The Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast

Moan-A-Lots 16 Geocaching Rants - OBGCP98

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:39:00 +0000

This Week..

Moan-A-Lot joins us to share some of his Geocaching rants.

Rant 1.

People who don't log their finds on the listing site.

Doctor D finally moves on the Evil Feathers TB.

Ask Doctor D..

From Docfirewoman

How do you get your Geocaching mojo back?

Rant 2.

Lamp post Geocaches in the UK compared with the USA.

Rant 3.

Doctor D's poor attempts at Geocache maintenance.

Doctor D goes on strike, again, due to lack of quality Geocaches.

Rant 4.

We all hate multi's, but all our favourite Geocaches are multi's.

Rant 5.

The Geocaching app and other apps.

Rant 6.

Arrogant alarm clocks.

Rant 7.

Experienced Geocachers complaining about not being able to find your Geocache, which was an easy find for a first timer.

Rant 8.

People who complain co-ords are out, despite 120 people before finding the Geocache exactly where it was hidden.

Rant 9.

People putting Geocaches back where the THINK it should be hidden, despite the owners original intent.

Rant 10.

Why we don't like urban caches

Rant 11.

Reviewers who have their favourite Geocachers.

Rant 12.

Geocachers who will take to social media to complain but don't approach the person they have issue with directly.

Rant 13.

The Geocaching police.

Rant 14.

Buried Geocaches.

Rant 15.

Geocaching police who don't like people putting a new series in the same place as an archived series.

Find Moan-A-Lot at his Facebook group Geocachers Anonymous

Rant 16.

Logging Geocaches as a team.

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Danno Pugatch Interview - OBGCP97

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 16:53:00 +0000

This Week...

Dannon, from Team Pugatch, joins us for discussion about Geocaching, his youtube channel and beer. Plus a lot more.

Check out Danno's Youtube channel, Get Lost! with Team Pugatch https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGsXnx4NLwibRXFB9lgfo4Q/videos

Danno did a brilliant video advertising his appearance:

https://youtu.be/ghXOorrVFj4

Follow Danno on Twitter at @dannopugatch

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Geocaching Podcast Profiles: Oh Beep! Geocaching Podcast - OBGCP96

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 07:28:00 +0000

Back in October 2013 the GeogearHeads podcast (www.geogearheads.com) did an episode about the History of Podcasting (www.cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-093-history-of-podcasting). This episode featured Rob Walch, from media hosting site Libsyn.

Without the above podcast episode there would be no Oh Beep! After hearing it, we had a "we can do that" mentality.

To take things full circle. Back in April 2016 DarrylW4 conducted a series of interview with geocaching podcasters. Profiling each one and why they do it. Those profiles were never released to the GGH feed.

This episode is the audio from the Oh Beep! session. The hope is that someone hearing this will have a "I can do that" moment and start their own podcast.

We'd like to thank the GeoGearHeads and DarrylW4 for all they have done to help us over the years.

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Dr D v The 8 Stage Multi - OBGCP95

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:59:00 +0000

Another out and about episode. We attempt an 8 stage multi geocache, with the aid of the Geocaching Buddy app.

The Geocache:

GC3MZRH Jubilation by kitty baily.

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Look Mom No GPSr - OBGCP94

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 06:28:00 +0000

This week's show is recorded entirely out and about, whilst we're geocaching. Doctor D was given the task of find three geocaches using only screenshots from Google Earth.

First Geocache GC6GNJB - VS #635 Castle Donington A cache by rr300tdi

Second Geocache GC5W2KD REALLY SideTracked - Castle Donnington A cache by stuarthowe11

Third Geocache - GC5JVPZ Little Bridges #394 - Gloucestershire Homecoming by Teamtriplet

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Pokemon Go and Oh Beep Invade Turkey - OBGCP93

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:51:00 +0000

This Week..

Geocaching in Turkey

Pokemon Go

Last Week..

Geocaching in war torn Turkey

The geocaches

GC5E5DH - T Kara N Kierons Olu Deniz Beach by blokiebloke

GC58WPV - Kieron N Karas Living Statues Fethiye by blokiebloke

News..

Georgia man gets lost while 'geocaching' in the Everglades (from www.nbc-2.com)

Ask Dr D..

Geocaching or Pokemon Go?

Dumb Stuff Oh Beepers Do..

What country were we in?

Negotiations with market stall owners

Feel the wrath

Dr D’s Facts of the Uselessness..

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

Tom Baker joins cast of Star Wars Rebels animated series - www.doctorwhonews.net/l

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Dr D Returns From The Hole - OBGCP92

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 15:08:00 +0000

This Week…

Dr D shares his feelings about people with no pens

Live recording of Dr D tasting his number one rated hot chocolate

Last Week..

Geocaching with StaticJay and Moan-A-Lot:

GC5CRB6 Molten Glass Arrangement A cache by KaosCL

GC66CQA Prestwold Amble by PlasmaWave

The series consists of 27 caches in total including two mystery bonus's

Also attempted the Gravely Hollow series and StatocJay attempted GC32REK Cold War Cache by jacaru:

GC50YGN Gravelly Hollow #01 Bright Eyes A cache by glamrockangels

News..

Changes to the placing of caches/events in the UK (From forums.groundspeak.com)

Another bomb scare (From www.ketv.com)

Dr D’s Hot Chocolate Review...

www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Get stuck (From Geocacher Rescued By Fire Brigade marcusmaximi.com)

Archive “classic” caches without considering putting them up for adoption.

Here are the steps to transfer the ownership of your geocache:

Log in to your Geocaching account and visit the adoption page.
Enter the GC code (GCXXX) and click "Lookup"
Enter the username of the new owner and click "Go"
Click on "Send Adoption Request"
The potential new cache owner will receive an email.

Where to list your caches for adoption www.adoptacache.guilduk.com

Ask Dr D..

From ScrapCat…

How does Dr D feel about people who "forgot their pens" so they didn't sign the log but claims the find?

GGH Tips…

When approaching a Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Bureua for support of your #geocaching event or trail, have numbers ready for how it can help the local businesses. Craig of the West Bend Chamber of Commerce shared their experience on GGH196 and that's a good place to start. You can find that through the link to the show notes below;
http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-196-community-partnership-i

Cache Or Trash…

A logbook (bit of paper), in a plastic bag, wedges into the crack of a wall. No container.

Challenge Dr D…

He didn’t place a cache for the visit of StaticJay

What’s Murphy Been Up To…

Met some new cow friends.

Dr D’s Facts of the Uselessness…

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

Dalek sells for record 38k (From www.doctorwhonews.net)

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Poppycock and geocaching

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Mon, 02 May 2016 14:00:00 +0000

The weeks show features Dave DeBaeremaeker, worldwide geocaching legend and Canadian. We discuss his road trip across Canada.

Check out his blog Only Googlebot Reads This Blog at debaere.blogspot.co.uk.

Dave defines the Canadian phrase hoser

Bob & Doug, ice rinks, depression siphon

New Top Gear or old Top Gear - has to be old for Dave.

Discussion about Dave's photography during the trip.

The zombie geocache:

GC3DYQY Z.E.S.T.

Discussion about Lego minifigs

Relevant links:

debaere.blogspot.co.uk

geosnippitsreboot.com

www.geogearheads.com

www.bricklink.com

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Superheroes & Ladies Who Geocache - OBGCP90

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:24:00 +0000

This Week..

