This checkin to GC9EXXC Shady Seat on The Green reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Checked up on this cache, this morning, as I was in the neighbourhood. It’s looking healthy, with dry contents including a sharpened pencil for logging plus a couple of tradables that have turned up.
If you come find it soon then I hope the weather is as delightful for you as it was for us, today!
This checkin to GCBMAGF #07 Northmoor Loop reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Imagine my surprise when the geohound and I are out for a walk from Appleton to find the Rainbow Bridge cache, to receive a notification of a new cache series at Northmoor. All we need to do is extend our walk a short way, I figure, and we can claim an FTF!
But it was not to be! By the time the little doggo’s legs could carry her this far, we’d been pipped to the post. STF it is, then, after the joint victory just half an hour ahead of us.
And with that, it’s time for the pupper and I to turn around and head back to Appleton. Hopefully we can return to do the rest of this series sometime soon! TFTC.
This checkin to GC8B4J5 Rainbow Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Our taeget cache got the geopup and I: I’ve coated under this bridge, I think, but never found an excuse to go over it into today.
The doggo is running out of steam and the afternoon looks likely to be too hot for her, but we’ll make a quick run at one of the new Nortmoor Loop series before we turn back. Might even score a FTF!
This checkin to GCBB3J9 Appleton Wharf reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
What a beautiful spot for a geocache, which the geopup and I quickly found in the second host we checked. Then, we enjoyed a delightful few minutes of peace, sitting on the riverbank, before continuing our morning’s adventure.
TFTC, FP awarded for this amazing hidden gem.
This checkin to GCBBDDV To The Thames reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
The geohound wouldn’t let me search as long as I’d have liked, and my GPS must’ve been off because I couldn’t really find anything that matched the hint description. One for another day, perhaps.
This checkin to GC8JWW9 Aslan's Spring reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
The geopup tested the waters while I retrieved the cache. What a wonderful spring on a delightful footpath!
TFTC, and FP for the wonderful location and proper-sized cache container.
This checkin to GCBAZZN The Big Dipper reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
QEF for the geohound and I on a walk around Appleton this morning. Excellent container with a fantastic hint, FP awarded. TFTC!
This checkin to GCBN167 Ivy Believe It's Up There! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
This afternoon I’m acting as backup driver for my partner Ruth, who’s walking the length of the Thames Path by (very gradual) instalments. Having parked at Culham Lock I began to walk back towards Abingdon to meet the walking team coming the other way, when I noticed that a new cache had been published nearby and diverted to find it.
A delightful tree climb later and I had this great cache container in hand. TFTC, FP awarded!
This checkin to GC3KQK2 RRR10 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
A little sad to DNF this cache which is probably just well-hidden, but I’ve only got limited time to hunt as I’m the backup driver for this segment of a walk down the entire length of the Thames Path.
This checkin to GC1FNVT SideTracked - Kingham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found successfully on an Easter morning dog walk from Bledington. The geopup and I came out across the fields, trying to get outdoors early before the rain that’s forecast for later in the day (though personally I’m sceptical that today’s weather will be anything short of glorious). The walk was delightful, although we unfortunately arrived right before a train was due and so there were many muggles waiting nearby to collect their arriving loved ones.
Fortunately the nature of the GZ provides a perfect excuse to be sitting around, and so I soon began my search. An initial lying-on-the-floor visual survey didn’t help, nor did a fingertip search through what I figured were the obvious spots. This, coupled with the lack of any logs yet this year and the fact that the last log was a DNF, might have given me cause to worry. But a deeper dive through the past logs indicated that perhaps this cache is just… hard!… and so I continued on.
The next trick in my caching toolbox was my phone. Switched to selfie mode and recording a video, I swept it slowly and methodically through all of the hiding spots I could think of. Watching the video back (while offering my patient pup scritches with my spare hand), I caught I glimpse of something: a flash of metal of an unexpected colour! Now I knew it was there! I renewed my search with fingertips focused on the spot I’d identified: an unusual area for this kind of cache, perhaps, but easy to find once you’re sure where to look!
Soon the cache was, at last, in hand. Careful patience, logical elimination, and a determination not to give up were the keys, here. TFTC!
This checkin to GC1ZEKG Church Micro 2809 - Bledington reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
QEF for the geohound and I as we came out for a walk from the house we’re borrowing this week – the latest of many AirBnB-like week-long lets we’ve had to decamp to after our house was rendered uninhabitable by a flash flood around fifty days ago. Hopefully the last, though, as the insurance company may at last have found us somewhere to live longer-term while our house is repaired!
Cache container seemed slightly exposed by damage to a nearby fence so I tucked it back in slightly deeper than I found it.
TFTC and for showing us this delightful footpath which is sure to become a favourite walking route for the doggo and I during our week here.
This checkin to GC4M7C4 Scouting About reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
The elder geokid and I had a search in all the likely spots we could find after attending her cousin’s 2nd birthday party nearby. No luck for us today!
This checkin to GCARTHJ Knock Knock, Who's There! reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Ran out of time and had to give up. Nice view of our accommodation for this week from this hill, though!
This checkin to GCARTHE Rope Swing reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Found without difficulty while the geokid amused himself on the swing. Shame about the litter near the GZ, may be a CITO opportunity up here! Loving the views: think I can see our accommodation from here! TFTC and for showing us this rope swing!
This checkin to GCARTHN The Bird in Hand reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Not a fan of this kind of container, but I must admit that I enjoy a decent-sized cache! TFTC.