+Primitive Person Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I was very pleased to discover the SideTracked series recently. As a non-car-driving, trainspotting type, I love travelling by rail, and found my first one in Crewe last week when I had to go there for a meeting. I'm keen to find a whole load more of these now. There's roughly 2500 stations in the country, so how about we try planting caches near all of them?!? I'm certainly keen to do some of my local stations, so I'll scout them out shortly and see what I can do. I'd like to make a little request for any cachers in the north-west - how about caches at the stations with the dubious honour of Britain's least frequent train service? These are Reddish South and Denton stations, on the Stockport to Stalybridge line - served by one train a week, in one direction! It would be interesting to see how many times it gets found... Lee Quote Link to comment
+pklong Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I was very pleased to discover the SideTracked series recently. As a non-car-driving, trainspotting type, I love travelling by rail, and found my first one in Crewe last week when I had to go there for a meeting. I'm keen to find a whole load more of these now. There's roughly 2500 stations in the country, so how about we try planting caches near all of them?!? I'm certainly keen to do some of my local stations, so I'll scout them out shortly and see what I can do. I'd like to make a little request for any cachers in the north-west - how about caches at the stations with the dubious honour of Britain's least frequent train service? These are Reddish South and Denton stations, on the Stockport to Stalybridge line - served by one train a week, in one direction! It would be interesting to see how many times it gets found... Lee If we are going to have more Motorway Meyhem, Sidetracked, Off Your Trolley caches can hiders please make sure they find good locations. I've found them very hit and miss, some thoughtfully hidden in a good place to break your journey, some just tossed out in the nearest possible hide. I don't want to be seeking caches in piles of rubbish thankyouverymuch. Oh and can we draw a line somewhere before someone puts out a nationwide bus stop series Philip Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Oh and can we draw a line somewhere before someone puts out a nationwide bus stop series Philip If there were any (heaven forbid) they would have to come in threes! Quote Link to comment
+Delta68 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 (edited) There's roughly 2500 stations in the country, so how about we try planting caches near all of them?!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Ever heard the saying "Quality not Quantity"? Edit: typo Edited February 27, 2008 by Delta68 Quote Link to comment
+Primitive Person Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 There's roughly 2500 stations in the country, so how about we try planting caches near all of them?!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Every heard the saying "Quality not Quantity"? Oh, point taken, certainly. It's possible to strike an acceptable compromise - there's plenty of cache setters who have lots of hides that are all very good. I'm keen to do my local stations, but I'll only bother if I can find good locations for them - honest. Lee Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I have found one........................................ Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I have found one........................................ Hope you caught the train! Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Intresting to see you get to GC17MJF REALLY SideTracked - Salford Priors by train... But this one's a bit different... ...well, it is the 50th SideTracked!!! If you've been SideTracked in Salford Priors, then I'm afraid you've missed the last train...by about 45 years!!! G Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I have found one........................................ Hope you caught the train! As it happens no! I went by canal lol It does have its own security guard though, so I don't think it will be muggled too soon Quote Link to comment
Alan White Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 It would be interesting to see how many times it gets found... From what I've seen, most Sidetracked caches are arrived at by car . Quote Link to comment
+ClareLouise Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I'd love to see a few more sidetracked caches, as I'm a train using cacher! I've been thinking about setting some at the local ones! Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I've done a couple and arrived at both by train ... have one or two more lined up for grabbing on my next couple of business trips ... a nice way to brighten the day at the end of a long train journey. Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 There's roughly 2500 stations in the country, so how about we try planting caches near all of them?!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Ever heard the saying "Quality not Quantity"? I'm with you - BIG TIME. Quote Link to comment
+Silver-Fox Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Looks like you need some in kent.... Quote Link to comment
bikermel76 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 For goodness sake. Do we all vote labour? No. Do we all shop at the same supermarket? No. So do we all like the same Caches for the same reasons? NO If you like them, do them, if you don't, avoid them, but PLEASE stop moaning every time someone mentions a micro cache series. Have you not heard the saying 'if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all'? Anyway they can't be THAT bad, even the Deltas hid some! Or is it just that you're all jealous that YOU didn't come up with the idea first? Quote Link to comment
bikermel76 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Looks like you need some in kent.... Yes please (And if anyone fancies doing Guildford...I have to go there once a week for the next year or so, so that'll give me something to do on ONE of my trips! Lots of nice hiding places ) Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 For goodness sake. Do we all vote labour? No. Do we all shop at the same supermarket? No. So do we all like the same Caches for the same reasons? NO If you like them, do them, if you don't, avoid them, but PLEASE stop moaning every time someone mentions a micro cache series. Have you not heard the saying 'if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all'? Anyway they can't be THAT bad, even the Deltas hid some! Or is it just that you're all jealous that YOU didn't come up with the idea first? Just re read the thread looking for anyone moaning, sorry cannot find it. Then again even if they were surely this being a forum they would have a right to express an opinion? Quote Link to comment
