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Thanks to Siloans for organising a great event on Saturday night! The prewalk hospitality was wonderful, the raffle was a great idea (woo hoo, we came first and got a EU Geocoing!! ) and the planned walk went perfectly. The last three caches were done in the dark (naturally), and the graveyard cache was an inspired place to finish!! We had a great time at our first event, and look forward to meeting lots more nutte... sorry geocachers soon! Many thanks. Dave and Mary

As I appear to be one of the few who didn't attend this event (as we were attending the equally good halloween event dahn sarf), am I missing something here???

ditto - i just assumed we couldn't chasnge it! (or all the UK cachers have nothing better to do at 2am than post on forums).

Events are caches as well If I can touch it or photograph it then I am logging it here here!! We plan on getting a whole list of icons at an upcoming event! Still, each to their own. I was tempted by the virtual TBs once, but I'm glad I didn't now.

Couldn't agree more, and is the main reason I hate caching by motorbike. (well, you try carrying a 4 foot stick on a motorbike). I'd rather not shove my hand into a random holes in the ground, for fear of finding something other than a plastic box. Besides, as SP says, the rustle rustle plonk sound is a dead giveaway!

The problem isn't with GSAK but with GC.com. As Alan said near the top somewhere, when a cache is archived, it effectively becomes invisible to any PQs. Therefore, it is impossible to get GSAK to change a cache to archived automatically. It has to be done manually, by checking likely suspects. I agree that it is not ideal, somehow, it would be nice if archived caches are shown in a PQ at least once. For example, an archived cache could have a note attached to that effect, for one week, before enetering the archived land. Here's hoping! HTH Dave

I think kbootb sums it up perfectly. As Ekky says, it can be difficult to know when to draw the line. With the m,onument cache, I feel that the payment is towards the upkeep of an important and historic monument, with fantastic views. St Pauls, as it happens, is free according to the cache page, although I expect they encourage a donation. I wouldn't object to paying anyway. One could even, possibly, justify having a cache on English Heritage property (if allowed, and there may be already) on the grounds that the money goes in part towards maintaining our national treasures. However, I suspect that the charge for the falls is not towards upkeep, as I imagine that waterfalls are capable on maintaining themselves! Again, I guess we'll rely on the mods opinions and on the rare occasion that there is a dispute, we'll all shout on here! Dave

I assume Stevie Wonder was doing the airbrushing then??

ooh - they look reasonably priced! Can we put our name down on the probably exceedingly long waiting list for 'spares'? Thanks! Dave

well darn it, the things you find in caches.... Sorry, couldn't resist! its a monday....

i thought it looked french too, and then i noticed the straight borders on the north and south, so I'm now thinking its an american state or a canadian province. Beyond that, I don't know at the moment - anyone got an atlas?!

oh i'm sure we'll do it sometime, like i said, i don't particularly object if its obvious the money isn't just lining someones pockets!! being a Londoner, I've been up before, but didn't count the number of chimneys between it and St Pauls that time! The main reason we didn't go up yesterday is we were saving our energy for a long haul round london! (aka feeling lazy! ) I was just scouting for opinions! Dave

thats outrageous - to me that is an obvious commerical cache. I have thought about caches in pubs - assuming there is no requirement to buy anything, then I can't see the problem. With letterboxing on Dartmoor, lots of them are kept behind the bar of a pub. To be honest, i was thinking about this as a way of keeping the 16th century pub in london 'alive' if they tryto move the current virtual to WM.com. Would the owners be prepared to have a traditional cache there? Just some thoughts...

you might be right H... the St Pauls cache also requires climbing steps (more I supect!, but St Pauls has free entry to all parts. We didn't do that one either as it happens, too many ground level caches to try and get!

Very true, as have we paid to park on many occasion, although there is usually the option of cycling (if you're so inclined!) walking, or just parking further away (which we have also done). As I say, it is a worthwhile visit in its own right, (possibly not a charity - not sure), but my limited understanding was that one shouldn't have to pay to retrieve a cache. As I say, I don't particularly object, and we would have paid yesterday except we couldn't be bothered to walk up 202 feet of steps! (So who can guess where I'm talking about?? The clues are there.... )

this thread conicides nicely with a question I was going to ask anyway, about paying for caches. We tried to do a cache yesterday which required paying a fee to enter the site, and with no other way of getting the answer available. To be fair, the cache page warns that money will be required, and its 'only' 2 quid. I don't really mind either way (although we decided not to pay yesterday) but just wondering how this evades the commercial cache rules? The site is a landmark, and the money is towards its upkeep, which may make a difference!

Way of life!

and the Wombles Signature Cache I'm watching all if these in the vague hope that some of the TBs get near me!

i can see that what is likely to start happening is multicaches becoming more popular, abd with bigger distances between stages. If I can't put a virtual somewhere (say at a blue plaque site) then I'll incorporate it into a multi with a cache possibly a number of miles away. Dave

blimey! whatta lotta caches! Very well done! What an inspiration

I'm with all the above - not interested in the slightest and disappointed to see the demise of or virtuals etc. One thing puzzles me - is there still the option to ask for confirmation of a find, or can anyone log it without proving it? Dave

Oh yes, and our birthdays Dave 25th February Mary 12th March Ta!

do you mean the ONLY difference is in your ages?

Sounds good to us! We'd love to contribute!

anyone know if its possible to amend the locatiion after its on? Ours isn't too close, AND its obscured some other cachers (sorry!)... I couldn't work out what to do...