Hi folks,
My name's Tony Fyler and I'm a total newbie here. I'm the editor at the Royal Institute of Navigation in London, and some of my pals on both sides of the Atlantic are cachers. I'm writing a feature piece in our magazine for members, which goes under the stunningly gorgeous title of Navigation News, on caching. Long story short, I tried to get in here last week, but got held up. My deadline for the piece is this week, and I'm looking for cachers to include in the article. Bill Daly, Chairman of GAGB, told me this was probably the best place to get rapid reponses to some of my questions, so I hope you guys don't mind a cache-curious Muggle popping in to ask a thing or two?
I'm just looking for stuff that shows what caching means to people, the fun to be had while doing it, the sense of community and the adventures people have had.
Need answers to questions like:
1. How long have you been caching?
2. How far have you travelled in search of caches (either in miles, or by list of places you've been caching)
3. Best and worst caching experiences and/or finds (feel free to go into detail here if you like)
4. What is the attraction of caching for you?
5. Which do you prefer? Clues or co-ordinates?
6. How accurate do you find your GPS data?
7. Do you know about the upcoming Galileo satellites, which will run in tandem with GPS in future receivers? (not crucial, this one, just curious).
8. Has caching changed since you started it? Are people still willing to let you cache on their property, or has there been a shift in attitudes?
Everyone whose stories I use will be credited in the piece, and any kind cachers who would be willing to share images with me for use in the magazine would also get photo credits if the images are used. PDF and/or hard copies of the magazine will also be sent to all contributors.
Sadly, as I said, my deadline is now approaching scarily fast, so anyone that can help me in a hurry would be hugely appreciated. If you could help me, you can post replies here, or I can provide an email address - I'm not sure whether that's the done thing in this forum, so if someone can advise me of that too, I'll be able to respond accordingly.
Thanks everyone,
Cheers
Tony
