+Delta68 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 A month has passed now since the last lot of flooding so why there still so many caches set next to rivers/streams that have not been disabled or even checked on? We had yet another fruitless trip yesterday and it's getting tiresome Quote Link to comment
Red Squadron Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 A month has passed now since the last lot of flooding so why there still so many caches set next to rivers/streams that have not been disabled or even checked on? We had yet another fruitless trip yesterday and it's getting tiresome Well I suppose its probably because the owners havent had the time to check it out. Remember its the school holidays and some are away or just too busy. These are just excusesthough, and the proper thing to do is to check periodically. Any sensible owner would check their cache if it was placed anywhere near a river or stream. But of course, there are exceptions to every rule. Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Perhaps in the real world they have real things to do? Quote Link to comment
Red Squadron Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Perhaps in the real world they have real things to do? OMG !!!!!!!! You mean Caching is not real ? (Quick nurse, the screens) Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Lol A less sarcastic answer from me then. OK, thet may have been affected by the floods themselves, so cache maint/disabling may not be a top priority. Quote Link to comment
+Foinavon Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 A month has passed now since the last lot of flooding so why there still so many caches set next to rivers/streams that have not been disabled or even checked on? We had yet another fruitless trip yesterday and it's getting tiresome Its possible that they have found a cacher whos prepared to go out and check their caches for them so they don't need to bother. Quote Link to comment
fraggle69 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 They may ofcourse be flooded and dealing with the mess at home, before dealing with any cache loss. An offer of cache maintenance assistance may be what is needed, if that's the case. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 On the theme of them being flooded it may be so bad that they no longer have a computer or home and a plastic box REALLY is the least of their tiresome lives?? If it's that bad post an archive log. It can always be un-archived once the owner has their own life sorted out. Quote Link to comment
+cakemaker Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 A month has passed now since the last lot of flooding so why there still so many caches set next to rivers/streams that have not been disabled or even checked on? We had yet another fruitless trip yesterday and it's getting tiresome Although this is probably aimed at cachers in general I can understand what may have happened based on my own experiences. 3 of mine needed to be replaced due to the flooding. I doubt if less excessive flooding would have affected them. I wouldn't choose locations that I thought were at risk. If other cache setters were in the same situatiuon as me it possibly didn't occur to them that their caches had been washed away! Indeed, at the time, we were more concerned in helping friends deal with flood damage. I didn't find out about the disappearance of mine until returning from my hols and so there was a delay in disabling then replacing them. Quote Link to comment
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