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  Topic: dry stone walls or walls of any description
drifter

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PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:13 pm   Subject: dry stone walls or walls of any description

If you are unhappy with the location of a cache for such a reason that you have posted, then you are invited to contact:
a) the cache owner and
b) a Reviewer


I am not really comfortable tel ...
  Topic: dry stone walls or walls of any description
drifter

Replies: 5
Views: 2961

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:11 am   Subject: dry stone walls or walls of any description
Am I correct in saying that you are "not allowed" to place caches in walls? If this rule exists, when did it start and what happens to all the caches already in walls and why are new caches still be ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
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PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:09 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
What is, or is not, a requirement for letterboxing is up to them, and is not relevant to having a cache listed on geocaching.com

As has been explained before, the requirement is from Groundspeak an ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:22 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
I don't think there is any requirement to seek permission when letterboxing which has been going on a lot longer than geocaching.
  Topic: Issues over Earthcaches in Scotland
drifter

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PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:06 pm   Subject: Issues over Earthcaches in Scotland
It seems to me that we are playing and American game with American rules and that will cause problems here in Scotland. I think the problem lies with Groundspeak who wish to maintain control in an ac ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:56 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
Negative response or just not the one you are wanting? I think you have had extremely positive feedback on this forum, and perhaps are choosing to ignore it?

Perhaps I have misinterpreted some of t ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:07 am   Subject: Reply from GAGB
Because of the general negative response I have had from this forum and taking into account what Deceangi has said in his last post I am not sure whether to approach SNH regarding getting geocaching r ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
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PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:56 am   Subject: Reply to Deceangi
This topic first appeared in the GAGB forum in 2009 see:
http://gagb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2561.
The problem here is a Scottish problem. As Scots, it goes against our grain to ask permis ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:52 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
I don't want to stir the pot further but branch out a little...

We gave up trying to get an earthcache published some time ago (in which, as you all know, nothing is placed on the land) because one ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:04 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?

Unfortunately this implication is not correct as the activities mentioned are based on being on the land as it is without any modification. Taking the example of climbing, yes you can go climbing b ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:18 am   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
There is local precedent. I negotiated the placing of a cache on SNH land in North Queensferry with the local ranger. There is information about this somewhere here in a post but I can't find it.

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  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:07 am   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
The issue is resolved and needs no further debate.

That sounds very much like the Global Warming issues which we are told are fact and no longer up for depate!

1) The SOAC does not give you per ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:03 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
Actually that is where I got the original message but that post was quite old. I have not received any further interest. It seems that it is being left to individuals to negociate local permissions ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:38 am   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
It would seem from the replies that this issue has not really been resolved. Can I ask if we, as the GAGB, are in conversation with Scottish National Heritage to have the matter clarified? If such c ...
  Topic: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
drifter

Replies: 47
Views: 13729

PostForum: Geocaching, more or less   Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:52 pm   Subject: Is permission really required form landowners in Scotland?
When the SOAC first came out I wrote to my MSP to enquire about clarification for placing caches. This was referred onto another MSP who wrote back to the effect that permission should be sought to p ...
 
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