Geocaching
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:27 pm
Is there a local group who does this, does anybody know?
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:44 pm
What is geocaching
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:51 pm
It's a kind of treasure hunt:
Geocaching
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A Geocache is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Today, well over 440,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the sport. Geocaches are currently placed in 222 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica.
I know there's a cache on Easdale Island, and there are others around Oban.
Geocaching
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A Geocache is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook and "treasure," usually toys or trinkets of little value. Today, well over 440,000 geocaches are registered on various websites devoted to the sport. Geocaches are currently placed in 222 countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica.
I know there's a cache on Easdale Island, and there are others around Oban.
Treasure hunt...
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:06 pm
Wait till the Pentlandpirate heres about this!
One on Easdale island? Are you sure you're not on about a pile of wasted European money? It's a strange place after the last ferry...
One on Easdale island? Are you sure you're not on about a pile of wasted European money? It's a strange place after the last ferry...
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:44 pm
Yep, I'm aware of the one on Easdale Island - not telling where...
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:03 pm
Sorry to disappoint canUsmellthat ; I don't get it. satnavs are unbelievably accurate. What's the fun in following a satnav's directions right to the 'hidden' spot unless you are listening to the directions in Norwegian? Now if you said you had to navigate by the sun and stars that would be a challenge especially round Seil.
So who stuck a little cache or a trinket box in a hole down the golf course road, just so they could titter when the men came and started digging holes down into the smelly sewers?? mmmmmm?
So who stuck a little cache or a trinket box in a hole down the golf course road, just so they could titter when the men came and started digging holes down into the smelly sewers?? mmmmmm?
Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:34 pm
This might be a great way to get my garden dug. Plant a small box of trinkets in the middle of it and have a bunch of people come dig everything up for me for free. This sounds like a good plan.
Cheers
Bob
Cheers
Bob
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:54 pm
The latest find was logged today, must've been quite busy with all those little people around 
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Location: United Kingdom
despittertjes found Alex's Oban Bypass (Traditional Cache) at 8/14/2007
Log Date: 8/14/2007
# 102
It was quit a puzzle to find the right path. After that it was a nice and soggy walk accompanied by a lot of miggets.
Greetings from the Netherlands
:Location: United Kingdom
despittertjes found Alex's Oban Bypass (Traditional Cache) at 8/14/2007
Log Date: 8/14/2007
# 102
It was quit a puzzle to find the right path. After that it was a nice and soggy walk accompanied by a lot of miggets.
Greetings from the Netherlands
geocaching...
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:16 pm
What did you take from the box and what did you put in?
Were there any suspicious "muggles" around?
Were there any suspicious "muggles" around?
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:20 pm
Heheheh, dunno, it wasn't moi. It was somebody from the Netherlands who found the cache and then logged it on the geocaching site.