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Tag: dog

  • A white man with a goatee lies on his back on a floor. A French Bulldog lies on his chest, looking at him.

    Dog tired

    Today was a long day. Between commuting (the kids to school from our distant flood-evacuation accommodation), work, childcare, insurance wrangling etc., I was pretty tired when I got back "home". So I came in and lay on the floor.

    At which point the dog decided I was a pillow.

    • Note
    • 1 comment
    • posted 24 February, 2026
  • Dan sits with a young boy and a French Bulldog.

    Found GCAWR04 Take an Allotment Break

    The family and I are staying in Lyneham for a couple of weeks following the flooding of our house (on the other side of Witney). This morning the younger geokid, the geopup, and I came out for a walk to find this geocache as well as to explore Milton-under-Wychwood and tag some of the memorial benches for OpenBenches. We sat near the cache and the geokid immediately found it. Looks like we're the second signatories of the New Year: somebody beat us to it on 5 Feb! TFTC.

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    • posted 22 February, 2026
  • An electrical socket, partially underwater.

    F-Day plus 3

    It's only been three days since we had to evacuate our rapidly-flooding house. Here's some horror pics.

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    • 7 comments
    • posted 16 February, 2026
  • Found GC8X84J Crawley to Minster Loop - #1 Acrux

    This checkin to GC8X84J Crawley to Minster Loop - #1 Acrux reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. One last cache on this afternoon's walk before I had to take the geopup off for a doggy bath! We tried a couple of obvious hosts near the GZ before expanding our search โ€ฆ

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    • posted 7 February, 2026
  • A damp and muddy French Bulldog on a rural footpath.

    Found GC8X88R Crawley to Minster Loop - #12 Zosma

    This checkin to GC8X88R Crawley to Minster Loop - #12 Zosma reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Walking backwards and forwards past the GZ eventually enabled the geopup and I to spot this very-visible but high-up cache. Soon it was retrieved, the log signed, and returned. Logbook is very full; โ€ฆ

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    • posted 7 February, 2026
  • A flooded rural road.

    Did not find GC8X888 Crawley to Minster Loop - #11 Wasat

    This checkin to GC8X888 Crawley to Minster Loop - #11 Wasat reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The dog's walk needed extending to make sure she's well worn-out and not too-excited for some guests we're having over this evening, so she and I came and parked on Dry Lane (ironically-named, โ€ฆ

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    • posted 7 February, 2026
  • Our dog has decided that the perfect place to lie down at our holiday accommodation is... on a staircase whose carpet is the same colour as her!

    I'm grateful for her very-visible blep... or I'd have tripped over this camouflaged pupper several times already!

    Full image of A champagne-coloured French Bulldog lies on a step of a staircase carpeted in the same colour as herself, u her tongue in medium-blep.
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    A champagne-coloured French Bulldog lies on a step of a staircase carpeted in the same colour as herself, u her tongue in medium-blep.

    • Note
    • posted 4 January, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with blue hair, looks confused alongside a French Bulldog, in front of a red telephone box.

    Found GC7P0AN A Fine Pair # 1089 ~ Parkhouse

    The geohound and I walked over from Catbrook this morning "the long way" - over the hill and woods, finding a couple of caches along the way - to this cache.

    From both the cache type and my GPSr's map data I fully expected to find a post box here alongside the (decrepit) red phone box, but it's nowhere to be seen! Has it perhaps been removed?

    In any case, the hint reassured me that I was in the right place and my geosense told me where to look. A disappointingly tiny cache container (where a larger one could have probably been placed) was soon found, caked in mud, and replaced as-found.

    TFTC.

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    • posted 3 January, 2026
  • Early morning light over wintery fields and between the branches of bare trees.

    Found GC2DJ9K The Wolf Cache

    The geopup and I absolutely chose the right time to come up here on this wintery morning. The sun's ascent over the valley whenever we escape the cover of the woods is absolutely spectacular.

    Found without difficulty SL, TFTC!

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    • posted 3 January, 2026
  • The sun peeks through clouds at the horizon beyond a wide valley full of fields.

    Found GC2EFAW The Cairn Cache

    The geopup and I, on holiday from West Oxfordshire and staying nearby, came out for a morning walk in the ice and snow today.

    Our little Frenchie's tiny legs made the work of climbing the stiles on this path a little challenging, but with persistence we were treated to a wonderful view of the sun broaching the horizon over the valley at the North end of School Wood.

    Soon the cairn was in sight, and what a brilliant spot for a cache! Signed log, and dropped a travel bug that's come all the way from Texas to continue its journey. FP awarded for bringing us out this way.

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    • posted 3 January, 2026
  • I think the dog's back paws were cold this evening. The giveaway was when she tucked them into a convenient nearby trouser pocket.

    Full image of A sleeping French Bulldog lies on her side with her back paws tucked into the trouser pocket of a human sitting near her.
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    A sleeping French Bulldog lies on her side with her back paws tucked into the trouser pocket of a human sitting near her.

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 30 December, 2025
  • Unusually, we had no guests this Christmas Day. This meant that my usual level of overcatering went even further than normal.

    A side effect of this is that a certain little doggo was delighted and surprised by her Boxing Day breakfast of roast goose!

    Full image of A champagne-coloured French Bulldog kicks her lips excitedly alongside a bowl full of chunks of roast meat.
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    A champagne-coloured French Bulldog kicks her lips excitedly alongside a bowl full of chunks of roast meat.

    • Note
    • posted 26 December, 2025
  • A few pockets of the morning's freezing fog still cling to the hedgerows as the dog and I set out on a chilly West Oxfordshire morning walk.

    Full image of A French Bulldog trots along a concrete slab farm track alongside fallow fields bordered by mist, hedges, and distant flanking hills.
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    A French Bulldog trots along a concrete slab farm track alongside fallow fields bordered by mist, hedges, and distant flanking hills.

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 13 December, 2025
  • We got our dog a Christmas jumper.
    My favourite thing about it is that its coat hanger contains instructions for use:
    "Please insert dog" ๐Ÿคฃ

    Full image of Christmas jumper for a dog, featuring blue-and-white stripes and sequin Christmas trees; its hanger contains an arrow pointing down alongside the text 'please insert dog'.
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    Christmas jumper for a dog, featuring blue-and-white stripes and sequin Christmas trees; its hanger contains an arrow pointing down alongside the text 'please insert dog'.

    • Note
    • 2 comments
    • posted 3 December, 2025
  • Dan in front of some standing stones at dusk.

    Wrote note for GC88ZY9 The Devil's Quoits

    A local landowner has (controversially) decided to start enforcing their ownership of the land surrounding the lake at Dix Pit, and has erected new fences and private property signs to deter trespassers. So this evening, the geopup and I took a walk to the GZ to check that it's still an achievable find.

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    • posted 15 November, 2025

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