Podcast appearances and mentions of scott berks

Some personal emergencies got in the way of this week's session, so we have a 2G1P classic for you about the worldwide scavenger hunt that is Geocaching! -Original Show Notes from September 27, 2021- There are little treasures hidden all over your neighborhood, and throughout the world. You just need a GPS app (and some sleuthing skills) to find them. That's the fun of geocaching, a global phenomenon where people hide containers (large and small) in public spaces and drop the coordinates on a map. Find one, and you might be the first to add your name to the log, get some free swag, or enjoy the experience of a lifetime. Alli and Lindsey chat with Scott Berks, Chad Courtney, and Jessie Brown, the hosts of The Geocaching Podcast, the long-running show about this worldwide and ever-growing IRL scavenger hunt. Check out the Geocaching Podcast: https://geocachingpodcast.com/ Support 2G1P on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/2G1P Join the 2G1P Discord community: http://discord.gg/2g1p Join the 2G1P Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2girls1podcast/ Email us: 2G1Podcast@gmail.com Call the show and leave a message! (347) 871-6548   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are little treasures hidden all over your neighborhood, and throughout the world. You just need a GPS app (and some sleuthing skills) to find them. That's the fun of geocaching, a global phenomenon where people hide containers (large and small) in public spaces and drop the coordinates on a map. Find one, and you might be the first to add your name to the log, get some free swag, or enjoy the experience of a lifetime. Alli and Lindsey chat with Scott Berks, Chad Courtney, and Jessie Brown, the hosts of The Geocaching Podcast, the long-running show about this worldwide and ever-growing IRL scavenger hunt. Check out the Geocaching Podcast: https://geocachingpodcast.com/ Support 2G1P on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/2G1P Join the 2G1P Discord community: http://discord.gg/2g1p Join the 2G1P Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2girls1podcast/ Email us: 2G1Podcast@gmail.com Call the show and leave a message! (347) 871-6548   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On This Weeks Show... Mark and Sam drop off a trackable, to send it on its way back to Scott Berks in Illinois. Fundraising... We're raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Donation page is Amy: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/amy-dawson18 Mark:  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ohbeep About Macmillan - https://www.macmillan.org.uk Contact the show... Website: http://www.ohbeepgcp.com E-mail: ohbeeppodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @Ohbeepgcp

On This Weeks Show... Day one of training for Amy, this episode was recorded whilst out walking in prep for the big one. Fundraising... We're raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Donation page is Amy: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/amy-dawson18 Mark:  https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ohbeep About Macmillan - https://www.macmillan.org.uk Thank you to Yvonne Brothers and Scott Berks, who both donated this week. Contact the show... Website: www.ohbeepgcp.com E-mail: ohbeeppodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @Ohbeepgcp

On this weeks show... Featuring special guest Mr Scott Berks of The Geocaching Podcast, with an exclusive announcement. Song mention at the start of the conversation Geocaching by MC Binery Miss Watto and I were recently doing a virtual cache in Loughborough (GC7B956 War Memorial #388 - Loughborough Carillon Tower by sixxdoguk). Without giving too much away the cache required us to count the number of letters on the memorial plaques at the cache location.  Mid-way through counting it occurred to me how foolish we must look to anyone passing by.  The technique we both employed was the stand very close to the plaques and run our fingers along the surface to keep track of where we'd counted to. We're both professional people, stood in a part, at a war memorial standing close to a wall counting letters.  There are people I work with who use that park, anyone of them could have observed me. Did this stop either of us?  Not in the slightest.  We were determined to get that find.  Plus we were having a good afternoon caching, making the most of the good weather while it lasted. Scott tells the story of Geocaching under an outdoor cinema screen and a really funny story about Walt Grogan face planting in to a pond. #geocachingcreators Diary of Physicist Farmgirl by Debra Burris Contact the show... E-mail: ohbeeppodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @Ohbeepgcp

Way back in March 2016 Scott Berks (of Geocaching Podcast fame) released a little Fisher Price man in to the world, its mission to wing its way to me in Nottingham.   Check the little feller out here.   The original mission was:   "Originally trying to get to Nottingham"   Well he made it to Nottingham, after a 2.5 year 21600 mile journey.   Now its my turn to return him.   Contact the show: Email - ohbeeppodcast@gmail.com  

December 06th, 2017 In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: We at GCPC appreciate tradition and one that we hope catches on is JewCaching Day. That special holiday geocaching day featuring our Jewish geocachers. Come learn about everything that is involved from it’s founder, our very own Scott Berks. Be sure to check it out! … Continue reading GCPC EPISODE 519 – Scott Berks: JewoCaching Day – The Tradition →

July 26th, 2017 In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: InfoFerret is taking a well deserved night off but fear not Mr. Scott Berks is back from his summer hiatus! Tonight we discuss the difference in Muggles of today and from years past within geocaching. Be sure to check it out! Please share with other … Continue reading GCPC EPISODE 505 – Geocaching Muggles: Past and Present →

July 12th, 2017 In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: Chad is out “On Assignment” so Sarah T-S and Headhardhat and Scott Berks discuss the new Geocaching Friend League and what exactly is the Geocaching Community. Be sure to check it out! Please share with other geocachers. We meet on Wednesday nights at 9:30PM ET … Continue reading GCPC EPISODE 503 – New Geocaching Friend League and Geocaching Community →

July 06, 2016 In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: Darrylw4 swings on by as our guest host while Scott Berks attends his son’s baseball banquette. In Darryl’s honor I thought it would fun to go all techie and talk about all the cool tech toy wearables now available in 2016. Should be a great … Continue reading GCPC EPISODE 458 – DarrylW4 and a Discussion About Technical Wearables →

Apr 27, 2016 In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: we have guest host Gerry Sander aka GManSan and extra unexpected host Scott Berks back for tonight as well. Come and listen to us describe topics pulled right off the internet. Be sure to check it out! Please share with other geocachers. We meet on … Continue reading GCPC EPISODE 449 – Geocaching In The News →

Apr 13, 2016 In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: It’s been 75 episodes since we last had Darrylw4 on the panel. Well, he’s back! Taking over for Scott Berks who is out on assignment. Darryl will be filling in but I think after a year and a half we should do some catch up … Continue reading GCPC EPISODE 447 – Catch Up With DarrylW4 →

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 Ask Dr D or share your feedback Comment on the shownotes Email feedback@ohbeep.com (audio files welcome) Please connect with us Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes Join the Facebook Page Follow us on Twitter

Sponsored by: Cache-Advance.com Feb 10, 2016, In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: It’s Cacher Coffee Time! We have some interesting topics including how Scott Berks and HHH were mentioned in an article via an Australian newspaper. This and more to come… Be sure to check it out! Please share with other geocachers. We meet … Continue reading GCPC EPISODE 438 – February 2016 Cacher Coffee →

