+Simply Paul Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 (edited) Box, as in TV as well as cache - geddit? The BBC POINTS WEST regional news TV programme, shown on BBC1 in the Swindon, Bristol, Gloucester and beyond area, will be doing a follow-up feature on the geocache they hid with The Wombles near Swindon. It's due to be screened on Friday night (15/04/05), some time around 6.30pm, I believe. The cache has been visited 20ish times since Dave (King Womble) Edwards and I were filming with the Beeb in mid February and I think the photos from the cache-cam will be shown too. Did you visit it? Perhaps they'll show you! SP Edited April 14, 2005 by Simply Paul Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Box, as in TV as well as cache - geddit? Can you hear that sort of gentle whistling of the wind ? And I think I see a tumbleweed entering stage right... Otherwise, congrats. I'm still trying to get a digital version of my appearance on local French TV last month. My kids want it because it provides a number of excellent views of my bald patch. Quote Link to comment
+third-degree-witch Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 can anyone remember what channel that'll be on sky ? Quote Link to comment
+klaus23 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 can anyone remember what channel that'll be on sky ? BBC One West 956 BBC One South West 957 Quote Link to comment
+third-degree-witch Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 thanks for that Quote Link to comment
+Tupperware Hunters Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 thats just sad that you knew the channels and now i run Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 can anyone remember what channel that'll be on sky ? BBC One West 956 BBC One South West 957 It was on West, not South-West. Cheers for the numbers! Quote Link to comment
+rufty tufty boys Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I've had an e-mail from Gowenhouse that they are to be featured (don't know what that means). I don't think they frequent the forum. Quote Link to comment
+klaus23 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 thats just sad that you knew the channels and now i run If you Google "Sky Channels BBC West" you'd find out pretty quick too. I don't have BBC or Sky Quote Link to comment
+klaus23 Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 It was on West, not South-West. Cheers for the numbers! I wasn't too sure mate... thought I'd list both just incase. Cheers Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Very good folks. A nice update! Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 He didn't hide it again very well. Not even a pile of parallel sticks on top. T Quote Link to comment
+MoonHerb Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 He didn't hide it again very well. Not even a pile of parallel sticks on top. T I noticed that !! (Beware of muggles from now on !!) Does anyone who featured in the article want to come forward with their team names ?? They didn't give them ? Quote Link to comment
+MoonHerb Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Feature here - VIDEO Page here - PAGE Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Gowenhouse were the family interviewed, and I know that the Canadian who swapped the photo of the "cute" BBC presenter is called Bluelamb03. Quote Link to comment
BBC Points West Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 (edited) Glad you all enjoyed the update. For your info the names I mentioned were Joe Murphy, PikPilot, Portapig and, as has already been mentioned, Canadians, Bluelamb. Trust me though, as a muggle, it is hidden better than it looked on the screen! In fact, it's back in the same place as when Paul & I hid it originally. We just couldn't fit the camera in the bush this time!! My third post, I'm going to have to buy a GPS receiver at this rate...... Edited April 15, 2005 by BBC Points West Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 (edited) My third post, I'm going to have to buy a GPS receiver at this rate...... Come on over to the Darkside, you know you want to...... We don`t bite.... (Well only if provoked) It starts with a Yellow Etrex, and before you know it, you`ve got a top of the range GPSr, PDA with Mapping Software & Road Navigation. Addictive... Nooo we can give up anytime we like.... honest... Ohh okay we can`t. Pengy&Tigger Edited April 15, 2005 by Pengy&Tigger Quote Link to comment
+McDeHack Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 So who has videoed it so we on the wrong side of this island can see it? Pretty please.. Quote Link to comment
+Chips 'n' Ham Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Watched the BBC points west programme and the caching article this evening - Wow we got a name check, scrolling past on the screen! As did the Wobbly Club, Third Degree Witch, Olivers Army to name but few that I have heard of and can remember..... Very glad our picture wasn't shown as in true cache cam style it was truly awful. Great piece though from Gowenhouse on local caching and promoting caching as a hobby/way of life.... Nice to put faces to some names as well.... Quote Link to comment
+minstrelcat Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 So who has videoed it so we on the wrong side of this island can see it?Pretty please.. Pretty please with bells on? I turned away from the TV for a couple of minutes and missed it. Lisa Quote Link to comment
+The Wombles Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 It was a good (if short) article, well done Gowenhouse. It is nice to see an article emphasising the children / family nature of Geocaching. Thanks Steve, you really should get that GPS now! Quote Link to comment
+littlejim Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 My third post, I'm going to have to buy a GPS receiver at this rate...... I think you probably started before I did and I've now got 50 with only a basic Garmin Geko 201, so what you waiting for... Quote Link to comment
+DomHeknows Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 I reckon the photos of the cachers on the website are fake as they are the best set of photos i've ever seen from a cache camera. If they are not fake, then where do you get them developed? ;-) The last set of photos that I got developed, only 2 were actually printed. One was black and the other was a photo of black branches. Quote Link to comment
The Cuthberts Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 It wasn't well hidden and we though that that was the intention so that those tempted for that first expedition wouldn't go away disillusioned - so we left it 'almost' as found. What we saw on the TV then was true, it was just 'left' and not buried under a 'twigwam' It should be safe but we will take responsibility for a replacement if it gets rumbled before its next find. Quote Link to comment
BBC Points West Posted April 18, 2005 Share Posted April 18, 2005 The photos weren't fake - I couldn't make that lot up! I was really surprised at the quality myself because it was only a cheapish disposable camera. We then had the pictures developed onto CD. Regards Quote Link to comment
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