Difference between revisions of "2014-08-23 52 0"

Latest revision as of 01:07, 15 August 2019

Location

A field on a hillside near the village of Shaftenhoe End.

Participants

Tongs (talk) - 4 people this time.

Plans

This expedition was planned out, and we even edited the wiki to reflect our intentions. We set off at about 3pm from central Cambridge with a huge box of snacks and an American football.

Expedition

We drove the 20km there, mostly along the main road, and turned off successively smaller roads until the GPS reported we were a couple of hundred metres from the hashpoint. We gingerly scampered up the hill and got there at 3.50pm, in time for the official 4pm meetup. Exploring a little more, we found a badger hole, lots of chalk, a mobile phone mast, and other stuff. We were in a relatively big field with nice views from the hillside. A thin slice of woodland surrounded a ditch on the other side of the road.

We sat there for a bit eating crisps, Tunnock's teacakes and sweets, and talked about the possibility of going to another hashpoint only 8km away. Three planes flew above us at the same time. We ran down the hill and into the car.

We headed towards the other hashpoint in the doublehash.

Tracklog

(to appear)

Photos

(more to come)

M demonstrates proof of reaching the hashpoint.

Achievements

(doublehash)

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 == Location ==
-A field near the village of Shaftenhoe End.
+A field on a hillside near the village of Shaftenhoe End.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
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+* [[User:Tongs|Tongs]] ([[User talk:Tongs|talk]]) - 4 people this time.
 == Plans ==
-We'll be there at 4pm, with snacks and a football.
+This expedition was planned out, and we even edited the wiki to reflect our intentions. We set off at about 3pm from central Cambridge with a huge box of snacks and an American football.
-There's a possibility we'll go for a doublehash [[52,-0|across the meridian]], but we don't know yet.
-We'd love to have a meetup - is anyone out there interested?
-[[User:Tongs|Tongs]] ([[User talk:Tongs|talk]])
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+We drove the 20km there, mostly along the main road, and turned off successively smaller roads until the GPS reported we were a couple of hundred metres from the hashpoint. We gingerly scampered up the hill and got there at 3.50pm, in time for the official 4pm meetup. Exploring a little more, we found a badger hole, lots of chalk, a mobile phone mast, and other stuff. We were in a relatively big field with nice views from the hillside. A thin slice of woodland surrounded a ditch on the other side of the road.
+We sat there for a bit eating crisps, Tunnock's teacakes and sweets, and talked about the possibility of going to another hashpoint only 8km away. Three planes flew above us at the same time. We ran down the hill and into the car.
+We headed towards [[2014-08-23 52 -0|the other hashpoint]] in the doublehash.
 == Tracklog ==
 <!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+(to appear)
 == Photos ==
+(more to come)
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2014-08-23 52 0 GPS.jpg | M demonstrates proof of reaching the hashpoint.
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
+(doublehash)
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-<!-- An actual expedition:
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+{{location|GB|ENG|CAM}}
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