I was on Ebay the other day, just browsing, not really having anything in mind to buy, and I got onto the GPS section as I was looking to see how much I could sell my Garmin Dakota 20 for as the screen is really too small for me to use, and there I saw a Garmin Montana 650T brand new, being offered at a price that was below bargain price. The Montana 650T is Garmin’s top of the range unit, 4″ screen, built in 5MP camera, rechargeable battery, all the bells and whistles that you can get – RRP of £550, typically sells on Ebay at £380 – £400, Selling price for this one £220 plus postage !
I didn’t really want a new GPS but some bargains are just too good to be ignored, so I bought it, not confident that it was going to be as described, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it really was a brand new sealed box unit. It arrived on Saturday morning when it was raining, so I waited until Sunday and then went off to try it out Continue reading →

After meeting other cachers you come away full of enthusiasm and so rather than my normal hibernation from caching in December I was quite keen to go out and find the local ones that had so far eluded me… but only on nice sunny days !
And preferably only for caches where there was a firm path and so not much chance of mud. So my first plan was to get some recent caches that had appeared down by the canal, the towpath would be fairly solid and mud free I reckoned ! Continue reading →

As it was getting near Christmas a carol singing flash mob had been arranged for late Saturday afternoon in the main shopping street of Harrogate.
As Flash Mobs are only a few minutes long a normal pub meet had been arranged for later in the evening, though due to a Craft Fair taking place in the pub there was a gap of about 90 minutes between the two.
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