PokemonGo #9. A journey to hatch a 10km egg starts with a single step.

Thanks but I wasn't expecting to get loads just trying to lure this bloody shadow. It's bothering me for the first time ever I can't send DP out to get it!

As my DH isn't able to look after DD at the weekend, I need suggestions on where is good for Pokehunting in the London and outer London areas with a still crawling baby.

ProseccoandPizza You should never use incense while you're staying in one place; it's a complete waste.

Here's why:

There’s one key trick with Incense that can make or break your experience with it: Incense spawns 1 Pokemon every 5 minutes while you’re standing still, but Pokemon will spawn every 1 minute or 200 meters when you’re moving.

This means that, yes, popping incense while you’re at home or at work not up to much actually isn’t very helpful – you’ll get at a minimum of a single Pokemon for every 5 minutes – 6 total while the incense is active – but that’s it. If you’ve got a decent pace walking while using incense however you can catch far more and also catch a wider variety as you move through areas with different Pokemon available.

From here: www.vg247.com/2016/08/02/pokemon-go-using-incense-to-catch-more-pokemon-the-right-way/amp/

So you should always use it while on a pokewalk or it's just not worth it.

Oh god. I've bought two inscense tonight to try and lure a black shadow (like a cat on all fours) to the house. DP is away working, DS (6) is asleep in bed. Grrrrr. It's literally at a pokestop I can see from my bedroom window. So infuriating!

At least with this event I should get plenty of XP off them.

Why because of this event? They're not affected by it as they're not fire or ice, they're Electric/Steel.

I do live by the sea Pick next door to a poke stop. All the other poke stops seem to get plenty of magnemite but lots of other stuff too. This one gets magnemite and Voltorb and virtually nothing else. Put a lure on it the other day. Still only got magnemite.

I'm sorted for candy, What. At least with this event I should get plenty of XP off them.

I didn't mean ghastly. I meant shellder. Obviously.

I've had a couple of ghastlys and I've got lots of swinub, a seel and a sneasel on my 'nearby'.

I don't understand why the hog-pig Pokémon is ice though.

And I might finally get my lapras this week. I don't care how much of a face DH pulls at me, I will be out in my car if a shadow turns up...

Which Pokemon come under the ice category?

Cloyster, Lapras, Dewgong, Smoochum, Jynx, Swinub, Piloswine, Sneasel, and Delibird.

RafaIsTheKingOfClay you'll be glad of Magnemite candy when they bring out Gen 4, because that's when Magnezone is coming and he's a beast. We always pinap them for that very reason.

Seen lots of vulpix, growlithe and cyndaquill but no charmander which is what I really need!

Which Pokemon come under the ice category? I can't think of any off the top of my head.

Accidentally just posted this same message on a very serious thread. Highly inappropriate

And it looks like fire in the Northern Hemisphere and Ice down under.

Do you live by the sea, Rafa? We have a few seaside spots that are overrun with Magnemite and Voltorb.

As for the person lacking Abra, I caught 3 waiting in the bus station, this morning, then got home later to find onein my back garden.

I'm liking the triple xp in the new event.

Would anyone like some magnemite? I'm fed up of the things. Still seems to be the only things that spawn in my house.

Had a look on the Pokehuntr site (is this cheating?? ) and have seen plenty of vulpix and houndour at the local park. Good thing it's a day off tomorrow!

Went for a walk to stock up on pokeballs and caught Cyndaquil, Vulpix, Ponyta and Charmander. Saw Sneasel and Growlithe 'Nearby'

Cyndaquil takes a lot of pokeballs to catch

Got one charmander already and seen another couple. Plenty of vulpix and growlithe around too.

Annoyingly they've locked the gates to the park with the nest in. So I can see them but can't get to them.

Loving this fire event

I can see lots of cyndaquil, growlithe, charmanders and vulpix.

I've already got my ninetails but I like vulpix

Houndor came up but he ran before I had chance to grab but I'm happy that he's around

These xp bonuses are great too. 450xp for catching a pidgey with a standard throw!

Popped an incense on while at home and a cyndaquill spawned straight away! There's a growlithe nearby so hopefully that appears shortly! Hoping for a vulpix as I haven't got one of those

It's started - I can see a shadow nearby and I can't go get it - sob!!

@MotherTroubles I just had one in my house. Little bugger ran away, but they are around.

And Growlithe

Lots of Charmander, Cyndaquil, Vulpix and Houndor here.

Also went to Dove Castle today. I think it got the most densely packed pokestops I've come across. Anyone got anywhere with even more stops they can recommend? At one point I could spin 5 stops at once!