Yorkie30
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A picture taken by Wife while doing the Moses Dock Cache. GC1Z0AN. Makes a change from a Robin.
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Lets remember not all dogs are snarling, biting beasts. Just about 1% and thats mainly the owners fault.
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A few days back, I was bitten by a Doberman, whilst walking across a public park on my way between two caches. He ran up from behind, and by the time I noticed him he had my arm in his mouth...I screamed the most foul language at his owner, but that didn't help as he ran away and then came back to grab my arm again. As he came back for the third time I realised I had no idea what to do.. so just in case it should happen again I've done some research on the net to see how one should behave when being attacked by a dog.
The most common advice seems to say - Stand still, don't look directly at the dog and don't stick your arms out to protect yourself (My mistake - that's just what I did).
One slogan I've read on a few sites is "Stand still, like a tree"
And this site seemed to have some sensible advice Wikihow
Anyway, by way of Doggie Karma, at the next cache I did.. two Border Collies came hurtling at me from around a corner, and whilst I was thinking "Oh ****!, not again. why me!" they both stopped and sat down at my feet, looked up and waited for a pat - amazingly trained.
To the point of the post, is there any one line advice on what to do when confronted by other unfriendly animals?
Charged by a herd of cows?
Cornered by a horse?
Chased by a flock of Geese?
Ouch..... I hope you have reported the incident so it can be looked into. Think if it was a child playing in the playing field.
I was told when I used to help on a farm to make yourself has big as possible and make a lot of noise to scare cows and geese away from you. Never get between 2 cows.
With dogs stand still, and hopefully they will not wee against your legs.
With horses they are normally just been nosey and stroking them or leading them away with the bridle works. Always make slow movements and show them your hand before moving it slowly towards the horses head but well away from their mouth.
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I have it on good authority that most B&Q stores are built on land owned by Network Rail, in fact quite a lot of this kind of facility build next to railways is actually built on NR land.
From Network rail website
"You probably don’t know this, but we’re one of the country’s largest property owners. We boast a portfolio that is as substantial as it is unique. There are over 20,000 buildings, 2,500 stations and 9,000 railway arches, not to mention offices, shops, leisure and industrial units. You’re not likely to find a career in commercial property that is as exciting and varied as ours."
(Bold is mine)
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Its often called Mypex and is sold in garden centres etc. Normaly it has square grids on in white lines so that nursery man lay they plants out in nice rows. It will hold mositure in so be careful your cache does not become damp. I use the commerial stuff at work which is much thicker then the stuff sold in small roles at the garden centre.
I think that Mypex is capillary matting which is used to water pot plants which are just stood on it. It is designed to hold water which is the last thing you want for a camo bag.
I've always known the weed control cloth as 'Landscape Fabric' and it normally comes by the meter off a big roll in garden centers
Mypex is the European brand leader - a long lasting, U.V. stabilized, extremely tough woven geomembrane fabric which allows moisture to pass through up to 6 litres per sq. metre per second, but with less than 1% light transmission it resists weed growth. Widely used in the horticultural trade in glasshouses as a plant through mulching film, for standing out areas and also suitable for landscaping. As a base for ornamental areas and paths being covered by bark chips, pebbles, gravel etc. Reduces the need to use chemical weedkillers. Lower moisture evaporation from soil in long dry spells. Slight increase in soil temperature - promoting plant growth.
LANDSCAPE FABRIC is a very tough, non fray, spin bonded fibrous sheeting with a high porosity, which offers a viable alternative to our traditional Mypex groundcover. We recommend a minimum 2" covering of bark chips or similar be used to ensure the best appearance. This material with its non fray structure, is especially suited for landscaped areas, banks etc. where a lot of planting through will be undertaken.
Manufactured in extra strong 70 gram per sq metre material with U.V. stabilisers to ensure a long life.
Which ever one it is I would use camo tape or black gaffa tape. Certainly dont use Capillary matting
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Thanks, but those are not the ones.
They are black and made of some sort of woven material almost paperlike but dry very quickly and do not absorb water.
They are not waterproof but just disguise the cache.
I have seen lots of them used in Northern Ireland.
Come to think of it, they are a similar type material to the black material you would put under stones to prevent weeds growing. Not the thick rubbery type but the stuff that lets water soak straight through.
I think I know what you are on about . It would be weed control fabric as used ( you guessed correctly) for preventing weeds from growing up through bark,decorative gravel etc. Modejaal caches are (I bet ) where you saw them . Available from all good garden centres . You just need to cut and sew them together to make the shape and size you need.
Its often called Mypex and is sold in garden centres etc. Normaly it has square grids on in white lines so that nursery man lay they plants out in nice rows. It will hold mositure in so be careful your cache does not become damp. I use the commerial stuff at work which is much thicker then the stuff sold in small roles at the garden centre.
