Geocaching

[John Russell]

In Devon it was/is called 'letter boxing' and has been going on on Dartmoor for more than 100 years (that is, pre-GPS).

 

Here's more about it: Letterboxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

My wife is a mad keen 'Dartmoor walker' and is up there twice in most weeks. Keeps her well fit!

 

Best wishes,

 

John Russell

[Andy Collins]

In Devon it was/is called 'letter boxing' and has been going on on Dartmoor for more than 100 years (that is, pre-GPS).

 

Here's more about it: Letterboxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

My wife is a mad keen 'Dartmoor walker' and is up there twice in most weeks. Keeps her well fit!

 

Best wishes,

 

John Russell

 

I think they call it "dogging" round these parts

[Frankie Lawrence]

I think they call it "dogging" round these parts

 

:lol:

[Stephen Blair]

nearly choked there Andy ha ha

[Bolt]

Yeah for sure. There's a few in the park I work at. A couple of them were put in by our assistant. We hire out gps units to school groups and have them do some sort of challenge with it. I keep my nose out of it though as it really is dull as dishwater, particularly when you find people who are into it to the point of obsession. When I was young, it was all orienteering. Now it's bloody hanging off the side of bridges looking for a kinder egg sized parcel wedged between brickwork. The kids lap it up though, so I suppose it is a good thing, and it gets them out and about.

 

sums it all up.

 

when-I-were-a-lad we used a map, a compass, and our eyes.

 

young-kids-these-days have to be told where to go by some stupid electric gadget so they don't have to think for themselves.

 

you would never catch me sitting infront of a pile of silicon chips all evening staring dumbly at at screen!

[Isaac]

Nothing like a thread like this to fire up the naysayers ! "when we were kids" blah blah blah ... I've never found a Geowatsit but it sounds like a great way to get kids excited about exploring the countryside and parents too to go to places where they'd not otherwise have considered. Walking is just walking without a target and a pub isn't a good enough target or a 10 year old !

[Jonesie]

I hear what some of you are saying, but trying to get a teenager of his rear and outside is a nightmare, prefers to sit in front of a laptop/xbox.

He's up for this and it stops me working for a while and it means the wife gets a break from me and him as well, every ones a winner. :thumbup:

 

I'll post my finds on here, either that or I'll tell you it's crap and I'm not going again.

[David Humphries]

I'll post my finds on here, either that or I'll tell you it's crap and I'm not going again.

 

 

 

good luck Justin, hope you & the lad have some good adventures.

 

Take tree id book along with you to teach him what trees are out there

 

 

 

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[Jonesie]

good luck Justin, hope you & the lad have some good adventures.

 

Take tree id book along with you to teach him what trees are out there

 

 

 

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Will do, got one to find local to us as a tester and it says I will need a pin or twezers.:confused1:

[Stephen Blair]

well there are 3 geo things with in 5 mins walk from my house.

I doenloaded an app for my iphone, its amazing. I was sitting in the cafe today telling my mate about it who owns the place, i turned it on and there was 1 less than 50m away in the railway station. I finished up and off we went, what a laugh, it was so exciting, i felt like a kid. The app gave us a clue and we were following a flashing arrow on the screen with a countdown in metres, we asked the ticket guy and he looked blank.

Long story short we spent 30mins wlkling about the station and car park, looking up lamposts, behind signs, phoneboxes and still couldnt find it. We had a clue that it was magnetic and tiny and was a little book to be signed. We never found it but i shall return lol.

There is 1 500m from my yard aswell. The ones locally are all at famous landmarks about the town, i have found a new hobby:001_cool: