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That is an awesome list, more than a few take my fancy to have a go at, and a couple are not too far from me to A couple that I would call truly amazing hides.. a couple of my favourite favourites, are "Two Degrees West - Merchants Downs" GC1CQPF, and "Rendcomb Rat Run" GC2DTX0. Both hides are favourites for their locations. The first for the amount of wildlife that surrounded me on my walk around dawn.. imagine a scene with forest animals from Snow White, and then add some, it felt amazing. The second was for making me think in another dimension, where the actual cache was hidden. After looking at Amberel's list above, I wouldn't call Rendcomb 'extreme', but it is bordering on it, and includes a lovely walk to get to also.

I mostly only have time to do a couple here and there, so haven't seen the need to use any software for planning caches yet. I use mostly old tech, for my first 170ish finds I used mostly a Garmin GPS38. When it died I picked up a slightly newer, but still old, Garmin emap with 128MB chip, metro street maps covering the south west part of the country loaded on it, the data cable and a home made cycle mount for £40. That does me fine. I have a flat text file on my K800i phone which I store any other info I need about caches I plan to look for, that can't be stored on the emap. Also take google earth jpg snap shots of the area occasionally and have them stored on the phone too. Don't really have any suggestions for you to try, looks you're way more advanced than me already

Ohh I missed out on those. My wife told me about the offer, so I took a walk into town on Saturday afternoon, but the cheapest boots they had in stock were £18, still good, but I left it. Just had a look at the website, and they still have on offer, but not my size. Never mind. Was just looking for a cheap pair to tie me over until I decide on the next decent pair to buy. Still, if anyone managed to buy a size 9 and have decided they don't need them them now... *holds out a begging hand*

Found my 200th this morning

Trig Surfing, pahh that's old. The new craze is Hazel Bridge Hopping! I'm in!

Hi I!, think I live not too far from you, going by your placed caches. I am on BT, there have been no problems with the site last night or this morning my end. Maybe something going on at your local exchange?

Along the route Roxy and I took to "South Cerney - Canal Walk East" GC1E3YA this morning.

Just seen a tweet saying this power trail has been archived. Looking at the map it looks to be true. Edited to say; ok, just noticed that's not soo new news, just seen that it's being talked about in other parts of the forum.

Geocaching in the UK http://www.cicerone.co.uk/product/detail.cfm/book/609/title/geocaching-in-the-uk A fairly new book. Good for those very new to the activity. A few small sections are specific to the UK though, hence the title.

38, discovered this just under a year ago. We started off doing as a family, but after doing the first few, most of the others got bored, except one who a few days later started his own account.. xJammmzy, he's 11 and so most he has done are local, or done with me. If I am not out with him, I am mostly out alone now. Not just because of the above, but I have to also fit around other life things, and work, which usually means getting up way before dawn if I want to go look for one or two. I love a good muddy walk, but I also long for the summer to return when I can appreciate the views some caches take me to, you can't see far at 5.30am this time of year.

Hi, Charlie. If you upload a photo to a cache log, the http info that the 'Insert image' button asks for when making a post here will be the http link at the top of your sceen when looking at your uploaded photo in the cache log. Hope that makes sense, I am not the best to explain. From near GC2NK99 yesterday. Now I have animal ones, but too late for last month:

From this morning, between Cerney Wick Trackside Walk (GC19K7H) and Cerney Wick Song Pole (GC1AFF9).

Was given this for my birthday a few days ago and have read from cover to cover. It's very well written, and would recommend for newbies and those that have heard about Geocaching but have not been out to look for their first find yet. For myself who have been doing this for about nine months now.. I learned a few things, more to do with hiding. I am not sure it would offer anything new for the long term experienced cacher, though you never know.

A little searching the forums and a guess that it's this: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=252344&st=0 If it is, I am undecided if I would find a trail of that length fun. Possibly best as part of a group as you are looking to do, the way I struggle to spot caches sometimes I'd probably never return from the desert for perseverance of looking for that many if I was alone. But for sure it is something I cannot look at doing in the near future, I struggle even to find the coins for the batteries for my GPS right now

Some great photos this month so far. I'm mostly too slow to catch any wildlife, by the time I've reached in my pocket for my phonecam and snapped, the creatures are long gone, which is a shame, I've been so close to some amazing animals whilst out walking, albeit briefly. This month is no different, so instead here's our own Roxy who often accompanies me, actually staying still for a mo, near the final of "South Cerney - Secrete #2 - The Churn" multi this morning.

Wasn't the first, but it is the oldest in England: View from Coombe Hill Sorry, I meant the first hide they found in the video.. the one in the puddle, which they placed back in the puddle.

That first hide wasn't a real hide, was it? I cannot imagine it surviving very long being sat just there, but maybe I am wrong.

Have been questioned by the police about our activities whilst looking for The Longstone of Minchinhampton. It's near the main entrance to Gatcombe Park, home of Princess Anne, so not so surprising. Was open with them and told the truth of what we were doing, and the guarding officers were happy to let us carry on. They seemed aware of what geocaching was, I am sure we are not the only ones they have spoken to in that location about it.

I know of www.cistrail.net, which I think is the same thing, after I read the description of this cache GC1N3ZF, which warns of one nearby. But I have never actually found one before.

Can do via the geocaching.com site as well of course: http://www.geocaching.com/wpt/

Setting off on a nice long walk, only to find out a little way in when you reach into your backpack that you have left the gps at home, or that your gps has run out of batteries and you haven't packed spares, or you have left the piece of paper with co-ords noted down on at home. Have embarrassingly done all the above. *wonders what I will forget to bring with me next time*

A few local rings / trails I haven't gone out to find all yet, just jotted down two or three and looked for them whilst out for a walk, intending to do others at later dates. Maybe some others do similar. Have posted a DNF on all I have spend a good time looking for.

I haven't done any up that way (live down south), but a virtual I really want to do one day, which is in Yorkshire, but a little way from York itself though is 'Bram Stokers Whitby Cache' GCHQ99. Probably too far though if you are there just a day. Hope you have a good stay.

Seconded! That made the process simple. Thank you.

After learning of geocaching in May this year via a completely unrelated forum, I went out and found my first three using my wife's binatone satnav. A few days later I told my dad about this and he handed me a Garmin GPS 38, which had been given to him by a family friend last time he visited the USA. Apparently my dad did some geocaching with him over there, and because the chap had a brand spanky new GPS he gave that old one to my dad to pass to me to see if I would be interested in doing this. Good timing! Now this GPS is old and slow, and has some quirks, but it keeps soldiering on, kinda like it's last owner.. he's 92 I'm told. So, as I'm not flushed with cash at present, and out of respect of the gift, my objectives start with: 1) I will continue using the 38 as long as it holds together and keeps getting me to the right places. Then, and at all times.. 2) Just to have fun, it's not about the numbers for me. And maybe one day.. 3) Walk/cache the entire Thames path. 33 miles is the furthest I've walked in one day though to date, and I remember what I felt like after that, so I've got a bit of work to do to build myself up before attempting those sort of numbers over consecutive days. But it would be an awesome week I'm sure