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Month: May 2014

  • Found GLEBQ6VH A Beck Sudoku Challenge ... 1. Broughton Beck

    This checkin to GLEBQ6VH A Beck Sudoku Challenge ... 1. Broughton Beck reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Lovely place, but after the recent rain, I'm glad I wasn't driving here! Some colleagues and I from a voluntary organisation are having a couple of "away days" in a house up โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GLEBQ6VH
    • posted 29 May, 2014
  • Found GLEE7PXR Caches of Justice #3 - Oxford

    This checkin to GLEE7PXR Caches of Justice #3 - Oxford reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Been meaning to find this one for ages! Finally found the time this lunch break. Log very full, needs replacement. TFTC!

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    • Checkin
    • to GLEE7PXR
    • posted 23 May, 2014
  • Dan holding the geocache he's found above his head, triumphantly.

    Geocaching Like Batman

    Dan finds his first "terrain 5" geocache. They said he needed a boat, but Dan laughs in the face of boats. Also in the face of safety.

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    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 18 May, 2014
  • Posted a note for GC54F7V Oxford Steganography #5 - Secret Bonus Cache

    This checkin to GC54F7V Oxford Steganography #5 - Secret Bonus Cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Congratulations to mbtkz on FTF (haven't seen your logs on the other four yet, but I assume that you wanted to get this one onto the site promptly so that other knew you'd โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC54F7V
    • posted 18 May, 2014
  • Posted a note for GC54F7N Oxford Steganography #4 - Tilt

    This checkin to GC54F7N Oxford Steganography #4 - Tilt reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Thanks, Sapphirites (and congratulations on the FTF!): I've updated the puzzle sheet so that it recommends ensuring that the "fit to page" box is not ticked, and I'll send you a message containing the number โ€ฆ

    Read more (47 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC54F7N
    • posted 17 May, 2014
  • Any geocachers in /r/oxford? I've just released a 4+1 series of puzzle caches that I think you might enjoy...

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    • Repost
    • posted 16 May, 2014
  • Social Engineering of the Day

    Dan goes to deliver a lecture on security and, before he's even identified himself, manages to find out from the receptionist the best way to circumvent their door locks.

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 15 May, 2014
  • Found OK0044 Swing Lower

    This checkin to OK0044 Swing Lower reflects an opencache.uk log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The following log was originally posted elsewhere:
    After my visit the other day, I went home, read some of the logs, and thought about this cache. Boards? Boards are something that people worry about when they're not Batman. โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to OK0044
    • 1 comment
    • posted 15 May, 2014
  • Found GLE7H2JG Swing Lower (Historic Site)

    This checkin to GLE7H2JG Swing Lower (Historic Site) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. AltThe epic (and challenging) geocache GC13WZQ. AltThe epic (and challenging) geocache GC13WZQ. After my visit the other day, I went home, read some of the logs, and thought about this cache. Boards? Boards are something that โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GLE7H2JG
    • 1 comment
    • posted 15 May, 2014
  • Found GLE7G2HV It's a trap!

    This checkin to GLE7G2HV It's a trap! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Never knew this place existed! Nice wall, and a nice easy find. Baggie torn and log slightly damp. TFTC!

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLE7G2HV
    • posted 15 May, 2014
  • Internet "Tube map"

    "Tube Map" of the global submarine fibre-optic cable network, produced by Oxford University

    AltInternet "Tube map"

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    • Repost
    • posted 14 May, 2014
  • Posted a note for GC13WZQ Swing Lower (Historic Site)

    This checkin to GC13WZQ Swing Lower (Historic Site) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Ha! I agree - the boards are irrelevant!

    I got within a few metres of the cache through some creative climbing, but couldn't get close enough to reach it. I'm pretty sure that I could manage it โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC13WZQ
    • posted 13 May, 2014
  • Posted a note for GC54F7J Oxford Steganography #3 - X-Ray

    This checkin to GC54F7J Oxford Steganography #3 - X-Ray reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Added "KIPLING", a travel bug, to this cache.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC54F7J
    • posted 13 May, 2014
  • Found GLE74KJ2 Swing Low

    This checkin to GLE74KJ2 Swing Low reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found while (optimistically) looking at what it would take to log the nearby non-virtual cache GC13WZQ (I'm now convinced that the "correct" way to log that one is the only one). Amazing to see the remains of such โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GLE74KJ2
    • posted 13 May, 2014
  • Image representing post: Found GLE707N0 The compass is wrong!

    Found GLE707N0 The compass is wrong!

    This checkin to GLE707N0 The compass is wrong! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I cycle right by here virtually every day, but every time I think to look this way it's late afternoon and the muggles are out in force. Today, though, I left for work a little earlier โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GLE707N0
    • posted 13 May, 2014

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