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| − | This | + | This {{Today's location|lat=52|lon=-0|text=graticule}} covers the parts of the [[United Kingdom]] (UK) from 52° to 53° latitude, and -1° to -0° longitude. It contains the towns of Northampton, Peterborough and Bedford. It extends as far east as Royston, and as far west as Buckingham, but not as far as Leicester or Nottingham. In the south, the graticule nearly reaches to Milton Keynes, and in the north it contains Grantham and Boston. |
When following the XKCD geohashing algorithm, append the fractional hash part to 52° latitude and -0° longitude. Note the use of negative zero. | When following the XKCD geohashing algorithm, append the fractional hash part to 52° latitude and -0° longitude. Note the use of negative zero. | ||
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Saturday meetups are at 4pm UK time. Other 'spontaneous adventures' are undertaken by some members on any day where the location is accessible. | Saturday meetups are at 4pm UK time. Other 'spontaneous adventures' are undertaken by some members on any day where the location is accessible. | ||
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| − | * [[ | + | Please post your planned expeditions here. |
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| + | == Expeditions == | ||
| + | ===2024=== | ||
| + | *[[2024-10-19 52 -0]]: [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig]] visited the hash in an ancient church in Gaulby, Leicestershire. | ||
| + | *[[2024-08-09 52 -0]]: [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig]] wandered down the canal towpath to the hashpoint. | ||
| + | * [[2024-07-25 52 -0]]: [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] walked to the edge of a crop field near Old Stratford which contained the hash. | ||
| + | * [[2024-07-05 52 -0]]: [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] walked to Cosgrove. | ||
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| + | ===2022=== | ||
| + | * [[2022-09-09 52 -0]]: [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] walked to Campbell Park, Milton Keynes. | ||
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| + | ===2019=== | ||
| + | * [[2019-03-29 52 -0]]: [[User:Hedgepig|Hedgepig]] sneaked into a recently sprayed arable field near Cransley Northants. | ||
| + | * [[2019-03-15 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited a field off a bridleway in Hardwick, about half a mile from the [[2019-03-15 52 0|52,0 hashpoint]]. | ||
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| + | ===2018=== | ||
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| + | * [[2018-10-16 52 -0]]: [[User:DanQ|Dan Q]] visited a lane in Quinton, Northants. | ||
| + | * [[2018-05-31 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field north of Greetham, Rutland, UK. | ||
| + | * [[2018-05-26 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] and [[User:Tongs/B|Tongs/B]] celebrated mouseover day one mile south of Royston railway station, Hertfordshire, UK. | ||
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| + | * [[2018-05-21 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited woodland south of Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK. | ||
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| + | ===2016=== | ||
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| + | * [[2016-03-12 52 -0]]: [[User:Tongs|Tongs]] are visiting a field adjacent to a narrow road near Great Eversden. | ||
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| + | ===2015=== | ||
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| + | * [[2015-12-27 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field east of Covington, Cambridgeshire, UK. | ||
| + | * [[2015-12-23 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field, east of Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK. | ||
| + | * 2015-12-01 52 -0: A footpath in Guilden Morden. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] was tempted to make a double expedition (with the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] hashpoint near Duxford) in the afternoon but never set out. | ||
| + | * [[2015-11-14 52 -0]]: [[User:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]] visited a field between the villages of Lolworth and Boxworth, just outside Cambridge. | ||
| + | * [[2015-10-16 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field south west of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, UK. | ||
| + | * [[2015-10-15 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited the A14/A141 roundabout, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK. | ||
| + | * [[2015-09-19 52 -0]]: A ploughed field near Broughton, south of Kettering and the A14. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited on the way from Cambridge to Hereford. | ||
| + | * [[2015-02-15 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a new development for the over 55s in Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK. | ||
| + | * [[2015-02-13 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a field north of the A52 trunk road north east of Horbling, Lincolnshire, UK. | ||
| + | * [[2015-01-19 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] achieved a double pub geohash beside the River Witham in the middle of Boston, Lincolnshire, UK. 6 of 7 today. | ||
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| + | ===2014=== | ||
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| + | * [[2014-08-23 52 -0]]: [[User:Tongs|The Tongs]] reached the co-ordinates and went for a pleasant walk. | ||
