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Get some high capacity rechargeable batteries I have some 2750mAh ones and they last a good two days caching with the screen almost at full brightness. Look for a hign performance charger though as a standard one can take over a day to change the larger capacity batteries up. I got a Uniross charger and it charges any battery in around 20mins. Go to the http://www.garmin.com/uk/ website and register you GPS and run the webupdater to get the latest software. Once registered go to http://www.geocaching.com/garmin/freetrial.aspx and get a months free premium membership, if you are a premium member already it just adds a month on to the end, this also works with Garmin in car sat navs, I got a Nuvi and another free month I just drop the PQ GPX files on there and delete when done. Check out http://www.geocaching.com/my/uploadfieldnotes.aspx I don't type much in the comment when I'm out and about but it helps me remember some of the more forgettable caches. Told a geofriend about field notes and he found he'd not logged some caches from a year ago as he'd forgotten them at the end of the caching day. Check out Enter Next Stage near the bottom of the geocache menu, great for entering final coords for multi and puzzle caches while out in the field.

I live in good old Rotherham and know a few cachers round here that maybe interested meeting up with someone from Germany. I'll PM you my details.

You'll find them on the Garmin geocaching site http://www.opencaching.com/en/#find/?&bbox=54.1004,-1.6103,54.1362,-1.5316& The NT and Garmin did a deal where Garmin supplied GPS devices and cache containers to promote their site. I assume part of the deal was that the NT couldn't cross list them on www.geocaching.com

I think The Spokes ought to investigate the use of the ignore list, it's ideal for putting those caches on you don't want to do from nanos to ammo boxes. You never need to be bothered by them again.

Sometimes the reviewers do respond to NM logs, consider this cache http://coord.info/GCHR93. You need to be schizophrenic as a reviewer sometimes ;-)

Well done you are the master cache hider so good that no one can find the caches you hide. I'd put it on my ignore list but it's too far away to bother doing that. I'm amazed that people have been back multiple times to find it, is Reading that short of quality caches that everyone is desperate to find a nano near a bridge that has loads of muggle students around ;-)

+1 from me, I'd even pay extra to get the google maps/aerial views back.

more to the point, what is the premium membership actually paying for at the moment? all we've had recently is features removed and replaced with inferior solutions. here's an idea, let premium members have access to google maps, and non-premium members can have access to the poor-mans maps. Maybe it's a way to get more premium members as you can take the GPX file from a PQ and load it into Google Earth and get a similar result. You'd just need to be careful on the number of PQ you run.

Well removing the Google maps is rubbish for UK users as they Map Quest ones don't go down to half the scale. One of the great things about the beta maps becomes useless. Bring them back please?

You'd like to think the CO would at least get a stern email from the reviewers and they may be a bit more circumspect when he lists a new cache. If he'd said it was temporary in the cache description I doubt it would have been published.

You can get window cling travel bugs from here: http://www.geotees.co.uk/travel-bug-window-cling.html or my wife suggested that if you have any existing travel bugs, you could copy down the number onto a small circular piece of paper and put it inside a tax disc holder. Alternatively, you could always write the details of a standard travel bug on a piece of A4 paper, laminate it and blue tack it to your vehicle.

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=304#saturation has a nice graphic that explains the allowed distances between physical and non-physical parts of the same or different caches.

Just been reading the logs on http://coord.info/GC3AAK4, looks like the cache owner has deliberately set inaccurate coordinates. He's even got a finder to delete some better coordinates off their found log as it was going to help people too much maybe.

MMMMM.... I thought you 'did' own a few caches but had disabled/archived them when you 'threw your teddy out' the other day? You are obviously determined to set caches and I applaud you for that but instead of flooding the area with magnetic Nanos why not turn your attention to 2 or 3 really good traditional caches in your favourite area with a well designed listing page encouraging visitors to come and share your enthusiasm for where they are placed. Legochugglers has my vote here, nanos have their place in caching but they tend to be over used and in places that don't have much appeal. You don't see many on street furniture that have favourite points do you ;-)

I've got to ask what do you get out of placing your caches. Reading peoples on-line logs is the main thing for me in placing caches, hearing peoples experience and enjoyment of a cache is the best feedback that you are doing a good job. If I received a lot of "TFTC" or cut and paste logs I'd think I was doing something wrong. I try to write relevant logs on other peoples caches whether good or bad as that's what I want in return.

This thread seems to be going well away from the original topic. In my opinion the reviewers do use a lot of common sense, reading the above posts I don't think geekyninja has in this case.

Surely that's got to make you think how can I improve the quality/locations of my caches. Give people what they want and they will leave good logs and not complain.

I think you ought to just step back and have a think if you really want to do this. I always say to people that they need to cache by their own rules, some people like numbers, drive bys, series it's all down to you. Posting on the forum is always going to generate strong views and you'd be foolish to think that everyone is going to think like you do. I do however agree with most things said, I think a lot of people just place caches because there is a gap on the map not because it is a nice place to bring people. I want people to get more from a cache I place rather than just a smiley. I want then to have a nice experience they are more likely to leave a nice log which is one reasons I place caches.

I've done the same "power trail" as Happy Humphrey and came out feeling the same way. I don't mind cunning and hard to find caches but on a long series that has few access points if you DNF a lot then if becomes frustrating. There is then little to drive me to go back and have another look as it's a long way away from home, hard to get to the path with the DNFs on without doing a lot of the walk again. To be honest that walk down a dead straight railway line in the flat of Lincolnshire wasn't too inspiring anyway not a lot to see beyond the undergrowth by the side of the old track bed. If I was in Essex and the walk was down a canal with lots of wildlife and boats to see I'd definitely put it on my to do list. The kids would enjoy it more as they get bored with all the standing around searching on a long walk if you have to do it all the time.

He'd have been gutted if it was a mag nano on the metal post that marks the pole though ;-)

You could easily set your phone to withhold your number so it's number couldn't be seen by the person at the other end. Actually this is a great idea, might set one up myself then I'd never be short of phone numbers in case I needed to PAF.

You could easily set your phone to withhold your number so it's number couldn't be seen by the person at the other end.

I've seen it done on a puzzle cache before. As long as it's not a premium rate number you are using to make money you should be ok. Spending money to make a phone call is no different to spending money on fuel to find a cache, I'd keep the message relatively short though.

Not me, it's not my job to maintain other peoples caches for them. It's not my job, no. But I do sometimes do cache maintenance on other people's caches, because I'm so pleased when other people do it on mine. The thing is, I'm already on the spot, and popping in a new log is no hassle, whereas if they have to trek out to their cache and do it themselves, it eats into their caching time. So if anyone finds a wet or full log in one of my caches, I'll be very pleased if you do a bit of maintenance for me. Well said, I'm doing a maintenance trip on a series I've placed today and noticed another cache just off the route has been destroyed by the local farmers hedge cutting. I've made a replacement box up and will place it where I found the original a while ago. The CO hasn't logged into the site for over a year and it's either replace or ask for it to be archived. It's in a reasonably remote spot so don't think anyone would be wanting to place a new cache there if this one did get archived.

A nice clear document many thanks for adding the link. One question from a recent thread on the forum about glass containers, I've seen various old posts on forums about them not being allowed in the UK. Could a reviewer give us the official policy on them and if they are not allowed add it to the new wiki so it's easy for people to find an official statement.