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Tag: geocaching

  • Did not find GC6Q3A1 Cur.Bri.Lew 11

    This checkin to GC6Q3A1 Cur.Bri.Lew 11 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The pup and I unearthed a few likely hiding places without success here. Not sure what we've missed: feels like we lifted every hint item in the vicinity!

    • Checkin
    • to GC6Q3A1
    • posted 24 March, 2024
  • Dan sits on a footbridge in a field, a French bulldog on his lap, in spring morning sunshine.

    Found GC6Q39R Cur.Bri.Lew 10

    This checkin to GC6Q39R Cur.Bri.Lew 10 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF for the geopup and I on this strangely springlike morning. Cache container is damaged almost beyond recognition, as others have observed, and is desperately in need of replacement. TFTC.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6Q39R
    • posted 24 March, 2024
  • Dan, in a wintery mountainous landscape, poses for a selfie by a sculpture of a bicycle marking part of the route of the Tour de France.

    Found GCADXC6 Tour de France

    This checkin to GCADXC6 Tour de France reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My very first "ski-o-cache" was 9 years ago, down in La Tania: this was my second! Found the host easily at the coordinates and found the cache in the third hiding place I tried. It's quite stiff โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GCADXC6
    • posted 16 February, 2024
  • Dan, in a grey jumper, stand beside a 7-year-old boy wearing a camo jacket, in a lightly wooded area.

    Found GC82XT0 Cumnor Minions - Dr Nefario

    This checkin to GC82XT0 Cumnor Minions - Dr Nefario reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found after trying a few different hosts while out on an expedition to try and reach the 2024-02-10 51 -1 geohashpoint with the 7-year-old and the dog. The path to the hashpoint is really waterlogged โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC82XT0
    • posted 10 February, 2024
  • A French Bulldog stands on an ivy-covered muddy wooden footbridge, panting at the camera.

    Found GC8X86T Crawley to Minster Loop - #5 Mirach

    This checkin to GC8X86T Crawley to Minster Loop - #5 Mirach reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A second find this morning for the boy, the geopup and I this morning. The hound was no use; she had her nose right up against the cache at one point and gave โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC8X86T
    • posted 4 February, 2024
  • Dan, wearing a grey hoodie, stands in a meadow alongside a boy who's throwing "devil horns" hand signs.

    Found GC8X86E Crawley to Minster Loop - #4 Gacrux

    This checkin to GC8X86E Crawley to Minster Loop - #4 Gacrux reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Out for a dog walk with the younger child (and the dog, of course!). We've come to the nearby ruins many times before but never taken the time to do some caching here, โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC8X86E
    • posted 4 February, 2024
  • A 20mph "repeater" speed limit sign around the corner from the cache location.

    Temporarily disabled GC9EXXX Church Micro 14129...Sutton

    This checkin to GC9EXXX Church Micro 14129...Sutton reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Cache removed and temporarily disabled. The council have just started installing new signage to advise of a new 20mph speed limit around here. ๐ŸŽ‰
    When they recently did the same in a nearby village, they removed โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9EXXX
    • 1 comment
    • posted 24 January, 2024
  • Dan smiles alongside a 10-year-old girl who's holding a geocache container.

    Found GC2WTGE 8~ NUDDSY MEGA RAMBLE

    This checkin to GC2WTGE 8~ NUDDSY MEGA RAMBLE reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A challenging and courageous scramble by the eldest (who turned 10 yesterday!) and I (who turned 43 today!) up the slippery wet leaves to reach the GZ. I stopped to double check the proximity and meanwhile โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC2WTGE
    • posted 8 January, 2024
  • Did not find GC2WTGN 9~NUDDSY MEGA RAMBLE

    This checkin to GC2WTGN 9~NUDDSY MEGA RAMBLE reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An extended search by three adults, two children, and a dog failed to find this cache. We found what we think might have once been its camouflage near the obvious hiding place at the GZ, but nothing โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC2WTGN
    • posted 8 January, 2024
  • Dan, with his thumb up, in front of the ruin of an abbey.

    Found GC5TF25 Mystic Abbey

    This checkin to GC5TF25 Mystic Abbey reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Out for a walk on my 43rd birthday, left the kids playing with their other parents in the (beautiful) ruins of the abbey or I hacked my way around to the GZ. Started searching at my evaluation of โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5TF25
    • posted 8 January, 2024
  • Dan with his thumbs-up in front of the high-score table (with the top-ranking spot about to be filled) of Wonder Boy, on a generic "80s Arcade Classics" arcade cabinet.

    [Bloganuary] Playtime

    Do I get to "play" in my daily life? Absolutely. For this Bloganuary prompt, I'm looking at the ways in which I play.

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    • Article
    • 3 comments
    • posted 2 January, 2024
  • A champagne-coloured French Bulldog snuggles up against a human's leg, wearing blue jeans.

    Found GC2HDCZ Tom Burts Cache 4

    This checkin to GC2HDCZ Tom Burts Cache 4 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found while walking into High Wycombe to work after dropping my canine caching-companion (pictured) off at the nearby veterinary hospital for an operation. Didn't need her help with this easy find, luckily! Shame about all the โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC2HDCZ
    • posted 13 September, 2023
  • Close-up photograph showing a butterfly atop a purple flower in a grassy meadow.

    Found GC54E29 WAG 16 - Elvendon Valley

    This checkin to GC54E29 WAG 16 - Elvendon Valley reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The poor little geopup's only got tiny legs, and the 8km we've walked so-far has got her pretty tired-out, so this'll be the last cache of the series before we go and find ourselves some โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC54E29
    • posted 28 August, 2023
  • Found GC54E1W WAG 15 - Action!

    This checkin to GC54E1W WAG 15 - Action! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Sometimes the geo-sense "just works". This was one of those moments. I was approaching the area and checking the distance. Then I walked straight to a likely location. Then I picked up the cache. Done and โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC54E1W
    • posted 28 August, 2023
  • Found GC72TZ5 WAG 14 - Wander through Wroxhills

    This checkin to GC72TZ5 WAG 14 - Wander through Wroxhills reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Turning South and crossing our own path, the sun came out at last and we were bathed in glorious warm light. Between that, and the familiarity of the trail we passed, the geopup and โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC72TZ5
    • posted 28 August, 2023

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