NickandAliandEliza
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Does anyone know where this footpath actually is? If it's local to us it would be nice to go and walk along it. And again. And again....
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I'm really sorry to read this Dave. I'd like to say a massive thank you to you for all that you have done for the Geocaching community over the years. Some people just aren't appreciated, especially in particular with you is your knowledge of such access matters. Groundspeak are fools for not listening to you.
Ditto the above.
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I suspect the previous holder of the nige61 coin has dropped it off there after realising he had been holding onto it for a while?
But it's the EssexKellys coin that's shown in the cache. The nige61 coin is shown in the hands of someone else.
Can't be just an amazing coincidence surely? A coin goes missing 4 years ago and then a coin of the same type (that hasn't been logged into the cache) then turns up in it's place??
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Passed by this cache and popped in to see if it needed any maintenance. There was a Stone Henge Heritage Site coin inside so we picked it up to move it one.
The cache page shows it as the TheEssexKellys - Stonehenge coin. However - the coin page shows it wasn't in the cache in March 2010.
Cool I thought, they'll be pleased that the coin has re-appeared after 4 years. However, when I entered the code it didn't relate to this coin. On trying the code in the 'find trackables' section on the site it links to this nige61 Garmin Visit UK - Stonehenge Geocoin...........
Errr....how exactly has this happened?
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Has anyone ever bought one of the Umweltplakette stickers before? Seems griefy.
Yes, I have one, nothing to worry about.
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Have a nice stay in Munich!
That's brilliant. Thanks a lot.
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Has anyone ever bought one of the Umweltplakette stickers before? Seems griefy.
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Pretty much. I still have a (short) UK/British hitlist of locations to visit, but this looked like a road trip with great potential, if it can be done on a tight budgetInteresting concept. You've out-grown the UK?
So I've discovered. It is possible to get a visa online, but I'm not sure about Ed/London Consulates as the visa process has been outsourced. Either way, it looks long, complex, expensive... What we really need is for someone to hide a cache at the base of a remote Russian marker pole which can be retreved with a 2m pole from the Norweg' side of the borderJust a word of caution: the bureaucracy surrounding getting visas for Russia isn't renowned without good reason. For those attempting to head to Murmansk, I'm sure it will be a great addition to the expedition, but give plenty of time to get your visas in order. You need to give all sorts of crazy information like your parents' full names and dates of birth and if relevant, the precise date you started and graduated from university (or other tertiary education), degree name and result, etc., etc. Quite why they needed to know my qualifications which aren't in the least bit relevant to being in Russia is beyond me! For those living in the northern half of the UK, it may be useful to know that there's a Russian Consulate in Forth Street in Edinburgh which also processes visas (http://rusemb.org.uk/edinburghvfc/)...
I'll keep saving and have already packed the midge/mozzy nets. Will need to shop for a rifle before trying for Svalbard...And I'd highly recommend Svalbard, but don't underestimate the polar bears... There's a number of caches around Longyearbyen, but polar bears roam there too. In reality, I'd definitely be more cautious of mosquitoes further south. At midsummer, they are seriously evil.
Thank you for the advice. It's still a Maybe at this stage, but there does seem to be interest in it and while Russia might have to be dropped (car hire may exclude a border crossing even if the high cost/agro of a visa for a fancy 'day trip' doesn't) I still think it'd be a memorable expeditionOther than that, great idea! I look forward to reading of your adventures.
Tourist VISAs are obtained via the internet. Don't know what happens in Edinburgh, but if you turn up at the London Consulate to get a VISA you're wasting your time. (Unless you want a business VISA or similar).
Western European car hire companies don't seem to like their cars being taken into Eastern Europe. Driving in Russia is probably going to be a lot more aggro than it's worth. (Have you ever considered the land locked bit of Russia around Kaliningrad?).
As for wanting to know about degrees and the like.........I can hazard a guess.
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Download GSAK and filter on the attribute for Boat or Swimming or Wading. There's even one for Scuba.....
Or maybe search Bookmarks that have already been created.
Or set up a Pocket Query to find caches with those attributes.
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The Cairngorms.
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Oregon 450 t is cheapish and has a camera built in. 450 is cheaper still but no camera. Very accurate. Light weight. When you are wearing it round your neck all day it will hurt lol. It's touch screen so fast to navigate round the maps.
