</em>) some 200 horses...... with a blast on the post horn they were off on the chase! .... within seconds we were again left in complete peace and solitude. This just had to be our most surreal....and scariest moment out on the hills.</font> </p> <p><font size="3"> Later in the day we were made aware of the out come of the hunt ...I'll spare you the details!</font> </p>

For those familiar with the game of Letterboxing you will know that it is a parallel game to geocaching but traditionally played with map and compass and clues passed by 'word of mouth'. Having been a letterboxer for many years I am currently considering a crossover into geocaching using the unique rubber stamps in place of the cache (image and word art in rubber) I understand that in the US. where stamps are used in geocaching they are known as hybrids. but as yet the concept new to UK geocaching! Being mistaken for a regular cache, my only concern would be that the stamps would get carried off! in the take something leave something rule. Would the idea work? Or more importantly is the concept acceptable to you in geocaching? I would welcome your comments, please give me some feedback! AKA Dysynni Squeezeboxers