Guest Monz Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Can we all post a reply to this message so we can see how many active members we have in the UK and where we all come from... PS. Include your ICQ #'s if you have them... and if not why not ) [This message has been edited by Monz (edited 18 July 2001).] [This message has been edited by Monz (edited 22 July 2001).] [This message has been edited by Monz (edited 22 July 2001).] [This message has been edited by Monz (edited 22 July 2001).] Link to comment
Guest Schwuk Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Schwuk, AKA David Murphy Male, 26yrs, NW Cumbria Jabber schwuk@jabber.org ICQ 20357672 MSN schwuk@hotmail.com AOL schwuk (but I don't really use it) [This message has been edited by Schwuk (edited 22 July 2001).] Link to comment
Guest Moss Trooper Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Moss Trooper, AKA Ian Paterson Male, Ower the Hill, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear OK 51 if yer insist!!! ICQ 75620500 [This message has been edited by Moss Trooper (edited 18 July 2001).] [This message has been edited by Moss Trooper (edited 23 July 2001).] Link to comment
Guest ssakevin Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 Although I'm an Aussie - I'll be in the UK next month for 32 fun filled days of sightseeing by way of geocaching. Kevin Male 38Yrs, Aus Does that count as a UK geocacher? I aim to find as many as possible in the time i'm there. Also, I plan to catch some of the Ashes cricket too. Can't resist watching the Aussies put it to you guys. [This message has been edited by ssakevin (edited 18 July 2001).] Link to comment
Guest f-stop Posted July 18, 2001 Share Posted July 18, 2001 f-stop aka Wendy from Donny aged 21+ VAT.(Ver an' Ter) ICQ 96526884 [This message has been edited by f-stop (edited 07 August 2001).] Link to comment
Guest Scoot Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 Scoot AKA George London 39 Link to comment
Guest Street Pilot Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 Street Pilot AKA Dave Male, Older than Moss Live in Lincolnshire Travel around the country a lot but not close enough to any of the caches to log them. Link to comment
Guest Moss Trooper Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 Hi Bro.. Watch this space.. LOL Link to comment
Guest JasonW Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 JasonW aka Jason W male 30, live in SE Northumberland Placed 5 (mainly in Northumberland), Sought 8, Found 7 Oh and I'm MossTrooper's Archrival Link to comment
Guest Moss Trooper Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 Glad to see yer back my friend.. Mrs MT is workin on her navigation.. found the kitchen last night.. Glad yer back.. Link to comment
Guest Street Pilot Posted July 21, 2001 Share Posted July 21, 2001 Hi Bro I generally do. Link to comment
Guest Beth Posted July 27, 2001 Share Posted July 27, 2001 Well just Richard at the moment, as Beth is off in Canada... Found two caches, and found a field full of sheep this afternoon.... (See Ape mission 10b) Link to comment
Guest jstead Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 jstead AKA John Stead 64 but not yet past it Home - St Helens Lancs So far hid four caches and found 5 (one twice) [This message has been edited by jstead (edited 18 August 2001).] [This message has been edited by jstead (edited 01 September 2001).] [This message has been edited by jstead (edited 02 September 2001).] Link to comment
Guest bobstay Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 bobstay aka Matt Stephenson 20, Male 5812056 London / Cambridge (in term time) Link to comment
Guest Scottworld Posted August 8, 2001 Share Posted August 8, 2001 Mark AKA Scotty / Scottworld (age 31) Picked up two caches so far, and hid a couple. Looking to increase the number in the Southeast. [This message has been edited by Scottworld (edited 14 August 2001).] [This message has been edited by Scottworld (edited 14 August 2001).] Link to comment
Guest MonteChristo Posted August 17, 2001 Share Posted August 17, 2001 Hello All! New GPS-owner here (Garmin Venture) - Based in Hampshire. Male, 30. Planning my first few Caches right now.. watch this space Link to comment
Guest Monz Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 quote:Originally posted by MonteChristo:Hello All! New GPS-owner here (Garmin Venture) - Based in Hampshire. Male, 30. Welcome on board... there are caches going in at a frightening rate now so you should have plenty to search for. [This message has been edited by Monz (edited 18 August 2001).] Link to comment
