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− | I'm originally from [[Sheffield, United Kingdom]], but moved to [[Cambridge, United Kingdom]] in 2001 | + | I'm originally from [[Sheffield, United Kingdom]], but moved to [[Cambridge, United Kingdom]] in 2001. I've recently moved to Ely, although still work in Cambridge. I discovered geohashing in 2012 completely by accident whilst trying to find out some information about tide times on the North Norfolk coast, and Google sent me to the [[2012-09-02 52 0]] expedition page. I'm not sure why I'd never heard of it before, given that I'd been reading xkcd since before the original geohashing comic was published! |
− | I don't have a car, | + | I don't have a car, so most of the hashpoints I've visited have been reached on foot, bike or by public transport. |
− | = | + | = Hashscot = |
− | I've decided to geohash with a small pink toy caterpillar named Hammersmith (after the London Underground line). Don't ask. | + | I've decided to geohash with a small pink toy caterpillar named Hammersmith (after the London Underground line). Don't ask. After a while, I also started taking along an unnamed blue knitted mouse that doesn't have any eyes (again, don't ask), although sadly the mouse was lost during the [[2016-05-15 52 1]] expedition. Oh, and MrsPaintedJaguar often geohashes with me as well! |
= Aims = | = Aims = | ||
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− | !When/where!! | + | !rowspan="2"|When/where!!colspan="4"|Expedition count!!rowspan="2"|Meetup with!!rowspan="2"|Description |
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+ | !Total!!Success!!Failure!!Sat meetup | ||
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− | |[[2012-10-14 51 0]] || | + | |[[2012-10-14 51 0]] || 1 || || 1 || || || In a field near Thurrock football ground |
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+ | |[[2012-10-14 51 -0]] || 2 || 1 || || || || In a park in southwest London, close to Chiswick Park tube station | ||
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+ | |[[2012-10-21 52 0]] || 3 || 2 || || || || At the end of Teasel Close in Haverhill | ||
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+ | |[[2012-10-31 52 0]] || 4 || 3 || || || [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] || On the bank of the River Cam in Chesterton | ||
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+ | |[[2013-02-03 51 0]] || 5 || 4 || || || || Outside a house on High Wych Road, near the town of Sawbridgeworth | ||
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+ | |[[2013-05-12 51 -0]] || 6 || 5 || || || || In shrubland near Waltham Cross and the Lee Valley; also very close to the M25 | ||
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+ | |[[2013-06-02 52 1]] || 7 || 6 || || || || Just North of Winterton Dunes on the Norfolk coast | ||
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+ | |[[2013-06-30 52 -0]] || 8 || 7 || || || || The end of Gery Court in Eaton Ford, about one mile west of St. Neots town centre | ||
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+ | |[[2013-07-20 52 0]] || 9 || 8 || || 1 || [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] || On Plantation Road in Sawston | ||
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+ | |[[2013-08-03 51 -0]] || 10 || 9 || || || || On Birchwood Way, near How Wood station, just south of St. Albans | ||
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2013-08-03 52 0]] || 11 || 10 || || || [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] || The west bank of the River Great Ouse just south of Kings Lynn, at the appropriately named Eau Brink Road |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2013-08-04 52 0]] || 12 || 11 || || || [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] || On the west bank of a canal near Outwell, in Norfolk |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2013-08-05 52 0]] || 13 || 12 || || || || The front lawn of Cambridge University's Faculty of Education, on Hills Road in south Cambridge |
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− | |[[2013- | + | |[[2013-09-11 52 0]] || 14 || || 2 || || || The middle of a field adjacent to the River Cam near Waterbeach |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2014-06-29 52 0]] || 15 || 13 || || || || In the middle of Sluice Road, between the River Great Ouse and the village of Denver, a couple of miles from Downham Market |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-08-08 52 0]] || 16 || 14 || || 2 || [[User:Benjw|Benjw]], [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] || Just off a dirt road in Fulbourn, near Cambridge |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-09-19 52 0]] || 17 || 15 || || 3 || || On the Icknield Way long distance trail, on a track near Honington Airfield, somewhere between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-09-29 52 0]] || 18 || 16 || || || || On a footpath between Foxton and Newton |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-10-17 52 0]] || 19 || 17 || || || || The middle of Snettisham Common, near the coast of The Wash |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-11-05 52 0]] || 20 || 18 || || || || A small lawn just inside the grounds of Homerton College, Cambridge |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-11-08 51 -0]] || 21 || 19 || || || || On the entrance road to Chells Park, Stevenage |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-11-14 52 0]] || 22 || || 3 || || || In a field near the village of Lolworth, just off the A14 outside Cambridge |
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+ | |[[2015-11-14 52 -0]] || 23 || 20 || || || || In a field between the villages of Lolworth and Boxworth, just outside Cambridge | ||
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2015-11-30 52 0]] || 24 || 21 || || || || Alongside the ruins of St James Church, on the outskirts of King's Lynn. |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2016-01-02 51 -0]] || 25 || 22 || || || || Next to a roundabout just south of Wandsworth Bridge over the River Thames. |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2016-05-15 52 1]] || 26 || 23 || || || [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] || Halfway across the River Yare at the end of the cut at Hardley Staithe, Norfolk, UK. Boaty McBoatface! |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2016-09-27 52 0]] || 27 || 24 || || || || In the middle of Coldham's Common, north Cambridge. |
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− | |[[ | + | |[[2017-07-31 52 0]] || 28 || 25 || || || || On a public footpath just off Dunstan Street in Ely. |
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Latest revision as of 23:44, 30 July 2017
I'm originally from Sheffield, United Kingdom, but moved to Cambridge, United Kingdom in 2001. I've recently moved to Ely, although still work in Cambridge. I discovered geohashing in 2012 completely by accident whilst trying to find out some information about tide times on the North Norfolk coast, and Google sent me to the 2012-09-02 52 0 expedition page. I'm not sure why I'd never heard of it before, given that I'd been reading xkcd since before the original geohashing comic was published!
