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Geotagged, location-based posts; often related to my geo*ing adventures.

  • Found GC9BHWG Watercress beds

    This checkin to GC9BHWG Watercress beds reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Despite immediately honing in on exactly the right host, it still took me an embarrassingly long time to find this cache. This, despite having found - and even hidden - cache contsibers of exactly this type before!
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    • Checkin
    • to GC9BHWG
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Found GC8ZWZ3 Letcombe Bridges 1

    This checkin to GC8ZWZ3 Letcombe Bridges 1 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. QEF while passing through the village on a circular walk. TFTC!

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    • Checkin
    • to GC8ZWZ3
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Wrote note for GC4H2MB Church Micro 4008โ€ฆLetcombe Regis

    This checkin to GC4H2MB Church Micro 4008โ€ฆLetcombe Regis reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found the grave, but this is now the second offset I've found here that's asked me to double-back on my walk. Nope! I'm just going to save the calculated coordinates for the next time I'm in โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC4H2MB
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Wrote note for GC9F5YC GIs in Letcombe

    This checkin to GC9F5YC GIs in Letcombe reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found the clues and solved the coordinates, but I've JUST walked past the final location a while ago and don't feel like doubling back today!

    A=How many letters in the word underneath Knoxville?
    B=A*2
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    • Checkin
    • to GC9F5YC
    • 1 comment
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Found GC9QWHD Plankton's cache

    This checkin to GC9QWHD Plankton's cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Like many before me, from the looks of things, I didn't find the cache at the published coordinates but about 11 metres away at N 51ยฐ 34.086', W 001ยฐ 26.441'. Possibly worth the CO checking if those coordinates โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9QWHD
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Standing proud of dense green foliage, and with cropped fields behind, a wooden noticeboard describes the route and features of the Ridgeway.

    Found GC93M2N Segsbury Fort

    This checkin to GC93M2N Segsbury Fort reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A challenging but worthwhile find during a walk along and around the Ridgeway.
    AltA windswept and rolling rural landscape, with storm clouds brewing in the distance.
    My initial attempt to collect the coordinates was way off โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC93M2N
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a goatee beard, wears a grey hooded jacket on a verdant rural footpath in moderate rain.

    Found GC46RY8 It really is about the (2 millionth) cache

    This checkin to GC46RY8 It really is about the (2 millionth) cache reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This morning I came up to explore the Ridgeway and escape from thinking about Life Stuff for a bit. (Although escaping from the rain wasn't a possibility! It was real wet up โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC46RY8
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • A badly damaged geocache with a toy whistle falling out of it.

    Found GC39X1K GH #11 twisted tree

    This checkin to GC39X1K GH #11 twisted tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Found cache contents first, some of which I was only able to identify thanks to the photo in the previous log. Cache container, minus lid, was found a reasonable distance away, but this badly-damaged, nearly-destroyed cache โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC39X1K
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • Found GC39WVC G h # 10

    This checkin to GC39WVC G h # 10 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A few attempts at hacking through the brambles to get near the hint location had me thinking that perhaps this was a wintertime only cache... before I realised that there was a different route by which โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC39WVC
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • In a yard, a foal and a pony share some hay.

    Found GC4H2N6 Church Micro 4009 ... Letcombe Bassett

    This checkin to GC4H2N6 Church Micro 4009 ... Letcombe Bassett reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick diversion before a hike up Gramp's Hill and along the Ridgeway. After collecting the required information I pressed on to the cache, meeting some friendly ponies and horses on the way.
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    • Checkin
    • to GC4H2N6
    • posted 29 August, 2026
  • A fawn-coloured French Bulldog on a lead sniffs at a metal boot scraper attached to the stonework at the side of a church door.

    Found GCBX0JC Church Micro 12106...Standlake

    This checkin to GCBX0JC Church Micro 12106...Standlake reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After a walk out with the dog to claim the FTF on nearby GCBX0R7, I figured that I still had a little a few minutes on my hands before the code I'd been writing for my day โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBX0JC
    • 4 comments
    • posted 27 August, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a goatee beard, sits on the steps of a rain-wettened village war memorial, hugging a fawn-coloured French Bulldog.

    Found GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake

    This checkin to GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. After liaising with the CO to get the formula fixed following my previous effort, the geohound and I came out for a drizzly walk in-between the downpours to have a second attempt at the FTF. โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBX0R7
    • 2 comments
    • posted 27 August, 2026
  • Dan, a white man with a ponytail and goatee beard, sits on a war memorial with a confused expression.

    Did not find GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake

    This checkin to GCBX0R7 War Memorial #???? ~ Standlake reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Well I feel especially thick right now. Probably I've done something stupid, but I rushed down here between-meetings in hope of an FTF, collected all the numbers, did the maths, and got... the same coordinates โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GCBX0R7
    • 2 comments
    • posted 26 August, 2026
  • Wrote note for GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON

    This checkin to GC448J6 EL TRESOR DEL POU DEL MON reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. When I visited two years ago I thought I'd solved the puzzle but couldn't find the cache. I'm in the area again today and thought I'd make another attempt, but the recent 'enabled' seems โ€ฆ

    Read more (47 words)

    • Checkin
    • to GC448J6
    • 2 comments
    • posted 20 August, 2026
  • On a semi-closed bridge over a six-lane highway, Dan, wearing a purple 'woo' t-shirt, throws a selfie camera a thumbs-up.

    Found GC9Q6G6 PORTA DE BARCELONA

    This checkin to GC9Q6G6 PORTA DE BARCELONA reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. A quick find exactly where it should be while driving from Tarragona to Barcelona. My family and I were in the area for the eclipse and then for a trip to PortAventura and are heading to Barcelona โ€ฆ

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    • Checkin
    • to GC9Q6G6
    • posted 19 August, 2026

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