Madyokel
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North up all the way for me..
OK TomTom does whatever it wants..
But then I have Memory Map running next to it N up
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Adding 2 photos to the q.. Not really wanting these to be considered in the comp.
Its summer .., One will be obvious in its location.. But where was the other
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I think we were talking at cross purposes. I was specifically talking about Team KONA (who are local cachers to me and Simplysup) who had a message read out by Simon Mayo about retrieving a cache at the Trevi Fountain. I think you thought that this is where Simon Mayo had been caching.
Simon Mayo certainly seemed genuinely interested and certainly all his team were extremely positive so maybe he will set up an account and come on the forums?
I also heard the message from a caller 'Shhhhh its all meant to be a secret'. I wonder how many cachers (especially some of the very longstanding brigade) agree with that sentiment when Geocaching gets this type of media spotlight.
Mmm Dont think I misquoted..
I know I'm not one of the "Longstanding Brigade" as I've only been caching since the beginning of 2005
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Team Kona had a text read out after the item had aired.
Yes, I heard that bit. They mentioned that they had just retrieved a cache from next to the Trevi Fountain.
Someone also e-mailed in and said that they had just logged on to Geocaching.com and found that there was a cache 10 metres from the back of their house that they never knew about.
He doesn't seem to have logged the cache as a find [presume he is talking about the Rome Trevi fountain ?
Fontana Di Trevi logged 17/10 according to my quick research?
Ok , i'm being thick here, So what was his caching name ?
Original post referred to a w.e find.
Simon probably has no account..
Liked the section he did on caching.. very good
We could do with more positive reports like this..
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No, it's not the most competitive unless Amazon ships much cheaper.
https://www.thegeocachingshop.com/trackables/travel-bugs has tags for 4.59 GBP.
And http://shop.geocaching.com/default/international-retailers/ has a list of several other UK retailers.
Besides, most online geocaching stores allow you to buy much more than Amazon and buying more than just the tags will help you save shipping costs.
Thanks for the reply,I have trawled through the uk retailers list but £5.79 inc P&P still seems most competative.
The above though £4.59 + "All orders within the UK are charged at a flat rate of £3.99 £3.49, this is irrespective of the number of items you buy. This shipping cost covers packaging, delivery and labour".
All sites seem to start out roughly the same then whack it up with the P&P some more than others it's just for what ever reason the Amazon one seems the best P&P at 0.80p
I don't really want to splash out on other stuff I don't really need at the moment, but I hear what your saying.
If you go to the Mega event at Northampton this weekend you can meet the cachers and brows the stores.. And miss the postal costs as well..
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Very short notice, but I have just enabled my cache Lake at the Lawn for the official opening of a nature area with a Victorian tea party and noticed there is also a large boating event next door for the opening of another section of canal.
Just spent a long weekend at Cam a small pebble throw from Stroud.
Another FTF missed.. ;*)
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hello hope everyone is ok today.weve just been up to fountains abbey yorkshire and much to our surprise they now have a geocaching set up of there own but when we looked on the web site geocaching.com there not there to get the coordinates off.think its the nt way off squezzing more money out of jo public does anyone know of any other properties doing this?
thanks gary
Nothing about squeezing money out of anyone - Opencaching.org is free, as is opencaching.org.uk - another entirely different geocaching site.
One extra thing here.
When I placed the caches at Fountains/Studley the Idea was to park at the NT Visitors centre for a circular style walk.
The parking at the visitor centre is free
However if you choose to drive through deer park there is a parking fee by the lake (free for NT members)
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There are caches at Formby and I think at Roseberry topping that have been put out by the NT that are listed both on GC.com and on Opencaching, I guess its down to the ranger in charge of the area where they are listed
Ill reply here as I'm the owner of the GC Caches at Fountains Abbey.
Getting them there was not an easy task but finally I got permission for placement on the estate Fountains/Studley from the authorities.. (initial work 2008)
Then a few weeks later other workers at NT placed Garmin Opencaching boxes on the estate.
One of which is in the same location as one of mine.
Maybe I should delete the logs of folk who sign the wrong log
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Looks like an interesting cache.
pity its gone AWOL.
Dont know why you are accusing a Prem member of swiping it though
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Hey all,
Two of my friends and myself are planning to do the three peaks challenge in June/July time (date hasn't been confirmed). As my two friends are Geocaching muggles, they wont be interested in doing any caches although I will be doing the earth/victuals at the of the 'hills' shall we say. I was just curious to know if anyone had done the three peak challenge, any interesting stories, ect we've planed quite well, have a designated driver who isn't walking ect, just wanted to know if anyone has done it yet.