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 Ask Dr D or share your feedback Comment on the shownotes Email feedback@ohbeep.com (audio files welcome) Please connect with us Subscribe, rate, and review in iTunes Join the Facebook Page Follow us on Twitter

Contact the show.. www.ohbeep.com/contact or feedback@ohbeep.com This Week.. Doctor D tackles the issue of snakes on a trail A listener from Perth tells us about his nemesis Geocache in Southern England Has Shortyknits out dumbed Scott Berks in Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do? Another bomb alert from the US Edwardian Geocaching? Want to win a copy of How to Puzzle Cache by Cully Long?  We let you know how. Last Week.. GC46G5M Church Micro 3773 ~ Durham ~ St Mary the Less by Just-Us-Two.  A lovely little church tucked in behind Durham Cathedral. GC2EJ55 RNLI Series - Sunderland Lifeboat by David-Joanne-Hannah.  Great location.  Some interesting sculptures to spend time appreciating (check out the photos at ohbeep.com/gallery).  BUT, seems there has been zero cache maintenance. GC3JYHG Sewage Works View (DUSCW) by dgk.  For the third year in a row, we failed to find it.  It was a bit ripe smelling in the area too.  But we did see some wild deer running through the woods, which made the tripe worthwhile. Nemesis Geocaches.. From Chris.. G’day Mark and Sam I have a couple of caches that I have been unable to find but one of my most frustrating is one over there in Southern England. It is GC17KR8, Trapezia Lick. I have been there a number of times while I have been staying there and always came away without the smiley. I would say I have searched under every tree and bush within 30 metres of GZ, fought the nettles and the brambles all without success. With such a good clue I thought this one would be an easy one. It is good to see that people are still finding it and I will definitely give it another go next time I am over. I am lucky that the journey I take to this one is quite a pleasant one. I go for a run in the mornings and running up to this cache along the disused rail track from Fareham is an experience a bit different from my  morning runs around Perth but isn’t that what makes caching fun. Cheers Keep up the good work. Chris Gore Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do.. From Shortyknits.. A couple years ago, over Memorial Day weekend in May 2013, Scott and I decided to go to Wisconsin for the weekend to do part of the 400 State Trail. http://www.400statetrail.org/  No, we didn’t drive the car on the trail, but in retrospect maybe we should have! The trail is an old abandoned railroad that the state turned into a recreational trail for biking and hiking and snowmobiles and horseback riding, and there are a few hundred caches along the main trail and all of its spurs. It’s about 3 hours from where we live in the Chicagoland area, but fortunately it’s only about a half an hour from where my sister lives. And more fortunately, my sister has a rental house that just happened to be between tenants that we could stay in. And even more fortunately, she had an extra vehicle with a bike rack so we could set up a getaway car at the end of the trail. We get off to a bit of a late start Saturday morning, mostly because we had been out night caching until about 2 or 3 in the morning the night before. But we get up and load everything in the two cars and drive to our planned ending place where we drop off my sister’s car. We drive all the way back to the start of the trail in my car, unload the bikes, get our trail passes, and head out. It took us a couple hours of driving back and forth to set up the cars, and it’s close to noon by this time, which is a few hours later than we had planned to get started. Even so, we had a great time on the trail. The weather was perfect, and we found most of the caches along the way. Back then, I was still a relatively new cacher. I hit find #1300 on the trail, and this was my first triple digit day. We found a total of 114 between the trail itself and the towns along the way. It couldn’t be a more perfect day … UNTIL….. We get about 13 miles in, just a miles away from the town where we parked the 2nd car. It’s getting to be evening by now, and I’m thinking that we had actually timed it just about right, and that we’d get to the end just as the sun was setting. So I’m riding along heading to the next cache, when suddenly I have the most terrible, horrible, worst ever thought. I skid to a stop and say … Ooooohhhhhhhh beeeeeeeeeppppppp!!!! Scott pulls up next to me to ask me what’s up. All I could say was, “please don’t kill me!” Eventually I reluctantly told him what I did – I left the keys in the car. That’s right. The key to the car that’s a mile in front of us is in the car that’s 13 miles behind us. And we’re tired. And it’s almost dark. I had no choice but to call my sister. I explain to her our situation and ask her to bring me a spare key. Well there’s another problem – there’s no spare key. The only key she had to that car was the one locked in my car. She was not too happy about it, but big sisters have no choice but to come to the rescue of the little sister. It took over an hour for her to get to where we were, during which time we found the only bar in the tiny town for a few beers. When she finally got there, we locked up the bikes and she drove us all the way back to the start of the trail so that we could get my car and drive all the way back to the end of the trail to pick up the bikes and the getaway car. We had a good plan gone all wrong. So I hope that if you or any of your listeners are ever planning to do a bike trail like this and plan on setting up a couple of cars, they’ll think of me and REMEMBER THE STUPID KEY! News.. The Silent Child has had a name change, he's now The Silent Searcher. Edwardian Geocaching Dumb stuff muggles do - a pine tree bomb alert News from Geocaching.com.. Changes to event caches: Beginning February 18, 2015, minimum durations will go into effect for Event Caches, CITO Events and Mega-Events. Event Caches will now be a minimum of 30 minutes. Cache In Trash Out Events (CITO) will now be a minimum of 1 hour. Mega-Events will now be a minimum of 4 hours. PI Day souveniers.. We’re celebrating this year’s Pi Day with two new souvenirs. The first souvenir is inspired by the groups of people creating Pi Day Event Caches. Just attend an event, including CITO or a Mega-Event on Pi Day and you’ll earn this souvenir. The second souvenir celebrates the mystery of pi - to earn it, log a “Found It” on a Mystery Cache on March 14. Feedback.. From Redbeard4570.. Lets talk travel bugs. I think your idea about portal or worm holes for trading travel bugs is an excellent idea. Please keep us all updated on progress. I will put it to use. I have two travel bugs that have been logging miles and visits all over the world. TB4JB39, Dog Tag "BATMAN", has been dropped in GC3NTHV which is located in Colombia, South America. On its way from the USA it also visited three caches in Mexico, one each in Costa Rica and Panama before being dropped. This makes it my first travel bug to travel in North, Central and South America and visit more than two countries. Thank you to geocacher Sludge_Shoveler for taking my travel bug on vacation with him.  TB4JAZ9 has been visiting caches and logging miles in over parts of the world. After touring the Midwest section of the USA it was dropped off in Hawaii. Of all places to be dropped off. Really. Bummer. An awesome geocacher, Scottish Cavalryman, grabbed it and has had it touring the islands and other great places. So far this includes South Korea, Philippines and Thailand. Here is the fun part. Both of the travel bugs are proxy tags. Neither of the original tags logged many mile. One logged ZERO!!! That is correct, ZERO!!! It never made it past the first cache I dropped it off at. I will give details of how I made the proxy tags in the future. Cache on! Redbeard4570 Travelbug Race.. Ask Doctor D.. Audio from CraigsOutside GGH Tips.. Many GSAK Users are running out-of-date versions of the app. Only the last major release is available from the website with the incremental releases through the app itself. Make sure you're using the latest version picking "Check for newer version of GSAK" from "Tools" to keep your version updated.  cacheamaniacs.com/ggh-160-gsak-ii GeoPauls Video Of The Week.. Free Little Library Muilti (GCNW) by GeoBadging.. Check out GeoPauls Youtube channel HERE       Ey Up Me Duck Challenge.. Listener Ey Up Me Duck will be setting us a challenger each month throughout 2015.  The current challenge is: As Feb is the month of love and as some people declare their love for each in church, your challenge for this month is to find 5 Church Micros. We’ve decided to extend these challenges to our listeners.  So, let us know how you’ve got on with this challenge.  As an incentive, at the end of the month we will put all the names, of those who have taken part, in to a random draw to win a prize. So far we have two names in the hat Trevorskil and Tony Liddell (well Tony needs to get us his proof ;))

