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== About Me ==
[[Image:200610_MagicIan3.JPG|right|240px|Me Geohashing!]]

{{User Norfolk}}
<br>{{ASG|Y=1984|m=09|d=23|gender=m|lat=52|lon=1}}

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<br>Hi, I'm Ian, and contrary to my username I have yet to discover anything magical about myself!
I live near Norwich, England and I started Geohashing in late 2009 as a way of exploring the region to which I had recently moved. I completed lots of hashes in 2010 before having a bit of a lull. The next few years I used Geohashing as a suggestion of where to go for cycle rides etc when I have a spare weekend. These days my GeoHashing exploits are few and far between due to other commitments.

I have access to car, motorbike, bicycle(s) and kayak(s) and have used them all at some point in to achieve a variety of ribbons, although I am yet to use public transport to get to a hashpoint - something to fix in the future. About 1/3 of my home graticule is the North Sea so if I can find someone with a seaworthy boat then that will increase my range of possible hashes in the area!

When I started Geohashing I didn't have a GPS device, so I used to print out the satellite view of the hashpoint from GoogleMaps to identify the it using local topographical features, but now I use the Geohash Droid app on my phone to give an indication of how close I am.

I was quite pleased to achieve a [[Tron_achievement|Tron Ribbon]], and am now turning my attention to other achievements. I keep trying to do a Hashcard one so I ensure I take fellow Geohashers' addresses with me when I go out, but have yet to find any villages selling postcards. Guess I'll just have to keep trying! Others on my radar are the [[Juggernaut_achievement|Juggernaut]] and, having got a [[Regional_geohashing_achievement|Regional ribbon]] by getting to bits of Norfolk that are in [[52,0|52,0]] and a [[Reverse_regional_achievement|Reverse regional ribbon]] by getting getting to hashpoints in Norfolk and Suffolk in [[52,1|52,1]], I would like to get the [[Regional_geohashing_achievement|Regional ribbon]] by getting to bits of Suffolk that are in [[52,0|52,0]]


'''Edit 2017''' - Life has changed since I started doing this in 2009 - I have many more commitments and responsibilities so finding time to squeeze in GeoHashing is tricky these days. Having missed out doing any in 2016, I got to a couple in 2017 but they were really lazy ones, almost enough to qualify for a [[Couch Potato Geohash]] or [[Cubicle Geohash]] achievement by being almost equidistant between my home and work, with minimum effort required to deviate from my ~4mile cycle commute.

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===Achievements===

I got within a couple of hours of achieving the [[Virgin_Graticule|Virgin Graticule]] for [[51,1]] but [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] just beat me to it!

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| name=[[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
| date=2010-06-20
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{{consecutive geohash
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| latitude = 52
| longitude = 1
| date = 2010-03-30
| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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{{Minesweeper geohash
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| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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{{Minesweeper geohash
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| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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{{Minesweeper geohash
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| ranknumber = 1
| w = true
| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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{{Regional geohashing
| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
| region = Norfolk
| count = 2
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{{Reverse Regional
| latitude = 52
| longitude = 1
| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
| count = 2
| graticule = Norwich, United Kingdom
| level = County
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{{Tron 
   | latitude = 52
   | longitude = 1
   | date = 2010-07-24
   | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
   | tracklog = http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=101290173710370388783.0004795ada0544beb1488
   | possessive = his
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{{Speed racer
    | latitude = 52
    | longitude = 1
    | date = 2010-03-31
    | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
    | speed = 60 mph
}}

{{Bicycle geohash 
   | latitude = 52
   | longitude = 1
   | date = 2010-07-25
   | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
   | distance = 64.1km
}}

{{Walk geohash
   | latitude = 52
   | longitude = 1
   | date = 2010-07-24
   | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
   | distance = 18.1km
}}

{{Geotrash
| latitude = 52
| longitude = -1
| date = 2010-06-20
| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
}}

{{police geohash
| latitude = 52
| longitude = -0
| date = 2010-06-20
| encounter = returning to find a police dog van parked next to his car
| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
| anim = true
}}

{{land geohash
    | latitude = 52
    | longitude = 1
    | date = 2009-11-27
    | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
}}

{{There might be alligators!
   | latitude = 52
   | longitude = 1
   | date = 2013-02-15
   | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
   | hazard = boggy wetland
   | image = 130215_hashpoint.JPG
}}

