dthompson19

UK Extended postal codes? How do you search them?

In the UK at least, The Topo maps provided by Garmin are routable. I don't know if the same is true in your region, but worth a check...

I might be wrong, but I thought the advantage of the antenna is that the unit can pick up a signal pretty much regardless of the way you are holding it; I thought the antenna was effectively four different facing antennas arranged in a square, where as the more 'ergonomic' devices have one flat antenna integrated above or below the display. I can't comment on whether the 60C(s)x units are the best, but they are very good and I'm very happy with mine. I've had several types of GPS units over the years, and the both the 60CSx and 60Cx are the quickest to aquire, most solid to retain and robust to use. The caching software is basic on the unit - essentially you can classify one type of waypoint as a 'Geocache' and then the unit will allow you to 'find' and 'locate next nearest' etc. It's not great and on it's own does not provide enough information to go paperless. I used GSAK to manage my Geocaches on the PC, and take advatage of it's ability to re-map the geocaches to a set of custom icons on the GPS unit so you can see if caches are traditional, multi etc. This makes the unit more useful, but I still take a PDA with GPX sonar on for more information.

Checked our cache Meridian, it looks okay at the moment.

I must say that I've had the Cx for well over a year now, it gets used most days, dropped occassionally etc and he *only* wear visible is on the little rubber lumps at the base that sit in the palm of your hand. The screen is as new, no scratches and no damage! The screen is nothing like as delicate as an iPod. Battery wise, I've run mine on MiNH batteries from day one with out any issues - life is good and with one of the latest chargers, they only take 15 minutes to charge. You do have to set the battery type to match in the setup screen though.

Okay, it's my turn to name and shame. Our TB Manic Skater has been bugnapped. Despite many polite e-mails to Fusion1409 over many weeks, including some prior to their last visit to geocaching.com, we have not heard a thing. I've even offered to go and collect the TB if they don't want to or can't place it in a cache, but nothing. My only hope is that spring and warmer weather will re-ignite their interest in the hobby, but other than that, I guess it's lost. The TB was released by my 7 year old son, so he's the one who has lost out really. David

Hi, I'm a Beaver Scout Leader in Sussex, although I do help out in all sections. We (as a family) have just set up a series of geocaches on Ashdown Forset (Sussex) aimed at all ages of scouts. My Beaver group will do it over Easter. Details are on the geocaching website as Ashdown Beaver Scouts Series. A walk of around three and a half miles with 8 possible cache finds which could work out well with the new hikes away badges Julie Thomspon BSL 4th East Grinstead

Same here - what's going on...