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GC555555 - Glub Glub This is a large cache. Difficulty: 1/5 Terrain: 5/5 Caution, contents may be a bit damp.

A good trick to try looking for a town on Wikipedia. The info-box about the town usually has the co-ords in it. If no nearby towns are listed in Wikipedia, try looking in the Wikipedia section for the country you are looking for. For example, my local town, Herrenberg, is almost nonexistant in the English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.com), but in de.wikipedia.com (Deutschland) it's got the info right there. This is how I find local caches.

Not co-incidence, it's scary. When my parents hire a car, and I'm with them, we call it Doris as well

Reminds me of the Rossendale Way near me. On some maps it's listed as a B-road like any other. Anyone who actually knows the road though knows it heads right over the moors, complete with cows grazing on it, bounders in the way and 2-foot-deep potholes. It's a pain to motorbike over, a car has no chance. One of the mapping websites plotted a route that went over that "road", needless to say we took it with a pinch of salt from then on.

Nice one, hope you have fun. I'm living a few miles east of the back forest. The Germans sure do love their puzzle caches. I'm a bit turned off by my dodgy German skills and repeated mis-interpretation of puzzles clues leading to the whole thing going astray, but it's a lovely area at least. Hope you have fun!

I've always been a big fan of Sonic the Hedgehog. A level in the game "Sonic 3 & Knuckles" is called the Lava Reef Zone, and I happened to be up to it on a playthrough when I needed a name somewhere. It's rarely used anywhere, so I sort of kept it

That is really awesome, I love it!

Granted, I've not thought about placing my own cache yet, but every time I see someone mention various certificates and letters and proof of permission from Landowners, I wonder how these people actually went about that. In my head, I am envisioning having to explain what the heck Geocaching is, followed by "why would you want to do that", "How do i know this isn't an excuse to plant a bomb/drug nest/underground lair", or "absolutely not and you're bonkers for thinking I'd say yes, go away or I'll call the police". Am I missing something large here? Could it be that I'm overly cynical, and that TPTB-IRL do not regard the activity in such a harsh and critical manner?

Me too, me too. The only thing that concerns me is Sony's attitude to homebrew (i.e. coded by someone other than Sony) software. I understand their position, which stems partly from the fact that the PSP is not designed for this sort of thing, and partly because it enabled software piracy, but the simple fact is that if it's not Sony-made, then Sony will actively try and stop it working on the PSP. This relates to the GPS because ultimately, what form the "GPS Software" will take is up to them. If they decide to release an in-car navigation suite for North America and nothing else, then it's tough tits for us in Europe. If they decide it's not worth the money to release software suitable for hiking/geocaching, well then it's tough again, and unlike with a pocket PC, nobody else is able to step up and release for free what Sony is unwilling to release commercially. So, yes, I'm very interested in this too, and will be watching it, but I'm not holding my breath for anything other than in-car satnav.

Would someone care to explain to a clueless newbie what the difference between a locationless cache and a virtual cache is? Up until now I have been using the terms interchangably.

I don't have a great problem with the removals of virtual caches. Sometimes I feel like looking for a cache, sometimes I feel like checking out the sights of the area. Splitting out the geo-sightseeing stuff into another site is a good idea, in my opinion. Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't think of a reason it'd be especially hard to collect info from both sites before setting out.

I'm being severely tempted to pick up a Peter Kay or Tony Christie likeness to turn into TBs and see if they can find their way to Amarillo, Texas...

These are entirely accurate snapshots of life in the region, what's the problem?! Add a nice big white WELCOME TO MOSS SIDE town sign on the other side and I'd buy 10

On the subject, is the sample .gpx file still around? GSAK says that you can download it to get an idea of what the program can do, but I can't find said "sample" anywhere

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Best place to try would be army/navy surplus stores. They usually have all manner of fun stuff in there!

I'm certainly thinking of getting one of these. If I get a GPS unit I am pretty sure it'll be one of these. What exactly does the Geocaching feature do? Does it allow you to enter in a bunch of caches and then go select some to hunt at will, rather than planning the entire journey in waypoints with your computer?

The rules themselves are pretty open (a green hill, a chemical plant, a hill top, a casino), they just all fit one theme. Thanks for the replies so far, that clears things up. I'll give it a shot, and if nothing happens it's not the end of the world.

Hi everybody, I'd like to release my first travel bug with somewhat of a "theme", the goal being for him to have his picture taken with several things and then (hopefully!) make it back to me. Would a goal list consisting of "Please take his picture with one of the following:" be frowned upon? I realise the "risks" of having a TB in that he might get lost/marooned/stolen/forgotten, and I'm not asking if it will be a "hit" for sure, but I would like to know if there's any reason (in the experience of you folks) not to do this. Cheers

Me too! Well, sort of, I'm living in Germany for a bit doing a student internship (industrial placement) but I'm from Rossendale and go to university in Stafford. I wasn't half surprised to see how many active caches there are within 5 miles of my house. I thought it was the middle of nowhere! Seems the Germans prefer to have puzzle caches, though. Nice bit of the old German language work, eh? Anyway, yeah, hi everybody, I just got to this site. I used to do orienteering a few years ago in school, and back then I got told about something similar to geocaching using radio triangulation. It sounded interesting but I thought no more of it. My Dad's always been a keen walker, took us on sunday trips up Ingleborough and Scafell Pike and that, and I recently stumbled across some Geocaching info by accident. It looks really fun, and I can't wait to give it a go. It'll be an excuse to get out of the house, at any rate. I'm thinking of getting an Explorist 210 to take part in the fun, although I won't start the real geocaching until I'm back in good old Blighty. So, enough of my rambling, hello everybody