Year: 2018
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Found GLVVNCJ2 Cromwell House
This checkin to GLVVNCJ2 Cromwell House reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My geocache-sense was tingling as I approached the GZ by bike this evening and it fared me well: I was able to find the cache quickly and without difficulty. TFTC (and the slice of history).
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Found GLVVN9V9 Marsh Lane- Court Place Farm
This checkin to GLVVN9V9 Marsh Lane- Court Place Farm reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find, once the muggle foot traffic died down enough for me to duck into the GZ. TFTC!
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Found GLVVN7CY Seaxe
This checkin to GLVVN7CY Seaxe reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found within seconds; barely had to get off my bike! I used to ride down here all the time when I loved in this end of Oxford. Nice to come back and enjoy this downhill section again! TFTC.
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Found GLVVN5PH Pub Quiz
This checkin to GLVVN5PH Pub Quiz reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Took me longer than it might've to look at this one because I'm feeling a bit saturated with "city centre" mystery caches: why are there so many these days? Pub quiz questions were right up my alley and …
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Found GLVVN2JX The Tri-Series: The Field
This checkin to GLVVN2JX The Tri-Series: The Field reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Even now, well into the Spring, some serious digging-through-leaves was required to find this well-hidden little cache. TFTC.
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Found GLVVKH3G Oxford-we-go - Geolympix legacy
This checkin to GLVVKH3G Oxford-we-go - Geolympix legacy reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've had two previous trips to the GZ to look for this cache: turns out that the hint in the Wherigo cartridge is completely inaccurate and mislead me quite a bit! To reiterate what others have …
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Note OK0231 St Giles Webcam Cache, Oxford
This checkin to OK0231 St Giles Webcam Cache, Oxford reflects an opencache.uk log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The Oxford Internet Institute webcams are currently offline for an upgrade, so this webcam cache currently can't be logged. Hopefully they'll be back up and running soon, but if they're being replaced with new ones …
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Archived GC23P6J Badge Cache Capel Madog
This checkin to GC23P6J Badge Cache Capel Madog reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Returned to check on this and can't find it: I'm really too far away to be maintaining this one any more, so I'll leave the space free for somebody else to take if they want.
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Review of The Alchemist Oxford
This review of The Alchemist Oxford originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Alchemist Oxford, Westgate, Bonn Square, Oxford OX1 1TR, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Review of City Mazes Oxford, Escape Rooms
This review of City Mazes Oxford, Escape Rooms originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. City Mazes Oxford, Escape Rooms, 5, Ozone Leisure Park, Grenoble Rd, Oxford OX4 4XP, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best of the three escape room centres we've visited: we undertook a well-constructed and beautiful puzzle with some genuine …
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Review of CRAFT Burger
This review of CRAFT Burger originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. CRAFT Burger, The Parade, 1, Windmill Rd, Oxford OX3 7BL, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great burgers and drinks (often with well-chosen names with enjoyable wordplay) served in a fabulously relaxed environment. Sides/starters nothing to write home about, but that's not …
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Found GLVRG2DJ Church Micro 4195…Headington
This checkin to GLVRG2DJ Church Micro 4195…Headington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with fleeblewidget on a quick spring evening walk while waiting for our appointment time at the nearby escape room. Lovely little tour of a pretty part of Headington. TFTC!
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Intermediary Protocols and Google Duplex
As Google show off their digital assistant's upcoming new feature of being able to make phone calls on your behalf, Dan asks what this means for the way we communicate in the future.
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The woman who watched 300 executions in Texas
The woman who watched 300 executions (BBC News) A former employee of the state of Texas describes the profound effect the executions had on her.
Texas has executed far more people than any other US state, and one former employee of the state has watched hundreds of executions unfold. She speaks to Ben Dirs … -
The man with the golden blood
The man with the golden blood (The man with the golden blood) Meet the donors, patients, doctors and scientists involved in the complex global network of rare – and very rare – blood. By Penny Bailey.
His doctor drove him over the border. It was quicker that way: if the man donated in Switzerland, …