Difference between revisions of "2012-04-09 51 -1"

Latest revision as of 03:26, 13 August 2019

Location

The hash was located in an MOD owned field next to Chilbolton Observatory.

Participants

Jand
Jand's Mum
Jand's Dad

Expedition

On the last day of my temporary job at a farm near Stockbridge, I realised that the hash for that day was (as I then thought) in one of the fields owned by the farm. Excited at the prospect of laying my name in Hashtory, I set off with my parents after work to try and get there. To my immense disappointment, I found that not only was the field the one adjacent to the farm I worked on, it was also property of the MOD. I've done some stupid things in my time, but seriously, trespassing over two barbed wire fences into a field owned by guys with really big guns is a bit beyond me. By crawling through a (publically owned!) hedge, I managed to get within 3m of the hash, but no further. Therefore, I am claiming the No Trespassing Geohash Consolation Prize and an honorable mention for the Cubicle Geohash, the hash being less than 50m from the field boundary to the farm where I worked.

All in all, immensely frustrating, but not discouraging, as I'll still be hashing in the future. But not for two weeks. I'm on holiday for two weeks. Lord I hope there isn't a hash in my house while I'm away. I actually worry about this stuff now.

Edit: A few weeks after this, I got an email from a geohasher in the far off US of A, telling me that this did count as my GPS probably isnt accurate to less than 3m. My reactions to this were:

Jesus, people actually read the crap I write on here? Awesome!
Woo! I'm moving this out of the 'Unsuccessful hashes' section and into the 'Geohashes section'

Acheivements

Jand earned the cubicle geohash honorable mention

by working near the (51, -1) geohash on 2012-04-09.

Considering what I now know about accuracy, this is also possible:

Jand earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (51, -1) geohash on 2012-04-09 at 20 miles per hour.

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 == Expedition ==
+On the last day of my temporary job at a farm near Stockbridge, I realised that the hash for that day was (as I then thought) in one of the fields owned by the farm. Excited at the prospect of laying my name in Hashtory, I set off with my parents after work to try and get there. To my immense disappointment, I found that not only was the field the one adjacent to the farm I worked on, it was also property of the MOD. I've done some stupid things in my time, but seriously, trespassing over two barbed wire fences into a field owned by guys with really big guns is a bit beyond me. By crawling through a (publically owned!) hedge, I managed to get within 3m of the hash, but no further. Therefore, I am claiming the [[No Trespassing Geohash]] Consolation Prize and an honorable mention for the [[Cubicle Geohash]], the hash being less than 50m from the field boundary to the farm where I worked.
+All in all, immensely frustrating, but not discouraging, as I'll still be hashing in the future. But not for two weeks. I'm on holiday for two weeks. Lord I hope there isn't a hash in my house while I'm away. I actually worry about this stuff now.
+Edit: A few weeks after this, I got an email from a geohasher in the far off US of A, telling me that this did count as my GPS probably isnt accurate to less than 3m. My reactions to this were:
+* Jesus, people actually read the crap I write on here? Awesome!
+* Woo! I'm moving this out of the 'Unsuccessful hashes' section and into the 'Geohashes section'
+== Acheivements ==
 {{cubicle geohash | latitude = 51 | longitude = -1 | date = 2012-04-09 | name = [[user:Jand|Jand]] | honor = true}}
+Considering what I now know about accuracy, this is also possible:
+{{Speed racer
+| latitude = 51 | longitude = -1 | date = 2012-04-09 | name = Jand | speed = 20 miles per hour
+}}
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|GB|ENG|HAM}}


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