Tag: hiking
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Found GC2CWQ7 #036 Just Northamptonshire
I walked to a different COUNTY one morning before breakfast, just to get a geocache!
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Found GC8Z1F6 Church Micro 13672...Great Bourton ⛪️
This checkin to GC8Z1F6 Church Micro 13672...Great Bourton ⛪️ reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My family and I have made a tradition of our regular attendance of Fairport's Cropredy Convention. There I - being the earliest riser of us - have in turn made a tradition of getting up …
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Did not find GC91EH6 War Memorial #1,340 ~ Great Bourton 🌹
This checkin to GC91EH6 War Memorial #1,340 ~ Great Bourton 🌹 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My family and I have made a tradition of our regular attendance of Fairport's Cropredy Convention. There I - being the earliest riser of us - have in turn made a tradition of …
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Riding With Strangers: California Hitchhikers in the 1970s
From 1973 onwards Doug Biggert, driving around California, took an (analogue!) photograph of every hitch-hiker to whom he offered a lift. Now you can view a gallery and read his story.
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Found GCB61ZC Mossy
This checkin to GCB61ZC Mossy reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Saw GCB61ZC "Mossy" appear yesterday, but I'd already had an Easter Sunday beer or two and couldn't drive out here... in fact, I realised, I probably wasn't in a state to cycle out here either and so I resolved …
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Brought the kids up Knipe Scar with limited and challenging art materials (huge sheets of paper and thick marker pens) for a lesson in drawing what a landscape makes you feel, rather than focusing on what you can actually see.
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Two children on a rocky green hillside each draw on a sheet of A1 paper.
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Found GC1DH7W Knipe Scar - On the Edge
A swift uphill scramble for my friend and fellow volunteer John and I, before dinner. We're staying in a nearby farmhouse for a week if volunteer work, writing software to help charities. Beautiful view from the summit this evening! SL, TNLN, TFTC!
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On Wednesday, Vodafone announced that they'd made the first ever satellite video call from a stock mobile phone in an area with no terrestrial signal. They used a mountain in Wales for their experiment.
It reminded me of an experiment of my own, way back in around 1999, which I probably should have made a bigger deal of. I believe that I was the first person to ever send an email from the top of Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon.
Nowadays, that's an easy thing to do. You pull your phone out and send it. But back then, I needed to use a Psion 5mx palmtop, communicating over an infared link using a custom driver (if you ever wondered why I know my AT-commands by heart... well, this isn't exactly why, but it's a better story than the truth) to a Nokia 7110 (fortunately it was cloudy enough to not interfere with the 9,600 baud IrDA connection while I positioned the devices atop the trig point), which engaged a GSM 2G connection, over which I was able to send an email to myself, cc:'d to a few friends.
It's not an exciting story. It's not even much of a claim to fame. But there you have it: I was (probably) the first person to send an email from the summit of Yr Wyddfa. (If you beat me to it, let me know!)
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Gorgeous view of Slievenamon towering over Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, as seen from Gurteen Wood, where my mother and I are just on our way back from our successful expedition to the 2024-11-24 52 -7 geohashpoint.
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Under a blue-white sky, a rounded hill towers over a fertile green valley dotted with little white houses, as seen from between the trees of an ancient forest.
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Thames Path 2
Dan's partner Ruth and her brother Robin are walking the Thames Path over many instalments, and Dan suggests you read-along!
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An Intense Day On Crib Goch
"Brave Dave" shares a video from an accident he attended on Crib Goch, and Dan draws parallels to his dad's death (and talks about jet-suits!).
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Mission Across Wales
A sweary idiot goes on an amazing adventure: trying to cross Wales in a completely straight line, no matter what obstacles the country puts in his way. (Hilarious, gruelling) 4hr video series.
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Review of North Trailhead Of Sawyer Camp Trail
This review of North Trailhead Of Sawyer Camp Trail originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. North Trailhead Of Sawyer Camp Trail, San Francisco Peninsula, California, Millbrae, CA 94030, United States. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Review of Golden Gate National Recreation Area
This review of Golden Gate National Recreation Area originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California, United States. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Dead Dad Day
In an unusual exhibition of grief, Dan explores his relationship with Dead Dad Day.