Contact the show www.ohbeep.com/contact or feedback@ohbeep.com This Week.. A 3 in 1 dumb stuff geocachers do story. GeoFleaz.com competition. News on the new advanced search feature from Geocaching.com Update on Ey Up Me Ducks first Challenge - solve and find two puzzle caches. GeoGearheads tips on how to get good co-ordinates. And the obligatory Doctor Who bit (during the outro music) Last Week.. A bit of cache maintenance on Put a Cork In It (GC51924) Plus two puzzle cache finds. Plans also started for the wormhole cache - mentioned by Dave DeBaeremaeker in an earlier episode. News.. GeoTalk host, Darren (aka SpinDoc Bob), has sadly lost his battle with a severe brain tumour.  Darren’s nephew, Ryan, is raising money for the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.  Ryan Osborne (Clipping for a cure) donation page. geocheck.org hacked: Unfortunately, I have just learned, that Geocheck.org has been hacked. The entire database has been downloaded, including cache solutions and hashed passwords.   The passwords are hashed, so they are fairly secure, especially for longer or more complex passwords. However, to be sure, it is recommended for everyone to change their passwords. If you use the same password at Geocaching.com or other sites, I recommend changing them there as well. Additional security surrounding the passwords have been implemented going forward. Further, the vulnerability used to hack the site has been plugged.   Samuel AKA iChicken The new Advanced Search on Geocaching.com is now available to Premium members.  We talked with Jayme, from GC HQ, on show 57 (Changes Coming to Geocaching.com (GC.com HQ Interview Pt 1)) about the new search and how Premium members can help refine it.  If you're looking for a detailed breakdown, we recommend GeoGearHeads episode GGH 160.5 Geocaching.com Advanced Search Preview, or check out the video below:       One for the hardcore map/geo location enthusiasts - Google Earth Pro is now free, Feedback.. From Dave DeBaeremaeker.. Heya folks   Just to address Doctor D's assertion that speed limits are slow in the US based on that Top Gear (UK) episode.  It is not the case.   That road they were on: the Blue Ridge Parkway is indeed maxed at 45MPH.  However it is important to note that the Blue Ridge is a narrow windy mountain road, and in a normal reasonably priced car, 45 feels speedy.  Fun fact: that road is a National Park, and runs for hundreds of miles thru many states.  It is also one of my favourite roads to drive on (which I do a lot as it runs relatively close to my house).   The speed limit on the road I take up the mountains to the Parkway is 55MPH.  There are plenty of Interstates that do 70MPH on the east coast.  In New Mexico I40 is 75MPH, and some roads in the flat states in the middle of the country do not have speed limits.   Cheers Dave Nemesis Geocaches.. From Ey Up Me Duck.. Nemesis caches: we only call it a nemesis cache if we have looked for it at least twice & I have just scanned my DNF list and the only ones we have searched for numerous times (including twice with a bunch of Scouts!) are Look out for the Foxes (GC3DF9X) and Devilishly Difficult (GC3FVZW) - both near Colwick Woods. We haven't been to look for a while so think it is about time we went for another look to see if anything looks different. Dumb Stuff Geocachers Do.. Scott Berks.  Not one, but three stories of how NOT to travel to a GZ.  Stories include tales of LEO's and being kicked out of a state.   Ask Doctor D.. From Head Hard Hat.. HHH asks for Advice as to what type of ways to safely attach a Geocache to living items, like a tree When hiding a cache one thing to remember: Geocaches are placed so that plant and animal life are safe from both intentional and unintentional harm. Source Geocaching.com Guidelines GGH Tips.. Even smartphones can get you good coords for your geocaches if you know how. We talked about it on "GGH 094: Getting Good Coords I" so check that out for much more information. Some quick tips are to make sure the GPSR in the device (smartphone or GPSR) is running at least a couple minutes and stable before checked. Then also get multiple readings, from multiple directions, at different times and average those positions. How are you getting coords for your caches?       Ey Up Me Duck Challenges.. GC3TVA4 Cryptic Series 3 : LIIXLVIDCCXXIVIXIVDCCCLXVIII by Drackvor This was the better of the two final hides.  Nice location by the water.  Not so sure about the bag of syringes we found. Site used to help crack this puzzle www.onlineconversion.com GC3P46Q The Loughborough Cryptic Series 1 by Drackvor This one was proof that having to solve a puzzle is not a guarantee of a quality cache.  But it did help us fill in another box on our D/T grid. Sites used to help crack this puzzle sharkysoft.com & www.counton.org. In the end both were solved using tips from the above sites and sitting with pen and paper to work the co-ords out. Februarys Challenge.. Hi Oh Beep,   I see you have been getting on with working out 2 puzzle caches - have you managed to go out and find them yet?   February Challenge.   As Feb is the month of love and as some people declare their love for each in church, your challenge for this month is to find 5 Church Micros.   On Sunday, although we didn't set out to do it, me and The Old Soldier collected 15 Church Micros. I know this is nothing compared to some people who go out and get up to a hundred in a day but it was good for us, especially as we hadn't intended it.   Now this should be quite an easy task for Dr D to achieve (unless you have already done them) as there are lots in Beeston area!!!!   If others want to try the challenge too and don't have church micros in their area, they can find ones with 'church' in the title.   Good Luck Searching Denise aka Ey Up Me Duck GeoFleaz Competition.. What is the tagline printed on every Geoflea?       The Obligatory Doctor Who Bit.. I am not sure if you have seen this, but, while not geocaching-related, as a fellow Dr. Who fan, I thought you and Dr.D might enjoy   BTW - I started watching back in the Jon Pertwee (#3) era, when there was no CGI and cardboard monsters were the stuff of legend.  Tom Baker is still the best Doctor, sorry Dr. D.   I hope to hear Sophie back on the show again soon.   GManSan (aka Gerry)   P.S.  Dr. D needs to learn the word to the Celebrate song, by Kool and the Gang.  It's "Celebrate good times, come on!"  Not sure what he's saying, but it's not that.      

