GeoCaching wedding proposal

November 14, 2006

I would like to propose to my girlfriend during a visit to London next month.

As we're sort of GeoCaching fans (caching in Holland) I thought it would a nice and original idea to go looking for a GeoCache which then contains a 'proposal item' of some sort (don't know exactly what).

Does anyone know of any good locations where to place a temporary (maybe even fictional) GeoCache?

If so I'd like to go fly to London (and back the same day) several days to place the cache.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

(ps, I hope she doesn't accidentally read this topic but I don't think she will )

Edited November 14, 2006 by Macsels

3.8k · November 14, 2006

What a unique and extremely nice way to propose, but also expensive flying over and back again before you arrive. You probably live closer to London than what I do, but I wonder if someone will volunteer to place a fictional or real cache for you? That way it will save you the expense of flights and searching for a location?

Obviously you would need explicit instructions on how to find it, so that you didn't end up with a DNF!

November 14, 2006

How sweet. But rather than create a new cache why not pick a cache that you would

like to visit and contact the owner to ask if they would help you.

You could then write a note to your girlfriend that would be addressed to her only.

You could then post the letter to the cache owner and they could then place it on your behalf.

The note could be a final clue which would say something like,

look in the pocket of the one you love.

She could then reach in and find the ring etc.

1.6k · November 14, 2006

How sweet. But rather than create a new cache why not pick a cache that you would
like to visit and contact the owner to ask if they would help you.

You could then write a note to your girlfriend that would be addressed to her only.

You could then post the letter to the cache owner and they could then place it on your behalf.

The note could be a final clue which would say something like,

look in the pocket of the one you love.

She could then reach in and find the ring etc.

You old romantic, you.

Oss!

1.7k · November 14, 2006

when you come over why not have a word with the people at the London eye about placing one on the just before you get the with your girlfriend. they can say which car or pod. then you can find it just as you get to the top. they can only say yes or no we wish you well from all of us and Chester woof woof to you both

November 14, 2006

What a unique and extremely nice way to propose, but also expensive flying over and back again before you arrive. You probably live closer to London than what I do, but I wonder if someone will volunteer to place a fictional or real cache for you? That way it will save you the expense of flights and searching for a location?

Obviously you would need explicit instructions on how to find it, so that you didn't end up with a DNF!

Well actually the flight isn't that expensive, it's only 30 euro's (!) with Ryanair flying to Stansted. After that there will be some minor bus and tube costs.

It would indeed be real nice if someone could place a GeoCache, especially because I'm not familiair with the rules and regulations concerning placement in the UK (permission owner, etc). But as I said it isn't that much of a burden to fly over to do it myself. The main thing is that I don't know any spots (preferably nice spots) in the London area where I could place such a cache (and not finding an empty hole on the 'moment supreme' ).

6.2k · November 14, 2006

Well one of the London parks would be nice, and this cache:-

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...9c-e46f62f637ed

is in Regents Park, and was hidden by the head park keeper, so if he can't suggest a good spot then noone can, it might be worth trying to contact him.

November 14, 2006

If you really loved her you'd engineer a trip around London which produced a tracklog which spells out "PLEASE DO ME THE SINGULAR HONOUR OF BECOMING MY WIFE"

or just "MARRY ME" if you're pushed for time

3.9k · November 14, 2006

or just "MARRY ME" if you're pushed for time

Hey, it's Ryanair, prolly be late, how about '?'

November 14, 2006

I do have a more serious suggestion.

You and your intended are enjoying a nice stroll around our fabulous capital, perhaps walking along the river. You announce "well, we're here, can you see anything"

"nope" says she

"what about over there?" says you

you point across the river where it seems unusually busy. You make the secret signal, then suddenly, each person holds a letter up, which reads

PLESAE DO ME THE SIGNURAL HONOUR OF BECOMING MY FIWE

after a bit of shuffling around, all becomes clear, your intended is bowled over by your gesture, and we convene at a pub to toast your future happiness.

You see? An event cache. I'd be happy help organise that!

November 14, 2006

Presumably any wedding invitations will not have a venue listed but a set of co-ordinates for the guests to make their way to?

November 14, 2006

Hi Macsels,

Both Samurai Vanya and myself are up for helping out with Lordelphs suggestion. Just let us know if and when.

Edited November 14, 2006 by Samurai Dan

November 14, 2006

I would like to propose to my girlfriend during a visit to London next month.

As we're sort of GeoCaching fans (caching in Holland) I thought it would a nice and original idea to go looking for a GeoCache which then contains a 'proposal item' of some sort (don't know exactly what).

Does anyone know of any good locations where to place a temporary (maybe even fictional) GeoCache?

If so I'd like to go fly to London (and back the same day) several days to place the cache.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

(ps, I hope she doesn't accidentally read this topic but I don't think she will )

November 14, 2006

...another fine mess I have made with the preivous message!

