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== Location == | == Location == | ||
− | + | West of Hatherleigh | |
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− | + | * [[User:Munky|Munky]] | |
+ | * Chuffy | ||
+ | * Bags | ||
== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
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− | [[User:Munky|Munky]] and his friends Chuffy and Bags wanted to go for a bike ride, and had no idea where to go. No matter! Let the Internet decide! And so these poor saps were dragged along for a hash in a farmer's field. | + | [[User:Munky|Munky]] and his friends Chuffy and Bags wanted to go for a nice long bike ride before Century Season starts, and had no idea where to go. No matter! Let the Internet decide! And so these poor saps were dragged along for a hash in a farmer's field. |
− | A lovely | + | A lovely day's riding was had, and the hash -- just west of Hatherleigh -- loomed into range. The view from space had it in a field just off a farm track: now, farmers round here are either lovely or banjo playin' types, and there's no way of knowing until it's too late. But we're from the internet. And we decided to brandish Bags in front of any grumpy people, 'cos she's a gurl. |
The track was guarded! Weird grey-green two-legged things in pens. Velociraptor breeding, here in Devon? No, just fancy geese, who started doing circle dances (do geese have GPS? were they trying to hit that elusive 0m?) so we pressed on. | The track was guarded! Weird grey-green two-legged things in pens. Velociraptor breeding, here in Devon? No, just fancy geese, who started doing circle dances (do geese have GPS? were they trying to hit that elusive 0m?) so we pressed on. | ||
− | At the end of the track, huge stone bells. Not dumbbells, church bells. A shed set up as a hobby foundry made the whole scene exceptionally cool, and we popped into the field giggling like scrumping schoolboys to hit the hash. | + | At the end of the track, huge stone bells. Not dumbbells, church bells. A shed set up as a hobby foundry made the whole scene exceptionally cool, somebody's mad bell workshop, and we popped into the field giggling like scrumping schoolboys to hit the hash. |
− | And then turn tail and scamper for home, via monuments and holy wells, a pub, some escaped sheep and really far too many hills. | + | And then to turn tail and scamper for home, via monuments (Hatherleigh Monument: Charge of the Light Brigade) and holy wells (St John's - tasty), a pub (the Bridge), some escaped sheep and really ''far'' too many hills. Along the way, [[User:Munky|Munky]] was picking fallen England flags from the roadside, sailing along like a galleon under full flag (total score: 7, or one flag per 10 km (weighted towards fast roads)). Well, there ''is'' some football on. :) |
− | == | + | == Photos == |
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− | + | Image:2010-06-12_50_-4_At_the_hash.jpg | Ned Ludd here is a big fan of paper. | |
− | Image: | + | Image:2010-06-12_50_-4_Baggy,_Bikes_and_Bell_Moulds.JPG | Baggy poses with our noble steeds and a bell mould. |
− | -- | + | Image:2010-06-12_50_-4_Bell_mould_inner.JPG | I've never seen moulds this big! |
− | + | Image:2010-06-12_50_-4_Bell_mould_outer.JPG | This is the outer half. | |
+ | Image:2010-06-12_50_-4_Festooned_with_Flags.JPG | Lots of En-ger-land flags. | ||
+ | Image:2010-06-12_50_-4_Monument!.JPG | After the hash we found a monument to the Charge of the Light Brigade. | ||
+ | Image:2010-06-12_50_-4_St_Johns_Well.JPG | Munky sampling the water at St John's Well. | ||
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− | + | {{Bicycle geohash | latitude = 50 | |
+ | | longitude = -4 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-06-12 | name = Munky | distance = 77.8 km | image = 2010-06-12_50_-4_Festooned_with_Flags.JPG }} | ||
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+ | | latitude = 50 | ||
+ | | longitude = -4 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-06-12 | ||
+ | | partner = Chuffy and Bags | ||
+ | | name = Munky | ||
+ | | image = 2010-06-12_50_-4_At_the_hash.jpg | ||
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+ | {{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 50 | ||
+ | | longitude = -4 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-06-12 | ||
+ | | name = Munky }} | ||
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+ | | latitude = 50 | ||
+ | | longitude = -4 | ||
+ | | date = 2010-06-12 | ||
+ | | name = Munky | ||
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+ | | date = 2010-06-12 | ||
+ | | name = Munky | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:12, 20 March 2024
Sat 12 Jun 2010 in 50,-4: 50.8070820, -4.1346896 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
West of Hatherleigh
Participants
- Munky
- Chuffy
- Bags
Expedition
Munky and his friends Chuffy and Bags wanted to go for a nice long bike ride before Century Season starts, and had no idea where to go. No matter! Let the Internet decide! And so these poor saps were dragged along for a hash in a farmer's field.
A lovely day's riding was had, and the hash -- just west of Hatherleigh -- loomed into range. The view from space had it in a field just off a farm track: now, farmers round here are either lovely or banjo playin' types, and there's no way of knowing until it's too late. But we're from the internet. And we decided to brandish Bags in front of any grumpy people, 'cos she's a gurl.
The track was guarded! Weird grey-green two-legged things in pens. Velociraptor breeding, here in Devon? No, just fancy geese, who started doing circle dances (do geese have GPS? were they trying to hit that elusive 0m?) so we pressed on.
At the end of the track, huge stone bells. Not dumbbells, church bells. A shed set up as a hobby foundry made the whole scene exceptionally cool, somebody's mad bell workshop, and we popped into the field giggling like scrumping schoolboys to hit the hash.
And then to turn tail and scamper for home, via monuments (Hatherleigh Monument: Charge of the Light Brigade) and holy wells (St John's - tasty), a pub (the Bridge), some escaped sheep and really far too many hills. Along the way, Munky was picking fallen England flags from the roadside, sailing along like a galleon under full flag (total score: 7, or one flag per 10 km (weighted towards fast roads)). Well, there is some football on. :)
Photos
Achievements
Munky earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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Munky earned the Drag-along achievement
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Munky earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
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Munky earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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Munky earned the Land geohash achievement
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