scottpa100

I think that the term being discovered is unfair! Its against the spirit of geocaching - getting out there and out and about and seeing, breathing and feeling the great outdoors! However, one cacher has gone one further and named his geocoin in a rather specific way! Geocoin that does NOT want to be discovered! Other than that, if the 'discovery' facility was going to be kept, I quite like the phrase 'touched'. It says what you've done on the tin, just enough for you to get the reference number and then you've placed it back. By being just one word, it also keeps the drop menu on the web interface clean.

I can make those dates - already pencilled in! Hope others can too! Cheers Scott

The times are about right. I took a mixed group of people from my work up Snowdon in June from Pen-y-Pass. We did it in two hours and 5 minutes and we had a good rate of ascent so I think 2.5 is accurate. I am definitely up for this. Put my name down for it. A definate. I'd suggest the bank holiday at the end of May. Weather a bit better, and its my 30th!! But you're the organiser. You say when, and I'll be there! A great idea!

Cheers! I've seen these cache containers whilst out there but never knew that they were pill boxes. At this price, even from the US, I've ordered them! So very many thanks for the pointers.

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Wowzers! I knew you guys were dedicated but having to restrict the number of caches you can do as well... I don't know where you find the will power!

Oooo!! They've got lot's of stuff!! Cheers!

That's what I was originally intending on doing. I really enjoy multi's. But part of the fun of owning a cache is receiving visitors and getting their comments. And multi's just do not seem very popular up here (north Wales). I appreciate everyone has different goals and objectives with the game but I think the cache and dashers, the number chasers, call them what you will or whatever are missing out on some splendid caches.

Yep, the ROC article inspired me. I went an placed this cache Llysfaen Cache. I've been thinking about placing one here for ages because of the old telegraph station that passed information on from Holyhead onto Liverpool docks. Finding out there was an old nuclear bunker there, well I just had to go go go!! Just waiting for my first cacher! PhilPamRob doesn't come this far down the coast, though Decaengi probably has his eye on it!!

I'd normally have a look on eBay, but everything seems to have gone geocoin crazy at the moment!! Is anyone aware of any companies that sell anything that can be used as an uber small nano cache? Or perhaps recommend anything? I want it to be hard to find!!

It CAN be done under exceptional circumstances but the normal route is to archive and allow a new cache to be set up, possibly at the same location. Fair enough - to be honest (and I feel a bit bad about this) but the two caches I was thinking of adopting was just so that could at least be maintained. They are not in particularly interesting locations, don't take you anywhere specific or show you anything new. It is possible that they should be archived so that someone / anyone can place new more interesting caches in the area.

I've had a similar issue with a cache (well two actually!) in my locality. I contacted Decangi, one of the moderators and here is what he advised. 8< ------- 8< -------- 8< ---------- 8< ------------ 8< ------------- 8< -------------- 8< --------- 8< Hi Scott now the fun begins. As the adoption will be non consensual, there is a convoluted process's to follow. The basis of which is explained at http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=2099537. First off will you please send the cache owner through the GC contact facility on his profile, a formal request to adopt the cache. Posting a note to the cache page that you have done so. If after 7 days he has not replied, I will post a reviewer note to the cache, stating that as the cache has had to be maintained by someone other than the owner, and as the owner has not logged into the site since February. If he has not logged in or replied within 4 weeks, I will have no option but to Archive or Adopt the cache over to a new owner [GC insist on the 2 options being made]. At the end of the 4 week period I will be able to pass it upstairs, for them to check on the process, and do the Adoption over to you [Only Groundspeak can do a forced Adoption] 8< ------- 8< -------- 8< ---------- 8< ------------ 8< ------------- 8< -------------- 8< --------- 8< So that's what I've started doing. The cache owner for the caches I'm aware of has not logged in since February last year.

Fair enough - I'll just hold my head high!

Thanks for those kind words Brian. Without giving too much away. you can rest assured that there won't be quite so much leg work required for this one but you will need to do a bit of swatting up to find it NO bugs involved are there Mark Its like swap or swop! Spelt swap but everyone says it swop!

