Gorgeous view of Slievenamon towering over Kilsheelan, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, as seen from Gurteen Wood, where my mother and I are just on our way back from our successful expedition to the 2024-11-24 52 -7 geohashpoint. | Continue reading

With Storm Bert raining off our plans for geohashing in Co. Limerick, my mother and I are off into a forest in Co. Tipperary in search of a hashpoint over this way. It’s still pretty wet though. | Continue reading

Step 2: brave the fierce weather surrounding Storm Bert and head out into rural Ireland in search of a geohashpoint. But first, the crucial step 1: a big ol’ bacon and egg sarnie for breakfast. | Continue reading

This checkin to GC9DV9V GST 65 - Centre of tree reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Recent winds have blown down trees here but thankfully not this one. My mum stretched to reach the hiding place and soon had the cache in hand. | Continue reading

This checkin to GC9DV9P GST 64 - Lift me up buttercup reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. We almost gave up trying to find the hint object before spotting something that once had the colour of a buttercup but has since enjoyed some extra camouflage! … | Continue reading

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. | Continue reading

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. | Continue reading

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! | Continue reading

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. | Continue reading

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! | Continue reading

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. | Continue reading

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. | Continue reading

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 i … | Continue reading

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. | Continue reading

Off to Ireland to hunt for geohashpoints. Wish us luck! | Continue reading

When my mother proposed that we take a holiday together somewhere, and that I could choose the destination, I started by looking at the Geohashing Expeditions Map. Where, I wondered, could I find a cluster of mostly-land graticules (“square” degree of latitude and longitude) in w … | Continue reading

You probably know the story of George Stephenson's Rocket beating its competitors and going to to influence steam locomotive design for generations. But did you know that one of its competitors... was a horse in a carriage? | Continue reading

On the way to school this morning, the 10-year-old lagged behind to build a small snowman. When we came back to it, the dog insisted that it was not trustworthy and wasn't keen on going anywhere near the strange new construction. | Continue reading

Snuffles in the Snow. This morning’s freak snowfall in Oxfordshire is a source of some confusion on this pupper’s morning walk. | Continue reading

I was sceptical when the forecast said there’d be sleet and snow this morning, but sure enough, it’s just barely beginning to settle on the skylight of my attic bathroom. 🫢 | Continue reading

A thought came to me this morning: if a US President-Elect dies before their inauguration, does their running mate automatically get the Presidency? Finding the answer led me through a warren of interconnected Constitutional Amendments. | Continue reading

This checkin to GC34G3G Coventry - Hertford Street reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The rest of the family and I are visiting for my youngest’s birthday to do a handful of fun activities. Geocaching didn’t make the list, but that wasn’t gonna sto … | Continue reading

There's a short story that I tried on-and-off to write, but I've now given up on it. The concepts it makes light of all feel a bit too close-to-home, as conspiracy theorists increasingly migrate from the 'harmless nutjob' to the 'dangerous political leader' category. | Continue reading

My past self, receiving a copy of Transport Tycoon for his 14th birthday, would have his mind blown if he could see the kind of insanely-complex super-stations that are possible in (the open-source successor to) the game 30 years on... | Continue reading

The dog and I got within 33 metres of a geohashpoint today, but couldn't quite make it to the zero point. | Continue reading