Sponsored by: Cache-Advance.com GCPC Episode 386 – Improv at the Geocaching Podcast In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: Headhardhat is out with a nasty head-cold so Scott Berks takes over and with the help of the rest of the gang directs a kind of geocaching improv where they discuss different geocaching scenarios. Be sure … Continue reading GCPC Episode 386 – Improv at the Geocaching Podcast →

Contact the show: feedback@ohbeep.com or www.ohbeep.com/40 Last Week.. We finally got out Puzzler badge.  As planned, it was GC55AQK Church Micro 5845...Kegworth by stuarthowe11 Then we got our Sightseer badge - GC4MRM5 - BUGS & BEASTIES TRAIL by RAYNSYLV Doctor D did something VERY unusual. We've started planning our next cache hide.  Doctor Who related and inspired by DarrylW4's Blue Box Series: Series 1 Blue Box GC5B1MQ Series 2 Blue Box GC5B1MF Series 3 Blue Box GC5B0YA Series 4 Blue Box GC5B0Y4 Series 5 Blue Box GC5AYY1 Series 6 Blue Box GC5AYXR Series 7 Blue Box GC5A1P6 Congratulations to Heth and Dan aka Cache on Wheels and Bull Family, who celebrated their 18th Wedding Anniversary on 23rd August, they are currently in Scheibenhard (shy Ben hard) in Alsace (Al sass).  Heth and Family would also like to wish Dave Palmer ( Deceagni ) and his wife a happy anniversary too, who share the same Date Happy caching everyone. Feedback.. From show number 35, Geocaching Travellers/Geocoins – What do you do with yours? Tim Hewison Love the idea of the Bank Job. If the Minifigs get caught, they could be put in my Reading Gaol for Minifigs GC52Z8F The GCDoc has an exciting Doctor Who related announcement. BananaSource got the Shortyknits voice wrong: From Alex Brydon (@(B my geocaching name) Hello Mark and Sam, This is for the most resent podcast. And I agree with you Mark when you said Sam is not nice to the Americans but is very nice to Canada! I didn't like your 'women' accent, it sounds nothing like a lady! Keep up the good podcasts! thanks for the podcasts, It's you  Scott berks!! A shocking revelation, Doctor D has known Shorty for years - what is the 11 on his shirt for?  Shortyknits thinks its all about being one louder.  There is also the theory that they are knitting needles.  What do you think? We also got this e mail from Shortyknits: Doctor D, It has been a sad week. How could you pretend to not know me after everything? I'm heartbroken.......shortyknits Dumb Things Geocachers Do.. Greetings from Kansas USA! I listen and greatly enjoy your podcast program. Here is a cache find posting I made for a multicache I found while caching with 2 other cachers. GC58R4X The Necropolis At Mount Allen by ottieolsen is the cache. Feel free to use it on your show if you would like to. Here it is, Excellent multi! Good fun, good history. And if you aren't operating at 100% and don't get the decimal point at the right spot you can turn it into a 5 spot multi!!! Oh, did I say 5??? Try 6 if you screw up on the decimal location twice!!! LOL!!! And if you are so multi talented (get the pun???) as I am you can visit 2 locations that neither is correct, yet both are excellent locations for a container!!! (lots more LOL! Either that or cry!) Soooo, after an extra 45 minutes of searching that would have worked for an episode of either CSI or NCIS, we (caching with 2 over cachers) FINALLY got to the correct location for the final!!! Bells rang, horns honked, fans cheered! (In my mind they did anyways! But it may have been from the heat!) We were rewarded with another ottieolsen class, not what we were expecting, cache container! Thanks again for another awesome cache in the Hays area! Cachers are always telling of the wonderful things that they have discovered and learned from Geocaching. I agree! Now I can add double checking info, repeatedly, to that list! Cache on! Podcast on! Redbeard4570 Nemesis Geocache.. D D & B S,I really enjoy the banter between you two.As of this month, August, my nemisis cache(s) are Mystery/Puzzle Caches and Multi-Caches. It seems that ever since the 7SofA, I can't find the final or the next stage to get the souvenir. As of this email, I have less than two weeks to get these last two cache types. To top it off, I've found all the Mystery and Multi's in my town and neighboring town, so I have to travel 15-30 miles one way just to fail. I don't know if I'll get all seven souvenirs.Doctor D,I wouldn't worry about Scott Berks and a "plane ticket", I've heard that he won't drive into downtown Chicago to go geocaching. So you're probably safe...but then again, you are talking messin' with his girl. :-0Listening from NW Indiana and loving the show.Keep up the good work,IN_Darel Ask Doctor D.. Tony Liddell what's the ultimate achievement in caching, eg most finds, most 5/5s, covering most counties etc Travelbug Race.. Oh Beep! Where are my other legs? is still in Wales and hasn't moved. The Monkey King's Southern S@m is still in Bayern, Germany. GeoPaul's Video of the Week.. Prostitute Geocache!!! By Geocache Spoilers http://youtu.be/NdkPF6Rf1mk Check GeoPaul’s Youtube channel HERE Discussion.. What makes geocaching so great and unique, in comparison to other activities? Its a "make your own adventure" activity. You tweak what, when, where, why, who and how to make the game unique. It's a tour guide  Dave DeBaeremaeker "I've learned so much history about my town, and may other towns, that I never would have found without caching." It gives you a reason to explore It can make socialiser out of the most delicate of wallflowers Dave "I am not a social butterfly - just ask my wife about how cranky I get after spending a few hours at most social events.  Make it a social gathering of geocachers, and I am  there all day, and wanting more the next day.  Being amongst ones tribe is a good thing, and among geocachers, I've found my tribe." Cache On Wheels Geocaching "Geocaching can be done by everyone, we can't get them all but there's plenty to choose from. It encourages you to meet knew people, explore our wonderful world, learn historic and geological facts. It encourages us to get out and about giving us a purpose and plan where to go, or be able to do it ad hoc.Oh and you get pretty pics to out on your profile page." News & Events.. News.. 3D GPS for the blind Events.. BREAKFAST IN THE TRI-CITIES - KEARNEY by gyouareyou | GC5AA7X | Nebraska 13/9/14 Who meets the Germans by RubysRudel | GC5BE7G | New York 13/9/14 Dartmoor Bi-Monthly Midweek Event #15 by Finder-Man | GC5ANCE | South West England, United Kingdom 17/9/14 Geocaching meets StarTrek by seekon | GC55CQJ | London, United Kingdom 2/10/14 CCARF14 - Vehicle Inspection (Launch event) by CCARF organizers | GC5851G | Alberta, Canada 20/9/14 WhereYouGoing? by ThePacman | GC5BFE6 | Victoria, Australia 18/9/14 7 Souvenirs of August - Última Oportunidad by kasiMEGA TEAM | GC5AEW0 | País Vasco, Spain 30/08/14 [CE2014] - Cluster Event - 2014 by Dr. Explain | GC59X6C | Flevoland, Netherlands 30/8/14 Wolfsburger Gc-Stammtisch by Sterne-Deluxe | GC5BD88 | Niedersachsen, Germany 14/9/14

