+Simply Paul Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Light-hearted or serious, how would you make caching in the UK 'better'? My suggestions: 1) GPSr's to be made to work indoors for wet-weather caching - Eden Project cache, anyone? 2) 'Perishable' cache contents to be protected by clingfilm or similar. 3) Tree cover to be rendered irrelevant by an external GPS arial, 30m cable and a helium balloon (or kite on windy days) 4) Cachers to wear some form of ID identifiable by other cachers. Clueless expressions don't count as a form of ID. Perhaps, following others pioneering efforts, a silly hat. 5) Inch-perfect co-ords to make rubbish clues redundant. SP Quote Link to comment
+Tupperware Hunters Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 a radio controled cach that drives to a cachers car on rainy days please Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Light-hearted or serious, how would you make caching in the UK 'better'? A new category of "Senior's Caches" would be created, with access restricted - like PM caches - to those over 55 years old.. A modified set of guidelines would apply to "Senior's Caches", including... No cache to be more than 300 metres from the nearest car park, bus stop or train station. No gradient of more than 1 in 20 on any part of the walking route. Caches may (and indeed, must) contain tobacco products and alcoholic beverages. Certain pharmaceutical items may be swapped. Removal of all nettles, brambles or other inimical vegetation shall be the ongoing responsibility of the cache owner. Senior's Caches will be rated, not by difficulty, but according to the proximity of the nearest 4-star hotel. A find may be claimed, even if the log was not signed, by using the acronym FTBRG. (Forgot To Bring Reading Glasses) (These guidelines may be altered or added to at any time, without telling anybody.) Quote Link to comment
davester Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Free Beer For ALL!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Tupperware Hunters Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Caches may (and indeed, must) contain tobacco products and alcoholic beverages i like this idea Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 wildlifewriter wrote:No gradient of more than 1 in 20 on any part of the walking route. Caches may (and indeed, must) contain tobacco products and alcoholic beverages. A find may be claimed, even if the log was not signed, by using the acronym FTBRG. (Forgot To Bring Reading Glasses) Sounds like my sort of cache... Quote Link to comment
+Marvo434 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Anything involving either: a) Bringing your kids along OR more than 300 yards from a pub gets a difficulty rating of 5. Quote Link to comment
+Marvo434 Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 .. Just learnt that if doing a list, best to put a space between the "b" and the ")" otherwise you get a smiley. Quote Link to comment
+Tupperware Hunters Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 yeh the dificultys would have to change like any thing that you have to put the wisky glass down for should at least be a 3and a half Quote Link to comment
+Bill D (wwh) Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 And a serious one: CacheMate should include a lat/long to OS grid ref converter. Quote Link to comment
+Tupperware Hunters Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 this is true Quote Link to comment
60North Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 I would love to have a gun that fired micro caches up to the top of hill from the bottom, then the cache reports its position back to my PC. This would at least save me walking up the hills! Quote Link to comment
+jochta Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 5) Inch-perfect co-ords to make rubbish clues redundant. When we had a demonstration of the new GPS system my work have purchased for mapping and surveying (differential GPS with base stations given millimetric accuracy) the operator placed a penny in a field of grass and marked its location and at the end of the day he returned to the field and found the penny! Geocaching would be a doddle if we all had these!! John Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Oh I don't know, there are plenty of caches I can think of where you can be standing on top of it and still take 20 minutes to find it. Quote Link to comment
+Pooter Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 And if you are lucky, Rutson will be standing behind you laughing at your efforts. Quote Link to comment
+thirtyfootscrew Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Some kind of local detector that beeps when in close proximity to the cache would be pretty handy - the Ghostbusters had the right idea... Quote Link to comment
SlytherinAlex Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 And if you are lucky, Rutson will be standing behind you laughing at your efforts. Ah, but he learned all about how to that from the master. The boot on the other foot !! - Quote Link to comment
Dave from Glanton Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Oh I don't know, there are plenty of caches I can think of where you can be standing on top of it and still take 20 minutes to find it. Yes....most of them yours Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I like to think that some of mine take longer than 20 minutes Quote Link to comment
