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14 loggable new caches will go live during this event to launch the Deal Geotrail. You can also get a smiley just for turning up now the the event has been tweaked a little to keep GC happy. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d98484cb-4e5f-441f-93fb-0b5ec3c8366c There will be another 7 novelty caches available on the day only including the £100 value final prize cache for the FTF.

The local council run country park wanted to charge >£1000 to host http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d98484cb-4e5f-441f-93fb-0b5ec3c8366c for a couple of hours. Hence its now elsewhere.

One month to go. http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/251878031560319/

Only 2 months to go but might you might not know that because the date is only on the information link. Its Saturday 19th May. The geolambs are now in the field and looking for a cache. They're about 25 yards off. if you can recognise the patch of grass that would be a clue. I thought about using their numbers as a clue but they kept changing order. At least one has the date on.

My approach to loose dogs is be confident & make eye contact and show the flat of the hand if they get too close. But I'm a 6ft bloke & never suffered the real aggression reported by some here. The same works with cows and if they start to crowd a shout or arm wave will deter them. Again not sure I would try it with a real bull. What does worry me is fields of horses and their habit of following right behind you which I find quite disconcerting. But the incident that left me really wondering was what to do was when I came across a Llama on an enclosed footpath. Yes it was in the UK and had escaped from a nearby field. Llamas it seems are much bigger than I had imagined before meeting this one close up with a head well above mine. My understanding was also that are inclined to spit. Ignoring that reputation and with no alternative route and the path not being to narrow I took the confidant approach and and gave it a shove as I walked past it to make room. It started to follow me but at a distance which seemed OK as I left it behind. I then realised I had been so busy looking over my shoulder that I has missed the side turning I needed and had to get past it again to go back. This time it started to follow me more closely so I turned to face it, wagged my finger up at its face and said in a stern voice "Don't you follow me". It seemed to work and it stayed where it was until I was 50 yards ahead and then heard thundering hooves behind me. I turned and raised my hand to its face at which it tried to stop but had too much momentum. Between us we avoided a collision and I was able to get to the side path without further ado. I think I'd better say you shouldn't take what I did as a reccomendation what to do should you come upon a Llama while out caching. I supspect that it is going to be quite unlikely - unless I set a cache in the vicinity...

My approach to loose dogs is be confident & make eye contact and show the flat of the hand if they get too close. But I'm a 6ft bloke & never suffered the real aggression reported by some here. The same works with cows and if they start to crowd a shout or arm wave will deter them. Again not sure I would try it with a real bull. What does worry me is fields of horses and their habit of following right behind you which I find quite disconcerting. But the incident that left me really wondering was what to do was when I came across a Llama on an enclosed footpath. Yes it was in the UK and had escaped from a nearby field. Llamas it seems are much bigger than I had imagined before meeting this one close up with a head well above mine. My understanding was also that are inclined to spit. Ignoring that reputation and with no alternative route and the path not being to narrow I took the confidant approach and and gave it a shove as I walked past it to make room. It started to follow me but at a distance which seemed OK as I left it behind. I then realised I had been so busy looking over my shoulder that I has missed the side turning I needed and had to get past it again to go back. This time it started to follow me more closely so I turned to face it, wagged my finger up at its face and said in a stern voice "Don't you follow me". It seemed to work and it stayed where it was until I was 50 yards ahead and then heard thundering hooves behind me. I turned and raised my hand to its face at which it tried to stop but had too much momentum. Between us we avoided a collision and I was able to get to the side path without further ado. I think I'd better say you shouldn't take what I did as a reccomendation what to do should you come upon a Llama while out caching. I supspect that it is going to be quite unlikely - unless I set a cache in the vicinity...

