User:MagicIan

About Me

This geohasher lives in Norfolk.

40 / m / 52,1

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. Nowadays I use Geohashing as a suggestion of where to go for cycle rides etc when I have a spare weekend.

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 I hope 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 go out of my home graticule I try to make a point of looking where the hashpoints are located, but usually they require a large detour from whatever activity I have planned. One of these days I would like to do a hash or two while I am in a foreign land.

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 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!

My Geohashes

I've completed 21 successful geohashes in 6 graticules, with 1 failure. 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 here:

• Friday 27-11-2009, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - My first geohash!
• Monday 08-03-2010, 52.611723° 1.355975° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - At the sewage works
• Wednesday 24-03-2010, 52.585326° 1.354230° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Failed due to being on private property
• Sunday 28-03-2010, 52.762632° 1.176329° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Cycle along Marriot's Way
• Tuesday 30-03-2010, 52.627771° 1.291378° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - The Forum in the centre of Norwich
• Wednesday 31-03-2010, 52.509096° 1.137942° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Consecutive day and Speed Racer achievements earned near Tacolneston
• Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -1.19297° (Birmingham, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #1 - Leicester
• Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -0.19297° (Northampton, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #2 - Crowland, Peterborough
• Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 0.192969° (Cambridge, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #3 - Wisbech
• Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 1.192969° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #4 - Ringland
• Saturday 2010-07-24, 52.375840° 1.294163° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Tron walk via North Burlingham
• Sunday 2010-07-25, 52.518213° 1.641496° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 40 mile cycle to Somerleyton
• Friday 2010-08-20, 52.595317° 1.471424° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 13 mile cycle to Buckenham train station with gnomes
• Monday 2010-08-25, 52.445590° 1.370603° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Kayak on Horsey Mere (done on the 30th)
• Friday 2010-09-24, 51.585859° 1.022777° (Canterbury, United Kingdom) - Almost achieved a virgin graticule for 51,1 but was beaten by Sourcerer
• Tuesday 2011-08-16, 52.563615° 1.226250° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - On the Tas Valley Way near home
• Tuesday 2011-10-18, 52.224587° 1.349444° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Motorbiked to Framlingham in the dark
• Monday 2012-05-21, 52.543366° 1.262612° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Short cycle to Newton Flotman
• Thursday 2012-12-27, 53.367184° -2.121222° (Manchester, United Kingdom) - In Hazel Grove over the Christmas holidays
• Sunday 2013-02-10, 52.447437° 1.349072° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 30 mile cycle to Denton
• Friday 2013-02-15, 52.559777° 1.553342° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Kayak to Reedham Ferry (done on the 16th)
• Thursday 2013-02-21, 52.590684° 1.243271° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Cycle to Intwood Lane after work