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Fifth Anniversary Of English Geocaching..


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The first record of geocaching i nthe UK was here -

 

England's First

 

Only created for Admin purposes, but it is the earliest caching activity in the UK. Note that there is a brand new cache within a few hundered yards of this point.

 

[Edited to remove the "http" GC.com decided I needed!"

Edited by Learned Gerbil
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Only created for Admin purposes, but it is the earliest caching activity in the UK.

Looks like a fake holiday cache!.........................someone needs repremanding! :D:D:D:D:D

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this list also states englands first 06/06/2000 . by stevetubaI. I have seen a profile by stevetuba (on another site) stating that he set the first UK geocache, but I cant find it now. I will look when I get home. Edited by Deego
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    ...  The oldest active cache celebrates it's fifth birthday on the 14th View from Coombe Hill.

 

I had not realized how early I was to register, my fifth anniversay of insanity in less than 3 weeks time - pity it took two months to find my first cache! <_<

And nearly 5 years to find Coombe Hill (last November)! :ph34r:

Edited by John Stead
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Yes, but Jeremy did not start this site till september 2000

 

see webarchive here

 

so the UK cache was listed on GPS Stash Hunt by Mike Teague

 

more info ?

 

I have stevetuba email address, so I will contact him later tonight.

Edited by Deego
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Photo ©Steve Tuba

 

Well there was a box there :huh: I have had an email back from Steve. the full story can be found here its the last story on the page so scroll well down :(

Edited by Deego
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Having visited the coordinates some time ago, I confess I believed the story there was no cache there - the thistles and nettles would certainly die back in winter exposing the site. So there wasa cache there - and it did get abandoned when it proved an inappropriate location. Shame, there are pleny of good locations in the area - fortunatly one now has a brand new cache.

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