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Tag: memorable

  • Found GC944X7 Pop! Bang! Crack! Goes the Christmas Cracker

    This checkin to GC944X7 Pop! Bang! Crack! Goes the Christmas Cracker reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The second of the caches in this series that I found in between errands, this afternoon, was probably the easiest, because the hiding place reminds me distinctly of one of my own hides! …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC944X7
    • posted 14 September, 2021
  • Found GC7JRT4 Preston Docks - Oh Buoy!

    This checkin to GC7JRT4 Preston Docks - Oh Buoy! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. What an excellent cache container! I immediately spotted it but then disregarded it when I couldn't see an obvious ingress. My sister Sarah, though, whom I'm visiting in Preston, tried touching it a different way …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC7JRT4
    • posted 29 August, 2021
  • Found GC98N5T Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #12 Clockwork Orange

    This checkin to GC98N5T Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #12 Clockwork Orange reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. As I worked my way to this, the third cache in my tour for today, I realised that my local sparrowhawk - who lives up a tree behind my house in Sutton - …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC98N5T
    • posted 23 August, 2021
  • Family down a cave.

    Holidays in the Age of COVID

    Dan takes a three-week block off work and does many, many things with his family.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (940 words)

    • Article
    • posted 15 August, 2021
  • Found GC98N1P Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #5 LOST

    This checkin to GC98N1P Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #5 LOST reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Like all the other caches on this trail, the coordinates for this were spot on and I was delighted and surprised to find a most-excellent themed cache. The container was a little hard to …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC98N1P
    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Found GC98MZC Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #2 Four Weddings

    This checkin to GC98MZC Tar Lakes/South Leigh Loop #2 Four Weddings reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I spent a long time looking in all the wrong places before I finally... swung around... to the right way of thinking. Brilliant hiding place, FP awarded.

    I'd figured that this path, being listed …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC98MZC
    • posted 21 July, 2021
  • Dan with his tongue out holding a glass of champagne.

    The Diamonds, The Dagger and One Classy Dame

    The celebration of Dan's fortieth birthday continues with a surprise (remote) murder mystery party!

    Read more - about 3 minutes (650 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 10 January, 2021
  • Dan with his Masters Degree certificate (Master of Science in Computing: Information Security and Forensics)

    I'm unlikely to get a graduation ceremony like last time (on account of social distancing and whatnot), but I get a certificate to acknowledge my most-recent qualification.

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    • Note
    • 18 comments
    • posted 7 August, 2020
  • Dan's masters dissertation: "Impact of the use of Language on Adoption of Optional Multifactor Authentication"

    Dissertation Hand-In DΓ©jΓ  Vu

    Dan hands in his dissertation and reflects on how the experience of writing it was different to the one he wrote 16 years ago.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (883 words)

    • Article
    • 6 comments
    • posted 9 February, 2020
  • Dan sitting on a rock on Table Mountain, Cape Town, with a sunset in the background

    I now have no doubt that from the summit of Table Mountain is an absolutely unparalleled place from which to watch the sunset. πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡¦πŸŒ…πŸ˜

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    • Note
    • 16 comments
    • posted 3 November, 2019
  • Dan says goodbye to Bodleian colleagues

    Without The Bod

    Dan celebrates his final day at the Bodleian with drinking, games, and rap music.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (532 words)

    • Article
    • 13 comments
    • posted 17 October, 2019
  • Image representing post: Found GC13FY2 You don't have to tremor; it's not your fault.

    Found GC13FY2 You don't have to tremor; it's not your fault.

    This checkin to GC13FY2 You don't have to tremor; it's not your fault. reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My last cache in the USA before I fly home to the UK this afternoon. Seeing the lake (which, aside from human intervention in creating a reservoir, fundamentally exists because of …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC13FY2
    • posted 19 August, 2019
  • Image representing post: Found GCEC8 Green Thumb

    Found GCEC8 Green Thumb

    This checkin to GCEC8 Green Thumb reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Thanks for sharing (and maintaining) this cache, and for making it possible for me to discover this wonderful corner of the city. SL, TNLN, TFTC, and greetings from Oxford, UK! FP for possibly being my new favourite cache.

    See …

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    • Checkin
    • to GCEC8
    • 1 comment
    • posted 17 August, 2019
  • Dan alongside Calabazas Creek

    Found GCRJA8 Double Secret Trailhead

    This checkin to GCRJA8 Double Secret Trailhead reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My first US cache: greetings from Oxford, UK. I'm over here for a conference and a little sightseeing and as I woke early this morning (my internal clock still thinks it's in Britain despite my incredibly long …

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    • Checkin
    • to GCRJA8
    • posted 14 August, 2019
  • Sunshine over the valley

    Found GC6A6R5 Six Summits Challenge #5

    This checkin to GC6A6R5 Six Summits Challenge #5 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Second of the two caches I set out to find this morning after spending last night at nearby Wilderhope Manor to celebrate my partner's husband's sister's wedding. This leg of the walk was especially beautiful, providing …

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    • Checkin
    • to GC6A6R5
    • posted 11 August, 2019

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