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I've cycled a total of '''453.0 km''' (282.4 miles) in my cycling expeditions so far, visiting '''15 hashpoints''' (and one failure) in ten separate trips.
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I've cycled a total of '''966.7 km''' (600.8 miles) in my cycling expeditions (which may also include public transport) so far, visiting '''31 hashpoints''' (and three failures) in 27 separate trips.
  
 
You can see ''all'' my expeditions on my [[User:Benjw/Expeditions|expeditions page]].
 
You can see ''all'' my expeditions on my [[User:Benjw/Expeditions|expeditions page]].
  
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! Distance
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| [[2009-04-03 52 0|2009-04-03, Cambridge]]
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| 7.4 km (3.4, 4.0)
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| [[2018-06-14 52 0|2018-06-14, Oakington]]
| Returned via work to see if I'd got the cubicle geohash (no -- it was 1.04km). First bike hash.
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| 13.3 km (6.65, 6.65)
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| Up the busway to the Oakington stop, and then back again.
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| [[2015-10-16 52 0|2015-10-16, Girton]]
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| 12.1 km (6.0, 6.1)
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| Up the busway; back the same way, but walked half of it with [[User:Tongs/B|Tongs/B]].
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| [[2015-09-29 52 0|2015-09-29, Newton]]
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| 31.7 km (16.8, 14.9)
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| Out via work and Addenbrooke's, back via an earth sciences lecture.
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| [[2015-08-08 52 0|2015-08-08, Fulbourn]]
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| 21.5 km (10.7, 10.8)
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| Back exactly the way I came except for a stop at the pub with the [[User:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]]s.
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| [[2015-03-19 52 -0|2015-03-19, Wimpole]] and [[2015-03-19 52 0|Haslingfield]]
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| 54.3 km (23.9, 30.4)
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| Double attempt; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> home via 52,0 attempt.
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| [[2015-03-12 52 0|2015-03-12, Sawston]]
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| 28.6 km (13.3, 15.3)
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| Came back via the university maths department for a lecture.
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| [[2014-04-02 52 0|2014-04-02, Waterbeach]]
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| 17.5 km (9.2, 8.3)
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| Out on the A10 and through Waterbeach, back down the river cyclepath into Milton.
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| [[2014-03-16 52 0|2014-03-16, Cambridge]]
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| 15.5 km (9.6, 5.9)
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| Went via a pub lunch in town. Distance recorded from online maps.
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| [[2013-08-09 52 0|2013-08-09, Cottenham]]
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| 15.6 km
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| No public access to the hashpoint.
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| [[2013-08-05 52 0|2013-08-05, Cambridge]]
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| 12.6 km (7.0, 5.6)
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| Finally got the [[Tron achievement]]. Heavy rain on the outward journey.
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| [[2013-07-29 52 0|2013-07-29, Wicken Fen]]
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| 43.7 km (23.4, 20.3)
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| Out mostly on roads, back on the new Lodes Way and old railway. Very slow cycling because of all the dirt tracks.
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| [[2013-07-20 52 0|2013-07-20, Sawston]]
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| 35.8 km (20.1, 15.7)
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| Attempted a [[Tron achievement]], but took a wrong turning on both the intended route and subsequent detour.
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| [[2012-09-26 52 0|2012-09-26, Elmswell]]
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| 10.8 km (6.1, 4.7)
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| Distance as previous expedition.<br>'''Transit hash.''' Also travelled about 110 km by train and 5 km on foot.
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| [[2012-09-19 52 0|2012-09-19, Hunstanton]]
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| 10.8 km (6.1, 4.7)
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| Distance recorded from online maps, and is home -> station (via work); station -> home.<br>'''Transit hash.''' Also travelled about 130 km by train, 53 km by bus and 3 km on foot.
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| [[2012-09-18 52 0|2012-09-18, Cherry Hinton]]
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| 17.1 km (10.1, 7.0)
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| Distance recorded from online maps, as the GPS wouldn't stay on.  Went via orchestra practice.
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| [[2012-09-17 52 0|2012-09-17, Stoke Ferry]]
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| 126.5 km (65.9, 60.6)
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| Took seven hours due to fields and crap farm tracks. Third bike expedition within a week.  Longest trip so far.
 