Goldpot here, the head gardener of Regent's Park, London. I have a cache in our secret garden (not so secret to the cachers though!) If you want I could place a engagement ring in the cache for you!!! Now that would be romantic

regards, goldpot

November 14, 2006

Mr Tumnus and I contrived something very similar for a friend's 40th. She was an occasional geo-cacher so we said we'd take her out to lunch but just had to do The Maharajah's Well - quite a nice cache.

We said she could have the honour of the final find - and guess what - she found a birthday card inside and a prezzie. Wasn't she chuffed!!!

6.2k · November 14, 2006

A little slight of hand with a ring and some tape when she's not looking could place something to find under a bench on the London Eye. I'd also be happy to help out with LordElph's idea (well, I say his idea - I've seen it done in a film just as he describes it. Might have been Meet The Parents?) given a bit of notice. I hope she says yes, by the way

1.6k · November 14, 2006

Count me in for holding a letter too!

Karate permitting.

November 14, 2006

this is a great idea! I like the idea about getting a cache owner to put something in an exisiting cache for her to findlike a letter. WHATEVER YOU DO LET US KNOW HOW IT WORKS OUT!!

edited to add - sorry for shoving my caps lock on, im not screaming at you

Edited November 14, 2006 by freespirit1402

November 15, 2006

I do have a more serious suggestion.

You and your intended are enjoying a nice stroll around our fabulous capital, perhaps walking along the river. You announce "well, we're here, can you see anything"

"nope" says she

"what about over there?" says you

you point across the river where it seems unusually busy. You make the secret signal, then suddenly, each person holds a letter up, which reads

PLESAE DO ME THE SIGNURAL HONOUR OF BECOMING MY FIWE

after a bit of shuffling around, all becomes clear, your intended is bowled over by your gesture, and we convene at a pub to toast your future happiness.

You see? An event cache. I'd be happy help organise that!

Cool idea LordE!! Ya big softy!

1.7k · November 15, 2006

If there's anything I can do to help (such as ignoring the Temporary cache rule, or setting up an event at short notice etc. :laughing: ) please drop me an e-mail through my profile and I'll see what can be arranged.

November 15, 2006

Thanks for all the great replies and suggestions. I actually wasn't expecting that much response! So thanks!

I really like the bit more 'simple' idea of placing an item in a cache, I thought of a teddy bear wearing a t-shirt with a text on it, like "Will you marry me?" (or in Dutch: "Wil je met me trouwen?"). While she is reading the text I will ask her for real.

I think the 'holding up letters'-idea would be more as an 'extra' to the finding the cache thing (if that would possible). And it should also mean there should be 15 people holding the letters up (for the English text). And after that we could indeed grap a pint at a pub!

Regent's Park looks like a nice spot to place such an item and with some help of the head gardener this should definitely work.

One more thing is that currently she doesn't know that we're going to London, I'm not sure yet if I want it to be a surprise (waking up and tell her to pack her bags) or that I should bring up the idea like "Wouldn't it be nice to go to London next month?"

Thanks,

Macsels

(ps. apologies for the possible slow answering, I think I should mainly reply when at work so I don't run the risk that she suddenly walks in the room or something)

November 15, 2006

Why not make the wedding an event cache?? :laughing:

November 15, 2006

Why not make the wedding an event cache??

Well, actually, we were planning on having the wedding somewhere in Ireland. But the exact details aren't really clear yet. It was just more of a 'if we would get married' kind of thing until now.

2.6k · November 15, 2006

Why not make the wedding an event cache??

Well, actually, we were planning on having the wedding somewhere in Ireland. But the exact details aren't really clear yet. It was just more of a 'if we would get married' kind of thing until now.

Well, I knw from experience the Irish cachers throw a very good bash!

November 15, 2006

If there's anything I can do to help (such as ignoring the Temporary cache rule, or setting up an event at short notice etc. ) please drop me an e-mail through my profile and I'll see what can be arranged.

Thanks for the support! If things start to take shape and I need some help I will contact you.

2.5k · November 15, 2006

I think this is a lovely idea. I think I would ask Goldpot (or other volunteer) to place a special one-off cache just for you to find, because I would hate the idea of somebody else finding the cache beforehand and nicking the ring. London caches get lots of visits at weekends!

November 15, 2006

I think this is a lovely idea. I think I would ask Goldpot (or other volunteer) to place a special one-off cache just for you to find, because I would hate the idea of somebody else finding the cache beforehand and nicking the ring. London caches get lots of visits at weekends!

I already PM'ed goldpot :laughing:

November 15, 2006

Please let is know how you get on :laughing:

Some of us live too far away to be of any help but are following this tread with interest :unsure:

November 15, 2006

Please let is know how you get on

Some of us live too far away to be of any help but are following this tread with interest

Absolutely This is a lovely thread.

November 15, 2006

I will try to keep you all posted.