Whereigo in Nottingham

Dr D thinks like a lady

Last Week..

Found our 900th geocaching GC5R2HJ Pandora's Puzzles #1: Magic Box by kelex

https://ktch.tv/7wv4

https://ktch.tv/7wvY

Whereigo GC5T15F Robin Hood Adventure by SkyBluesBazza & Spire67

News..

Nerdfitness.com How to Build an Active, Outdoor Lifestyle With Your Kids also the book levelupyourlife.nerdfitness.com

"Bomb" in the tree turns out to be Geocache (From www.wiesbaden112.de)

Feedback..

From Seb Mya

Hi! I have a request for advice.

I'll be in the area Lincoln-Sheffield-Nottingham. Any caches worth recommendation? Any I must do?

GCG0G7 Lady Chatterley's Cache by BountyHunter1

GC27063 CASTLE ROCK EARTHCACHE - NOTTINGHAM by northking

GC3BRKM Nottingham Central Library by jacaru

GC32REK Cold War Cache by jacaru

GCMJKZ Fairey Battle by Fleetwinders adopted by John + Carol

GC2024 Major Oak by Lozsing & Richard

Ask Dr D..

Hey guys! Doc Firewoman here. I had a question I thought would be good for ask Dr. D. I'm sure I'm not the only lady geocacher out there who geocaches alone a lot of the time.

And that got me to thinking about safety.

So I'm curious what tips for women geocachers Dr. D might have to stay safe out there.

Saying hello from Arkansas.

Thanks y'all

I'm going to the whoop the hell plumb outta you

GeoPauls Video Of The Week..

GEOCACHING IN RED ROCK CANYON

Geocaching Kaity

https://youtu.be/cHKViNtbVsU

Cache or Trash..

Is this a real Geocache.

Hidden in a spy restaurant in America. You need a password to enter the building. Once in you get to explore hidden passageways, bookcases that are doors and sections of the Berlin Wall. The Geocache container itself is an ammo can.

https://youtu.be/DjR6OZw25_U

https://youtu.be/iCQEc736GO4

GGH Tips..

One of the tips on "GGH 202: Randomize XXXIX" was the option to lock your trackables. Scrapcat shared that tip which prevents any further logging of a trackable you own (like when it's number gets posted to social media and you're flooded with logs). Read more in her blog post (follow the link to the show notes) and check out that episode for many more tips.
http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-202-randomize-xxxix

Challenge Doctor D..

January - Find and log on geocaching.com 5 geocachee

February - Find and log at least one geocache from an alternative listing site

March - Get rid of his new trackable, at an event/geocache and NOT at the bottom of the River Trent

April - Hide a geocache for StaticJay to find when comes over later in the month

Dr D’s Facts of the Uselessness..

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

The BBC has announced the cast for the new Doctor Who Spin off, Class, as the series begins filming today.

The eight part series will star young new talentsGreg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkinsand Vivian Oparah.

They will be joined by Katherine Kelly, as she takes the role of a teacher and powerful new presence at Coal Hill School.

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'Sup Internet, My Name Is Scott Berks - OBGCP89

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 17:00:00 +0000

This Week..

Geocaching and zombies

Scotts geocaching bag tips

BananaSource does something dumb with an “archived” geocache

Last Week..

Scott warned us that after so many episodes podcasting would become a chore. After so many episodes it wasn’t podcast that became a chore, it was geocaching. Very little of note is happening in this space anymore. How can you tell?

News..

Geocaching mentioned on IZombie

Everett Geocache Hunt Finds Explosives (From http://myeverettnews.com)

Feedback..

Apparently Chicago and Detroit aren’t US states - thanks to Marcus Maximi and DarrylW4 for point this out to us.

Lucie Melen adds to the list of Doctor Who related Geocaches for Doctor D’s world tour.

I found a cache in Cardiff at the weekend that you would have liked!

GC1A119 - Who Was Here 3: The Runaway Nan-O What A Liberty

Another of the caches that take you to filming locations for the Doctor Who series, though in this case it was actually a Christmas Special (The Runaway Bride).

Ask Dr D..

Hello Dr D

I hope that you've enjoyed the Christmas season and that you got everything you ever wished for.

Well here's the thing. I was lucky enough to be given a brand new geocaching bag. My old one had served me for 5 years and had finally fallen apart, not helped by driven over by an idiot when I was out recently but that's another story.

I think that is is the time to have a good clear out of my old bag and only put into it things which I really need when I'm out geocaching. So here's my question, what should I put into my bag to ensure that I a) travel light but b) have everything I need?

Look forward to hearing intelligent, well considered input.

Thanks

Matt

Bingothebountyhunter

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

From Marie Pickard

Dumb Stuff Geocachers do: leave a biro pen in their trouser pocket after a days caching = a load of washing ruined by ink!

Also..

BananaSource dumbly didn’t check a Geocaches status before deciding it was part of an archived series. Turning a short walk into a long walk, as he had to go back to put the cache in its hiding place. GC4CT99 part of The Kids Collection in Diseworth

GeoPauls Video Of The Week..

Geocaching With My Dad by GeoPat92

https://youtu.be/jveO8QSaNTM

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

Series 10 begins filming in May

Matt Smith is open to doing some Big Finish Doctor Who audio plays

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Tips for Travelling and Geocaching Abroad - OBGCP88

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 21:00:00 +0000

Intro…

StaticJay rant about Moan-A-Lot

Moan-A-Lots new FB group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1509075679399447/

Countries we’ve experienced?

Before you go -

In date passport - Miss Watto’s ran out before we went to Ireland

Do you even need a passport?

Think about what you wear when when travelling, it can cause an inconvenience at the airport.

Mobile data - after breathing and a passport, the most important thing for most modern travellers. Jamie got a good deal on his. I used EE add on (#5 per day for 100mb of data) 3 feel at home PAYG 15 quid top up, has went up to 25 I think. But 20GB data good calls and text packge. Need to check country's available. In a previous conversation with DW4 he mentions that in the states you roam to T-Mobile with it and they are shit out of the city.

Travel insurance - compare the market sites are ok, but there is a reason that cheapest deal is so cheap. This is one area I won’t skimp on. I use my bank acc. Most people forget to check if their bank offers this as part of their acc and end up paying for a service that have already paid for. E1 11 form.

How much luggage? Can you get away with travelling light; ie, one carry on bag with a few bits of clothing in? Remember who you are travelling with. When I travel with Miss Watto, I know we’ll need to pay the extra for putting luggage in the hold.

Be aware of how much you can take, weight restrictions and size restrictions.

Consult the locals -

It’s an internet world and we’re geocachers, it’s a small but mostly friendly community. Find a FB group for the area you’re visiting and get as much local knowledge as you can. Not only about Geocaches, but also places to visit, eat, stay etc.

Geocaching -

Pick out some of the more interesting caches in the place you are going.

Pre-load them on to your GPSr - CHECK that the GPSr is working BEFORE you leave home (mine wasn’t).

GoPro have linked up with Periscope

Be aware of any rules for the place you’re visiting. In Cuba GPSr’s and phones with location trackers are illegal.

