Paul & Ros

We picked up a TB in London, brought it home to Yorkshire and then across to Amsterdam to leave it there on a day trip. We only found micros, webcams and virtuals in Amsterdam so we ended up bringing it back. I logged it into and out of a couple of caches to show that it had been on this journey before leaving it in a cache in Yorkshire. It seemed a shame not to log the journey just because there was nowhere to leave it. I would like people carrying my TB's to do the same rather than it seem they havent moved at all.

I recently released two in the UK for a US cacher who was concerned that they might go missing if released at home. I am happy to do this again for anyone who wants, just email me for my address and post your coins to me for release here. These are the ones I did and they are moving well. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=283650 and http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=290545

Nice Coins. We like..

Must have the coordinates of this cache !! Not sure about the container but the contents are worth finding

You'll see exactly what it means as soon as you get there ! Usually hidden in a very public or popular area and so difficult to find the cache without looking extremely suspicious or put it back after you have signed the log. Having to lurk around for 20 minutes waiting for the opportunity to grab and replace is all part of the fun. Unless you have an invisibility cloak of course

Everyone looks at Geocaching in their own way and gets their own enjoyment out of it. Some people enjoy the competition of being the first to find a new cache, especially a puzzle cache that requires some effort to solve. Perhaps a cacher has exhausted all their local caches and eagerly awaits anything new in their area. Perhaps the cache setter has left something nice for the first to find. Perhaps the cacher just likes to see those virgin cache stats mount up I'm sure there are lots of reasons. We've had a few FTF and they always seem a bit special, exploring new frontiers and all that. No clues in other peoples logs, no cachers track to follow, no damp log book and mouldy contents. Everything nice and new just as the setter left it.

I would check out the holders GC.com profile and see whether they had been caching again since the day they picked up your coin. Some people only manage a trip every once in a while so it is not unusual for them to hold on to items for a month or so. Others go every weekend so the turnaround should be much faster. I had a TB held up for several months as the holder became ill. If they have logged caches since the pick up them some of the emails above would be in order but bear in mind that they may genuinely be waiting for a suitable cache for your coin rather than leaving it just anywhere. If they have logged the pickup I would imaging it is unlikely they would be blatent enough to keep the coin intentionally.

YodaDoe, Your coins arrived safely in the UK today. I will release them as promised, hopefully this weekend. Anyone else that wants this doing just email me for my address and I'll be happy to help.

I've used Fugawi for about a year and while it is not perfect I am happy with what I got for my money in comparison with what MM was charging for the same map coverage. As usual, the depth of your pocket influences your choice. We travel about a lot and needed coverage of the whole country. A full set of MM maps was beyond our means but Fugawi splits the UK into just 4 map sets and the prices are far more reasonable. The biggest bugbear I have is the fact that no matter how much memory your Palm has spare the size of map you can export in one go is limited due to OS licensing restrictions. The size is fine for walking but when caching you soon drive of the edge. You have to import your maps in separate tiles and copy each one in turn across to your SD card. This can take a very long time. I've also had the buffer underrun error a few times when changing between maps in the field. This error means you need to go home and hotsync to recover your data, untill then your palm is dead. Quite annoying to say the least when you are on holiday. I'm not sure if this is due to the software or my old Palm M515 which we use to run it.

Never even saw the LEs drop. gone straight away

Stick us on t' non-shandy list.

Thanks for the update. And the 2006 meet details. See you there.

Person A looks good to me too. I will place any coins which anyone would like to send. Contact me via GC.com profile for my address.

If you fancy a nice easy walk and some wildlife instead of a drive up cache I can recommend Twitchers Paradise just off the A1 near Castleford. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...de-3cc6915df402

I will release any activated coins that anyone worldwide would like to send me into the wild here in the UK. I am not a collector of coins and I will not keep your coins. Can't see what all the fuss is about really. To me coins are just like Travel Bugs, Find em, log em, pass em on. Send me an email through my GC.com profile if you want an address to post to.

I've never noticed that Google Earth TB tracking bit before. Superb ! Much much better than the GC.com maps.

Similarly for the UK, Anyone want anything releasing here, drop me a line.

8ft with 8 Sats on my Geko 201 with WAAS switched on.

I am a UK Cacher and would gladly release any of your activated coins over here if you wanted to post them to me. Drop me a message through the GC website for our address.

Wow !! If I wore a hat I'd take it off. Well done on being the first UK cacher to reach 2000. I'd hate to see your petrol bills !!

Anyone got any suggestions for caches in Amsterdam which can be done on foot during a day trip. Most of the ones I have looked at are either temporarily unavailable or are multi caches with complex instructions my poor English mind cannot understand. I know there are some virtuals there but it would be nice to bag a couple of real finds whilst doing a spot of sightseeing. We are heading out in early February.

How about looking at the OS map, seeing where the cache was hidden and turning your GPSr off to conserve batteries as it was a long walk from the car. Then 30 minutes into your long walk once in the general vicinity of the cache reaching into your pocket to switch the GPSr back on for the final search and realising you had left it in the car. Yep been there, done that. Also out caching one day with a friends children who managed to swap a toy car for a pen while I was writing in the log book with my own pencil. On my return home I got an email from the cache owner saying the pen was THE pen. oops !!

Just seen the post by Queeny about quick write ups and couldn't agree more. I love to read the online logs and always try to write an entertaining few lines for others to read. It is great when you are sitting at home and get a full blown account of the adventures others have had finding your caches or visiting places you have been. "2nd of 5 for the day..." does nothing for me at all.

We too have been 2TF on a couple of almost empty caches lately, We can't understand why someone would go to the trouble of choosing a spot, hiding and logging a cache and then leave it almost bare for the sake of a few quid in swaps. We don't cache for the contents, most of what we take gets put back somewhere else but there is always that feeling of disappointment when you open a cache and find it empty or full of worthless junk. I haven't got a problem with finding Mcdonalds toys at all, but please don't leave them once they are broken. Basically, if it is not something you would be happy to find in another cache, don't leave it. (and that includes a two year old tin of sardines we once found and disposed of, as far as we could work out the sardines were older than the cache so must already have been out of date when left !!) We carry a large bag of swaps and often end up taking one item and leaving two or three. Keeping your eyes open for bargains when you are out and about means that this needn't break the bank. We have to agree with the comments about Scotland. On a recent trip across the top we were treated to several very well stocked caches, much of the stuff seemed to have been left by European cachers on touring holidays or particularly generous cache owners topping up just before we visited. Rest assured, most of the stuff we found is still north of the border.

I'd like to add our thanks to Robin for a superb event, We'll be back next year.