Difference between revisions of "2019-08-01 51 -1"

Latest revision as of 21:51, 26 February 2020

Dan Q also wrote about this expedition on his blog. For more details and higher-resolution pictures, see this expedition's log at https://danq.me/2019/08/01/geohashing-expedition-2019-08-01-51-1/

Location

Edge of field near Charlbury railway station, Oxfordshire. Looks to be accessible via a narrow road connecting the B4437 to what looks like a sewage treatment plant.

Participants

Dan Q

Plans

Dan Q plans to cycle out to the hashpoint this morning/early afternoon, aiming to arrive around 13:00.

Expedition

A morning meeting with an estate agent wrapped-up sooner than I expected, and I found myself with enough free time to tackle a cycle out to (and back from) this hashpoint with enough time to spare to do a little freelance work and study in the afternoon. The sun beamed gloriously except during a few windy moments (as you can hear hear in the accompanying video) and a couple of points where it briefly threatened to rain before changing its mind.

I picked a route that minimised the time I would spend on major roads: I left Kidlington via the towpath alongside the Oxford Canal, taking the woodland path to Begbroke alongside the "fairy doors", and then the cyclepath alongside the A44 into Woodstock. There, I'd planned to cut through the grounds of Blenheim Palace, but for a brief moment I worried that this might not be possible: some kind of event is taking place at the Palace this week, and it seemed possible that parts of the grounds would be inaccessible. Fortunately I was allowed through and was able to continue my adventure without venturing on the main roads, but I still wonder if my route was truly legit: when I came out of the other side of the grounds I noticed a sign indicating that the route I'd taken was not supposed to be a public right of way to the Palace I'd just come from!

Pushing on through Stonesfield and Fawler I made my way to Charlbury, dismounted twice to pick my way through the village's confusing one-way system, found the station, and made my way down the lane behind it. There's a lovely little nursery there called The Railway Children, which is pretty cute for a nursery alongside a station. The lane seemed to exist only for the purpose of serving the sewage treatment works at the end of it, but nobody batted an eye at my cycling down it, and I was able to park my bike up half-way and walk the remaining distance up through the grassy field to the hashpoint, arriving at about 13:30. It's a beautiful area, but there's not much more to say about it than that.

On the return journey I called in at geocaches GC1JMQY (log) and GC873ZQ (log), but failed to find GC87403 (log), principally because I was running out of spare time and had to cut my search short. I cycled home, logging a total journey of around 43 kilometres (around 27 miles).

Tracklog

My GPSr keeps a tracklog:

Video

I vlogged the entire experience.

Also available at:

Photos

Something's going on at Blenheim Palace
Proof
Silly grin
Bonus silly grin
Ground zero #1
Ground zero #2
Returning from the hashpoint

Achievements

Dan Q earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 43km to and from the (51, -1) geohash on 2019-08-01.

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 == Location ==
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+Edge of field near Charlbury railway station, Oxfordshire. Looks to be accessible via a narrow road connecting the B4437 to what looks like a sewage treatment plant.
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:DanQ|Dan Q]]
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+[[User:DanQ|Dan Q]] plans to cycle out to the hashpoint this morning/early afternoon, aiming to arrive around 13:00.
 == Expedition ==
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+A morning meeting with an estate agent wrapped-up sooner than I expected, and I found myself with enough free time to tackle a cycle out to (and back from) this hashpoint with enough time to spare to do a little freelance work and study in the afternoon. The sun beamed gloriously except during a few windy moments (as you can hear hear in the accompanying video) and a couple of points where it briefly threatened to rain before changing its mind.
+I picked a route that minimised the time I would spend on major roads: I left Kidlington via the towpath alongside the Oxford Canal, taking the woodland path to Begbroke alongside the "fairy doors", and then the cyclepath alongside the A44 into Woodstock. There, I'd planned to cut through the grounds of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace Blenheim Palace], but for a brief moment I worried that this might not be possible: some kind of event is taking place at the Palace this week, and it seemed possible that parts of the grounds would be inaccessible. Fortunately I was allowed through and was able to continue my adventure without venturing on the main roads, but I still wonder if my route was truly legit: when I came out of the other side of the grounds I noticed a sign indicating that the route I'd taken was not supposed to be a public right of way to the Palace I'd just come from!
+Pushing on through Stonesfield and Fawler I made my way to Charlbury, dismounted twice to pick my way through the village's confusing one-way system, found the station, and made my way down the lane behind it. There's a lovely little nursery there called The Railway Children, which is pretty cute for a nursery alongside a station. The lane seemed to exist only for the purpose of serving the sewage treatment works at the end of it, but nobody batted an eye at my cycling down it, and I was able to park my bike up half-way and walk the remaining distance up through the grassy field to the hashpoint, arriving at about 13:30. It's a beautiful area, but there's not much more to say about it than that.
+On the return journey I called in at geocaches [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1JMQY_sidetracked-charlbury GC1JMQY] ([https://danq.me/2019/08/01/dan-q-found-gc1jmqy-sidetracked-charlbury/ log]) and [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC873ZQ_cr1-wood-path GC873ZQ] ([https://danq.me/2019/08/01/dan-q-found-gc873zq-cr1-wood-path/ log]), but failed to find [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC87403_cr2-crossroads GC87403] ([https://danq.me/2019/08/01/dan-q-couldnt-find-gc87403-cr2-crossroads/ log]), principally because I was running out of spare time and had to cut my search short. I cycled home, logging a total journey of around 43 kilometres (around 27 miles).
 == Tracklog ==
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+My GPSr keeps a tracklog:
+* [[Media:2019-08-01_51_-1_Geohashing_expedition.gpx|GPX Tracklog]]
+* [https://danq.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2019-08-01%2051%20-1%20Geohashing%20expedition.gpx GPX Tracklog (hosted externally)]
+{{tracklog|2019-08-01_51_-1_Geohashing_expedition.gpx}}
+== Video ==
+I vlogged the entire experience.
+<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGboZkJTm0A</youtube>
+Also available at:
+* [https://danq.me/2019/08/01/2019-08-01-51-1-video/ My blog]
+* [https://tube.danq.me/videos/watch/784c1d49-bab9-404e-a645-add12c707d7e QTube]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGboZkJTm0A YouTube]
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+Image:2019-08-01 51 -1 B.jpg | Proof
+Image:2019-08-01 51 -1 C.jpg | Silly grin
+Image:2019-08-01 51 -1 D.jpg | Bonus silly grin
+Image:2019-08-01 51 -1 E.jpg | Ground zero #1
+Image:2019-08-01 51 -1 F.jpg | Ground zero #2
+Image:2019-08-01 51 -1 G.jpg | Returning from the hashpoint
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