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It's just the GPSr that needs to turn, not you.

Just bought a pair of Brasher Hillmaster's online for £80 including next day delivery. The guy in Blacks (when I tried them on) told me you couldn't get them for less that £100 as they are so popular. We know better though.

No. I've never had a problem either.

Although I agree it's great to walk by moon light when possible it's often not possible and I find I see more wildlife with the head torch. This log (second half) is one of several examples. A good head torch will reflect in the eyes of most larger animals at an incredible distance off. Sometimes it can freak you out a bit though.

We found this Write and Mane cache in May 2007 in a similar fire to the one above. Then we found another of their caches a month later which had been torched in a bonfire. Just a blob of molten plastic left.

We had a pretty light month, so hopefully Adam won't publish them.

Where do you start. My main advice would be to start training yesterday. Walk the terrain you intend to walk, building up the distance gradually. Make sure you carry a daysack for your training. I would pick the hilliest stretch to start my training on. I personally wouldn't bother with poles, though you if you can, borrow some to see how you get on with them. I would wear boots for a walk of this length (though I do like shoes in the summer) for the support. Again, wear the gear you have trained in. Have a spare pair of worn in boots / shoes in the car. Test everything. Make sure your GPSr can handle the route lengths and number of routes you use. Reset GPSr trip figures at the off. I would recommend a Petzl MYO 5 head torch. Batteries will last 70+ hrs and coverage is superb. A lot of the normal recommendations will be circumvented as you are meeting up with the car so frequently. Make sure they are well stocked with water / food / dry clothes / batteries etc. A mobile phone and first aid kit goes without saying. I assume there will be manned stations on a walk like this. You may need hat & gloves at night time even in July. Take a camera (case on belt) - and use it. Have fun. Keep your eyes open for good places to lay caches. With all that walking you're bound to find some.

We have left batteries once, but for a good reason. This cache is in the middle of a disused 3/4 mile railway tunnel. Two visits later they were picked up, with this comment:

Another great advert for GSAK.

There was a thread here 2 or 3 months ago with links to where Topo GB V2 can be bought for about half the RRP. BTW, this is the UK. Capita letters, no slash.

Yesterday I noticed my CSx's accuracy was down to 10ft, so I switched to the satellite screen. I have only ever seen EGNOS being used twice in the 18 months I've had the device, so I wasn't surprised to see it wasn't currently being used. 30 seconds later it was down to 15 ft accuracy and EGNOS was being used. This seems a bit odd to me as I understood it to improve accuracy. Do other people find these systems work well and if so how much of an improvement do they give you? EGNOS is the European version of WAAS.

It's a shame you're not going to South Wales, as I would have recommended A Canadian Memory. A very moving cache.

We stayed there briefly last summer. The site was very secluded with a great hill next door and a brook running down the edge of the campsite. Pub down the road, though we didn't get a chance to try it out. The few caches we did were quality. A brill place, which we will certainly visit for longer next time, hopefully next summer.

Congratulations on the big 1000. It was great to meet you in the field recently, especially as you were one of the very first names we came across when we started out. Keep up the hilarious logs. We need more like yours.

I addition to the other sensible comments I would add... Do: Place it soon or you'll miss that great autumn foliage. Find a proper hiding place. Bear in mind that animals may move the cache whilst foraging if it's not reasonably secure. State on your listing that there is tree cover and GPS coverage can be poor for some. I sometimes offer a spoiler "for those who can't get GPS reception". Put it in an interesting spot, not just an arbitrary point in a forest. This rule should apply to all caches, though not everyone seems to agree. Get as good coords as possible by averaging your readings. Don't: Place it in dead or damaged trees, as the FC may remove it whilst clearing a sick tree. Place it on the ground and cover with a huge pile of sticks. Boy I hate those caches. I know of one cache which is a perfect example of how not to do it. Place it in FC land (almost certainly without permission), in view of houses, in stinging nettles, in a pine forest, in the roots of a toppled pine tree, 30 seconds from the road.

You've got one. It's called a GPSr. We recently came across a guy in a pretty remote spot who was searching through the undergrowth at the point where we believed a cache was hidden. He also had a piece of paper in his hand, so we approached saying "Have you got one of these?" whilst waving a GPSr at him. We were a little embarassed when the reply came "What's that then?". He was looking for nesting boxes in a nature reserve and had a map of where they should be. We had a bit of a laugh and agreed that whoever found the cache or nesting box first would give the other a shout!

I have vowed to always photograph the tracking number after this weekend. We dropped a TB on Friday and got home to find that someone had visited the cache after us and grabbed the TB. It took two days and 6 emails to get things resolved, then we had to fight with GC.com to log the events and delete grab logs and I spent ages explaining TB protocol to the 2 noobs involved. It all worked out in the end, but it would have been a lot easier if I'd still had the tracking number.

There's a link in our village for Newland, Worcestershire. The only problem is that we live in Newland, Gloucestershire. It tells how we're on "the northern edge of Malvern Link." Hmmm, I don't think so.

Thanks Roolku. You're a star

The CS is the old model without the sensitive chipset. It also doesn't have expandable memory, but it's the reception that's even more important here. It is way outdated by the C(S)x and the H series. If you want current, make sure you get one of the latter two. Confusingly the 60 range doesn't use the "H", as this represents Garmins own chipset. The 60 uses the acclaimed SiRF III technology. Also, the "H" range doesn't seem to use the "S" for Sensor (altimeter and electronic compass) any more. In short, if you get an eTrex make sure it's "H" series, if you get a GPSmap60, make sure it has an "x" on the end. BTW, you're really lucky. We have to pay double these prices in the UK. I don't think anyone has mentioned yet, that depending where you live, gas will be the biggest expense over time.

Yes, this would be a sensible idea, though I'm afraid Garmin don't share your foresight. Geocaching mode has been available on the CSx for ages. Here's how it works. Upload all caches (coords only) with specific icon (closed box). Navigate to a geocache icon, then select Found. It will make a log of this in it's calendar. It changes the icon to an open box. It now asks if you want to navigate to the next nearest unfound cache. Sounds good? It's not. Here are the problems. 1. The calendar is totally useless. 2. I rarely ever wanted the next nearest cache, so it just added time trying to be "helpful". 3. Added no value. The things you anticipated, like hints, past logs etc aren't there 4. You have to use a single caching icon for unfound. This means you can't use customized icons for different cache types. I like to show multi's, micros etc. You are better off creating your own icons and storing hints and other useful data in the POI. Garmin have designed this mode to cache in (sic!) on us lot without actually giving us anything useful or doing any work. Don't get rid of your PDA just yet.

For me a Puzzle cache is one that requires homework to be done before setting out. I could set a cache which is guarded by a combination lock. The coords would be posted, but you still wouldn't be able to log the find until you'd done the homework to obtain the combination.

I agree with this format. I don't generally use the GC code, just the name, but it's short and I understand that others do use it. "GC12345 - A Traditional Cache in United Kingdom called..." is not only completely useless, it is also grammatically incorrect.

My 9yr old and I did 21 at an event the other week and we were taking a laid back day chatting at the event and caching with groups of kids. Yesterday's total was three after a 20 mile hike up 3 mountains. I know which I prefer, though it's a shame it's too hard for my son right now. Anyone can pick a box up from the side of a road.