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Just thought I'd post this here: http://www.geocaching.com/ is a website dedicated to a game called, unsurprisingly, geocaching. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people from all age groups, with a strong sense of community and support for the environment. Basically, it is what the description sounds like. The users place these little boxes, sometimes containing little prizes (which you have to replace if you take with something else), or just a log book for you to sign. I've done around 15 of these, and had some really weird experiences. I've had to wait for a caretaker at my local church to leave so I could look around the graves for one, I've had to look under the bridge at a small train station in Wales for a tiny capsule the size of a finger nail, go clambering through bushes to find an ammo-box under a tree stump, and, amazingly, had to walk 1 minute down my road to find one under a bush. That's the really shocking thing about this - how popular it is! I live in a remote village in the countryside, and there are at least 2 people from the village that do it, and hundreds of caches nearby (as I said, a couple of minutes walk down my road, even). Just thought I'd post this so you guys can check it out, just put in your post code and see where your nearest one is. You never know what adventures you'll find!

2009-04-15 12:27:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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I do geocaching before I go anywhere I check what geocaches are in the place I'm and sometimes any on the routes I might take if I walk. It's good fun. I enjoyed running around random hills looking for caches with my friends last october

2009-04-15 13:56:00 Author: adlingtont Posts: 321

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It is great fun I went to Spain recently, there was a multicache in the city I was in. Unfortunately, no opportunities to do it

2009-04-15 14:12:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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I've looked into it before but never been bothered; just stick to me D of E and orienteering.

2009-04-15 15:31:00 Author: Shermzor Posts: 1330

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It is very similar to orienteering, you really should give it a try Shermzor, it's awesome

2009-04-15 17:50:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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I did one of these after my teacher recommended it in fall. It was only like 0.25 miles away from my house so i rode my bike. After that i stopped doing it but probally might do it this summer with some buddies

2009-04-15 21:20:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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I'm surprised that a couple of people have done it It's scarily popular. TEHY IZ IN OUR COUNTREIZ, PALCING BAWXES

2009-04-15 21:27:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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I'm surprised that a couple of people have done it It's scarily popular. TEHY IZ IN OUR COUNTREIZ, PALCING BAWXES Hehe...whenever I go geocaching and I'm in the area of the cache I look at everyone thinking something like 'are you one of us or one of them? Cacher or muggle?' Then they notice I'm looking at them...it gets pretty awkward then If you look for a real challenge do it without a GPS...I don't own a GPS so I have to and its hard...google maps and satellite images FTW! Dawesbr: That's annoing about the cache in Spain! Unless you go there often it's annoying when you miss a cache. What are multicaches like? I've never done one but from what I understand its a series of clues leading to the last cache but is there a cache in the location of all the clues?

2009-04-15 23:37:00 Author: adlingtont Posts: 321

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Well I don't have a GPS either. Just follow my instinct. I've done one Multicache before, in a place called Lake Bala in Wales. The directions came to a little film canister in a tree that had some GPS coordinates inside. Of course, with no GPS, they were useless, but using the two comments: "Missed the turning off the main road the first few times" and "found the tree stump", I found it half way up the nearby hill. Who needs GPS, right? When I go, I just take a photo or two on my phone of the geocaching google maps image, then guess at where it is. PS, I know this is kinda private, but your location says South-west England. Which County?

2009-04-16 10:05:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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Good old Gloucestershire How about you? I'm guessing you mean Blighty as in England and not the small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia.

2009-04-16 14:47:00 Author: adlingtont Posts: 321

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I'm hoping Australia :3. I have never done this. Another thing to add to my memory of random things.

2009-04-16 16:05:00 Author: Unknown User

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There are three in the woods about 5 minutes away from me all by someone that used to go to my school.

2009-04-16 16:14:00 Author: moleynator Posts: 2914

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There are a few in my area but none that wouldn't take a full day expedition to make it worth it :.

2009-04-16 16:18:00 Author: Unknown User

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adlingtont, yeah Blighty as in England. I live in ye olde Shropshire myself, but do most of my caching in the Llyn Peninsula in Wales (2nd home. How posh.)

2009-04-16 17:49:00 Author: dawesbr Posts: 3280

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Ooo nice...Havn't been to Wales much...not at all that I can actually remember but I'm off to Cardiff to see blue man group soon

2009-04-16 22:27:00 Author: adlingtont Posts: 321

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