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Absolutely! I had a great laugh with this latest one. Thanks again for the effort that goes into the logs.

April looking a bit hectic with Easter etc. I could do 9th or 10th if it is not too draining.

Sounds good....... I would be keen........

Having also done a couple of series and a few random caches in the UK I agree completely with Discombob that the series are actually more enjoyable and tend to have more effort put into them. It makes it easier to park up and walk for a morning, finishing with a pub lunch or a secondary loop back to car afterwards. It is also an elegant way of steering one through the myriad of bridle paths and green lanes. Generally these are on great walks through the countryside rather than an arbitrary film container stuck under a rock. Having said that, geocaching in the UK and US is definitely different to SA and I am not sure I would be able to sustain my interest given the drivel that is now out there. I am now guilty of a couple of higher density areas myself (but to illustrate a point.) I would hate to see anything remotely resembling a power trail in the Western Cape and indeed SA given the fantastic playground that we are blessed with. Hopefully sanity shall prevail.

Thanks, I enjoyed doing them although it turned into a bit of a monster. Now to spend some time finding caches again Stats: 90 live including the puzzle cache, 1 in the review queue and another one scheduled for January - so it will be 92 in total from Lamberts Bay to Arniston. I have not been keeping my public profile up to date, so I am currently on 633. Apologies for any encroachment and the long descriptions on mobile devices. Again, a huge gratitude to ROTSIP for all the hours spent reviewing. I know at one stage his queue was looking quite horrendous.

If you log out and log back in again you will see your draft caches waiting for editing.

I unfortunately cannot make it this Sunday, but looks like good fun.

Yip, this sounds great.

Well done Doc, Henzz and Trevor!

The update has been causing my Oregon to shut down. It must have happened at least 20 times this weekend.

Congrats on a phenomenal total! It was great to meet Team Phantom.

Crikey! That is a great achievement. Well done TVM!

If you can squeeze 3 in, at least it won't be quite so cold. I see low temperatures are ranging in the 1-4 degree area at the moment.

Congrats on the 400th MnCo! When can we expect another hide?

Unfortunately I am the opposite . I would be able to make either last weekends of Aug/Sept or the weekend of the 10-12 Sept.

Thanks, been great fun and good exercise.

Depends on the weekend, but sounds very intriguing. A definite maybe

I have done this myself before with "RADAR station", when I knew that I was going to be in the area and the cache was already missing. In this case it was destroyed by fire. I suppose the problem arises when multiple containers start appearing at the same location. I know trevor7000 had one like that and I remember finding the 'temporary' cache. I think if one has the owner's permission and have restored a cache then it is definitely OK to log as a find. Thanks for replacing the container and I will definitely be back there to claim my find. It is a nice alternative route down the pass. On a slightly different track, what does concern me is the number of deteriorating or container-less caches due to the high rate of muggling / buggling. Another problem is full or wet logbooks which never seem to be replaced despite numerous requests. This is situation is particularly prevalent when the owner is either overseas or has left the sport and this detracts from the experience of discovering the cache. It would be nice to have a more formal process of adopting a cache where the owner has obviously shed his responsibility and ownership; as these substandard and older caches are often in great areas and deserve to be better maintained.

Now why did we not get that treatment on Simonsberg North Peak?

I think is is a fairly exhausting hike but doable as a full day hike, starting in the parking lot and working your way up the ridge, to the top of Constantiaberg (Elephant's Protology is a must), then down to Sentinel View and round Skyline Path to Noordhoek View and back to the parking lot. I have not done Earth, Wind, Fire, Water yet, so not sure how long that would take (Doc?). I reckon you will be pretty knackered by then even with reasonable fitness. Also possible and certainly Paths of the Dead and Mines of Moria are well worth doing. Another full day is up through Spes Bona Forest, to the Amphitheatre, tackle B&F Stonewatch, ET in a garden, then head back to Megaliths (you could do Clovelly Ridge, but it is a quite a down and up again to get across there), then onto Megaliths, Paths of the Dead, Crows nest, Mines of Moria and down Echo Valley. Again a fairly exhausting walk.

You have twisted my rubber arm

I have certainly found this information tremendously useful when starting out. I think like finding caches, one still learns a little bit more with each hide. It would be great to get input from other provinces, since I think each area tends to develop its own personality as a result of the efforts of local cachers.

Such as this: Hermanus Geocache hunt ?

Very interesting. I love these little snippets of local history. Thanks a lot.

I am experiencing the same thing, also since mid-Feb. Hoping it will fix itself.