Guest Monz Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 OK a quick run down on active members: (there is no order of appearance intended) 1) Moss Trouper ICQ# 75620500 2) Jason W 3) Monz ICQ# 40203935 4) Schwuk ICQ# 20357672 5) f-stop ICQ# 96526884 6) Scoot 7) Street Pilot 8) Richard & Beth 9) jstead 10) bobstay ICQ# 5812056 11) Scottworld 12) MonteChristo 13) Dean & Kevin And now for the ones who have not yet responded: Jock Scott, Yuan & Steph Adler, Tim & jon Loker, Sam and Lynn, Laura Bruce, Jamie Mayo, Bagpuss, Eddie, Glyndwr, Brad, Angie & Steph, Frederik Klama, Matthew and Vincent, Scott Callaway, Pam Roth, Carney Family, WM6P, welshie, Jeppy & Denise, LunchBox. Thats gives us approx 38 geocachers in the UK... my appologies if I've missed anyone and please let me know if I have. Link to comment
Guest Kimrobin Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 kimrobin a.k.a. Kim & Alex. (#10747070) Birstall, Batley W Yorkshire. Both mid-40s Alex is the grumpy one, Kim is the American ex-pat from St. Paul, Minnesota. We are new converts to geocaching having discovered it through the article in Computer Active (August 23 edition) Did our first cache without a gps, but went out the next day and bought one. We are busy planning caches for the W Yorkshire area. Watch this space. Link to comment
Guest Explorer UK1 Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 Originally posted by Schwuk: Name David Mcalpin West Yorkshire New to the sport ------------------ Forwards in adversity Link to comment
Guest Candy Man Posted August 21, 2001 Share Posted August 21, 2001 Hi there, Paul here from Glasgow ? 55.80585N 4.35195W, You can add me to the list, very new to this waiting on my first GPS system being delivered. I got it because I like to go hill walking and was planning the west highland way for a week or two in October. Now that I have stumbled across Geoceching I think I will travel around and see what I can find instead. Cheers Paul Link to comment
Guest joegan Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 Yep, count me in! I have just ordered my GPS unit, and am reading up like Billy-O on all things to do with geocaching. I can't wait to start! joegan.... Link to comment
Guest Monz Posted August 22, 2001 Share Posted August 22, 2001 ok... update number 2 1) Moss Trouper ICQ# 75620500 2) Jason W 3) Monz ICQ# 40203935 4) Schwuk ICQ# 20357672 5) f-stop ICQ# 96526884 6) Scoot 7) Street Pilot 8) Richard & Beth 9) jstead 10) bobstay ICQ# 5812056 11) Scottworld 12) MonteChristo 13) Dean & Kevin 14) Kimrobin 15) Explorer UK1 16) Candy Man 17) joegan And now for the ones who have not yet responded: Jock Scott, Yuan & Steph Adler, Tim & jon Loker, Sam and Lynn, Laura Bruce, Jamie Mayo, Bagpuss, Eddie, Glyndwr, Brad, Angie & Steph, Frederik Klama, Matthew and Vincent, Scott Callaway, Pam Roth, Carney Family, WM6P, welshie, Jeppy & Denise, LunchBox. Thats gives us approx 43 geocachers in the UK... my appologies if I've missed anyone and please let me know if I have. Link to comment
Guest BumbleBee Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 BumbleBee, AKA Emma, AKA JasonW's missus 21yrs & 77 months Live in Chester Found one so far (with Jason) but want to find more! Link to comment
Guest JasonW Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 quote:Originally posted by BumbleBee:Found one so far (with Jason) but want to find more! And my dear you shall Link to comment
Guest Moss Trooper Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 ER! I'm famous.. or is that infamous!!! Link to comment
Guest DoomSlayer Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 This Geocaching thing has got my attention ! This may not be the right place to post this but I want to get in to Geocaching ... only question I have is which unit to get and where? I've seen the eTrex and a GPS12 .. depending on what I need I could stretch the budget ... any suggestions? And thanks from a future Cacher !! Link to comment
Guest JasonW Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 The only advice I can offer is to try and get your hands on several and see what works best for you. You don't say where you are - if you're close by other cachers, I'm sure they'd be all too glad to meet up - perhaps for a pint or something....... You don't need most of the features on most of the newer models - but for Geocaching? the following features are most definitely desirable (I'd consider these as the top 5): 1. At least 3 figure accuracy in the minute porton of the display when in degrees & minutes mode - 55°15.01'N 2°10.67'W is a long way from 55°15.02'N 2°10.66'W - and that's the "square" you'd be searching in with 2 digit mode. 4-figure is probably overkill though given the inherent accuracy of the system. 2. Ability to store a good number of waypoints - this may not seem like it's a problem - until you want to go on a cache-frenzy - the norm these days seems to be at least 500 user waypoints. 