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== About Me ==
 
== About Me ==
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<br>Hi, I'm Ian, and contrary to my username I have yet to discover anything magical about myself!
 
<br>Hi, I'm Ian, and contrary to my username I have yet to discover anything magical about myself!
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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.
  
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I started Geohashing in late 2009, and hope to do many more in the future.
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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!
  
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I live near Norwich, England (right here 52.646387,1.411553 in fact!) and hope Geohashing will help me discover some nice bit of countryside around Norfolk, and hopefully some friendly fellow-geohashers at the same time. If it gets me doing more exercise in the process then it's all good. That's not been the case so far - I need to get my arse in gear in that respect.
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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.
  
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I have access to car, motorbike, bicycle(s) and kayak(s) so I'm hoping to use them all at some point in the future to achieve a variety of ribbons, as well as using public transport and my own legs!
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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]]
  
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About 1/3 of my home graticule is water (North Sea or the Broads) so if I can find someone with a boat then that will increase my range of possible hashes; otherwise I will attempt to make a hash or two around the rest of the UK if they aren't too far out of the way on my weekend travels.
 
  
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I don't currently have a GPS device, so I use the satellite view on Google Maps to identify the hashpoint. It's generally good enough to get within a few meters and that is sufficient for my personal satisfaction (especially if it's in the middle of a field and there are no barriers in the way). Similarly, I try to take photos at the hashpoint but more for my own reference than to 'prove' to anyone else that I was in a particular place on a particular day.
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'''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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== My Geohashes ==
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I've completed 13 successful geohashes in 4 graticules, with 1 failure.
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===Achievements===
  
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So far, most have been done by car, with 3 achieved by bicycle and 1 on foot.
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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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A map of my various Geohashes can be seen [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=101290173710370388783.0004795ada0544beb1488 here]:
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| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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* [[2009-11-27 52 1| Friday 27-11-2009, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]]:
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My first Geohash! Not very adventurous as I took the car and only had to walk a few meters off the road to a field near Aylsham. No fences to climb over, no people to tell I was "from the internet", no velociraptors. A bit of a disappointment really. Made note to get there under my own steam and try and meet up with fellow-geohashers next time...
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    | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
 
 
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* [[2010-03-08 52 1| Monday 08-03-2010, 52.611723° 1.355975° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]]:
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| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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A bit of gap since my last one, this one just required a short detour in the car on the way home from work. There were a couple of signs telling me to keep out, but that didn't stop me as there was nobody else around. The hashpoint required a short walk in the middle of the sewage works so the smell was pretty nasty, but there was a surprisingly pleasant view which made up for it.
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* [[2010-03-24 52 1| Wednesday 24-03-2010, 52.585326° 1.354230° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]]:
 
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I am really lame at this. Another one that didn't really involve much effort and I didn't make it to the hashpoint. It was on private land and there was a big gate which suggested I probably shouldn't trespass. At least I got to know my way around this part of Norfolk a bit better.
 
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* [[2010-03-28 52 1| Sunday 28-03-2010, 52.762632° 1.176329° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]]:
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Hooray - a proper hash at last. It required a fair old cycle, most of which was on the Marriott Way north of Norwich. It's a converted railway track and part of National Cycle Route #1 from Hull to Harwich. I had a thoroughly pleasant ride in the sunshine, but with cool temperatures.
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| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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The hashpoint itself was in the middle of a field and not too hard to find. Given it was a weekend, I hung around for a bit to see if anyone else would turn up (especially the clocks went forward that night) and played some patience in the meantime, but when I started to get cold it was time to move on.
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I took an alternative route back which was great as I discovered some really nice places on the way.
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| graticule = Norwich, United Kingdom
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    | distance = 34km
 
 
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Finally a hash that wasn't in the middle of nowhere. In fact, better than this, it was probably one of the busiest places in the whole graticule - The Forum in the centre of Norwich. The Forum (http://www.theforumnorfolk.com/) is home to several organisations and is a focus for a wide range of learning and cultural activities in the centre of Norwich. It houses learning organisations, café, restaurant and takeaway facilities, as well as the state of the art Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library.
 
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Again, I went on a detour after work and hung around the hashpoint from around 17:30-18:00. I sat upstairs in the library reading a magazine, with an XKCD sign on the glass panel in front of me, hoping someone else would see it. I left it there with an explanation on the back after I left. I'd like to think the librarian didn't just throw it in the bin at the end of the day...
 
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   | latitude = 52
 
   | latitude = 52
 
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   | date = 2010-03-30
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   | date = 2010-07-24
 
   | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
 
   | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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  | tracklog = http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=101290173710370388783.0004795ada0544beb1488
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* [[2010-03-31 52 1| Wednesday 31-03-2010, 52.509096° 1.137942° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]]:
 
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Two in a row!! ...and I'm on a roll - 4 hashes in 8 days.
 
