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Chat => General => Topic started by: wjp666 on August 24, 2011, 04:09:45 pm

Title: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 24, 2011, 04:09:45 pm: has anyone here ever heard of geocaching? i've literally just found out about it from a (kinda) friend and am completely amazed this has been going on for over a decade all around me and i have been none the wiser.

wiki it if you don't know. i'm totally amazed by it.

anyone here ever been?
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 24, 2011, 09:58:35 pm: What are you talking about?????
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 25, 2011, 12:56:50 pm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocaching)
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Post by: Miki2502989 on August 25, 2011, 10:12:00 pm: wow,that sounds like fun.will you try it?
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Post by: goldencup on August 25, 2011, 11:44:45 pm: I only heard about it fairly recently when it caused some sort of bomb scare. It does sound fun.
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 26, 2011, 02:13:26 am: i was introduced to it a couple of days ago by a youtube 'friend'. what can i say - my handheld gps is in the post. i'll let you know how i get on. :-)

i've been looking for some kind of fun activity to do outdoors which i can involve the teenagers in for ages. i think this may just be it.
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: oldspice on August 26, 2011, 07:59:27 am: I have heard of it but haven't looked too closely at it.
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 26, 2011, 03:16:01 pm: it's fast becoming my newest obsession.
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: goldencup on August 27, 2011, 10:50:28 am: This was the story I was thinking of...."Hi-tech treasure hunts, carried out using the internet, are increasingly popular. But the pastime, known as geocaching, caused a bomb scare in West Yorkshire.

It's all supposed to be a bit of fun, websites direct people to thousands of locations across Britain to uncover hidden boxes where they can leave a note or take a souvenir.

But one geocache was mistakenly reported to police as a suspect package - and was blown up in a controlled explosion, in the town of Wetherby."
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 27, 2011, 12:36:33 pm: oh dear!
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 27, 2011, 02:09:02 pm: well, the gps has just this very second arrived! the coordinates are in and we're off for our first day of caching. wish us luck!
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: Forth Bridges on August 27, 2011, 02:27:47 pm: Quote from: wjp666 on August 27, 2011, 02:09:02 pm
well, the gps has just this very second arrived! the coordinates are in and we're off for our first day of caching. wish us luck!

how do you get one?
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 28, 2011, 11:43:53 am: well, it went pretty well! we found 3 out of 4 of the ones we hunted. quite a buzz finding them, it really is. we're going again today. it really is great outdoor fun and would recommend it to anyone.
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 28, 2011, 06:58:31 pm: ...well, today is another story. fell over whilst retrieving a cache and sprained my ankle. talk about falling at the first hurdle!
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: chocadmin on August 29, 2011, 10:25:18 am: sounds good, apart from the injury bit. how far do you have to travel to get to the caches?
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on August 29, 2011, 03:37:13 pm: well that's the good thing - i typed my postcode into the website and the closest cache it brought up was less than 0.1 of a mile away! there are literally hundreds within a 5 mile radius. i'm guessing this applies to everywhere else in the uk (world, even) too. go to geocaching.com and enter a postcode (no registration needed). you'd be surprised how many are all around you and you didn't even realise.

oh, and the ankle turned a nice shade of purple in the night. lovely!
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on September 10, 2011, 02:18:38 am: i'm up to 19 finds now. going for number 20 tomorrow. it really is so much fun!
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Post by: wjp666 on September 11, 2011, 09:18:09 pm: #20 is in the bag!
Title: Re: Geocaching
Post by: wjp666 on September 16, 2011, 02:23:38 pm: come on, people! am i really the only one trying this? get your sat-navs out and go look for some tupperware!