| + | * [[2014-04-27 52 -0]]: Biggleswade Rugby Club. [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] reached the co-ordinates after getting permission from the president on the phone (not Obama). | ||
| + | * [[2014-02-25 52 -0]]: Literally outside the front door of the Belfry Hotel in Cambourne. Unfortunately [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] didn't manage to pay it a visit. | ||
| + | * [[2014-01-22 52 -0]]: A car park, and hopefully an easy one for [[User:parttimesock|parttimesock]]'s first try. '''Update''': Work/life balance fail. Didn't make it. | ||
===2013=== | ===2013=== | ||
| + | * [[2013-09-28 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited Duddington, a few metres east of the A43 south of the roundabout where it crosses the A47. | ||
| + | * [[2013-07-13 52 -0]]: [[User:Nickholden|Nickholden]] tried to get into a field in the Rutland Water nature reserve near Egleton. But it was reserved. For nature. | ||
| + | * [[2013-06-30 52 -0]]: [[User:PaintedJaguar|PaintedJaguar]] and MrsPaintedJaguar reached the end of Gery Court in Eaton Ford, about one mile west of St. Neots town centre. | ||
* [[2013-04-14 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a grassy meadow north west of Corby beside a disused railway. | * [[2013-04-14 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited a grassy meadow north west of Corby beside a disused railway. | ||
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* [[2013-02-18 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to reach an agricultural field south of the A14, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, UK. | * [[2013-02-18 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] failed to reach an agricultural field south of the A14, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, UK. | ||
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* [[2012-11-04 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] reached a field boundary halfway between Melton Mowbray, famous for pork pies and Grantham, famous as the birth place of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister. Mmmmmm - pie! | * [[2012-11-04 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] reached a field boundary halfway between Melton Mowbray, famous for pork pies and Grantham, famous as the birth place of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister. Mmmmmm - pie! | ||
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* [[2012-09-25 52 -0]]: The edge of a field in Great Eversden. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] had to be in the area anyway, so took a quick walk to this and the [[2012-09-25 52 0|Cambridge hashpoint]]. | * [[2012-09-25 52 -0]]: The edge of a field in Great Eversden. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] had to be in the area anyway, so took a quick walk to this and the [[2012-09-25 52 0|Cambridge hashpoint]]. | ||
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* [[2012-09-10 52 -0]]: On a track next to a private airfield in Glatton. [[User:Dr-spangle|Dr-spangle]] (who cycled) and [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] (who drove) met up there. | * [[2012-09-10 52 -0]]: On a track next to a private airfield in Glatton. [[User:Dr-spangle|Dr-spangle]] (who cycled) and [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] (who drove) met up there. | ||
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* [[2012-08-24 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] made ''another'' bicycle double expedition to this hashpoint and the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] one, for a total of three double-hashes and 180 km of cycling in a week! | * [[2012-08-24 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] made ''another'' bicycle double expedition to this hashpoint and the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] one, for a total of three double-hashes and 180 km of cycling in a week! | ||
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* [[2012-08-20 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] cycled from Cambridge, via the [[2012-08-20 52 0|52,0]] hashpoint. | * [[2012-08-20 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] cycled from Cambridge, via the [[2012-08-20 52 0|52,0]] hashpoint. | ||
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* [[2012-08-19 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] and [[User:Ali0sha|Ali0sha]] cycled from their respective cities of Cambridge and Oxford, and then went on to the [[2012-08-19 52 0|52,0]] hash. | * [[2012-08-19 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] and [[User:Ali0sha|Ali0sha]] cycled from their respective cities of Cambridge and Oxford, and then went on to the [[2012-08-19 52 0|52,0]] hash. | ||
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* [[2012-08-09 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited an attractive urban public path with lawns and mature trees in Wellingborough, UK. | * [[2012-08-09 52 -0]]: [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited an attractive urban public path with lawns and mature trees in Wellingborough, UK. | ||
===2011=== | ===2011=== | ||
* [[2011-10-21 52 -0]]: In a residential street in Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] arrived at 18:29. | * [[2011-10-21 52 -0]]: In a residential street in Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] arrived at 18:29. | ||
