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A couple walked past us today, said hello and asked the boys if they were on an expedition. Reply: yes! We're geocaching!
No stealth there.
No stealth there.
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L's been known to wave cache containers at complete strangers whilst shouting "I've found it!"
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Have you sent your travel bug out yet Ruby?
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Ooo, good question. Our released travel bug got picked up the next day!
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No. Do you think I need to print of those instructions, or do you think it will be fine without them? (my printer is borked)
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Most don't have instructions but I think it would be good to include them if you can. A lot of people don't bother reading instructions on the actual TB page. I wrote mine out and put the whole lot in a sealable plastic bag.
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Today's geocaching, I have been learning how to do panorama shots
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That's beautiful, Tex. I think one of the best things about geocaching is being out and about and seeing stuff. :poetic:
I 'launched' one of our travel bugs last week. No-one has picked him up yet. I printed the instructions on waterproof map paper at work and I have put him in a self-seal bag so hopefully he will be picked up soon and looked after.
I 'launched' one of our travel bugs last week. No-one has picked him up yet. I printed the instructions on waterproof map paper at work and I have put him in a self-seal bag so hopefully he will be picked up soon and looked after.
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Oh I forgot! I am going to put a cache on the green next to our houses. I bought a tiny magnetic cache to put under the bench. Look at it!
I am so excited. There is nothing attractive or pretty about the bench so I will post some old photos of the road and some blah about local history on the description.
I am so excited. There is nothing attractive or pretty about the bench so I will post some old photos of the road and some blah about local history on the description.
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Brilliant. L loves finding those tiny ones. Someone posted a message on one near here that the cache had disappeared but the magnet was still there, they didn't think to try to open it.
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I wonder if he'll come this wayRuby wrote:That's beautiful, Tex. I think one of the best things about geocaching is being out and about and seeing stuff. :poetic:
I 'launched' one of our travel bugs last week. No-one has picked him up yet. I printed the instructions on waterproof map paper at work and I have put him in a self-seal bag so hopefully he will be picked up soon and looked after.
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What age is a good one to start doing this? Mr P and I both fancy giving it a go, but would like the mini-postes (well, at least the oldest one) to be vaguely actively involved rather than just trailing round after us. A is 6 in a couple of months - is that old enough?
And, another stupid question, but is this a city thing as well as a country thing, but I can't get orienteering out of my head!
And, another stupid question, but is this a city thing as well as a country thing, but I can't get orienteering out of my head!
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They're all over, I did a puzzle trail round the centre of Bath yesterday. They're just harder to look for stealthily in town as it's so busy.
I'd say 6 is old enough with you helping to point them in the right direction, A (5) has found a couple and L (8) often finds them while I'm still working out which tree to look at.
ETA They all come with a difficulty rating on a scale of 1-5, start with the easier ones.
I'd say 6 is old enough with you helping to point them in the right direction, A (5) has found a couple and L (8) often finds them while I'm still working out which tree to look at.
ETA They all come with a difficulty rating on a scale of 1-5, start with the easier ones.
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Six is definitely old enough. N is only 7 and he loves it. Normally I get us to the right place and then I shamelessly use them to rummage in nettles, brambles and dark holes that might have spiders.
I hope so. I will keep an eye on where he gets to and alert you if he's near you.Texaco Shirley wrote:I wonder if he'll come this wayRuby wrote:That's beautiful, Tex. I think one of the best things about geocaching is being out and about and seeing stuff. :poetic:
I 'launched' one of our travel bugs last week. No-one has picked him up yet. I printed the instructions on waterproof map paper at work and I have put him in a self-seal bag so hopefully he will be picked up soon and looked after.
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Thanks both, we will give it a go! I'm quite excited now
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I've put him on my watch list
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I am quite tempted to try this again. Kevin the teenager might have something to say about it though
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I have hidden my tiny cache. I am so excited - it's such a history teacher listing.
DO IT Smurf. The chaps like it, but really it's me that's obsessed.
DO IT Smurf. The chaps like it, but really it's me that's obsessed.
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J (7) and D (4.5) have enjoyed the bits we've done so far. With guidance, they've both found caches.
Flora, there are some in CP park that I found a long time ago. Made a nice walk.
Ruby, please send me the tracking number of your bug.
Flora, there are some in CP park that I found a long time ago. Made a nice walk.
Ruby, please send me the tracking number of your bug.