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York residents underwhelmed
« on: March 27, 2013, 11:51:40 am »
The Independent - Geocaching craze leaves York residents underwhelmed

Hmm....  :-\

I think they're over reacting  :D
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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2013, 12:44:06 pm »
Local Rag

Looks like this is the cache in question: GC19YFN


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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2013, 01:26:34 pm »
Looks like it, thanks for sharing that more informative article on the matter  :)

It really isn't good press for Geocaching, I'm just wondering how long it will be before there are widespread bans  :o (such as city councils, or even whole counties or countries demanding for caching to stop thanks to these issues which hardly resemble the idea and heart of caching :o )

People forget the true joys of caching are the ones tucked away in the countryside, on nice walks - these incidents paint it as a dash and grab treasure hunt, which damages our heritage...  :-\
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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2013, 07:15:12 pm »
Sometimes there is a good reason for a Virtual cache!
http://coord.info/GC4762 The Stonegate Devil.

As found by yours truly.



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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2013, 08:15:48 pm »
Why at Terrain 1 are cachers climbing drain pipes or even getting on to roofs :o

Why was a cache in this historic place been allowed in the first place :o ???

This, as already been mentioned, is the reason why Virtuals should be brought back. An interesting location but a physical cache shouldn't be placed there.
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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2013, 09:17:14 am »
Ditto ditto DITTO  ;D
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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2013, 10:05:58 am »
A multi is also a good option, surely there was something at the 'interesting' location to see, find some numbers, letters in a name or whatever then go to a slightly less muggle rich location to find the cache?

I have done a couple of caches in York, but I gave up after the two virtuals and a couple of trad's though, far too busy a place to be acting dodgy. I didn't even bother looking for the solved puzzles  :o

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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2013, 10:45:08 am »
A multi is also a good option, surely there was something at the 'interesting' location to see, find some numbers, letters in a name or whatever then go to a slightly less muggle rich location to find the cache?

Good point, as long as there is somewhere close by not like GoogleCache Cross in Banbury, where you have to drive to the final location :o
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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2013, 11:25:55 am »
Good point, as long as there is somewhere close by not like GoogleCache Cross in Banbury, where you have to drive to the final location :o

Yes

I am glad I didn't do that one for my 11 in 11 now :D
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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2013, 11:35:38 am »
Good point, as long as there is somewhere close by not like GoogleCache Cross in Banbury, where you have to drive to the final location :o

Just looked at that one, logs suggest the final is 5.5 miles from the listed co-ords  :o

Maybe people were more choosy where they hid caches back in 2005 and it took 5.5miles to find a spot they were happy with  ;) ;D

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Re: York residents underwhelmed
« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2013, 11:59:44 am »
Over the past couple of monthe, reading forum posts, here and elsewhere  :o I've come to the conclusion:

Anyone can do geocaching.
Not everyone gets geocaching.

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