+drums4monty Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Just a quick question to find out peoples opinion. To log a trig would you say it is fine to see the trigpoint, e.g. while driving past and spotting it in a field etc, OR would you say that you have to physically touch it to say that you have found/seen it? Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Not sure what the rules are. I always take a picture of the TP with my GPS resting on it as proof that I have been there. Try Trigpointing UK for the info that you need, although a quick look just now did not reveal any rules about what constitutes a valid log. Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) In my opinion, it's not really exciting, only walks to trigs are exciting. I have 3 exceptions to this, I log if I walk passed one or if it's next to a cache. 'Rye Loaf Hill' Yorkshire Dales If it is a bug or coin mission (But this has nearly got me arrested) GeoCoin on a Mission If it is one of the Ye Ole Survey Monuments series Moote Edited January 26, 2006 by Moote Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 In my opinion, it's not really exciting, only walks to trigs are exciting. I agree. I would not go out simply to get a TP, but if one was within walking distance of a cache, and especially if the hill it was on gave great views, then I would go for it. Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) Don't forget that not all Trigpoints have access to them. Thats what the unreachable but visible log is for. Its your call how you log it, I wont be deleting your log However, I tend to get to most of the ones I log, it can make it more fun. Edited January 26, 2006 by Deego Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) I would not go out simply to get a TP I do But I am lucky in that I live near the Peak District and have some cracking trigpoints not far away :( Edited January 26, 2006 by Deego Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) Don't forget that not all Trigpoints have legal access to them. Thats what the unreachable but visible log is for. Its your call how you log it, I wont be deleting your log At CLRC Daresbury Laboratory, where the incident occurred there was no indication that this was Private property, It was on a Public Road, with no fence Gate or visible security. But we were informed that visiting the Location was prohibited. I made this clear in my Trigpointing Log. But if anyone does fancy a night in a Military Police cell feel free to visit. Moote Edit : Link to log added CLRC Daresbury Edited January 26, 2006 by Moote Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Normaly, it only a farmer telling you to get of his land :( Quote Link to comment
+drums4monty Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 Great replies so far. I normally do walk to the trigs, just today I was driving past and saw one a few hundred yards on top of a small hill. I would have stopped and walked to it but the drivers behind me might not like trigpoints the same as me, and I could not see another way to it. I will leave it for now and see if there is a way to it next time I'm passing as it is not that far from where I live. Just wondered what the general opinion is? Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Just wondered what the general opinion is? Please remember that Deego's view can't be taken as an opinion, as to him Trigs are an obsession! Quote Link to comment
+drums4monty Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 I saw a programme on trigs not long ago, it was about the history and how they were built, it was a good documentary. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 "It's only a game, play it the way you want to" I/we tend to log a trig if it's near/on the way to or from a cache, rather than a special trip to a trig. Only a thought, if just seeing a trig counts, if you see one on tv -do you log it?! Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I work on the basis that I should touch it. I will make exceptions though - If I can see it, but need to walk over/through a crop to get there I'll claim it without walking through the crops. If I can see it, but I'd clearly be unwelcome getting from there I am to the trig I'll log it as unreachable. If I can't see it, and it is unreachable I don't log it. I don't count a missing trig as missing until I've looked myself. Just seeing it, for instance, from the car - I wouldn't count that, although if you do, fine, as long as you don't overtake me on the table!, bear in mind that the chances are on you'd be able 2 - 6 other trigs from the one you are at, so on a clear day with a pair of binoculars you could get some serious numbers done if seeing it was the only criteria. Why do them - there is a radius around my house where caches are thin on the ground. So, I get the trigs as well. Sometimes it's fun for a change, there is almost always a good and sometimes unexpected view from a trig. Quote Link to comment
+drums4monty Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) Only a thought, if just seeing a trig counts, if you see one on tv -do you log it?! Good point. Edited January 26, 2006 by drums4monty Quote Link to comment
+Walker Dan Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I reckon you need to get close enough to get the Trig Number. Did a one the other day, which was just behind a hedge, the challenge was getting near enough to get it's number. We did one in Shropshire a couple of years ago that was in a thicket but still needed to get through to get that number. Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 I went for one a couple of months ago and it turned out to be in the middle of one of the thickest thickets I have seen. I scrabbled around for quite a while but never actually set eyes on it. When I looked at the GPSr log it was evident I had been all round it. Sad I could not log it as it is a YOSM! Quote Link to comment
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