Contact the show at feedback@ohbeep.com   or   www.ohbeep.com/39 Last Week.. GC58DXJ - Church Micro 6094 ... Castle Donington - Methodist by GeoSandJLeo GC10M51 - The Charnwood Letterbox Trail #4: The Old Railway by niknrich GC2HXP9 - E is for Extraordinary Earth Cache by aspitbiker adopted by stuarthowe11 GC55B26 - Mini Giga Event by JACARU Because of Geocaching.. Corey Stevens - STUFF IT! Ask Doctor D.. Hey Dr. D! I have had people find my caches and write really nice logs, in which they say that they are awarding it a favorite point. But when I look at who has actually marked that cache as a favorite, their name is not on the list. I'm just wondering what, if anything, you would do if it was your cache. Happy caching! shortyknits PS - I shared a Diet Coke with you today!               Feedback.. Scott Berks has something to say to Doctor D. Dudley Grunt sent us a link to his latest cache, which borders USA & Canada Spirit of International Cooperation - OU0749 Haskell Free Library and Opera House Dumb Things Geocachers Do.. Not check the GPSr before going out. Nemesis Geocache.. Dave DeBaeremaeker I had a different sort of nemesis cache.As you know I am Canadian, but live in the US. In Canada. Just a short distance from where our family lives, exists one of the oldest trees in Canada. It is called the Comfort Maple. I didn't know this tree existed until I started geocaching, but ever since I discovered it about 4 years ago, I have wanted to do the geocache at the tree.We tend to visit family once a year or so (its a 13 hour drive), but every time we go I went to the site of the Comfort Maple, and hunted for the cache. Every time, almost like a conspiracy, the cache has gone missing just before I arrive, and replaced sometime after I'm gone. Every. Single. Time.Until this last time, when Lady Luck, The Fates, or just good living, finally cut me a break and I was able to grab the cache there.After seeing the hide, there is no way I missed it before - it was definitely gone.I have a blog post about the Comfort Maple here: The Comfort Maple Travelbug Race.. Ours, Oh Beep! Where Are My Other Legs, hasn't moved. The Monkey King's, Southern@Sam, has now done 10146 miles and is now at GC4K089 Project MUNICH2014 - Mia san Giga!  by Munich Giga Event Team GeoPaul's Video of The Week.. Check GeoPaul’s Youtube channel HERE http://youtu.be/l2hl-TYMtFI Discussion.. Are Premium Member only Caches elitist? News & Events.. Geocaching on the BBC  http://youtu.be/m6XG9lxTp8A Geocache now in the Oxford Dictionary, sorry for the link to The Daily Mail article Geocaching.com Geocache of the Week is right down Doctor D's street.  Doctor Who #13 (GC56Y0Z) GAGB EVENT Greetings Podcasters, We would be really grateful if you could make space for the following bit of news in the next edition of your podcast. "The Geocaching Association of Great Britain (GAGB) was established in 2003 to provide a national geocaching organisation and serve as a UK and Ireland point of contact for geocachers, landowners, the media and others with an interest in geocaching. We maintain a database containing details of landowner consents and/or restrictions on the placement of caches, in respect of many parts of the UK and Ireland; provide a GAGB members' forum; maintain codes of conduct and geocaching guidance; liaise with landowners as necessary; offer support to geocachers generally and provide a national organisation for enquiries about geocaching from the public, the media and others. The GAGB also produces a bi-monthly full-colour e-magazine, 'Seeker', containing UK and Ireland caching news, reviews and articles. Last year we celebrated our 10th birthday by holding CITO events across the UK. We decided to make this an annual event, on the second weekend of September and so across the 13th and 14th of September we are inviting cachers from all across the UK and Ireland to join us in attending, or even hosting an event. This year we wanted to step away from the typical "picking tin cans out of a layby" CITO and really want to focus on the conservational aspect that often gets overlooked. We have had several events published so far, from the South coast to the North of England and the tasks being performed are really exciting. In Thirsk, volunteers will be clearing an ancient dyke ready for archaeologists to get in and explore In Horsham, the team will be assisting with heathland management and birch tree removal In North Somerset, attendees will be mowing a meadow with scythes, the most eco friendly way to manage the meadow At Weymouth, folks will be getting involved with a nature reserve and removing invasive species. And there is lots more to do We really want to encourage as many cachers as possible to come out and support these events. Of course you may not have an event close to you, so why not host one yourself? You can contact the committee on gagbcommittee@gagb.org.uk and we will be happy to get you started with your CITO event listing. You can find a bookmark list of all the events published so far at http://bit.ly/GAGBCITO We look forward to seeing you soon. Richlay, On behalf of the GAGB www.gagb.org.uk Join us for breakfast.  by Team lr85ninety | GC5AZY8 | East Midlands, United Kingdom 7/9/14 September Eat and Greet by 98x | GC5AWGY | Texas 6/9/14 Greenwood Intro to Geocaching by 4CeasonS and GMFRC | GC5AE40 | Nova Scotia, Canada 9/9/14 Ballarat CITO - The 7 Souvenirs of August by McLookers, ST37E & Tomstache | GC59QN4 | Victoria, Australia 31/8/14 Lisbon Night Geo-Bike Tour 2014 - The return by Team Ribeiro & Team Prodrive | GC55YA8 | Lisboa, Portugal 13/9/14 Früher Morgen, keine Sorgen :-) by Claudia und Micha das Gifmik-Team | GC5AP20 | Niedersachsen, Germany 7/9/14 Meet and greet by lowca | GC5AFP0 | Västra Götaland, Sweden 13/9/14 NGC #2 - Initiation T5 by Nord Geocaching | GC584GK | Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France 6/9/14