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* [[2011-08-22 52 -0]]: In a cattle field south of Gaddesby and north of South Croxton, Leicestershire, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] logged the walk at [http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1966727 wikiloc]. | * [[2011-08-22 52 -0]]: In a cattle field south of Gaddesby and north of South Croxton, Leicestershire, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] logged the walk at [http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=1966727 wikiloc]. | ||
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* [[2011-03-20 52 -0]]: In a field about 4.5 miles east of Kettering, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] achieved multihash 3 of 5. | * [[2011-03-20 52 -0]]: In a field about 4.5 miles east of Kettering, UK. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] achieved multihash 3 of 5. | ||
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* [[2011-02-20 52 -0]]: The corner of a field between Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, mere metres off a public footpath. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] went on an early, misty, Sunday morning. | * [[2011-02-20 52 -0]]: The corner of a field between Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, mere metres off a public footpath. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] went on an early, misty, Sunday morning. | ||
===2010=== | ===2010=== | ||
* [[2010-09-24 52 -0]]: Between the goal posts in a children's play area. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] achieved hash 4 of a pentahash taking in Canterbury, London East, London West, Northampton and the Cambridge graticules. | * [[2010-09-24 52 -0]]: Between the goal posts in a children's play area. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] achieved hash 4 of a pentahash taking in Canterbury, London East, London West, Northampton and the Cambridge graticules. | ||
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* [[2010-09-19 52 -0]] - In Ashley - [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] (re)visited this Sunday hashpoint, after pre-emptively visiting on a balloon retrieve the day before (saturday) | * [[2010-09-19 52 -0]] - In Ashley - [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] (re)visited this Sunday hashpoint, after pre-emptively visiting on a balloon retrieve the day before (saturday) | ||
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* [[2010-09-04 52 -0]]: In a residential street in Royston. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited hash 3 of a quad hash covering Hull, Skegness, Northampton and Cambridge. | * [[2010-09-04 52 -0]]: In a residential street in Royston. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] visited hash 3 of a quad hash covering Hull, Skegness, Northampton and Cambridge. | ||
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* [[2010-08-16 52 -0]]: On a cricket field in Castor village, near Peterborough. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] made this the final stop on an over-midnight triple-hash, at 3:32 am. | * [[2010-08-16 52 -0]]: On a cricket field in Castor village, near Peterborough. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] made this the final stop on an over-midnight triple-hash, at 3:32 am. | ||
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* [[2010-07-27 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] cycled to Conington from Cambridge for a double hash expedition. | * [[2010-07-27 52 -0]]: [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] cycled to Conington from Cambridge for a double hash expedition. | ||
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* [[2010-06-20 52 -0]]: [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] reached this geohash - his second of 4-in-a-row this day - in a field near Crowland | * [[2010-06-20 52 -0]]: [[User:MagicIan|MagicIan]] reached this geohash - his second of 4-in-a-row this day - in a field near Crowland | ||
===2009=== | ===2009=== | ||
* [[2009-10-29 52 -0]]: Just off the Welham/Bowden Lane. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] did this one just after 4. | * [[2009-10-29 52 -0]]: Just off the Welham/Bowden Lane. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] did this one just after 4. | ||
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* [[2009-10-02 52 -0]]: Footpath between Burton Overy and Kibworth. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] completed a 17km walk geohash. | * [[2009-10-02 52 -0]]: Footpath between Burton Overy and Kibworth. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] completed a 17km walk geohash. | ||
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* [[2009-09-30 52 -0]]: Ampthill. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] is coming from Cambridge to meet [[User:davidc|davidc]], who is coming from Germany via Cardiff, and [[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] and [[User:srs0|srs0]] who are coming from Canada via London. Sort of. Meeting at the hash at about 4:15pm. | * [[2009-09-30 52 -0]]: Ampthill. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] is coming from Cambridge to meet [[User:davidc|davidc]], who is coming from Germany via Cardiff, and [[User:thepiguy|thepiguy]] and [[User:srs0|srs0]] who are coming from Canada via London. Sort of. Meeting at the hash at about 4:15pm. | ||
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* [[2009-09-22 52 -0]]: Gumley. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] visited on foot as a 14km walk geohash. | * [[2009-09-22 52 -0]]: Gumley. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] visited on foot as a 14km walk geohash. | ||
