I have been reading a lot about this lately - particularly from Jane Deans blog - so have started to investigate it a bit more.
This book arrived from Amazon Saturday morning - only managed one chapter so far but I am quite excited about the idea of doing it. Its a combination of outdoor expedition and technology. You visit geocaching .com to get the co-ordinates of where some treasure is hidden and then using a GPS you try and find it.
Trouble is I don't have a GPS yet so have been investigating these - some are cheap £60, then going up to different prices £130 & £170. I don't know what features I will need until I start - but I can't start until I have one! Perhaps I should just get a cheap one to see if I like it and then can get a bigger & better one later on?
Just watched the Gadget show and they looked at 3 GPS - the latest one from Garmin the Colorado 300 did really badly and the winner SATMAP active 10 looked great on the telly but had mixed reviews on Amazon and was very expensive - plus the maps on SD cards were also expensive addons.
Looking on the web site - there are lots of caches hidden around here and also Norwich - which is an area we want to explore - what a fun way to do that.
This book arrived from Amazon Saturday morning - only managed one chapter so far but I am quite excited about the idea of doing it. Its a combination of outdoor expedition and technology. You visit geocaching .com to get the co-ordinates of where some treasure is hidden and then using a GPS you try and find it.
Trouble is I don't have a GPS yet so have been investigating these - some are cheap £60, then going up to different prices £130 & £170. I don't know what features I will need until I start - but I can't start until I have one! Perhaps I should just get a cheap one to see if I like it and then can get a bigger & better one later on?
Just watched the Gadget show and they looked at 3 GPS - the latest one from Garmin the Colorado 300 did really badly and the winner SATMAP active 10 looked great on the telly but had mixed reviews on Amazon and was very expensive - plus the maps on SD cards were also expensive addons.
Looking on the web site - there are lots of caches hidden around here and also Norwich - which is an area we want to explore - what a fun way to do that.
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You don't need to go crazy on a GPS. Some have more features than others but you can geocache for a verylong time and be very successful with $200 (US) GPSr. You will love geocaching, it is real fun!
Geocaching With Team Hick@Heart
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