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Tag: skiing

  • It's been too damn hot out, so Ruth, the kids, and I took refuge at the snow park of an indoor ski centre!

    Full image of Ring riders on an indoor ski slope.
    Alt

    Ring riders on an indoor ski slope.

    • Note
    • posted 24 May, 2026
  • Found GC4MHJ0 Octo (MK Artwalks)

    This checkin to GC4MHJ0 Octo (MK Artwalks) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Today's the last of three consecutive days that I've spent working in Milton Keynes. On each day I've taken a short walk while I've eaten my lunch to find a nearby geocache. This was today's.

    After admiring the …

    Read more (106 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC4MHJ0
    • posted 30 August, 2024
  • Found GC2GR3Z The Brass Bands of MK - Secklow Brass

    This checkin to GC2GR3Z The Brass Bands of MK - Secklow Brass reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. I've been working in Milton Keynes the tail end of this week while my kids attend a ski camp at the X-scape centre. While eating my lunch today I came out for …

    Read more (112 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC2GR3Z
    • posted 29 August, 2024
  • Dan, near a white pyramid-shaped sculpture, points at a distant hill-shaped building.

    Found GC4NX9Y Light Pyramid (MK Artwalks)

    This checkin to GC4NX9Y Light Pyramid (MK Artwalks) reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found the host easily, but had to wait for a gap in thir lunchtime dog walkers to be able to mount a good search. After checking in a few obvious places I picked something up and …

    Read more (107 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC4NX9Y
    • posted 28 August, 2024
  • Step/ski into my office! Today I'm working from a cafe overlooking an indoor ski slope where my kids are having lessons!

    Full image of Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; ski lifts can be seen in the background.
    Alt

    Dan sits at his laptop in a cafe; ski lifts can be seen in the background.

    • Note
    • posted 28 August, 2024
  • A snow-covered Alpine glacier sandwiched into a gully of exposed rocks.

    Freedom of the Mountain

    Being able to safely ski virtually any run in any resort is a privilege I enjoy, but I wonder if perhaps my skiing skills have peaked and it's time to try to learn another snowsport...

    Read more (414 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 19 February, 2024
  • Dan, in a wintery mountainous landscape, poses for a selfie by a sculpture of a bicycle marking part of the route of the Tour de France.

    Found GCADXC6 Tour de France

    This checkin to GCADXC6 Tour de France reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My very first "ski-o-cache" was 9 years ago, down in La Tania: this was my second! Found the host easily at the coordinates and found the cache in the third hiding place I tried. It's quite stiff …

    Read more (71 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GCADXC6
    • posted 16 February, 2024
  • Composite image showing (1) a woman at an alpine terrace bar wearing a red-and-white striped jumper, and (2) a skiier wearing a yellow-and-black striped snowsuit. They look somewhat like Wilma and Odlaw from the Where's Wally?/Where's Waldo? series of books.

    Where?

    I'm pretty sure that Wally/Waldo, Woof, and Wizard Whitebeard must be out on this mountain somewhere, too.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (18 words)

    • Note
    • posted 16 February, 2024
  • Dan, wearing a warm weatherproof black jacket and a purple "Woo" woolen hat, alongside a 9-year-old girl wrapped up in a faux-leapordskin hat and an iridescent coat, against a snowy hillside with rolling clouds.

    That Moment When You Forget Somebody's Dead

    For the first time in years, perhaps, I had that "moment of forgotting my dad was dead" thing.

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 20 February, 2023
  • Found GLV85W40 LA MADONE DU GRAND BO !

    This checkin to GLV85W40 LA MADONE DU GRAND BO ! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. AltA geocache held by Dan, wearing a snow hat. AltA geocache held by Dan, wearing a snow hat. Salutations d'Angleterre.

    On a skiing holiday I took a day to go geocaching. This was my first …

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    • Checkin
    • to GLV85W40
    • posted 17 March, 2018
  • Found GLV85X2Z EABDG : Margaret la reine de fer

    This checkin to GLV85X2Z EABDG : Margaret la reine de fer reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Salutations d'Angleterre.

    On a skiing holiday I took a day to go geocaching. This was my second find. Shopkeeper was looking strangely at me through the window so I pretended to be interested in …

    Read more (53 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLV85X2Z
    • posted 17 March, 2018
  • Found GLV85XH3 ??Le Sentier de la forêt?? : LA MADONE

    This checkin to GLV85XH3 ??Le Sentier de la forêt?? : LA MADONE reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Salutations d'Angleterre.

    On a skiing holiday I took a day to go geocaching. This was my third find. Wonderful location, although I came (on foot) from the top and down rather than the …

    Read more (42 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLV85XH3
    • posted 17 March, 2018
  • Image representing post: Couldn't find GC629TH EABDG : La vache qui tourne dans le Tour de France

    Couldn't find GC629TH EABDG : La vache qui tourne dans le Tour de France

    This checkin to GC629TH EABDG : La vache qui tourne dans le Tour de France reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Salutations d'Angleterre.
    On a skiing holiday I took a day to go geocaching. Even with the hint, unable to find this cache: suspect it must be buried under …

    Read more (55 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC629TH
    • posted 17 March, 2018
  • La Chapelle Notre-Dame des Neiges, near Montagny, as seen across the valley from La Nouvaz

    The Right Place At The Right Time

    While hunting for an Alpine geocache, Dan discovers two lost hikers and rescues them from a blizzard.

    Read more - about 10 minutes (2302 words)

    • Article
    • posted 6 February, 2015
  • Found GLGJ74TY villaflou

    This checkin to GLGJ74TY villaflou reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Je parle un peu le français. Je me excuse pour la rédaction du présent en anglais.

    I have been staying in La Tania on a ski holiday with friends and family. This morning, I fell and her my neck, so …

    Read more (325 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GLGJ74TY
    • posted 30 January, 2015

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