 
 Some Geocaching videos I've made:
June 26th 2004 - WARNING. CONTAINS SPOILERS!
See the Missing Cacher get together in this 189 second, 15.9Mb file.
Plays best with the old Windows Media Player (mplayer2.exe)
Or, for dial-up users, there's this 2.35Mb .wmv version.
February 13th 2005 - WARNING. CONTAINS STUPID DIALOGUE!
See my Caching video diary shown on BBC1's Countryfile.
41.7Mb/266s .mpg file.
56k Dialup? Click here for a 3.2Mb/266s .wmv version.
Or there's this 'audiance participation' version shot at my
ALL ROUND TO MY PLACE 'caching event. 14.1Mb/276s .wmv file.
More info: BBC Countryfile web site. Inspired by my Countryfile appearance,
click for LordElph's Bit's of Tat range of 'Simply Paul' branded merchandise.
He raised £10 for the Tsunami Appeal by selling it. Mad, but a top bloke!
February 18th 2005 - WARNING. CONTAINS GEOCACHING 'EXPERT' CLAIM!
See my appearance on BBC Points West regional news programme (38.1Mb/243s .mpg)
Or click here to see a smaller 2.92Mb/243s .wmv version.
Shot on the 15th, we visited two caches before planting our own.
More info: BBC Points West web page
or BBC Wiltshire web page.
February 21st 2005 - WARNING. CONTAINS TOY VIOLENCE & MILD GORE.
Burning Bert is an unusual roaming cache, where the idea is he's a stuntman and you can
make him do crazy stunts. Looking to up the ante, I just 'offed' him in my bathroom. 663Kb/4s .mpg. "Back, and to the left..."
March 12th 2005 - WARNING. CONTAINS SPOILERS!
Setting "I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN" (Bucks) in Watermead with Ben Pid,
I was called apon to strip, get into very cold water up to my nipples and lose a shoe. Click here to see the 1.12Mb/93s .wmv file of my adventure.
June 25th 2005 - WARNING. CONTAINS SMALL SPOILER!
While climbing Ben Nevis to find
Britain's highest Geocache by Postie in a group for
an event cache,
I shot some video with my fuji digital camera.
BenClimbed.wmv version - 704Kb/55 seconds. Right click the link and select "Save Target As..." or
BenClimbed.mpg version - 8.67Mb/55 seconds.
August 12th 2006 - WARNING. CONTAINS NUTS!
While climbing Scafell Pike to find
Scafell Pike – a cache to peak them all by Sandstorm and another, in a group for my
'Death or Glory! Preferably Glory!' event cache,
I shot some video with my fuji digital camera.
ScafellPike.mpg version - 7.26Mb / 48 seconds or
ScafellPike.wmv version - 1.55Mb. Right click the link and select "Save Target As..."
September 24th 2006 - WARNING. CONTAINS SORE BUMS!
While riding along the Kennet and Avon canal, KiwiGary, SenseiTSKC and I found 26 caches, a personal
best number of finds in a day for each of us.
ohmyringcycle.mpg version - 25.76Mb / 172 seconds or
ohmyringcycle.wmv version - 5.21Mb. Right click the link and select "Save Target As..."
Geocaching on the radio:
April 20th 2005 @ 9am - WARNING. CONTAINS ERRs and UMMs.
Hear me on Anne Diamond. That is to say her
BBC Radio Oxford breakfast show. Swoon as I defend the sport I love! "There is an element of Anorak about it..." (3.21Mb/208s .mp3)
Or click here for a transcript.
October 11th 2007 @ 10.40am - WARNING. CONTAINS NUTS.
Hear me on talk caching to Ronnie Barbour on his
BBC Three Counties radio
'Nine O'Clock Show'. It went better than the Anne Diamond one. Fat cow. (3.21Mb/208s .mp3)
Or click here for a transcript, and
here's the photo I took of him live on air. If you're wondering
about the Nicky Campbell slur, I was actually thinking of
Andy Kershaw. Sorry Nicky!
The first few geocaches I found
(see a full list here) - Click to visit:
Other caching related stuff - Click to visit:
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The 154 geocaches I've placed or now own:
Other caches I've placed:
 CoDex as Sinister Dexter
The Travel Bugs I've released - Click to meet:The Geo Coins I own - Click to meet:Some caching terms explained:
- (Minus) used to denote something removed from a cache.
+ (Plus) used to denote an item left in a cache.
Ammo Box - A popular Geocache container.
Bagging - Damp/spoilable cache items put in a water-tight bag.
Cache - Short for Geocache
Cache & Dash - A quick, easy-to-do geocache, ideal for caching in a hurry.
Cache Note (or Notice) - Information left in a cache for Muggles.
Cacher - Also known as a Geocacher. One who caches!
Calling Card - A card left in a cache as proof of a visit.
CITO - Cache In Trash Out. Picking up rubbish and litter while caching.
Co-ords - See below.
Co-ordinates - The location of a target in Degrees and Decimal Minutes.
DNF - Did Not Find, meaning the cacher couldn't locate this cache.
Earth Cache - A geology-based virtual cache with educational value.
Event Cache - Local cachers designate a time and place to meet/talk caching.
F-FTF - A 'rite of passage' for any cacher. Their 'First FTF'.
FTF - First To Find, meaning this cacher has defiled this virgin cache!
Geocache - The object you're looking for. Often a small box.
GPS - Short for Global Positioning System. It uses satellites!
GPS handset - A device which gives your position to within a few feet.
GPSr - GPS receiver. See GPS handset.
L - Short for Left. An item left in the cache.
LNTN - See TNLN. ;-)
Logbook - Book in the cache to log your visit in.
Microcache - A tiny geocache, big enough for a logbook but nowt else.
Mystery Cache - A puzzle or unusual cache which fits no other type of cache.
Muggle - A non-geocacher. Also known as a Geomuggle.
Muggled - When a cache is found and raided, damaged or removed by a Muggle.
Multi Cache - Where co-ords lead to a clue (or clues) to the actual cache location.
NEF - Short for Nice Easy Find.
Night Caching - Geocaching at night! Best done at a spooky location.
Numbers (wo)man - A cacher who likes to find lots, as quickly as possible.
Offset Cache - The most basic form of Multi Cache.
PAF - Phone A Friend, for when you can't find a cache which your friend has!
Puzzle Cache - See Mystery Cache.
Reverse/Locationless Cache - Where you find an item then log its position.
Signal - GPS relies on radio waves, and tree cover can make accuracy poor.
Signature Item - Often home-made item a cacher regularly leaves in a cache.
Speed Caching - A race against the clock to find the cache box.
Spoiler - A log or photo on the cache info page which gives details away.
STF - Almost a FTF, but just pipped to the post! (Second To Find)
T - Short for Took. An item removed from the cache.
T4TC - Short for Thanks For This Cache.
TB - Short for Travel Bug.
TFTC - T4TC!
Travel Bug - An item which has its location logged from cache to cache.
TNLC - Took Nothing, Left Card (as in Calling Card)
TNLN - As above, but Left Nothing. Cache was logged but not raided.
TNLNSL - As above, but 'Signed Log', which sort of goes without saying...
Unknown Cache - See Mystery Cache.
Virtual Cache - A sort of 'cacheless cache', where the location is the prize.
Watchlist - A saved selection of caches which mail you when they're logged.
Webcam Cache - Where the aim is to be photographed with your GPS.
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Cutting from The Times No.1 - All from 15/12/03.
Cutting from The Times No.2 - No copyright infringement intended.
Cutting from The Times No.3 - Thanks to Peter Howard for these scans...
Cutting from The Times No.4 - ...which I pinched from his web site. :-)