HooloovooUK

Yes this is a serious question and no it isn't just the start of another rant about motorway mayhem and cache'n'dash. Nothing wrong with a cache'n'dash I've done quite a few they are quite refreshing after a 5* terrain cache. But since you bring up the point, no, driving up and down the motorway and stopping at every sodding junction doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. But as you say, that is a whole different thread. Sure "one mans rubbish is another mans treasure". I clearly stated what "rubbish" means to me in the OP. Just because I'm not fond of them doesn't mean no one else will like them. I just wish there was a way of automating the process so that I don't have to manually keep sorting everything when creating lists of caches. Thank you markandlynn for the information. I'll have a look at GSAK.

I know I can click on "Ignore" to stop a cache appearing in my listing, but is there anyway of doing it for one specific cacher or one specific set of caches? I've recently had a load of motorway mayhem caches placed near me by one person and I've no intention of doing them - mainly because they don't interest me. So is there anyway of automatically ignoring all motorway mayhem caches or all caches by this one person? They've got over 20 caches and frankly they're all rubbish (in terms of what geocaching means to me i.e. getting out into the countryside for a nice walk) so I'd like to stop them cluttering up my nearest unfound caches list.

Why? You can have as much control as you need. Once you have the results of the puzzle, just give a correction factor. So if the result is 52 ab.cdef just say a+2, b-3 or whatever to correct for the actual final coordinates.

And what exactly has that got to do with Symbian users?

I use the free eBook reader on my P800, and get the cache info sent to me in eBook form from my pocket queries. Works well enough for me!

Yes, they did log the movements of the TB - that's how I found out who had taken them. I know it doesn't affect the log of the TB, but it does affect the log of my cache. As I said, another cacher went for the geocoin after they had been taken, but before they had been logged, and commented that there was no sign of the coin in the cache as if it had gone missing. No lasting log damage done as you say but it's nice to at least keep the paper trails up to date so when you read the log book you can see what's happened. Like dakar4x4 I have also dropped a TB off in a previously found local cache if I've had the bug more than a week or so and I know I'm not going to get chance to hunt for new caches soon. I don't see that as a problem, but I wouldn't do it the other way around.

I also agree with qichina, you shouldn't return to a cache just to get a new icon. On a maintenance visit to my own cache (only have one at the moment) I dropped off a geocoin and a TB. That night, someone came along that had already visited once and plundered the goodies. To make matters worse they didn't even sign the log book to record their second visit.... so the next day a new cacher came along expecting to be able to bag their first geocoin only to find it missing without a trace. I looked at the TB logs to work out who it was that had visited my cache and "stolen" them, and sent them an email. Apparently they visited the cache late at night and were scared because it was a creepy area and they didn't want to stay there too long on their own. So they just grabbed the stuff put the cache back and ran off!! I was very annoyed for a few days.... but I'm over it now......I went back to the cache my self and wrote a note in the appropriate place so at least the paper trail is complete. I mean I can see the point.... I've been tempted myself when there's been something nice in a cache I've already been to, but it.... I dunno.... just feels wrong. I usually just wait and hope that it gets moved to another cache nearby that I haven't done yet. If it travels further away and I miss it then that's just too bad. Better luck next time.

Now I'm not saying I don't believe you.......... but it would surprise me if they are really fully charged in 15 minutes. I mean if you've got a 2000mAh battery, to fully charge it in 15 minutes your charger has got to be pumping out 8 Amps DC. I don't think I've ever seen a standard consumer charger capable of that. A power supply capable of around 10 Amps DC (to give it a bit of head room) would be quite expensive. Pumping 4C into a NiMH battery would not just shorten it's lifespan...... it would kill it in just a few cycles if it didn't explode the first time you tried it...... There must be something unusual about these cells and charger you are using. Do you have a link to the charger and specifications? I fly electric model helicopters, so I have quite a bit of experience in battery types and methods of charging. I have seen first hand the effects of pushing more than 1C into a NiMH cell and the resulting sizzling and venting of various gasses is not pretty.

NiMH batteries should NEVER be charged at a rate greater than 1C.... ie a full charge should be no faster than 1 hour. NiCd batteries can handle up to 4C, so a full charge can be done in 15 minutes. Charging a NiMH battery quicker than 1 hour will cause the battery to get very hot and dramatically reduce it's life span.

No, they cover the whole of the UK. I mainly use them when caching in Wales to see if there's an easy way around that big hill infront of me rather than having to walk over it....... No I downloaded the Roads and Recreation maps. Mine came with the same international base map as yours. I use them at the same time as the contour lines - the maps are transparent so they both show up. The roads and recreation maps would be no use on their own for hill walking since they only show the same level of detail as TomTom - they are yellow for most areas and green for national park areas etc. but where there are no roads they are just blank. The SMC contour maps fill-in the blank areas with contour detail allowing you to see the hills. Can't help with the routable maps I'm afraid since I don't use them. I use my car SatNav to get me to the parking coordinates and then switch to my Vista when out walking.

