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The Birmingham [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=52&long=-1&zoom=8 latitude 52, longitude -1].
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The Birmingham [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=52|lon=-1|text=latitude 52, longitude -1}}. It is the only UK graticule with neighbours that are mostly dry land.
  
 
== Local Geohashers ==
 
== Local Geohashers ==
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* [[User:waq|waq]] will try to attend weekend meetups when he can (when they occur in Leicester/Loughborough).
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===Active===
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* [[User:krypto|krypto]] & friend will try to be there when he can.
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* [[User:jamesl|jamesl]] lives in Anstey, Leicester, will use bike and public transport. Is also on IRC with the same nick. Has a two-way radio and GPS.
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* [[User:jez|jez]] Is a foot or bike distance away from Loughborough only kind of guy. (cars are evil!)
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* [[User:kimble|kimble]] lives in Birmingham.  Has bike, will travel.
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* [[User:sminkybazza|sminkybazza]] is also a Lufbra person. Limited to bike, buses and rail and saturdays.
 
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* [[User:Anseth|anseth]] currently has no car but will attempt to make saturdays.
 
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* [[User:PodRED|PodRED]] is now based in London but will GeoHash in Loughborough area if he is visiting in future.
 
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* [[User:Becky|Becky]] is Loughborough based but planning to geohash whichever graticule she finds herself in on Saturdays. Car powered but lacking GPS tech.
 
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* [[User:Walrus Rider|Walrus Rider]] goes to Warwick uni and lives in Leamington Spa. No easy means of transport.
 
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* [[User:RoadieRich|RoadieRich]] is Nottingham based, and is limited to bus, trains, and a pair of old faithful hiking boots.  However, he is reliant on public web access, so is not always able to get up-to-date geohashes.
 
 
* [[User:omniscient|omniscient]] resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.
 
* [[User:omniscient|omniscient]] resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.
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* [[User:powdarrmonkey|powdarrmonkey]] resides in Alcester/Stratford and works in Warwick, so will try for Saturday meetups if he's not doing shows. Has car but no GPS.
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* [[User:archiewood|archiewood]] will try to get to weekend meetings when doable. Car and now GPS!
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* [[User:jon|jon]] resides in Lichfield (where he also works).  He has no car, but has a fine pair of legs.
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* [[User:jwalton|jwalton]] on foot, anywhere near Derby City
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* [[User:Haradan|Haradan]] is at Birmingham university, with no car. May obtain transport from a housemate with a car.
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* [[User:Nickholden|Nickholden]] on foot or bike, in or around Leicester.
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* [[User:Albert Herring|Albert Herring]] is on the southern edge of Nottingham. Has car, prefers bike. Doesn't need no steenking GPS, knows how to read a map and memorise details on satellite photos. Probably.
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* [[User:JohnOldman|JohnOldman]] lives in Leamington Spa and has a car.
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* [[User:blane|blane]] is slap bang in the middle of Leicester. So middle, the town centre is his back garden. Bike bus and rail for the win good fellows.
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* [[User:Pbro|pbro]] lives in Coventry and picks the low-hanging fruit (easy hashes).
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* [[User:M0rt|M0rt]] lives in Leamington Spa and goes to Warwick Uni. Have car. Will Geohash.
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* [[User:Chadders66|Chadders66]] studies at the University of Birmingham. On foot, will travel.
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* [[User:PkmnTrainerJ|PkmnTrainerJ]] lives in Loughborough and is willing to travel via train to places, or car pool with others. Can only attend Sunday & Monday meets usually.
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* [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig]] S. Leicester based exiled Brummie, most likely to attempt rural non-trespassy hashes.
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* [[User:KaynSlamdyke|KaynSlamdyke]], despite recently gaining his bike license doesn't have the Rebel 250 of his dreams yet, and so is limited to the Derby city center.
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* [[User:Pinny|Pinny]] lives in Burton-upon-Trent and has a car, and should be able to make Saturday meetups, and possibly weekday evenings if they are near home/work.
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===Inactive===
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* [[User:joehardflec|joehardflec]] is in Fleckney, now has both car and GPS, will 'hash whenever he can (mostly Leicester area).
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See [[Birmingham, United Kingdom/Inactive Users]]
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* [[User:Locster|Locster]] is in Leamington Spa, has car, handheld GPS, cake. Will be checking Saturday locations.
 