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Yesterday and today I have had several caches happily adopted by other local caches before I move from the area.
Today I ran a PQ and on the top of the list of unfound caches are 3 of the ones adopted.
Surely I can't log them has found but why then are they flagged up has unfound?
How do others feel, do I visit and log or not?
Wife says no way its cheating but I wanted to see what others thought.
Cheers
Yorkie30
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Forgive me for been a bit slow and thick but I think the real topic on here should be more like this.
If I had permission for a sidetracked cache to be on a railway station fence given to me by the station master, (yes some smaller stations still have them) but not from Network Rail head office then it would need to be removed if head office in London said so and they proved to own the bit of fence it was hanging from, if they are told it is there.
Again the same with a Wildlife Trust, the Duchy of Cornwall and also an American investment bank who all own land I have a geocache on but have the permission from the local tenant or manager who has worked the land for years.
So to place a geocache we need to approach every large land owner in the UK to ask for permission because the common sense of local managers, land stewards etc are no longer good enough. (I realise GAGB have already done great work on this matter already.)
Well that's one way to cut down on the reviewers work because they would publish about 2 caches a year.
So the real issue here is how we can gain permission and from whom, not getting trying to get a mob together in Kew. (Which is a very nice place and of course a great garden)
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I think we do require and explanation from Kewfriend. Let's give him a chance, he posted this LESS than 24 hours ago. He may not have been back on his computer since then? I know that despite what my good wife says I don't live on the forum!
I know what Kewfriend has said he would do in the past, but he also apologised for what he wrote and said that it wouldn't happen. I find it disgusting that only a couple of hours after his post he is being ganged up on by nearly everyone who has made a post on here!
I am pleased to say that I have been in the company of Kewfriend several times, and can say that I find him to be a very likeable person. Let us wait and see what the original post is about, before we start pointing our fingers in a nasty way??
Sorry HH but the way in which he posted his OP and what he has openly said on this forum in the past does not put him across as a very likeable person, even if he is.
I think people are feeling very upset about the little information he has posted and so I can understand why they are venting their views in a negative way even if I agree with them or not.
Yorkie30.
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I think a picture competition would be good fun. If I can get to upload the picture I want. Not worked yet.
Yorkie30
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Hello UK Geomate Users,
Anyone using this device in the United Kingdom to good effect, if so can you tell me if it lists all the UK Geocaches (apart from Premium, multi, etc caches) that are on the Geocaching Website please?
And also if you are where did you order it from?
Seriously considering purchasing this unit.
Many thanks in advance for opinions / replies etc!
Hi,
I have had a quick look on the website and it seems based on the US covering over 50 states. Also new caches are added daily and also some are sadly lost each day so it will only be up to date on the day it was programmed.
Why not look at a basic etrex and then download the ones in your local area which would be up to date and also close to home?
Just my ten pennies worth.
Yorkie30
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Evening all!
I'm creating a shared bookmark list of significant cache rings - at least 10 caches in a circular walk...
The list is here...
I'm hunting some down at the moment, but it would be an enormous help if folks could post a link to the last cache page of any rings I should include. I want the last cache as that gives a good idea of how many caches on the ring!
Feel free to promote the list as much as possible! I think (hope) it could be quite useful!
cheers
dave
PS - i've suggested it before - how about a pinned topic at the top entitled Bookmark Lists, which can become a collection of useful bookmark lists?
Hi,
I still use your bookmark list and find it very useful.
Can I promote my own circluar walk of 5miles roughly taking in 20 caches?
Wisley Wander 20 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c9-d5a584fbda4b
Thanks and happy caching
Yorkie30.
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We also use in (often only in our personal notes); rhs, lhs, mtt, bot, dsw and rtb. Bonus points if you can decode them..!
rhs = Royal Horticultural Society. Thats what I thought when came across it last year for the clue of a cache.
Right Hand Side makes much more sense.
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What happened to innocent until proved guilty?
Ummm... has anyone been imprisoned without trial here? I'm not in favour of what seems like heavy-handedness, but the police arrest people all the time, pretty much by definition before they have been tried. It's just kind of... the way they work. "Innocent until proven guilty" applies to the court system.
How long can a person be held without trial under the terrorism act?
Getting bit off topic and getting a bit deep for this forum. I find myself agreeing with Jeremy Clarkson more and more.
I must remember don't beleive everything I read in the press.
A friend of mine was in a national paper at the weekend and they got his surname wrong, age wrong and his job title wrong. Apart from that it was a good articile.
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Does this mean that London and all big cities will be removed from Google Earth?
Also remember not to take any photos near parks, schools, of buses or train stations, motorways or busy roads, any building where people meet.......................
