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Time is an illusion. School drop-off time doubly so. #towelday
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Archived GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo
This checkin to GC7Q96B Oxford's Long-Lost Zoo reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This has been muggled hard. I no longer live very close, so I'm removing the cache: I've extracted the remnants of the container from the GZ.
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Will swapping out electric car batteries catch on?
Dan comments on news of a car battery "coaching station" that's opened in Oslo.
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Found GC49ERR #5 Billy Wynt - Up Top
This checkin to GC49ERR #5 Billy Wynt - Up Top reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Wow, definitely had to go off the beaten track for this one. I took a route up and tightly alongside the fence, and only after getting to the GZ did I discover the easier …
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Found GC49ERC #4 Billy Wynt - Take a Seat
This checkin to GC49ERC #4 Billy Wynt - Take a Seat reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found after a brief search, but not in the (pretty obvious) hint location. Looks like it had been found by muggles and just "thrown" back. Log was blank. SL, TFTC. Great view!
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Couldn't find GC49EQW #3 Billy Wynt - Feeling Peckish
This checkin to GC49EQW #3 Billy Wynt - Feeling Peckish reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Had to give up on this one. 😢
Between a great fix, a clear clue, and CO maintenance only last week I figured this was a sure thing. But somehow it wasn't to be, no … -
Found GC49EQA #2 Billy Wynt - Little Home
This checkin to GC49EQA #2 Billy Wynt - Little Home reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A brief shower gave me cause for concern - I didn't come dressed for weather - but I pressed on and was rewarded with this cool hide. TFTC.
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Found GC49AEB #1 Billy Wynt - Cattle Grid
This checkin to GC49AEB #1 Billy Wynt - Cattle Grid reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Woke earlier than my friends who'd been to a wedding last night, and used that as an excuse for a quick walk up the hill. Easy find: second place I looked! TFTC. Greetings from …
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"Walking" the dog
Brought Demmy out on the school run for her first "walk", this morning.
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Found GC9822Z Church Micro 13932...Oxford - Baptist
This checkin to GC9822Z Church Micro 13932...Oxford - Baptist reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Having nabbed one of the coveted parking spaces to run an errand in Summertown, I nipped over here to find this cache, too. Coordinates were spot on but I couldn't see the cache, so I …
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Wonder Syndrome
Ruth writes about "Wonder Syndrome" as a counterpoint to "imposter syndrome", an Dan reflects on how and why he's adopting the term too.
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Found GC8QB2K INWT #11: Myddelton Lodge
This checkin to GC8QB2K INWT #11: Myddelton Lodge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This cache is closest to where we're staying, and was the third (and final, because our littlest party member had had enough for now) of our expedition. Nice container and a lovely spot. TFTC.
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Found GC8QB2N INWT #12: Cleverest Crow?
This checkin to GC8QB2N INWT #12: Cleverest Crow? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Continuing our reverse-order explore of some of these caches closest to our accommodation for the week. Little 5-year-old John found this one and came proudly out from its hiding place with it in hand. TFTC.
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Found GC8QB3G INWT #13: Scalewra Settlement
This checkin to GC8QB3G INWT #13: Scalewra Settlement reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Some fellow volunteers from a nonprofit I help run and I are staying at nearby Myddelton Lodge and came out to find a couple of local caches on our lunch break. This was the first, and …
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Found GC7RECF The Faces of Ilkley.....
This checkin to GC7RECF The Faces of Ilkley..... reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Thanks for the excuse to go snooping around the architecture of this church while waiting for my friend's train to arrive!