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* [[User:Metallics|Metallics]] lives in Coventry and has access to a car, but works saturdays and distances of travel are limited.
 
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* [[User:BlueNovember|BlueNovember]] is also studying at Warwick Uni. Geohashing; could there be a better way to procrastinate?
 
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* [[User:Tahrey|Tahrey]] lives in the north edge, and works at the west edge of Brum METRES within graticule. Has a car that's all kinds of old and busted, but still works well (a necessity, at least for now). Generally fails at hashing - ambitious, but rubbish.
 
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* [[User:SilentSpring|SilentSpring]] Lives in Stechford, will get to saturday meetups when he can. Has a bus pass, and knows how to read a map.
 
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* [[User:Scunner|Scunner]] Lives in Leicester and attends Leicester Uni. I have a motorbike so i have the 50 miles around Leicester covered.
 
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* [[User:Strawberryutopia|Strawberry Utopia]] goes to Warwick Uni. <s>Has a car and some sort of satnav that ''may'' work...</s> Will consider geohashing.
 
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* [[User:rvsmortimer|rvsmortimer]] lives in Leicester (DMU) and will endevour to get meetups if he's in the area and doesn't have a hangover with public transport.
 
  
 
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There is also a [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15443809772 facebook group].
 
There is also a [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15443809772 facebook group].
  
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== Geohashing at a distance via CCTV ==
 
  
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Hi, [[User:Sermoa|aimee]] here from Swindon graticule. There's been a bit of [[Talk:Achievements#Webcam | discussion]] lately about geohashing using CCTV and i notice that tomorrow's geohash is in Nottingham just off Mansfield Road, and there is a CCTV camera very near to it. I don't know whether the camera will cover the exact location, but if anyone's going, it would be truly awesome to wave at the cctv camera! Maybe even hold up an XKCD sign?!
 
  
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if you plan to go, please let me know what time you'll be there because i will totally look out for you! Here's the meetup page for discussion: [[2009-08-12 52 -1]]
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==Meetups==
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=== 2022 ===
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* [[2022-12-29 52 -1]]: [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] visited a suburban Leicestershire street corner
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* [[2022-07-25 52 -1]][[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] Could get no closer that a tantalising 16m to a suburban hashpoint.
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* [[2022-02-20 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:DanQ|Dan Q]] visited to find a rainy hashpoint near some light industry in Kitts Green
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=== 2019 ===
  
