good for mental health

[nobbynobbs]

according to "mind" walking in the country is good for the mental health.... not when you associate it with caching by the looks of most cachers i've met!

though i suppose that i haven't met many depressed cachers, unless they've just logged a dnf.

so what good has caching done for you? ;)

[cacherelle]

Gets me away from the pc :applause:
I get to explore areas I'd probably never have gone to :ph34r:
I have tons of FUN! :socool:


Down side which we should keep quiet from MIND =

Obsessive nature with tupperware and ammo boxes :rolleyes:
Compulsion to loiter and root around in strange places :ph34r:
Depression when I have to go to work and can't go out caching :angry:

[nobbynobbs]

gets you away from the computer when? you're always online!!!! :lol:

does sometimes take you to less than desirable spots though.. portsmouth. i like my 15 year gaps between visits. it reminds me not to go for another 15 years! :angry:

[DR. Ape]

Family time:-
- a teenager that walks and talks, even though he has his MP3 playing.
- a husband who is not in the garage working on his racer.
- a son who is not in front of the PS2 or reading a book
- a mum with a good excuse to ignore the housework

It is one pastime that we can all enjoy as a family. :wacko:

What more could you want?

[cacherelle]

Originally posted by nobbynobbs@May 14 2007, 07:33 PM
gets you away from the computer when? you're always online!!!! :lol:


:P Well I guess between me and you, we could cover a whole 24 hours online! :D

[nobbynobbs]

early shift reporting for duty :lol:

i suppose i'm not such a good example really am i? :wacko:

[keehotee]

hahaha......

To be honest, one of my reasons for caching is that it gets me away from the family....... :wacko:
Sometimes I just need some Daddytime.

[KathyXB]

Well I have gained some new good mates through caching, mostly thought the fact I bumped into "like minded nutters" (hey, their words not mine!!)... and of course there has been significant enhancement of the social life in many respects! ;)

[cacherelle]

Originally posted by nobbynobbs@May 15 2007, 04:46 AM
early shift reporting for duty :lol:

And a whole 12 hours latr, here I am for the hard early evening slog! :P :P

[nobbynobbs]

good technique, surround yourself with people madder than you are then you appear to be just that little bit more sane... now who is it that i go around with.... :lol: :popcorn:

[Rebble]

Originally posted by nobbynobbs@May 14 2007, 06:40 AM
according to "mind" walking in the country is good for the mental health.... not when you associate it with caching by the looks of most cachers i've met!

though i suppose that i haven't met many depressed cachers, unless they've just logged a dnf.

so what good has caching done for you? ;)
Quick Quick Quick I gotta to post before I get blocked again :dunno:

Hey Nobby I don't know about the country walks destressing but I get really p***ed off by the amount of litter, wrecked gates, fences the state of paths etc.

I swear to god I take a bin liner the next time I go in to the countryside and clean up after these so called wilderness lovers.

Why only last week I picked two very neatly tied Morrisons shopping bags full of

1. Margarine tub :wacko:
2. Bacon packet :unsure:
3. A full bottle of cooking oil :blink:
4. A gas bottle :dunno:
5. Assorted pop bottles :cheers:
6. Breadrolls :(
7. Assorted rubbish :popcorn:

So I threw them in the back of the car and dropped them off at the nearest bin.

Bear in mind I found these on a forest fire road in the middle of no where!!

WHERES THE SENSE???!! :angry:


P.S. Do you think I should buy an inflatable canoe?? :rolleyes:

[Alice Band]

I cache to escape the madness that is climbing the walls at home.

If I cache in the countryside it clears the head and de-stresses me in one fell swoop. Also finding a few caches before the school run sets me up for the rest of the day :) I have met and made great friendships along the way with fellow mad people who also like following a digitally generated arrow on a handheld piece of plastic.

I'm mostly a lone female cacher because the bloke I live with hates caching and anything associated with it, but when I discovered that I wasn't the only one that experienced this I felt a lot better. And my Oncology doctor thinks its the best idea since sliced bread and now encourages his other patients to take it up.

:beer: I'll drink to that!

[nobbynobbs]

inflatable canoes are always very handy!!! :lol:

i'm too nervous to tell my GP or my oncology doc about caching. they both think i'm barking already, too likely that i'd be taken to a nice soft room in a special jacket that does up at the back :wacko: