Monthly Archives: August 2013

A Merry Multi Cache

Posted on August 30, 2013 by washknight

Being Bank Holiday and now that Sam was refreshed from his week of excitement in Norfolk with Nanny, we decided to make a day of it today and try our hand at a multi cache in Bushey. We had done … Continue reading →

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Meeting Other Geocachers

Posted on August 22, 2013 by washknight

So even though there are millions of people participating in the pastime of Geocaching and despite the fact that it is labelled as a social hobby there is a problem. The thing is that the whole ethos of geocaching is … Continue reading →

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Returning to Mill Hill

Posted on August 21, 2013 by washknight

Shar and I took a trip back to Mill Hill today as I wanted to show her some of the places where I grew up. We had originally planned to go for a walk in Scratch Woods but found access … Continue reading →

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Getting Engaged – The High Point of the Year

Posted on August 19, 2013 by washknight

Monday 19th August 2013. As Sam was up visiting Nanni in Norfolk this week, Shar and I had planned to have some days out to make the most of the time we had alone. At the beginning of the year … Continue reading →

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18 Days on – Oxhey Woods, Whippendell Woods and Ely

Posted on August 18, 2013 by washknight

Two and a half weeks into August and we are still caching strong. We haven’t managed to find a cache every single day but so far we have found at least one cache on 15 out of the 18 days. … Continue reading →

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Opening geocache locations in Navigon

Posted on August 16, 2013 by washknight

The following explains a method to enable you to quickly and easily open the location of a geocache in Navigon so that you can use the turn by turn navigation system to get you to the cache. For this to … Continue reading →

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100th Geocache

Posted on August 11, 2013 by washknight

Today we found our 100th Geocache. It is an achievement that I am very proud of, that we have managed to find this many caches in only 67 days. We found our first geocache on 6th June and today, the … Continue reading →

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31 Days of Caching – Week 1

Posted on August 7, 2013 by washknight

This time last week I was thinking about the challenge from geocaching.com, to find a cache every day in August, and I didn’t think I would be able to manage it but reckoned it was worth a shot. One week … Continue reading →

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RFC 1321

Posted on August 4, 2013 by washknight

RFC or Request For Comments number 1321 is a document that describes the application of a digesting algorithm called MD5 which will generate a 32 character hexadecimal “hash” when performed on any binary file or other data. So this means … Continue reading →

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Day 3 of 31 completing Brian’s Nature Ramble in Bushey

Posted on August 3, 2013 by washknight

Well, day 3 of the geocaching.com 31 days of August challenge and so far so good. Yesterday we managed to find one of my previous DNF’s in North Watford, Bella’s Bounty No. 5 Near home (GC3N585) although we almost gave … Continue reading →

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