stu_and_sarah
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Ah, but it has been done!
Right click and 'Save Target As...' on the links below to see Stu and Sarah's video shot at Headgerow walk by Chadwick Chasers (GCJA8R)
Oops... they got lost in a big explodification. I've just restored them from the backup.
btw. who's that fat git on the unicycle?
Cheers,
Stu
(1.5 stone lighter and counting)
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Yay! Congratulations Hutters!
Sarah
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If you would like to join in let me know, and your birthday date
Today! *lol*
23rd October.
Sarah
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As others have said, it might be cr*p to you, but to someone else, it might just be the cr*p they've been looking for.
Does that mean that you'd have preferred that we hadn't removed the used bottle top left by muggles in "Puerile Photo-cache No.4"?
Serious question, really. Some people collect bottle tops. Maybe we should have left it there.
Depends how unusual it was I guess
Sarah
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Remove contraband - Yes
Soggy wet damaged items - Yes
Tat just because you think it is tat - NO
I agree.
I swap objects which I think are cool whcih other people may not like. I've got a few nice things from caches which I guess other people wouldn't like, so taking items out because they might be tat is quite subjective.
I don't go for expensive stuff in caches, but like finding stuff like old belt buckles, beads, pretty shells, sequins, and generally old and shiny stuff that I can make into new stuff.
Then I get rid of things that I don't want such as new sims cards that I can't be bothered to ebay, stuff I've made, bookcrossing books, cool marbles with nice colours.
I don't spend anything on my trades any more as I seem to have an endless supply of small items that I've either made or need to declutter
Sarah
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Hopefully we do not set caches that put us at risk of suffering severe electric shocks.
I just used that as an example from when Stu and I were scouting out a possible cache location. Ouch!
Sarah
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Caches in bags. I hate them. Having recently done a couple of caches as follows.
Can I join in your rant?
Someone who has found our caches has wrapped them in tesco carrier bags. The first thing we know about it is when someone mentions that they have replaced the bag as the old one was ripped. Argh!
Sarah
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It's all about the way you approach the matter.
Have some consideration for the other cacher. Remember there is a person on the reciving end of your messages and logs.
So lets curb the P.C.T (post cache tension).
Say what you have to say in a polite email. If you can't be polite at the time wait until you can.
I'd agree with this to some degree, but I like to be able to let cachers who may be intending on finding the cache in the future what to vaguely expect.
If they are expecting an idyllic countryside walk and end up crossing a sludge covered field and climbing over a stile with an delectric fence zapping them, then I'd like them to be prewarned, just as I myself would like to have been warned.
A polite email to the cache setter is all well and good, but it doesn't help the next person who wants to find the cache.
Sarah
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I can see his point. It may be slightly scaremongering, but if a majority of sats are now past their best before date, they could all fail pretty much simultaneously. Unlikely, yes. Disasterous, probably not. But I can see it could be possible with a large number of failed sats that there would be 'bad coverage' times at certain places.
I think he's saying what most of us round here know anyway... don't RELY on the GPS signals. They're fine for most of the time, but if we all lose those map reading and common sense skills, then there's an outage or huge drop in accuracy, it could leave a lot of us floundering.
That's my take on the matter, anyhow.
Cheers,
Stu
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I saw Paul Kaye whilst trying to do a virtual cache in Torquay. I had to wait for them to stop filming before I could find the cache as he was sitting on the answer!
Sarah
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If you're doing multis/virtuals in Scandinavia in winter... make sure you have an ice scraper.
(Or, if you've told them you're coming, you'll find all the clues already ice-scraped for you when you arrive - talk about feeling welcome!)
Cheers,
Stu
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I've found bookcrossing books in caches before. I wasn't sure what (if anything) I needed to swap for them (a book? A bookcrossing book? Something of equal value?
When I leave a bookcrossing book in a cache, I usually add it as well as my swaps so I don't mind if it is taken without a trade if the cache is well stocked without it.
Usually I leave bookcrossing books "in the wild". I mainly leave them in cafes to be picked up by whoever wants it, so it's more of a freebie than a trade.
