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Thread: Geocaching on BBC Breakfast - Sat 29th Jan

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    From twitter a little earlier: @mikebreakfast "there are 75000 of them, they get people shouting in the undergrowth, they get kids out at the weekend..will reveal all on breakfast tomorro" - BBC Breakfast's Mike Bushell was filming with a gaggle of kids up on Coombe Hill a couple of Sundays ago so expect to see England's oldest cache (GC171) featured, along with a few cachers who joined in with the hunting. For those who miss it, there will be an iPlayer link along I'm sure

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    Thanks for the heads up, will try and remember to tune in.

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    This was the "interview" I did with him a couple of weeks ago ! I wonder how much he'll put in !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Palujia View Post
    This was the "interview" I did with him a couple of weeks ago ! I wonder how much he'll put in !!
    You can find out here, thanks to Sue of thegoughs who added a note to the cache she hid with Mike: BBC site video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12307628 or YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ybSDOcExU

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    It's a good article, well done to those involved. Hopefully we won't get too many underwater caches, they seldom last!


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    Ah well - it was all about the kids anyway ! pity he left out all the references to GAGB but, as you can see I'm not very photogenic anyway !
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    So what is the GC number for the cache Mike Bushell hid?

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    I watched the live version and he gave the number quickly. I think he said that its GC2NG0M. (0 is zero). That one is currently unpublished.


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    http://coord.info/GC2MG0M

    I just turned on the news just in time to catch the final shot of him re-hiding the cache! Oh well it's rolling news so it'll be along again in a hour or so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jacaru View Post
    So what is the GC number for the cache Mike Bushell hid?
    It is GC2MG0M (Mike Bushell BBC Sports News)

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    Just got a phone call, DAVID DAVID DAVID, turn the tele on its that thingy you do Geothingy, Geo, GEOCACHING!

    Cheers Mum!

    Caught the end but will look out for the iplayer link

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    When I go online of a morning I usually have fifteen or twenty emails waiting for me, and a handful of those are notifications of new GAGB forum users and new members joining GAGB.

    This morning there were eighty-five emails, and the extra ones were notifications of new forum users and new members...

    Says it all, really!
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    85? Thats really good!

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    Probably 60 or 70 were GAGB new Member or new User notifications (I didn't count them), but that's a whole lot more than the usual handful...!
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    We watched it on youtube, I think it is an excellent introduction to our hobby. We placed the Bucks A-Z Series along with a couple of others and we have had 4 logs today from newbies! This could bode very well for us all!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fermentum View Post
    Just got a phone call, DAVID DAVID DAVID, turn the tele on its that thingy you do Geothingy, Geo, GEOCACHING!

    Cheers Mum!

    Caught the end but will look out for the iplayer link

    LOL - I had a similar call at 6.10am this morning.... LOL
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    Just out of interest - that clip took nearly 5 hours to produce ! Kids were very good and ran backwards and forwards marshalled by Mike Bushell and lots of parents. As he intimated, it was really all about getting them outdoors and interested - which obviously worked - I expect we'll leave the more serious interviews to our new and excellent news letter !!
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    Patience - its just getting its final polish and it will be out shortly !
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