Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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F-Day plus 266
It's been 266 days since we were flooded out of our home, and progress on repairs still seems to be glacial. It's still unclear if we'll be back by Christmas as delays and excuses continue to stack up. But the most-tragic thing is that working-around this temporary arrangement has become our everyday routine.
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Delightful location for lunch with the "Old Guard of Cake & Magic", my former team from the Bodleian Libraries, now what... two employers ago!?
Still probably one of the friendliest and most-passionate digital teams I've ever had the privilege to work with; it's so nice to be able to stay in touch.
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Cafe attractively decorated with parasols and net curtains.
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Your Losing
Briefly stuck behind this BMW in traffic, and had to wonder... who pays for a custom tagline/slogan on their number plate and doesn't run it through a spelling/grammar checker first?
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Blogsmaxxing
I glanced at my blogging stats and noticed that, with 559 posts so far this year (including this one), this has been my most-prolific year of blogging ever, beating the previous record holder of 2018. In honour of 2026, I feel like I should call this blogsmaxxing.
I should dig up my word-counter script and see if my bloggy fecundity is represented in quantity of words written, rather than "just" posts. -
Did not find GCB9ZGB Church Micro 2416...Appleton - St Laurence
This checkin to GCB9ZGB Church Micro 2416...Appleton - St Laurence reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Worked out the coordinates on the way out into the woods but was prevented from searching by muggles. Had a hint on the way back out of the woods but couldn't lay eyes, hands, …
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Found GCB9ZHJ Besselsleigh Wood - The Old Coppiced Tree
This checkin to GCB9ZHJ Besselsleigh Wood - The Old Coppiced Tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found in the second place we looked. The geohound and I definitely approached this one from the wrong direction and the poor pupper's little legs weren't well-equipped for the brambly terrain: she had …
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Found GCB9ZHR Besselsleigh Wood - The Fallen Stump
This checkin to GCB9ZHR Besselsleigh Wood - The Fallen Stump reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. (Excellent) container was undisguised and visible from the path, and with both latches unfastened! But I still had something to open, thanks to the fun (but not too challenging) inner puzzle box. Sealed everything …
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Wrote note for GCB9ZJK Besselsleigh Wood - A Little Birdie Told Me
This checkin to GCB9ZJK Besselsleigh Wood - A Little Birdie Told Me reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Passed the GZ twice without being able to perform a proper search owing to endless streams of muggles on one or the other side of the fence. One for another day perhaps.
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Did not find GC27K1V Church Micro 1146...Bessels Leigh
This checkin to GC27K1V Church Micro 1146...Bessels Leigh reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. While doing the series in the woods nearby the geohound and I figured we'd look for this cache, too. It might still be there, but if so it's deeper into the brambles than I was willing …
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Found GCB9ZJG Besselsleigh Wood - The Conifer
This checkin to GCB9ZJG Besselsleigh Wood - The Conifer reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Easy enough to sight this one despite its disguise, but a bit of a challenge to retreive and return it! Coming back out to the footpath I spotted one of the biggest wild mushrooms I've …
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Found GCB9ZJB Besselsleigh Wood - Across The Ditch
This checkin to GCB9ZJB Besselsleigh Wood - Across The Ditch reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Had a bad GPS fix and stumbled about for a while before we found this, yet another container sized perfectly for its environment. TFTC!
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Found GCB9ZJ0 Besselsleigh Wood - The Lightning Strike
This checkin to GCB9ZJ0 Besselsleigh Wood - The Lightning Strike reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An easy find of this brilliant container, not least because it was a little exposed: almost completely without camouflage and with its lid unfastened. Contents seem fine though, and I took care to re-hide …
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Found GCB9ZJ6 Besselsleigh Wood - The Holey Tree
This checkin to GCB9ZJ6 Besselsleigh Wood - The Holey Tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF, the cache winking out at us from its hiding place as the geopup and I approached. TFTC, and Happy Halloween!
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Found GCB9ZH3 Little Bridges # 3220 - Besselsleigh Wood
This checkin to GCB9ZH3 Little Bridges # 3220 - Besselsleigh Wood reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Out for a dog walk around Appleton when I figured I'd have a go at this offset. As soon as we approached the starting waypoint we were faced with multiple warning signs warning …
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Found GCB9ZGP Besselsleigh Wood - The Little Oak
This checkin to GCB9ZGP Besselsleigh Wood - The Little Oak reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A relatively easy find (with a nice container) for the geohound and I while out on a walk around Appleton this morning. TFTC!
AltA French Bulldog on a footpath.