{{No trespassing
    | latitude = 52
    | longitude = 1
    | date = 2010-03-24
    | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
}}
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== My Geohashes ==

I've completed 28 successful geohashes in 6 graticules, with 2 failures.
I have now done a hash on each day of the week, and 11 months of the year (just missing January)

A map of my various Geohashes can be seen [http://goo.gl/maps/mWtbp here]: 

:'''30''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2017-10-17 52 1| 2017-10-17, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Near 389th bomb group [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''29''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2017-07-05 52 1| 2017-07-05, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Just along the road from Hethel church [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''28''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2015-11-12 52 0| 2015-11-12, 52,0 (Cambridge, United Kingdom)]] - Just off the A47 near Scarning [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''27''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-09-22 52 1| 2013-09-22, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - In Coltishall before going for a kayak [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''26''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-08-28 52 1| 2013-08-28, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Cycle to Wangford [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''25''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-07-21 52 0| 2013-07-21, 52,0 (Cambridge, United Kingdom)]] - A Sunday morning cycle to Attleborough [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''24''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-07-08 52 1| 2013-07-08, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Cycle to Fundenhall/Tacolneston after work [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''23''' [[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]] [[2013-04-16 52 1| 2013-04-16, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Kayak on Hickling Broad to get a [[Water_geohash_achievement | Water Geohash]] but failed due to fence [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]][[Image:GHTR ferry.png]]
:'''22''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-02-21 52 1| 2013-02-21, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Cycle to Intwood Lane after work [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''21''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-02-15 52 1| 2013-02-15, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Kayak to Reedham Ferry (done on the 16th) [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR ferry.png]]
:'''20''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2013-02-10 52 1| 2013-02-10, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - 30 mile cycle to Denton [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''19''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2012-12-27 53 -2| 2012-12-27, 53,-2 (Manchester, United Kingdom)]] - In Hazel Grove over the Christmas holidays [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''18''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2012-05-21 52 1| 2012-05-21, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Short cycle to Newton Flotman [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''17''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2011-10-18 52 1| 2011-10-18, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Motorbiked to Framlingham in the dark to get [[Reverse_regional_achievement | Reverse Regional]] [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]]
:'''16''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2011-08-16 52 1| 2011-08-16, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - On the Tas Valley Way near home [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR walk.png]]
:'''15''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-09-24 51 1| 2010-09-24, 51,1 (Canterbury, United Kingdom)]] - Almost achieved a [[Virgin_Graticule | virgin graticule]] for [[51,1 | 51,1]] but was beaten by [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] [[Image:GHTR moon.jpg]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''14''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-08-25 52 1| 2010-08-25, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Kayak on Horsey Mere (done on the 30th) [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR ferry.png]]
:'''13''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-08-20 52 1| 2010-08-20, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - 13 mile cycle to Buckenham train station with gnomes [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''12''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-07-25 52 1| 2010-07-25, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - 40 mile cycle to Somerleyton [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''11''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-07-24 52 1| 2010-07-24, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - [[Tron_achievement | Tron]] walk via North Burlingham [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR walk.png]]
:'''10''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 1| 20-06-2010, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #4 - Ringland [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''09''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 0| 20-06-2010, 52,0 (Cambridge, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #3 - Wisbech [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''08''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 -0| 20-06-2010, 52,-0 (Northampton, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #2 - Crowland, Peterborough [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''07''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-06-20 52 -1| 20-06-2010, 52,-1 (Birmingham, United Kingdom)]] - Four-in-a-day #1 - Leicester [[Image:GHWE sun.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''06''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-31 52 1| 31-03-2010, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - [[Consecutive_geohash_achievement | Consecutive day]] and [[Speed_racer_achievement | Speed Racer]] achievements earned near Tacolneston [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''05''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-30 52 1| 30-03-2010, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - The Forum in the centre of Norwich [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''04''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-28 52 1| 28-03-2010, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Cycle along Marriot's Way [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR bike2.png]]
:'''03''' [[Image:Arrow4.png|8px]] [[2010-03-24 52 1| 24-03-2010, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - Failed due to being on private property [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''02''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2010-03-08 52 1| 08-03-2010, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - At the sewage works [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
:'''01''' [[Image:Arrow2.png|8px]] [[2009-11-27 52 1| 27-11-2009, 52,1 (Norwich, United Kingdom)]] - My first geohash! [[Image:GHWE cloudy.png]][[Image:GHTR car.png]]
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