I'd also recommend the Oregons. A secondhand one from ebay will do you fine - or a Dakota 20 even. (The 450T doesn't have a camera by the way. The 'T' relates to the topographic maps.)
Oregon wiki.
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One of caches you posted a NA log GC1PAWm its a very well thougt out puzzle which takes several hours plus poss visits to find it may need some a little atention but if some cachers cant find how do you think Crown Estates or Discovery Centre found it the final I hope it stays until youve completed it youll never know how great a area for caching it is even if you do spend 5-6hrs in te dark looking for markers
Just because it will be difficult for them to find, doesn't mean it should stay against their wishes. It appears that they are very conscientious about mountain bikers affecting ground nesting birds, and that there are lawsuits by bikers, as well as concerns about them damaging wildlife.
It said unrestricted biking was damaging wildlife in the forest, which is a Nature England designated Special Protection Area (SPA).At the meeting Mr Deakin said three species of nesting birds – the Dartford warbler, the woodlark and the nightjar – were at risk between March and August.
The reason the birds are at risk is because they build their nests on the ground. Personally I think evolution should just be allowed to work its magic.
But I had to smile at the "unrestricted biking" reference. It never has been unrestricted. Its always been restricted to those people who pay the fees they charge you to use your mountain bike on the land.
Written in jest I'm guessing? If not, I assume you're still careful if you know scarce ground nesting birds are present?
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Rabbits eh? More than 60% of 3,000 species recently surveyed have declined. So yes, wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate.
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On the way back from the Flashmob tonight I took some great sunset pictures[/b] let's see your sunset/sunrise pictures
The rules are:
1) The photo must be cache related and to do with a specific UK cache (any type including events), caching series or caching trip - please include a link to the cache or the GC.... code so we can see where the picture relates to.
2) Maximum of two photos per caching team or cacher.
3) A new thread is started each month, with the OP stating these rules.
4) The winner each month is decided by the winner from the previous month - the new winner starting the thread for the subsequent month. They may set a theme if they wish.
5) Follow the theme
What about photos taken at sunrise, but not actually showing the sun? Are they allowed?
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Can't edit this post for some reason, but just realised that I've mixed up my snake pictures - so will have to disqualify myself.........
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Taken near GC28Q1D, now archived.
I don't think that was a 35mm can it was chewing, but can't be sure
I've seen it all now. A special forces squirrel trained by Pharisee.........
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PS We would like to go to the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower of London.
In order to get tickets you have to sent a request including an self-addressed envelope with the required amount of stamps. But of course we don't have these in the Netherlands. Can somebody help us with this problem ? Thanks
International Reply Coupons are accepted.
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I was just wondering - do you actually have to have logged a find on the corresponding cache? I know this sounds like a daft question but we did a series where the area that the cache was hidden was unusual... but we never found it! (We know it's there because the CO confirmed it was, but as the series was quite far from home we've never revisited it to have another go).
The photo must be cache related and to do with a specific UK cache (any type including events), caching series or caching trip
You were on a caching trip, so that's fine whether you found it or not.
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Would you believe that the best photos I've taken since the left side of Harry Redknapp's head and I can't even enter them into the competition -
Taken in the garden of our holiday cottage just before we left to walk to Loch Garten Musical View, so they don't count;
They probably don't fit with the theme either, as it was apparent that most of the birds were still struggling with the winter and not even thinking of creating new life.
This one was taken near the cache site, but not on the day we found the cache;
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Assume your Twitter account has been hacked.........
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Blue sky between the snow flurries. 1 cache and 14 1/2 miles....
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We will be. In the Cairngorms. Should be pretty warm.........
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Wow, we won! :-) Thanks for voting for our photo - it makes up for the DNF we had there on such a very cold morning.
Is the January competition going to be posted? Or am I being silly and can't see it??
It's now the 9th, so I vote that Haggis Hunter is appointed as the 'other person if necessary' to start the January competition.....
(6) The competition runs from the 1st of the month, until a date specified in the OP by the previous months winner. This should give sufficient time for the winner (or other person if necessary) to start the new thread.
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Very Sad. Our sincere condolences to his family.
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