2024-10-31 55 -4
| Thu 31 Oct 2024 in 55,-4: 55.5122269, -4.4960161 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In a field near Tarbolton.
Participants
Plans
KerrMcF
My panic grew day-by-day as the coordinates for October fell in awkward or unreachable places on my free days, and were only hypothetically possible on busy days. The return to university completely messed with my geohashing activity, and I was hoping that I would be able to complete at least one geohash before the end of the month, for the sake of my (as yet, non-existent) Constant geohasher achievement progress. The same issue happened last year, but to an extent that my streak of monthly geohashing came to an end. It reached 2024-10-29, and the geohash point for the next day wasn't great. "Fingers crossed for Thursday", I said, but my hopes weren't high. I'd been in this situation before, and it seemed likely that I was going to be having a repeat. Then, the next day, after checking the coordinates for the 2024-10-31 geohashes: "Oh, thank goodness".
I have a haircut booked at 3pm on the day, but I should be able to reach the geohash well in advance of this. This is the furthest south I will have ever travelled for the sole purpose of geohashing, and I wouldn't usually attempt this far of a location, but desperate times call for desperate measures, as they say. I would attempt a Holiday achievement, since it's Halloween, but I don't want to risk getting my costume dirty in the field, so I'll have to pass for this time. The drive to Tarbolton should take roughly 50 minutes, and I'll park on Westport, the same road with the entrance to the field. The field itself should be accessible at this time, so I shouldn't have much difficulty getting there.