Sponsored by: Cache-Advance.com Streamed live on Aug 13, 2014 In tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: Meet up with Darrylw4, Scott Berks, Corey Stephens and HeadHardHat as they discuss the trials and tribulations of geocaching with muggles. How do you keep them happy and you are still able to get some geocaching finds? Be sure … Continue reading Episode 364 – Geocaching With Muggles →

Sponsored by: Cache-Advance.com Streamed live on Jul 16, 2014 With tonight’s episode of the Geocaching Podcast: The guys try an outdoor experiment LIVE by having Scott Berks and StevensAdInfinitum try to find geocaches while using Glympse and being directed in studio by HeadHardHat and Darrylw4. We have no clue what is going to happen but … Continue reading Episode 360 – The Glympse Geocaching Experiment →

Contact the show at:   feedback@ohbeep.com   or   www.ohbeep.com/34   Last Week.. Getting to 500 turned out to be harder than it sounded. Mooonie 2 - The Lambrettas A cache by Mooonwitch - GC5372R Mooonie 3 - Culture Club A cache by Mooonwitch - GC53731 Mooonie 4 - Paul McCartney and his Chorus A cache by Mooonwitch - GC5373M Mooonie 5 - Red Hot Chili Peppers A cache by Mooonwitch - GC53743 Dumb Stuff Geocachers do.. Case of oops I forgot I put that there. Feedback.. From Shortyknits... Hey Team D! The only reason I look forward to Mondays is that there's usually a new Oh Beep to listen to on my commute to work. When I heard this week's introduction, I literally said out loud, "What the hell was that?!?" and played it back a couple times, laughing, before I got to Mark explaining that it was Sam's attempt at an American accent. Sam, is that really what you think we sound like?? Then hearing your attempts at Canadian and Australian accents made me laugh even more. There's something else you have in common with Scott Berks - all of your accents sound exactly the same. Every accent he attempts ends up sounding Indian. Yours ... well I'm not quite sure what yours are. Thanks for trying for me anyway. I love the show. Keep on doing what you're doing, even if you are offensiving people. Or entire countries. shortyknits PS - Huge congratulations on your 500th find!!! From Dave Self.. Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the US/Canada border in Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec. http://haskellopera.com/history/ "...though your visit will be casually monitored by both U.S. and Canadian authorities who keep count so that the people going in from one country exit to the country from which they entered (and who have caught not a few number of people who try to use the Haskell for nefarious schemes of illegal alien passage or illegal arms smuggling), no passport is required..." From http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g1989246-d4555225-r170786717-Haskell_Free_Library_Opera_House-Stanstead_Quebec.html So, seems you can't travel from one country to the other via the "house".  Even if someone lived there, they'd need to have a passport.  Within the building, you can, technically cross the border back and forth.     From nationaltrail.co.uk Hi Mark Thanks for getting in touch, and for mentioning our geocaching weekend which is the start of 10 weeks of coin releases. We’re very keen to encourage people to discover the National Trails, and geocaching is a perfect way to get new people on to them. Some of the 15 Trails already have geocache trails, some put in place by the trail teams, others by the public. In time we’d like to have trails on all of the National Trails, the ones without them at the moment are : Cleveland Way http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cleveland-way/geocaching Glyndwr’s Way http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/glyndwrs-way/geocaching North Downs Way http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/north-downs-way/geocaching Pennine Bridleway http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/pennine-bridleway/geocaching South Downs Way http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/south-downs-way/geocaching South West Coast Path, although as its 630 miles long I suspect there may be some we don’t know about ! http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/south-west-coast-path/geocaching Pembrokeshire Coast Path - don’t have any geocaching trails. The trail has dangerous parts but the Trail Officer is happy to advice anyone thinking of setting a trail as to places that are suitable - Davemac@pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path are planning a geocaching trail and are looking for geocaching volunteers to help them - any one interested can contact them directly at nationaltrail@norfolk.gov.uk If anyone is interested in setting a trail they can either get in touch with the trail manager directly via the contact details on the website, or with me and I’ll pass them on. If anyone knows of geocaching trails on the National Trails listed above that I haven’t found if they send me a link I’ll add them to the website. Every trail has its own geocaching page, we’re happy to promote any relevant info on that page and through our social media. Cheers Anne Ask Doctor D.. GeoPaulVlogger - Here's my ask doc d - what type of FTF dance should you do when you find a FTF? Body pop? Tango? The robot?? http://youtu.be/GKk83IizsQA Nemesis Geocaches.. Seems we have a new one. Mooonie 1 - Faith No More - A cache by Mooonwitch GC53721. Three attempts.  We've done the rest in the series.  But this one seems to be hiding in a sneaky place. News & Events.. Surrey Camping Event #2 by SuperDred | GC4XECH | South East England, United Kingdom - 04/07/2014 Blaise Summertime BBQ by evesy101 | GC4Y0K7 | South West England, United Kingdom - 28/06/2014 Summer Garden Party (very July the Fourth) by andytalliss | GC4YQR6 | East Midlands, United Kingdom - 05/07/2014 White Mountain Breakfast Club by PattiNH | GC568J9 | New Hampshire (USA) - 27/06/2014 Who are the turbobadgers and why are they leaving? by BerkeleyBoomers | GC572X4 | California (USA) - 29/06/2014 WLC VI - Zupping on Za by ajmaley | GC55Q1Y | Illinois (USA) - 29/06/2014 Gonefishen07 & Hearse068 3rd Mid Year Dinner Event by Gonefishen07 | GC53N15 | Victoria, Australia - 05/07/2014 [OFZE] Picknick the 5th edition by OFZE | GC559PP | Flevoland, Netherlands - 06/07/2014 24. Trossinger Geo-Hocker by FriCa | GC53XE2 | Baden-Württemberg, Germany - 28/06/2014 Alaska Geocaching Cruise Adventure Meet & Greet by shizengiggles | GC56G1C | British Columbia, Canada - 27/06/2014 Isevent by Gørding | GC54RZZ | Denmark - 28/06/2014 Other News.. Great Facebook group for those looking for caches suitable for children...www.facebook.com/groups/GeocachingwithChildren/ Check out the new CacheFace at www.cacheface.social Geocaching not far removed from Czech mushroom picking - article on Radio Praha's website about Stratocaching Suspicious-looking ‘geocache’ item triggers bomb scare - Independent Tribune.com (he waited until AFTER checking the container to check on geocaching.com?). Travel Bug Race.. Our race The Monkey King in finally underway.  Here's our little beauty.... Click HERE to find out the mission. Discussion.. What Geocaching is to me... Tupperware, satellites, walking, forgotten pens, puzzles, nettles, bug spray, adventure, events, time with the kids, days out, FTF's, DNF's, stats, numbers, PAF, stories of the one that got away, creativity What Geocaching isn't to me... Arguing on the internet, politics, sniping at each other. Collin French  The more I think about this, the longer the answers get: 1.#Geocaching is exploration, finding new places, finding OLD places. Geocaching is community, like-minded (weird) friends. Geocaching is the thrill of knowing something that others don't (there's a cache there!). Geocaching is a great escape from the pressure and rigours of daily life. 2. Geocaching is not a sport. It is not (to me) a commercial enterprise. Others will disagree with that, especially where Groundspeak is concerned. It is not worth risking mental or physical health over.  

