Sunday, 26 July 2015

Lost in Translation (Geocaching Confusion) - OBGCP73


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This Week..

Feedback from the one true North (Canada)

Stories from Chenobyl

Steam Punk GPSr

Muggles go outdoors (a bomb alert)

The future of Geocaching

Last Week..

Audio from our day out to the 4th Biannual Sutton Cache Fest, with an interview with Lucie Melen.

25/07/2015 Oh Beep! attended 4th Biannual Sutton Cache Fest *Summer 2015* Visit Log
25/07/2015 Oh Beep! found High Quality Visit Log
25/07/2015 Oh Beep! found "If you liked it then you shoulda...." Visit Log
25/07/2015 Oh Beep! found Church Micro 1330…Sutton in the Isle Visit Log
23/07/2015 Oh Beep! will attend 4th Biannual Sutton Cache Fest *Summer 2015* Visit Log
12/07/2015 Oh Beep! found TRotAM Part II: #2 The silence of the sea Visit Log
12/07/2015 Oh Beep! found TRotAM Part II: #3 Water, water, every where Visit Log
12/07/2015 Oh Beep! found TRotAM Part II: #4 Slimy things Visit Log
12/07/2015 Oh Beep! found TRotAM Part III: #1 A certain shape Visit Log
11/07/2015 Oh Beep! found Angie's Cache. Visit Log
11/07/2015 Oh Beep! found one of five Visit Log
11/07/2015 Oh Beep! found two of five Visit Log
11/07/2015 Oh Beep! found three of five Visit Log
11/07/2015 Oh Beep! found four of five Visit Log
11/07/2015 Oh Beep! found five of five Visit Log

News..

PUNKY GPS GETS THE STEAM BUILT UP FOR GEOCACHING (From hackaday.com)

Steam Pubk GPSr

It must be summer - muggles, who never venture outdoors, are finding all sorts of suspicious packages.

When geocaching goes awry (From technical.ly)

“While the Dover Police Department understands the recreational activity of geocaching, we ask that creators of geocache finds create items that are more obvious in nature,” police spokesman Mark Hoffman said in a statement.

Feedback..

From LANMonkey (audio)

From Wet_Coaster The little-known Canadian version of American football

The sports of American and Canadian football both developed in the mid-19th Century, evolving from the British game of rugby.

While the two forms of gridiron are in essence the same game, there are some key rule differences. For example, Canadian football has larger pitch measurements, and one more player per side.

"Canadians are acutely aware of the cultural differences [between the two countries], and acutely interested in maintaining their own separate cultural identity," he says. "The CFL is one way they can do that."

David Holmes, 51, a lifelong fan of Vancouver's CFL team, the BC Lions, happily points out that the first recorded game of Canadian football took place in 1861, eight years before the first documented American football match.

Field Report From Zack..

Moan-A-Lots Son Zack (aka The Silent Searcher) sends us a field report - its actually like a 10 minute version of the randomness that is Oh Beep!)

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Not having a backup plan when doing a challenge.

BananaSource finds out the "easy" route can come with consequences.

Nemesis Geocache..

GC20F9Z Under Powered by CromScout & Trouble'N'Strife

GGH Tips..

Want to watch the journey of a #Geocaching.com trackable? You can click on the the "View in Google Earth" link from the trackable's page to download a KML file which opens in Google Earth allowing you to fly along the stops. That was just one of the many fun topics in "GGH 162: Randomize XXXI."
http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-162-randomize-xxxi 

Ask Doctor D..

What do you think about 'throw down caches'?

GeoPauls Video of the Week...

The future of Geocaching by TheChristophalos

 

 

 

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

Junes Ey Up Me Duck Challenge, how did we do?

July challenge: there are 5 different sized caches you can find: micro, small, regular, large and other. Easier challenge see if you can find 4 different sizes during the month. Harder challenge see if you can find an example of each on the sane day.

