Dan Q

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Dan Q found GLEEA62A Boundary Brook: Boundary Stones

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There’s nothing I love more than a well-placed geocache that teaches you since fascinating local history. Love it.

Cache waterlogged, but log itself okay (for now). Needs some paper towel and some airing or, I think.

TFTC!

Dan Q found GLEE9ZTD Morris Men (Geolympix FTFrenzy-9)

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Can’t believe it took me so long to get around to finding this one, given that the starting point is just around the corner from my work. Had my suspicions about the final location after a friend of mine had a cache of hers, near that point, rejected earlier this year. Thanks for the cache and the delightful reminder of Oxford’s history.

Dan Q reported GC40QN0 Woody’s Secret… needs maintenance

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Urgently needs a new lid (or ideally a new container). Hiding place has something quite gross in it, suggest not putting it back in quite the same place (also: be careful about putting your hands in there…)

Dan Q found GLEBQ6VH A Beck Sudoku Challenge … 1. Broughton Beck

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Lovely place, but after the recent rain, I’m glad I wasn’t driving here! Some colleagues and I from a voluntary organisation are having a couple of “away days” in a house up the road, so I thought I’d spend my lunch break coming out and finding this cache. Glad I did! TFTC.

Dan Q posted a note for GC54F7V Oxford Steganography #5 – Secret Bonus Cache

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Congratulations to mbtkz on FTF (haven’t seen your logs on the other four yet, but I assume that you wanted to get this one onto the site promptly so that other knew you’d made it!). Well done!

Dan Q posted a note for GC54F7N Oxford Steganography #4 – Tilt

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Thanks, Sapphirites (and congratulations on the FTF!): I’ve updated the puzzle sheet so that it recommends ensuring that the “fit to page” box is not ticked, and I’ll send you a message containing the number that you should have seen when you visited this cache. Happy hunting!

Dan Q found OK0044 Swing Lower

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The following log was originally posted elsewhere:

After my visit the other day, I went home, read some of the logs, and thought about this cache. Boards? Boards are something that people worry about when they’re not Batman. A cache that’s placed in the middle of dead space? That’s not a problem Batman would have. I can be Batman, sure. I AM BATMAN!

So today, I finished work, changed into a set of loose clothing (that I could comfortably climb in and wouldn’t mind having to swim in if I had to), rallied my coworker and fellow ‘cacher kateevery to act as my eyes-on-land – and my photographer – and set out to the bridge.

The boards on the side I opted to start my expedition from were a little more-troublesome – stretching farther out over the water – than the one I’d taken on before, but that hardly mattered: today, I was Batman. A grab and a leap, and I was on the other side. Next came the tough bit – the crossing: no Bat-Belt; no Batarang… but I still had my pure Batmanosity. Leaping up and bracing myself against the beams, I began shuffling across. Just as I began to tire, kateevery – my very own Robin – called out, “just four more steps”, exactly the motivation I needed to complete my crossing and grab the cache.

Totally great location. Totally Batman expedition. Totally adding this cache to my favourites.

EDIT: I’ve now written a blog post about the experience – http://www.scatmania.org/2014/05/18/batman-geocaching/

Dan Q found GLE7H2JG Swing Lower (Historic Site)

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After my visit the other day, I went home, read some of the logs, and thought about this cache. Boards? Boards are something that people worry about when they’re not Batman. A cache that’s placed in the middle of dead space? That’s not a problem Batman would have. I can be Batman, sure. I AM BATMAN!

So today, I finished work, changed into a set of loose clothing (that I could comfortably climb in and wouldn’t mind having to swim in if I had to), rallied my coworker and fellow ‘cacher kateevery to act as my eyes-on-land – and my photographer – and set out to the bridge.

The boards on the side I opted to start my expedition from were a little more-troublesome – stretching farther out over the water – than the one I’d taken on before, but that hardly mattered: today, I was Batman. A grab and a leap, and I was on the other side. Next came the tough bit – the crossing: no Bat-Belt; no Batarang… but I still had my pure Batmanosity. Leaping up and bracing myself against the beams, I began shuffling across. Just as I began to tire, kateevery – my very own Robin – called out, “just four more steps”, exactly the motivation I needed to complete my crossing and grab the cache.

Totally great location. Totally Batman expedition. Totally adding this cache to my favourites.

EDIT: I’ve now written a blog post about the experience – https://danq.me/2014/05/18/batman-geocaching/

The epic (and challenging) geocache GC13WZQ.

Dan Q posted a note for GC13WZQ Swing Lower (Historic Site)

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Ha! I agree – the boards are irrelevant!

I got within a few metres of the cache through some creative climbing, but couldn’t get close enough to reach it. I’m pretty sure that I could manage it with some ropes and a belayer, but I’m not as young as I used to be and I think I’ll instead attempt this cache in the way that the owner intended. Nice location: I look forward to logging it someday!