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Performed maintenance for GC9EXX4 The Bisected Footpath of Blackditch Fields
This checkin to GC9EXX4 The Bisected Footpath of Blackditch Fields reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Dropped by to check in on this new cache (always worth checking that a new cache is settling in alright!) and to dip a TB. All is well. Also discovered that through the kissing …
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Geohashing expedition 2021-08-19 51 -1
Dan fails to reach a geohashpoint on account of it being in an unharvested cornfield.
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"Perfect Fit" cheap & easy post topper geocache
Dan shares his recipe for a cheap and easy post topper geocache container.
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Holidays in the Age of COVID
Dan takes a three-week block off work and does many, many things with his family.
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Archived GC8YZKJ Sunken Bunker
This checkin to GC8YZKJ Sunken Bunker reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. When I first placed this cache I failed to accommodate for how high the river might get during summer floods. I'd chained it to the bridge to help stop it from disappearing, but that instead introduced a new …
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Performed maintenance for GC86M6V Grove Farm
This checkin to GC86M6V Grove Farm reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Checked in and dipped a TB while I was in the area. Looks good!
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Archived GC86MHH Top of the Footpath
This checkin to GC86MHH Top of the Footpath reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Visited to check on this container and can confirm that it's completely seized and unopenable. The end cap that used to provide it with cover (and a hiding place for a pencil) is gone, too, and …
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Archived GC86MTH Yarnton Lane
This checkin to GC86MTH Yarnton Lane reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Following a run of DNFs I drove over here to check on this cache but it is indeed missing. As this location is no longer in walking distance of my home I'm retiring it to free up what …
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Archived GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three
This checkin to GC7QG1Z Oxford’s Wild Wolf Three reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. One final visit to retrieve the container from this increasingly inaccessible multi. Braved copious nettle stings to get there and back the "short way", then began a quick tour of Kidlington to retrieve any surviving clue …
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Found GC95GZY Fairhaven South 2
This checkin to GC95GZY Fairhaven South 2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Nice easy find for fleeblewidget and I while on the way to pick up our kids from my mother's house and take them home to Oxfordshire. A beautiful day for an explore around the dunes but sadly …
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Found GC56XWR Pendle 12
This checkin to GC56XWR Pendle 12 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Coming back down from our walk, this was fleeblewidget and I's last cache of the morning. The shadow of the hill disrupted my GNSS signals and threw us off by a few metres, but fleeblewidget soon spotted the …
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Found GC1BQK0 Pendle Summit
This checkin to GC1BQK0 Pendle Summit reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A very easy find (with spot-on coordinates fed good sky views to ensure a solid lock) for fleeblewidget and I late this morning, after a hot hit satisfying ascent up the Big End. TFTC.
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Found GC1HW0N Penhul Hyll
This checkin to GC1HW0N Penhul Hyll reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My partner fleeblewidget and I are celebrating 14 years together as a couple with a glamping holiday near Sawley and took the opportunity to climb up Pendle Hill this morning. I've many fond memories of taking this route …
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Couldn't find GC1WRDD You take the high road....
This checkin to GC1WRDD You take the high road.... reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. fleeblewidget and I were on the "high road" and so I had to scramble down to the GZ. The coordinates and the hint both point to a very obvious specific place (pictured) but no cache …
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Found GC56V1D U P 6
This checkin to GC56V1D U P 6 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My partner fleeblewidget and I are glamping up near Sawley to celebrate our 14th anniversary and came out today for a walk up Pendle Hill. Cache container was in the third place we looked; a nice easy …