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 Topic: Jack finds his 2000th cache! |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 16 Views: 5881 |
 Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:28 am Subject: Jack finds his 2000th cache! |
| Nearly missed this, due to multiple distractions.
Many congrats to the Cap'n and thousands more to come I make no doubt. -Wlw |
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| Topic: Sad news |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 53 Views: 17089 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 10:27 am Subject: Sad news |
| Bad news, though not entirely unexpected.
We can only hope that this return to hospital might see Ewan's condition being stabilised again, at least in the short term. -Wlw |
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| Topic: Kingfisher |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 2 Views: 4007 |
Forum: The Birds and the Bees Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:03 pm Subject: Kingfisher |
| I saw my first kingfisher on the local river (R. Lagan) on my fiftieth birthday.
It was a better present than socks. They are certainly on the increase (the birds, not the socks), albeit slowly, ... |
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| Topic: Change to GC's Cache Listing Guidelines |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 8 Views: 3114 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:19 am Subject: Change to GC's Cache Listing Guidelines |
| The link works for me.
Comment (imho): this is a very welcome change to the guidelines, and long overdue. -Wlw |
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| Topic: Caching in the US |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 2 Views: 4116 |
Forum: GPS nuts & bolts Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:35 am Subject: Caching in the US |
| How would it be if you could use offline (pre-loaded) mapping, for the area you're visiting?
It wouldn't be the same as Memory Map, but at least it would provide some idea of where you are in relat ... |
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| Topic: Garmin Oregon |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 19 Views: 5392 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:46 am Subject: Re: Garmin Oregon |
Garmin and OS are now advertising OS maps for the Oregon, (seen it in my newly aquired 'Walk' magazine, dunno why I went out and bought one  ) anyway, does anyone know if these are going to be ... |
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| Topic: Map suggestion |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 6 Views: 2174 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:14 am Subject: Map suggestion |
| There are some free Garmin-compatible files available at Mapcenter, including a topo overlay similar to the British Isles one hosted by SMC.
I don't know how good these are, or what coverage they g ... |
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| Topic: You go out for a nice 4 course meal........ |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 11 Views: 3096 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:40 am Subject: You go out for a nice 4 course meal........ |
| By an extraordinary stroke of luck, we have managed to track down this person and read the story of the same encounter on HIS hobby web forum:-
“I was out birdwatching near Belhaven the other d ... |
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| Topic: Cache Boxes |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 18 Views: 5179 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 11:10 am Subject: Cache Boxes |
| Can anyone recommend a really good WATERPROOF container. I've had to disable a cache and throw away the contents as the water had got inside, due to a broken lock and lock clip. The cache site itself ... | |
| Topic: To seek or not to seek, that is the question? |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 22 Views: 4839 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:35 pm Subject: To seek or not to seek, that is the question? |
| Why do I need to share my local information with anyone outwith the area - I don't, nor would I.
Quite right. There is no obligation on you to "share" information, and no-one (by my reading) is s ... |
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| Topic: GAGB Feedback? |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 33 Views: 7410 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:47 pm Subject: GAGB Feedback? |
| As for topic drift - wasn't the OP GAGB Feedback?
It was me and Dave who were drifting off the topic, not you. Hence the apology for same, y'see. I thought I was giving feedback on GAGB !! It ... |
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| Topic: GAGB Feedback? |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 33 Views: 7410 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:06 pm Subject: GAGB Feedback? |
| Something I didn't realise!!
It's for consistency. Certain people (no names, no shames) on a certain other forum had developed the unpleasant technique of copying material from this one in an at ... |
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| Topic: GAGB Feedback? |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 33 Views: 7410 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:54 pm Subject: GAGB Feedback? |
| Copied from the Geofrees forum..........................
The "Mega-Event Committee" have a committee account on here - to distinguish posting from those of the individuals involved. The ... |
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| Topic: GAGB Feedback? |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 33 Views: 7410 |
Forum: Geocaching, more or less Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:17 pm Subject: GAGB Feedback? |
| GAGB do NOT represent me, nor are they representative of Geocachers - particularly in Scotland where they are not needed and only add to confusion. I'm told they have contacted the Cairngorms Nationa ... | |
| Topic: What on earth?? |
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| Wildlifewriter Replies: 19 Views: 19288 |
Forum: The Birds and the Bees Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:15 pm Subject: What on earth?? |
| This topic was originated by Ewan back in Oct 2005.
The "mystery" has now come to the attention of BBC Scotland, who have devoted both web space and airtime to it... http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotlan ... |
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