I can relate in part to the attraction of Geocaching. I get off on the same thing regularly, recently aided by my bright yellow GPS.
I find a grid reference from an obscure Web site, and stagger off into the countryside, wife and kids in tow. We whoop it up a bit, and everyone gets excited at the prospect of finding this thing that's really well hidden and off the beaten track. When we find it it's dead exciting, and (I confess that) I mentally tick it of my list of the places I <I>need</I> to visit.
But...
I'm looking for minor Bronze Age megalithic monuments. When I get there I take photographs and I take note of the site. When I'm done and I leave there's NOTHING to show that I was ever there. That's the really important difference, the one that everyone is trying to convey to you. We have a lot in common, but when it comes to this point, all that means sod all. Whether it's a candle, a tin can or Geocache, as far as I'm concerned it's littering.
Why not try our 'sport'. It's bloody excellent, and it doesn't encroach on anyone else's enjoyment of the countryside.
Kammer x
PS. I have a gold meddle for finding small standing stones in tall grass.
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22nd January 2003ce
16:08 |
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- Re: GeoCaching (Kaipaith, Jan 22, 2003, 10:42)
- Bloody Hell!!!! (moey, Jan 22, 2003, 12:15)
- F***!!!!! (moey, Jan 22, 2003, 12:20)
- Re: F***!!!!! (FourWinds, Jan 22, 2003, 12:22)
- Re: F***!!!!! (Kaipaith, Jan 22, 2003, 12:27)
- Re: F***!!!!! (lobsterboy, Jan 22, 2003, 12:41)
- Re: F***!!!!! (pebblesfromheaven, Jan 22, 2003, 23:01)
- Doggone (Chrism, Jan 23, 2003, 08:42)
- And while I'm at it ... (FourWinds, Jan 22, 2003, 06:55)
- Re: GeoCaching (Holy McGrail, Jan 22, 2003, 07:45)
- Re: GeoCaching (Pagan Dawn, Jan 22, 2003, 11:50)
- WTF!?! (IronMan, Jan 22, 2003, 13:20)
- Re: GeoCaching (Kammer, Jan 22, 2003, 16:08)
- Re: GeoCaching (Pharisee, Jan 22, 2003, 16:42)
- Re: GeoCaching (nigelswift, Jan 22, 2003, 16:55)
- Re: GeoCaching (FourWinds, Jan 22, 2003, 17:02)
- Re: GeoCaching (Kammer, Jan 22, 2003, 17:13)
- Re: GeoCaching (Tufty, Jan 22, 2003, 21:25)
- Re: GeoCaching (Tree-Hugger, Jan 23, 2003, 09:16)
- Re: GeoCaching (moggymiaow, Jan 23, 2003, 21:52)
- A solution! (Pete G, Jan 22, 2003, 17:16)
- Re: GeoCaching (grufty jim, Jan 22, 2003, 20:24)
- Re: GeoCaching (Tufty, Jan 22, 2003, 22:36)
- Re: GeoCaching (Cache Man, Jan 23, 2003, 01:45)
- Peoples Front of Caching (RiotGibbon, Jan 23, 2003, 09:28)
- Re: GeoCaching (Tree-Hugger, Jan 23, 2003, 10:32)
- Re: GeoCaching (RiotGibbon, Jan 23, 2003, 10:35)
- Re: GeoCaching (Reluctant Defender, Jan 23, 2003, 11:11)
- coughs nervously ... (FourWinds, Jan 23, 2003, 11:33)
- Re: GeoCaching (Cache Man, Jan 23, 2003, 12:46)
- Navicache (RiotGibbon, Jan 23, 2003, 12:53)
- Re: GeoCaching (Kaipaith, Jan 23, 2003, 12:54)
- Re: GeoCaching (FourWinds, Jan 23, 2003, 12:57)
- be our guest (RiotGibbon, Jan 23, 2003, 13:02)
- Re: be our guest (Kaipaith, Jan 23, 2003, 13:24)
- Re: be our guest (Kaipaith, Jan 23, 2003, 13:28)
- but on the other hand (RiotGibbon, Jan 23, 2003, 14:19)
- Re: be our guest (Cache Man, Jan 24, 2003, 22:02)
- Re: be our guest (Morseman, Jan 26, 2003, 22:07)
- Re: GeoCaching (Scout, Jan 24, 2003, 00:43)
- Re: GeoCaching (Cache Man, Jan 24, 2003, 21:51)
- Not the time, nor the place, but (Reluctant Defender, Jan 23, 2003, 15:22)
- Re: Not the time, nor the place, but .. (FourWinds, Jan 23, 2003, 15:28)
- that's a bit harsh (RiotGibbon, Jan 23, 2003, 15:30)
- Re: Not the time, nor the place, but (Squid Tempest, Jan 23, 2003, 15:30)
- Re: Not the time, nor the place, but (Cache Man, Jan 24, 2003, 22:18)
- Clarification (Morseman, Jan 23, 2003, 11:10)
- What will they do? (FourWinds, Feb 02, 2003, 15:08)
- Co-operation? (Teasel, Jan 23, 2003, 15:18)
- Re: Co-operation? (Squid Tempest, Jan 23, 2003, 15:33)
- Re: Co-operation? (moggymiaow, Jan 23, 2003, 21:49)
- Re: Co-operation? (FourWinds, Jan 24, 2003, 08:43)
- Re: Co-operation? (Morseman, Jan 24, 2003, 14:14)
- here's two .... (FourWinds, Jan 23, 2003, 21:57)
- Kaipath's weblog post & the Cachers. (Holy McGrail, Jan 23, 2003, 23:36)
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