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== About ==
 
== About ==
  
The geohash of the day was in the water somewhere in the north Moray Firth . We didn't have a boat so immediately decided that this would have to be a Failed Geohash. We set the venue as the first point of landfall south of the geohash at 57.724098°, -3.350491° because this was just down the road for us. We set the additional goal for the geohash of stretching the boundaries of what "landfall" could mean by walking northwards into the sea.
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[[User:Smoulder|Smoulder]] and [[User:damianc|Damianc]] made this expedition.
  
== The Expedition ==
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The geohash of the day was in the water somewhere in the north Moray Firth.
  
We started at Covesea village, half a mile away from the proposed failed geohash and got a good view of the part of the beach we needed to target.  
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We didn't have a boat so immediately realised that this would be a failed attempt.  
  
A path led us down to the beach through the caves and onto the cobbles.  
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We set the venue as the first point of landfall south of the geohash at 57.724098°, -3.350491° because this was just down the road for us. We set the additional goal for the geohash of stretching the boundaries of what "landfall" could mean by walking northwards into the sea.
  
The water was breaking over Covesea Skerries and we took a bearing off the westward end of the westward skerry to pinpoint our location on the beach.
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== The expedition ==
  
The tide had just started to recede from the high water mark and the waves were more than ripples, so little progress could be made northwards.  
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We started at Covesea village, half a mile away from the proposed venue, which gave us a good view of our target. A path led us down to the beach through the caves and onto the cobbles.  
  
However, Smoulder did get as deep as she could in her wellies without getting water IN her wellies.
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The water was breaking over Covesea Skerries and we took a bearing off the westward end of the westward skerry to pinpoint our location on the beach.  
Smoulder's stupid grin was inspired by the thought “I'm looking at the camera but wondering what is happening down there at welly level”.
 
 
 
Damianc's stupid grin was inspired by the thought “I'm looking at the camera and know what is happening down there at boot level”. We are glad to say that his feet survived in soggy monkey boots all the way home back to post this campaign.
 
  
Smoulder is rather pleased that the water reached up to 1 centimetre of the top of her wellies and no further.
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The tide had just started to recede from the high water mark and the waves were more than ripples (to put it mildly), so we achieved little progress northwards. Smoulder walked as deep as she could in her wellies without getting water IN her wellies; Damianc got his feet wet.
  
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Smoulder is rather pleased that the water went no further than 1 centimetre from the top of her wellies. Damianc's feet survived his soggy monkey boots all the way back home to post this report.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
  
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Image:2008-11-16_elgin_grin_smoulder.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Obligatory grim [TM] - Smoulder]]
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Image:2008-11-16_57_-3_skerries.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Breakers on the Skerries]]
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Image:2008-11-16_57_-3_map.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|No GPS for us]]
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Image:2008-11-16_57_-3_boat.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Should we have hailed this boat?]]
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Image:2008_11-16_57_-3_just_checking.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Careful thought required]]
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Image:2008-11-16_elgin_grin_failed.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Obligatory grim [TM] - damianc]]
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Image:2008-11-16_elgin_grin_smoulder.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Obligatory grin [TM] - Smoulder]]
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Image:2008-11-16_57_-3_wellies.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Attempt to go north abandoned at depth]]
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Image:2008-11-16_57_-3_msg.jpg|[[2008-11-16 57 -3|Left an ephemeral message]]
 
</gallery>
 
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[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
 
[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
[[Category:Failed - Did not attempt]]
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[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
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Sun 16 Nov 2008 in Elgin:
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Covesea Beach

About

Smoulder and Damianc made this expedition.

The geohash of the day was in the water somewhere in the north Moray Firth.

We didn't have a boat so immediately realised that this would be a failed attempt.

We set the venue as the first point of landfall south of the geohash at 57.724098°, -3.350491° because this was just down the road for us. We set the additional goal for the geohash of stretching the boundaries of what "landfall" could mean by walking northwards into the sea.

The expedition

We started at Covesea village, half a mile away from the proposed venue, which gave us a good view of our target. A path led us down to the beach through the caves and onto the cobbles.

The water was breaking over Covesea Skerries and we took a bearing off the westward end of the westward skerry to pinpoint our location on the beach.

The tide had just started to recede from the high water mark and the waves were more than ripples (to put it mildly), so we achieved little progress northwards. Smoulder walked as deep as she could in her wellies without getting water IN her wellies; Damianc got his feet wet.

Smoulder is rather pleased that the water went no further than 1 centimetre from the top of her wellies. Damianc's feet survived his soggy monkey boots all the way back home to post this report.

Gallery