The idea is to create a cache (metal ammobox and preferably a multi) in Regent's Park that contains a bear wearing a printed t-shirt. As soon as she opens the cache the bear should popup. In the "Huh, what' this and what's going on?"-moment I will hold the box with the ring in my hand. After that I hope it will be a "yes" :blink: (no doubt there).

Maybe after the find is all over the cache can be published as a 'real' cache as I intend to leave the cache unpublished at first (also to prevent discovery by her).

This bear with printed t-shirt at Shirtcity.com (23cm tall):

November 15, 2006

Oh the fun we could have if we switch bears at the last minute....

9.3k · November 15, 2006

Keep the existing multi, and enter a "wrong" number, that leads to the second cache. So the new cache needs to be fairly near to the existing hideing place, that would save too much work setting a new multi.

(If that makes sense!)

Good Luck!

November 23, 2006

I'm sorry for the silence the last few days. It is because my girlfriend planned something else in the period I had in mind.

So I'm doing my best to have the other thing cancelled

1.6k · November 23, 2006

I'm sorry for the silence the last few days. It is because my girlfriend planned something else in the period I had in mind.

So I'm doing my best to have the other thing cancelled

I hope you don't mean that you are having your other half cancelled! Mind you, in the long run it would be cheaper!

:rolleyes:

November 23, 2006

I'm sorry for the silence the last few days. It is because my girlfriend planned something else in the period I had in mind.

So I'm doing my best to have the other thing cancelled

I hope you don't mean that you are having your other half cancelled! Mind you, in the long run it would be cheaper!

No, that's not what I meant :anicute:

But I already thought this could be a problem (her arranging stuff in the planned period) especially in a busy month like December.

November 24, 2006

For audio reports from someone who has done this before, see www.podcacher.com, specifically listen to programs 20 (http://www.podcacher.com/?p=114) and 21 (http://www.podcacher.com/?p=116). There are also some photos at http://www.podcacher.com/proposal/

Edited November 24, 2006 by Phil and Ruth

6.2k · November 25, 2006

Oh the fun we could have if we switch bears at the last minute....

It could be worse... :laughing:

1.6k · November 26, 2006

OR....

:anitongue:

February 12, 2007

Well people, it has been a while but due to some unforseen circumstances we weren't able to visit London last December.

So now the whole thing will take place next Friday. Things (flight, hotel) are booked now so there's no way back :huh:

February 12, 2007

Good luck - let us know how how it goes!

February 12, 2007

Hmmm...next Friday...that's a bit too soon.

Friday the 23rd it is :huh:

February 12, 2007

Wow - just took a look at the photos and we've been caching in that very area this afternoon - some lovely wildlife and stunning scenery - the views of the Pacific Ocean on one side and San Diego on the other are to die for :huh: .

For audio reports from someone who has done this before, see www.podcacher.com, specifically listen to programs 20 (http://www.podcacher.com/?p=114) and 21 (http://www.podcacher.com/?p=116). There are also some photos at http://www.podcacher.com/proposal/

February 12, 2007

Wow - just took a look at the photos and we've been caching in that very area this afternoon - some lovely wildlife and stunning scenery - the views of the Pacific Ocean on one side and San Diego on the other are to die for .

Look great, too bad the weather (probably) isn't as good as in San Diego.

From the pictures I saw on several websites, Regent's Park looks very nice (at least in summertime). Never been in the park on my previous visits to London.

February 12, 2007

Let us know how it goes, we really hope that it goes OK for you.

All the best

Richard and Family

February 21, 2007

The suspense is killing me!

Hope all goes well on Friday.

February 24, 2007

Judging by the silence I would say it went very well

1.6k · February 25, 2007

Judging by the silence I would say it went very well

Judging by the silence I would say it didn't!

February 27, 2007

...she said YES!

Everything went really well, especially due to the help of goldpot! We just returned from London yesterday evening.

Due to the rain goldpot's "Very Secret Pot" wasn't available so he placed the bear in "Cara's College Cache" which is closeby.

This Log is my report on how things went down...we released this TB to commemorate the event. It's currently in the hands of goldpot.

After this happening we went to a pub to get a pint and let things 'settle'. After that we went to a restaurant for a (semi-)romantic dinner which I prebooked online. The rest of the weekend (until Monday) we went caching 'round London which is really nice and takes you to spots where you'd not come normally.

The wedding isn't planned yet but we always thought of having the wedding somewhere abroad, preferably Ireland. The major challenge is to get all those people there

Thanks for all your help here in the forum, when there is any news about the wedding plans, I'll let you know.

Thanks, Macsels.

Edited February 27, 2007 by Macsels

1.6k · February 27, 2007

Judging by the silence I would say it went very well

Judging by the silence I would say it didn't!

...she said YES!

So I was right then!!!

2.5k · February 27, 2007

So I was right then!!!

Cynical old git! I think it's sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

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