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* [[2009-09-19 52 -0]]: It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day and, as luck would have it, our geohash is in Rutland Water! [[User:Happyhannah|Happyhannah]] plans to dress up as a pirate, drag some friends along and try to reach the hash by boat. However, it seems that boats are not available in this area of the reservoir... improvisation might have to occur... | * [[2009-09-19 52 -0]]: It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day and, as luck would have it, our geohash is in Rutland Water! [[User:Happyhannah|Happyhannah]] plans to dress up as a pirate, drag some friends along and try to reach the hash by boat. However, it seems that boats are not available in this area of the reservoir... improvisation might have to occur... | ||
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* [[2009-09-01 52 -0]]: A sports ground in Corby. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] went in the pouring rain to try for a MNIMB/Drowned Rat geohash, but had to settle for a 'no trespassing' consolation. | * [[2009-09-01 52 -0]]: A sports ground in Corby. [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]] went in the pouring rain to try for a MNIMB/Drowned Rat geohash, but had to settle for a 'no trespassing' consolation. | ||
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* [[2009-08-29 52 -0]]: Field between Billesdon Coplow and Houghton. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went at Sat. meetup time, and met [[User:Happyhannah|Happyhannah]] nearby, who made her very first Geohash adventure! Joe went on to complete an ambassador geohash to reach the exact point. | * [[2009-08-29 52 -0]]: Field between Billesdon Coplow and Houghton. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went at Sat. meetup time, and met [[User:Happyhannah|Happyhannah]] nearby, who made her very first Geohash adventure! Joe went on to complete an ambassador geohash to reach the exact point. | ||
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* [[2009-08-28 52 -0]]: Gartree Road footpath, near Shangton Care Vilage. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] visited just after noon. | * [[2009-08-28 52 -0]]: Gartree Road footpath, near Shangton Care Vilage. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] visited just after noon. | ||
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* [[2009-08-06 52 -0]]: Field near Medbourne. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] planned to go at around 2-3pm. Aborted due to thunderstorm. MNB. | * [[2009-08-06 52 -0]]: Field near Medbourne. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] planned to go at around 2-3pm. Aborted due to thunderstorm. MNB. | ||
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* [[2009-06-10 52 -0]]: A field near Tugby, access by footpath. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went around 1:30pm. | * [[2009-06-10 52 -0]]: A field near Tugby, access by footpath. [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] went around 1:30pm. | ||
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* [[2009-04-27 52 -0]]: In the middle of the road in Eastrea. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] got his second [[speed racer achievement]], only 22 minutes after his first in the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] graticule. | * [[2009-04-27 52 -0]]: In the middle of the road in Eastrea. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] got his second [[speed racer achievement]], only 22 minutes after his first in the [[Cambridge, United Kingdom|Cambridge]] graticule. | ||
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* [[2009-04-23 52 -0]]: In Waresley Wood, near Little Gransden. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited in the early afternoon as the first stop on an all-bicycle double hash. | * [[2009-04-23 52 -0]]: In Waresley Wood, near Little Gransden. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] visited in the early afternoon as the first stop on an all-bicycle double hash. | ||
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* [[2009-03-11 52 -0]]: Another field, visited by [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] as part of another Prime Meridian Double Geohash expedition. | * [[2009-03-11 52 -0]]: Another field, visited by [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] as part of another Prime Meridian Double Geohash expedition. | ||
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* [[2009-03-09 52 -0]]: A field just outside Peterborough. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] paid another visit from Cambridge as part of a [[Multihash|Triple Geohash]]. | * [[2009-03-09 52 -0]]: A field just outside Peterborough. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] paid another visit from Cambridge as part of a [[Multihash|Triple Geohash]]. | ||
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* [[2009-01-26 52 -0]]: Today's coordinates fell onto wasteland by the Serpentine Green shopping centre near Peterborough. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] paid a visit from the Cambridge graticule to try out his new GPS receiver. | * [[2009-01-26 52 -0]]: Today's coordinates fell onto wasteland by the Serpentine Green shopping centre near Peterborough. [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] paid a visit from the Cambridge graticule to try out his new GPS receiver. | ||