Geocache in North Korea GC2BE9D GC2BE9DОва е дел од текстот кој ќе се Test

Coming up on the show

Scott Berks stands in for Doctor D

Dave Dabaere talks about travelling west in Canada

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Doctor D Is Too Good For Geocaching - OBGCP87

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 18:13:00 +0000

This Week..

Daleks and geocaching

Cache or trash

Facebook live

Last Week.. 2:51

Dublin baby. Check out www.ohbeep.com/86 for our review. Also GC43 GeoTours & Winter Insanity a blog post by Sarah Murphy for her take on the weekend.

Feedback.. 3:42

Thank you to listener Mike Pacholik

I hope you guys have received your package.

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy the show. I listen on my way to work and on my way home from work. My drive is around 1 1/2 hours. I have never laughed so much listening to a podcast. I sometimes have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. An awesome father and son podcast.

So thank you

From Yorkshire Yellow

Hi Mark.

Saw this and thought of you & Dr D.

Regards,

Yorkshire Yellow

www.geocaching.com/blog/2016/01/its-bigger-on-the-inside-who-regeneration-gc5zfga-geocache-of-the-week/

Thoughts on Podcasting and How it Helps People.. 15:11

Ask Dr D.. 20:20

A Doctor D question - How would the Daleks be helpful in Geocaching?

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do.. 25:31

Hide caches in roadside hedgerows. Rarely paying attention to maintenance periods of the year (check season). From experience we have found shredded cache containers as a result of hedgerow maintenance.

From nfuonline.com

You are not allowed to cut or trim your hedgerow between 1 March and 31 August

GeoPauls Video Of The Week.. 27:47

Now That's What I Call Caching! 11 - The Dorset Drive By Movie by Terrapintim

https://youtu.be/XZihq4LedJQ

#blamemoanalot.. 29:21

The get moan-a-lot 100 followers on Twitter worked. He now has 110 :D

Cache or Trash.. 31:28

From DarrylW4

GC684NG HNY16 - Walking the Nosey Noisy Noodle Noggin

Intercaching.com

GGH Tips.. 37:53

On GGH204 debaere recommended the "Google Translate" app for translating #geocache pages in other languages. http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-204-road-caching-viii

Challenge Doctor D.. 39:53

Find and log on geocaching.com 5 geocaches. NOT ACHIEVED

Challenge for February - Find and log one Geocache from an alternative listing site.

News.. 44:03

No Halloween Hides & Creepy Caches Event this year (From www.hhandcc.co.uk)

Facebook live streaming, roll out began in December (from uk.pcmag.com)

The company is testing the feature with a "small percentage" of regular, non-famous U.S. users on iPhones

You can share a live video by tapping Update Status and selecting the Live Video icon

When you end your live broadcast it will be saved on your Timeline like any other video

Found Footage Flick Seekers Will Make You Think Twice About Geocaching (From www.dreadcentral.com)

Dr D’s Facts of the Uselessness.. 49:22

An American purchased Napoleons penis for $40000

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit.. 53:14

https://youtu.be/9letWlbKN9c

Steven Moffatt is leaving the show. Now new Who until 2017.

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Geocaching In Ireland

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 16:26:00 +0000

StaticJay and BananaSource relive their experience of Geocaching in Dublin and Bray (where they did Europe's First Geocache)

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Forget to ensure GPSr before leaving home, BananaSource's found that his Garmin was bricked when he tried to use it in Ireland.

Main Discussion..

Miss Watto has a mishap in Bray

5 Favourite Geocaches of the Weekend 7:15

Multi - http://coord.info/GC5219K #3 - A History of Bray: The Victorian Promenade

Letterbox - http://coord.info/GC5CP47 Cache In - Trash Cache

http://coord.info/GC43 Europe’s Oldest

Virtual http://coord.info/GCE388 Stiffy By The Liffey

Webcam http://coord.info/GCJKTN Gardiner's Treat

One’s for the future..

http://coord.info/GCM7R6 Northside Pub Crawl - 16 stages

http://coord.info/GCJJVZ Southside pub crawl - 22 stages

Questionable Quality Geocaches..

http://coord.info/GC618EK Spire View

http://coord.info/GC4557H Market Hall

Other Caches Mentioned

http://coord.info/GC5D1BP 02 Cliff Walk - Bray Head Rocks

http://coord.info/GC4ATGB Vesicular basalt

http://coord.info/GC5NQY6 Ha'penny Bridge

Whats Happening In 2016 - OBGCP85

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 19:12:00 +0000

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge.. 4:25

Hi Mark,

So how many of the 12 Challenges did Oh Beep manage to achieve?

How many of the caching resolutions you made last January did you manage? Can you remember what they were?????

The ones below were ours:

To find 3000 caches this year - this was hard work and wouldn't have been achievable without (and you won't believe this!!) Moan-a-Lot's help and the rest of Team Compass
To try and clear a 10km radius from house - we have done well but too many people putting new caches out!!!! Plus there are numerous puzzles I am still working my way through
To clear at least another 60 days from our date found calendar (currently at 242/366). - completed although we still need 2 days to complete every date. One date in Jan and then the elusive Feb 29th
To complete and find at least 10 Challenge caches - we have been completing Challenge caches on and off throughout the year - the ones we have mainly focused on though were the 3000 caches in a year and cache everyday for a full year
To complete DT grid. Still need: got it down to 4 from 11 to do: 1-4 / 2.5-4.5 / 4-4 / 5-4 - so this is going on our list for this coming year
To cache in at least 10 more English counties (currently 31/46) now on 44/46. Complete as only need Dorset & Isle of Wight now
Find some Little Quest Caches (currently 1/48) – to get us into double figures at least - now got 10/48. This is good to say we still only had 1 by the beginning of August
To find 20 more caches to help go towards completing the Jasmer Challenge (caches placed – months since geocaching began) - (140/176) : Now got 161/188
To complete caches placed (days).
Find any caches in area with favourite points of over 25 - didn't quite manage this. Out of 145 caches with favourites of 25 or over within a 10km radius from home we still need to find 17 of them (some are puzzles :( and a couple are disabled) BUT we have found 128 of them.

If you are continuing with challenges this year could listeners send in ideas and you and Sam could chose the one to do????

Happy New Year to you all - hope it's a good one

Denise (and Ady)

Challenge Doctor D.. 17:31

Doctor D is challenged to find and log 5 Geocaches by the time we record the next episode.

Ey Up Me Duck December Challenge Winner.. 19:20

From Scott Berks.. 19:20

Team Box or Daddy Box

http://coord.info/GC3954G

Why? Presents come in a box!

Scott note: For the record, Team Box (a real caching team in Chicago) is NOT a lesbian caching couple, We at the Chicago Geocaching Podcast checked, and were sorely disappointed.

Light em up

http://coord.info/GC53AKY

Light… as in XMAS lights! BOOM!

