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Did I do the right thing?
By: tarmacjohn Date: April 15, 2012, 3:22 pm
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I did a new series in Colwall near Malvern today. One of the
caches
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/>was about 70ft off the footpath. The only way to get to it was
to follow the arrow through a few bluebells (See my photo on my
log). Anyway, I have sent a message to Geohatter asking him to
archive it due to anticipated damage, however the rest of the
finders have said how wonderful the hide is.
So, am I over reacting or is the placement wrong ??? ???
Your thoughts
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: walktall Date: April 15, 2012, 3:38 pm
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I had a similar problem where you had to walk over what looked
like blue bell leafs (they had just started showing), so I wrote
an email to the cache owner voicing my concerns.
They said they would monitor the situation and move it if there
was too much damage.
On another situation, I was looking for a hide spot for one of
my caches but one good spot I discounted, as I knew white bells
grew there and didn't want them to get damaged.
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: Griff Grof Date: April 15, 2012, 3:51 pm
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How odd TJ, same thing happened to me today (though didn't
contact the reviewer) - it was off the path, into a bit of
woodland where the bluebells were just coming out :'( - a
shame, though not that much damage has been done. Hope that some
elephants don't come back ;)
It may be a wonderful hide, but why should it cause damage to
the surrounding area? You did the right thing :)
Shame my trip was cut short today, due to a head-ache I got
around lunch time :'( - stopped my chances of finding my first
Wherigo today too! ::) - oh well, maybe next time :D
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: sumadartson Date: April 16, 2012, 3:39 am
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I think you were quite right to bring it up as an issue.Remember
how Lynches Wood got trampled even though Foraging 5 said their
cache was only just off the footpath.This cache is obviously not
just off the footpath but some way into the bluebells.
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: walktall Date: April 16, 2012, 4:00 am
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You should have made this a Poll and I think I'm correct in
saying, so far three of us are saying you did the right thing
;D
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: tarmacjohn Date: April 16, 2012, 12:29 pm
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Well, Mr Geohatter doesn't appear to care. No reply or any log
on the cache. :-[
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: Griff Grof Date: April 16, 2012, 12:31 pm
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Probably hasn't even seen it yet! He takes ages to review
caches, and reply to mail!
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: DarylStocker Date: April 20, 2012, 9:25 am
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No, I don't think you did do the right thing. It may have been
better to contact the CO and mention it to them. Much more
polite than going behind their back. You could have asked them
to temporarily disable it until the bluebells had finished.
That's what I did with a similar cache that I had.
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: tarmacjohn Date: April 20, 2012, 12:18 pm
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Yes, with hindsight you are probably right. Next time I will try
that method
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Re: Did I do the right thing?
By: foraging 5 Date: April 20, 2012, 4:06 pm
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mmmm yes the original cache we had for Lynches wood bottom was
literally on the edge of the footpath. You could stand on the
path and grab it about 2ft away. ok it was a pretty tough hide,
but it did stand out where it was resting. The whole area for
(and no exaggeration) for a good 20ft around and even up the
other side of the bank was trampled. I went up first to check,
and then took Joachim who had made the cache himself, a day or
so later, he was really upset. 2 cachers had contacted us
directly to inform us of what had happened, hence the removal.
Otherwise it may have been there longer and more damage done. I
would say contact the cache owner directly.
on another note, as with the case on a few of our other fiendish
caches, there were I think 10 more FOUND IT logs on line than
actual signatures on the logbook!!!! The cachers were emailed to
ask what the hide was... you can guess the answer! The logs were
deleted rather swiftly.
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