At the end of each month, I tally up my points and I put them on the cacher of the month website. Just for fun really. You get points for completing caches, setting out caches, moving TB's, releasing new TB's and getting trig points. There is nothing for adopting a cache or is adopting the same as setting out a new cache? So I sent this message to Adam who runs the cacher of the month website Hi Adam, this may be a question for a forum or something - I don't know. I'm hoping to adopt a cache in my locality - if we can trace the owner to provide permission! Anyhow do I get points for placing cache? Or do we need points to be allocated to adopting a cache? And if so do we get less because all we've done is taken on responsibility its not like that we've had to think of location and / or ideas or should you get more points because of the moral high ground of adopting a cache? Food for thought! Cheers Scott So I was just wondering what others thought on the matter?

I'm a firefox bod - but the problem is caused by IE7 CORRECTLY rendering the webpage. More information on hte link below from Groundspeak themselves. http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...p;#entry2528882 The long and short of it is that Groundspeak had to issue a patch on their servers, which they've now done. If you're still having problems, clear out your temporary pages and when you go back to geocaching.com, refresh the page (using the little swirly arrow icon on your toolbar) whilst holding down the Ctrl key. This forces your computer to go and get brand new webpage information from the internet, rather than trying to use any temporary files it may still have rattling around on your C drive. Hope this helps. Scott

I've only done a couple of caches abroad and they are great fun!! What disconcerts me, and I could incorrect saying this though, is that I think Britain is pretty unique (in Oh so many ways!! ) with the public rights of way. Footpaths, bridleways, BOATs etc. Most of them are pretty well signposted so even if you're not familiar to an area, you can still go geo-bashing. When abroad - are you on private land, public land etc etc? I know the caches should have been placed in accordance with the rules but are the rules enforced the same way as here? The other thing I think that helps us here, is the British eccentricity. The police will think you're wierd but they'll let you be. Can you imagine trying to explain to a Greek policeman if you recall the plane spotter incident in Athens a few years back? Those have always been my concerns - but I'd still do it!!

As with others, woodland hunts are easier and the God dadgum stinging nettles die away. Another bonus is, you know those really warm humid evenings and you're trying to get back to the car after caching and therefore warm and sweaty and you're being noshed on by midges and all sorts of blood sucking wee beasties. Winter is good for lack of insects! Wasps aren't around either, but that's another topic!!

I'm quite proud of my cache GCVGMJ where you can see deer and prezwalski wild horses (though not actually wild) and ostriches . Its a change from the norm!

I've done 230ish caches at the mo and I've only met 3 or 4 caches. Mancunian Pyrocacher was driving past one on the road whilst I was getting it ( a cache and dash). So we had a chat and all that. Also met Lady Tottington, Bleaklow and Sian&Matt (both of them). I had met Mancunian Pyrocacher (Dave) and Sian&Matt before so at least I know to acknowledge them. But when you meet someone else, and you're trying to work out whether they're a muggle or not. That's what happened when I met Lady Tottington and Bleaklow.

Received today, my first own geocoin! Ta very much. Its roight graaand it is.

I quite agree!! I was in Reading on a training course last week and did caching in the evenings (saves going to the pub and being hungover the next day on the training course!) and I took 500 caches on my palm with me and on my GPS. A radius of about 25 miles. 500 caches up where I am (north Wales) has a radius of about 48 miles!! Too many caches in Berkshire, I quite agree!!

You don't need an expensive PDA - as I say I use a cheapo palm, which you can pickup on eBay for 15 or 20 notes. The low end Palms have the other advantage is that they DON'T have a backlight - so the battery last AGES in them. 6 weeks - 8 weeks is not uncommon for mine! I have a Handsping Visor Edge and what I particualr ylike about it is that is got a metal casing so takes some bashing and chucking about in my geo-bag (so I can just grab and know I have TB's, PDA, GPS and other TLAs!!)

Premium membership to get queries Pop those into EasyGPS to get the way point data onto my GPS Using the same query, I put those into CacheMate so I can look up data on my cheapo Palm. Cachemate costs about £4.50 (it costs 8 US dollars). That's it! I also like taking an OS Explorer map with me so I have a 1:25000 scale map showing me rights of way blah blah. Useful, when like most geocachers, you may not be familiar with the area. Works for me! Scott

Yes okay, eBook is free. But I use Cachemate, it is 8 dollars. Now 8 dollars does not mean much to me, but after currency conversion it worked out at £4.46 sterling. That is the price of two large beers. I can assure you that I have had far more than two beers worth of entertainment from cachemate and geocaching!! It hardly costs anything, just go for cachemate!