What happened to innocent until proved guilty?
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I thought this hobby, game or sport was fun and about getting out looking for caches and enjoying the area that they are placed.
I have been reading this forum with interest and I am sorry but I think Kewfriend needs to get out and enjoy what the hobby, game or sport is about. While I feel very sorry for anyone with a cache in the Royal London Parks and for Kewfriend with one cache which has taken so much work and time to put together but its even more depressing to keep reading the infighting and muck throwing that is on this forum which just continues to put geocaching in a bad light to any new person who may take up the hobby, game or sport that logs onto the forums to seek help or advice and reads these logs.
Can we not move on, put out some new interesting caches? Don't let the b**t**ds get us down.
Personally I think the reviewers do a good job and just think how many caches would be out there without their continued help and hard work.
Is it not time to put this to bed, thats where I am going now.
Yorkie30
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I will be writing to the Queen to express my dismay at this abuse of her parks. It may help if others express their views in writing to her. MaxKim.
I am not sure that writing to her will gain a result. A polite letter from her private secretary if you are lucky to say that the Queen understands ............ etc. I had a similar response a few years ago when about 90 people wrote to her on a completely different matter and we all got a bog standard thank you but go away.
I agree it is a great shame and hope that it does not extend further to Windsor etc.
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Some fire stations do have a lot of history behind them and I recall doing one not many miles from home that was on a very old fire station building that I never knew existed. Yes it was a micro granted but that was before Waymarking.com and it was a quick cache and dash.
Can I join the Sit on the Fence Micro Group?
Wife says "Size does matter to her".
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hi i have a garmin Etrex gps and i am sure it is not set up right, for one main reason in the town that i live in i found a caache that was on the coast and i did not need the gps to find it. i worked it out from the discription but i put it in my gps anyway, when i got near the cache it said to me i was half a mile away and i need to be half a mile away in land. can some one tell me if i have it set up right my settings are
POSITION FORMT BRITISH GRID
MAP DATUM WGS84
UNITS STATUTE
NORTH REF GRID
VARIANCE 002 W
Thanks to anyone who can help me out
It should be on:
Postision Format: hdd.mm.mmm and then Map Datum should be WGS84.
When it said you are 1/2 mile away was that the arrow pointing to the mark or was it on the basemap if you have one. I find the basemap on my vista is about 1/2mile out putting me leaving iside the M25 when I live on outside of the M25.
Hope it helps.
Also the North Ref is Mag and the variance is 003W and Angle is degrees.
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hi i have a garmin Etrex gps and i am sure it is not set up right, for one main reason in the town that i live in i found a caache that was on the coast and i did not need the gps to find it. i worked it out from the discription but i put it in my gps anyway, when i got near the cache it said to me i was half a mile away and i need to be half a mile away in land. can some one tell me if i have it set up right my settings are
POSITION FORMT BRITISH GRID
MAP DATUM WGS84
UNITS STATUTE
NORTH REF GRID
VARIANCE 002 W
Thanks to anyone who can help me out
It should be on:
Postision Format: hdd.mm.mmm and then Map Datum should be WGS84.
When it said you are 1/2 mile away was that the arrow pointing to the mark or was it on the basemap if you have one. I find the basemap on my vista is about 1/2mile out putting me leaving iside the M25 when I live on outside of the M25.
Hope it helps.
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I have got one and I love it. I have also got the UK 1:50K OS maps to run on it. I have a slight issue with the GPS in that it sometimes powers off, but this is apparently due to the maps and also happens with the maps on the Colorado and Oregon. It happens about once per day of caching, so is only a minor irritant. The pleasure of true paperless caching and being able to log using Field Notes make it all worthwhile.
It is worth keeping an eye on the Dakota Wiki, which is gradually getting more information. There is a link to the Oregon and Colorado wkis too, so if you wish to compare the three, this is a reasonable place to start.
Thankyou.
I am thinking to maybe up grade at christmas from my etrex vista which I like alot.
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Must be a 'Wales' thing, but only yesterday on the English side of the M48 Severn Bridge at a cache called Route 41 we came across a micro. It was very well presented all the correct stickers and placed in a camo bag, but what was different, well for us a first anyway was the fact that the log sheet was inside the film spool inside the cannister, simply pulled out, signed and then turned back in...how simple and ingenious, yet never seen before. Is this common over the bridge I wonder in the land of pepper?
I found one in Surrey in a Church Micro this weekend. It was the 1st time I had seen it too.
Monthly Photo Competition
in United Kingdom and Ireland
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Yes a Little Egret. There are quite a few down at the salt marshes at Keyheaven but its the 1st time we have seen one in a tree. He/she did not seem bothered by us so Wife was able to get quite close.