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Geocaches hidden on York's Bar Walls

8:52am Monday 12th April 2010 in


A TREASURE hunt with a difference has come to York’s Bar Walls.

Geocaching involves using Global Positioning Systems (GPS trackers) to find a small “geocache” – about the size of a film cassette.

There are geocaches hidden around the world, from Antarctica to Australia, and Dave Moreland who works in City of York Council’s development and transport team and volunteers his services to manage the Bar Walls information on the official website, has now brought them to the Bar Walls.

Mr Moreland said: “I’ve been Geocaching for a few years now with my wife. “We’ve found over 300 to date in places like America and the Vatican City.”

To become a Geocacher, people should register for free at geocaching.com and find the co-ordinates for York.

They then need to use a GPS device – found on many new mobile phones – to track down the eight geocaches on the Bar Walls. Once they have found the geocache they can log their find in the book stored with the item before replacing the geocache for the next hunter.

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Comments(12)

ebore says...
10:40am Mon 12 Apr 10

I've fired up my GPS but still can't find anything of interest here.

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hifive says...
10:52am Mon 12 Apr 10

Eh? This article explains nothing!

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Garrowby Turnoff says...
11:30am Mon 12 Apr 10

They're trying to invent a pointless job for a piece of over-expensive kit (GPS) that has no use at all to anyone other than telling you where you are.

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MarkW says...
12:41pm Mon 12 Apr 10

GPS is in my beloved running watch - it tells me how much further I have to go before I can lay down and die. You should get more exercise, mate... ;-)

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Pedro says...
2:11pm Mon 12 Apr 10

GPS systems are not expensive and are very handy for finding your way around strange cities. Once lost the car in Leeds and took hours to find it again - thought it was stolen at first. Wish I could have had one then! When hill walking they are almost a must.

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Bee says...
3:06pm Mon 12 Apr 10

Geocaching is a fantastic sport...it gives going out for a nice walk a bit of an aim!

There are over a million cache sites around the globe (plus one on Mars and one on the ISS). Over 100 of those sites are within York's outer ring road!!

My GPS cost £70 and has repaid it's value many times over in the delight it has given us in finding and uncovering some simply stunning, hidden places that we have otherwise never found out about that are right on our doorstep! As well as the more exotic locations where we have fouund them in Tenerife, Majorca, Dublin, Cuba...


Lighten up Garrowby, there's a lovely cache in Bishop Wilton for you to go looking for!

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aitch11 says...
7:28pm Mon 12 Apr 10

O.K. its probably me,I read the article,twice,what exactly is a geocache(that looks like film cassette)because it all looks very interesting, with a log book!and a pencil!Get a life!

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MarkW says...
7:58pm Mon 12 Apr 10

Anyone who says "get a life", you know just needs to..... ;-)

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Garrowby Turnoff says...
8:45pm Mon 12 Apr 10

Bee wrote:
Geocaching is a fantastic sport...it gives going out for a nice walk a bit of an aim! There are over a million cache sites around the globe (plus one on Mars and one on the ISS). Over 100 of those sites are within York's outer ring road!! My GPS cost £70 and has repaid it's value many times over in the delight it has given us in finding and uncovering some simply stunning, hidden places that we have otherwise never found out about that are right on our doorstep! As well as the more exotic locations where we have fouund them in Tenerife, Majorca, Dublin, Cuba... Lighten up Garrowby, there's a lovely cache in Bishop Wilton for you to go looking for!
Where?

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Seadog says...
8:54pm Mon 12 Apr 10

I can't say it appeals to me particularly; but I'm all for anything which makes people happy and does no harm. Infinitely preferable to public binge drinking or smashing up bus shelters etc!

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old_geezer says...
10:57pm Mon 12 Apr 10

So much depends on GPS, but think of the "S" part - vulnerable to solar flares, political or military shenanigans ... I'll keep my maps and a compass for a while yet!

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tumbleweedpirate says...
3:02am Wed 5 May 10

I am a geocacher from Washington State in the U.S. My family has had many wonderful adventures geocaching since we began last June. The article did leave some details out and if you would like to know more, you can go to geocaching.com. (for example: containers range in size from a tiny nano (pencil eraser), to the size of a picnic cooler). There is a short video on the site that explains the activity in more detail. I would LOVE to come and cache in Europe some day! Have a great summer!

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Dave Moreland, left, and Stephen Hockley with the Geocaching equipment; the cache (it looks like a film cassette) the logbook (a long piece of paper) and the global positioning system are part of the new treasure hunting game Dave Moreland, left, and Stephen Hockley with the Geocaching equipment; the cache (it looks like a film cassette) the logbook (a long piece of paper) and the global positioning system are part of the new treasure hunting game

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