From Karthryn Trevor.. 26:52

Hi can I enter the challenge as I have found every one so far except for number Four and FTF on the first day this is so going to wind up moan a lot so worth entering as he has only done one so far and that was a joint FTF with trevorsilk the OH of me

Kathryn Trevor aka Trevorsilk

Our Goals for 2015.. 30:43

Find 365 caches

Found 267

Hide more caches, in particular our Doctor Who related cache

We hid two new geocaches

GC658F7

GC5Q87X

Have fun

We think we achieved this

Attend more events

We attended 2

As a stretch goal, fill in our Geocaching calendar dates

No idea how we did on this one

Things we achieved, but hadn't planned.. 37:19

Did the KT Power Trail with Moan-A-Lot

Found our first virtual GCG0G7 Lady Chatterley's Cache by BountyHunter1

Our Goals for 2016.. 38:56

Find Europe's oldest Geocache GC43 Europe's First by Chris O'Byrne

Attend an event in Dublin GC67PPQ Oh Beep! & StaticJay Come to Bray by sarahmur

Geocache exclusively, for a month each, using the alternative Geocaching listin websites

www.navicache.com

terracaching.com

www.opencaching.org.uk

Do the Hatley Heart Attack series (479 caches)

Continue with filling our Geocaching calendar

Doctor D's Facts Of The Uselessness.. 43:50

Jesus wasn't born when we think he was, according to the Pope.

Gas wasn't used as a weapon in WW2.

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Conversation With CacheZilla - OBGCP84

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:33:00 +0000

CacheZilla returns for our Christmas special. She helps BananaSource with accents and answers WashKnights 20 Geocaching Questions - check out his blog at washknight.wordpress.com.

Below are the questions:

1) When and how did you get into Geocaching?

2) Do you remember your first find?

GC17AGB CW #2 Calverton/Woodborough circular by ken.brown66

3) What device(s) do you use for locating caches?

4) Where do you live and what is your local area like for geocaching? (Density/quality/setting etc)

5) What has been your most memorable geocache to date, and why?

6) List 3 essential things you take on a geocaching adventure excluding GPS, pen and swaps

7) Other than geocaches and their contents, what is the weirdest thing you have discovered whilst out caching?

8) On a scale of 1 – 10 where 1 is I am obsessed by numbers and 10 is I am all about the experience and the quality of each individual cache. Where do you put yourself?

9) Describe one incident that best demonstrates the level of your geocaching obsession

10) Have you picked up any caching injuries along the way?

11) What annoys you most about other geocachers?

12) What is the dumbest thing you have done whilst out caching?

13) What do your non-caching family and friends think of your hobby?

14) What is your default excuse you give to Muggles who ask what you are up to or if you need help

15) What is your current Geocaching goal, if you have one?

16) Do you have a nemesis cache that despite multiple attempts you have been unable to find?

17) What 3 words or phrases best sum up what Geocaching means to you

18) What prompted you to start blogging about Geocaching?

19) Which of your own blog entries are you most proud of?

20) Which other Geocaching blogs do you enjoy reading?

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Muggles Galore - OBGCP83

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:28:00 +0000

This Week..

Who’s that trip trapping over my bridge

Muggled while NOT Geocaching

A Moan-A-Lot exclusive

Climb a mountain from your armchair

Last Week..

GC5YEGQ - KIKUCHIS KASTLE KACHE by Kikuchis. Periscope video: http://www.ohbeep.com/kastle (Doctor D manages to insult ‘muricans)

GC3H3TD - Phooning in Derby by Grant & LisaX

GC5DR7B - Off Beam by TeamSummers1. Periscope video: http://www.ohbeep.com/derbymicro (More offensiving)

https://youtu.be/K9iR6sLwDKY

Discussion about How To Fix Geocaching blog post on www.ohbeep.com - go to www.ohbeep.com/fixgeocaching to read the full post. Main complaints we’ve noticed from Geocachers:

Traditionals aren’t what they used to be
New geocachers are to blame for the poor quality of caches hidden
New cachers don’t know what they’re doing
New cachers ask stupid questions
Established cachers are cliquey and unwelcoming

Ask Dr D..

From Brilang

Dear Dr. D. Is Wales a separate country from England? Why/why not? Are there border guards & crossings?

From StridentUK

You’re going for a “troll” cache under a footbridge. You touch the container just as you lose your footing and... plop… the cache falls straight in to the fast moving stream and starts bobbing down the river.

What could you do? (What “should” you do?)

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Get muggled during a Periscope recording showing a cool #sightsofgeocaching.

GC43CQN Hard Boiled Egg for Tea by cerises and Team-Triplet

Periscope videos:

http://www.ohbeep.com/muggle1

http://www.ohbeep.com/muggle2

Also going out Geocaching, at night, without a torch whilst also Periscoping for all to see the dumbness.

GeoPauls Video Of The Week..

#blamemoanalot..

A rare moment caught on film. Moan-A-Lot smiling. Even rarer, Moan-A-Lot dancing. Thanks to Kathryn Trevor for sharing this with the whole of Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.trevor/posts/10156316023295331

GGH Tips..

Want to watch the journey of a #Geocaching.com trackable? You can click on the the "View in Google Earth" link from the trackable's page to download a KML file which opens in Google Earth allowing you to fly along the stops. That was just one of the many fun topics in "GGH 162: Randomize XXXI."

http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-162-randomize-xxxi

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge/

Our attempt at the November Challenge failed miserably.

www.ohbeep.com/meetingplace

GC5M9RH - Memories Series – Our Meeting Place (re-sited) by Ey up me duck

Decembers Challenge

For those in Notts, they have to find 2 of the new Christmas caches that are going out daily. For others, 2 caches with Christmas related words in title.

From Lucie Meelen

Hello lovely lads. Here is my entry for the Christmas-related Cache Challenge. Someone has to go for the religious side of Christmas, and it might as well be me.

So my two are "Christchurch" (how much more Christmas-related can you get?) and "Father, Son and Holey Post". And just in case you're not at all religious and/or a Life of Brian fan, I realised when doing the screen shot that my next cache could also be construed as Christmas-related! "Brian Revisited".

Thank you and a very happy Christmas to you both and the rest of the family. smile emoticon xxx

Patreon..

Thank you DarryW4 and Gary Robbins for their support of the show

News..

Reported bomb found outside Rohnert Park gym turns out to be geocaching stash (From pressdemocrat.com)

Mountain Day marked with release of Google Street View images of Snowdon (From grough.co.uk)

Armchair mountaineers can now make the journey to the top of Wales’s highest peak from the comfort and warmth of their homes.

Snowdon’s main paths are among those that can now be seen on Google’s Street View service.

Geocaching on Emmerdale (BananaSource actually had to scrub his ears and eyes with bleach after watching this)

Feedback..

From Tony Liddell

Dr D’s Facts of the Uselessness..

New York build on Bristol

Nylon named after New York and London

Channel tunnel could have been built 100 years ago

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

14 brilliant Easter eggs you might have missed in Doctor Who series 9 (From radiotimes.com)

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Conversation with StaticJay

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 18:34:00 +0000

Geocache in Croatia Jamie mentioned:

GC322MF - Zadar Sea Organ

https://youtu.be/myV3E9uREuI

Jamie is falling our with Ingress, we also have a discussion about its future.

Sarah Murphy has arranged an event for our visit to Ireland in January GC67PPQ Oh Beep! & StaticJay Come to Bray

Who will we eat first in Ireland in a survival situation?

Pinhole cameras

https://youtu.be/wtZOWEB_wcI

GoPro cameras

Osmo cameras - my mistake, during the recording I called it an Osme camera

Geocaching.com intro app - they've taken a previously buried feature from the paid app and put it front screen on their intro app. This is the ability to drop in to your devices navigation app and have turn by turn guidance to the cache ground zero.

UK Geocaching Podcast - episode mentioned Pod 49.5 – The Rock Chalk Chat!

