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Tag: geocaching

  • Wrote note for GC9F5YC GIs in Letcombe

    This checkin to GC9F5YC GIs in Letcombe reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found the clues and solved the coordinates, but I've JUST walked past the final location a while ago and don't feel like doubling back today!

    A=How many letters in the word underneath Knoxville?
    B=A*2
    …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9F5YC
    • 1 comment
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Found GC9QWHD Plankton's cache

    This checkin to GC9QWHD Plankton's cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Like many before me, from the looks of things, I didn't find the cache at the published coordinates but about 11 metres away at N 51° 34.086', W 001° 26.441'. Possibly worth the CO checking if those coordinates …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9QWHD
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Standing proud of dense green foliage, and with cropped fields behind, a wooden noticeboard describes the route and features of the Ridgeway.

    Found GC93M2N Segsbury Fort

    This checkin to GC93M2N Segsbury Fort reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A challenging but worthwhile find during a walk along and around the Ridgeway.
    AltA windswept and rolling rural landscape, with storm clouds brewing in the distance.
    My initial attempt to collect the coordinates was way off …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC93M2N
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a goatee beard, wears a grey hooded jacket on a verdant rural footpath in moderate rain.

    Found GC46RY8 It really is about the (2 millionth) cache

    This checkin to GC46RY8 It really is about the (2 millionth) cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This morning I came up to explore the Ridgeway and escape from thinking about Life Stuff for a bit. (Although escaping from the rain wasn't a possibility! It was real wet up …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC46RY8
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • A badly damaged geocache with a toy whistle falling out of it.

    Found GC39X1K GH #11 twisted tree

    This checkin to GC39X1K GH #11 twisted tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found cache contents first, some of which I was only able to identify thanks to the photo in the previous log. Cache container, minus lid, was found a reasonable distance away, but this badly-damaged, nearly-destroyed cache …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC39X1K
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Found GC39WVC G h # 10

    This checkin to GC39WVC G h # 10 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A few attempts at hacking through the brambles to get near the hint location had me thinking that perhaps this was a wintertime only cache... before I realised that there was a different route by which …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC39WVC
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • In a yard, a foal and a pony share some hay.

    Found GC4H2N6 Church Micro 4009 ... Letcombe Bassett

    This checkin to GC4H2N6 Church Micro 4009 ... Letcombe Bassett reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick diversion before a hike up Gramp's Hill and along the Ridgeway. After collecting the required information I pressed on to the cache, meeting some friendly ponies and horses on the way.
    …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC4H2N6
    • posted 29 August, 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 …

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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. …

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBX0R7
    • 2 comments
    • posted 27 August, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a ponytail and goatee beard, sits on a war memorial with a confused expression.

    Did not find GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake

    This checkin to GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well I feel especially thick right now. Probably I've done something stupid, but I rushed down here between-meetings in hope of an FTF, collected all the numbers, did the maths, and got... the same coordinates …

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBX0R7
    • 2 comments
    • posted 26 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.

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    • Article
    • posted 23 August, 2026
  • Wrote note for GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON

    This checkin to GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. When I visited two years ago I thought I'd solved the puzzle but couldn't find the cache. I'm in the area again today and thought I'd make another attempt, but the recent 'enabled' seems …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC448J6
    • 2 comments
    • posted 20 August, 2026
  • On a semi-closed bridge over a six-lane highway, Dan, wearing a purple 'woo' t-shirt, throws a selfie camera a thumbs-up.

    Found GC9Q6G6 PORTA DE BARCELONA

    This checkin to GC9Q6G6 PORTA DE BARCELONA reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find exactly where it should be while driving from Tarragona to Barcelona. My family and I were in the area for the eclipse and then for a trip to PortAventura and are heading to Barcelona …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9Q6G6
    • posted 19 August, 2026
  • User information area from the top of a website, showing Dan Q with no incoming messages and, crucially," 1,035 finds".

    Geocaching.com Can't Count? (my 1000+ geocache finds!)

    After finding over a thousand geocaches, I wanted to check my total with the largest of the geocache listing sites I use, and discovered that you can't get the same answer twice from it even if you ask it three times for an answer. Wot?

    Read more - about 3 minutes (608 words)

    • Article
    • posted 14 August, 2026
  • A cricket sits on a rock.

    Found GCAYFMG Més enllà de la via II (13) - Granja Fortuny

    This checkin to GCAYFMG Més enllà de la via II (13) - Granja Fortuny reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Retreived the cache from beneath its insect guardian (pictured). TFTC!

    Read more (21 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCAYFMG
    • posted 14 August, 2026

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