Month: July 2014
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Found GLETFNGY Squeaker's Stash
This checkin to GLETFNGY Squeaker's Stash reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Lovely walk up a pleasant path to this little cache. Thanks!
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Found GLETFMMY Shabbington Stroll - just Lying around.
This checkin to GLETFMMY Shabbington Stroll - just Lying around. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. AltOpen geocache. AltOpen geocache. Found without difficulty, because the gods of GPS were shining upon me today and I was directed right to the spot. However... there was no log in there: the entire …
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Found GLETFKVZ Shabbington Stroll - log it!
This checkin to GLETFKVZ Shabbington Stroll - log it! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Took me far too long to work out what I was looking for, here. Like "mandles123", I even stopped and sat down to have a think about it for a bit. But after I walked …
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Found GLETFK61 Church Micro 3050...Shabbington
This checkin to GLETFK61 Church Micro 3050...Shabbington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An easy little find while passing through the village. Nice hiding spot!
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Couldn't find GC4G3XQ Ancient Anglers Birthday Cache!
This checkin to GC4G3XQ Ancient Anglers Birthday Cache! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Hunted for a bit among the nettles, but kept getting interrupted by passing cars and hikers: had to give up after people started looking at me with much suspicion. Maybe another day...
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Reported GC4CF8Y Shabbington Stroll - just Lying around. needs maintenance
This checkin to GC4CF8Y Shabbington Stroll - just Lying around. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. No log in cache.
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Six Tiny Months
On Monday, Tiny turned 6 months old. For half a year now, I’ve been a parent. It still feels pretty weird to call myself that, though. Parent is a word that conjures up a mental image of someone strong, nurturing, patient, and above all who knows all the answers. In many ways, I feel more …
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How to make a Cheese & Pickle Sandwich
What a strange species we are! Dan contemplates the complexity of a cheese & pickle sandwich.
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Found GLER96WM Route Canal - The Sign
This checkin to GLER96WM Route Canal - The Sign reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Cycled past this one on previous occasions and had guessed at the hiding place. Was good to see that I was right. Amusingly, the same tool I'd (mis)used to sharpen my pencil, minutes earlier, proved …
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Found GLER95V8 Route Canal - SwingBridge
This checkin to GLER95V8 Route Canal - SwingBridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Decided it was time to find a few more from this lovely series, so came out this way on the way home from work today. Nice easy find. Discovered that the end had come off my …
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The Tour de France website lists the names of all hills using the French style...
...which looks awful with Yorkshire place names. Today's hardest ascent: "Côte de Buttertubs"
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Côte de Whatnow? (Or: Yorkshire, I love you.)
I've just been looking at the map of today's stage of Le Tour de France Yorkshire (inexplicably starting in England).The map lists the biggest hills on the route, and despite this section of the route being in England, the names are prefaced "Côte de "There's three hills worthy of note on the maptoday. The first, Côte…
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Fusion-dancing flashmob in Cornmarket - "Press For Fusion" - earlier this year