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* [[2019-04-22 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] walked off a few of the bazillion calories from eating Easter eggs by wandering to this pleasant rural spot
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===2009-08-02===
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[[2009-08-02 52 -1]]: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. [[User:joehardflec|Joe Hardman]] went using new GPS.  
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* [[2019-07-04 52 -1]] [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] Failed to reach the hashpoint while under fire from 4th of July party fireworks
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* [[2019-07-14 52 -1]] [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig ]] Scrabbled up an ex-coal mine spoil-heap scree at Bagworth Heath Country Park to sit at the hash point
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=== 2018 ===
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* [[2018-12-25 52 -1]] Christmas Day: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the cemetary of St John the Baptist Church, Stowe-By-Chartley, Staffordshire.
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* [[2018-08-22 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:DanQ|Dan Q]] drove up from the [[Swindon, United Kingdom]] graticule to visit a hashpoint in a field full of cows.
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=== 2017 ===
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* [[2017-10-07 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] ran to Stoke Green for this hash.
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* [[2017-02-10 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] walked around the grain field hash in Kenilworth, without reaching it.
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=== 2016 ===
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* [[2016-02-12 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] detoured on his bicycle commute to this central divider in Coundon, Coventry.
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=== 2015 ===
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* [[2015-12-23 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field, east of Solihull, West Midlands, UK.
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* [[2015-12-09 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:Chadders66|Chadders66]] visited a grassy verge on Nobel Way in Witton, Birmingham for his first Geohash.
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* [[2015-09-19 52 -1]] Saturday: A field of very tall sweetcorn a little off the M42, near Hockley Heath.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited on the way from Cambridge to Hereford.
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* [[2015-02-13 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a technology park where the M1 crosses the A52, between Nottingham and Derby, Derbyshire, UK.
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=== 2014 ===
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* [[2014-11-19 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:Pbro|Pbro]] went for a run in Radford, Coventry.
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* [[2014-03-10 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] tried to avoid getting run over in Leicester City Centre.
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=== 2013 ===
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* [[2013-08-04 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] peered through a thick hedge into a field.
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* [[2013-06-18 52 -1]] Tuesday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] made it into a part of the new National Forest, thanks to some epic guiding work from a work colleague.
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* [[2013-06-08 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] watched potatoes growing on farmland near Long Itchington, Warwickshire.
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* [[2013-06-01 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] ate a cucumber sandwich on a little patch of grass by the side of Anstey Lane, in Leicester.
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* [[2013-05-25 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:Nickholden|Nick Holden]] got into a field near Short Heath, Derbyshire, with his towel. But two punctures made it rather more difficult than it should have been.
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* [[2013-04-28 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Bollerenshaws|Bollerenshaws]] visited a field near Offchurch, north-east of Leamington Spa, UK.
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* [[2013-04-14 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the banks of the river Blythe between the M6 Toll road and the A446, east of Birmingham, UK.
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* [[2013-02-18 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited an area of heath and wood surrounded by major roads and a small river, Coventry, UK.
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=== 2012 ===
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* [[2012-11-18 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Nickholden|Nickholden]] got within four feet of a private car park, off the Lutterworth Road, Leicester.
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* [[2012-11-04 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to visit a field 42 metres off a narrow rural lane. The nearest big town was Uttoxeter.
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* [[2012-08-09 52 -1]] Thursday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a hay field a few metres off a public footpath. This was near the Grand Union Canal at Hatton.
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* [[2012-03-08 52 -1]] Thursday: [[User:jwalton|jwalton]] sat by a stream in a field near the A38 in Derby, UK.
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=== 2011 ===
  
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* [[2011-05-27 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the hashpoint a mile north east of spaghetti junction, Birmingham, UK.
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* [[2011-03-20 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] achieved multihash 2 of 5 in a field about five miles west of Coventry, UK.
  
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[[2009-03-24 52 -1|Report here]].  The entrance to a park in Oadby.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited from the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45.  [[User:joehardflec|Joehardflec]] had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.
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===2010===
  
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===Sunday 2008-06-22===
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* [[2010-10-10 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:archiewood|Archiewood]] fought with Google maps to get as close to this hash as he could.
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* [[2010-10-09]] Saturday: [[User:archiewood|Archiewood]] got as close to <s>this hash</s> what he thought was this hash as he could, only to later discover he had accidentally visited the hash for [[2010-10-02 52 -1|the same day on the previous week]]. This is noteworthy only because it appeared another hasher made exactly the same mistake.
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* [[2010-09-22 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[user:joehardflec|Joe]] walked to today's hashpoint, and saw a low flying C-130.
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* [[2010-09-21 52 -1]] Tuesday: [[User:archiewood|Archiewood]] said hello to the sheep at this hash in Whilton.
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* [[2010-07-24 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:omniscient|Omniscient]] trekked as close as he could to this hash after visitng twycross zoo.
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* [[2010-07-17 52 -1]] Saturday: [[User:omniscient|Omniscient]] assailed the grassy verge with friends.
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* [[2010-06-25 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] visited this one in Croft.
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* [[2010-06-20 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] completed this hash - his first of 4-in-a-row on this day - in a field beyond Anstey cemetery.
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* [[2010-06-16 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went to this one on the outskirts of Leicester / Grove park.
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* [[2010-02-15 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] visited.
  
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[[2008-06-22 52 -1|Report here]]: [[User:Sminkybazza|SminkyBazzA]] and [[User:Bluecont|Bluecont]] found a tractor.
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===2009===
  
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===Friday 2008-06-20===
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* [[2009-11-02 52 -1]] Monday: [[User:kimble|Kim]] took a detour from her regular cycling route to visit this one.
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* [[2009-10-07 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went to this one near Shawell.
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* [[2009-09-30 52 -1]] Wednesday: [[User:davidc|davidc]], on loan from [[Berlin, Germany]], visits a field near Banbury and enjoys the English countryside.
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* [[2009-08-13 52 -1]] Thursday: A school in Earl Shilton. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] headed over there and walked down the track/footpath by the side of the playing fields, getting as close as was possible
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* [[2009-08-02 52 -1]] Sunday: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went using new GPS.
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* [[2009-03-24 52 -1]] Tuesday: The entrance to a park in Oadby.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited from the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45.  [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.
  