===2008=== | ===2008=== | ||
* [[2008-09-20 52 -0]]: Pre-emptive balloon flight and a Déjà-Vu Geohash by [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]]. | * [[2008-09-20 52 -0]]: Pre-emptive balloon flight and a Déjà-Vu Geohash by [[User:Joehardflec|Joe]]. | ||
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* [[2008-09-12 52 -0]]: [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] got close to the geohash location just outside King's Norton, Leics, by cycle in an attempt to achieve the Bicycle Geohash. Photos on the expedition page. | * [[2008-09-12 52 -0]]: [[User:joehardflec|Joe]] got close to the geohash location just outside King's Norton, Leics, by cycle in an attempt to achieve the Bicycle Geohash. Photos on the expedition page. | ||
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* [[User:7thSpringRunner|7thSpringRunner]] is in Oxford during term-time, and Bicester the rest of the time, so not far from MK hashes. | * [[User:7thSpringRunner|7thSpringRunner]] is in Oxford during term-time, and Bicester the rest of the time, so not far from MK hashes. | ||
* [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] lives in Cambridge but often makes a foray across the border on a [[double hash]] expedition. | * [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] lives in Cambridge but often makes a foray across the border on a [[double hash]] expedition. | ||
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* [[User:Happyhannah|Happyhannah]] lives in Oakham, Rutland and is pedal, petrol and occasionally Avgas powered. | * [[User:Happyhannah|Happyhannah]] lives in Oakham, Rutland and is pedal, petrol and occasionally Avgas powered. | ||
* [[User:Jonqrandom|jonqrandom]] lives in Peterborough, Cambs, and is with [[User:Insane_jane|insanejane]] and veg-oil powered :) | * [[User:Jonqrandom|jonqrandom]] lives in Peterborough, Cambs, and is with [[User:Insane_jane|insanejane]] and veg-oil powered :) | ||
* [[User:Insane_jane|insanejane]] lives in Peterborough, Cambs, and is with [[User:Jonqrandom|jonqrandom]] :) | * [[User:Insane_jane|insanejane]] lives in Peterborough, Cambs, and is with [[User:Jonqrandom|jonqrandom]] :) | ||
* [[User:Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] lives in Warboys, near Huntingdon, and is currently foot/bus-powered but working to improve that. | * [[User:Transhumanist|Transhumanist]] lives in Warboys, near Huntingdon, and is currently foot/bus-powered but working to improve that. | ||
| + | * [[User:Tongs|The Tongs]] are just outside this graticule in Cambridge, but can see themselves wandering into it at some point. | ||
| + | * [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] lives in Milton Keynes when he's not at uni in [[52,0]] | ||
===Inactive=== | ===Inactive=== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:45, 19 October 2024
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Today's location: geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox | ||
This graticule covers the parts of the United Kingdom (UK) from 52° to 53° latitude, and -1° to -0° longitude. It contains the towns of Northampton, Peterborough and Bedford. It extends as far east as Royston, and as far west as Buckingham, but not as far as Leicester or Nottingham. In the south, the graticule nearly reaches to Milton Keynes, and in the north it contains Grantham and Boston.
When following the XKCD geohashing algorithm, append the fractional hash part to 52° latitude and -0° longitude. Note the use of negative zero.
Contents
Graticule activity
Saturday meetups are at 4pm UK time. Other 'spontaneous adventures' are undertaken by some members on any day where the location is accessible.
Plans
Please post your planned expeditions here.
Expeditions
2024
- 2024-10-19 52 -0: Hedgepig visited the hash in an ancient church in Gaulby, Leicestershire.
- 2024-08-09 52 -0: Hedgepig wandered down the canal towpath to the hashpoint.
- 2024-07-25 52 -0: PeterRoder walked to the edge of a crop field near Old Stratford which contained the hash.
- 2024-07-05 52 -0: PeterRoder walked to Cosgrove.
2022
- 2022-09-09 52 -0: PeterRoder walked to Campbell Park, Milton Keynes.
2019
- 2019-03-29 52 -0: Hedgepig sneaked into a recently sprayed arable field near Cransley Northants.
- 2019-03-15 52 -0: Benjw visited a field off a bridleway in Hardwick, about half a mile from the 52,0 hashpoint.
2018
- 2018-10-16 52 -0: Dan Q visited a lane in Quinton, Northants.
- 2018-05-31 52 -0: Sourcerer visited a field north of Greetham, Rutland, UK.
- 2018-05-26 52 -0: Sourcerer and Tongs/B celebrated mouseover day one mile south of Royston railway station, Hertfordshire, UK.
All geohashers are cordially invited to the 10th anniversary 2018 geohashing day meetup in the Cambridge UK graticule.
- 21 May 2018 (Mon): An excellent celebration of Geohashing Day will take place at 4pm local time at a place yet to be determined.
- 26 May 2018 (Sat): is Mouse Over Day and might be more convenient so the invitation applies to this day too.
- 2018-05-21 52 -0: Sourcerer visited woodland south of Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK.
2016
- 2016-03-12 52 -0: Tongs are visiting a field adjacent to a narrow road near Great Eversden.
2015
- 2015-12-27 52 -0: Sourcerer visited a field east of Covington, Cambridgeshire, UK.
- 2015-12-23 52 -0: Sourcerer visited a field, east of Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK.
- 2015-12-01 52 -0: A footpath in Guilden Morden. Benjw was tempted to make a double expedition (with the Cambridge hashpoint near Duxford) in the afternoon but never set out.
