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Month: July 2021

  • Members of Dan's family hunt through the ivy of a tree.

    Found GC4F48A Wasted Treasure or Faded Relic?

    This checkin to GC4F48A Wasted Treasure or Faded Relic? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An extended search by me, fleeblewidget, our kids, my mother, my sisters, their friends, and their kids eventually found this well-concealed container. Thanks for the history lesson, greetings from Oxfordshire, and TFTC!

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    • posted 31 July, 2021
  • Annabel and John holding a tube-shaped cache container.

    Found GC7TY87 A walk in Moor Park

    This checkin to GC7TY87 A walk in Moor Park reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Easy find (thanks to the clue in a recent log) while walking with fleeblewidget, our kids, and some of my family. Log too wet to sign. TFTC.

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    • posted 31 July, 2021
  • Couldn't find GC6AMEH The Numerical Meander 3

    This checkin to GC6AMEH The Numerical Meander 3 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Made an extended search but had to give up. After a while I checked the hint which gave a strong clue as to what I should be looking for, but still no luck. Then checked past โ€ฆ

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    • posted 29 July, 2021
  • Dan in front of a waterfall.

    Found GC2NQ6Q K, Alphabet Soup (King)

    This checkin to GC2NQ6Q K, Alphabet Soup (King) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. 'K find. Klimbing down the path was challenging as it was almost as wet as the stream! Krazy easy find - GPSr put me right on top of it. Kickass waterfall! Kan't sign log; too wet. โ€ฆ

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    • posted 29 July, 2021
  • Dan in front of a felled section of forest.

    Found GC1Y6GZ One Giant Step

    This checkin to GC1Y6GZ One Giant Step reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Greetings from Oxfordshire! I'm staying in the holiday park just East of here as part of the first of a three week holiday (taken in an attempt to "make up" for holidays cancelled over the last year โ€ฆ

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    • posted 29 July, 2021
  • Image representing post: Found GC11KP7 C.O.D. Guardhouse

    Found GC11KP7 C.O.D. Guardhouse

    This checkin to GC11KP7 C.O.D. Guardhouse reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Stopped at the nearby Co-Op while driving back to our holiday accommodation after a bit of a walk over the hills around Upper Padley. While my partner fleeblewidget went into the shop (I'd forgotten my mask) I checked โ€ฆ

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    • to GC11KP7
    • posted 27 July, 2021
  • Found GC84BD8 Don't fall in!!

    This checkin to GC84BD8 Don't fall in!! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Camo was a little lacking - cache was completely visible within a couple of metres - so I've tried to conceal it a little better. Thanks to the container's camo this is probably plenty sufficient to keep โ€ฆ

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    • to GC84BD8
    • posted 23 July, 2021
  • Dan points to his car, plugged in to a charger.

    Found GC811W7 SideTracked - Uttoxeter

    This checkin to GC811W7 SideTracked - Uttoxeter reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Passing through town I stopped to charge my car near Waitrose (pictured!), and as it filled up the battery tank I wandered over to find this cache. Coordinates might be off - my GPSr had me at โ€ฆ

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    • posted 23 July, 2021
  • Couldn't find GC98N4G Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #9 James Bond

    This checkin to GC98N4G Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #9 James Bond reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Cycling back to Stanton Harcourt from Witney I thought I'd try for just one more cache, while the light's still in the sky. But try as I might, I couldn't find this troublesome โ€ฆ

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    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Dan sits on the grass with a Dominos pizza box and a can of beer. His bike is in the background, leaning on a stylistically-corroded piece of metal artwork.

    Found GC98N40 Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #8 E.T.

    This checkin to GC98N40 Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #8 E.T. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My last cache before I pedal on to Witney for my pizza supper! I soon found the hiding place but it still took me a long while to find exactly where the cache was โ€ฆ

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    • to GC98N40
    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Found GC98N3F Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #7 Elisabeth Moss

    This checkin to GC98N3F Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #7 Elisabeth Moss reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Spotting the geotrail here was easy. Avoiding the spiky plants was harder, and for the first time today I regretted having dressed so lightly. Found the cache without difficulty, but returned from its โ€ฆ

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    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Selfie of Dan standing by a tree in a freshly-mowed cornfield.

    Found GC98N2V Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #6 Treebeard

    This checkin to GC98N2V Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #6 Treebeard reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The combine harvesters have been out in force today - a small flotilla of them passed my house earlier this afternoon - and I soon found evidence that they'd been here before me. Fresh โ€ฆ

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    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Found GC98N1P Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #5 LOST

    This checkin to GC98N1P Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #5 LOST reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Like all the other caches on this trail, the coordinates for this were spot on and I was delighted and surprised to find a most-excellent themed cache. The container was a little hard to โ€ฆ

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    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Found GC98N15 Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #4 You've Got Mail

    This checkin to GC98N15 Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #4 You've Got Mail reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. At this point the path reached its worst point, and the long summer grass was beginning to tangle around the spokes of my bike wheel. I used stopping to find this easy-to-spot โ€ฆ

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    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Found GC98N0D Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #3 Turbo

    This checkin to GC98N0D Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #3 Turbo reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Honed right in on the hiding place and discovered that the cache was being attacked by a slug! Peeled off the little critter and retrieved the cache. TFTC.

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    • to GC98N0D
    • posted 21 July, 2021

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