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| [[2009-04-07 52 0|2009-04-07, Dullingham]]
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| [[2012-09-15 52 0|2012-09-15, Wentworth]]
| 44.3 km (21.0, 23.3)
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| 46.3 km (23.15, 23.15)
| Out on roads, back mostly on bridleways. Longest single-hashpoint trip.
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| Almost exactly the same route as the last expedition.
 
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| [[2009-04-23 52 -0|2009-04-23, Little Gransden]] and [[2009-04-23 52 0|Cambridge]]
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| [[2012-09-12 52 0|2012-09-12, Coveney]] and [[2012-09-12 52 -0|Wennington]]
| 59.8 km (25.5, 28.3, 6.0)
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| 61.5 km (28.0, 14.9, 18.6)
| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. First bike double-hash; was almost a triple-hash attempt.
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| Double attempt; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 attempt -> home.
 
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| [[2009-04-24 52 0|2009-04-24, Great Shelford]]
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| [[2012-08-24 52 -0|2012-08-24, Guilden Morden]] and [[2012-08-24 52 0|Duxford]]
| 14.4 km (6.9, 7.5)
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| 80.8 km (29.2, 28.2, 23.4)
| Returned a different way for photos.
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| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. Third double bike expedition within a week.
 
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| [[2010-07-27 52 0|2010-07-27, Longstanton]] and [[2010-07-27 52 -0|Conington]]
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| [[2012-08-20 52 0|2012-08-20, Grantchester]] and [[2012-08-20 52 -0|Longstowe]]
| 43.4 km (10.8, 10.2, 22.4)
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| 46.7 km (7.3, 16.3, 23.1)
 
| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home.
 
| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home.
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| [[2012-08-19 52 -0|2012-08-19, Boxworth]] and [[2012-08-19 52 0|Longstanton]]
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| 51.2 km (20.0, 12.2, 19.0)
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| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home.
 
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| [[2010-10-12 52 0|2010-10-12, Soham]]
 
| [[2010-10-12 52 0|2010-10-12, Soham]]
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| Total 3 hours cycling due to bridleways and footpaths on route.
 
| Total 3 hours cycling due to bridleways and footpaths on route.
 
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| [[2012-08-19 52 -0|2012-08-19, Boxworth]] and [[2012-08-19 52 0|Longstanton]]
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| [[2010-07-27 52 0|2010-07-27, Longstanton]] and [[2010-07-27 52 -0|Conington]]
| 51.2 km (20.0, 12.2, 19.0)
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| 43.4 km (10.8, 10.2, 22.4)
| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home.
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| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home. Nearly a [[Tron achievement]].
 
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| [[2012-08-20 52 0|2012-08-20, Grantchester]] and [[2012-08-20 52 -0|Longstowe]]
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| [[2009-04-24 52 0|2009-04-24, Great Shelford]]
| 46.7 km (7.3, 16.3, 23.1)
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| 14.4 km (6.9, 7.5)
| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home.
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| Returned a different way for photos.
 
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| [[2012-08-24 52 -0|2012-08-24, Guilden Morden]] and [[2012-08-24 52 0|Duxford]]
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| [[2009-04-23 52 -0|2009-04-23, Little Gransden]] and [[2009-04-23 52 0|Cambridge]]
| 80.8 km (29.2, 28.2, 23.4)
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| 59.8 km (25.5, 28.3, 6.0)
| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. Third double bike expedition within a week. Longest trip so far.
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| Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. First bike double-hash; was almost a triple-hash attempt.
 
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| [[2012-09-12 52 0|2012-09-12, Coveney]] and [[2012-09-12 52 -0|Wennington]]
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| [[2009-04-07 52 0|2009-04-07, Dullingham]]
| 61.5 km (28.0, 14.9, 18.6)
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| 44.3 km (21.0, 23.3)
| Double attempt; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 attempt -> home.
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| Out on roads, back mostly on bridleways.
 
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| [[2009-04-03 52 0|2009-04-03, Cambridge]]
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| 7.4 km (3.4, 4.0)
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| Returned via work to see if I'd got the cubicle geohash (no -- it was 1.04km). First bike hash.
 
