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Geotagged, location-based posts; often related to my geo*ing adventures.

  • Did not find GCAP5TV GST 59 - Wired PET

    This checkin to GCAP5TV GST 59 - Wired PET reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Gave up after a short search. No sign of this one that we could see.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (15 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCAP5TV
    • posted 23 November, 2024
  • Found GC9DV67 GST 57 - Greenway sign

    This checkin to GC9DV67 GST 57 - Greenway sign reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Instant find! Exactly where I first looked. Log slightly damp but still usable. TFTC.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (14 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9DV67
    • posted 23 November, 2024
  • Dan, part-way up the embankment of the side of a (former) railway cutting, hangs on to a tree with one hand while he hunts for a geocache with the other.

    Found GC9DV66 GST 56 - Pet tube in tree

    This checkin to GC9DV66 GST 56 - Pet tube in tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After a brief search on the wrong side of the path, we eventually spotted the correct host and - after a running leap, pictured - soon had the cache in hand. TFTC!

    Read more (32 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9DV66
    • posted 23 November, 2024
  • Dan, standing by a bridge, shakes a logbook out of a tubular geocache.

    Found GC9DV65 GST 55 - Bridge

    This checkin to GC9DV65 GST 55 - Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF for my mum and I on our walk. Not well hidden - was visible from the path. Replaced as found. TFTC.

    Read more (22 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9DV65
    • posted 23 November, 2024
  • Dan stands by an old fashioned railway signal.

    Found GC9DV63 GST 54 - Train Signal

    This checkin to GC9DV63 GST 54 - Train Signal reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found after a short search. We tried playing with the signal but it's rusted solid. SL, TFTC. Greetings from Oxfordshire and Lancashire, UK!

    Read more (23 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9DV63
    • posted 23 November, 2024
  • Did not find GC9DV5M GST 53 - Newcastle West Station

    This checkin to GC9DV5M GST 53 - Newcastle West Station reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. We were heading to the 2024-11-22 52 -8 geohashpoint as part of a geohashing holiday but floods breaking the banks of the River Arra blocked our way so we parked up in Newcastle West …

    Read more (54 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC9DV5M
    • posted 23 November, 2024
  • A road through a field and towards a river bridge is deeply submerged under fast-flowing water.

    Geohashing expedition 2024-11-23 52 -8

    My mother and I's second attempt at a geohashing expedition in Ireland didn't go so well, being blocked by flooding that washed-out the roads between us and the hashpoint, so we did some geocaching and visited a museum instead.

    Read more (253 words)

    • Checkin
    • to 2024-11-23 52 -8
    • 2 comments
    • posted 23 November, 2024
  • Dan and his mother smiling in a field. Dan is holding a banana.

    Found GC2BY40 Pallas Castle

    This checkin to GC2BY40 Pallas Castle reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My mother and I are visiting the area in search of virgin graticules for geohashing purposes. This morning we set out for the 2024-11-22 53 -8 geohashpoint and found it down in a disused pasture down in the …

    Read more (243 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC2BY40
    • posted 22 November, 2024
  • Dan raises his arms in victory.

    Geohashing expedition 2024-11-22 53 -8

    On our first full day in Ireland, my mother and I found our way to a hashpoint in a virgin graticule, by stomping our way through an overgrown abandoned pasture.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (623 words)

    • Checkin
    • to 2024-11-22 53 -8
    • 1 comment
    • posted 22 November, 2024
  • Image representing post: Found GC34G3G Coventry - Hertford Street

    Found GC34G3G Coventry - Hertford Street

    This checkin to GC34G3G Coventry - Hertford Street reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The rest of the family and I are visiting for my youngest's birthday to do a handful of fun activities. Geocaching didn't make the list, but that wasn't gonna stop me finding this QEF while putting …

    Read more (66 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC34G3G
    • posted 17 November, 2024
  • Found GC656RM Church Micro 8564...Ducklington

    This checkin to GC656RM Church Micro 8564...Ducklington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The dog and I came out to Ducklington today for a spot of geohashing, in search of the 2024-11-14 51 -1 geohashpoint. After a walk around the fields to the East we had to give up on …

    Read more (147 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC656RM
    • posted 14 November, 2024
  • Dan and his dog on a footpath with a field in the background.

    Geohashing expedition 2024-11-14 51 -1

    The dog and I got within 33 metres of a geohashpoint today, but couldn't quite make it to the zero point.

    Read more (197 words)

    • Checkin
    • to 2024-11-14 51 -1
    • 1 comment
    • posted 14 November, 2024
  • Dan smiling, wearing a cycle helmet, holding a GPSr by the side of a narrow road, with roadworks in the background.

    Geohashing expedition 2024-11-10 51 -1

    I finally got my Tron achievement by riding my bike^H^H^H^H lightcycle to a hashpoint in Barnard Gate and back... without crossing my own track!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (532 words)

    • Checkin
    • to 2024-11-10 51 -1
    • posted 10 November, 2024
  • Dan, holding a small geocache logbook. A bike and a road bridge can be seen in the background.

    Found GCAAD6C El pont sobre el riu #14 Set a La Pobla CΓ©rvoles

    I borrowed a bike from our hosts in el Vilosell so I could ride the rough hilltop trail to the bridge over the river Set, 3km away, and find a geocache.

    Read more (171 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCAAD6C
    • posted 2 November, 2024
  • Dan and two kids look excited atop a castle in rural Catalonia.

    Found GCAA274 Garrigues #23 - El Vilosell

    This checkin to GCAA274 Garrigues #23 - El Vilosell reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The geokids and I are staying nearby and came out for a walk this morning to discover this under-appreciated cache. What an amazing location and such a great view! We searched many "obvious" locations without …

    Read more (77 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCAA274
    • posted 1 November, 2024

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