Dan Q

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Dan Q found GLE1X58Y Off Ya Trolley – Kidlington

This checkin to GLE1X58Y Off Ya Trolley - Kidlington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

After being unable to properly hunt earlier in the week (muggles everywhere!), I returned with tajasel, fleeblewidget, and fleeblewidget‘s baby while making use of Sainsbury’s car park to go and take some photographs of the newly under-construction station. I don’t know what the trees in bloom are around the edge of the car park, but they set off my hayfever something awful and I was a wheezy wet mess by the time we got back to the car!

TFTC. My 150th!

Dan Q found GLE0YMQ9 Hinksey Woods Star Wars: Luke Skywalker

This checkin to GLE0YMQ9 Hinksey Woods Star Wars: Luke Skywalker reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

The first find of the day for fleeblewidget and I, or for a mini-expedition with her baby strapped to me. Dropped off a travel bug that’s recently made it to the UK. TFTC.

Dan Q found GLDZMFHN Kinkering Congs Their Titles Take

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Fanatic cache and a wonderfully fun puzzle. Was unclear to begin which bit of the numbers I should have been using, but a little trial and error sussed it. TNLN, TFTC!

(I did keep worrying that I could be seen from a nearby flock of bats, so I took care as I rustled around in the cache’s nosey little cook)

Dan Q found GLDZMN2R Oxford Snark Hunt (Fit the 2nd) – Botanic Gardens

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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!

Geohashing expedition 2014-04-21 51 -1

This checkin to geohash 2014-04-21 51 -1 reflects a geohashing expedition. See more of Dan's hash logs.

Location

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.

Participants

Team Greendale

  • Dan Q
  • His partner Ruth
  • Her baby, Annabel

Expedition

Geohashpoint 2014-04-21 51 -1A 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.

Tracklog

Gallery

Dan, Ruth, and baby Annabel at geohashpoint 2014-04-21 51 -1
Dan, Ruth, and baby Annabel at the hashpoint
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Dan Q found GLDZ1P1C BIKERZ – Baldon Lane

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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