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On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:48:10 +0100 John Horne <john.horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 14:50 +0100, Tom Potts wrote: > > On Sunday 26 August 2007 08:43, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > > > > > I think some of the group are mixing up geocaching with sat-nav. I am > > > not talking about using a GPS receiver while driving. It will be used > > > to help me find a cache, the modern version of Dartmoor letter boxing. > > Definitely cheating! > > And dangerous - 30m out in fog could mean a cliff! > > > Or a peat-bog. Yuck! :-) > > Tried geocaching for a short while, but prefer letterboxing, or even > just walking on the moors. Was not impressed with some of the cache > locations, such a Leather Tor bridge (old stone bridge built in 1830's > along part of the Abbots' Way), which it was said could be driven to > with a 4x4. Totally irresponsible. > > John. I know what you mean, but the same applied to letterboxing. Some of the hints and directions were very bad and irresponsible. Having done letterboxing for many years I would like to try something similar in other areas. And around here in Devon there must be many beautiful places that I have never found away from Dartmoor. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html