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General Caching / No longer in my exclusive club
« on: February 24, 2013, 06:48:02 pm »
I was the only one

My 6 months of smugness is over. :-[

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Just for fun / Badge maker
« on: January 31, 2013, 11:23:52 pm »
With a risk of making a right prat of myself as I can't remember where I first saw this, have you used Badgemaker?

It allows you to make all sorts of badges/id cards. For example






Have a look here

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General Caching / ITV Central News
« on: January 30, 2013, 07:03:30 pm »
Just putting a new thread up so it doesn't get lost in the shout box.

Central News are looking for a Geocaching family to run a story on.

Contact details are Yasmine.cash@itv.com
08448816608

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General Caching / Help with posting
« on: January 24, 2013, 11:21:54 pm »
Some of you manage to put a hyperlink with the web address hidden behind some text.

For example when referring to a cache the text shows the cache name and when you click it takes you to the cache page. The only thing I seem to be able to manage is to have the web address showing.

If you understand what I am on about can you help me?

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General Caching / GC.com doing a strange thing
« on: January 22, 2013, 07:26:46 pm »
Currently if I look on the GC.com map fo my home area I can see a few archived caches that I have never seen before. For example I can see one in Evesham called 'Abbey Adventure - Evesham'. If I move down towards Tewkesbury I can see several round Alderton, one called 'Christmas Pudding'.

Very strange, anybody else experiencing the same?

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General Caching / TB question
« on: January 13, 2013, 07:29:39 pm »
I am currently in possession of one of the Mega 2013 TB's which, apparently, give the location of a final cache. I have just had an email asking for the information contained on the TB.

Do you all agree that I tell them to get stuffed.  :P

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General Caching / I just don't get it
« on: September 03, 2012, 06:24:42 pm »
Yesterday I did the QBS series http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=1ead995d-14d7-429f-a1bd-d3d20e00b4e1. I was really looking forward to it as the series has got 300+ favourite points  ;D. I cannot believe how ordinary the series was  :-\. The first 4 were on a road as well as a couple of the later ones. No. 13  for example which was just a large film pot stuck behind some ivy has got 28 favourite points  ???

Is it me or should the favourite points just be for caches that deserve a special visit, rather than just a pot hidden in a tree.

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General Caching / Things you do for a smiley
« on: August 19, 2012, 06:25:12 pm »
After the day I have had I thought it was time for a new thread.

Post photos of the things you have done for a hard earned smiley.

Here is mine from today to kick off with.






WOW, never knew I was going that bald


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General Caching / Griff - Fame at last
« on: July 13, 2012, 06:36:39 pm »
Don't know if anybody has seen this link  ???

http://www.walk4life.info/schools-out-summer-ready-get-set-go-geocaching

Apparently, one of the walks is amongst the best walks they have done  ;D

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General Caching / I have a magnet!!!!
« on: July 04, 2012, 09:27:13 pm »
I have inherited a magnet about the size of a small tea plate. I stuck it on a flat metal plate yesterday and I could just about get it off again with a rather large crowbar. :o

Now, there has to be potential for some sort of amusing cache with that sort of magnetism.  ;D

Any ideas  ??? ::)

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General Caching / Phone box caches
« on: July 02, 2012, 10:19:47 pm »
A post from Graculus on a Facebook forum, might be of interest to Simon......


Recently British Telecom contacted Groundspeak (who own geocaching.com) after an engineer had found a couple of caches inside phone boxes. BT said whilst they didn't want to discourage geocaching their engineers would remove any containers they found and asked that no more be placed. After discussion with Groundspeak the UK reviewers have decided that no more caches will be published which are in or attached to phone boxes. Any active caches currently in place won't be archived but we would ask owners to move them to a new location as soon as possible to avoid them being removed. Caches that subsequently go missing or are in need of maintenance must be archived rather than replaced or repaired.
Please note that this only applies to phone boxes (of any type) operated by British Telecom and not to any operated by other telecommunications companies such Kingston Upon Hull Telecom, Manx Telecom, Jersey Telecom or Cable & Wireless (Guernsey). Nor does it apply to any of the old 'red' phone boxes that are out of use and may be owned and maintained as attractions by local councils or parish councils. For these normal permission would apply.

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Out of area / A recommended walk
« on: June 13, 2012, 09:58:01 pm »
Just to rub salt in Griff's wounds, I would like to say how fantastic http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=97df25b6-2e9d-44a3-b263-8d77fccf1827 the Aber Falls series is.

BUT make sure you go round the correct way otherwise you have got one hell of a hill to climb

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CacheWalker Help & Info / RIP CacheWalker
« on: May 20, 2012, 10:46:18 pm »
Is CacheWalker dead ??? ???

There doesn't appear to be anyone posting any more. :o

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General Caching / Why no FTF
« on: May 14, 2012, 10:33:25 pm »
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC3EVBV

Wonder why this one hasn't been found yet. I might get the answer tomorrow as I am passing at about 6am so a short diversion is called for I think.

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General Caching / Missing in action
« on: May 04, 2012, 10:40:22 pm »
Griff, are you still here? You seem to have been very quiet the last couple of days.


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