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Dan Q found GC8ZYPV AMAGATALL MAS CARGOL – Camps

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I’ve been doing what remains of the Ruta Pels Volants del Mars De Salort series of took a diversion to find this cache. The impressive host didn’t need a hint – she’s pretty easy to find!

The cache container is absolutely excellent. Amazing camouflage! It’s a shame this is my 1001st find and not my 1000th because I’d have loved to make this great container my milestone! FP awarded.

Signed log and returned to its hiding place. TFTC/GPA, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

Dan Q found GC6QV1F #17 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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A quick and easy find in a now-familiar hide and container format.

And while perhaps not as memorable as my walk through the abandoned olive groves to find the damaged cache GC6QTTM therein, this find was memorable fire a different reason: it’s my 1000th cache found!¹

Struck a pose for a victory selfie to celebrate. FP awarded for the memories.

Footnotes

¹ GCCOM might disagree with because it won’t count my finds on other geocaching platforms, but my record at danq.me/geo/stats is canonical.

Dan Q found GC6QTTM #5 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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It’s increasingly looking like this series might be in need of some love and attention. With numbers 3 and 4 completely absent and a nearly two year gap since 5 was last logged – coupled with my bad luck so far this morning – I wasn’t optimistic of a find here.

I enjoyed the walk, though. This long-abandoned, now feral, olive grove is tranquil and calm. And when I got to the GZ, I was delighted to see the “top” of a cache container, exactly matching one seen elsewhere in the logs, protruding from under a rock. Hurrah!

Unfortunately, that’s almost all that’s left of the container. I collected it up onto its host rock, along with several shards of what were once its body: a sort-of memorial to itself. Then I wrote the date and my name on the inside of the lid, declared this the closest possible thing to a “find”, under the circumstances, and left my little shrine alone. Will it ever be found again? I don’t know.

Dan Q did not find GC6QTRY #2 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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A second disappointing search with nothing to show for it. Maybe I didn’t finish waking up yet this morning?

Dan Q did not find GC6QQXW #1 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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A disappointing start to this morning’s walk. There’s an obvious host that I spent some your poking under without success, after which I turned to the trees to see if they could help. But no luck for me. Maybe on my way back to the car, time-permitting!

Dan Q found GC9D4V6 29# CAMINS DE MONTBRIÓ (PARC SAMA)

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A quick find after a visit to the gardens with my family. Sneaky container: I like it. We’d accidentally parked the car almost next to the cache! Greetings from Oxfordshire, UK, and TFTC/GLA!

Dan Q found GC6QTWA #13 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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Finding the cache was easy. Reaching around to pull it from its hiding place was harder! But soon I had it in hand. This has been a lovely morning walk.

Now I should have some breakfast and make my lazy children get out of bed!

TFTC/GLA. FP for the series in general (as experienced so far). And once more: greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

Dan Q found GC6QV11 #15 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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I was glad if the shade provided by the trees along this delightful footpath. Working up a bit of a sweat out here! Had to break from the footpath and kick through some undergrowth to reach the GZ this time, but the coordinates were spot on and I soon had the cache in hand.

Logbook has been soaked but then dried out and is… crispy! Hard to write on! Might benefit from fresh paper!

TFTC/GPA, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK!

Dan Q found GC6QTVF #9 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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A quick and easy find once I spotted a likely hiding place. Starting to feel like I should have had breakfast before I set off! TFTC/GPA, and greetings from Oxfordshire, UK.

Dan Q found GC6QTVM #10 RUTA PELS VOLTANTS DEL MAS DE SALORT

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My family and I are on holiday staying nearby. I came out this morning to explore and try to find a couple of local geocaches while the children were still asleep. This was the first.

I needed to walk around the GZ a few times before I saw the cache, with its vantage point over this beautiful valley. Then it was time for a quick scramble up the tree to retrieve it.

Signed log and returned to its hiding place. TFTC/GPA; greetings from the UK!

Dan Q found GCB1918 Peggy Bedford’s blocked gate

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I’m staying in the Thistle Hotel around the corner before a flight in the morning, and stepped out to find this cache – and some supper – before bed. Sorry to hear about your muggle troubles, but this current (new) container is a good one: needed to say the hint out loud a few times before I worked out what I was looking for! SL, TNLN, TFTC.

Dan Q found GC9P505 Paddington Bear & friends (Leicester Square)

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A morning meander around the local (mostly virtual) caches under the guise of checking the condition of the West End Live queue, while the rest of my group enjoyed a lie-in, eventually brought me to take a seat alongside this iconic bear. TFTC!

Dan Q found GCBJ704 Seven Dials Sundial

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Approaching from the West I was foiled by the glare of the rising sun in my efforts to claim this fascinating monument from afar and eventually had to walk all the way past it to line up my photo!

Thanks for the detailed cache page; I love a history lesson when I’m on a morning walk! TFTC.

Dan Q found GC38EQ3 Underground

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Initially thought I’d be able to find this one without the hint, but when I couldn’t get fix to closer than 8m I took a peep at it and was instantly aware of where to search. Soon the cache was in hand and I was back on my way. TFTC!

Dan Q found GC240NQ West End 1 – The Beatles

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Stood around for a bit reading about David Bowie while I waited for the waitstaff -on their pre-work fag break down the alleyway – stopped their muggling and went inside. Glad I came early while it was quiet here! TFTC.