Discussion about new geocachers and people blaming them for everything.

James first cache GC11XQQ - Lurgan Park No.1 - Squirrels Hideout

Beer mentioned in the podcast Old Golden Hen

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Did we cause a bomb scare? - OBGCP81

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:40:00 +0000

This Week..

Follow up on our Wherigo adventure

UK have idiot muggles too

Did we cause a bomb scare?

Doctor Who beer

Funny street names

Last Week.. 1:08

On episode 80 (www.ohbeep.com/80) you will have heard us out and about doing a Wherigo (Tempus Fugit), which we didn’t find due to the app crashing.

We checked the previous logs and it seems that we weren’t the only ones who it crashed for. Seems it happened in the same stage for a number of people, using different devices on the hunt.

Shout out to Sarah Murphy (aka The Geocaching Junkie) who has a very good Geocaching related blog. As requested by Moan-A-Lot.

Cache On Wheels has also joined the Periscopes. Expect some deep dive information filled scopes.

Ask Dr D.. 7:09

I have a question for Dr D if he doesn't log his finds, how does he keep track of which caches he has already found?

Keep up the great work guys :)

Look forward to the next podcast,

Bye

Damian

There may be a competitor for Ask Doctor D...in the form of Dear Geocache Guy

https://youtu.be/eb1LofWmt4w

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do.. 13:14

From Geolumpiz 2016

When you realise you walked straight past a possible FTF on a #geocache while doing a series

GeoPauls Video Of The Week.. 14:43

Geocaching | T5 compilation #5 by tehjimos

https://youtu.be/-ljoTDP5IFo

GGH Tips.. 15:56

A bit different this week. DarrylW4, co-host of GeoGearHeads, has been playing with the Apple Watch and a couple of Geocaching apps.

https://youtu.be/MR8JKi7XIQE

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge/#blamemoanalot.. 16:57

November Challenge:

To Find either 1 cache in another country or 2 caches in 2 counties

Entries from Eric Beal and Lucie Melen

From Eric..

We are entering the eye up me duck challenge this month with two caches in two different county. The first is -GC65JZT- Stockton Springs 8 that is in Waldo County, Maine.

The second is -GC1M8P1- Glover's wig that is in Cumberland County, Maine.

Glover's wig cache was out last cache to get for completing the Fizzy Challenge which I sled down the hill and ripped open my finger nail, while my wife was rapping it up I wish MoanALot was there so I could blame him.

Thanks for a great podcast,

Eric Beal

Decembers Challenge

For those in Notts, they have to find 2 of the new Christmas caches that are going out daily. For others, 2 caches with Christmas related words in title.

News.. 26:25

Geocaching.com making reviewers reveal themselves? This was discuss on episode 427 of The Geocaching Podcast. Our view:

How will this be enforced?
Why just new reviewers?
Why not give existing reviewers a period of time to decide if they want to carry on under the new rules or step down?
Why make them reveal themselves anyway? Seems like trouble waiting to happen.

Police confused by 'concerning' item in 'worrying location' - turns out to be a geocache (From www.falmouthpacket.co.uk). Oh the shame, its in the UK.

"For geocache enthusiasts out there, please continue to enjoy yourselves but do think about the item your are leaving and make sure it is marked as a geocache, the contents can be seen and be sure it cannot be mistaken for something harmful.

"Finally think about where you are placing it and who might need to know it is there."

Speculation about the "worrying location" included a rabbit hole or a water drainage system, possibly in Penrose woods, while one commenter said the "device" looked like " three tins of beans in some fishnet stockings."

There has been a bit of a bomb scare on one of the GWW Series caches, we did a couple of weeks ago (check www.ohbeep.com/79 to hear our adventures from that series). The cache in question is No Re-Morse GC5VQ7E. Note from the CO:

An update: Notts police have this cache in their possession and will be returning it to us sometime this week, this cache will be moved as it was muggled in it's recent location and reported as a bomb *sigh* please hang in there while we try and rectify this and find a new place to hide it

Feedback.. 37:30

From StridentUK

From Moan-A-Lot

Also from StridentUK Residence of Butthole Lane Dump Their Street Name

Where we’ve been/Where we’ll be.. 41:27

BananaSource appeared on a special Caching In The North West episode (LANMonkeys Geocaching Summit 2015)

https://youtu.be/oQ2g2ytb_AU

BananaSource will also be on a special Cache and Release podcast on 13th December.

On December 24th (US time) BananaSource will also be on GeoGearHeads, joining Darryl, The Bad Cop and Scott Berks to discuss Live Streaming

Dr D’s Facts of the Uselessness.. 45:30

Turn your Xbox 360 in to an X Box One

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit.. 46:35

Capaldi to stay on for another year as the Doctor (From mirror.co.uk)

"Peter is keen to complete three years playing the Doctor to round off his storylines. That will take us until the end of next year. After that, who knows?”

However, the new series might be made up of several feature-length episodes rather than 13 shows.

Full size Lego Tardis www.radiotimes.com

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Tempus Fugit (Wherigo) - OBGCP80

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:06:00 +0000

We were going to record a normal episode, but decided to go out and attempt a Whereigo. The Whereigo we attempted Tempus Fugit Created by: RascalGaskells. This episode is another out and about, travelling through time exploring the history of Leicester.

2:45 Thoughts before going out and attempting the Whereigo..

Trying to use the app to download a Wherigo - won’t allow you to select the pocket pc download.

Logging in to the Whereigo app was hit and miss, eventually allowed me to.

On the website, apparently my UK postcode isn’t valid.

I was able to finally download the Wherigo I wanted.

Getting the cartridge to the phone was easy using Apple air drop - a matter of seconds.

Overall impression - you have to REALLY want to do a Whereigo to put yourself through the frustration that is the app and the website.

11:12 Out and about audio commences

Periscope Videos…

The videos also contain some bonus content, not covered in the podcast itself.

https://youtu.be/IQoLaybuzTk

https://youtu.be/X5TZQ0-zMS4

https://youtu.be/wNkLUqcffyo

Photos…

[slickr-flickr tag="tempus"]

ohbeep.com/tempus

Links mentioned in the podcast..

storyofleicester.info

docmediacentre.org

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The GWW Geocaching Series (feat Moan-A-Lot & Silent Searcher) - OBGCP79

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 09:45:00 +0000

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

Octobers winner Anteaus

Scott Berks

Gave ya three in case you thought I might be reaching with one of them.

Blob-Fred J Dukes

GC3RWJ4

The Blob was a horror movie in the 50’s. Horror goes with Halloween.

W.T. Evil

GC2012P

Evil and Halloween go hand in hand

Belmont Cemetery 1881

GC1E0PZ

Cemetery’s and halloween, a perfect combination.

Brilang

I have just reviewed my October finds to date, and I see I have found several caches that could meet the theme of this month's challenge.

Whatcom Spirit Quest -- Maple Falls GC139FP (found just outside a cemetery)

R.I.P. MARQUEZ GC1WE06 (found just outside a cemetery)

Dead Men Tell No Tales Pirate Cache GC11WT2

Dead Reckoning GC5X3NJ

November Challenge:

To Find either 1 cache in another country or 2 caches in 2 counties

Patreon Thank You’s…

StaticJay was FTF on our Patreon page.

