geocaching – Dan Q

Dan Q did not find GC2WTXD JOIN UP THE NUDDSY’S~Pumping Station

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Might be here, or quite possibly was shaken loose by last season’s trimming and pollarding and it’s now who knows where. Too many disappointing DNFs in this series which, coupled with the increasing rain, feels like the Universe’s way of telling me to give up and go eat some breakfast.

Such a beautiful landscape with such caching potential. Hope it gets the love and attention it deserves.

Dan Q found GC2WTZE JOIN UP THE NUDDSY’S~Forest View

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Huge thanks (and a big thumbs up) to Saintsalive1 for the replacement cache container; what a great hiding spot. Rain is starting, I’d better pick up the pace if I’m going to stay dry. TFTC!

Dan Q did not find GC2WTZK JOIN UP THE NUDDSY’S~Oak Gate

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As others have observed, container (previously destroyed) is now completely absent. Needs replacement or archiving. Such a lovely area for a series; a shame to have so many spots made unavailable by the 0.1M circles of unmaintained and absent caches.

Dan Q did not find GC2WV01 JOIN UP THE NUDDSY’S~Field of Dreams

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Made a search around the hint area but this one is nowhere to be seen. Based on the string of recent DNFs, it’s probably gone or else so deeply buried that it’ll never be seen again. Shame, it’s a nice spot, and the snowdrop-carpeted woods beyond are delightful. Flagged for attention.

Dan Q found GC3110V JOIN UP THE NUDDSY’S~I ‘OAK’ THIS

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Woke early and unrested, grumpy and tired, after staying nearby, and figured a pre-breakfast walk through these fields might nice my mood. Coordinates pointed right to a candidate hiding spot that set my geosense tingling and soon had the logbook signed. Those nettles are fierce! One snuck up my trouser leg and got my ankle. Waved good morning to the noisy nearby sheep as I pressed on.

Dan Q found GC47GDB Kiln Crag – Knipescar

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A bit of an adventure! Coming directly from the next nearest cache on this pasture I first arrived some way above the GZ. Being a little wary of cliffs since my dad’s death¹, I opted to loop around and approach from below.

The scramble wasn’t especially hard, but it was unfruitful. Several attempts at the hint location, climbing and reaching, revealed nothing at all.

I decided to descend, find a spot of soft grass, and take a break, perhaps to look at the recent logs in case they revealed a clue: something I’d missed. And there, in the spot I chose for my rest… I found the cache! It must have been dislodged, perhaps over the winter rains, and fallen from its hiding place. The container is cracked (though it might have been already, based on the logs) and the logbook has clearly been wet and re-dried, but free cache was intact enough to sign the log.

I returned the container to what I suspect must have been its correct home, based on the hint. Hopefully it’ll stay nestled safely there until the next cacher comes this way! TFTC!

Footnotes

¹ He fell off a cliff off High Street, just over the valley: what a tragic coincidence it would be for me to go the same way, so nearby!

Dan Q found GC1DH2A Knipe Scar – Haweswater View

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How delightful to find such a well-sized and well-placed geocache, and in such a beautiful spot. Some fellow volunteers and I are spending the week in Bampton, working on improving some software that underpins the volunteer and rota management systems of a few hundred different charities.

Never one to let a hard day’s voluntary work keep me from a geocaching expedition, this afternoon I took a hot brisk walk up the scar to find this (and hopefully next another nearby!) cache. Caught my breath sitting on a rock near the GZ, before pressing on. SL, TNLN, TFTC. FP awarded for such a delightful spot.

Dan Q found GC1DH7W Knipe Scar – On the Edge

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A swift uphill scramble for my friend and fellow volunteer John and I, before dinner. We’re staying in a nearby farmhouse for a week of volunteer work, writing software to help charities. Beautiful view from the summit this evening! SL, TNLN, TFTC!

Dan Q found GC97N3H Lodge Hill C & D

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QEF as a cache-and-dash. This afternoon, owing to Some Plot, I needed to go speak to a lawyer in Abingdon, and rewarded myself on a successful mission by visiting this cache on my way home. TFTC!

Dan Q found GC7B9C6 Heykel&Boğaz/Sculpture & Bosphorus- Virtual Reward

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As others have observed, this is a bit challenging right now owing to the hoardings that have been erected in the way. But like others, I found a gap in the fence through which I was able to photograph the sculpture (while holding up a piece of paper with the geocaching logo and my username, to prevent reuse!). TFTC!

Dan Q found GC6JQAX Rainbow Stairs

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I’d hoped not to need the spoiler image but after an extended hunt I gave up and used it. Soon the cache was in hand. Found a space to squeeze my name into the log, and returned to its sneaky hiding spot. Also ran all the way up and down to count the steps and update OpenStreetMap, which didn’t have an accurate count.

Whether or not this piece of art is or was an act of political defiance, it might need to be one once again. Brought my own rainbow so I could be part of it, too. 🌈✊

TFTC. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK.

Dan Q found GC7B79C Kız Kulesi/Maiden’s Tower- Virtual Reward

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Went over on the ferry. Using my phone as my GPSr and also my camera, so snapped a thumbs up, and my name, and my face, all with the tower visible. Looks like it’s going to rain so I’d better find some shelter! TFTC!

Dan Q found GCAJHQ1 The Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III

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Two virtual caches in such close proximity! And what a beautiful fountain. As requested, photo shows the fountain and my username, but also me! Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK, and TFTC!

Dan Q found GCAJG5P The Two Mosques Virtual Reward 4.0

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Here with worth colleagues on our “day off” from meetings and code hackathons, we’re planning to visit the mosque I chose to photograph behind me. TFTC, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK.

Dan Q found GC6VTEG Galata Bridge #3

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After lunch with my work team in a delightful restaurant overlooking the bridge (which I’m just-about pointing at in the attached photo) I decided to take a diversion on the route back to our coworking space to come and find this geocache, my most-Easterly yet.

The coordinates put me exactly at a likely spot, but it actually took until I’d searched three different candidate hosts before the cache container was in my hand. Signed log and (stealthily) returned to hiding place. TFTC!