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Dan Q found GL3DV2E0 We’re Near Here

This checkin to GL3DV2E0 We're Near Here reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Cache is a little exposed: so much so that when I first saw it I thought “that can’t be it – too obvious!” Great little cache container. Lovely view of where the railway track used to run toward the old bridge. TFTC.

Bridge support post.

Dan Q found GL3DV27R Kennel Bridge

This checkin to GL3DV27R Kennel Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

To think, I’ve lived in the area for a decade and I’ve never known about this stretch of old railway. Immediately guessed where the cache would be, and it was a little too visible so I’ve camoflaged it with some of the stuff left lying around. Great cache, thanks!

Near the geocache.

Macclesfield

Last weekend, I found myself in Macclesfield to celebrate the engagement of Liz and Simon. Highlights in brief included:

  • Board games with the happy couple and their friends, as well as the Aberites who were present. Just like old-school Geek Nights.
  • Liz & Simon’s awesome new house. Also, their cats, one of whom took a special interest in Bryn‘s crotch for the duration of his visit.
  • Seeing people I don’t see often enough. Meeting lots of fabulous new people.
  • A surprising heavy dump of snow, tramping around in it, and attempting to sledge on a sleigh made from – by the looks of things – a plank of wood and two chair legs (not particularly successful).
  • Tasty pizza. Followed by the chef coming out to ask me how it was, presumably because I’d been overheard talking about the art of pizza making, the consistency of their dough, etc.: I’ve been eating a lot of pizza, recently, as I’ll explain in a future post.
  • Dancing until late to awful music on a knackered old sound system by a foulmouthed transvestite DJ. It’s always a pleasure to get the chance to dance with Liz, one of the few people who seems to enjoy flailing around to music almost as much as I do.
  • Brief game of I Have Never… in Liz & Simon’s kitchen, after the night out: even more “just like old times” than old-style Geek Night, for a handful of us at least.
  • A quick geocaching hike the following morning, to a handful of caches nearby.
  • Finding a pub with an amazing sign (well, I was impressed): click the pictures for larger versions.

A big thanks due to Liz and Simon for a fantastic party!

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Dan Q found GL3DMBG4 Beta

This checkin to GL3DMBG4 Beta reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Wow, what a great cache. FTF!!! reat hiding place; I walked around for about 20 mins before I found it (not helped by the GPS-scattering effect of the nearby trees!). TFTC.

Also, there was no pencil in the cache, so I’ve left one (cut down to a tiny size to fit, obviously).

Dan Q found GL3DFKZC BVW #1

This checkin to GL3DFKZC BVW #1 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Great little cache in a lovely area; quite a bit out of our way, but wanted some first-time cachers amongst us to see a non-micro cache (we’d previously been getting a few along the canal). Signed the log, left a toy robot, took nothing (cache contents were kinda sparse, so thought it needed a little extra in it). TFTH.

Dan Q found GL3DFKWG Middlewood Circular – Bridge 33

This checkin to GL3DFKWG Middlewood Circular - Bridge 33 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Almost didn’t find this – looked in all of the obvious hiding places several times before we actually looked in the right one (hampered a little by the morning’s snowfall)! Log damp, but usable. TFTC.

Dan Q found GL3DFKPE Middlewood Circular – Bridge 34

This checkin to GL3DFKPE Middlewood Circular - Bridge 34 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Took some friends, local to the area, out for their first caching expedition: this was our first find of the day. One of the new ‘uns was the first to spot where this little cache was hidden. Log completely soaked – added a little more paper from a scrapbook but this is only a short-term fix: needs some fresh rolls.

“I’m sure we’ve got the budget for a copy of Firefox.”

Today, I had to explain to somebody that Mozilla Firefox is free*.

Let me elaborate slightly. Today, I had to explain to an IT professional that Mozilla Firefox is free.

Let me go a tiny bit further. Today, I had to explain to an IT professional with decades of experience, working for an very large government-funded body, that Mozilla Firefox is free. This isn’t some kid who got started on Windows XP. This is a man who remembers the first browser war. A man who works on UNIX systems in his day-to-day work, I gather. A man who should know better. Surely! Surely?

This is where your tax money is going. I think the UK FOSS advocacy scene just died a little inside.

* Free as in beer, for those that are counting.

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