+Primitive Person Posted February 28, 2008 Author Share Posted February 28, 2008 For goodness sake. Do we all vote labour? No. Do we all shop at the same supermarket? No. So do we all like the same Caches for the same reasons? NO If you like them, do them, if you don't, avoid them, but PLEASE stop moaning every time someone mentions a micro cache series. Have you not heard the saying 'if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all'? Anyway they can't be THAT bad, even the Deltas hid some! Or is it just that you're all jealous that YOU didn't come up with the idea first? Just re read the thread looking for anyone moaning, sorry cannot find it. Then again even if they were surely this being a forum they would have a right to express an opinion? Yup, don't see any moaning either, apart perhaps from the quite valid suggestion that it's quality rather than quantity that matters. In fact, the opinion here seems quite positive. I also don't see anything that says SideTracked caches have to be micros. Not all of them are, although most of them are. A few are multis as well. Placing caches at urban stations makes micros a more suitable choice, but I can think of plenty of quieter stations where bigger caches would work just fine. Each to his or her own... Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 It would be interesting to see how many times it gets found... From what I've seen, most Sidetracked caches are arrived at by car . We've done one. Arrived, found the cache and departed, on time... on foot! G Quote Link to comment
+FantasticCat Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 I agree with the sentiments of the sceptics here. When placing a cache you should ask yourself if you are aiming to get people to visit the cache site because it is scenic or interesting. If it is neither then I think the caching world would be a better place without the cache. That is not to say that there aren't some railway stations that are interesting. However this is not train-spotting so don't over-estimate how many stations are actually interesting. I am sure that many supermarkets and motorway junctions are also interesting. Did I just write that last sentence???? I have done a few supermarket and motorway caches myself, but I always hate myself for it and feel the need to revert back to nature afterwards. Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 For goodness sake. Do we all vote labour? No. Do we all shop at the same supermarket? No. So do we all like the same Caches for the same reasons? NO If you like them, do them, if you don't, avoid them, but PLEASE stop moaning every time someone mentions a micro cache series. Have you not heard the saying 'if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all'? <snip> Agreed ... we are a diverse community ... the caches should reflect this diversity and we should celebrate it, not pick at something simply because it is different or we might prefer not to be involved in it personally. Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 On a caching day out there are always some caches that are better than others.Find it,log it forget it and move on to the next.A particularly scenic spot is always a bonus,but a find is better than a DNF. Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 For goodness sake. Do we all vote labour? No. Do we all shop at the same supermarket? No. So do we all like the same Caches for the same reasons? NO If you like them, do them, if you don't, avoid them, but PLEASE stop moaning every time someone mentions a micro cache series. Have you not heard the saying 'if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all'? <snip> Agreed ... we are a diverse community ... the caches should reflect this diversity and we should celebrate it, not pick at something simply because it is different or we might prefer not to be involved in it personally. Still Looking for the bit where people have "moaned" or "picked" on something here. An advert for eggs sums it up for me. Quote Link to comment
adrianjohn Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Oh and can we draw a line somewhere before someone puts out a nationwide bus stop series Philip If there were any (heaven forbid) they would have to come in threes! Dang thats all my recent hard work down the pan then Quote Link to comment
+FantasticCat Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 The diversity, you can ignore them if you don't like them, more caches are good (it is about the numbers) arguments seem to advocate a complete lack of quality control is justified. On this basis placing a 100,000 nanos behind every road name (ok a few would be disallowed under the 100m rule) is acceptable. At least one person is bound to be interested in road names so don't knock the diversity, you don't have to do them and we can all do 1,000 caches in the next month. Good caches need to be protected from bad caches so that the appropriate reward for getting them is maintained. Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Good caches need to be protected from bad caches This conjures up quite a strange vision. Well, it does to me anyway Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Good caches need to be protected from bad caches This conjures up quite a strange vision. Well, it does to me anyway I noticed that interesting concept too. I think it should be put into quotation marks, have the word "Discuss" added and should then be used to start a whole new thread. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 The diversity, you can ignore them if you don't like them, more caches are good (it is about the numbers) arguments seem to advocate a complete lack of quality control is justified. So by your analogy, diversity = bad caches? Hmmmm. Really, as there is no control on other caches, I dont know why you feel this series should be any different. The two caches in this series that I have done have been far more meritorious than some other apparent regular caches that I have done, which were placed in nothing short of run down degenerated urban decay. Quote Link to comment
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