I like it when I see logs come in from bookcrossing books I have released though, so a journal entry would be nice. If not, leaving the book in a public place to be picked up again when it has been read would be good too.
Sarah
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anyone else released a book on www.bookcrossing.com into a geocache?
im thinking of setting up some book trading caches, anyone seen any similar ones?
There are a couple of Bookcrossing themed caches around Leicestershire. One by myself and one by Star-Barz
I also put bookcrossing books in caches if there is room and trade for books which aren't registered on bookcrossing if I find any in caches so I can take them home and register them before releasing them into the wild again
Sarah
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Dulwich? AtoZ? Linked in any way?
Cheers,
Stu
(Reading Mrs. P's Journey about the A-Z map lady)
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My money is on Pyoung1s who has 21 on his stats. He is mad enough to have attended multiple events on the same day, often at different ends of the country!
Yeah... but we did it first! (I think)
December 18th 2004, we attended Christmas Coroboree II in Barnsley for lunch, then Dec 18th Christmas Drinkies in ... um ... wherever it was the arrow led us by that time - ah... near Hemel Hempstead.
Mr. Young1s was at the southern event and we asked him why he hadn't showed up in Barnsley
We have a paltry 12 events on our list. However, two of those were 1100 miles from home. So ignoring the other 10 events, has anyone travelled more than 4400 miles for event caches?
I should note that on one of the trips, the event was held because we travelled. On the other, we travelled for an already arranged event.
Cheers,
Stu
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N 17 58' E 24 47' being the BEST place to see it...that is quite away NORTH!!!
Did I miss something? N17 58' E24 47' is close to the Sudan/Chad border, south of Libya and has never in my experience been described as 'quite away north'. Did I accidentally click on the South Africa forum?
Cheers,
Stu
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It's bad enough when the non-initiated stumble upon a cache and trash it, but it's particularly sad that someone who is involved in the game should go around stealing.
It's what happens when any group gets large enough.
Cheers,
Stu
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I know a good venue near J22 on the M1 [near Leicester], and its also served by public transport [how I get about]
Nice and central, and easier to get to via the Leicester bus/train station than Loughborough.
*waves*
Stu and I are in Loughborough so we'd be interested if you organise a meet.
Sarah
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Personally, I'd let them have it. The idea of the cache after all is to experience the location, which they did.
Maybe I'm just a big softie.
Cheers,
Stu
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Just to throw a spanner in the works - your PMR radios may well be illegal to use in the UK. Any radio people know the details?
In fact, you're unlikely to be stopped, but they would be able to confiscate them if you're on a disallowed band.
Cheers,
Stu
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Hey! Can you get CrazyFrog for TomTom?
*ducks to avoid flying objects*
Cheers,
Stu
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I have attained such a high level of egoless serenity, that absolutely nothing bothers me when caching.
Stu
ps. Believe that and you'll believe anything.
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Please don't get me wrong as I am in no way suggesting that you should donate it to the Scouts, or am I taking a pop at you for your comment, but I am very curious as to why you should think that Scouts are well funded.
I will put my cards on the table before you answer, as I am a Scout leader in a Scout group that has sufficient funds to run its weekly program and pay the bills, but no extra funds for maintenance (including a like of paint) of its HQ on council owned grounds.
As someone who has previously worked with an independant children charity, as well as the GirlGuiding UK, I got the least response when asking for donations for a raffle for the independant charity than the Brownies or the Guides. Not sure why, but I can see where Merman was coming from.
Talking of paint though, have you spoken to B&Q about their community schemes? They offer DIY suppiles to community projects and you might be eligible.
Sarah
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Well, GCMRVQ is probably about 1.001 miles from the M1, but it's very suitable as a driveby and as such is named "M1 drive-by series, J23 (On Your Marks)"
I've done a search on distance alone before, and just because the cache is near to the motorway by no means denotes that it's easy to get to! There's one near Solihull we enjoyed where you take a footbridge over the M42 to find the cache. However, it's far from easy to find the right junction and the way to the parking - we certainly couldn't have broken a journey with it.
Cheers,
Stu