Tag: geocaching

This checkin to GC4Z3RZ Boundary Brook: Billy Goats Gruff reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Just passing by, dropped off a travel bug.

This checkin to GC54F7N Oxford Steganography #4 - Tilt reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Performed maintenance: dried out contents and added fresh silica gel sachets to help keep moisture out, adjusted seal to improve waterproofing, added a travel bug that loves mystery caches (help him find more!).

This checkin to GLFPM6BT The Poplars reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Found while out for a walk with my partner’s baby. Easy find, once we realised which road we needed to start from! Took Travel Sheep travel bug, because the little one was quite taken by it (as will be clear from the photo!). Kidlington needs more caches! TFTC.

This checkin to GLFM7YKW MarstonMystery6 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

This one, labelled 4 (there’s definitely been a switcheroo somewhere here) was an easier find than I expected: my hunch was spot on! To think that I only lived a few streets over a couple of years back and never discovered this footpath! TFTC.

This checkin to GLFM84FT MarstonMystery5 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

It’s still there, folks! Glad I didn’t look at the logs before I started searching or I might have given up prematurely! My ‘cacher-sense was tingling as I approached the GZ: there is one really obvious hiding spot! After an unsuccessful search, though, I figured I must be wrong and deciphered the hint, which strongly suggested that the “obvious place” really WAS where I should be looking. I tried again, and sure enough, it’s right where it ought to be: you just need to keep looking for a while! Easy reach for any adult – don’t give up!

Excellent container in an excellent spot – FP awarded. Now off back to the Vic for a well-earned pint!

This checkin to GLFM7WMW MarstonMystery4 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Loved Marston Mystery 1 so much I decided to come back and bag a couple more on my way to a gathering of magicians at the Victoria Arms tonight. Hunted among the nettles at the wrong side of the path for a bit (and among some particularly fragrant wild mint which I never found but could certainly smell!) but the hint set me straight. TFTC.

This checkin to GC44C3P MarstonMystery4 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Oh yeah: noticed that the lid for this cache identifies it as Marston Mystery 6! Did they get switched around at some point, perhaps?

This checkin to GLFHD69V MarstonMystery1 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Found while cycling back from scouting out a potential future geocache hide. Log slightly damp: not problematic yet, but have added a couple of sachets of dessicant gel to try to reduce/prevent damage. Nice spot, TFTC!

This checkin to GLFGTTC7 Homewood Bound reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

I was spending the day at Samsung HQ, just around the corner, on a business trip, and excused myself at lunchtime for a quick jog into the woods to find this cache. And I was glad I did: beautiful woodland and exactly the kind of cache I don’t see enough of: good hiding place, decent-sized container, and a logbook full of stories and love. TFTC; FP awarded.

This checkin to GLFF820G Spitfire One reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

While staying at a nearby hotel for a corporate event, took a few teammates out on their first ever geocaching expedition to this curious little park, this morning. Easy find; right where we expected it, and a fun little container. TFTC.

This checkin to GLFBZBNP Route Canal - Bridgework reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

After coming up to Kirtlington Quarry on a post-work expedition this evening, dropped by this cache on my way back. Lovely spot; TFTC.

This checkin to GLFBZCBN Route Canal - FORE! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

Took a while to squeeze my arm around to the hiding place, and got pickled on the way, but worth it in the end. Dropped off a travel big that’s come a long way! TFTC!

This checkin to GLFBZAPA Kirtlington Quarry reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

My original plan had been to come up here at the weekend to complete my 7 Souvenirs Of August, but after the sun made an unexpected reappearance this afternoon (I assumed we weren’t going to see it again until Spring!) I left my office in Oxford at bang-on 5pm and started cycling up the canal. Couldn’t have picked a nicer evening: bright but cool; quiet and tranquil.

Arrived at the old quarry at about a quarter past six and began to explore. What a wonderful old site, and with such a rich history of both industry and science: thanks for sharing!

Photo attached; FP awarded. Shall send an email when I’m back home and have pulled the requisite data off my GPSr.

This checkin to GC3VHPY Never at Sea - Rock of Gibraltar reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.

So close… but a chap had parked his boat RIGHT NEXT TO THE CACHE and was giving me suspicious looks. Some other time, perhaps. :-(