Dan Q
This checkin to GLDZMN2R Oxford Snark Hunt (Fit the 2nd) - Botanic Gardens reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Stopped by on my way back from lunch. Thankfully this morning’s foul weather has kept the tourists away, so I didn’t have to contend with too many muggles as I undertook my brief search. Thanks!
This checkin to geohash 2014-04-21 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs.
A gap in a hedge just to the side of a lane running from Kidlington to North Yarnton, near the level crossing on the line that connects Oxford to Banbury.
A Easter Bank Holiday weekend: what a perfect time for geohashing: and not just because of the warm weather and the fact that you can plan your expedition an extra day in advance,
thanks to the exchange closures! No, it’s a great time especially because today’s hashpoint was a mere 300 metres from my house, as the crow flies (though the crow, at least, didn’t
have to work his way down to to the bridge over the canal in order to get there).
The hashpoint turned out to be in a gap in the hedge, half-way between down the road connecting a canal bridge to a level crossing. We saw a squirrel.
On the way back, Dan insisted that Ruth (and Annabel, who didn’t get much say in the matter) came with him to find nearby geocaches GC3P0QK and GC3P0RJ on the way back home, before they spent the day out in the sunshine exploring Oxfordshire in general.
This checkin to GLDZ1JC1 Toy Story reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found with fleeblewidget and her baby after a trip to the Arboretum. Lovely day for it! Spent did tune looking in the wrong place, but as soon as we switched to the other side of the path we found the cache very easily. TFTC.
This checkin to GLDZ1P1C BIKERZ - Baldon Lane reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found with fleeblewidget and her baby after a trip to the Arboretum. Great work with a clever (if easy!) hiding place: I’m gonna learn from that. Saw some motorcyclists, but none of them stopped, but as we drove away (after picking up the car from across the road) we saw two other cachers hunting for it. We waved from the car but I’m not sure if they heard/understood what I was saying! TFTC
This checkin to GLDYYY6M Route Canal - Bridge View reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
After an extended search, it was my partner fleeblewidget who, despite being encumbered by the baby-carrier harness, first spotted this well-concealed little cache. Feels like the difficulty should be 2 stars to me, but maybe I’m just going soft. TFTC.
This checkin to GLDYYYZ9 Route Canal - 227 not out reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Nice cache! Dropped off a Scottish travel bug and picked up the hiker.
This checkin to GLDYAZQV Church Micro 3420…Kidlington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Out for a walk with fleeblewidget and her baby, took a look for this cache on the way past. Nice little cache! Took the Scottish Football 2 travel bug; see if I can find it a new home somewhere…
This checkin to GLDXE83R Sandford Lock reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
After lunch in the pub on the other side, came over to hunt for this. Search was expedited by another geocacher walking by and saying “you’re getting warm…”
Nice cache. Thanks!
This checkin to GLDXE8YB Messing about by the river 2 - Thames view reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found this while out for a walk. Coordinates looked to be 14-17 metres out, but the hint made all the difference. TFTC.
This checkin to GC4KTD0 Beaumont Palace reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Muggles kept wandering past and hampering my search (which was already slowed down by the fact that I didn’t “get” the hint; ah well!). Ran out of time on my lunchbreak: I’ll have to come back another time.
This checkin to GC24ZNF Oxford United FC reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
What a shame for this, one of the best caches in Oxford, to disappear. CotswoldOx: if you’re not planning on replacing it, I wonder if you wouldn’t mind if I did so instead? Drop me a message.
This checkin to GC4H3P7 Alleyways of Oxford - Brasenose Lane reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Hunted as well as I was willing to, without putting my hands into anything particularly disgusting in the improvised toilet that is this GZ. :-( No luck, though: perhaps I’m not looking in the right place, or perhaps it’s somewhere that I wasn’t happy to put my fingers…
This checkin to GLDWG38D Dogfort v Catfort - Dogfort Scientist reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Let battle commence! My first Dogfort vs. Catfort find, but hopefully not my last.
Great location, but took me a while to get the cache out of it’s hiding place – perhaps I’ve not got the dexterity that I used to have!
This checkin to GLDWG1F9 Alleyways of Oxford - St Helen's Passage reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Basically next door to where I work, so stepped out for a quick lunchtime expedition. Easy enough find, but some stealth was required: muggles everywhere!
This checkin to GC3VJAT Route Canal - Dukes Cut reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
My last hunt of the day, as it started to get dark and my GPSr’s battery finally died and it made a sad noise and fell asleep. The hint only told me what I already knew: my signal had been spot on! But that didn’t help me find the cache. I wondered if it might have been too high for me to see, or reach, so I climbed a tree (haven’t done that in a while!) and looked down at where I suspected it might be, but no luck. Searched a lot of places, but eventually had to give up.
Wonderful location, though: I’ll certainly be coming back for another hunt.