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Anyone also into this? Decided to give it a go on rec of a friend. The casual use GPS is a bit rubbish in trees which limits it but despite just starting yesterday we've now found 8 and failed to find 4. You do get a bit nettled and I find a head torch and rubber gloves handy. Son has taken to looking up caches every place we plan to visit. Can see it giving us something extra to do in Kinloch Rannoch, and I now have a nice collection of small plastic tack to exchange for other plastic tack we find in the boxes.
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I took the kids to find a couple round our way. Its a good excuse for a walk in the woods - certainly motivates the kids more than you'd think finding a small rubber soldier or whatever would.
I found you needed the cheat though unless you want to guddle about for ages in the undergrowth - maybe thats the whole point though?
I found you needed the cheat though unless you want to guddle about for ages in the undergrowth - maybe thats the whole point though?
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Yes we've tried it. But not very often.
Don't try it with grandparents - it can be very frustrating when don't "get it" (even after painstaking slow and logical explanations) and try to "help" by guessing where it is, randomly turning over stones, making "suggestions" etc.
Don't try it with grandparents - it can be very frustrating when don't "get it" (even after painstaking slow and logical explanations) and try to "help" by guessing where it is, randomly turning over stones, making "suggestions" etc.
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What is it? Sounds like it could be interesting!
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You'll find all you need to know here http://www.geocaching.com/. If you have a modern phone you can downloads apps for them... or use a GPS and away you go... we have loads in Stonehaven, some a little more hidden than others.
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NFKleanne wrote:What is it? Sounds like it could be interesting!
It's all explained at Geocaching.com.
I wonder whether leaving orienteering advert postcards (rather than tacky plastic junk) in caches might be an effective recruitment method...
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I think of the "cheat" as an essential part of the game as our GPS only has about a 10m accuracy and they're usually in dark areas where it gives out totally anyway.
We only started 2 days ago and have now found 14.
Have to download lots of numbers into the GPS now for a complex one round Forfar Loch with tree identification this afternoon. Orienteering themed items to leave sounds a good idea. Sadly my handful of Park World Tour leaflets got squash poured over them on Sunday.
I think the 2 activities have alot in common.
We only started 2 days ago and have now found 14.
Have to download lots of numbers into the GPS now for a complex one round Forfar Loch with tree identification this afternoon. Orienteering themed items to leave sounds a good idea. Sadly my handful of Park World Tour leaflets got squash poured over them on Sunday.
I think the 2 activities have alot in common.
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Why did you start this topic in banter frog? This isn't banter at all!
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Just been and looked at the website there are loads near me. Mite be an alternate to orienteering - i might not get so lost!
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Aye you will! We did - the first one we did had several clues that you had to use to work out the next coordinates. About halfway round the information board we had to find had been updated by the council! No longer did it have X amount of trees pictured on it. We had to start at 0 and work up to figure it out. Fortunately it was only 3 or we'd have been at it all day!
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I think the "orienteering should be fast" brigade would have kicked it out of the main discussion board.
I can't run currently so this has been keeping me active. Suspect for adults the novelty soon wears off, and don't think I'd travel anywhere just to geocache, but it's a handy way of passing the time if you are somewhere particularly with kids, and they tend to be interesting places.
Mixed results round Forfar loch yesterday. The 3 you just got to by co-ordinates were fine, but the complex tree clue one although fun to work out had no cache at the end as there had been some felling.
I see there are 2 on Cramond Island and I've got an omap from Janet so that might be a trip and a picnic sometime.
I can't run currently so this has been keeping me active. Suspect for adults the novelty soon wears off, and don't think I'd travel anywhere just to geocache, but it's a handy way of passing the time if you are somewhere particularly with kids, and they tend to be interesting places.
Mixed results round Forfar loch yesterday. The 3 you just got to by co-ordinates were fine, but the complex tree clue one although fun to work out had no cache at the end as there had been some felling.
I see there are 2 on Cramond Island and I've got an omap from Janet so that might be a trip and a picnic sometime.
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This is definately a more interesting topic than the endless discussion on cheating in urban racing. Could it be bumped into discussion?
Just been googling geocaching. Seems like a clever way of sustaining the "sport" - no planning guidelines or membership or insurance before you plan an event - just go and build your cache. Does anyone know how many geocachers there are in the UK?
The Geocaching association of GB has a forum to post events http://www.gagb.co.uk/forums/. An idea to promote orienteering to geocachers might be to incorporate geocaching into a standard orienteering event. For example geocache finders choose a course at a normal orienteering event and compete normally except that they are given the GPS co-ordinates of each control. The take a SI Card and record their time, and can take an orienteering map if they choose. The cache is the control. You could use a reasonably hard course such as a green, though perhaps best suits a score event. You could then advertise this event as geocachorienteering or something, direct to geocachers on their forum. It might also be something different for existing orienteers to try.
Have I just re-invented something?
Just been googling geocaching. Seems like a clever way of sustaining the "sport" - no planning guidelines or membership or insurance before you plan an event - just go and build your cache. Does anyone know how many geocachers there are in the UK?
The Geocaching association of GB has a forum to post events http://www.gagb.co.uk/forums/. An idea to promote orienteering to geocachers might be to incorporate geocaching into a standard orienteering event. For example geocache finders choose a course at a normal orienteering event and compete normally except that they are given the GPS co-ordinates of each control. The take a SI Card and record their time, and can take an orienteering map if they choose. The cache is the control. You could use a reasonably hard course such as a green, though perhaps best suits a score event. You could then advertise this event as geocachorienteering or something, direct to geocachers on their forum. It might also be something different for existing orienteers to try.
Have I just re-invented something?
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That sounds like a good idea. Not sure how many people read the geocache fora. You can have geocache parties, so this could maybe be a varient of a party.
It would be easy to do co-ordinates for an orange course.
It would be easy to do co-ordinates for an orange course.
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There are 3 just south of the campsite at Kilvrecht, and 1 a bit further round the hill, although I'm not sure I like the idea of the ants much. Suspect I'll be dragged there Sat evening. Sounds like the woodland walks by the cmpsite have interesting carvings, although son will be in blinkered full steam ahead mode. Must pack tons of midge repellant and a head torch (and GPS). Must read the relay details and check it's not all out of bounds for the Sunday as didn't come here in 2000.
Just looked at the map. The geocaches are on it so I guess it's out of bounds then along with all the walks.
Just looked at the map. The geocaches are on it so I guess it's out of bounds then along with all the walks.
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frog wrote:There are 3 just south of the campsite at Kilvrecht, . . . . check it's not all out of bounds for the Sunday.
Looks like it's OOB:
Scottish Champs Final Details wrote:The campsite will be open to the public during the event. It will be OUT of BOUNDS for those competitors who are not camping in it. Please follow the taped routes to and from the parking areas, starts, toilets and assembly field.
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