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Latest revision as of 08:43, 1 March 2019

I've cycled a total of 966.7 km (600.8 miles) in my cycling expeditions (which may also include public transport) so far, visiting 31 hashpoints (and three failures) in 27 separate trips.

You can see all my expeditions on my expeditions page.

Expedition Distance Notes
2018-06-14, Oakington 13.3 km (6.65, 6.65) Up the busway to the Oakington stop, and then back again.
2015-10-16, Girton 12.1 km (6.0, 6.1) Up the busway; back the same way, but walked half of it with Tongs/B.
2015-09-29, Newton 31.7 km (16.8, 14.9) Out via work and Addenbrooke's, back via an earth sciences lecture.
2015-08-08, Fulbourn 21.5 km (10.7, 10.8) Back exactly the way I came except for a stop at the pub with the PaintedJaguars.
2015-03-19, Wimpole and Haslingfield 54.3 km (23.9, 30.4) Double attempt; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> home via 52,0 attempt.
2015-03-12, Sawston 28.6 km (13.3, 15.3) Came back via the university maths department for a lecture.
2014-04-02, Waterbeach 17.5 km (9.2, 8.3) Out on the A10 and through Waterbeach, back down the river cyclepath into Milton.
2014-03-16, Cambridge 15.5 km (9.6, 5.9) Went via a pub lunch in town. Distance recorded from online maps.
2013-08-09, Cottenham 15.6 km No public access to the hashpoint.
2013-08-05, Cambridge 12.6 km (7.0, 5.6) Finally got the Tron achievement. Heavy rain on the outward journey.
2013-07-29, Wicken Fen 43.7 km (23.4, 20.3) Out mostly on roads, back on the new Lodes Way and old railway. Very slow cycling because of all the dirt tracks.
2013-07-20, Sawston 35.8 km (20.1, 15.7) Attempted a Tron achievement, but took a wrong turning on both the intended route and subsequent detour.
2012-09-26, Elmswell 10.8 km (6.1, 4.7) Distance as previous expedition.
Transit hash. Also travelled about 110 km by train and 5 km on foot.
2012-09-19, Hunstanton 10.8 km (6.1, 4.7) Distance recorded from online maps, and is home -> station (via work); station -> home.
Transit hash. Also travelled about 130 km by train, 53 km by bus and 3 km on foot.
2012-09-18, Cherry Hinton 17.1 km (10.1, 7.0) Distance recorded from online maps, as the GPS wouldn't stay on. Went via orchestra practice.
2012-09-17, Stoke Ferry 126.5 km (65.9, 60.6) Took seven hours due to fields and crap farm tracks. Third bike expedition within a week. Longest trip so far.
2012-09-15, Wentworth 46.3 km (23.15, 23.15) Almost exactly the same route as the last expedition.
2012-09-12, Coveney and Wennington 61.5 km (28.0, 14.9, 18.6) Double attempt; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 attempt -> home.
2012-08-24, Guilden Morden and Duxford 80.8 km (29.2, 28.2, 23.4) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. Third double bike expedition within a week.
2012-08-20, Grantchester and Longstowe 46.7 km (7.3, 16.3, 23.1) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home.
2012-08-19, Boxworth and Longstanton 51.2 km (20.0, 12.2, 19.0) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home.
2010-10-12, Soham 43.5 km (21.5, 22.0) Total 3 hours cycling due to bridleways and footpaths on route.
2010-07-27, Longstanton and Conington 43.4 km (10.8, 10.2, 22.4) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home. Nearly a Tron achievement.
2009-04-24, Great Shelford 14.4 km (6.9, 7.5) Returned a different way for photos.
2009-04-23, Little Gransden and Cambridge 59.8 km (25.5, 28.3, 6.0) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. First bike double-hash; was almost a triple-hash attempt.
2009-04-07, Dullingham 44.3 km (21.0, 23.3) Out on roads, back mostly on bridleways.
2009-04-03, Cambridge 7.4 km (3.4, 4.0) Returned via work to see if I'd got the cubicle geohash (no -- it was 1.04km). First bike hash.