This checkin to GL8V6N29 UCLan Library - St. Peter's Church reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found with some difficulty as there’s been scaffolding erected in front of the cache: takes some reaching to get past it, and also attracted me some strange looks from passers-by: not sure it’s going to remain a good place for a cache while the scaffolding is there! Pen had stopped working earlier in the day so I couldn’t sign the log. TFTC.
This checkin to GL8V6K85 big box little box # avenham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
A quick cache-run while running ahead of myself for a lunchtime meeting. Pen stopped working, so couldn’t sign the log! TFTC.
This checkin to GL73T5N0 The ox-stream caching series - Wytham Stream reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found with fleeblewidget, pacifist_049, and misterjta (the latter of which spotted it in no time at all despite the low light). TFTC: it’s been a while since I’ve been out on the hunt!
This checkin to GL6C6KX3 A Bridge Too Far reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Lovely little cache right where I used to play as a kid. Thanks for the excuse to revisit! TFTC
This checkin to GL62ZYEA Colley's Ladder reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
A successful find while out on an evening’s expedition with fleeblewidget. Our GPSrs were way off, perhaps because of the trees, and we had to search a large area before we finally found it! TFTC.
This checkin to GL62ZYH3 Cache'n'dash - not on your nelly!! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Out for an quick couple of caches on an evening with fleeblewidget, we found this one without too much difficulty. Wonderful hiding place! TFTC.
This checkin to GL5HNCDH Carfax Tower reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found pretty easily this lunchtime… but my pen didn’t work! So instead I took a photo of the cache while I hid in a nearby phone box (attached).
Nice re-use of a hard disk drive magnet on this cache! Good to see a little recycling in action!
This checkin to GL5HJDQ2 University Challenge 2 (New College's Rear) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
A quick lunchtime cache-and-dash around my workplace. An easy find (but a great hiding place); I’m glad I wore laced shoes! Looked at the hint after I found it, though, and I’ve no idea how it would have helped me: maybe I just don’t “get it”. TFTC.
This checkin to GL5HJDRG University Challenge 11 (The High) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
A quick lunchtime cache-and-dash around my workplace. Easy to find exactly where it’ll be, but very hard to find the right moment to snatch it (and return it!) without being spotted by the muggles who’d come out in force for this lovely sunny day. TFTC.
I know that there are about a million things I ought to be writing about; I’ll try to get time at the weekend. In the meantime, I thought I’d share with you this snippet from Outline, the internal newsletter of the Bodleian Libraries:
What does this tiny appearance on page three mean? Well; it means that the many libraries that I’ll be visiting over the next few weeks (I have a surprising number of meetings set up!) will know I’m coming, for one.
The article mentions geocaching, because the editor asked me for “something personal about me”, and it was the most family-friendly thing I could think of on the spot. I was also asked “what I did”, which I struggled with a little because, despite having been here a week, I’m still not entirely sure what it is that I do. That said, I achieved the first productive parts of my work, yesterday, helping a user with a self-inflicted (probably!) bug in the Libraries’ CMS system. Apart from that, I feel like I’ve spent most of my time running around the city meeting people and networking! Lots of new faces and names to learn!
Two things keep coming up in conversation with people, upon discovering that I’m new here:
On the other hand, I’m seriously enjoying the comparatively-relaxed attitude that everybody seems to have, here. And I’ve been given a bugs-list as long as my arm that I’m sure they’ve been saving up for me to arrive, so there’s plenty to sink my teeth into even if I will have to go through half a dozen committees before I can implement any of the new features that these websites so desperately need.
This checkin to GL5E1C9N University Challenge 7 (Sizzle Sizzle) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Nice idea for a virtual. TFTC. (email will be on it’s way in a moment)
This checkin to GL5E1BYW Spies Like Us - Recruitment reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Easy find alongside fellow cacher fleeblewidget. Good hiding place!
This checkin to GC1Q1TW SideTracked - Oxford reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
It’s not been my day! With the help of the co-ordinates, the clue, and confirmation from another cacher, I’m pretty-much certain that I was in the right place, but it looks like it had been removed. Will try again another time…
This checkin to GC25WGX The ox-stream caching series - Osney Stream reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Lots of muggles around which prevented me from mounting a more thorough search. My job will put me in this area from time to time, so I’m sure to mount a proper hunt sometime soon!
This checkin to GL5E1BGT Charming Little Grotto reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found after a short hunt. TFTC.