Err, no. Shame. "Martin Bartfast" would be quite funny.

Sorry to go offtopic, but I have to ask..... MartyBartfast Is that your real name? That's way cool

I've got the UK Roads and Recreation maps on my Vista Cx. It's about as detailed as my satnav although it is not "routable". I think you need the metroguide maps for that? I can't tell you where to get them from, but I'm sure that question would create a bit of a torrent of advice! I've also got the Scottish Mountaineering Club contour line maps on as well which are great (and free!) for caching since you can see where the hills are, and possibly ways around them.

Any cache by Coppernogins! Actually I've only done Yard by Yard so far.... but having read the logs for Every which-way and Trek to the Severn I'll definately be doing those soon! As for the most unusual cache I've done.... I think it has to be Cut Down Cache.

Dunno about the US, but in the UK the legal requirement for a speedometer is -0% to +10%. This means that the speedometer must NEVER under read (say that you are going slower than you are) but it is allowed to over read by up to 10%. So when doing 70mph your speedometer could say anything between 70mph and 77mph. In order to comply with this law, ALL manufacturers add a fudge factor to the speedometer reading to ensure that it never under reads. I checked my speedometer with my GPS and I thought it was over reading by more than 10% so I took it back to the dealer to check it out. They plugged the diagnostic laptop into the car and drove off down the road. At 50mph on the digital display on the dashboard, the diagnostic computer read 46mph. That means an over read of 8% which is within the law so they won't do anything about it. But don't you find that interesting? The car knows EXACTLY how fast it's going and hence the odometer reads correctly. But they fudge the reading before showing it to the driver on the display. Now I can understand why they do it. Obviously the measured reading is between say -0.5% to +0.5% so they have to add an offset to ensure the error is always above 0%..... but why they have to add such a huge value as 8% rather than just 2 or 3% I don't know.

HooloovooUK and DocBoggle introduced by Loony-Phoenix. Worfslady introduced by HooloovooUK. Norway introduced by DocBoggle.

Well I thought I was the only one who mixed up my units! Like others have said, any largeish distance I prefer in miles. I would like to be able to set a major unit and a minor unit on my GPS. I want it to read down to 0.1 miles away, and then switch to metres. But since it doesn't have that ability I just leave it on imperial, since the majority of the time a cache is more than 0.1 miles away, and I can handle feet anyway for the shorter distances - I would just prefer metric.

This is the bit I just don't get when people rant about how wrong members only caches are. The yearly fee is so small that I can't even remember what it cost. Is it around £10? £15? something like that. It's not like there is some *huge* divide between members and premium members. Just stop whinging and pay up! If it cost 100 quid to join then I could understand it.

Wow... I can't believe someone has actually complained to you via email? It's one thing discussing member only caches on the forum but to go on a direct attack to a specific individual..... there's something wrong there.

Well after a quick chat with Hillscape the GeoCoin is now flagged as missing, so it's no longer showing up as being in Bryn Bras cache. I guess that's the best we can hope for until Teasle gets around to actually putting the coin back, if ever. At least it wont be attracting anymore unsuspecting geocachers.

Of course you can't remove the risk of a cache being muggled, or emptied, completely. But you could at least *minimise* the risk by keeping the unwary newbies away. Yes we should welcome newbies but they can cause problems purely through not knowing enough caching etiquette as opposed to any malevolence. If you place an expensive cache you might just want to limit that risk. As you say, I'm not convinced that is the whole reason why a lot of members only caches are set.

Okay, I've emailed the owner of the cache. Hopefully we can at least get the geocoin icon removed from the listing.

I'm not sure if I've contacted the cache owner or not. I'll give it a try. As I said, it's not even my coin, it just bugs me that someones got it and wont put it back. One of the reasons I went for that cache was to get the coin, which would have been my first geocoin find. Unfortunately I didn't read in the previous logs that it had gone missing so it was a bit fo a dissapointment to get there and find that it had gone. I'm on a bit of a crusade now to get Teasle to put the dam-n thing back.

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...9c-6a4e19e80483 It's not my coin, it's not even my cache. But it's been bugging me from the day I visitied the cache. The user, Teasle, has only ever found three caches and hasnt logged into the site for over seven months now. I did contact her about it and explained that a GeoCoin is not supposed to be kept and she said would drop it into another cache within the next month. That was last September and nothing has happened. I did try to get her to at least log that she has picked up the coin so that it no longer shows as being in the cache, but she couldn't seem to do it right and ended up posting a note instead of a found log. So the coin icon is still sitting there on the cache listing page and has been for over a year. She now isn't responding to my emails asking about progress on replacing the coin. I suppose nothing can be done. It just makes me mad!