Author: Dan Q
Dan Q is a software engineer, a director of a voluntary organisation, a trainee counsellor, a keen geocacher, and an amateur magician. He lives with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous triad, and occasionally finds time to blog.
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Did not find GC9DV9H GST 63 - Greenway sign
This checkin to GC9DV9H GST 63 - Greenway sign reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. We're moderately confident we know what we'd be looking for and where, but we didn't find it here. 😕
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Found GC9DV9F GST 62 - Ashgrove
This checkin to GC9DV9F GST 62 - Ashgrove reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Another speedy find for my nimble-fingered mother. Lid missing from cache and log very wet; barely signable and at risk of disintegration. TFTC.
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Found GC9DV9E GST 61 - Cow shit
This checkin to GC9DV9E GST 61 - Cow shit reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My mother kindly volunteered to be the one to put her fingers up a cow's bottom... I mean... to find and retreive the cache at this location! TFTC!
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Found GC9DV6A GST 60 - Squeezed into fence
This checkin to GC9DV6A GST 60 - Squeezed into fence reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Very quick find. Spent some time trying to retreive the cache container before deciding that it's probably supposed to live in its hiding place and instead we just retrieved the logbook! Good hiding place! …
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Found GC9DV69 GST 58 - Bison behind the block
This checkin to GC9DV69 GST 58 - Bison behind the block reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Second place we looked. Nice easy find. Liking these slightly bigger tubes! TFTC.
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Did not find GCAP5TV GST 59 - Wired PET
This checkin to GCAP5TV GST 59 - Wired PET reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Gave up after a short search. No sign of this one that we could see.
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Found GC9DV67 GST 57 - Greenway sign
This checkin to GC9DV67 GST 57 - Greenway sign reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Instant find! Exactly where I first looked. Log slightly damp but still usable. TFTC.
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Found GC9DV66 GST 56 - Pet tube in tree
This checkin to GC9DV66 GST 56 - Pet tube in tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After a brief search on the wrong side of the path, we eventually spotted the correct host and - after a running leap, pictured - soon had the cache in hand. TFTC!
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Found GC9DV65 GST 55 - Bridge
This checkin to GC9DV65 GST 55 - Bridge reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF for my mum and I on our walk. Not well hidden - was visible from the path. Replaced as found. TFTC.
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Found GC9DV63 GST 54 - Train Signal
This checkin to GC9DV63 GST 54 - Train Signal reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found after a short search. We tried playing with the signal but it's rusted solid. SL, TFTC. Greetings from Oxfordshire and Lancashire, UK!
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Did not find GC9DV5M GST 53 - Newcastle West Station
This checkin to GC9DV5M GST 53 - Newcastle West Station reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. We were heading to the 2024-11-22 52 -8 geohashpoint as part of a geohashing holiday but floods breaking the banks of the River Arra blocked our way so we parked up in Newcastle West …
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Geohashing expedition 2024-11-23 52 -8
My mother and I's second attempt at a geohashing expedition in Ireland didn't go so well, being blocked by flooding that washed-out the roads between us and the hashpoint, so we did some geocaching and visited a museum instead.
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I'm on the map! No matter what else my mother and I achieve this week, my name will forever be recorded as the unlocker of the Loughrea graticule in Ireland: https://geohashing.site/geohashing/Ireland
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Abstract map of the Republic of Ireland, represented as coloured graticules (square degrees of latitude and longitude) and highlighted based on whether they have seen successful geohashing expeditions. The Dublin, Carlow and Waterford graticules were so-'unlocked' by 'JRK', and the Loughrea graticule was unlocked by Dan Q, which is further highlighted by a 'celebrating face' emoji.
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Found GC2BY40 Pallas Castle
This checkin to GC2BY40 Pallas Castle reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. My mother and I are visiting the area in search of virgin graticules for geohashing purposes. This morning we set out for the 2024-11-22 53 -8 geohashpoint and found it down in a disused pasture down in the …
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Geohashing expedition 2024-11-22 53 -8
On our first full day in Ireland, my mother and I found our way to a hashpoint in a virgin graticule, by stomping our way through an overgrown abandoned pasture.