Damian The Aussie got STF

If you’d like to become a Patreon support of the show go to www.ohbeep.com/support. All support is greatly appreciated.

Ask Dr D…

Before we get into the main audio, there is a special Ask Dr D this week. Recorded live on Periscope, on the way to meeting Moan-A-Lot.

This Week..

A departure from our normal format. This show was recorded whilst doing the GWW series by -=MMT=- Seri & T907. We were joined by Moan-A-Lot and The Silent Searcher, it soon becomes apparent where the names come from.

For a full list of the caches in this series go to www.ohbeep.com/gwwseries

Not all of the normal show is mission as Moan-A-Lot manages a Dumb Stuff moment (listen for the splash), Doctor D gets us lost and our usual Benny Hill humour shines like a beacon in the Geocaching wilderness.

Also, if you want to actually see some of the series, we recorded video of some of the caches. For that go to www.ohbeep.com/gww

Contact The Show…

Please send feedback, questions to Doctor D, Dumb Stuff you’ve done whilst out caching to feedback@ohbeep.com or go to www.ohbeep.com/contact

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Talking Like A Pirate Makes You Burp - OBGCP78

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 17:47:00 +0000

Contact The Show:

www.ohbeep.com/78

feedback@ohbeep.com

This Week..

Come Geocache hiding with us, live on Periscope

New geocaching location based game TapTag

StaticJay isn't happy with Dr D

HHH, from GSRP, does something dumb

Lucie Melen wants to know Dr D's opinion on all the **** days

Moan-A-Lot inspires us #blamemoanalot

Last Week..

Live cache hiding on Periscope. Join us while we hide That Donkey Looks A Bit Pony GC658F7. The audience helped us hide the cache and pick the D/T rating. Thanks especially to Cache On Wheels for her advice from the perspective of a wheelchair user.

News..

New geo-location based game TapTag (From www.taptagit.com)

Rangers lead walks to Peak District plane wrecks and hidden 'letterboxes' (From www.grough.co.uk)

Let’s Look for Letterboxes, an exploration of the moors of Kinder Scout above Edale to seek out hidden ‘letterboxes’. Letterboxing, the forerunner of the modern pastime of geocaching, began in 1854.

Suspicious item in Grand Forks a geocaching device (From wdaz.com)

Police say no laws were broken, but encourage geocachers to tell authorities when they place questionable looking items in public places.

Feedback..

From CacheOnWheels

I have just had my 3rd EC published

2nd was at Stair Hole, GC6487D Lulworth, in time for EC day

My 3rd at Lulworth Cove GC64WJ0 itself, previous one there was archived so out if respect I asked previous CO if he minded, he was very encouraging

Have you heard of the free online geology time course via earthcache academy?

I learned so much about the amazing geology and history of the Jurassic Coast that is on my door step.

If you would like to learn more about geology, you can also look at doing the free online Geology Time course through the Earthcache Academy like I did: earthcacheacademy.org

From Lucie Melen

Oh dear oh dear oh beep. You've insulted the wrong country! All that ranting about Italians...but Cadiz is in Spain not Italy! :D

From Damian

G'day Mates,

Just listened to the most recent pod cast, can't believe I was the only one to properly do the September EY up me Duck challenge :) I'm sure I will look awesome in an Oh Beep t-shirt (will send you my details in another email).

I will have to send you guys some audio at some point, you haven't even gotten close with the accent, just incase I don't get on to it in time do your best maybe try channeling Crocodile Dundee or Hugh Jackman?

Just to avoid confusing you further on FB I share an account with my wife (Mrs) Virginia (Mr) Damian Cranwell :)

Just in case you were wondering L is our daughter, making our caching name D&V&L.

Keep up the great work guys :)
Look forward to the next podcast,
Bye
Damian

Audio from StaticJay

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Ignore the superior navigation skills of those around you - audio from Geo Snippits Reboot Podcast

Ask Doctor D..

From Lucie Melen

I'll ask a question. Do you think it's a good or bad thing to have all these " **** days" like Earthcache day, sidetracked day, etc?

GeoPauls Video Of The Week..

Geocoinfest 2015 - Lab Geocaches, Lighthouses and Lackeys, OH MY!

By Geocaching with Darick

https://youtu.be/32m5dlZliTY

#blamemoanalot

For persuading us to do the Hatley Heart Attack mega series. We all need that one mad friend to push us beyond our limits.

GGH Tips..

It might sound simple, but it's important to remember to tie off your #kayak securely before exiting the boat to find that #geocache. You really don't want to return to find your boat has floated away. The LANMonkeys even shared their recent close call in "GGH 173: Kayaking I."

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

Find 2 caches with halloween / autumn related words in the title

Feedback from Anteus..

Howdy from Texas!

I’ve been listening to the show for at least a few months now after hearing it mentioned a few times on some of the geocaching related podcasts from here in the States. I think this Ey Up Me Duck challenge thing is some sort of contest… shoot, I don’t know, I can only understand Mark most of the time, and not a word of what Doctor D says! ;) So I think I’m submitting my entry for October! Here goes:

I found two caches with ghost in the title and actually placed one with the word ghoul in it! The first cache I found was GC64MRE, “Ghost Stories: Glow In The Dark Under The Tree” and I was actually FTF! It was about 350 feet away from the posted coordinates but the hint got me to where I needed to be. The other cache was GCB5F0, “Ghost Children” which is a virtual at a local haunted location where the ghosts of the children killed in a collision with a train are said to push cars off of the tracks.

I also placed a cache over the weekend… an idea I sort of got from listening to Geosnippits. I 3D printed a zombie hand and had my wife paint it to look all gruesome… I then placed it outside of a cemetery where it looks to be reaching up out of the dirt with a bison tube stuck on one of its fingers. It’s GC6596A, “The Lost Cemetery of Alexander the Ghoul”.

Oh and what the heck does Ey Up Me Duck mean?! Keep up the offensiving! Oh yeah, and I too am a Doctor Who fan… well, a convert of the last year or so. Almost caught up to the 12th doctor.

Anteaus / Jeff Arbaugh

San Antonio, TX

Audio from our morning doing the Hathern Trail, where we got one of the caches for the October Challenge. The cache for the challenge was GC4F6JD Hathern Trail No.6: "Ghostly Encounter" by BalooCrew

Patreon Announcement

If you like what you hear and would like to support the show, we now have means by which you can. Any support given is greatly appreciated. Go to www.ohbeep.com/support for more information. Thank you.

Doctor D's Facts Of The Uselessness..

Something about brains and information. And something else he instantly forgot.

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

Doctor Who Christmas boxset with TARDIS speakers (From tvshowsondvd.com)

The War Doctor is coming to the Bg Finish audio series (From bigfinish.com)

In December 2015, the Time War will rage and only one man can save us.

John Hurt is The War Doctor!John Hurt, the world-renowned star of film and television, is returning to the role of The War Doctor, in twelve full-cast Doctor Who audio plays.

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Announcing the UK's Biggest Geocache Circuit

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 03:48:00 +0000

An exclusive announcement - sent in via e mail from Marcus Maximus.

At some point on Thursday in Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire the UKs biggest geocache circuit will be published weighing in at a massive 479 caches.

Set by myself and Ross (ryo62) over the course of the last 4 months it is mostly traditional micros with a few mysteries, multis and letterboxes thrown in.16 caches have clues in (each one duplicated, so you only need 8) to the final #424 which has the coordinates to #425 in it.

