2015-12-24 53 -2

Thu 24 Dec 2015 in Manchester, UK: 53.1584969, -2.3788291 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a field close to a footpath, north of Sandbach, Cheshire (east), UK.

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

Expedition one of two spanning Christmas night - 2015-12-24 53 -2 - 2015-12-25 53 -1 - ETA 22:30.

This is my pagan celebration of the winter solstice full moon (almost as this is 12.5 hours early).

Expedition

• Arrived. -- Sourcerer (talk) @53.1585,-2.3788 22:28, 24 December 2015 (GMT)

My friends planned to go to midnight mass. I said I was going to a pagan celebration. When the whole group was assembled, some of the party had already been to a service and opted out. So did the rest of the group. I said I took my religion more seriously and could not opt out of my pilgrimage. So off I went. This was all done with much laughter and good humour.

All went to plan. Sandbach has a slightly confusing one way system in the centre. The parking lay-by was as expected. The footpath had been obliterated by sweet corn harvesting machinery. On the plus side, the open field was easy to cross apart from the wet slippery mud surface. There was bright moonlight and the temperature was 3.5 C. This was a fine way to spend Christmas eve,

Photos

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Achievements

Sourcerer earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2015-12-24.

Expeditions and Plans

2015-12-24
Amsterdam, Netherlands	Palmpje	In the dunes near Wassenaar. Near a bicycle path.
Manchester, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	In a field close to a footpath, north of Sandbach, Cheshire (east), UK.

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Sourcerer's Expedition Links

2015-12-23 52 -1 - 2015-12-24 53 -2 - 2015-12-25 53 -1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.