Also, I was considering doing it for charity, any charity people? out there who could give me some advice on awareness ect, I did hear about a website which could be set up that allows people to add donations by Paypal ect.
I thought i'd just start up the discussion anyway
fire away!Are you doing it as the 3 Yorkshire peaks or sprinting around the the 3 mainland peaks?
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(note to self I need to win the lottery and get a motorhome lol)
You and me as well..
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There is a Holiday inn at Junction 13 M6 Stafford south.
With a faminly friendly pub "Catch Corner" at the same location.
Eaten there several times.
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Snip
Alternatively, do what the Ripon Mega camping event did and put:
"We've placed a Supermarket Sweep cache at the local supermarkets"
I'm glad you liked that
When I placed them it seemed the best way at the time to solve the problem.
Things haave moved on a bit since then.
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Som pretty good caches in and arround Stafford.
Try Dead Mans Chest in Castle church its easy and a lovely Church ( We got Married here)
Also Any Fort in a storm One of the early UK caches from 2002 which is walking distance from the previous.
If you have some time in the area then this must be worth the effort..
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I was in Sports Direct today to buy a pair of mittens for when the very cold weather comes, and as I was paying for my three pair of trousers, two pair of underpants and the mittens (once I get in there a kind of red retail mist comes down over my eyes) and I saw an offer of three plastic boxes for £3. The sizes are 2350 ml, 1000 ml and 500 ml, they have the four locking flaps that you get with lock-and-lock boxes, they are branded as "Sportsdirect.com" and they claim to be "absolutely airtight". I bought one set, and they look good. And £1 per box is well cheap.
Disclaimer - I have no idea whether I have shares in the company.
I hope they work well.
But as a Newcastle United supporter I will get mine elsewhere..
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Merry Christmas everybody.!!
Be well and have a good festive bash.
Don't drink too much (That's my job)
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I have a couple of sturdy sets of boots that I have had from my teens.. Yes I was a teenager once
But in the last few years have used Hi-Tec boots.
Lite well wearing and dry.. love them even if I have ended on my arse a couple of times..(heel tread could be a little sharper)
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My filter is pretty straightforward, if it's on my unfound list then sooner or later I'll go and look for it. If I get there and decide it's not one I want to hunt I move on to the next one.
This is exactly the way I cache.
Yes there are "Special" caches such as Puzzles or 5/5 caches, but I will try to grab any cache.
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OO thats got me thinking..
Logged a cache today but do it on auto pilot..
Think its date then name..
date always day/month/year.. None of thar merrican gubbins
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What a pity.
This was a lovely wood and a great cache site.
RIP
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Hi
I placed a cache and someone placed a TB in it this TB has gone missing I have not seen the TB it is not in the cache now and it has not been logged that someone has picked it up. I reported it missing have I done the right thing
Lesleyr
Hi Lesleyr.
What I would do is wait for a few weeks at least before noting one as missing.
Some people (myself included) may be a little lax at logging caches and TB's.
Also some folks may be on there hols caching and not able to catch up with their logs for several weeks.
Sometimes TB's go missing for months (or years) and then suddenly turn up again.
Cheers and enjoy the hunt.
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Could I be of any assistance for the Northern Ireland one?
Graham
Yes please. I'll message you. Thanks alot.
Rebecca
I wonder what this is to do with
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Sounds like a really good idea.
Could be 3 of us up lor that.
Will bring good trades for the boxes.
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Right.
Looking to revive this thread and to get an event up and running for next summer.
This has been done before (GC1FA91). This is archived but can still be viewed.
GC1FA91 was done in November. Now I reckon that is hardcore. A summer event gives the best weather conditions (yeah right!) and the longest hours of light.
The walk should take about 15 hours but caching along the way will add time (but probably has to be done). Common wisdom says start in the west and walk east to keep the prevailing wind at your back.
I am thinking June 2012. Which gives ME plenty of time to rehears my excuses, er, I mean train.
Advice / encouragement / tips gratefully received here.
PP
Oooo I might be up for this
Already got the badge with a time of 10H45Mins walking with pack.
I was younger then though
It's a right old treck to be sure.
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fire away!
"Off yer trolley" caches
in United Kingdom and Ireland
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Well I don't often read the forums but smiling at that this thread..
Even more so as i was the cacher that placed the caches at the supermarkets in Ripon..
Marty I just noticed it was 2008... Time flies as they say