You guys are the FIRST and ONLY people to know before it goes live at some point on Thursday afternoon.

Hope you get this before they go live and manage to push out a micro-podcast world exclusive!!

Have fun!

Long live Tom Baker!

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Hole In My Shoe - OBGCP77

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:46:00 +0000

Contact the show..

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This Week..

This bomb is not a Geocache

Moan-A-Lot is dumb

Doctor Who features a Geocache

Tenerife becomes a Nemesis Cache

Last Week..

BananaSource and Miss Watto went Geocaching in The Peak District. We did the TRotAM series by Paperballpark. Here is the description

This series of 50 caches will take you through the classic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The caches are set on a walk of approx. 13 miles, giving stunning views of some of the best scenery in the Peak District National Park.

We managed just over 7 miles of the walk, with 16 finds. We took a wrong turn at one point, which cut the walk short.

News..

Dave DeBaeremaeker's fine photographs can now be purchased at fineartamerica.com

Harry Potter invisibility cloaks are nearly a proper thing (From www.bbc.co.uk)

Roman ruins in Cadiz at risk from ‘geocaching’ (From theolivepress.es)

Baelo Claudia’s management says the practice is causing major structural damage, particularly to the stone wall of the parking lot where geocaches are hidden.

They claim that stones are being moved, causing damage to walls as well as resulting in tripping hazards.

Furthermore, they intend to take legal action to prevent geocaching on the ancient site, in accordance with the Andalucía heritage laws.

This bomb is not a Geocache (From grandforksherald.com)

The apparent bomb is not a geocaching marker or some other innocuous device, said Detroit Lakes Police Chief Tim Eggebraaten.

“Whoever left it definitely wanted us to think it was a bomb,” he said.

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Moan-A-Lot loggs 400 caches incorrectly

Logged 407 caches via gsak saying I was on the bloody Langollen canal (ask Colin French how to pronounce it) when really in was doing the 360° compass series in bodmin, different country for Christ's sake! Moral of the story check your template!

#blamemoanalot

This weeks in political. Nothing to do with Geocaching, but then what on this show is. I blame moan a lot for David Cameron being Prime Minister. He voted for him and now we have a man who has had relations with a pigs head as our Prime Minister.

Feedback..

From Virginia Damian Cranwell‎

Are you guys on the you might be a geocacher if page? Saw this and thought of you guys straight away 😀

The Silent Searcher is now Oh Beep Branded (Photo from Moan-A-Lot)

GGH Tips..

#Geocaching.com has an easy way to see all the stops along a trackable's journey as it dips into #events and #geocaches. The "View Map" link above the trackable's logs will show all the stops of a trackable journey on a single map image. It also lists each stop with all the logs for all the detail. Thanks to debaere for sharing that tip with us on "GGH 162: Randomize XXXI."

Ask Doctor D..

Liberally borrowed from the #ukgeocachinghour

How long do you spend looking for a Geocache before giving up?

Nemesis Geocache...

From Marcus Maximi..

Everyone has their nemesis cache. I've had a few, but they're usually sorted after a couple or three visits and a couple of hints from previous finders or the CO replacing them but there's one that's been bugging me for several years - Sie Ihren Wagon by Wybo Lakes.

It is situated in the car park of Lidl in St Neots and I have a look for it every time I've been there shopping. That's quite a few times! But never any joy.

Last time I went I saw that all the trees had had a severe hair cut, I had a look around, checked the floor too, but no joy. It must have gone.

Yesterday I went back and everything is still very bare but I went and had a loko anyway. It was dark and rainy by ow and I didn't hold out much hope but I thought I'd have a quick look anyway.
I went back to the place where I always look first and there it was, just sitting there in the open for all to see!!

Unbelievable! This has been more of a nemesis than Oh Beep's airport cache!!!

From StaticJay

Great managed to find 1 cache and had about 15 dnfs. All the caches on the island are placed by Germans and even the easy ones are Flipping deadly!

cache hint under a black rock on an Island made of black Fecking rocks!

Clambering over said black rocks made of lava that have been baking in 33 degree heat all their lives.

Plus all the details and logs were in German.

If I hadnt had the Baby out with me I would not have quit.

In fact I am officially regestering the Island of Tenerife as my nemesis cache.

Video Of The Week..

Submission from StaticJay

Scary Geocaching - GeoSnippits Reboot Podcast: Ep. 132

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

August/September Winners.

August

Marcus Maximi

September

Hi Guys,

Thought I had better get my entry in for Septembers challenge Ey Up Me Duck challenge

http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3CBHY_daniel-in-the-lions-den?guid=01f0ff7e-7c60-40ae-91da-0e72a095ed07

Daniel in the Lions Den not only does it have an animal in its name but it is by Lone Wolf plus one, so animal name in the CO's name as well, surely that's worth two entries :) 4 star difficulty but hidden in plain sight made this a quick easy find. Mind you I knew this would be an easy challenge as there is a large series called animal facts hidden all over the place near where we live, so I had plenty to choose from.

Unfortunately even with the bonus time won't be able to get August's challenge done, sadly Uni assignment don't just write themselves, o well only another three weeks to go of the semester, then maybe I might have some more time for caching :)

Keep up the great work guys, look forward to the next show.

Bye

Damian

from D&V&L

Hello :)

As the last day of September appeared we realised that we hadn't found any animal named caches so a cache hunt was needed on CG.com, the only one un-found by both @(B and I locally was GC4Q1YC Anti-Tank Bouys (Glynde). So we headed out after dark to find and sign the log, knowing that we would be pushing our luck with this one. Anyway the cache was located and the challenge has either been achieved or we failed..... so we Ask Doctor D Yes or No :)

Looking forward to find out what cunning challenge will be set this month.

Keep up the good work

Karl & Alex

KAB1972 & @(B

Octobers Challenge

Find 2 caches with halloween / autumn related words in the title

Doctor D's Fact of the Uselessness..

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

Doctoring The Tardis CC6VC6

Cool toy alert: LEGO unveils plans for a ‘Doctor Who’ set (From zap2it.com)

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The Denim, Oh! The Denim - OBGCP76

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 10:26:00 +0000

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This Week..

Graffiti herons

An Australian finds his nemesis cache in the UK

We are official card carrying members of the I suck at geocaching association

Dr D deals with muggles

GeoPaul goes to the top of a mountain to find his 1000th Geocache

Last Week..

GC3BYZA # 5 - Winger by cas-tiger

Audio from last weeks Geocaching podcast

News..

New geocache launched mapping trail of Cambridge graffiti herons (From cambridge-news.co.uk)

They've proved a big hit since they started popping up across the city, and now fans of Cambridge's graffiti herons can take advantage of GPS technology to help track them down.

The Black Herons of Cambridge is a new geocache with 11 stops, each featuring one of the mysterious artist's creations, which people can use to help visit the artwork across the city.

Suspicious package is a geocache (From lancasteronline.com)

On the heels of the threat, a resident found a suspicious item near the Lampeter-Strasburg campus that police investigated late Sunday. The item was determined to be a geocache, West Lampeter Township police Chief Brian Wiczkowski said Monday.

Geocaching is a treasure hunting game in which players hide items in a container called a geocache and other people try to find the container using GPS devices and coordinates.

