31 January, 2026

Dan stands by an information board in front of a broad volcanic crater.

Found GC9PVXZ EL CRÁTER DE LA RAMBLETA

My partner Ruth and I were disappointed not to be able to hike any of the trails up here today - they're all closed - but enjoyed finding both the nearby Virtual and this Earthcache geocaches. The evidence of lava flows (that remain to this day!) are really quite impressive.

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Dan and Ruth stand in front of a partially-snow-covered volcano cone.

Found GC9P71A El tEidE

My partner Ruth and I are spending a long weekend in Puerto de la Cruz. We loved coming up to see this beautiful, bleak, stark volcanic landscape.

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If I'm on holiday and a hotel offers me eggs benedict for breakfast, I'll almost always order it. But I'd never make it at home.

I tell myself that this is because hollandaise sauce is notoriously easy to mess up. That I don't want to go through the learning process only to make something inferior to what I eat as a holiday treat.

But maybe it's just that my brain wants to keep eggs benedict as a signifier that I'm on holiday. That I can unplug from the world, stop thinking about work, and enjoy a leisurely breakfast with some creamy eggs and a long black coffee.

Maybe eggs benedict just has to remain "holiday food", for me.

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