I don't have a car, so most of the hashpoints I've visited have been reached on foot, bike or by public transport.
Hashscot
I've decided to geohash with a small pink toy caterpillar named Hammersmith (after the London Underground line). Don't ask. After a while, I also started taking along an unnamed blue knitted mouse that doesn't have any eyes (again, don't ask), although sadly the mouse was lost during the 2016-05-15 52 1 expedition. Oh, and MrsPaintedJaguar often geohashes with me as well!
Aims
I've decided, quite randomly, that my long-term geohashing goal is to complete a Minesweeper Geohash achievement that includes both graticules that I've lived in, Cambridge and Sheffield. In order to achieve this (without buying a boat), I'll have to centre on the Northampton, United Kingdom graticule.
Expeditions
When/where | Expedition count | Meetup with | Description | |||
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Total | Success | Failure | Sat meetup | |||
2012-10-14 51 0 | 1 | 1 | In a field near Thurrock football ground | |||
2012-10-14 51 -0 | 2 | 1 | In a park in southwest London, close to Chiswick Park tube station | |||
2012-10-21 52 0 | 3 | 2 | At the end of Teasel Close in Haverhill | |||
2012-10-31 52 0 | 4 | 3 | Benjw | On the bank of the River Cam in Chesterton | ||
2013-02-03 51 0 | 5 | 4 | Outside a house on High Wych Road, near the town of Sawbridgeworth | |||
2013-05-12 51 -0 | 6 | 5 | In shrubland near Waltham Cross and the Lee Valley; also very close to the M25 | |||
2013-06-02 52 1 | 7 | 6 | Just North of Winterton Dunes on the Norfolk coast | |||
2013-06-30 52 -0 | 8 | 7 | The end of Gery Court in Eaton Ford, about one mile west of St. Neots town centre | |||
2013-07-20 52 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | Benjw | On Plantation Road in Sawston | |
2013-08-03 51 -0 | 10 | 9 | On Birchwood Way, near How Wood station, just south of St. Albans | |||
2013-08-03 52 0 | 11 | 10 | Benjw | The west bank of the River Great Ouse just south of Kings Lynn, at the appropriately named Eau Brink Road | ||
2013-08-04 52 0 | 12 | 11 | Benjw | On the west bank of a canal near Outwell, in Norfolk | ||
2013-08-05 52 0 | 13 | 12 | The front lawn of Cambridge University's Faculty of Education, on Hills Road in south Cambridge | |||
2013-09-11 52 0 | 14 | 2 | The middle of a field adjacent to the River Cam near Waterbeach | |||
2014-06-29 52 0 | 15 | 13 | In the middle of Sluice Road, between the River Great Ouse and the village of Denver, a couple of miles from Downham Market | |||
2015-08-08 52 0 | 16 | 14 | 2 | Benjw, Sourcerer | Just off a dirt road in Fulbourn, near Cambridge | |
2015-09-19 52 0 | 17 | 15 | 3 | On the Icknield Way long distance trail, on a track near Honington Airfield, somewhere between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds | ||
2015-09-29 52 0 | 18 | 16 | On a footpath between Foxton and Newton | |||
2015-10-17 52 0 | 19 | 17 | The middle of Snettisham Common, near the coast of The Wash | |||
2015-11-05 52 0 | 20 | 18 | A small lawn just inside the grounds of Homerton College, Cambridge | |||
2015-11-08 51 -0 | 21 | 19 | On the entrance road to Chells Park, Stevenage | |||
2015-11-14 52 0 | 22 | 3 | In a field near the village of Lolworth, just off the A14 outside Cambridge | |||
2015-11-14 52 -0 | 23 | 20 | In a field between the villages of Lolworth and Boxworth, just outside Cambridge | |||
2015-11-30 52 0 | 24 | 21 | Alongside the ruins of St James Church, on the outskirts of King's Lynn. | |||
2016-01-02 51 -0 | 25 | 22 | Next to a roundabout just south of Wandsworth Bridge over the River Thames. | |||
2016-05-15 52 1 | 26 | 23 | Sourcerer | Halfway across the River Yare at the end of the cut at Hardley Staithe, Norfolk, UK. Boaty McBoatface! | ||
2016-09-27 52 0 | 27 | 24 | In the middle of Coldham's Common, north Cambridge. | |||
2017-07-31 52 0 | 28 | 25 | On a public footpath just off Dunstan Street in Ely. |