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  • A happy-looking fawn-coloured French Bulldog on a grassy verge.

    Found GC46YCV Lock - Hanging Bison

    A quick find for the geohound and I while walking back to Tackley (via the TP6298 trigpoint up on the rise to the North) from the 2026-09-27 51 -1 geohashpoint. A successful hashing expedition followed by a successful geocache find, nice!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC46YCV
    • posted 27 September, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a goatee beard and ponytail, smiles for the camera while holding a French Bulldog whose tongue is lolling as she pants, in a field.

    Geohashing expedition 2026-09-27 51 -1

    I woke early and grumpy and, to try to shake myself out of a funk, went out with the dog in search of a geohashpoint near a trigpoint in a field near Tackley.

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    • Checkin
    • to 2026-09-27 51 -1
    • posted 27 September, 2026
  • Did not find GC3C7FT Woodies

    This checkin to GC3C7FT Woodies reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After seeking (and finding, surprisingly) the 2026-09-13 51 -1 geohashpoint down in the Brook Hill nature reserve, the geohound and I came to try to find this cache, too. After finding the correct way into the nature reserve (access โ€ฆ

    Read more (127 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC3C7FT
    • posted 13 September, 2026
  • A fawn-coloured French Bulldog drinks from a stream.

    Geohashing expedition 2026-09-13 51 -1

    A successful geohashing expedition to a swampy area near Woodstock, despite an incident during which I was attacked by a wasp whom I'd attempted to squash using my genitals. (Yes, really.)

    Read more - about 4 minutes (820 words)

    • Checkin
    • to 2026-09-13 51 -1
    • 2 comments
    • posted 13 September, 2026
  • That moment when you realise that you forgot your sunglasses but figure you'll just squint.

    Full image of A fawn-coloured French Bulldog sits on the wooden decking outside a back door, squinting as she looks towards the sun (evident from the direction of the shadows).
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    A fawn-coloured French Bulldog sits on the wooden decking outside a back door, squinting as she looks towards the sun (evident from the direction of the shadows).

    • Note
    • posted 10 September, 2026
  • A fawn-coloured French Bulldog on a lead sniffs at a metal boot scraper attached to the stonework at the side of a church door.

    Found GCBX0JC Church Micro 12106...Standlake

    This checkin to GCBX0JC Church Micro 12106...Standlake reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After a walk out with the dog to claim the FTF on nearby GCBX0R7, I figured that I still had a little a few minutes on my hands before the code I'd been writing for my day โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBX0JC
    • 4 comments
    • posted 27 August, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a goatee beard, sits on the steps of a rain-wettened village war memorial, hugging a fawn-coloured French Bulldog.

    Found GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake

    This checkin to GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After liaising with the CO to get the formula fixed following my previous effort, the geohound and I came out for a drizzly walk in-between the downpours to have a second attempt at the FTF. โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBX0R7
    • 2 comments
    • posted 27 August, 2026
  • The sun completely occluded by the moon.

    Three(ish) Weeks In Spain

    With exceptions for those of us who had work to do at the start or end, my family and I just spent three weeks hopping around the East of Spain, featuring surfing, a theme park, exploring, dodging the heat, and - of course - a total solar eclipse.

    Read more - about 9 minutes (2030 words)

    • Article
    • posted 23 August, 2026
  • Top surface of a TV soundbar showing plus, minus, and power buttons, and a red LED.

    BeepAlive - keeping my soundbar from going to sleep

    My dog ate the remote for the soundbar on my TV/media centre, and it keeps going into 'sleep mode'. So I wrote a software tool that periodically makes an inaudible noise to trick the soundbar into staying 'awake'. That's how a hacky engineer like me fixes a hardware problem with a software solution!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (594 words)

    • Article
    • 4 comments
    • posted 4 August, 2026
  • Dad Joke of the Day came to me early when some fellow dog walkers coming the other way said "Hello, gorgeous!"

    "Ooh, thank you!" I replied, nonchalantly tussling my hair and striking a coquetteish pose.

    Full image of Dan poses with a coquetteish grin while walking a French Bulldog along a gravelled rural path.
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    Dan poses with a coquetteish grin while walking a French Bulldog along a gravelled rural path.

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 1 July, 2026
  • I guess it's sweet that the dog has decided that I'm not to leave my home office without her noticing.

    But when the naps right behind my wheelie chair I worry she's going to get her paws run over!

    Full image of A fawn-coloured French Bulldog lies on a laminate floor against the feet of an office chair.
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    A fawn-coloured French Bulldog lies on a laminate floor against the feet of an office chair.

    • Note
    • posted 16 June, 2026
  • "Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm."

    Full image of A fawn-coloured French Bulldog wrapped in a blanket in a way reminiscent of robes. This, combined with her wrinkled features, makes her look a little like Yoda.
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    A fawn-coloured French Bulldog wrapped in a blanket in a way reminiscent of robes. This, combined with her wrinkled features, makes her look a little like Yoda.

    • Note
    • posted 7 June, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a goatee beard, sits on a wooden bench in a shady area, alongside a French Bulldog.

    Found GCBPAKM Grab a seat and Take in the View

    Sat in the shade with my panting pupper and almost immediately spotted this clever cache container. A great location and an imaginative container! Definitely worth an FP from me.

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBPAKM
    • posted 9 May, 2026
  • Soft focus photo of a panting fawn-coloured French Bulldog on a gravelled woodland footpath.

    Found GCBPAMZ Not the Twiggist of finds

    A good hiding spot for this type of cache, which the geohound and I found while on a walk this sunny morning. TFTC.

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBPAMZ
    • posted 9 May, 2026
  • Image representing post: Thames Path 7

    Thames Path 7

    Ruth's completed yet another stretch of the Thames Path, continuing at what could literally be described as a glacial pace, and she's written another part in what's turning out to be a wonderful blog series to follow-along with.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 7 May, 2026

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