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Oh, do tell! (unless you've already done so and I missed it). By all means change the names to protect the innocent

Sadly, Streetmap have added a wrinkle to their URL parameters in the form of a "day number". Without this, the O.S. maps don't display. The day number means that any Streetmap URL is valid for only one day. Geocaching.com would need to calculate this day number and include it in the requested link URL. Because the cache pages are not always written on the fly (but are usually cached), the day number would most often be out of date. I'd guess that O.S. have imposed this particular restriction upon Streetmap.

I've just read the logs. Unbelievable! Almost a case of natural selection in action

Top one is the standard British 240V plug. Bottom one is continental European 230V (although also used in shaver points in UK bathrooms, e.g. hotels).

Tiddler n. Brit. colloq. 1 a small fish, esp. a stickleback or minnow. 2 an unusually small thing or person. [perh. rel. to TIDDLY and tittlebat, a childish form of stickleback] Tiddly adj. (tiddlier, tiddliest) Brit. colloq. little.

On a few occasions I've had to log a NF because I felt unable to search the cache area thoroughly enough without doing damage to the environment, e.g. trampling down areas of long grass or nettles or turning a sodden area into a muddy bog by repeatedly walking around in it. I try to abide by the "leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but photographs" principle, while in the countryside. I think it's a good code, albeit slightly at odds with the whole idea of caching! I assume that no cache will be buried nor placed in such a way that might encourage a cacher to cause damage or disturbance to anything or anyone in order to find it. That's why dry-stone walls, animal holes, environmentally sensitive areas, etc., are all "no-no"s. If I can't reveal the cache using my eyes and hands (and for hands, read also stick/probe/toe) and/or if I won't be able to leave things the way I found them (not just at the exact hiding place but the general area) then I abort the search. If it were to be assumed that any cache might be buried (and by buried I mean covered by more than a shallow layer of natural debris) then cachers might be encouraged to disturb more ground than by simply poking and probing with a stick or the toe of a boot. Utilising a natural depression or fissure is acceptable but doing so must not risk it being enlarged either in the placing or removing of the cache. If Nederlanders wish to bury pots in ploughed fields, that's their affair but it doesn't justify doing the same here. Most UK landowners would not react well to folks digging holes in their land (ploughed or otherwise) so we simply shouldn't do so. Perhaps I'm too cautious and overly considerate of wildlife, landowners and other land users. Just my 2p.

I seem to have unearthed some groanmaking history - think I'll give my spade a rest... Let the history lie, certainly, but not the issue of (presumably) unrequested inclusion of archived caches in G:UK listings. However, as has been suggested earlier in the thread, that is an issue which is best reported directly to G:UK, since it is not the responsibility of this site, i.e. geocaching.com. Mind you, it's a small world so I'd expect G:UK already to be on the case

Absolutely! Very discretely done. Thank-you, Lactodorum

why soba? Now that's a good question

That's one really good article and a fun read too. It's the first article I've seen that I feel represents our activity accurately and fairly. I'd be happy to show that piece to anyone who enquired of me, "What's that geowhatsit stuff about, then?". It explains it far better than I could. Many, many thanks, Paul (Windlove). Responsible, informative journalism and entertaining too!

This one should be permanently archived for the sole reason that it's buried. Things may have been more liberal in 2001 but this cache would never be approved these days.

Hearty congrats to MCL for busting the 100 barrier. Well done, that man! Happy now?

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Do you have any indication of quality/condition as yet? Some that I've seen have been rusted to blazes and in need of a complete paint-job, others have been almost pristine.

Seriously impressive! Well done and many thanks, you guys Love the hover-hints (or whatever you call the way the cache name appears if you hold the pointer over a cache icon). <Wanders off, whistling "Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner"> ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by TheCat:Ok then Team Spike I have added Hull to the route just for you. Now, Mark, if you could just add Tucson, Arizona, USA... ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by Tim & June:Yes we can. It is number 163. Oh poo! I'd hoped it might be #114, which went AWOL early this year. I think #114 is the only one ever placed in a UK cache by Moun10bike so I had high hopes that it had finally surfaced at the HCC meet. Thanks for the heads-up though, T&J So, has anyone seen #114 since lathama left it in a Bucks cache in January? ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

Can anyone identify (i.e. quote the serial number) of the colourful Moun10bike Geocoin shown at the bottom centre of this photograph? The photo is #13 on the cache page for Winchester HCC Event (& Evening BBQ for cachers). It appears to show part of the GAGB stand. Perhaps Tim&June will know. ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by Slytherin:Well, back to the sauna that is called Texas..... Yeah! But the live music is just amazing in Austin, don't you think? A great way to spend a sultry night ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by Chris n Maria: and Boysie can savage a man to the bone in less than 10 seconds Glad to see Boysie's got his appetite back ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by The Land Ranger:Reading back through it, there does seem to be a history of stupid comments on this forum ruining this passtime. Nah! Stupid comments here in the forums only make the forums a 'lively' place. The short fuses of some readers can spoil the pastime for themselves. It's a case of 'sticks & stones', I guess P.S. For the record, I'm against plastic bags too. ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

Hi and welcome to London If it's not too much of a busman's holiday for you, you may wish to visit here. I don't think you'll be disappointed. Hope you enjoy your stay. P.S. You will probably find Chris & Maria's Guide to Caching in London and their Caching Tube Map (I hope it's up to date) very useful. ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by MCL:the waste product of the brewing industry. Aw! I thought it was going to be something totally disgusting ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by MCL:I know exactly what they make it out of, which probably explains why... Oh! Do tell ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!

quote:Originally posted by The Land Ranger: quote:By Washboy Tut tut, Martin. 'Remember, it is always bad form to correct others spelling or grammar.' (Well, according to GAGB guidelines it is ) I wont dig any further because my point is made. Just an observation, it is pointless to pick up others on spelling or grammar, it simply causes needless bad feeling as one attempts to show that he/she is superior to any other. I don't believe, for one minute, that MCL was being critical. It was a tease, I'm sure, just as was my own comment However, my point (if one was intended) might be that it is not always bad form to draw attention to, or to correct, another's spelling or grammar. Sometimes it's entirely appropriate to turn a spotlight on sloppiness and/or lack of attention to detail (discounting dyslexia and the like, of course). ===== There's no such thing as a free lunchbox!