Comments on: Britain’s best geocache trails http://www.walkmag.co.uk/features/if-you-hide-it-they-will-come/ The magazine of the Ramblers Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:36:09 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Stephanie http://www.walkmag.co.uk/features/if-you-hide-it-they-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Stephanie Wed, 26 May 2010 07:53:59 +0000 http://newsite.walk-mag.co.uk/?p=325#comment-1421 5 years ago, this used to be a hobby that took you to remote and interesting places. As it became more widely known, the game has gone downhill. Cache placements saturate every area, and rarely involve a proper walk. Plastic containers as small as 35mm film containers are placed at the base of lay-by bins, at the foot of signposts on short dog-toilet tracks, supermarket car-parks. The number of them now amounts to wholesale littering of the countryside, which is completely at odds with the conservation agenda of the Ramblers. To misquote Mark Twain - "Geocaching - a good walk ruined" 5 years ago, this used to be a hobby that took you to remote and interesting places. As it became more widely known, the game has gone downhill. Cache placements saturate every area, and rarely involve a proper walk. Plastic containers as small as 35mm film containers are placed at the base of lay-by bins, at the foot of signposts on short dog-toilet tracks, supermarket car-parks. The number of them now amounts to wholesale littering of the countryside, which is completely at odds with the conservation agenda of the Ramblers.

To misquote Mark Twain – “Geocaching – a good walk ruined”

]]> By: Peter Armstrong http://www.walkmag.co.uk/features/if-you-hide-it-they-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Peter Armstrong Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:51:12 +0000 http://newsite.walk-mag.co.uk/?p=325#comment-36 Lovely to see people picking up on this - I have recently written a thriller (http://www.lulu.com/content/3224830) based round geocaching, where you can even follow the clues and find the caches. Lovely to see people picking up on this – I have recently written a thriller (http://www.lulu.com/content/3224830) based round geocaching, where you can even follow the clues and find the caches.

]]> By: Dave Jones http://www.walkmag.co.uk/features/if-you-hide-it-they-will-come/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Dave Jones Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:15:50 +0000 http://newsite.walk-mag.co.uk/?p=325#comment-25 This is the most comprehensive Geocaching article I have seen published for some time and I hope it attracts many new cachers to a most enjoyable and educational passtime. This is the most comprehensive Geocaching article I have seen published for some time and I hope it attracts many new cachers to a most enjoyable and educational passtime.

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