Sponsored by: Cache-Advance.com Streamed live on June 18, 2014 Tonight the gang at The Geocaching Podcast take the lead from host Scott Berks as they voice out some geocaching rants. Scott was recently a guest on the Oh Beep Podcast which brought on tonight’s theme.. We meet up on Wednesdays at 9:30PM ET at www.geocachingpodcast.com/live … Continue reading Episode 356 – Geocaching Rants →

Please send feedback to feedback@ohbeep.com   or leave comments at   www.ohbeep.com/32 Last Week.. Failed attempt at an EarthCache - Castle Rock EarthCache Nottingham (GC27063) But we did find The Hemlock Stone - Fact or Fiction (GC20EW1)             BananaSource on June's The UK Geocaching Podcast BananaSource in GeoPaul's Kent Mega 1 vlog http://youtu.be/6yrVNKcdqIk Puzzle Cache.. We've been trying to solve Final Destination (GC54F7G) for a while.  We finally made a breakthrough. Roving Report.. Our first listener roving report comes in from 7 year old Zac, who went Geocaching in London with his Dad. Dumb things Geocachers do.. BananaSources brush with the seedy use of Forbes Hole Nature Reserve whilst out searching for Whomping Willow (GC3C8ZN) Couldn't resist including this one from DarrylW4, as he rightfully pokes fun at a BananaSource spelling mistake: I suspect that the Geocaches do all sorts of dumb things since they don't have brains. How about not running to higher ground as the flood water approach? That's pretty dumb. They've ended up miles downstream. ;-)As for the Geocachers, I'd say underestimating the difficulty, or overestimating their skills. I once went down to retrieve a cache thinking it would be easier than it was to climb back up. It turns out there was a rope in another cache just for us to use to climb back out, but I did it just slipping a little and grabbing the hands from a couple friends up top. Feedback.. The GCDoc.. Hey Mark! I was just catching up on your recent podcast episode 30 after getting back from GeoWoodstock XII. I just wanted to say that I really appreciated your story about how Geocaching positively impacted your life. It was great to hear your personal story, and I'm sure there are tons of people out there that have similar experiences while geocaching. I know for me personally, geocaching has been a great morale booster when I'm stuck in the struggles and stress of daily life. No matter how down I feel, going geocaching, watching geocaching videos and listening to podcasts like yours always puts a smile on my face! A big thanks to what you guys do, and keep it up Justin aka TheGCDoc Yorkshire Yellow.. Dear DrD, Lets not argue. Shall we call a truce? Let's be friends. Love, Yorkshire Yellow Ask Doctor D.. TWU (Mr Yuck) - "I recently went through the official process and adopted my first cache. Since I am now the owner, should I go back and delete my find on it from 5 years ago?" News & Events.. John Phillimore - How about a shout out for "A Wild (West) Christmas 2014" camping event near Calne, Wiltshire, Southern England there's still a handful of pitches left for anyone who would like to join in the mayhem 20th to 23rd June. Only 17 sleeps to go :). GC4V4X2 Brent Smith - The Great Norfolk to Norfolk TB Race.  Two Races Between Norfolk UK and Norfok ON CA. One starting in each county and finishing in the other. First 3 to finish in each race will recive a custom Geocoin www.facebook.com/Norfolk2Norfolk/info Summer Solstice Camping by BenandJules | GC4V874 | Eastern England, United Kingdom 24 Hours by Jacaru | GC50G7P | East Midlands, United Kingdom Gemma's 1000th find. "Carvery and Cake !!!" by Wan512 | GC5657F | East Midlands, United Kingdom 24 Hours Later by Jacaru | GC50G8B | East Midlands, United Kingdom Summer Solstice Second Sunset Sighting by meltdiceburg | GC51EWM | West Midlands, United Kingdom Summer Solstice in Barley by trebor nosnwot | GC55GRB | Northwest England, United Kingdom Northants Natters #18: Picnic in the park by cannonfodder32 | GC55XH7 | East Midlands, United Kingdom BBH On Tour - Two Birthdays One Bash by FreeWillCachers | GC554DR | Eastern England, United Kingdom The Happening 31 by Mr Parker | GC56939 | Eastern England, United Kingdom The Question is.....June by The Amasons | GC50D3W | East Midlands, United Kingdom NWCMM: Summer@The Spinners by Zomblou | GC5505Z | Northwest England, United Kingdom Other News.. The UKCacheMag (issue 13) was released last week - haven't seen it yet?  Go to www.ukcachemag.com Only Googlebot Reads This Blog by Dave DeBaeremaeker Long Way Round: Little Free Tardis Video of the Week.. Engalnd's FIRST ever GEOCACHE! by GeoPaul http://youtu.be/bxU0V8jp0Xc Scott Berks Interview.. When it comes to tangents Scott is King...its our pleasure to tangent with him. www.chicagogeocacher.com www.geocachingpodcast.com Scotts Hides, mentioned in the interview: Codemonkeys - webdesign 101 GC1P7MH Codemonkeys - webdesign 201 GC1PEJJ Codemonkeys - webdesign 301 GC1R9Q8 Codemonkeys - webdesign 401 (know your roots) GC1TEV4 Codemonkeys - webdesign FINAL EXAM GC1TXMW 80's Movie Cache #1 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off GC1FGDX 80's Movie Cache #2 - The Breakfast Club GC1FHQP 80's Movie Cache #3 - She's Having A Baby GC1G08E 80's Movie Cache #4 - Weird Science GC1NH35 80's Movie Cache #5 - RIP John Hughes GC1WYA4 Scott's bucket list cache: Nauru 01 A cache by allen.sebastian http://coord.info/GC2HWY5 Scott describes Jewocaching Day.  

