John-Gill

Congrats to TV&M on their 550 and to Hectic on his 150.

Well said, Globalrat! Waymarking / armchair caching is a cheat's way out, and is a cheap alternative to the wonderful experience that is geocaching! Somehow armchair caches are in direct opposition to what geocaching is all about - getting you out to enjoy our great outdoors and take you to places you've never been before. Personally I think armchair caches should be on a separate ranking system so that you don't have any negativity related to people cheating their way up the ranking system. That said, this is just a fun hobby and not a kill-yourself-to-get-to-the-top pasttime! It's meant to be fun and the ranking system is there to ensure that geocaching continues to grow. In other words, those who take this too seriously need to lighten up and take time to enjoy the places geocaching takes you, and not simply fly through geocaches to clock up the numbers!

Very interesting Tramper - thanks! I've often wondered how many members caches there are, and thanks to you I know!

We do a bit of both. Our recent one - Training - required not only research, but a fair amount of preparation before placing - searching for the right materials and prepping the cache, for eg. The So Square series required quite a bit of legwork too. However, we also do a fair amount of in the spur of the moment caches, and always have some gc stuff in the boot in case! I think there's value in both. Sometimes it's great to have the info and learn a lot from a cache, other times you just want a quick and entertaining cache.

THANKS TVM and WOW you guys are awesome! We just wish we had more time to devote to our new addiction!

Hey! We would love to join the CITO event, thanks. I'm not 100% sure that my other half will be able to make it - depends on work - but regardless, I'd like to order shirts for him and me please: I'll take a MEDIUM and he'll take an XL please. Keep me in the loop and let me know if you need any help! John-Gill

Hey! We collected Lavis Cannon's Gizmo TB from B&F Ceylon and St Helena today, but we can't log it! The travel bug number listed on Gizmo's history page (TB9DF9)comes back with a "does not match" error note. Do you have any ideas of what to do....?????

Hey! We collected Lavis Cannon's Gizmo TB from B&F Ceylon and St Helena today, but we can't log it! The travel bug number listed on Gizmo's history page (TB9DF9)comes back with a "does not match" error note. Do you have any ideas of what to do....?????