firestronaut
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A very big thank you to Ranger Roo for picking my soggy horse photo as the winner for last month
(And apologises for the lateness!)
I've picked Water as this month's theme. Whether its the sea, a lake, a pond or even a big puddle, let's see those wet pictures!
Rules:
1) The photo must be cache related and to do with a specific cache in the UK - please include a link to the cache or the GC code so we can see where the picture relates to.
2) Maximum of two photos per caching team or cacher
3) The winner each month is decided by the winner from the previous month - the new winner starting the thread for the subsequent month. They may set a theme if they wish.
Good luck and happy caching
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Thank you for all the amazing photos of our animal friends! They were all excellent and it is tough to pick a favorite...but in the end, I declare firestronaut with the soggy looking horses the winner for this month!
:blink: Really?! Thank you
Didnt think I stood a chance with the other photos!
Onto a new thread then
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My log included "the hint is worse than useless" which didn't go down well.
For this very reason, I try not to log when I'm in a bad mood.
I've logged when I was in a terrible mood and soon I'll be at an event with the CO. Awks
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Thanks for the replies! I probably should have added I created this account today as we usually just use hers since my phone died at one point. we've been out on 4 or 5 occasions and found caches in places like Bournemouth and in the Cotswolds. I re downloaded the grounds peak app, the one you pay for. And we'll be out late morning Saturday onwards around Bath. I realise its a bit late but thought it would be worth a go...
Try looking on the geocaching map in Bath, going through a few cache pages (preferably ones with pictures so you can see the location first) and then contacting the owner directly through their profile.
Personally, I'd contact 4/5 regular cachers with high numbers and a very recent log in and let them know you've sent it to more than one so they don't feel you're wasting their time if somebody says yes before them.
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Hi there
If you download the official geocaching app, you can save them for offline use. The GPS part of your phone doesn't need data to work.
Other than that, I've just invested in a Magellan Explorist GC. I bought it specifically because it's a dedicated geocaching gps and therefore should avoid any unnecessary confusion for me getting to grips with (I've never even held a GPS unit before!). I'm yet to use it so I can't write an honest opinion.
On my resource site you'll find a detailed review of the Magellan GC I wrote explaining what the features are, how it works for caching etc. It's a nice little GPS. I was impressed with mine but I did sell it on - I only bought it to do the review. I already have an Oregon!
Chris
Graculus
Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com
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Just read through it, very informative. I can be quite simple minded about these types of things but your review is one that actually made sense
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Also, the official paid-for app will only load up to 30 caches at any one time (you can set that preference in your "settings"), presumably to save on the amount of data it takes to load them. In the right hand corner is three dots, click that and you'll see "load more results".
The only time I find this useful is when saving to offline, as the more caches loaded, the slower the app is and the more likely it is to crash and close.
Unless of course you're using the free/trial app, then the others have that bit covered
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I'm a wannabe FTF hound. I've got one under my belt.
I don't drive for medical reasons, and I have a five-year-old geocacher to tend too (plus one in the oven), so it isn't possible for me to drop everything and just go.
I rely on public transport and my own legs (which aren't as sturdy and as steady as they should be for 26 years).
And I know the names of the local FTF hounds who don't have these things to contend with.
All this gives me extra bragging rights when I get there first
:lol: FTF is exciting, but it isn't essential and a lot of people just don't care about it. I remember getting frustrated over it too, when I first started trying for FTF, but it's not about about getting there first, not for me anyway, it's the thrill of the chase. It's like an extra secret game within the secret game. It's a reason for me to be childish and bring out the (slow and steady) ninja side.
It's also a potential chance to meet other cachers at an actual cache (an experience I've only ever had once, and it wasn't for a FTF!)
FTF is awesome, and the reason there are FTF hounds to begin with is the element of competition. And it can be fierce. Take it as an extra part of the game you want to participate in, but realize that nothing has been gained or lost either way
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Even when I was new to the game and placed my first (probably slightly premature) cache, logging it as a find never even occured to me. Caching for me is about the search and trip there (the trip back is usually full of aches and pains).
On the subject of adoption, I would still log it as a find, both before and after the adoption - if that's your first time to that place and your first search for the cache...
But obviously, that's just me, and I've never adopted a cache before.
Slightly off topic but sorta relevant, a cache a few miles from me was archived due to the CO's ill health - he archived all of his caches, most of which I hadn't found yet and some are still in play, just archived. The cache in question was popular and the spot was taken up by a new CO who referenced the previous (TWO!) caches that have been there. I've only ever found one. I'm in a dilemma with myself over whether to go and get this one. On one hand, its a new cache, new CO. On the other, I've already found a cache there and it sorta feels like a cop-out...
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Pulled this out of an urban cache that had me stumped for nearly 30 minutes.
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All the photos here are fantastic!
Then there's me who probably doesn't even notice half the animals around me
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Taken today, on my way home from GC5BW2V - Jet Amber
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Morning? You mean the big glowy thing doesn't just switch on when I wake up?
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Sunset in suburban Manchester at GCY6Q9 - Oldham Way, Turn
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firestronaut - Funny enough this was Manchester too.
:lol: I think Manchester should come with extra warnings
I just had a sneaky look at the caches you've found, you've been poking around not far from me I see
All caches in Manchester should be D5 then.
Dogs, the bain of a Courier's life.
Maybe inner city caches should come with a "likelihood of being abused" rating system
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Ignore my irritability, I have future geocacher in the oven, wreaking havoc on the world already
:ph34r: I have and will continue to stick unique caches out there (as well as boring generic ones
)The drainpipe idea sounds fantastic! A trip to B&Q may be on the cards
Thank you for the advice!
I have been using camo tape, but i'd prefer to try something else - the glue idea is great, I can blend it perfectly with the surrounding area!