From Damian..
Hi Guys,
I hope you get a chance to read this out we are Aussies and we always get a good laugh when you guys do the accents :)
Managed to complete July's Ey Up Me Duck challenge in one day. We headed out to do some caching on the 17th of July with the plan that by the end of the day we will have achieved a 5 terrain cache earned the souvenir and also made our 700th find. The cache we chose as our D5 was called Animal facts : Giraffe, which was also our 700th find. It wasn't too difficult as we had scoped out GZ a few weeks earlier so knew exactly what we needed to make the find, we were delayed slightly when grabbing this cache as the council workers were grading a nearby dirt road. As a bonus we managed to find all 5 cache types in the one day.
Anyway the caches we found were;
 
Micro
 
Small
 
Regular (Our 700th find)
 
Large
 
Not chosen
 
All up it was a successful afternoons caching with 7 finds in total.
Keep up the good work guys
Bye
Damian
D&V&L

From Dave DeBaeremaeker..

Hey BananaSauce and Doctor D!

I have finally gotten my ducks in a row and managed to qualify for an Eye Up Me Duck challenge.

I did not manage to find all the types in 24 hours, but that was due to there being a 14 hour drive from North Carolina to Canada (Canada oi! oi!) in the middle of the attempt.  However I got four of them (unknown, micro, small, regular), and managed to introduce 3 new people to geocaching.  The time from start to finish was just under 30 hours.

I have a few large caches on my list, so I should get the 5th type before the end of the month.

This was a fun challenge.   Thanks!

Cheers

Facts of the Uselessness..

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

From Lucie Melen..

Saw this and thought of you... While in London at the weekend, found a cache here, and thought you'd like it!

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Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Canada! Canada!, Oi! Oi! - OBGCP72


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Another short show.  A quick one to announce the June Ey Up Me Duck Challenge Winner and to set the July challenge.

The winner of the Hune Ey Up Me Duck Challenge was Brilang.

July's Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

July challenge: there are 5 different sized caches you can find: micro, small, regular, large and other. Easier challenge see if you can find 4 different sizes during the month. Harder challenge see if you can find an example of each on the sane day.


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Saturday, 20 June 2015

Virtual's & Earthcaches - OBGCP71


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This Week..

Pay per find Geocache

Why doesn't Doctor D log his Geocache finds?

Junes Ey Up Me Duck Challenge update

Last Week..

GCG0G7 Lady Chatterley's Cache by BountyHunter1

GC27063 CASTLE ROCK EARTHCACHE - NOTTINGHAM by northking

News..

Pay to find a cache Welcome to Morocco GC35436

The cache is in the hands of Ahmed, who wants money for his "services" of showing up, pulling the cache out of his pocket and letting one log. New log sheets are supplied by cachers who take the time and money to cross over from Spain and want to a find a cache in Morocco at all cost. When Ahmed is around it is find, when he is not, it is a DNF. Is this what geocaching is supposed to be about? I don't find this fun at all.

Cache owner has not been active since 2011. I think this cache should be archived.

I have been watching this cache for 3 years now, and would love to find a cache in Tanger, but I am not willing to pay to a local who stole the cache and makes money out of it. I find this disgusting and geocachers and Groundspeak should not support this!

The Legend Of Dawsons Mine: The Serialization Of A Fictional Work by Dave DeBaeremaeker

"In a world governed by satellite geolocation technology, and tupperware hidden in the woods, two unsuspecting brothers head off geocaching in the mountains of North Carolina.

What they found was more than they ever imagined. The untold mystery of one of the darkest chapters in Appalachian history.

This secret, however, is not without its guardians.

Will they solve the mystery?  Will they survive the wrath of the guardians?  Will they go to the other side of the road, look behind the guardrail, find the cache, and sign the log?

Will they survive the horror that is The Legend Of Dawson's mine?

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Marie Pickard 

I had a letter in my name, it was a penalty notice fine for driving in a bus lane! For a time and date I was at work! Mark had decided to take the boys out to grab a few caches. £10 a cache! Hope it was worth it?! :

GGH Tips..

Mr. LANMonkey recommends paddling gloves to save your hands when #geocaching by #kayak. There's plenty of discussion about how gloves help in kayaking (and in cycling) in "GGH 173: Kayaking I" plus many more tips.
http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-173-kayaking-i

#blamemoanalot

From Dave DeBaeremaeker

I went geocaching on the weekend. After a 3 mile hike in the 100f NC heat along the rugged mountain trails, just a quarter mile out from GZ my GPS batteries died.‪#‎ThanksMoanALot‬

From Eric Beale

Just listen to this week's podcast and now I have this Klingon song stuck in my head, I think I will blame moan a lot for this.

