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  • Dan, wearing a cycle helmet, stands in front of a church steeple under a bright blue sky, waving.

    Found GC9WD6N Peter's

    This checkin to GC9WD6N Peter's reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw the notification when this cache appeared near my house, which would normally be the point at which a race was kicked off between me and Go Catch for the FTF, before he inevitably got there first!

    But this time …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9WD6N
    • posted 2 June, 2023
  • Dan holding an orange mint tin in a city centre.

    Found GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache

    This checkin to GC7FB9H From Canterbury to the cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well that was quite the adventure!

    The first wayoint is right across the road from where some work colleagues and I are staying for an "away week". I decided to dash out during a break in …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC7FB9H
    • posted 23 May, 2023
  • Alongside the River Tiber, with a wide-arched stone bridge in the background, Dan sits on a wall and waves to the camera.

    Found GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05)

    This checkin to GC9QCKH When in Rome live as the Romans do (bb Tribute 05) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Took until the fourth hiding place before I found the cache. Out for a walk with work colleagues on the way to dinner. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9QCKH
    • posted 22 May, 2023
  • Image representing post: Found GC8B4CH Is 14 Your Lucky Number Yet?

    Found GC8B4CH Is 14 Your Lucky Number Yet?

    This checkin to GC8B4CH Is 14 Your Lucky Number Yet? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Easy find while out for a ride, breaking in my new bike. Great ride, aside from the mayflies, which I must've ingested about a million of! As others have observed, the logbook has soaked …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC8B4CH
    • posted 16 May, 2023
  • Found GC5F425 Lovers Walk

    This checkin to GC5F425 Lovers Walk reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My GPSr dropped me next to a far older bit of architecture than the one that hosts the cache, but found after a short search. I'm staying nearby as part of a charity hackathon for a nonprofit I'm …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5F425
    • posted 1 April, 2023
  • Image representing post: Solving Jigidi... Again

    Solving Jigidi... Again

    The Jigidi jigsaw solver I wrote a year and a half ago stopped working, so I made another one (it's not as good).

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    • posted 20 March, 2023
  • Dan and his mother stand in a stone circle, their arms spread wide and smiles on their faces.

    Found GC8A40R Brockholes Stone Circle

    This checkin to GC8A40R Brockholes Stone Circle reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found with the elder geokid plus my mother and sister while on a layover in Preston to break up our journey from Aviemore to Oxford. We're getting to visit quite a few some circles this half term, …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC8A40R
    • posted 19 February, 2023
  • A smiling boy and girl in brightly-coloured coats hug the bottom of a very large wind turbine stem.

    Found GC6CTKF Cache Wars - Han Solo

    This checkin to GC6CTKF Cache Wars - Han Solo reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Travelling down from Aviemore to Preston on a multi-stage journey back home to Oxfordshire, we stopped off at the visitor centre and took the tour of the wind farm. My 6 year old loves wind …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6CTKF
    • posted 17 February, 2023
  • Found GCD6C2 Long Meg [Cumbria]

    This checkin to GCD6C2 Long Meg [Cumbria] reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Ruth, the kids and I love a good stone circle. This one's in better condition than the one nearest our house (for which I'm CO to the Virtual, GC88ZY9!). We chanced it and counted the stones twice …

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    • Checkin
    • to GCD6C2
    • posted 12 February, 2023
  • Found GCA1NZ4 Long Meg

    This checkin to GCA1NZ4 Long Meg reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. An easy find for the geokids, Ruth and I while out on a walk with the geokids from Ruth's father's house in Reagill. SL, TNLN, TFTC.

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    • Checkin
    • to GCA1NZ4
    • posted 12 February, 2023
  • Dan reaches up to touch a bust of Dr. Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach, Austrian chemist and engineer.

    Found GC2HF4T Plus Lucis

    This checkin to GC2HF4T Plus Lucis reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find while exploring the city after spending a few days meeting work colleagues from around the globe. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK! TFTC/DFDC!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC2HF4T
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Found GC3CE1F Schubertkirche

    This checkin to GC3CE1F Schubertkirche reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw the cache almost right away but had to stand around for a while pretending to read something on my phone while muggles passed by. SL, TFTC. Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC3CE1F
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a grey hoodie, stands in front of a highly-decorated industrial chimney stack.

    Found GC5GFNB DG - Linie

    This checkin to GC5GFNB DG - Linie reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The second spectacular cache I've found from this CO. Absolutely amazing. Coordinates got me close, but it was only when I started looking around that I spotted something that didn't look quite right and found the cache. …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5GFNB
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Found GC5DC7H Friedensbrücke

    This checkin to GC5DC7H Friedensbrücke reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Superb cache, my favourite in Vienna so far. Love the design; I might try to make one like this back in Oxfordshire, UK upon my return! FP awarded.

    Coordinates put me exactly where I needed to be. Fortunately I had …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC5DC7H
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a purple "Woo" wooly hat, stands in front of the base of a statue of Johannes von Gott.

    Found GC91ZZ4 Ort der Barmherzigkeit - KH Barmherzige Brüder

    This checkin to GC91ZZ4 Ort der Barmherzigkeit - KH Barmherzige Brüder reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick and easy find while I stopped to tie my laces. TFTC, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC91ZZ4
    • posted 10 February, 2023

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