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Tag: geocaching

  • Dan, wearing a grey hoodie and a purple "Woo" hat, holds a black puck-shaped geocache. Behind him, a concrete bridge support pillar is decorated with colourful graffifi.

    Found GCM8CB Urania

    This checkin to GCM8CB Urania reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've been in Vienna for a week to meet work colleagues, and today - our meetings at an end and still with a few hours before my plane leaves - I decided to come out and find some local โ€ฆ

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    • to GCM8CB
    • posted 10 February, 2023
  • Dan stands on a bridge over the River Wein (before it meets the Danube), pointing to a window in the distance of a hotel.

    Found GCR0YM Bridge over bridge

    I found my first Austrian geocache on a "bridge over a bridge" near the hotel where Automattic are this week having a meetup.

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    • Checkin
    • to GCR0YM
    • posted 6 February, 2023
  • Found GC91BEK TUBE SideTracked - Ravenscourt Park

    This checkin to GC91BEK TUBE SideTracked - Ravenscourt Park reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Damage to the top of the hiding place gave me a quick clue for this one, even though my GPSr was misbehaving. TFTC.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC91BEK
    • posted 4 February, 2023
  • Found GC9M892 SideTracked - Shepherd's Bush Market

    This checkin to GC9M892 SideTracked - Shepherd's Bush Market reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF while taking a leisurely walk from Shepherds Bush to Kew Bridge. The hint object helped a lot. Greetings from Oxfordshire. TFTC.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9M892
    • posted 4 February, 2023
  • Fresh geocaching log book with a message stating that it's a replacement, added January 2023, held in a hand.

    Found GC97PZV 1 BH

    This checkin to GC97PZV 1 BH reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Finishing my morning walk where, perhaps, I should have started it with the first cache in this enjoyable series. Took a while for a good GPSr fix and I walked up and down the path a few times โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC97PZV
    • posted 29 January, 2023
  • A group of brown-and-white cattle eat hay from a feeder in a grassy field, sandwiched between two shipping containers which seem to act as a makeshift shelter.

    Found GC97WPR 7 BH

    This checkin to GC97WPR 7 BH reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Distracted by the cattle eating their breakfast and the increasingly beautiful sunrise, almost forgot to look for this cache. Read the hint but still didn't have a clue until I spotted something out-of-place in a field. Sure enough, โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC97WPR
    • posted 29 January, 2023
  • A red, pink and grey sunrise behind power lines and bare trees.

    Found GC97WPC 6 BH

    This checkin to GC97WPC 6 BH reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Sunrise taking off in earnest now with reds and pinks on the horizon, and my spine - unhappy for sleeping in an unfamiliar bed last night - is enjoying getting a stretch from the walk, too. Stared right โ€ฆ

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    • to GC97WPC
    • posted 29 January, 2023
  • Dan, wearing a grey hoodie, waves to the camera from a dry wintery footpath.

    Found GC97WP6 5 BH

    This checkin to GC97WP6 5 BH reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I can see why the previous log moved this cache; pleased to see you be a good hiding place on the other side. Also pleased this wasn't another nano! Light's grown enough now to add a smiley selfie โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC97WP6
    • posted 29 January, 2023
  • Found GC97WN0 4 BH

    This checkin to GC97WN0 4 BH reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Got carried away with my walk and briefly overshot this one: realised as I reached the quarry road. Turned back and found the cache in the third place I looked. Said hi to a rabbit and the horses, โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC97WN0
    • posted 29 January, 2023
  • Found GC97WM3 3 BH

    This checkin to GC97WM3 3 BH reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This morning's caching expedition just has it in for my back, I fear, with this one no exception. Nonetheless, a QEF in the first place I looked. TFTC!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC97WM3
    • posted 29 January, 2023
  • Found GC97WKD 2 BH

    This checkin to GC97WKD 2 BH reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A nonprofit I volunteer with has, years ago, held our Christmas bash at the nearby Fairlawns Hotel. We haven't been in several years and - even though we missed Christmas itself by a full month! - decided to โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC97WKD
    • 3 comments
    • posted 29 January, 2023
  • A French Bulldog in a blue jacket stands on a newly-constructed wooden footbridge. The footbridge is sandwiched into a hedge and spans a ditch separating two fields. The dog is sniffing at the bridge, as if she's hunting for something.

    Archived GC8W7QW Forgotten Bridge

    For the second time, the council removed a footbridge in which I'd hidden a geocache... but this time they didn't warn me first!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC8W7QW
    • posted 16 January, 2023
  • Dan stands on a pier leading out to the HMS Belfast, beneath a series of signs indicating where it served in particular years. In the distance, Ruth and the kids approach.

    Found GC4ZAJ2 HMS Belfast

    This checkin to GC4ZAJ2 HMS Belfast reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find by the eldest child on our way to visit the HMS Belfast. TFTC!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC4ZAJ2
    • posted 8 January, 2023
  • Dan stands with two children - a boy and a girl - near a high wall-mounted geocache; the girl is stretching to reach the cache container.

    Found GC4ZMV4 Tower Bridge TB HOTEL

    This checkin to GC4ZMV4 Tower Bridge TB HOTEL reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick morning expedition with the kids on the way to visit HMS Belfast. Took the ghost TB (didn't see any others); we'll find it somewhere to live in Oxfordshire next week! TFTC.

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    • Checkin
    • to GC4ZMV4
    • posted 8 January, 2023
  • In an enclosed garden atop a skyscraper, Dan and two children smile for the camera.

    Found GC88YXD Sky Garden

    This checkin to GC88YXD Sky Garden reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My 6-year-old is obsessed with skyscrapers right now, so we added to the itinerary of our visit to London a trip up to the Sky Garden. The weather wasn't good enough to get out onto the open-air terrace, โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC88YXD
    • posted 7 January, 2023

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