I'm going to eat chocolate and avoid human contact now
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A good clue doesn't and shouldn't affect the difficulty rating of the cache. If it's a good cache, well hidden and just leaves everybody stumped until they read the clue, that's a good cache imo. One where the owner seems to enjoy DNFs isn't.
Here you have identified two styles of gaming. One you like, and one you don't like. It doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad cache. It just means someone out there appreciates that which you don't.
Nobody on this green earth is entitled to their perception of a good hint. Nobody on this green earth is entitled to finding the cache. And nobody on this green and blue world is entitled to appreciate 100% of this game.
Have fun with what you want to hunt, leave the rest to the others. Make this game what you want of it.
Pretty sure imo implied what I was saying wasn't stone cold fact but an opinion.
Not about to start a war with somebody over the pond over the word 'entitled'. Although I am entitled to tell you to piss off.
Not entitled to on these forums.
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These are a US company web forums... They are a 'little less' tolerant than those of posters here in the UK.
I toned it down!
I'm chalking my irritability up to pregnancy hormones.
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Well there's my parade rained on.
I'll stick to bland, generic caches then. Cheap Poundland brand, of course. Cheers.
I think you're missing the point of the responses, there is nothing to say you can't be creative with those logbook containers and clever/cute camo. Glass just doesn't do as well as plastic when dropped,.
Actually, my response was more pointed toward
You probably aren't going to come up with something that hasn't been tried before... you could, but you probably won't.and
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Well there's my parade rained on.
I'll stick to bland, generic caches then. Cheap Poundland brand, of course. Cheers.
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Looking at placing some new caches to add to a very beautiful walk a few miles away.
Ideally I'd like to just reuse some things around the house, maybe make something interesting.
Do glass coffee jars work well? Never come across one on my travels, so I'm not sure how they would hold up.
Any other ideas of common items I could use?
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firestronaut - Funny enough this was Manchester too.
:lol: I think Manchester should come with extra warnings
I just had a sneaky look at the caches you've found, you've been poking around not far from me I see
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Hi there
If you download the official geocaching app, you can save them for offline use. The GPS part of your phone doesn't need data to work.
Other than that, I've just invested in a Magellan Explorist GC. I bought it specifically because it's a dedicated geocaching gps and therefore should avoid any unnecessary confusion for me getting to grips with (I've never even held a GPS unit before!). I'm yet to use it so I can't write an honest opinion.
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A good clue doesn't and shouldn't affect the difficulty rating of the cache. If it's a good cache, well hidden and just leaves everybody stumped until they read the clue, that's a good cache imo. One where the owner seems to enjoy DNFs isn't.
Here you have identified two styles of gaming. One you like, and one you don't like. It doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad cache. It just means someone out there appreciates that which you don't.
Nobody on this green earth is entitled to their perception of a good hint. Nobody on this green earth is entitled to finding the cache. And nobody on this green and blue world is entitled to appreciate 100% of this game.
Have fun with what you want to hunt, leave the rest to the others. Make this game what you want of it.
Pretty sure imo implied what I was saying wasn't stone cold fact but an opinion.
Not about to start a war with somebody over the pond over the word 'entitled'. Although I am entitled to tell you to piss off.
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Ooooh oooh! This is my kind of thread!
:D :D 1. This is an Orange Ladybird. They usually come with 14 or 16 spots and feed mainly on Sycamore trees, but have recently spread to Ash. I'm a bit of a nerd and hop over the the Wildlife Trust website when I've spotted animals on my geocaching walks.
I spotted this literally crawling over earthcache 'GC1TH55 - Rocking In The Big City #1' (which was my first earthcache and extremely interesting! I've never looked at a rock in awe before!
)2. These two horses were the only company I had for a few miles and hours during a walk around Godley at the now archived 'GC4P5AG - Running Late At Godley Hill', as you can see, the three of us got very very wet.
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One of my first geocaching experiences, I think maybe my second geocache, I was with my then three-year-old and started to get quite a bit of abuse from two teenage boys. Being a lone female with a toddler, in a place where shouts for help wouldn't be heard, I was quite petrified, especially when the threats started.
I returned home once it was safe to do so after too, as I didn't feel like going out after that either.
:( I must admit, it did almost put me off geocaching. I felt vulnerable. But I realised that this could have happened anywhere, while I was doing any activity (lets face it, I live in Manchester, not the friendliest bunch of teenagers around here!) and continued on, slightly cautious.
I don't think I've been abused or threatened since - or I don't remember it! - but it has happened while I've been out just waiting for a bus!
Don't let it put you off geocaching. It was a bad experience with another human, not a bad experience geocaching - that's just what you happened to be doing when you met this horrible individual!Welcome to the game!
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Useless hints are the bane of my life. I've put down two (one archived now
) sneaky caches in my time, designed to be difficult (but not frustrating like a micro in the woods!) and always use a hint to help zero in on the location, or to avoid unnecessary searching in places a sneaky cache may be.My first sneaky cache was a little bit cryptic, but was an instruction at the same time.
Lately, I've been looking for one that 90% of both finders and DNFers of this one cache just didn't get.
I took to google a still only came up with a 75% certainty of what the clue was.A good clue doesn't and shouldn't affect the difficulty rating of the cache. If it's a good cache, well hidden and just leaves everybody stumped until they read the clue, that's a good cache imo. One where the owner seems to enjoy DNFs isn't.
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I took to google a still only came up with a 75% certainty of what the clue was.
Photo Competition - December 2014
in United Kingdom and Ireland
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Late again, I'm sorry!
I had to get a second opinion on picking the winner because I struggled!
Our favourite picture was the eerie Silent Hill looking one by Happy Humphrey!