3. Routes - the more you can store, the easier it is to swap between them while you're in the field without fiddling about in the (inevitable) pouring rain. 4. Connection to PC - most of them do this now, but check out the price of the cable. Why do you want to spend £20 when you can manage the waypoints and routes via the fiddly buttons or joystick on the unit itself? Well the manufacturers update the firmware to cope with changing ephemeris data and to correct bugs - it's the only way to update it. On top of this it makes childsplay to manage your waypoints as you don't have to do it on the unit itself using arrow keys and a lot of patience. 5. Water-resistant/ water-proof ? Up to you - but one thing I can promise you, you will be caught out in the rain with it, and you're bound to drop it in a river/ puddle/ stream/ lake/ miscellaneous body of water - if it's not inherently water-proof seriously consider getting a water-proof carry case for it (like an Aquapac). Link to comment
Guest JasonW Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Moss Trooper:ER! I'm famous.. or is that infamous!!! How exactly are you (in)famous then Moss ? Do tell! Link to comment
Guest Monz Posted August 23, 2001 Share Posted August 23, 2001 I think it's a subtle hint regarding thr Computer Active thingy that our Mentor has been involved in PS. Spoke to GPS Warehouse today to see if they would stump up a cheap and cheerfull GPS for a one off cache at a national meet up that I'm toying with the idea of organising... only to find Moss had already got there with his CA cache grrrrrr [This message has been edited by Monz (edited 23 August 2001).] Link to comment
Guest Moss Trooper Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 Prize was nowt to do with me.. I just placed the cache.. Link to comment
Guest DoomSlayer Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 Originally posted by JasonW: Thanks for the advice JasonW. I now need to have a good look at a few different ones methinks. I live in Surrey, Frimley to be specific. Link to comment
Guest DoomSlayer Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 Congrats on the Fame MossT! Funnily enuff your CA article prompted my 're-intrigue' with GeoCaching ... came across it a long while ago but now I'm hooked on the idea of treasure hunting the world Link to comment
Guest nif Posted August 24, 2001 Share Posted August 24, 2001 Hi I am a recent convert well hope to become soon. I am strongly thinking about buying a GPS and any advice would be appreciated. I live in Essex, but there don't seem to be any Caches here yet. Hope there will be soon. If you don't make one i suppose i might have to! Have fun hunting! ------------------ NiF Link to comment
Guest DoomSlayer Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 JasonW ... Still trying to get to grips with this on the Garmin site ... http://www2.garmin.com/products/comparison.jsp # of Routes / # of waypoints per route eTrex has 1 / 50 GPS12 has 20 / 30 eTrex Vista has 20 / 50 Which is best? I know ... I know ... I'm being a newbie !! Appreciation and gratitude aplenty for your help ! Link to comment
Guest Moss Trooper Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 Welcome to the fold my friend. Simplest was it the more the better.. ie 20 routes with 50 waypoints is beter than 20 routes with 30. I have a Vista and it is good, and used to use a 12.. which is a good unit but doesn't have all the bells an whistles but is bulky compared to etrex range. Gotta decide how much you can afford and then make the decision. if you are at bottem end of the marked.. go for a 12 from GPS Warehouse (www.gpsw.co.uk) get a referbished 12 for about 89 quid. Moss Link to comment
Guest BriJan Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 Just joined the ranks of GeoCachers.. bought a Garmin Legend this week and first geo-caching trip today..2 succesful finds in Ashridge Forest.. enjoyed it a lot.. Link to comment
Guest Monz Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 good fer you... welcome to the land of geeks that actually go out into the real world ... I suppose we are pioneers in a way Link to comment
Guest Monz Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 ok... update number 3 1) Moss Trouper ICQ# 75620500 2) Jason W 3) Monz ICQ# 40203935 4) Schwuk ICQ# 20357672 5) f-stop ICQ# 96526884 6) Scoot 7) Street Pilot 8) Richard & Beth 9) jstead 10) bobstay ICQ# 5812056 11) Scottworld 12) MonteChristo 13) Dean & Kevin 14) Kimrobin 15) Explorer UK1 16) Candy Man 17) joegan 18) BumbleBee 19) BriJan And now for the ones who have not yet responded: Jock Scott, Yuan & Steph Adler, Tim & jon Loker, Sam and Lynn, Laura Bruce, Jamie Mayo, Bagpuss, Eddie, Glyndwr, Brad, Angie & Steph, Frederik Klama, Matthew and Vincent, Scott Callaway, Pam Roth, Carney Family, WM6P, welshie, Jeppy & Denise, LunchBox. Doomslayer and Nif are going to join the dark side and buy GPS's I think Thats gives us approx 45 (poss 47) geocachers in the UK... my appologies if I've missed anyone and please let me know if I have. Link to comment
