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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.

  • Did not find GC5QGH5 RAPOEB 34 fase llarga.

    This checkin to GC5QGH5 RAPOEB 34 fase llarga. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found a few good candidate hiding places here, but no cache. 😔

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    • posted 13 August, 2026
  • Brick church steeple.

    Found GC5QGGQ RAPOEB 33 fase llarga.

    This checkin to GC5QGGQ RAPOEB 33 fase llarga. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Another quick and easy find on this delightful trail. TFTC.
    My original plan had been to turn around at this point and head back to La Secuita, but two things have changed my mind: 1. …

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    • posted 13 August, 2026
  • Found GC5QGGE RAPOEB 32 fase llarga.

    This checkin to GC5QGGE RAPOEB 32 fase llarga. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A little further along this slightly-overgrown path and another quick find. Logbook has clearly been soaked and then dried out and is very hard to write on. TFTC, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

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    • posted 13 August, 2026
  • Dan throws a 'thumbs up' to the camera.

    Found GC5QGG3 RAPOEB 31 fase llarga.

    This checkin to GC5QGG3 RAPOEB 31 fase llarga. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I walked down the path from La Secuita to #30 but was unable to attempt it while a man and his dog were loitering there. So I pressed on to #31, and quickly found it. The …

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    • posted 13 August, 2026
  • Found GC6PF76 Benvinguts a la Secuita. La piscina.

    This checkin to GC6PF76 Benvinguts a la Secuita. La piscina. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Great cache, excellent container and hiding spot! After feeling around a few other places I soon worked out what I was looking for, and stealthily stretched to retrieve the cache. Two nearby men in …

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    • posted 13 August, 2026
  • Did not find GC6NY43 Benvinguts a la Secuita.

    This checkin to GC6NY43 Benvinguts a la Secuita. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. From the coordinates and the hint the hiding place is pretty obvious, but I can confidently say that it's not there. 😢

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    • posted 13 August, 2026
  • Well that was pretty spectacular. 🤩

    Full image of Over the silhouette of hills, a total solar eclipse is just coming to an end, with a 'diamond ring' effect resulting from the sun's reappearance visible.
    Alt

    Over the silhouette of hills, a total solar eclipse is just coming to an end, with a 'diamond ring' effect resulting from the sun's reappearance visible.

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    • posted 12 August, 2026
  • A Roman aquaduct spans a forested valley.

    L'Aqüeducte Romà de les Ferreres

    Of all the architecture with which the devil is (per legend) credited with the construction, L'Aqüeducte Romà de les Ferreres might be the most impressive.

    Nice work, Satan.

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    • posted 12 August, 2026
  • Dan, sweating, holds a medium-sized tupperware tub in a hilly forest.

    Found GC6603 Taragonna Aquaduct

    This checkin to GC6603 Taragonna Aquaduct reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Quick and easy find while visiting this amazing monument with my family. A hot and sweaty jog to the GZ and soon the cache was found. TFTC!
    AltDan, sweating, holds a medium-sized tupperware tub in a hilly …

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  • A red and orange sunset with beams reaching up over the hilly horizon of climatically- Mediterranean farmlands.

    Casa Ventola

    I'm spending the week on the East coast of Spain, hoping to see the imminent solar eclipse. And in the meantime, I've been finding local geocaches (including my thousandth!) and exploring the local sights with my family.

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    • posted 12 August, 2026
  • Did not find GC65QKN Benvinguts a Mas vilet dels pins

    This checkin to GC65QKN Benvinguts a Mas vilet dels pins reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I spent a while looking at the obvious host, then checked the hint and moved to a series of alternate candidates. It's probably there, but not somewhere I could find! Eventually I felt too …

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  • Dan waves in a bright forest.

    Found GC8ZYPV AMAGATALL MAS CARGOL - Camps

    This checkin to GC8ZYPV AMAGATALL MAS CARGOL - Camps reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've been doing what remains of the Ruta Pels Volants del Mars De Salort series of took a diversion to find this cache. The impressive host didn't need a hint - she's pretty easy to …

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    • posted 11 August, 2026
  • Dan - a white man wearing a rainbow-striped bandana - stands with his arms raised in celebration, alongside the superimposed words '1000th find'.

    Found GC6QV1F #17 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QV1F #17 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find in a now-familiar hide and container format.
    And while perhaps not as memorable as my walk through the abandoned olive groves to find the damaged cache …

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    • posted 11 August, 2026
  • A bottle top style lid, with Dan's name written in it, sits alongside some plastic shards on top of a rock.

    Found GC6QTTM #5 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QTTM #5 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. It's increasingly looking like this series might be in need of some love and attention. With numbers 3 and 4 completely absent and a nearly two year gap since 5 was last …

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    • posted 11 August, 2026
  • Did not find GC6QTRY #2 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

    This checkin to GC6QTRY #2 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A second disappointing search with nothing to show for it. Maybe I didn't finish waking up yet this morning?

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

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    • posted 11 August, 2026

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