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- Texaco Shirley
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I really can’t get worked up about collecting the souvenirs but some people seem to get really obsessed with them. Some were apparently dropping off a travel bug they own in all their own caches and retrieving immediately just to get the points.
I’m waiting for the postman, he’s here soon with a parcel of containers I need for a new hide. I’d like to get out to do it at lunchtime.
ETA oh, nothing in the post today
I’m waiting for the postman, he’s here soon with a parcel of containers I need for a new hide. I’d like to get out to do it at lunchtime.
ETA oh, nothing in the post today
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Yes I wasn’t bothered about the souvenirs but I needed a nice number!
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Have you seen this virtual? https://coord.info/GCGY2Z It’s based in Holland but you can claim it anywhere in Europe. Basically they’ve divided the whole continent into a grid of 2km squares. You pick your favourite (where you live or anywhere else so long as no one has already done it) and take a photo at each corner to upload to the cache page.
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Forget my last post. It got archived this morning.
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I’ve been looking at your FA Cup puzzle. I think I get it but am now stuck. I work out the clues to eliminate at the teams. Are there two red herrings?
I think the away team is Southampton.
I think the away team is Southampton.
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There are 3 actually.
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Southampton is right.
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Interesting because I’m stuck on three but I can’t eliminate enough. :?
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2 of the red herrings are quite close together and might appear to be a single clue which is a bit of a design flaw.
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Which are you stuck on?
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Chicken/rooster and the plane, although I have an idea for the plane but can’t find evidence to back it up. I had assumed that the car and sign were together.
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The car and the sign are different and the chicken is a red herring. You should be able to google what’s written in the plane.
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Ah, it’s an S not a 5! I’m down to two teams, one on each side. But now I must sleep.
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Well done! I might have to edit the picture to separate the sign and the car.
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They’re both red herrings though?
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Yes they are.
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Another day, another random stranger messaging me from the woods asking if they’ve got the right tree
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So, scuppered today by phone not having enough signal to load up the caches. Any advice please?
Also, is your kayak for geocaching?
Also, is your kayak for geocaching?
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Helpfully I’ve only just seen this.
I always load the caches up in advance over a WiFi connection and save them to an offline list. Then you don’t need to use mobile data at all. However I think you can only do this on the official app (which I never use) if you have premium membership.
The kayaks are mostly for geocaching but will probably have other outings too
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Can you still navigate to the caches with an offline list? I am a premium member on the official app. What do you use then?Texaco Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:27 pmHelpfully I’ve only just seen this.
I always load the caches up in advance over a WiFi connection and save them to an offline list. Then you don’t need to use mobile data at all. However I think you can only do this on the official app (which I never use) if you have premium membership.
The kayaks are mostly for geocaching but will probably have other outings too