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Thread: lovely time of year to try geocaching

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    Default lovely time of year to try geocaching

    want something to do with the kids this year then try geocaching
    www.geocaching.com

    its like hide and seek/treasure hunting
    really you should have a gps, but with the ones up here just a good knowledge of the area and you'll find them

    we've found 4 so far
    bairns think it is good fun

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    It's also great fun when you set a cache. We have one on Skye and the compliments we get from visitors are terrific.

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    I'll have to have a look at that...love a treasure hunt

    Mind you I know where one of the local ones are already....I happened upon it by accident about 5 years ago...of course it may have moved by now

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    I posted on this last year. I fancy having a go but I cannot justify spending money on a GPS when I know it will never get used for anything else.
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    Hi Lynne, it looks very interesting but do you need a gps or can you do it the old fashioned way with a map and compass? If you do need a gps how much do they cost?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WickWitch View Post
    It looks very interesting but do you need a gps or can you do it the old fashioned way with a map and compass? If you do need a gps how much do they cost?
    Hey, lots of information here
    http://www.geocaching.com/resources/ .

    A map and compass may not cut it I'm afraid.

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    Thanks Pantsman, I have joined and am hoping that I get some advice about a secondhand gps.

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    Default Lovely time of year to try geo caching

    Now I'm showing my age.
    Was just reading the recent thread titles and as I was reading one silently to myself I thought "lovely time of year to do what at geos?"
    . . . and then it sunk in.

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    wickwitch, we have just purchased a garmin e trex about £70 but boy is it accurate got me to within 2 steps of my closest geocach,
    but saying that the 3 closest geocaches to us, we found without the gps unit as the online clues and pictures on the geocach website were enough to find the location quite easily.

    my 3 kids love this and we are planning to go to alness next week and try finding some down there with my pal's kids

    so wick witch if you are in wick then try the one at the staxigoe memorial or the noss head picnic area one, they are really easy, though please remember geocach code and return them in same place out of sight

    there is one at the somerfield car park but we haven't found it yet

    we bought our gps from amazon
    Last edited by lynne duncan; 10-Jul-09 at 10:15.

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    Thanks for that Lynne

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    Lynne, the one at Somerfields car park is the easiest one ever! Look at the spoiler pictures, and you can't miss it! My sister, on holiday from Dublin knew where to find it from the pictures. Didn't even need the sat nav!
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    have managed to find the ones at dunnet head ham harbour and dunnet forest last week, was planning the one at rumster, whaligoe and old man his week but our car is u/s at the moment but as soon as it is going again then we'll try

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