Tim C.:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:08:06 +0100, Mike wrote in post :
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On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:45:38 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
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geocaching

I hadn't heard of that, bit like Dartmoor letterboxing

Yes, very much so. It's fun. You can do it with any GPS equipment where you
can input a gps co-ordinate.

A Garmin Etrex H for about 75 euros will already do perfectly.
More expensive ones, with topographic maps, are available, sometimes
handy, but certainly not necessary.

You have to work out the clues a start point
which gives you the next co-ordinate, where you can find the next clue...
and so on. Sometimes only one step, sometimes more.

Exactly right. Of course, geocaching.com introduces the lot nicely, but
also, Wikipedia has a proper explanation.

Come to Holland or North-Western Germany, and I'll be happy to take you
along to do a few caches.
My wife and I have seen at least 100 interesting spots within a 30
miles radius from home, that we would probably never have seen or
noticed without geocaching. Things that you will visit are
- hidden monument in a small town, right behind the mayor's office
- that white, tiny beach in the middle of a forest
- the most beautiful jogging track at the side of a city park
- a 1,500 year old tomb stone under a covered bridge
- etc, etc.

(Unfortunately, there are also caches hidden at almost random places
that aren't interesting at all, like a phone booth or a deserted former
bus stop).


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Erick