Nice Things: I Like Geocaching Because...

[+walkergeoff and wife]

Following this comment by Us 4 and Jess in the 'These Forums' thread:

 

 

All that being said, I think there is much less angst expressed in the UK forum than some of the others. I would urge people to try and be a little less sensitive and not to take things too personally.

 

Total agreement on that point.

Don't be put off by the minority!

Jon

 

 

But obviously reading the thread through the minority are putting the newbies off sad.gif I think everyone should start a feel good thread and fill the front page with "nice" things laugh.gif

 

 

I like geocaching because:

 

i. It has taken me to places I would never have visited

 

ii. I have met great people whom otherwise I would never have known.

 

What about others?

[+stora]

It used to get me away from the kids and Mrs.

Now they come caching with me

[+Us 4 and Jess]

I have been to some wonderful places

 

Caching gets me out of the house for some much needed exercise and fresh air

 

Caching is something we normally do as a full family, (wekdays are a blur of breakfast, school, homework, kids mates) so it's our bit of quality time to walk along and chat, we try to spend at least one day of the weekend all together.

 

M

[+Cave Troll and Eeyore]

We like geocaching because

 

1 It keeps us fit.

 

2. We've met some great people through caching.

 

3. We have learnt a great deal about many of the places we have visited thanks to the local history on the cache pages.

 

4. We enjoy the buzz when finding a cache.

 

[Nediam]

It's great getting to go to places I've never been to before. Some cache locations are fantastic and I would never of known about them if it hadn't been for caching.

 

I like/need the excercise I get out of it

 

It's extra validation for the money I've spent on my PDA, Camera and Memory Map etc (all purchased before I started caching)

 

I enjoy the anticipation and sense of adventure that you get, as you never know exactly what or who you might find.

 

I've also learnt some useful technical stuff such as software and hardware installation plus basic HTML programming (.....that sounds so sad )

Edited May 19, 2006 by Nediam

[The Royles]

All of the above stuff, but need to mention the GADGETS, oh those battery operated devices, wires and software. Lovely stuff

[+The Flying Boots]

Its just put together all the things we liked to to before but in one lump.

 

Excercise

Walking

The countryside

visiting new places

solving problems

treasure hunting

having more use for the Garmin than just a gadget to get us down from the mountains in bad weather

surfing the internet (now for more caches rather than any thing else)

Mr F.B's love of any gadgets (PDA's for example)

meeting new people

more purpose for our walks

[+DcCow]

We love caching because it gets us out in nature and see some of the beautiful countryside.

[+Sue and Bernie]

All of the above plus cycling about the place - much more fun travelling to visit a different cache location each time, nice long rides through new areas - when the weather is good!

 

We've cleared much of our local area so now take the bikes some distance out from home before setting out.

 

It also adds something special when we visit friends or family and take them to some overlooked or unknown delight in their own locality of which they were oblivious.

[+John Stead]

It's fun, gets me to places I never knew about and to meet new people.

[+wizard1974uk]

I get to hang out with a bunch of nutters at events

I pass places everyday and never stop, but since I took up Geocaching, I now stop to look

[+The Village People (Sussex)]

For all the reasons The Flying Boots said plus a very hippy concept;

 

I love sharing my favourite places and enjoy the feeling that they are getting some regular attention.

 

Jo x

[adrianjohn]

I like Geocaching, because I get to let off steam and rant about what kind of fool would hide a cache there, rather than bring it up on the forum!!!!

[+John Stead]

I like Geocaching, because I get to let off steam and rant about what kind of fool would hide a cache there, rather than bring it up on the forum!!!!

So you have been finding more of my caches then!

[+alma]

i like caching beacause instead of sitting at home it gets me out of the house,and i have been to places where i would never have thought of going to.

[+civilised]

If anyone had told me a year ago last January that I would willingly walk miles - literally miles - to find a box ( or an earth cache with no box ) whose contents were of absolutely mimimal interest to anyone with sense...

 

If they told me that I would do this in downpours of rain at which I previously looked out the window and thought - pity the poor b*gger out in that...

 

If they told me that I would start buying my own boxes and placing them - filling them with more things of minimal interest to normal people ( see above )...

 

I would have laughed.

 

In this last 17 months I've walked further, seen more interesting things on my own doorstep that I never dreamed were there, and had fun thinking of places to set my own caches.

 

That's why I like caching.

 

civilised

[nobby.nobbs]

just because that's all!!!!