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Tag: sea

  • Cwm-yr-Eglwys, on the West coast of Wales. Time for a (bracing) swim!

    Full image of Sandy beach in front of a narrow bay, flanked by cliffs, under turbulent skies.
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    Sandy beach in front of a narrow bay, flanked by cliffs, under turbulent skies.

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    • posted 24 May, 2025
  • The Nylon Pool is a sandbar in the Buccoo Reef, off the coast of Tobago. Despite the distance from the shore, it's only about waist-deep. Truly mind-boggling.

    Full image of Dan stands waist-deep in seawater; land is visible in the far distance.
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    Dan stands waist-deep in seawater; land is visible in the far distance.

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    • posted 13 January, 2025
  • Dan and his mother, smiling, in frozen countryside, with fog behind.

    Geohashing expedition 2024-11-27 53 -8

    A sixth Irish geohashing trip in Ireland spelled disaster. The hashpoint itself was easy, but we missed our flight back to the UK and ended up having to road-trip our way coast-to-coast to get back to somewhere we could catch a plane in the morning...

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    • posted 27 November, 2024
  • Dan and his mother ride on the back of a boat through a bay full of islands. In the distance, the distinctive shape of Clare Island can be seen, jutting out from the sea, and to the left of it a red pin is superimposed upon the image with the message 'hashpoint is here'.

    Geohashing expedition 2024-11-26 53 -9

    A fifth geohashing trip in Ireland for me and my mum was foiled when I couldn't find anybody who'd take my money in exchange for driving us to a random spot out in the sea. We took a boat tour but it didn't come close enough to score.

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    • posted 26 November, 2024
  • Image representing post: Note #16045

    Who'd have thought that my onboarding fortnight at @WooCommerce / @Automattic would conclude with a very literal "on-boarding". Hang five! ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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    • posted 7 November, 2019
  • Fire

    Injured

    Spent last night on the beach with Andy, Alec, Paul, Claire, and others last night. Folks like Andy and Alec are in Aber for the graduate's ball tomorrow, we we went out for a barbecue. I took along my new juggling gear and practised juggling flaming brands. I wasn't very good at it. I need โ€ฆ

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    • posted 16 July, 2003
  • Cool Thing Of The Day

    Cool And Interesting Thing Of The Day To Do At The University Of Wales, Aberystwyth, #1:

    Stand on the sea wall at high tide during a storm and watch the waves crash over your head, then walk home wet.

    The 'cool and interesting things' were originally published to a location at which my "friends back home" could โ€ฆ

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    • posted 27 September, 1999

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