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[[2008-06-20 52 -1|Report here]]: [[User:Albert Herring|Albert Herring]] wandered down to the hashpoint at about 19:00, as it was just around the corner. It turned out to be in a private garden in a housing estate at the edge of Keyworth.
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* [[2008-06-22 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Sminkybazza|SminkyBazzA]] and [[User:Bluecont|Bluecont]] found a tractor.
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* [[2008-06-20 52 -1]] Friday: [[User:Albert Herring|Albert Herring]] wandered down to the hashpoint at about 19:00, as it was just around the corner. It turned out to be in a private garden in a housing estate at the edge of Keyworth.
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* [[2008-06-08 52 -1]] Sunday: [[User:Becky|Becky]] investigated, and even took chocolate biscuits, but the hashpoint was in a private garden.
  
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[[2008-06-08 52 -1|Report here]]: [[User:Becky|Becky]] investigated, and even took chocolate biscuits, but the hashpoint was in a private garden.
 
  
 
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The Birmingham graticule is at latitude 52, longitude -1. It is the only UK graticule with neighbours that are mostly dry land.

Local Geohashers

Active

  • jamesl lives in Anstey, Leicester, will use bike and public transport. Is also on IRC with the same nick. Has a two-way radio and GPS.
  • kimble lives in Birmingham. Has bike, will travel.
  • omniscient resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.
  • archiewood will try to get to weekend meetings when doable. Car and now GPS!
  • jwalton on foot, anywhere near Derby City
  • Nickholden on foot or bike, in or around Leicester.
  • JohnOldman lives in Leamington Spa and has a car.
  • pbro lives in Coventry and picks the low-hanging fruit (easy hashes).
  • Chadders66 studies at the University of Birmingham. On foot, will travel.
  • Hedgepig S. Leicester based exiled Brummie, most likely to attempt rural non-trespassy hashes.

Inactive

See Birmingham, United Kingdom/Inactive Users

Mailing List

birmingham-east-geohashers

The mailing list is for discussing upcoming locations/meets, activities, car pooling, and all things geohashing.

Notes

There are discussions on the Talk page, please contribute to them.

There is also a facebook group.


Meetups

2022

2019

  • 2019-04-22 52 -1 Monday: Hedgepig walked off a few of the bazillion calories from eating Easter eggs by wandering to this pleasant rural spot
  • 2019-07-14 52 -1 Hedgepig Scrabbled up an ex-coal mine spoil-heap scree at Bagworth Heath Country Park to sit at the hash point

2018

2017

2016

  • 2016-02-12 52 -1 Friday: Pbro detoured on his bicycle commute to this central divider in Coundon, Coventry.

2015

  • 2015-12-23 52 -1 Wednesday: Sourcerer visited a field, east of Solihull, West Midlands, UK.
  • 2015-12-09 52 -1 Wednesday: Chadders66 visited a grassy verge on Nobel Way in Witton, Birmingham for his first Geohash.
  • 2015-09-19 52 -1 Saturday: A field of very tall sweetcorn a little off the M42, near Hockley Heath. Benjw visited on the way from Cambridge to Hereford.
  • 2015-02-13 52 -1 Friday: Sourcerer visited a technology park where the M1 crosses the A52, between Nottingham and Derby, Derbyshire, UK.

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

  • 2009-11-02 52 -1 Monday: Kim took a detour from her regular cycling route to visit this one.
  • 2009-10-07 52 -1 Wednesday: Joe went to this one near Shawell.
  • 2009-09-30 52 -1 Wednesday: davidc, on loan from Berlin, Germany, visits a field near Banbury and enjoys the English countryside.
  • 2009-08-13 52 -1 Thursday: A school in Earl Shilton. Joe headed over there and walked down the track/footpath by the side of the playing fields, getting as close as was possible
  • 2009-08-02 52 -1 Sunday: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. Joe went using new GPS.
  • 2009-03-24 52 -1 Tuesday: The entrance to a park in Oadby. Benjw visited from the Cambridge graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45. Joe had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.

2008

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