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This checkin to GC43B32 HR3 - Maresy Dotes reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Swiftly found, but we stared for longer than might be expected at the container before working out which bit of it we had to interact with in order to get access to the log. Embarassing, really. …

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This checkin to GC4N9P4 HR4 - On the Road Again reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Again, we found ourselves reminded that we were doing this series backwards when we briefly puzzled over the title of this cache... before remembering that for others, taking the series in the expected order, …

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This checkin to GC4HW6W HR5 - Vandervalk reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Robin's first experience of a container like this one (combined with my GPSr, which for a little while couldn't decide which side of the road we belonged on) slowed him down here: I found the cache quickly …

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This checkin to GC43B2Z HR6 - Vamoose reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Despite having used the facilities in the pub we'd just left, Robin had needed to stop and relieve himself no less than twice during this stretch of the journey: somehow the three pints he'd enjoyed at The …

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This checkin to GC4HW74 HR7 - Mid Stream reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Another nice quick find for Robin and I. This was his first ever real geocaching expedition, and I think I've got him hooked: and he's already beginning to develop a good sense of where to start …

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This checkin to GC59ZR1 HR7a - Been Here Before reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The "ghost pub" Robin and I had sought (see my log on GC4HW7M) had turned out to be The Packet, not "The Track" as Robin has mis-remembered during his Challenge Robin adventure yesterday. After a …

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This checkin to GC4HW7M HR10 - Hedge Your Bets reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Skipping HR18 through HR11, we powered on down Packet Lane. Robin had come up this way yesterday - in the opposite direction - while navigating a (deliberately cryptic) map as part of the final leg …

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This checkin to GC4K1Y7 HR19 - Stepping Towards Home reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Robin and I spent far too long examining the exact place where we'd (correctly) figured the cache to be before, in frustration, examining the recent log entries. One encouraged us to trust the coordinates, and …

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This checkin to GC4HW8D HR20 - Big Histo Pot reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Not ones to be told which way to walk, we took on the HRx series only partially. And in reverse order. This mostly proved okay, except when having to remember to translate hints that said …

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This checkin to GC396GZ No sarky comments please. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Following yesterday's Challenge Robin adventure during which I sent my partner's brother on an extended treasure trail covering London and Penzance, we decided to have a more-relaxed day today with a gentle hike to a few …

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This checkin to GC25CQR Baloo's Run - 3. Sticks reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Like many before us, we couldn't find this despite an extended hunt. CO might like to check up on this, consider marking as temporarily disabled, or archiving?

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This checkin to GC25CP6 Baloo's Run - 1. Chickens reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Following yesterday's Challenge Robin adventure during which I sent my partner's brother on an extended treasure trail covering London and Penzance, we decided to have a more-relaxed day today with a gentle hike to a …

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