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Got mine yesterday..It's mission is to get to Quandahar, Afghanistan..so I wish it good luck, as it is going to a much troubled area, apart from any diabetes they may have. Lentil

No idea! Sent an email to him on 29th March regarding Hyde Park 07, and did not hear from him! regards Lentil

I am making Sloe Gin this year, and came across this recipe for SloeJacks which looks worth a try! Thanks to John Robinson for the recipe. "These fruity flapjacks make a delicious snack on their own, or better still as a natural partner to the liqueur itself. You can safely leave the drained sloes in their (capped) bottles for a week or two, making this recipe an ideal activity for the recovery phase after Christmas! · 175g drained sloes (half the leftovers, i.e. the contents of one bottle, after making sloe gin) · 125g porridge oats · 100g unsalted butter (if using salted butter, omit the next item) · ¼ tsp salt · 75g sugar Method Shake the sloes from the bottle into a large bowl, and tip the oats into another. Using a paring knife, shave the flesh from each fruit directly into the oats (avoid the temptation to remove it all in one long piece, as that would make the flapjacks break apart too easily). It will take a while, but you've already proved you have the necessary patience by making the liqueur! Stir the mixture every so often to disperse the parings evenly. At the end you'll have just a small pile of stones to throw away. Preheat the oven to 180°C, Gas Mark 4. Melt the butter in a pan, stir in the sugar and salt, then (off the heat) the sloe and oat mixture. Tip into a lightly greased, shallow, 20 cm square baking tin, level out and press down firmly all over with a potato masher. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove from the oven and leave in the tin until cold. Slice into 16 squares, or as the whim takes you." Lentil

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Thanks for the info. I don't get up to London very often so will probably miss the fun and games, but I have sent the details to my better half who works in Vauxhall which isnt too far. Thanks again Lentil

Did anyone get to central London at the weekend to see 'The Sultan's Elephant'? Apparently the story began with a spaceship landing on Thursday in a road just off The Mall, and continued until Sunday evening. We went on Sunday, and the star of the show as far as we are concerned was the Elephant! The beast was forty feet tall!!!!, so going Geocaching with that, you would be able to spot muggles coming from miles away. Probably one of the most wonderful things I have seen! (and I am no spring chicken!) For those of you who don't know anything about it, check out Google. Cheers Lentil

I agree with Gaz. We flew to Malaga at the end of last year with Monarch Air, and although I didn’t use the GPSr on the way to Spain, I did on the return journey. I first asked the hostess if it would be ok to switch it on. She didn’t know what a GPSr was, but did show an interest in it and agreed to ask the pilot if it was ok. Unfortunately by the time she gave me the ok we were over Madrid, but still it was pretty cool reading off the places underneath the aircraft and watching the speed and direction. Before leaving UK, I checked on ‘Google Earth’ which caches would be possible around the area I was travelling to, and then just downloaded the cache details into the GPSr in my normal manner. As has been mentioned before, when you get to Spain, the only other thing you need to do is make sure you leave the GPSr switched on with a good lock on the satellites for around fifteen minutes before you go looking for your first cache and you should be ready to go. It would also be a good idea to do this when you get back to UK. Have a good holiday. Lentil

Try the following link to a programme called GeoClipping. http://users.adelphia.net/~rschoolf/geoclipping.htm Lentil

This happened to me yesterday. Today I have sent a query to Geocaching.com Lentil

Please pass on my sympathy to his wife, Regards Doug.

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas, and a Peaceful New Year. Doug.

Hello Cent5, That's a very generous offer to two lucky people in North America. It would be nice to get feedback to see where they went!! Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Lentil (Sunny, getting colder UK)

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Hi, I am also a newbie, the following is how I get the information into my Garmin 60c GPSr. 1. Download a Program like EasyGPS. This will act as the interface between Geocaching.com and your GPSr. 2. Go to Geocaching.com and download the Caches(Waypoints) you want to a folder on your PC. 3. Connect your GPSr to your PC, using USB or Serial cable (I use USB). 4. Start EasyGPS and 'Open' the folder with your downloaded Waypoints, select the ones you want and transfer them to your GPSr. 5. Look on your GPSr and you should see the downloaded Waypoints (Caches). Hope this helps! Also look at the FAQ links on this site. Lentil.

Thanks for the speedy replies, and I promise that next time I will check out the FAQ's before posting (I bet everyone says that!). Cheers Lentil

Could someone tell me how to enter waypoint co-ordinates manually into The Garmin GPSmap60c. I can 'Find' the waypoints that are already in the GPSr, and alter the information if required, but I cant find a way to enter a 'New' waypoint. I am very new at this!!!! Thanks in advance Lentil