Dan Q

Tag: geocaching

Dan Q found GC4MJR8 R’n’R #2 Skinny & Boney

This checkin to R’n’R #2 Skinny & Boney reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Coming across from Finstock via R’n’R #9 (we’re absolutely doing this series in the wrong order!), the geokid, geopup and I made a poor choice by hugging the tree line rather than cutting out of the field and coming up the road: it was super muddy in the field at the points at which the footpath runs nearest to this cache, and we struggled to get through a particularly large puddle.

We initially made an effort to get “behind” the bush but eventually discovered we didn’t need to: the cache (whose nature we’d eventually managed to guess from the name) was accessible – with a bit of a stretch – from near the roadside.

And, in accordance with the theme, we’ve got a verse for you:

🎶 I used to wonder what caching could be,
🎶 Until you all shared this series with me.
🎶 Big adventure, tons of fun.
🎶 A beautiful cache; now it’s signed and done!

Dan Q found GC4MJY0 R’n’R #9 – Thumper

This checkin to GC4MJY0 R’n’R #9 – Thumper reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

The younger geokid and I had a plan, this morning, to drive out from our temporary (post-flood) accommodation in New Yatt, park at St. Peter’s in Wilcote, and then walk the dog around the area between Wilcote and Ramsden while we collect a few more caches from this excellent series.

Unfortunately our plans were scuppered early on when we discovered that a Scouts troop had completely occupied all possible parking spaces in Wilcote, and a platoon of children, supervised by some tired-looking adults, were beginning a walk around what looked likely to be the exact same routes we were planning.

So we came at it from the other angle. Driving around to Finstock, we parked near The Plough and came across the network of footpaths from the other end.

A boy and a dog run through a grassy fallow field.

By the time we were at the corner of this field the kid and dog were enjoying running around in the Spring sunshine, and once we got to the GZ the cache itself was a quick and easy find… although the kid did take the time to stop and make a crude joke about the rabbit’s bum being corked!

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Dan Q found GC4MJRJ R’n’R #3 – Not Quite A Well?

This checkin to GC4MJRJ R’n’R #3 – Not Quite A Well? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Another quick find for the sharp-eyed geokid, once we found the right host. Three for three and that’s time for us to turn about and go have our brunch. TFTC!

Dan and a boy each throw a thumbs-up to the camera from a forest footpath.
Mission accomplished. Time for bacon! (Wait… where’s the dog gone?)
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Dan Q found GC4MJRT R’n’R #4 – Changing Colours

This checkin to GC4MJRT R’n’R #4 – Changing Colours reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

The woods made it hard to get a good fix, but eventually we were in the vicinity of this excellent cache. It took a few different tree hosts before eventually we were looking in the right place. The younger geokid insists that I log that he caught sight of it before me!

A boy reaches into an ivy-covered tree.
Reaching for the cache.
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Dan Q found GC4MJX6 R’n’R #6 – what YOU looking at?

This checkin to GC4MJX6 R’n’R #6 – what YOU looking at? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Came out for a dog walk from New Yatt this morning. The GZ is deep within thick brambles, but the younger geokid was up to the challenge and soon the unusual cache container was in hand. TFTC!

A boy looks over his shoulder as be begins to walk into a bramble bush.
“I have to go in there‽”
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Dan Q found GCAABPG North Leigh Loop #7

This checkin to GCAABPG North Leigh Loop #7 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Completing our loop (minus a couple of DNFs, but plus a couple of nearby caches), this damp geopup and I were really happy to finish with this good-sized cache!

Dan crouches by his French Bulldog on a rural footpath.

TFTC, and for the series, if which this was our favourite and so earns the FP.

Now we’d better go get cleaned and dry!

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Dan Q found GCAABNW North Leigh Loop #6

This checkin to GCAABNW North Leigh Loop #6 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Tougher than we expected to find – not only is this a stealthy container but it’s hidden unusually-thoroughly too! TFTC

I’m increasingly regretting my choice this morning to wear comfortable but not waterproof shoes rather than my not-fully-broken-in walking boots. Between the muddy puddles and the long wet grass, my feet are soaked!

Dan Q found GC1QY29 Can Rabbits Climb Trees??

This checkin to GC1QY29 Can Rabbits Climb Trees?? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Coming up from Evergreen/Loop #4 the geohound and I made a poor guess about which side the the hedgerow we ought to be on, and – to avoid having to backtrack – opted to cut through red thicket just East of this cache. The little pupper got stuck and had to be carried, which was when I discovered that her belly was completely caked in thick mud. Eww!

We got here in the end and were delighted to find such a nice cache. TNLN, SL, and took advantage of the concealment provided by a nearby tree to relieve our bladders before continuing North. (Well I appreciated the concealment; the doggo is happy to widdle anywhere!)

Dan Q found GC1QYPN Back to Evergreen

This checkin to GC1QYPN Back to Evergreen reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

The geopup and I are out doing the North Leigh Loop from New Yatt, where we’re temporarily living while our house is dried and damage assessed by the insurance company following a catastrophic flood a few weeks ago.

Between Loop #3 and #4 we took a small diversion to find this cache, and I’m glad that we did! So nice to see a properly-sized (and tenured) cache still rocking it!

Lid was not properly attached by a recent finder, sadly, and the container spilled its contents as I picked it up. But once we’d reassembled it all we were able to sign the log and continue our loop.

TFTC to both the hiders and adopters. FP awarded for being the first decent-sized cache I’ve seen today.

Dan Q did not find GCAABMN North Leigh Loop #3

This checkin to GCAABMN North Leigh Loop #3 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

While the geohound busied herself with the important task of collecting sticks several times larger than herself, I began the search for what I’d figured would be a QEF.

A French Bulldog pulls at the end of a very large stick, in a woodland.

Within the circle of uncertainty lay an obvious-looking host covered with obvious-looking candidate spots into which to squeeze a cache of this kind. After 15 minutes of searching where it “should” have been I wondered, per previous logs, if it might free fallen, and made a brief search of the mulch and leaf litter underfoot. No luck there either! After a total of nearly 20 minutes of searching, we had to give up.

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Dan Q found GCAABMJ North Leigh Loop #2

This checkin to GCAABMJ North Leigh Loop #2 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Clearly I’ve trained the geohound well, because she found the geotrail out to this GZ before I did!

A French Bulldog on a muddy path.

This cache is definitely benefitting from its layers of defense against the elements: the log, in its inner sanctum, was dry despite moisture getting through all the other layers! TFTC!

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Dan Q found GCAABME North Leigh Loop #1

This checkin to GCAABME North Leigh Loop #1 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Coming to the “start” of this loop having come from the “end” gave the geohound and I a perfect vantage point to sight this QEF. Now it’s time to find out how boggy the trail to #2 is! If it’s as muddy as the one from #8 back to the village then we might need to make an alternative plan!