Juste en face de la Manche Un événement geocaching défi majeur avec plus de 20 caches à l'intérieur et autour de la ville. Trouver la plupart, mais pas nécessairement tous les caches révélera l'emplacement d'une valeur de cache prix c £ 100 pour la première fois à trouver. Rendez-vous à Walmer parc automobile château à l'extérieur des terres du château. Il ya une voiture plus grande parc de 100 mètres au nord et le stationnement sur rue qui peut impliquer une promenade plus longue donc arriver en temps utile. Horaires sont sublect de confirmation, mais devrait être un début avec 11 heures d'achèvement prévues mi ou fin d'après midi. Le terrain entre les zones de cache est la plupart du temps le niveau et bonne pour le cyclisme, qui pourrait être presque aussi rapide que continuer à avancer une voiture. Une commande spéciale geocoin limitée commémoratif de l'édition exclusive pour cet événement ou ceux remplissant un GeoTrail être établie plus tard seront disponibles pour £ 3 sur la réussite. Il est généralement d'une fourgonnette de la crème glacée dans le parc voiture et de nouveaux rafraîchissements à de multiples endroits à proximité de la cache finale. (Il sera beau temps pour une crème glacée!) Une présence de plusieurs centaines est prévu, mais pour aider à la planification logistique de notification de l'intention d'assister à serait utile de http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/251878031560319/ Le formulaire ci-dessous extrait les instructions projets donnent de la saveur à l'événement prévoit ETAPE 1 Utilisation de la route optimale pour obtenir de cache en cache, vous devriez pouvoir les trouver tous dans peu plus de 2 miles et demi. Les coordonnées sont dans un ordre aléatoire; listes autre concurrent sera dans un ordre différent. La plupart de ces caches sera levée après l'événement ne vous inquiétez pas au sujet de vos actions étant le plus discret pour les Moldus comme vous le feriez normalement et bien d'autres géocacheurs sera inévitablement de temps à proximité est contre vous et de discrétion peut-être pas pratique. Mais s'il vous plaît assurez-vous de remplacer les caches exactement comme vous les avez trouvés. L'autorisation a été accordée pour l'accès à tous ces caches pour cet événement vous ne devez donc pas par la suite retourner dans les champs à laquelle l'accès du public n'est pas normalement autorisée. Il devrait y avoir aucun besoin de monter des clôtures ou des barrières ouvertes autres que le baiser portes sur les sentiers Chaque cache contient un jeton de couleur dont vous avez besoin de collecter. Certains caches contiennent une couleur en double à l'autre cache. Il ya des prix qui vous aideront à la prochaine étape pour les trois premiers de retour avec la gamme complète des jetons avant 12.10 ou si personne ne parvient à le faire que le dos d'abord avec tous les dix ans. Pour se qualifier pour la pièce dont vous avez besoin de trouver 75% de la gamme de jetons. La deuxième étape ne débutera pas avant 12,40 et le point de départ peut se fermer à tout moment après 1,30 Beaucoup de caches sera chez le chien Moldus Premier marcher territoire afin que votre chien doit être convenablement contrôlée. Sheep * avec des agneaux au pied. Les chiens doivent être tenus en laisse avant d'entrer dans le terrain. ETAPE 2 Il ya une autre jetons de 10 à recueillir pour identifier le les coordonnées exactes de la cache finale. Sans tous les jetons que vous devriez être en mesure de travailler sur l'emplacement, mais il sera plus difficile. Encore une fois qu'ils sont dans un ordre aléatoire et d'autres les ont dans un ordre différent. Le 11 les coordonnées sont pour l'emplacement de la carte de décryptage pour vous donner les coordonnées de la cache prix final. Un temps a été calculé qu'il faudrait quelqu'un sur un vélo pour se rendre entre chaque cache sont dans la distance optimale de 11 miles ou plus, trouver les caches rapidement et se rendre à l'emplacement de décryptage. Si vous arrivez avant cette époque, le tableau peut vous envoyer de ne pas le cache prix, mais à un hareng rouge et vous aurez besoin de revenir plus tard. Alors roulez trop vite et le stationnement est inconsidérément pas nécessaire d'obtenir un avantage.

Deal is fairly saturated with with caches already, including multi caches which take out swathes of the town without being able to tell exactly how much from the Geocaching.com map. Exactly how many of the caches will be loggable will be announced when the review process is complete but it will be a lot of them. While in town you can always do those caches you haven't already got. I'll happily walk 30 miles in a day but local opinion was that too much distance would put people off. It was a trade off given the lack of suitable parking areas between distance, ugly locations and not all caches being laggable. We hope the balance is acceptable. If you look on it as one big multicache you would get only one loggable find at the end but this challenge will get you several on the way.

