UK Reviewer

[+GoudHaartje]

I'm not sure if this is the right topic (So please forgive me if it's not), but I would like to know, who is the reviewer for the UK and how can I contact him or her

 

Kinds Regards Goudhaartje (Netherlands)

[+Lovejoy and Tinker]

I'm not sure if this is the right topic (So please forgive me if it's not), but I would like to know, who is the reviewer for the UK and how can I contact him or her

 

Kinds Regards Goudhaartje (Netherlands)

There are quite a few I believe covering different areas of the country..

 

Which part of the UK did you need?

[+Delta68]

Deceangi is the main man!

 

 

 

[+Lovejoy and Tinker]

Deceangi is the main man!

I would have said Graculus, but each to hs own ..... reviewer

 

But sshhhhh, I think they're all hiding under the desk in case someone's going to get in trouble. Bet they've been seen smoking behind the bike sheds.

[Deceangi]

Deceangi is the main man!

 

 

 

 

I'm just one member of a closely working group of Reviewers, who are and Review

 

Alba15-Southern Scotland/Northern Scotland/North West England (shared)

Andalusite-South Wales

Antheia-East Midlands/Jersey/Guernsey

Chiastolite-West Midlands

DalesmanX-North East England/Yorkshire & Humberside

Deceangi-North Wales/North West England (shared)/Isle of Man/Malta/Gibraltar

Graculus-Southern England/South West England

The Bee Keeper-London/Eastern England

The Long Man-South East England

 

Croaghan-Ireland

Inishanier-Ireland

 

geoawareuk Earthcache Reviewer

 

Though we do provide cover for each other.

 

Deci

 

I just happen to be the fist one to get conned persuaded to become a Reviewer

[Neath Worthies]

I just happen to be the fist one to get conned persuaded to become a Reviewer

So who was reviewing UK caches before you started in 2006?

[+dino-irl]

There have been a number of UK reviewers before Deci. Probably the best well known were Lactodorum and Eckington who were reviewing at the same time as Deci. I think what Deci means in that statement is that he is the longest serving of the current reviewer team.

[Deceangi]

I just happen to be the fist one to get conned persuaded to become a Reviewer

So who was reviewing UK caches before you started in 2006?

 

Ok here is a History Lesson on UK/Ireland Approvers/Reviewers

 

Originally called Approvers, changed to Reviewers as we do not Approve caches just Review them for listing on GC.

 

The very first Approvers publishing caches in the UK where

 

iryshe-Jeremy Irish CEO Groundspeak

erik88L-R

Mountain Man

 

Then UK based Approvers were recruited, so you had

Monze (changed to Runemaster)

Moss Trooper

Richard and Beth

Tim and June

 

Who all resigned at the same time.

 

Then the following were recruited in 2003 as I recall as UK Approvers- which became Reviewers

 

Eckington

Lactodorum

 

Who recruited Myself in May 2006

Deceangi

 

We were then involved in recruiting in

 

Croaghan

 

Eckington & Lactodorum resigned April 2008 I recruited in August 2008 (advised by Croaghan)

 

Alba15

Graculus

 

We then recruited June 2009

 

The Bee keeper

 

We then recruited (notice the we has got bigger ) October 2009

 

Antheia

Chiastolite

 

We then recruited (notice the we is getting even bigger ) May 2010

 

Andalusite

 

We then recruited (notice the we are now becoming the collective ) June 2010

 

DalesmanX

 

The collective then advised Croaghan, who recruited in July 21010

 

Inishanier

 

The collective then recruited in July 2010

 

The Long Man

 

We are proud to claim both Croaghan & Inishanier as part of The collective

 

That is the current Time Line for the UK/Ireland Reviewers, as we move forward in time this will change/extend

 

Some extra background. The UK Approvers/Reviewers not only covered the UK. They also covered Ireland (at that time Northern Ireland caches could be listed under either the UK or Ireland), Isle of Man. Jersey, Guernsey, Malta & Gibraltar. For reasons I won't go into Ireland was handed over to Erik to Review, until Croaghan was conned recruited.

 

Today Ireland is reviewed by Croaghan & Inishanier (Northern Ireland caches being listed under Ulster-Ireland) On the resignation of Eckington & Lactodorum I took over the reviewing of Northern Ireland caches listed as being in the UK. Handing over to Croaghan on the introduction of the Ireland Regions (Ulster is the Historic Region and not the Modern 6 counties forming Northern Ireland)

 

I also took on the reviewing of the Isle of Man. Jersey, Guernsey, Malta & Gibraltar. I handed over the reviewing of Jersey & Guernsey to Antheia, when she was conned recruited. Currently retaining Isle of Man. Malta & Gibraltar.

 

Deci

 

Corrections thanks to The Wombles

Second correction thanks to L8HNB

Edited October 9, 2010 by Deceangi

[Neath Worthies]

Thank you Deceangi for that excellent history

[+Graculus]

And when Dave asked me the crucial question about becoming a reviewer I never realised I could have said no..... Too late now I guess

 

Chris

Graculus

Volunteer UK Reviewer for geocaching.com

UK Geocaching Information & Resources website www.follow-the-arrow.co.uk

Geocaching.com Knowledge Books

[Inishanier]

And when Dave asked me the crucial question about becoming a reviewer I never realised I could have said no..... Too late now I guess

 

I know that feeling.........

 

As the Eagles once said about Hotel California -

 

We are programmed to receive.

You can checkout any time you like,

But you can never leave!

 

Sounds awful familiar now.......

 

Edited October 9, 2010 by Inishanier

[+The Wombles]

To add a little more information to the list above:

 

"Moze" was actually "Monz" who subsequently changed his caching name to Runemaster

 

"irishe" is actually iryshe

 

In the early days Reviewers usually used their player accounts for reviewing. This changed around 2003 when new accounts were opened for Reviewers (with their choice of name) as a result of unpleasantness elsewhere in the world. We are fortunate in the UK that our Reviewers have always been held in high regard and are therefore willing to be identified despite adopting the worldwide convention of using different accounts for reviewing.

 

Other reviewers also reviewed occasional caches to help out in the early days (I have caches published by gpsfun and Moun10bike), but these were infrequent.

[+Delta68]

Miss Jenn published one of ours

[+L8HNB]

Thank you both Dave's for the brief history lesson, excellent. I'm all in favour of this type of post as it adds to my personal history of caching in the UK.

 

I'm probably confused but isnt Erik "erik88L-R" or is he another one?

[+Andalusite]

Miss Jenn published one of ours

 

Even though it wasn't ready.......

[Deceangi]

Thank you both Dave's for the brief history lesson, excellent. I'm all in favour of this type of post as it adds to my personal history of caching in the UK.

 

I'm probably confused but isnt Erik "erik88L-R" or is he another one?

 

Post corrected to me he's just Erik as he doesn't use a separate Reviewer Name. I don't associate his name with a Reviewer name, so in communications with him I'm contacting a person and not a persons Reviewer account.

 

As you can tell most of the post was made from memory It's possibly the first time such a complete Time line has been written. I know it's the first one I've ever read. So even though I wrote it, it has been interesting reading for myself as well.

 

 

Deci