2013-05-25 52 -1
| Sat 25 May 2013 in Birmingham: 52.7289758, -1.5523316 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In a farmer's field north-east of Moira, on the border between Leicestershire and Derbyshire, UK.
Participants
Plans
Aiming for a 4pm meetup. Bring a towel. This will be my first hash with my new phone, and also my longest return bike journey, so there's plenty of potential for disaster. Fans of chaos should probably attend.
A toast! Quiet! Shut up! I'm ah, I got words. I'm saying. This is an auspicious day. We all know what day it is.
- What's auspicious? What day is it?
A glorious day for all the proud members of the allied planets. #towelday and #mouseoverday
Expedition
Well, the good news is I got there. But two punctures on the way didn't help - and it turns out 30 miles up and down hills (and on off-road trails) takes a lot longer than 30 miles on the flat. Yeah, I know, that's kind of obvious, right? So I got there late for the meetup. Not that anyone else turned up.
Apart from the punctures it was a nice trip. Alternating sections of gravel paths on cycle route 63 (the 'Ivanhoe trail') and quiet country roads. Needless to say it was the roads, not the gravel paths, that caused the punctures. Returning home, I skipped Leicester, and detoured via Enderby to get home without too much traffic. Total travel time was about eight hours, thanks to the punctures.
A nice man in the neighbouring cottage allowed me into the right field, and I got as close as the newly-planted growing crop would allow. I'm calling it a success. As my Nexus 4 battery died before arriving at the geohash, the only proof I have is the Strava ride track below, taken off my BlackBerry, which outlived the Nexus. But that's good enough, right?
A nice side note was that the village (well, eight houses and an empty phone box) of Short Heath is apparently famous for being the "Centre of England". Who knew? And now I've been there, thanks to xkcd. Cool.
Did I mention I got two punctures?
Tracklog
I've put the route to the geohash on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/56247197
And the route home in two parts: http://app.strava.com/activities/56261042 and http://app.strava.com/activities/56261039
Photos
The geohash is in the centre of this field
The internet was here... in the field
These little baby sweetcorn were occupying the field
Geohashing to the centre of the ... country. Good pick for #towelday
Achievements
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This user earned the Land geohash achievement
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Nickholden earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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This user earned the 2013 Mouse Over Day achievement
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