Jaz666
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Any cache owner has the ability to encrypt any log associated with their cache.
If someone did post a massive spoiler on one of my caches I'd encrypt it and not delete it.
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On Christmas Day you tear open your presents and promptly start sorting them into two piles; Keep and Trade
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Got caught off guard a couple of weeks ago. Caching on a hilltop above Huddersfield, found cache and sat next to a drystone wall to escape the bitterly cold wind whilst filling in the logbook. Stood up and was startled to find a metal-detecting muggle right the other side of the wall!
Had to take the cache with me as he wasn't going anywhere. An hour later he was still in the field, but was so engrossed in his task that I managed to replace the cache without being noticed.
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I'm not aware of any major sporting event today, or a must-see event on the T.V - and I don't think the weather would put off any seasoned cacher but.......
Not one of my nearest 200 caches has had a find logged today (so far, 9pm Saturday).
I'll have to go out and place more caches myself to encourage the West Yorkshire gang!
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That trash bin on the bridge is a far greater security risk
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I'd personally say that if there is a physical object to search for at each stage (micro, tag etc), it's a multi.
If each stage involves something else, like answering a question, it's a puzzle.
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I don't have a car, so I have to plan my cache trips very carefully. I tend to get a bus or train cental to a view caches then just set off looking for a good route to the caches. 15 mile walk planned this saturday.
Same here.
Any cache trip is a major event if you don't have a car. In 3 months I've managed to visit around 25 caches, with a car I'd have managed all 139 caches within 10 miles of my house by now!
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The only way I know is either use Mapsource on your PC, and transfer the waypoints, or use the direction keys on the Quest to move the pointer around the map until your get to the required coordinates.
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I get this error all the time, both on my Laptop and Main Machine (XP).
The error you are seeing is a Windows error, not a Garmin one. It's only Windows which is complaining about the disc. (basically Mapsource installer asks for disc 2, you put it in, but windows still wants disc 1).
Just move that messagebox out of the way (don't click any of the buttons), and continue the installation.
When you're all installed you should have disc 1 back in the cd drive, you can then click "retry" in the windows error box.
I would have thought Garmin would be aware of this?
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You can't go wrong with a Garmin Quest!
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The PHP and ASPX scripting languages which are used on websites aren't 100% secure, so it is likely Groundspeak have some security functions running which detect when someone is trying to hack or exploit the site.
Alas, these security functions sometime have a hiccup and ban an innocent user - it happens now and then on my PHP based website.
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I'm another one who's first cache was a FTF
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What's your personal preference when you are planning a new cache hide.....
a.) You find the hiding place first, and then build the cache according to the space available.
b.) You build first, then go and find an hiding place big (or small) enough to take it.
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I've noticed that the mapping data is supplied by Tele Atlas, who also supply maps for the Tom Tom Go's.
'Nuff said!
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I've also been trying to create a map like this for the UK for the past few weeks with mixed success.
Glad someone else has managed it successfully!
I see you couldn't find a way off associating the Garmin Geocache POI symbol with the geocaches either!
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Yes I didn't believe it myself at first either.
Garmin have created a version of their new i2/i3 specifically for the UK market which does feature full postcode search, along with speed camera alerts.
They can run out of the car on two AA batteries - I'll be getting to play with the only unit in existence outside of Garmin HQ sometime in the next week, so I'll check their suitability for Geocaching.
They'll be available in September from Mapin Electronics at first.
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Ooops, Britannia's on the forbidden list - used my Quest on a flight to Ibiza last month.
It was a night flight, and I nudged my wife to look out of the window just as we passed over Barcelona. The stewardess asked, how did you know that was Barcelona. so I showed her. She just said "Cool!".
I suspect the only reason some airlines ban the use of GPSr is because of the tracking facility on most units. I've got a perfect track of two quite different flightpaths from my local airport to Ibiza and back, and I suppose it could be considered a security risk in today's terrorist climate.
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At Leeds/Bradford airport, and probably others, if you have an item of "contraband" in your hand luggage you are given the option to pay for a jiffy bag and stamp so you can post the items back home.
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The difference between City Select and Navigator is pretty small.
Basically Navigator holds a tiny bit more information on each road - things like restricted access times.
For those few additional data fields, Navteq take more royalties for sales of City Navigator.
I'm sure a more detailed answer could be found on garmin.com - but I can't seem to find it right now.
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I just signed up to geocachinguk.com and used the search facility to bring up a list of all uk caches, then used the file download function.
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As far as I know..... you need to have Mapsource installed to be able to use nRoute - it may be free but it'd be useless to a non Garmin owner who just downloads it from the website.
The Biffas Hit 200 !
in United Kingdom and Ireland
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Well done, and keep the caches coming!