munrojk

Totally agree. There seems to be a 'bigging it up' theme here with lots of what if, maybe etc. Mrs miggins and pc plod (hello if you are listening) will have a tizzy if they so decide regardless of any guidelines that all look pretty unenforceable. People will see what they want to....wires here... Fertive people there. Intelligence foils terrorism and crime. Just to note I have geocached in Singapore. Pretty much 100% urban on any scale with no problems and it's a virtual police state... You can't even chew gum.

Sorry I didnt know. Must be the same common knowledge that we have about geocaching that the police and population of wetherby don't? All I saw was someone with 17 caches who described themselves as a reviewer. I concentrate on the caching and not the discussion boards

You can have all the guidelines you like but they ain't going to make a difference. Is anyone going to go back and find thousands of clear containers? Of course not. What can you see without opening it? It won't stop the over reaction of mrs miggins and pc plod if they get the red mist and chance of a dull afternoon in wetherby hitting the headlines. They thought they saw wires but there were none. We just have to accept that there are people out there with little common sense who will confuse the neighbours cat with an escaped panther, believe aliens exist and write to the council about it. Leave the common sense to the geocachers. After all this represents a micro percent of all the geocaching activity. That's why it was such big news.... Well in wetherby anyway!

That's using his reviewer title. He also has an alter ego as "Mancunian Pyrocacher" Honesty is the best policy I always say! All reviewers work under a seperate account name therfore the only finds that they show on their reviewer account will be the events they attend as a reviewer. This should be made clearer otherwise it is misleading

That's using his reviewer title. He also has an alter ego as "Mancunian Pyrocacher" Honesty is the best policy I always say!

Funny - your profile says 17 finds??

The requirement that you tick when you publish the cache is that the cache has "adequate permission", so if you think that in your case "adequate" includes getting permission from the Police then you should do it without being explicitly told to do so. As for geocaching as a whole, then the Police are soon going to get bored of being asked for permission for a plastic box in the middle of the moors, or half way up mountains so I don't think that's necessary at all. Agree 100%. The BBC TV item with the copper looking very uncomfortable suggested that geocachers made contact and left their phone numbers with the police. Like they've got better things to do and what next a geocachers offenders register! I made the suggestion that we turn Wetherby Shambles into a virtual cache and then all have a cup of tea in the cafe. This was removed by the censor!