Updated July 2013
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| Total number we have set in Derbyshire: | 41 - including nine of a series based on boundary stones round the nearby village of Holymoorside and a series of four at Whaley Thorns (the village where we lead a monthly walk). | |
| Latest Cache placed: | October 2012 | |
| Number of caches still operational: | 22 | |
| Note that infrequently visited caches are now being removed | ||
| Number of caches visited: | 1290 to the End of 2012 - (Started Dec 03) | |
| Number of caches visited in 2011: | 196 | |
| Number of caches visited in 2012: | 266 | |
| Current number of caches visited: | 1348 (31 July) |
| Some participants plant a tagged "Travel Bug", each with an unique number. When it is found, it is taken and left at the next site, both movements being logged onto the Web. | |||
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This TB started its journey in December 2012. It's quest is to travel from from cache to cache and is currently in North Devon. |
This started its journey in June 2007, the car offering the opportunity to be squashed by any passing hedgehog!. It has travelled extensively round Europe and is currently in Czechoslovakia |
This was the second Travel Bug that we set and it began on 3 June 2004. It vanished for a while but then reappeared and, having returned to the UK recently, continues to travel. |
| Number we have set to travel: | 19 | |
| Number still travelling: | 9 (the remainder have not moved for over a year and are presumed to be lost) | |
| Latest Travel Bug released: | December, 2012 | |
| Most distance travelled by one: | 21,254 miles (recently left Australia and now in California) | |
| Our TB can be found in: | UK, USA, Czechoslavakia and Belgium |
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| "Virtual Ghost TB" Found 7 June near Uttoxeter (First released in West Midlands) |
"Andrea & Sophie TB" also found on 20 February near
Woolacombe (First released in NW England) |
"Mapamundi Geocoin" a third find (it was a very good day)
found on 20 February near Woolacombe (First released in Denmark) and is about the size of a 2p coin! |
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| A visit by Andrew from America in March 2012 enabled us to have a day together geocaching. | 
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| Geocaching is using a GPS (Global
Positioning System) to locate "hidden" treasure. Boxes are hidden in out-of-the-way
places and the latitude and longitude co-ordinates published on the Web. Using a GPS
(Global Positioning System) receiver, car mounted versions of those devices becoming
popular with motorists, these treasures can then be "discovered" by the seeker. The sites where the "treasures" are hidden are called caches. They are placed in positions where they would not normally be found by people just walking by. Unfortunately, cachers are sometimes observed and curious onlookers then discover the cache. Some people will leave them hidden while others will take or discard the contents and the cache must then be discontinued. For further information, log onto www.geocaching.com |
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