+steviep Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I like to think that some of mine take longer than 20 minutes they do! i've been working on a couple of yours for 3 weeks on and off Quote Link to comment
markandlynn Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Secret handshakes No snow allowed on caches. MarcB cache hide detectors Anti bramble gear Quote Link to comment
+kewfriend Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 (edited) GPS units must have VERY LARGE SCREENS All caches should 'talk' to GPS units and say - " I'm over here - ignore the coordinates" All GPS units should come with incoporated brandy flask: and a flashing beacon on top of every cache for the dozy incompetents like ourselves to find at night Edited January 25, 2005 by kewfriend Quote Link to comment
+stu_and_sarah Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Caches by rivers must state which bank to walk along - the width of a river is quite insignificant on your bearing when you're a mile away. Parking location compulsory on cache info page. (Or bus number!) Seeing the cache is enough to log a find. Seeing the general location of the cache is enough to log a find. Parking in the recommended spot and eating sandwiches is enough to log a find if it's raining. No caches more than a mile from a pub which does good food. No speed bumps in the car park. Stu Quote Link to comment
+CuplaKiwis Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 ...and a flashing beacon on top of every cache... Funnily enough, I've done one in NZ that you could only find easily by night - it was hidden deep in a crack in some rocks, and had a flashing light on top that you could only see if you looked at *just* the right angle... Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 (edited) Funnily enough, I've done one in NZ that you could only find easily by night - it was hidden deep in a crack in some rocks, and had a flashing light on top that you could only see if you looked at *just* the right angle... See this cache that we did a few days ago in California. This one is impossible during the day. T PS Some fireflies may be making their way over here soon...... Edited January 25, 2005 by Pengy&Tigger Quote Link to comment
+wigglesworth Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Encrypted clues to be a minimum of 20 words most of which are along the lines of" The recommended parkng for ths cache is located by the Old Nags Head pub. The cache that you are seeking is to be found under the log near to the old tree". This clue is only to be used in woods with lots of trees and logs. If you are in a location with loads of rocs (like a quarry) then the clue is to be " The cache that you are seeking is hidden in the quarry and can be found under the rock". Peter Quote Link to comment
+Eckington Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Funnily enough, I've done one in NZ that you could only find easily by night - it was hidden deep in a crack in some rocks, and had a flashing light on top that you could only see if you looked at *just* the right angle... See this cache that we did a few days ago in California. This one is impossible during the day. T PS Some fireflies may be making their way over here soon...... I seem to remember we had one very similar in UK a year or so ago, until it got muggled, any one remember it................. Quote Link to comment
+Lizzzzeeeee Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Funnily enough, I've done one in NZ that you could only find easily by night - it was hidden deep in a crack in some rocks, and had a flashing light on top that you could only see if you looked at *just* the right angle... See this cache that we did a few days ago in California. This one is impossible during the day. T PS Some fireflies may be making their way over here soon...... I seem to remember we had one very similar in UK a year or so ago, until it got muggled, any one remember it................. I think you're thinking of Chris's GCCDE5 Night Vision, I'm sure he used retroreflective strips of tape, are the fireflys the same stuff? They look a bit more complicated to me. Quote Link to comment
+Eckington Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 That's the one, reflector discs maybe, cos they used them at the Crabbe Wood Night Cache (reflects.......... )............ Quote Link to comment
+Mr'D Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Wishlist... A partner who can/will do more than 5 caches in a day! Shhh... Quote Link to comment
+Nellies Knackers Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Any cache involving WMD must actually exist! (and preferably in the right country) Save Blair & Bush a lot of embarrasment! Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 (edited) Any cache involving WMD must actually exist! (and preferably in the right country) Every cacher needs a faithful cachehound Edited by Lactodorum to prevent inadvertant offence Edited January 26, 2005 by Lactodorum Quote Link to comment
JackiePenn Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 (edited) Any cache involving WMD must actually exist! (and preferably in the right country) Every cacher needs a faithful cachehound Edited by Lactodorum to prevent inadvertant offence Typical Guardian reader trash. Edited January 26, 2005 by Lactodorum Quote Link to comment
+wildlifewriter Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Edited by Lactodorum to prevent inadvertent offence [Edited by Wildlifewriter to illustrate the correct spelling of "inadvertent."] [1] [1] I've nothing better to do. Quote Link to comment
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