Ask Doctor D..

From Yorkshire Yellow

Why don't you log your caches?

Video Of The Week..

Geocaching Along the Seafront

Check out Pauls YouTube channel at youtube.com/MrGeoPaul

 

 

 

Facts Of The Uselessness..

Too many to list this week.

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

The Doctor Who Festival

 

 

 


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Saturday, 13 June 2015

Geocaching Penetration - OBGCP70


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This Week..

A day out caching

Police searching for missing Chris May appeal to Essex geocachers for help

Lucie Melen raising money for charity

Moan-A-Lot isn't the brightest bulb in the torch

Doctor D tackles a question about the geocaching road trip

Last Week..

We went out last Saturday to do the Repton Ramble and some other Geocaches in the area.  We managed to turn what should have been a 5 mile walk in to a nearly 7 mile walk.  We also made a very early (for us) start on Junes Ey Up Me Duck Challenge.  Two cache types during that day out - a hybrid letterbox and a traditional.

Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:12. HOME STRAIGHT East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:11 TOMS CACHE East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:10. POST IT! East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:9. BIRD COVER COPSE East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:8. PEAK VIEWS East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Didn't find it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! couldn't find  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:7. Hangmans's Stone East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:6. WOT NO GATE East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:5. STUMPED East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Didn't find it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! couldn't find  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:4. CHESTNUT DRIVE East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  Post-Haste Foremarke East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  Jim's Cache East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:3. FOREMARKE East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Didn't find it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! couldn't find  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:2. HOLEY MOLEY East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Didn't find it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! couldn't find  Milton Brook Cache East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  Post Haste Milton East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  Megan's cache East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log
Found it 06/06/2015 Oh Beep! found  REPTON RAMBLE REWORKED - NO:1. ELLIE'S CACHE East Midlands, United Kingdom Visit Log

News..

Police searching for missing Chris May appeal to Essex geocachers for help (From m.essexchronicle.co.uk)

Naked rambler Stephen Gough appears nude via video link from prison (from www.bbc.co.uk)

Feedback

From Lucie Melen 

I'm saving the shows up ready for a binge-listen when I do the 3 peaks next week (eeeeeeek!) so I've not listened yet. If I could be really cheeky and mention our fundraising page here - we're aiming to climb Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis in 24 hours in aid of Be Child Cancer Aware - a children's cancer charity close to my heart.

https://www.justgiving.com/National3peaks2015/

From CraigsOutside

How about a shout out to 'unsanctified' and the rest of the 'West End Geocachers'?

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Marie Pickard 

He bought a torch, put the batteries in it, moaned (really he did) that it didn't work, waited a week to take it back to the shop, got a new one, put batteries in it, moaned again (hard to believe but true) that it didn't work. I looked at it and got it to work straight away, he was pressing the button, when all he needed to do was slide it! He then realised the first torch wasn't faulty after all! #dumbcacher

GGH Tips..

When shopping for your #geocaching #kayak, remember that flat bottom kayaks are more difficult to maneuver. You want all the control possible when hunting caches in a sea taco, so chose carefully! There's plenty more tips in "GGH 173: Kayaking I."
http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-173-kayaking-i

#blamemoanalot..

Obama is happy Moan-a-lot is taking the blame.  From StridentUK

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We can blame Moan-A-Lot for breaking us Geocaching wise.  Ever since the 130 bumper, 20 mile Geocaching day we have had no interest in Geocaching.

From Brilang

Went for a 13.4km  hike on Sunday. I still hurt on Tuesday. I 

Ask Doctor D..

From Yorkshire Yellow

Have you heard about the 'geocaching road trip'? What do you think about it? Are you going to be doing it?

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

June Challenge – This month as its warmer and you’ll be out and about more, your challenge is to find 6 different caches types. You can do this over the month or if you really want to challenge yourself do them in the same day.

Brilangs Video of the Week..

Geocaching BG - Geocaching Commercial

 

 

 

Facts of the uselessness..

Big Ben just had a birthday

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

U.N.I.T spin off coming to Big Finish (From metro.co.uk)


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