Join us this week for a discussion about the necessity of paper logs in Geocaches Last Week... Check out the Opencaching.us blog for our interview only show with The GCDoc Whats your nemesis cache? One of ours was Little Church by Jacaru - now archived. Scott Berks The lonesome bridge by tnt63 GC217PN. "Spent a total of 6 hours there over many days." SangueG 'Earnanæs, þæs wyrmes denn' by abanazar GC2VH8B "It's freaking hard! Log note only till I master one part of the route." saxhorn Nemesis was "It's an ammo can." (GC497HJ) by Cachnut II "Found it on the 5th try. Key? What's an ammo can? Halljourneys.wordpress.com" Because of Geocaching... Scott Berks and DarrylW4 from geocachingpodcast.com geogearheads.com chicagogeocacher.com Feedback... DarrylW4 "Offensiving" needs to be added the the Geocaching Lexicon. BTW – you'd funny like that milk that's been in the fridge for the last 6 months. ;-) Lucie Melen  Just listened... so here is some listener feedback!  I find "another find for me" even more annoying and insulting than TFTC, because that's the automatic text on the app. They couldn't even be bothered to type anything! From Yorkshire Yellow Just to say I enjoyed this segment in your last podcast. The honesty with which you spoke was touching, and I found myself with a tear in my eye at one or two points. Although I don't suffer from depression, I do think I get a little 'down' sometimes myself, particularity in the grey winter months.  Also, most of my role at work is in essentially what is a sales environment (letting and sale of commercial property), which, if it's not going well, gets me down. I've found that quick lunchtime cache, in the green areas in the town where I work, or, If I can manage it, on the edges of the Cotswold Hills, lifts my mood/spirits no end. I also totally agreed/empathised with you on the 'simple pleasures' side of what you were saying - children splashing in puddles, seeing nature, etc. I've been on an enforced 4 day working week since the start of the recession, so have been lucky enough to have one weekday a week to spend with my nearly 7yo geokid and now her nearly 3yo sister. The times we spend together on these days, often on a short caching circuit (on which she invariably ends up riding most of it on my shoulders!) are incredibly enjoyable, and I've some precious memories from these times. Keep up the good work on the podcast.  I'm enjoying them! John (Yorkshire Yellow) Ask Doctor D... From Yorkshire Yellow Dear Dr Duck, When me or the geokids swap swag in caches, we also replace what we take with something we think is of equivalent or greater value. However, so often we see caches with, to be honest, are a load of crap in them - broken old fast food toys, soggy paper items, things which have got wet and gone rusty - you probably know what I'm talking about. My question for you - has the concept of swag in caches had its day? Thanks Dr Duck! Yorkshire Yellow PS - My thoughts on this: We will always tidy up a cache, so that the the 'finding experience' is a better one for the next cacher.  We will will often add more swag than we swap out.  If my (young) geokids are coming caching with me, then I will often try to pick a newer series of caches, where the swag is still there and hasn't had time to 'degrade', which unfortunately seems to be the way of things nowadays. News & Events... Carry On Camping - 2014by House Of Boo | GC4YKGK | West Midlands, United Kingdom Bring & Buy - it could be lucky for you?by Sir & Lady Harveyjj | GC53TDZ | North Wales, United Kingdom Cheltenham Event - farewell AmblingFreeby AmblingFree | GC52KME | Southern England, United Kingdom CacheWalker goes to the Beach Splash Mob Eventby CacheWalker crew | GC558MJ | Southern England, United Kingdom The Roller Coaster Team's Meet & Greetby Roller Coaster Team | GC55NHN | Yorkshire, United Kingdom The First "Penistone Palaver"by RoweGeocache | GC51RWA | Yorkshire, United Kingdom BBH#78 Bordering on the Regal...by MKGees | GC55R1V | Southern England, United Kingdom Other News... Geocaching.com have launched their newest stat page, the Geocaching Refer-a-Friend Page Geocaching.com are also bringing Lab Caches in to the official stats: Your Lab Cache finds are now more official than ever. Lab Caches are scheduled to be rolled into Geocaching find statistics  and your milestones beginning on June 3, 2014. Besides cheering, there's one other thing you might want to consider doing. The addition of your Lab Cache finds may alter your milestones. Check now to lock-in milestones  on your Geocaching.com profile. After the update, you'll be able to use the tool to lock in a Lab Cache find as a milestone. You'll also find Lab Cache stats on your chronology and geocache types section. If you created a Lab Cache and it was logged, you'll find new stats on your owned geocaches page. Thanks for finding a Lab Cache and helping to play a part in shaping the future of geocaching. Sincerely, Everyone at Geocaching HQ www.bbc.co.uk - Cash treasure hunt.  @HiddenCash Video Of The Week... Hardest Geocache Ever? by twish1999 http://youtu.be/5rieyONff5c Discussion... Are paper log sheets still necessary? Why they aren't necessary: Technology has moved on, we can now log at GZ online or take a photo as proof and post that to the cache page A lot of the time logs are turned to mush, so signing is a little pointless/impossible Cache maintenance would be made much simpler without logs Most of the appeal of Geocaching is the find, signing the log is secondary As a cache owner I'm more interested in the online logs and photos. How many cache owners actually cross check the paper log with the online log to make sure those who claim to have found the cache actually did? An alternative method can be used to prove you found the cache - such as a code in the container, as seen in the LAB caches at the 2014 Kent Mega Why they are necessary: Signing the log is in the rules! On the bigger caches and special locations its nice to see what people have to say in the log book There is something a little exciting about seeing a familiar name on a log book, or even seeing that someone is out there caching the same time you are They're essential for some Geocache types; for example Letterbox Hybrids   If you have feedback, please send it to feedback@ohbeep.com or leave a comment at www.ohbeep.com

Sponsored by: Cache-Advance.com Streamed live on May 28, 2014 Tonight on the Geocaching Podcast the gang discuss the adventures of Darrylw4 and Scott Berks as they headed out and attended GeoWoodstock 12. It should be a great highlight reel we can all enjoy. We meet up for the Geocaching Podcast at 9:30PM ET on Wednesdays … Continue reading Episode 353 – Geowoodstock XII Recap →

This week on the Chicago Geocacher Podcast: Could it be a “spring (maybe) is here” tangent!?! PacSun’s “indecent” t-shirts! Pussy Riot! North Korean Torture! Des Plaines Train Crash! Cabin Fever! What’s a tangent episode? It’s just Walt & Scott speaking completely off the cuff about whatever is on their minds. If you like that kind […]

This week on the Chicago Geocacher Podcast: You know the drill! Caches. ENews. Emails. Contest Revelation. Milestones. Question of the Show. Afterbirth! Podcast 79 To download this episode, please visit the iTunes music store! Scott’s Recent Caches The Matrix by Darth Leviosa | GC3C308 | Buffalo Grove, IL I found WHAT at Beverly? by yellowmach […]