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The hashpoint wasn't too far from work, and even better it was on a road so a chance to achieve the Speed Racer ribbon. It was quite a lazy hash to achieve as there was very little chance of meeting anyone else in the process, yet I quite enjoyed it as it allowed me to investigate some more bits of countryside that I hadn't seen before. Even better, the roads to the Speed Racer hash were great driving roads which made it all the better to achieve it.
 
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I stopped just short of the point to take a photo at the farm, waited until the road was clear and then accelerated up to the national speed limit (60mph on the country road), taking a photo as close as I could, and then braked and pulled into a gateway to the field in order to take a photo of me and my noble steed for the achievement.
 
 
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* [[2010-06-20 52 -1| Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -1.19297° (Birmingham, United Kingdom)]]:
 
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Four in a day!!
 
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1. This was the first of MagicIan's 4-in-a-row geohashes on this day... He parked in Anstey and walked around to the cemetery. He did a lap of the cemetery trying to find a way out into the field beyond, but with no luck. But luck changed when it turned out there was a public footpath in the field next door. He followed it downhill until he found some tractor wheeltracks to follow into the field in order not to disturb the crops that were growing. Then it was just a case of turning uphill again when in the right line. Another few meters and he judged that to be accurate to a few meters on the satellite view. On the way back, he made some markers for any future geohashers to follow, and said hello to a couple of people who happened to be enjoying the countryside. He also picked up some rubbish that was lying on the footpath and around the cemetery and in doing so achieved the Geotrash Geohash
 
  
 
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2. This was the second of MagicIan's 4-in-a-row geohashes on this day... He parked up on Low Road and walked in a circuit down Mill Drove until he found a place to enter the field where he could reach the hashpoint without damaging any crops in the field. On the way back, he left a marker to show any future geohashers where to go before completing the circuit. When he got back to his car, there was a police dog van parked next to it. As he approached, he was getting worried that someone might've thought he was trespassing, but the van was empty and so he drove away quickly before the police came back and asked any questions! Again, he picked up some rubbish on the way back to the car, which qualified him for a Geotrash ribbon.
 
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3. This was the third of MagicIan's 4-in-a-row geohashes on this day... He parked up on Broad End Road and went for a wander to see where he could gain access to the field. He found a big spikey metal gate on Sparrowgate Road and decided that meant he wasn't meant to go through. But it also had a conveniently placed foothold half way up which persuaded him to go for it anyway. So over the gate, around the corner into a field of long grass. Cut across the field to get onto what is clearly somebody's property. He probably shouldn't be here. But can't quit now - run around an electrified fence and to a hedgerow. The hashpoint is the other side, but can't he make it through, so keeps going til he finds a gap. It's full of nettles but he tramples them out of the way down and up the other side of the ditch into the orchard. The hardest bit is over and he just needs to go down and across the rows of trees. Just as he gets to the hashpoint and checks the map, he sees a figure in the distance. That's it - no waiting around - he legs it back the way he came and only stops to take photos at the edge of the orchard before jumping back across the ditch and jogging back through the field of long grass. Phew - that was close!
 
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4. This was the fourth (and easiest) of MagicIan's 4-in-a-row geohashes on this day... He parked up in a layby on Ringland Lane right next to the field, and then walked along the edge of the field until he got level with the hashpoint, before cutting at the last minute, taking large strides to minimise damage of crops in the field. Again, he picked up some rubbish on the way back to the car, which qualified him for a Geotrash ribbon.
 
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| date = 2010-06-20
 
| date = 2010-06-20
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| encounter = returning to find a police dog van parked next to his car
 
| name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
 
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{{land geohash
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    | date = 2009-11-27
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    | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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{{There might be alligators!
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[[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] decided that today's hashpoint would be an ideal one to attempt a [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Walk_geohash walk geohash], and a [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Tron_achievement tron geohash] at the same time!
 
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He set off after lunch and headed through Blofield to Lingwood. The hashpoint was located in a field just south of North Burlingham. He was amazed to find that there were some additional public access footpaths not marked on his map which took him within a few meters of the hashpoint. The way home was a bit of a slog along some hot dusty roads, but in the end it turned out to be quite an easy hash.
 
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The thing that made it slightly tricky was the [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Tron_achievement Tron Achievement] - the bulk of the route was planned to avoid crossing his path, but the bits around the start and end points were quite tricky. It was also annoying when he missed a turning (which happened twice!) and had to carry on to the next junction and do a loop so that he didn't end up turning back on himself.
 
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   | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
 
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* [[2010-07-25 52 1| Sunday 2010-07-25, 52.518213° 1.641496° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]]:
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== My Geohashes ==
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It was a nice day so [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] decided to cycle the 20 miles to the hashpoint, and quickly covered the 10 miles to Loddon on roads he knew well. The next 10 miles to the hashpoint were slighly trickier due to the need for navigation, and the fact the roads were busier and more exposed. He got within half a mile of the hashpoint by bike, before locking it up and continuing on foot. There was a small footpath towards Smock Mill (old windmill) which he took half way, before taking a left through the fields along the edge of the wood. All was going well until he reached the field containing the hashpoint. At no point when pulling on his bright red cycling top had he considered the field containing the hashpoint might also contain bulls! (It was only since his return that he discovered bulls are colourblind and only feel threatened by fast movements).
 
