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== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
 
I had been trying to do this for a while: find a geohash somewhere in Europe, and get there and back again in one day. For this, three things needed to be in place:
 
I had been trying to do this for a while: find a geohash somewhere in Europe, and get there and back again in one day. For this, three things needed to be in place:
1. A reachable geohash (not in water, someone's house, or on the top of a mountain)
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#A reachable geohash (not in water, someone's house, or on the top of a mountain)
2. An affordable way of getting there on one or two days' notice
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#An affordable way of getting there on one or two days' notice
3. Something interesting nearby that I would visit even if I wasn't hashing
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#Something interesting nearby that I would visit even if I wasn't hashing
 
I've often cross-checked Google Flights and geohashing.info on Friday evenings to see if I could make such a trip on the weekend, but opportunities have so far been very few. But this weekend, the stars were aligned correctly. There was a hash in a forest near Lausanne, there were still affordable flights available to Geneva, and I had always wanted to visit the old Montreux recording studio used by Queen plus Freddie Mercury's statue on the waterfront.
 
I've often cross-checked Google Flights and geohashing.info on Friday evenings to see if I could make such a trip on the weekend, but opportunities have so far been very few. But this weekend, the stars were aligned correctly. There was a hash in a forest near Lausanne, there were still affordable flights available to Geneva, and I had always wanted to visit the old Montreux recording studio used by Queen plus Freddie Mercury's statue on the waterfront.
  
I booked flight tickets and a rental car and went to bed early. I got up very early the next morning and set off!
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This Friday evening I booked flight tickets and a rental car and went to bed early. I got up very early the next morning and set off!
  
 
===There===
 
===There===
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Image:2018-11-10 46 6 FelixTheCat 3.JPG | The sun rises as we fly over Luxembourg.
 
Image:2018-11-10 46 6 FelixTheCat 3.JPG | The sun rises as we fly over Luxembourg.
 
Image:2018-11-10 46 6 FelixTheCat 4.JPG | Landed at GVA. There's a weird dot pattern on the windows so you can't make clear pictures :-(
 
Image:2018-11-10 46 6 FelixTheCat 4.JPG | Landed at GVA. There's a weird dot pattern on the windows so you can't make clear pictures :-(
Image:2018-11-10 46 6 FelixTheCat 5.JPG | I had reserved a "surprise model" sinze that was the cheapest option. The clerk asked me "Would a Mercedes-Benz E Class be all right?"
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Image:2018-11-10 46 6 FelixTheCat 5.JPG | I had reserved a "surprise model" since that was the cheapest option. The clerk asked me "Would a Mercedes-Benz E Class be all right?"
 
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Location

Neyruz-sur-Moudon, canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

Participants

FelixTheCat (talk)

Expedition

I had been trying to do this for a while: find a geohash somewhere in Europe, and get there and back again in one day. For this, three things needed to be in place:

  1. A reachable geohash (not in water, someone's house, or on the top of a mountain)
  2. An affordable way of getting there on one or two days' notice
  3. Something interesting nearby that I would visit even if I wasn't hashing

I've often cross-checked Google Flights and geohashing.info on Friday evenings to see if I could make such a trip on the weekend, but opportunities have so far been very few. But this weekend, the stars were aligned correctly. There was a hash in a forest near Lausanne, there were still affordable flights available to Geneva, and I had always wanted to visit the old Montreux recording studio used by Queen plus Freddie Mercury's statue on the waterfront.

This Friday evening I booked flight tickets and a rental car and went to bed early. I got up very early the next morning and set off!

There

The hash

The sights

Back again

Achievements