The Red Kite

AHA!! THAT's the secret

Same thing happened to me in our local Jessops. He handed over a huge carrier bag full. I only wanted half a dozen and gave him the rest back. I think the request for them to save them for you is an excellent idea as well. I have also discovered that the little pots which diabetics' test strips come in make excellent cache containers. They have flip lids which snap down really tight!

Did you get my request Mandy? If not please add me to the list..

I might be able to make it to either of the cache events in this thread, in the new year. About time we had some central shenanigans!

Well maybe this should be another topic!! What other caching items CAN you get for a fiver?

I can't really Ali as I said to webscouter last night I have made a page/month and printed 52 copies then changed it the next month so I only ever have 1 page. Most pages have a photograph on with a caption underneath saying who took the phot and which cache they were doing and next to that an avatar of one of the cachers who has bought the calendar. I am trying to do December now that will have santa on with all 50 avatars (hopefully) around him, the calendars are very basic nothing flash Mandy I don't have an avatar yet thought - still trying to work out how to do it. This'll confuse them!! ROFLMAO!! thanks currykev!! I was thinking along similar lines myself this morning, but maybe a slightly different colour.

I was hoping that someone might say that! Any other views? Yes... It's fine in my opinion. James I changed my name with no problem and logged my earlier caches with a note to say I had done so. I know others who have done so. My old caching name is now non existent so there is no confusion. As Deego says, do it soon so there are not as many to re-log. Cheers

Surely the point is to make it a harder find than just another plastic box in a gorse bush. I agree. I set a whole series of tupperware and it was difficult finding places for some of them where they would not be obvious to muggles. They were intended to be easy for families with small children, but were mostly found by adults who logged " a nice easy find!" albeit for some of them they had steep hills to climb or a search in a wood. I have now taken to fillling some gaps in the local caching area with some micros and my first nano. Some of those adults are now not so keen, it appears. Some people just want the numbers, not the swaps. It's just for fun in the long run.The cost of setting tupperware can also work out expensive on a series. I think a combination of all types in an area is healthy and there is something to please everyone. For a while all I could find were letterboxes and I thought this was sad for kids who had hiked up a mountain in serach of treasure. But the said kids didn't seem to mind very much and have enjoyed collecting impressions of the stamps, as I have. Vive la difference

To me... that award has to go to Lord Elf and Pete from the House of Boo... never a dull moment with that comedy duo around! I second that Hazel. I am still PMSL a the Camelot Capers

I went home feeling ill during the summer and our practice manager said to me "Go and sit on the beach, the fresh air will do you good" I nealry passed out with shock

I can't really Ali as I said to webscouter last night I have made a page/month and printed 52 copies then changed it the next month so I only ever have 1 page. Most pages have a photograph on with a caption underneath saying who took the phot and which cache they were doing and next to that an avatar of one of the cachers who has bought the calendar. I am trying to do December now that will have santa on with all 50 avatars (hopefully) around him, the calendars are very basic nothing flash Mandy I would love a calendar if there is still one going, please. You are wlecome to use any photos in my gallery. I don't have an avatar yet thought - still trying to work out how to do it. Will pay by cheque to save paypal fees. Cheers

To me, secret means secret!! In work - we have a secret santa, I always label mine "from Santa!" I wonder how many people actually get their "own" present back?

Streetmap is one of the worst for showing wrong locations! One of my caches, which is about a mile away up at steep hill, was shown byStreetmap to be in my front garden. A cache I was searching for about 30 miles away was marked as being on the north side of a very wide river, with no crossing place. It turned out to be on the south side. I do the same as BH when setting a new cache. Mark the location, then walk away a few times (4-5) in different directions, and use it as a waypoint. When the needle of the GPS points at the cache as I walk past it then I am happy. I am quite new to setting caches but this always works for me and the finders (so far) seem happy that the coords are accurate.

Will post more later

There are so many great photos on here! What a lovely idea for a topic. Here's one of my all time favourites and it is close to my Rainbow Series Orange cache

I'm doing my best !

Well done Puppy!!

I will bring the mistetoe!!

Hmmmm .... I think we need to see the evidence .... could just be boasting PS .... when are you going to do your first geocache???? Definitely not!! LOL

My great uncle (Claude Pettifer) used to be G2DPQ. Its the only sign I can remember from my mis-spent youth when I used to stay with some radio hams in Woburn Sands (the Baldock family - Paul). We would go to meets on Toplers Hill near Langford amongst other places. I was about 11 years old and found it fascinating. Nice to see some activity on here.. great way to combine the two hobbies.

I agree. I went back yesterday to check their caching names and they have not put them in. I have now marked the bug as missing. I hated to do that but feel its only fair on the owners. Hope I did the right thing. the point is theh KNEW it was a TB and not an ordinary trading item as they wrote in their log that they had taken it, so ignorance is no excuse.

Cool idea LordE!! Ya big softy!

I have set more than I have found. /Does that count? Or is there a different award for setting?

I had never seen bilberries before, but this year whilst caching at Nant yr Arian the ground was completely covered in them, so the Samurais Tinkerbell and I tried a few.They are yummy!

NICE PHOTO!! I have some similar.