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    Cool Which caches ??? would you preserve

    OK you have the power, the ability and the inclination and can preserve three caches forever. Which ones would you save and why (active or archived are OK) UK, Ireland and Crown dependencies only please.

    One of your own caches
    In the steps of beelzebub.
    Just a great experience we look forward to maintaining this one and the logs are so long (apart from one) it makes us smile every time its found as we know what the seekers have just done. (would have put one step to heaven in here but its a maintainance / muggle nightmare)

    A cache you have found.
    Race the clock bath.
    Sadly archived but a great combination of puzzle (we dont like puzzles normally but this was clever) technology and locations arround Bath and nearby.

    A cache you want to find.
    Flotsam and jetsam extreme
    A true example of cache creativity without the need to resort to impossible puzzles.

    Favourite cachers caches.
    Happy Humphrey.
    Not a dud amongst them and in our case a lot of inspiration for the caches we have set since (arkks came a close second here)

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    Last edited by markandlynn; 13th November 2008 at 12:28 PM. Reason: darn capitals sneaking in to the title adding linky goodness
    "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning."

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    That's at least four caches .

    Anyway, it made us think . Here are the results from the Berkshire jury...

    One of your own caches
    The Bracknell Ramble
    Sadly archived, but a very popular mixture of simple puzzles and unusual hides.

    A cache you have found.
    Your Mission..........
    The best cache in the history of the world. In our experience anyway. Good puzzles with variety, great locations, a weekend away. A holiday in a cache .

    A cache you want to find.
    Catch Cromwell Jump Jump
    Our closest to home oldest unfound. We've just never had the time or inclination to put in the necessary effort.

    Favourite cachers caches.
    A tie here:
    Simply Paul, well written and amusing cache pages, all do-able caches, and pleasant and often historic locations
    Team Hippo: Clever yet do-able puzzles
    Brambler: A combination of all of the above.
    Hmm...perhaps Brambler wins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan White View Post
    That's at least four caches .

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    Shhh its a guideline

    Bracknel ramble was on our watchlist for quite a while
    "If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning."

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    One of your own caches
    Got to be Subterranean Subaqua, in London. All my physical caches could be copied and replaced by someone else, so it's only this virt that would 'need' to be saved.

    A cache you have found.
    Funny Faces, in SW Scotland. Well off the tourist trail, and one of those curiosities you can't imagine lasting many places. A virtual, for the same reasons as those above.

    A cache you want to find.
    Europe's First, in Ireland. Physicals can be replaced, but a listing is a listing, and this was the first real cache this side of the pond. Another one at the same spot wouldn't be Europe's First...

    Favourite cachers caches.
    Got to be Dan & Pid. Not that many left now, but they all took me somewhere I was glad to discover. The advantage of being first to the scene in a particular area I guess. Lots of clever hides and quirky caches along the way. Alibags or thehoomer if I'm in the mood for numbers and want to hit a canal towpath with my bike, or drsolly's Chiltern series for a long walk, but big numbers... Who's that guy who set up loads of the UK's Webcam caches? They need saving too!

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    One of your own caches
    Well it has to be "Snorkeler's Reward" (https://www.geocaching.com/seek/cach...spx?wp=GC174FV) because it's the culmination of a lot of effort. I chose to archive it and avoid geolitter when it became clear that the cache was more likely to be washed away in a flood than found by cachers. However, if it were not a holiday cache I'd have relocated it to a more durable hiding place and let someone find it 10 years later.

    In its absence it would have to be "Border Crossing: Austria - Switzerland" (https://www.terracaching.com/viewcache.cgi?C=TC9J4) because it's another high-endurance cache that requires sound planning.

    If you were to insist on a UK cache it would have to be "Heaven and Hell: 6 feet under" (https://www.terracaching.com/viewcache.cgi?C=TCCHY) which is another unfound swine. Ask those who have completed the baby version, GC14P83, which is a mere D5/T5.

    A cache you have found.
    Well, it's still Mark and Lynn's "One Step to Heaven". Sorry, you've got to maintain it even if it's muggle heaven and maintenance hell.

    A cache you want to find.
    Too many to choose from. There was a D5/T5 multicache that took in about 5 peaks around Aletschgletscher which would have taken about a week of high altitude hiking to complete, but it has gone and I did not bookmark it. So, a very worthy replacement for this dream cache is Denali:The eXpedition (http://www.opencaching.de/viewcache.php?wp=OC5E3C) which was also due to be GC1D8TH but presumably ran into issues during GC review h34r:

    Favourite cachers caches.
    I really can't say. Ask me again when I've done 2000 caches, not 500! I've never done any of his 200+, however, a kindred spirit would be marzipancurtis, so I think I'd enjoy them a great deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sandvika View Post
    One of your own caches
    In its absence it would have to be "Border Crossing: Austria - Switzerland" (https://www.terracaching.com/viewcache.cgi?C=TC9J4) because it's another high-endurance cache that requires sound planning.
    I feel a trip to Austria coming on

    That one sounds worth a good chunk of points

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    Quote Originally Posted by markandlynn View Post
    Favourite cachers caches.
    Happy Humphrey.
    Not a dud amongst them and in our case a lot of inspiration for the caches we have set since (arkks came a close second here)
    Thanks! Hope you get chance to return and find some of the latest ones.
    I've found 9 aRRKS caches, and can vouch for their quality!

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