Geocaching anyone? - Clubhouse

Pink_lynne

04/06/2012 at 18:10

My husband and kids are really into geocaching and I've started going out with them too. For anyone who doesn't know about it it's like a huge treasure hunt around Britain using GPS coordinates to hide caches. These caches sometimes have swap stuff like badges, small toys, stickers etc and you sign a log to confirm you've found it. There are loads in the parks near where we live and the kids (and dog!) happily walk about 5 miles at a time to find a few. Hoping to be out early tomorrow round Rosshall Park in Glasgow as there are new ones there. Is there anyone else who geocaches?

SuperCaz

04/06/2012 at 18:33

I love the idea of it but couldn't find the time to do it regularly

mathschick

04/06/2012 at 18:49

I like the idea - but how do you know where to find the caches?

Pink_lynne

04/06/2012 at 19:15

There is a website where people post the coordinates and sometimes a clue as they can be hard to find. The best we have found had a small hole cut out of a log and carefully replaced with the cache inside. I am a bit technophobe but my husband downloads the coordinates onto his garmin for the area we want to visit and then off we go!

Dave The Ex- Spartan pirate

pirate

04/06/2012 at 19:17

Letter boxing is far more fun

mrs. hog - mousey

04/06/2012 at 20:51

Dave The Ex- Spartan wrote (see)

Letter boxing is far more fun

I was about to say that. Which reminds me that I want to get one sorted.

Dave The Ex- Spartan pirate

pirate

04/06/2012 at 21:16

We have set a couple in the Lakes

Pink_lynne

04/06/2012 at 21:30

I'm away to google letter boxing

Pink_lynne

04/06/2012 at 21:33

Aah, I didn't know about letter boxing but it sounds good too. I'll get outdoor pursuits enthusiast hubby on to this.

mathschick

05/06/2012 at 08:34

oh, that looks like fun too, will have to see if there are any round my area - would make a walk more interesting for the kids

SossigeDog

05/06/2012 at 08:46

Coincidence, was planning a day out with my daughter doing this today.

JvR

05/06/2012 at 10:18

My son and I have done geocaching in the Cotswolds and also around where we live.

Download coordinates to my Garmin and then off we go. Its lovely getting out and about and seeing areas that we'd not normally have been to. We've had a couple of challenging caches to find. All the rest have been fairly easy.

Haven't tried letter boxing though.

SossigeDog

05/06/2012 at 15:48

That was fun, bit frustrating not being able to find some of the caches though. Went to 5 locations & found two.

Pink_lynne

05/06/2012 at 16:52

Hi, we went out geocaching this morning and for the first time ever met fellow geocachers looking in the same place as us. Out of 4 that we looked for we got 3, but I agree it is so frustrating when you can't find one. Disappointing day for our kids though as they were all small caches so no toys or swaps in them.

It's a good way to encourage the kids to walk without them moaning!

SossigeDog

06/06/2012 at 20:17

This is getting a bit addicitve. Found 5 out of 6 today. Some very clever hiding places.

We'd love you to add a comment! Please login or take half a minute to register as a free member