This is a registered Maker Madness Event
Date: Sunday 30th March
Time: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Where: Barrmill Community Centre, Beith Road, Barrmill, Beith KA15 1HW
As part of Groundspeak's Maker Madness Week, let's celebrate those all those great people who make geocaching possible - the cache makers!
Geocaching isn't possible without those people willing to go out and stick little boxes under bushes for us. Every geocache celebrates something interesting, and some geocaches out there are a labour of love: an incredible location, a fantastic container, an awesome piece of history. And the people who make these better than average caches do it for nothing! A free gift to the rest of the world to enjoy.
If you are a new cacher who has never been to a geocaching event before, please take this as a personal invitation. You can tell us you plan to attend by clicking on “Log your visit” and choosing the option “Will Attend” to write a note on the cache page, or else just turn up.
Every geocacher who logs an “Attended” at a registered Maker Madness event will earn a Maker Madness souvenir.
Meet the Makers: Meet your favorite local geocache hiders and see examples of their best creations and tools of the trade.
Bring your best ideas to share: If you have a great geocache that you'd be willing to share, please bring it along.
Creative Cache Workshop: put all your new skills to good use and create a cache that is invisible to muggles!
Question & Answer Session
Here are some topics to start you thinking:
What type of cache do you enjoy finding?
How do you find a special hide spot?
Suitability of spot – why are you bringing people here?
Long term maintenance outlook- will it be easily muggled? is CITO needed?
How do you get accurate coordinates?
What Difficulty/Terrain ratings?
Type of cache experience – Multi? Puzzle? P&G?
Planning the cache – Straightforward? Themed? Twist in tail? Field puzzle?
Appropriate container for type of cache- urban/rural, big/small, creative/throwdown?
What have you used for a cache container?
Favourite sneaky hides? surprising hides? hides that left you laughing out loud?
What attributes to add?
Puzzles - ideas? hard enough to be fun, but not impossible? clues?
How to prepare a container – paint/camouflage?
Preparing a logbook – Waterproof paper? Labelling?
Good places to buy cache containers/equipment/swaps?
Writing the cache page – what’s important about this spot? a view? a monument? a personal story?
Photos- how to download? How to put a photo on the cache page? or use as a cache page background?
Using HTML code to make a fancy cache page – font size? Using colour? Adding website links?
Cache maintenance – regular checking? Emergency repairs? How to temporarily disable /reenable a cache?
As a hider, what do you enjoy most about placing a cache? What's the nicest cache log you've ever received?