This checkin to GCARTHR Coton Hill Community Orchard reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
We enjoyed sitting on the nearby bench while we cracked open this decent sized cache (and emptied out the accumulated water!). Log still in good condition, though. TFTC!
This checkin to GCARTHZ Coton Grange reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Quick find with the boy (thanks to the hint!) as we stopped for a sandwich break. TFTC!
This checkin to GCARTJ3 Gone Fishing reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Incredibly easy find for the younger geokid and I: we could see the cache before we even reached the GZ. TFTC!
This checkin to GCARTJD 5Gee, Under the Oak Tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
After hearing of my failure to find this cache the other day, the younger geokid persuaded me to come back and try again. We poked into every hidey-hole we could find and even extended our search to the next candidate oak tree (just in case the coordinates were off), but still had no success despite an extended search.
This checkin to GCARTJ6 The Pylon King reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
It took the geokid and I a moment or two to work out why this pylon was king, but once we had it was easy to find this (good-sized) cache. What a delightful Spring afternoon it was! And then the geokid found a tree under which the banks had eroded, making a perfect “hobbit hole” cave within its exposed roots (where he ate his ice cream).
This checkin to GCARTJB Stop, Look... er... Listen? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
I’m volunteering at the building right next door to this bridge, this week, working on software that helps charities… among them, Samaritans! So finding this thematic cache was a must-do for the younger geokid and I on our lunch break today. A quick and easy find thanks to the clear telegraphing in the description, aided by our direction of approach. It’s a wonderful large bridge, and we got to watch a train zoom along the tracks beneath us as we crossed.
This checkin to GCARTJD 5Gee, Under the Oak Tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
This one’s going to bug me! The second nearest cache to this week’s volunteering event accommodation and I had to DNF it!? Poked my fingers into every hidey hole I could find (while a nearby goose honked at me: maybe it was mocking me, or perhaps it was saying “it’s on your left” – afraid I don’t speak goose) before giving up. It’s right on my doorstep, though, so I may well be back for another attempt!
This checkin to GCARTJE 1602 reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
When I drove along this lane yesterday evening I didn’t appreciate how wonderful it’d look under the morning sun. An easy find with thanks to the cache title! TFTC!
This checkin to GCARTJK Hencote Lane reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Some fellow volunteers and I are staying in the nearby Hencote Farm for a week of work on software that helps charities work more efficiently. As has become a longstanding tradition for me at these events, I woke early for a walk and this morning was treated, as I made my way through the vineyards, to the especially wonderful view across the valley.
I’m not sure I was supposed to exit the farm grounds the way I did, but I was eventually able to get out and was pleased to discover this cache was nearby. QEF once I’d chosen the correct host. TFTC.
This checkin to GC79ZK3 Wootton Word Wall reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
I’ve never come across the TV series nor this kind of puzzle before, and opted to solve it in an unconventional way. We’re living for a week in an AirBnB nearby – one in a long series of short term lets while we and our insurance company find us sonewhere longer-term, following flood damage to our house last month.
This morning, the younger geokid and I came out for a walk with the geopup. After a little difficulty getting a GPSr fix we eventuality found a good-looking host, and after a few laps we had the well-camouflaged container in our hands. A good sized, well maintained container and an interesting puzzle, even if the way we solved it might be considered by some to have been cheating!
SL (using my own pencil; the one in the cache is blunt and I forgot to bring my sharpener), TFTC.
This checkin to GCADCWF Treasure island reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
I first found this cache last summer while cycling a circuitous route from Witney to Stanton Harcourt. I happened to be walking the dog nearby, this morning, and so I figured I’d check up on it. The outer container continues to deteriorate and could do with some TLC, but otherwise this cache looks to be okay.
This checkin to R’n’R #2 Skinny & Boney reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Coming across from Finstock via R’n’R #9 (we’re absolutely doing this series in the wrong order!), the geokid, geopup and I made a poor choice by hugging the tree line rather than cutting out of the field and coming up the road: it was super muddy in the field at the points at which the footpath runs nearest to this cache, and we struggled to get through a particularly large puddle.
We initially made an effort to get “behind” the bush but eventually discovered we didn’t need to: the cache (whose nature we’d eventually managed to guess from the name) was accessible – with a bit of a stretch – from near the roadside.
And, in accordance with the theme, we’ve got a verse for you:
🎶 I used to wonder what caching could be,
🎶 Until you all shared this series with me.
🎶 Big adventure, tons of fun.
🎶 A beautiful cache; now it’s signed and done!
This checkin to GC4MJY0 R’n’R #9 – Thumper reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
The younger geokid and I had a plan, this morning, to drive out from our temporary (post-flood) accommodation in New Yatt, park at St. Peter’s in Wilcote, and then walk the dog around the area between Wilcote and Ramsden while we collect a few more caches from this excellent series.
Unfortunately our plans were scuppered early on when we discovered that a Scouts troop had completely occupied all possible parking spaces in Wilcote, and a platoon of children, supervised by some tired-looking adults, were beginning a walk around what looked likely to be the exact same routes we were planning.
So we came at it from the other angle. Driving around to Finstock, we parked near The Plough and came across the network of footpaths from the other end.
By the time we were at the corner of this field the kid and dog were enjoying running around in the Spring sunshine, and once we got to the GZ the cache itself was a quick and easy find… although the kid did take the time to stop and make a crude joke about the rabbit’s bum being corked!
This checkin to GC4MJRJ R’n’R #3 – Not Quite A Well? reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
Another quick find for the sharp-eyed geokid, once we found the right host. Three for three and that’s time for us to turn about and go have our brunch. TFTC!
This checkin to GC4MJRT R’n’R #4 – Changing Colours reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs.
The woods made it hard to get a good fix, but eventually we were in the vicinity of this excellent cache. It took a few different tree hosts before eventually we were looking in the right place. The younger geokid insists that I log that he caught sight of it before me!
