2018-08-23 50 -1

Thu 23 Aug 2018 in 50,-1: 50.9582412, -1.0376621 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Hyden Wood, near Chidden. The woods look to be criss-crossed with footpaths, so this might be pretty achievable.

Participants

• Dan Q

Plans

I'd originally planned on heading to 2018-08-23 51 -1 because I anticipated that it'd be on or near my route travelling South along almost the entire length of the 51 -1 graticule, but I didn't bargain on such a Northerly hashpoint so I've changed plans and am now aiming to get to this one some time in the morning (I'm hoping to be in Winchester by lunch).

Expedition

SUCCESS! Despite thick woods, swampy conditions, leech attack, and nonexistent paths, I was able to reach the hashpoint. Details to follow.

Tracklog

• Download full tracklog (includes boring bit where I drive down the A34, too...

Photos

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  Edge of the woods

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  Panorama of the Natural Burial Site that I passed through

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  Looking across the valley, I can see the woods on the other side that I believe to contain the hashpoint

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  This path looks like the best route towards it

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  Success! You can't get closer than this!

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  Panorama of the hashpoint, which surprisingly fell on a disused and unmarked trail

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  Silly (and damp) grin

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  A clever geocache container is in this photo...

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  Full tracklog map, including my drive all the way down from Oxford

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  Annotated map showing the walking part of the expedition

Achievements

DanQ earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2018-08-22.

DanQ achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 3 of the surrounding graticules.