Guest DoomSlayer Posted August 25, 2001 Share Posted August 25, 2001 Thanks for the Welcome ! Well I think my budget now is between the GPS12 and the eTrex. Looked back on the Garmin site after checking out the price on GPSW thinking WHOA that eTrex Vista is damned expensive compared to the US site and found they had updated it with the correct pricing i.e. $300.00 or there abouts. Earlier the price was $158.00 - boy do I wish I'd ordered one when I saw that price !! :-( Hehe So out of those 2 I guess it's the GPS12 then for the extras over the eTrex?! Link to comment
Guest JasonW Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Monz:That gives us approx 45 (poss 47) geocachers in the UK... my apologies if I've missed anyone and please let me know if I have. Well my dad goes caching too (with his own GPS of course ) so that's 46 (48) Link to comment
Guest JasonW Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 The Magellan 315 (About £115 from www.gpsw.co.uk has storage for 20 routes of 30 waypoints each and is a smaller unit than the Garmin GPS12 (at least I think it is - I could be wrong - Moss has seen both together) with better battery life (only uses 2 AA's rather than the 4 in a GPS12, and gives longer life on each set too) quote:Which is best? I know ... I know ... I'm being a newbie !! Appreciation and gratitude aplenty for your help ! The best one is the one that does what you want at a price that you're willing to pay. There is no right answer because all of them will have some features you don't want/need, and you need to pick out the ones you do need/want and narrow it down that way - if you get stuck between 2 then it comes down to a personal choice. Link to comment
Guest JasonW Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Of course I forgot to mention Jeremy's guide to buying your GPS for Geocaching at http://www.geocaching.com/articles/gps_buying.asp (slaps head in disgust) Link to comment
Guest lathama Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 name: Alex latham (grasshopper) age: 17 new to sport Link to comment
Guest davemc Posted August 26, 2001 Share Posted August 26, 2001 Davemc Location Co. Durham Age 34 Read Moss T's bit in CA and thought that it sounded fun, so went and got myself an E-Trex, found my first cache today Link to comment
Guest DoomSlayer Posted August 28, 2001 Share Posted August 28, 2001 Well my lady has coerced and connived and convinced me to let her gift me something towards a GPS ... reluctantly I have given in to her requests and accepted her offer ... Thank you for your advice JasonW .. really appreciated but as I've been working my way through all of this I've got a hankering for the Garmin range ... convince me otherwise by Thursday and I may just change my mind otherwise it is now only a question of whether or not I need the MetroGuide to go with the eTrex Legend or whether I skip that and go for the eTrex Vista without the MetroGuide ... Any suggestions Anyone ?? Link to comment
Guest Moss Trooper Posted August 28, 2001 Share Posted August 28, 2001 Doom Slayer I looooooooooooooooove my Vista.. Can yer e-mail me ian.paterson@bigfoot.com [This message has been edited by Moss Trooper (edited 28 August 2001).] Link to comment
Guest Scottworld Posted August 29, 2001 Share Posted August 29, 2001 Well just for my 2 pence worth... I got a Garmin E-Map... very nice great for navigation with the maps. The only drawback is the lack of waterproofing... So on my last trip to the states I bought a etrex legend (200 dollars).. which has all the functionality of the e-map but is waterproof and much more resistant to knocks. I load my e-map maps up into the legend and it is great for caching. ps: If you are in Frimley... I am near Camberley. Link to comment
Guest DoomSlayer Posted August 29, 2001 Share Posted August 29, 2001 Originally posted by Scottworld:Well just for my 2 pence worth... Great news re. location. I'm heading off to Bonnie land next week so when I return I will catch up with you and others :-) Fingers crossed I'll be sporting a new Vista and have already completed my first cache next week ... Until week after next - G'Bye ! Link to comment
Guest lathama Posted August 29, 2001 Share Posted August 29, 2001 whats the cheapest GPS going? under £100 if possible (i am an unemployed student) i do all my caching by map at the moment and i am struggling (ain't found a thing) Link to comment
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