Feedback..

From Danno (Team_Pugatch)

Another great show, can't believe how dumb muggles from Winthrop, Massachusetts (1 town north of Boston) are and creating bomb scares.

We moved to Maine a year ago. I actually had Stephen King and Liv Tyler as customers here! Maine is great the hot summer where it's worth having an air conditioner is just 2-3 weeks in August. You can go from the ocean to hiking trails in under half an hour. There's a reason the state motto is The Way Life Should Be!

Danno
Team_Pugatch

PS
I loved the Danno song. It's a nickname I got while wrenching in a bicycle shop in my late 20s. I joke around and tell people it's because when I was a kid my mom would always say, "Dan No!" And it kinda stuck...

From Heth Bull

Please give a shout out to my 3 nephews and family aka Java Lava. Photo added with permission.
We had great fun with them and they worked really hard raking the grass so wild flowers could grow well and that helps the wildlife, at Poole_Man Paul Weaver conservation CITO at Lorton Meadows, Dorset Wildlife Trust on 29/8/15.

There was about 20 people there, as many said, it's about quality not quantity:

And many said how it was a very friendly event, very welcoming and great to see all having fun and mixing with those they knew and didn't know - thanks Paul! smile emoticon
http://coord.info/GC60WBM

From Heth aka Cache on Wheels

Nemesis Geocache..

Audio from Chris Gore

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

Miss out on several FTF’s close to home, so close I could see it.

Shortyknits twisted the knife :D

GGH Tips…

Puzzler26 (a noted hider of clever #geocaches in Metro Detroit) talked in "GGH 171: Puzzler26" about his experience constructing using different material. He began working with wood for its flexibility but has since moved to PVC. He's not done experimenting yet as he's been playing with caches made from composite decking material. It's a continuing process to find what works and what doesn't and he's happy to share his experience. Are you sharing yours? http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-171-puzzler26

Ask Dr D..

Virginia Damian Cranwell

Tips for dealing with Muggles while caching?

GeoPauls Video Of The Week..

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

Septembers Challenge is to find a Geocache with an animals name in its title.

Facts of the uselessness..

‏@UncleBeard

@Ohbeepgcp I thought this might be useful for Dr D's random facts of uselessness lifehacker.com

‏@brilang

Hey @Ohbeepgcp, I found a replacement for Dr. D's random facts of uselessness. factually.gizmodo.com

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

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That Donkey Looks A Bit Pony - OBGCP75

noreply@blogger.com (Beep) — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 11:03:00 +0000

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This Week..

One cache 3 souvenirs

Travelbug race updates

News from the F Bomb Disposal Unit

A really offensive Geocache

GeoPaul's at the races

Doctor Who turns 50, again!

Last Week..

GC4MP47 Kelex's 300th Cache by Kelex this one cache earned us 3 souvenirs.

Not Geocaching Related..

We've found a new podcasting rig we'd like

Travelbug Updates..

Oh Beep! Where are my other legs? has had the dreaded "not in cache" message. Last spotted in cache GCRKN4 Laguna Lookout, having travelled 12811 miles.

Southern S@m by The Monkey King is now in Greece, after spending months in Germany. Last spotted in cache GC441Y4 Two mills, one Quarry by OMILOS. Well worth checking out the cache page, the location is what Geocaching is all about. The TB has now done 12834 mile.

Norfolk 2 Norfolk Travelbug Race

Doctor D's Invasion of Canada is in Ireland, in cache GC5V0X3 Kells View reloaded by Juergen + Elke in Ireland. Its racked up 12576mi and not even hit Canada yet. Currently sitting 6th in the race table, with 3209 more miles to travel

Whistle Stop Tour to Norfolk is en route to Austria, last seen on July 1st. Its racked up 1001 miles. Currently sitting 14th in the race table, with 4160 miles to travel.

News..

Garmins Opencaching.com died.

Finally a game for arm chair geocachers....geoguessr.com

Geocaching Game Prompts Police Investigation (From http://www.winthroptranscript.com)

The Massachusetts State Police Troop F Bomb Disposal Unit from Logan Airport was on scene by 6:30 pm.

A search of one Geocaching site on the Internet shows numerous packages left behind on the North Shore.

In See-Something-Say-Something Era, Geocachers’ Hidden Treasures Set Off Alarms (From www.wsj.com) - Mr Berks and Mr Smith take the stand in defence of Geocaching.

Feedback..

Audio feedback from Danno of Team_Pugatch

From Cache On Wheels

How's this for offensiving?? Did this cache today ... GC1J16G ...auf schusters rappen...(stop the BULLS*T micro) by ichel

Heth also sent this photo of a trackable she recently found..

From Eric and Virginia

Virginia and I went to the Moncton Mega Event they just had and after we crossed the border into Canada I looked at her and had to say " Canada, Canada Oi Oi" so thanks a lot Doctor D and this I can not blame on Mone-A-Lot !

Although I think Mone-A-lot might have been working the gaurd post on the way back into Maine because that guy had some issues.

From karl on Twitter..

@Ohbeepgcp @(B and friends at GC5ZE5Q Monthly Mid Week in Sussex event cache - another road trip souvenir gained :)

@Ohbeepgcp small event, GZ co-ords gave the location of the bbq grill - hot and ready to cook

Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do..

From Ey Up Me Duck

Dumb stuff geocachers do: we have a bike rack which fits on our tow bar and can be lowered down to get in the boot. Ady has a few times lowered this, got stuff out the boot, raised the bike rack and got back in the car ready to drive off before realising boot us still open!!

We also did a wherigo near Bourne which had clues to each stage which you had to decipher in rot 13. Annoyingly it wouldn't let you copy and paste so Ady would read out the code and I'd type them into a decoder. 3 timed during this wherigo he read me the letters to the last hint!! Arg,!

Or do a tree climb at the mega, sped up on ropes but on the descent Ady pressed descender to steady himself - not a good idea as he then sped towards the ground back first! Luckily he was okay although the hearts of those watching weren't.

GGH Tips..

When we spoke with noted Metro Detroit hider Puzzler26 he shared his "close clues" concept. Clues are hidden around some of his geocaches with information to entertain or inform the finders. Check out that interview and get some inspiration for your #geocaching on "GGH 171: Puzzler26."
http://cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-171-puzzler26

Ask Doctor D..

From Seb Mya

what's the dream cache he wants to find? (Tardis serving hot chocolate doesn't count wink emoticon )

Bonus question from Collin French

why my wee smells of boiled cabbage. #askdrd

#blamemoanalot..

The mighty Notts County were beating Aston Villa 2-1 in the week. Moan-A-Lot asks how they're doing and go on to lose 5-3. Had he not shown an interest, we'd have won.

GeoPauls Video Of The Week..

Geocaching at the races

www.youtube.com/MrGeoPaul

Ey Up Me Duck Challenge..

From Marcus Maximi

Was the August chalenge to get 2 different types of caches published? I had a mystery published (http://coord.info/GC607Z4) and lots of trads in the Q at the moment

We have gone an alternative route with ours, using Terracaching.com

LC8DSL Jets Away - this is a locationless cache

TC9OH8 Little Donkeys - our traditional cache

Facts Of The Uselessness..

The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit..

Doctor who? Peter Cushing’s Dr Who and the Daleks turns 50

Who said what The Doctor Or Clara quiz

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