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Anyway, despite it not being a particularly big field, the bulls were over the opposite side to the hashpoint itself so he walked over, took a quick photo and buggered off! This was one of the rare occasions were he didn't stop to lay a marker!
 
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Something else that he hadn't realised until it was too late was that the wind was behind him on the way there, which meant that it was against him on the return journey. The first half to Loddon was on very flat land with no shelter whatsoever, and the latter half was full of lots of little hills. Whereas his average speed on the way back had been a nice 17mph (27kph), on the way back this had dropped to 13mph (21kph) - it was a real slog!
 
  
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{{Bicycle geohash
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I've completed 28 successful geohashes in 6 graticules, with 2 failures.
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I have now done a hash on each day of the week, and 11 months of the year (just missing January)
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A map of my various Geohashes can be seen [http://goo.gl/maps/mWtbp here]:
  
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* [[2010-08-20 52 1| Friday 2010-08-20, 52.595317° 1.471424° (Norwich, United Kingdom)]]:
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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Today's hash was at a place I had been before - a nice bit of grazing land (and bird spotters' paradise) near to the river not too far from where I live. It was a lovely late afternoon - warm and sunny with a bit of a breeze - and I'd done all my jobs for the day so I took the opportunity to go for a very pleasant cycle. Before I set off, I let [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] know I was intending to reach the hashpoint.
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:'''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]]
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The journey was completed without any trouble - as it was only a short distance I didn't bother taking a bag with extra food and clothing like normal so my load was considerably lighter which made a big difference on the hills.
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:'''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]]
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When I got there it took a while to work out how to gain access to the field I needed. The most obvious entrance was blocked by a combination of a man in a car (who I thought could be [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]], and who acknowledged my friendly wave and smile, but didn't get out so I figured it wasn't him); and a herd of cows the other side of the gate. I carried on along, and into an adjacent field, but my way was blocked by ditches filled with water. So I headed all the way back to where I had parked my bike which turned out to be the best entrance after all.
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:'''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]]
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Being a RSPB protected area, I wasn't sure whether it counted as trespassing, but decided not to increase my risk of getting told off so had to wait a while for all the twitchers to leave me along before I went into the field. Once there, it was fairly straightforward to find the hashpoint as the field was full of shallow ditches which showed up as shadows on the Google Maps image. I stopped to leave a marker and take photos (including one of a Chinese deer who suddenly bolted across the field) and then went on my way.
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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{{Bicycle geohash
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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  | date = 2010-08-20
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:'''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]]
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  | name = [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]]
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:'''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]]
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  | distance = 19.4km
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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]]
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:'''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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Latest revision as of 00:19, 6 November 2017

About Me

Me Geohashing!
Norfolk colour.PNG This geohasher lives in Norfolk.

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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 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 and, having got a Regional ribbon by getting to bits of Norfolk that are in 52,0 and a Reverse regional ribbon by getting getting to hashpoints in Norfolk and Suffolk in 52,1, I would like to get the Regional ribbon by getting to bits of Suffolk that are in 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.

Achievements

I got within a couple of hours of achieving the Virgin Graticule for 51,1 but Sourcerer just beat me to it!

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 MagicIan earned the Multihash Achievement
by reaching 4 hash points on 2010-06-20. It's an Ultra Hash.
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 MagicIan earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2010-03-30.
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MagicIan achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in 52,1 and 2 of the surrounding graticules.
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MagicIan achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in 52,0 and 1 of the surrounding graticules.
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MagicIan achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in 52,-0 and 1 of the surrounding graticules.
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 MagicIan earned the Regional geohashing achievement
by reaching a hash point in all 2 graticules belonging to Norfolk.
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 MagicIan earned the Reverse regional achievement
by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Norwich, United Kingdom (52, 1) graticule on County level.
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 MagicIan earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (52, 1) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2010-07-24.
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 MagicIan earned the Speed racer achievement
by passing through the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-03-31 at 60 mph.
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 MagicIan earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 64.1km to the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-07-25.
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 MagicIan earned the Walk geohash Achievement
by reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-07-24 on foot, travelling a distance of 18.1km.
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 MagicIan earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
by cleaning up the (52, -1) geohash on 2010-06-20.
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 MagicIan earned the Police Geohash Achievement
by returning to find a police dog van parked next to his car while attempting the (52, -0) geohash on 2010-06-20.
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 MagicIan earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2009-11-27.
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 MagicIan earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize
by being prevented from reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2013-02-15 by an impassable and unforeseen boggy wetland (and probably lurking alligators).
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 MagicIan earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-03-24.

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 here:

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