There is now a facebook event listing to make advice of intention to attend easier. http://www.facebook.com/events/251878031560319/#!/events/251878031560319/

A major geocaching challenge event with over 20 caches in and around the town. Finding most but not necessarily all caches will reveal the location of a prize cache value c£100 for the first to find. Meet at Walmer Castle car park outside the castle grounds. There is a larger car park 100 yards north and on street parking that may involve a longer walk so arrive in good time. Timings are sublect to confirmation but should be an 11am start with expected completion mid/late afternoon. The terrain between cache areas is mostly level and good for cycling which might be almost as quick as keep moving a car. A specially commissioned limited edition commemorative geocoin exclusive to this event or those completing a geotrail to be established afterwards will be available for £3 on successful completion. There is usually an ice cream van at the car park and more refreshments at multiple locations near the final cache. (it will be lovely weather for an ice cream!) An attendance of several hundreds is expected but to help with logistics planning notification of intention to attend would be helpful to admin@dealandwalmerchamber.co.uk to which enquiries should also be addressed. Check for updates as the event draws closer on www.dealandwalmerchamber.co.uk/events The following extract form the draft instructions give for flavour to the event plans STAGE 1 Using the optimum route to get from cache to cache you should able to find them all in just over 2½ miles. The co-ordinates are in a random order; other competitor’s lists will be in a different order. Most of these caches will be lifted after the event so don’t worry about your actions being as unobtrusive to Muggles as you normally would and although other geocachers will inevitably be nearby time is against you and discretion may not be practical. But please ensure you replace caches exactly as you found them. Permission has been granted for access to all these caches for this event only so you should not afterwards re-enter fields to which public access is not normally allowed. There should be no need to climb fences or open gates other than kissing gates on footpaths Each cache contains a coloured token which you need to collect. Some caches contain a duplicate colour to another cache. There are prizes that will help with the next stage for the first three back with the full range of tokens before 12.10 or if no one manages to do that the first back with all ten. To qualify for the coin you need to find 75% of the range of tokens. The second stage will not start before 12.40 and the start point may close anytime after 1.30 Many caches will be in prime Muggle dog walking territory so your dog should be appropriately controlled. * Sheep with lambs at foot. Dogs must be on a lead before entering field. STAGE 2 There are another 10 tokens to collect to identify the exact co-ordinates of the final cache. Without all the tokens you should be able to work out the location but it will be more difficult. Again they are in a random order and others will have them in a different order. The 11th co-ordinates are for the location of the decryption chart to give you the co-ordinates of the final prize cache. A time has been calculated that it would take someone on a bicycle to travel between each cache are in the optimum distance of 11 miles or so, find the caches quickly and get to the decryption location. If you arrive before that time the chart may send you not to the prize cache but to a red herring and you will need to come back later. So driving too fast and parking inconsiderately is not necessary to gain an advantage.

I looked at 2 locations which shouldn't fall foul of the rule but do. One was back from the top of a 500ft high vertical cliff and the other near the bottom. Distance between the two well over the 528ft but not horizontally even though the only practical route between the two is nearly a mile. Who still says there's no place for exceptions?

The only additional problem I forsee is that participators will need to be out of their cars for longer than to find a regular type rally clue and that might cause parking congestion at some locations. I'd have a go if you weren't so far away.

I think I must be missing something about the attractions of "events". I'm happy to socialise with other geocachers and even watch a sunset with them but if I'm going to commit to travel and a specific day I think I want some element of organised geochaching, something competitive really. I've seen some events that seem to be effectively orienteering with GPS instead of maps but being a long distance walker rather than a runner that doesn't completely fit the bill. In the absence of a suitable event in the UK (please tell me if I've missed something) perhaps I'll have to organise one myself. I would include a speed section, some puzzles, 10+ miles walking over a whole day, special geocaches with clues to identify a final location, commemorative geocoin and a good prize £100 say for ftf the final cache covered by entry fees. Which of these elements are most likely to persuade you to come to such an event or not, or is there anything I have missed out? The finish can be near a pub or three of course.

I think I must be missing something about the attractions of this type of event. I'm happy to socialise with other geocachers and even watch a sunset with them but if I'm going to commit to travel and a specific day I think I want some element of organised geochaching, something competitive really. I've seen some events that seem to be effectively orienteering with GPS instead of maps but being a long distance walker rather than a runner that doesn't completely fit the bill. In the absence of a suitable event in the UK (please tell me if I've missed something) perhaps I'll have to organise one myself. I would include a speed section, some puzzles, 10+ miles walking over a whole day, geocaches with clues to identify a final location, commemorative geocoin and a good prize £100 say for ftf the final cache covered by entry fees. Which of these elements are most likely to persuade you to come to such an event or not, or is there anything I have missed out? The finish can be near a pub or three of course.