The Bongtwashes

If you double click on the waypoint it comes up with an Overlay Properties window. There is a box labelled Show Name which you should check. I haven't found a global Show Name though

Hi John. Nice to see you back. Hope you still enjoy it (although there are still lots of micros).

As you log a find on a cache, in the section marked "Log Options" below where you add your comments and above the Trackables section, you can check the box labelled "Add to your Favorites (xx remaining)" before you submit your log, otherwise add it later as Pup Patrol mentioned

I've recently had to get a new laptop due to chronic failure of my old one, and have been unable to load LordElph's Lovely Icons on my new one, Does anyone know how to do it on a Windows8 machine?

It's been done before http://coord.info/GC17AQR , but that doesn't mean it's still allowed

Of course a cache wouldn't be allowed in London Zoo as it is in Regent's Park, and caches aren't allowed in Royal Parks, but that's another story.

Well there will be lots more people saying it was much better in the good old days when we could only do geocaching with a GPS or smart phone

But in those days power trails like that weren't allowed

YAWN This takes me back a few years to when there was a regular new thread complaining of the number of congratulations threads, and the single pinned Congratulations Thread was started, which was never as interesting as the individual threads. IMO that's when this forum started going downhill and regional forums and Facebook became more interesting. So... CONGRATULATIONS ESSCAFE (and DRSOLLY) HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They got to the final but didn't win. They won the trophy, but not the jackpot

Will the pointless trophy become a TB?

Really Philip? You couldn't, y'know, just give his cache a miss? You'd much prefer that someone, who you don't know, gives up a hobby because the way they play it doesn't meet with the way you want to play it? I've seen caches that I didn't want to go and find before. Do you know how I overcame this 'massive' problem? - I decided to ignore it and went and found a cache that I did want to find. It doesn't stop at one though does it. Someone will come along and find it, think hey that's a new kind of hide lets start a new series, then they are popping up everywhere. Someone else comes along and wonders how to up the ante. Caches start appearing hanging from power lines (hey it's safe if you've got the right equipment and training isn't it?). Someone else places a cache on the Northern line half way between Tottenham Court Road and Leicester square underground stations mag attached to the bottom of the electrified rail. The reviewer was right here to say NO. The cache owner needs to reconsider. Plenty of places to hide a Cache either side of the road and out of harms way. Philip But it is not unique is it? As has been shown if you cared to read all the thread, there are two other examples given, and probably several more which have also been published. As for your other examples, it is ridiculous just to mention them. Not only is it illegal to actually go there (unless you are qualified, trained, and an employee or contractor of the appropriate company) you would also be electrocuted unless the company had isolated the appropriate section, and therefore you wouldn't be able to submit the cache page for review.

This isn't an interstate, it's a British trunk road. It has different regulations governing it. In my opinion it cannot be compared to the interstate highways I've driven on. My answer would be no. I would not be surprised to see pedestrians where I have already been warned that there might be pedestrians. If I saw them bend down etc. I would assume that they had dropped something and then...well by then they would be in my rear view mirror and beyond my concern. Mind you, I am one of those (few?) people who tends not to try to see what is happening on the opposite carriageway, I prefer to see what is happening on my carriageway, and avoiding the rubberneckers. Perhaps you take to great an interest in what is happening elsewhere? (Please be completely honest here) I disagree. The pedestrian in the central reserve has a barrier between him and the traffic in each direction. The pedestrian at the edge of the road is probably not behind any barrier, and is therefore more of a risk.

Strange, I wouldn't say it was that narrow, quite wide considering it's just a footpath. Also, considering the signs warning of pedestrian crossings, it just shows how visible people in the central reserve would be to approaching motorists. It isn't 'just a footpath' though. It's also the central reservation of a dual carriageway. The fact that cachers looking for a cache in the central reservation are so visible actually adds to the danger by being the distraction to the motorists. It would appear that it does not have permission from the correct authority (I assume the Highways agency) to be there so the cache should not be there. The reviewer has suggested that the cache can be placed away from the carriageway which will still allow any visitors to the cache to walk over to the central reservation of their own volition if this is the experience they wish to achieve. As I said...A footpath, which has double thickness barriers either side, providing a refuge within the central reserve. Remember, the footpath was there first, that is why it is still there. You've totally lost me saying "The fact that cachers looking for a cache in the central reservation are so visible actually adds to the danger". It is obvious that those people who want this cache archived cannot form a coherent arguement between them. You obviously want pedestrians to be visible, but not visible. This is a pedestrian refuge, which means it is where pedestrians are allowed / supposed to be, and motorists are warned of their possible presence.

How about Question 21 of 20 ?

Strange, I wouldn't say it was that narrow, quite wide considering it's just a footpath. Also, considering the signs warning of pedestrian crossings, it just shows how visible people in the central reserve would be to approaching motorists.

A view of the crossing, showing steps down and the refuge between the barriers. No, Googlemaps isn't accurate with the cache position, and there aren't really a pair of opposing chevrons on the overtaking lane

Some of the best writing of farce since Brian Rix retired.

As you say, you can't comment on it personally. When I went to find it it was none of those, but then I approached and left from the opposite direction to those who complained. Interestingly, of all those who decided it was dangerous, only raggled robin decided not to try to find it

It's a heck of a lot better than lots of others I've found in supposedly safe locations. How? What makes this a good cache? For a start it was safer for me to get to!

It's a heck of a lot better than lots of others I've found in supposedly safe locations.

As a motorist who often uses this particular stretch of road, I would much rather see a pedestrian "hanging around" than crossing in front of me. In fact I would EXPECT them to be waiting for a significant gap in the traffic, protected by the barrier, rather than crossing in front of me, especially if the road is busy.

The cache is on a public footpath, the footpath crosses the road at this point, hence the pedestrian route through the central barrier and the footpath signs at the top of the embankment each side of the road (not visible on Streetview, but they are there). In my opinion, if someone can be taught to use a GPS and a computer then they can be taught to cross a road safely, and if they can not, then they should be supervised by someone who can. I was taught to cross roads safely when I first went to school, and have been doing so for well over 50 years!

Argh! My Missus intentionally does it that way and insists it's the right way! It drives me nuts! lol Why would any sane person hang it any other way? It's more likely to tear along the perforations that way.

In 'the good old days' when micros were rare and nanos almost non existant, it used to be common practice to write a decent screed in the log book, as well as online. Sadly this is not now possible unless you are able to write the first five chapters of Genesis on a pin head.