dino-irl
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What's the container and where did you get it? I'm looking for something similar
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Think you have a problem. Day 12, 13 & 14 aren't in the UK
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Some of them break the T&Cs of the site by scraping data. Discussion of them isn't allowed on these forums.
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Forestry Commission - Personal Liability
dino-irl replied to Kryten's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
Or alternatively, shift the caches onto another hosting site which does not require this sort of red tape? That'll really impress FC and help build a solid relationship with them! I think trying to negotiate with them and re-educate might be a better option -
I'm on Win7 and it works for me too. You must have IE overriding the default setting each time you open it? Do you also have Outlook or any other MS product installed? They can override this setting sometimes too.
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Bad locationreadings UK versus mainland?
dino-irl replied to yudansha's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
What GPS are you using? It's not a phone-based one by any chance? -
Did you tick the box to tell it to run today? That's the most common mistake
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Sirdi's Walk, RIP [GC22FD]
dino-irl replied to Eclectic Penguin's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
Which is the same approach that I take. However, it shouldn't be taken for granted that an archived cache will be automatically unarchived as that isn't the case. Many will be but not all. It means the same in my book I've yet to see an example of a UK reviewer unarchiving a cache so that it can be adopted by another unless they were misled as to the CO's intentions. -
Sirdi's Walk, RIP [GC22FD]
dino-irl replied to Eclectic Penguin's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
http://support.Groundspeak.com//index.php?....page&id=70 http://support.Groundspeak.com//index.php?....page&id=54 -
http://www.geotees.eu/shop/index.php?cPath=21_34
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Are you actually allowed to do that or does it count as commercial/promotion/something other frowned upon by GS? Not sure, but I have seen similar on a few cache pages. I would ask you to remove a line like that prior to publication After 'asking', what if the cache owner said they would prefer it stayed there, would you still publish the cache? Probably not but I've never been in that situation yet. Which is why I wouldn't allow it. GC.com is a geocache listing site and not an advertisement service. That's why there is a commercial guideline: http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#commercial
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Are you actually allowed to do that or does it count as commercial/promotion/something other frowned upon by GS? Not sure, but I have seen similar on a few cache pages. I would ask you to remove a line like that prior to publication I thought in the UK it was OK to mention pubs... I understood we had a special case on this..... or have the rules changed in the last few weeks? Cheers MaxKim. I'm not a UK reviewer but I can't see how mentioning a pub and recommending it as a good place for a pint has anything to do with the cache and how to find it? However, I'm don't want to get into an argument and detract from the OP. I'm sure he'll find out for sure when he submits the cache for review.
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Are you actually allowed to do that or does it count as commercial/promotion/something other frowned upon by GS? Not sure, but I have seen similar on a few cache pages. I would ask you to remove a line like that prior to publication
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BT28GB (no space) gives this result: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.asp...e9-496530baf758 How accurate is that? Searching using "Belfast" in the address section of the main Hide and Seek page gives this result: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.asp...88&dist=100 As you can see the two are different but I'm not sure where exactly your postcode is centred? edit to add: Looking at mapped results of the top link I see that this takes you to Lisburn which I assume is BT28? I also tried BT02 but that didn't work out either Might be one for the main website forum: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=8
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PUP PORT...no longer working properly
dino-irl replied to ipplepen's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
I had similar problems with moving from XP to Win7. Win7 stores Macros and some GSAK information in different places to XP. You will have to do quite a but if tweaking to get everything working properly again and will probably have to do so with every macro you have! It took me a while but the change to Win7 is worth it -
How to link to a cache page?
dino-irl replied to hobgoblinkiteflier's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
This page http://www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk/resources/htmlcodes.html will give you some more help. It's written by Graculus (one of the UK reviewers) -
Sounds like the Field Notes facility to me http://support.Groundspeak.com//index.php?...page&id=128 It works on a lot more units (including some phones) than just the two mentioned there. Apart from PQs it's probably the best facility on the site.
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I use lat/long and I can still work in metres
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Must be a chocolate overdose
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Anyone else's head spinning
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Sirdi's Walk, RIP [GC22FD]
dino-irl replied to Eclectic Penguin's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
I really don't understand the mentality of this. If the cache is worth doing then what difference does the date make? Me neither. If a cache is good it's worth finding, if it's not good then it's not. Don't really see where age comes into it..... It's always nice to see cachers put effort in to a cache, but old or new it's quality that is important to me. Most of the "Oldies" on here hark back to "The Good Old Days" of caching where you hiked 3 miles for an ammo box in the woods, then they come on here and say that age has nothing to do with it? Surprising! How can you tell quality until you've done a cache, and that goes for old ones as well as new ones? It has always been assumed that the older caches have always been placed with more care, etc. It is refreshing to see an "Oldie" realising that new ones can be good too! Are you referring to *mouse* or me as I don't think I ever "hark back to "The Good Old Days" of caching where you hiked 3 miles for an ammo box in the woods"? -
Sirdi's Walk, RIP [GC22FD]
dino-irl replied to Eclectic Penguin's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
With all due respect that's a daft thing to say. I would go to Ireland specifically find 'Europe's First' but I wouldn't go just for another new one in the same location! You don't know if it's worth doing until you've done it, but you can almost guarantee that one that has been around for years is going to be worth visiting. Come back and tell me what you think when you've found it. I have a feeling you'll be underwhelmed. I've found it and it was nothing special. In fact the best thing about it was the group that I was on the coastal walk with. I stand by my statement above that a good cache is a good cache and a bad cache a bad cache regardless of their age. As to how you gauge a cache quality before you visit then I'm sure you could read the logs? If it was a 2 mile round trip like the OP stated here then I'd be making sure I did that before starting regardless of the cache age. That is a valid reason to be interested in older caches but it doesn't make them better caches than newer ones. -
Vacationing in Ireland this summer
dino-irl replied to hollyburn's topic in United Kingdom and Ireland
What part of Ireland do you intend to visit and when exactly do you plan to come? Although some Irish cachers hang around here (including me!) you will get many more responses and advice on the Geocaching Ireland forum - see my sig for a link. -
IIRC this "bug" was there before and it was an attempt to fix it that caused the new bug of an entire page reload. I'd rather have this one until they work out how to fix it at some stage
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Country Tracks is mainly new bits, with recycled bits from the area they are covering, that were filmed several to many years ago -maybe or maybe not filmed for Countryfile. (Often old 'local news' items!) Thanks