Thanks so much everyone for the info...it seems, from all your advice that I just need to check others’ activity messages or CO notes. The reason I asked is that there seem to be several around me with a large distance involved and I was wondering g if this was the norm rather than rarity. Glad to hear it’s not so usual.
i agree with J Grouchy that I wouldn’t be against the rule being some sort of requirement to note if large distance covering is required...but I’ll just try and do some research. I love the idea of the multi and the coordinates used.
thanks again. Great forum and received lots of helpful feedback. I’m loving the friendly geocaching community.