- 2015-11-14 52 -0: PaintedJaguar visited a field between the villages of Lolworth and Boxworth, just outside Cambridge.
- 2015-10-16 52 -0: Sourcerer visited a field south west of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, UK.
- 2015-10-15 52 -0: Sourcerer visited the A14/A141 roundabout, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK.
- 2015-09-19 52 -0: A ploughed field near Broughton, south of Kettering and the A14. Benjw visited on the way from Cambridge to Hereford.
- 2015-02-15 52 -0: Sourcerer visited a new development for the over 55s in Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK.
- 2015-02-13 52 -0: Sourcerer visited a field north of the A52 trunk road north east of Horbling, Lincolnshire, UK.
- 2015-01-19 52 -0: Sourcerer achieved a double pub geohash beside the River Witham in the middle of Boston, Lincolnshire, UK. 6 of 7 today.
2014
- 2014-08-23 52 -0: The Tongs reached the co-ordinates and went for a pleasant walk.
- 2014-04-27 52 -0: Biggleswade Rugby Club. Macronencer reached the co-ordinates after getting permission from the president on the phone (not Obama).
- 2014-02-25 52 -0: Literally outside the front door of the Belfry Hotel in Cambourne. Unfortunately Benjw didn't manage to pay it a visit.
- 2014-01-22 52 -0: A car park, and hopefully an easy one for parttimesock's first try. Update: Work/life balance fail. Didn't make it.
2013
- 2013-09-28 52 -0: Sourcerer visited Duddington, a few metres east of the A43 south of the roundabout where it crosses the A47.
- 2013-07-13 52 -0: Nickholden tried to get into a field in the Rutland Water nature reserve near Egleton. But it was reserved. For nature.
- 2013-06-30 52 -0: PaintedJaguar and MrsPaintedJaguar reached the end of Gery Court in Eaton Ford, about one mile west of St. Neots town centre.
- 2013-04-14 52 -0: Sourcerer visited a grassy meadow north west of Corby beside a disused railway.
- 2013-02-18 52 -0: Sourcerer failed to reach an agricultural field south of the A14, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, UK.
2012
- 2012-11-04 52 -0: Sourcerer reached a field boundary halfway between Melton Mowbray, famous for pork pies and Grantham, famous as the birth place of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister. Mmmmmm - pie!
- 2012-09-25 52 -0: The edge of a field in Great Eversden. Benjw had to be in the area anyway, so took a quick walk to this and the Cambridge hashpoint.
- 2012-09-10 52 -0: On a track next to a private airfield in Glatton. Dr-spangle (who cycled) and Benjw (who drove) met up there.
- 2012-08-24 52 -0: Benjw made another bicycle double expedition to this hashpoint and the Cambridge one, for a total of three double-hashes and 180 km of cycling in a week!
- 2012-08-20 52 -0: Benjw cycled from Cambridge, via the 52,0 hashpoint.
- 2012-08-19 52 -0: Benjw and Ali0sha cycled from their respective cities of Cambridge and Oxford, and then went on to the 52,0 hash.
- 2012-08-09 52 -0: Sourcerer visited an attractive urban public path with lawns and mature trees in Wellingborough, UK.
2011
- 2011-10-21 52 -0: In a residential street in Kettering, Northamptonshire, UK. Sourcerer arrived at 18:29.
- 2011-08-22 52 -0: In a cattle field south of Gaddesby and north of South Croxton, Leicestershire, UK. Sourcerer logged the walk at wikiloc.
- 2011-03-20 52 -0: In a field about 4.5 miles east of Kettering, UK. Sourcerer achieved multihash 3 of 5.
- 2011-02-20 52 -0: The corner of a field between Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, and Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, mere metres off a public footpath. Benjw went on an early, misty, Sunday morning.
2010
- 2010-09-24 52 -0: Between the goal posts in a children's play area. Sourcerer achieved hash 4 of a pentahash taking in Canterbury, London East, London West, Northampton and the Cambridge graticules.
- 2010-09-19 52 -0 - In Ashley - Joe (re)visited this Sunday hashpoint, after pre-emptively visiting on a balloon retrieve the day before (saturday)
- 2010-09-04 52 -0: In a residential street in Royston. Sourcerer visited hash 3 of a quad hash covering Hull, Skegness, Northampton and Cambridge.
- 2010-08-16 52 -0: On a cricket field in Castor village, near Peterborough. Benjw made this the final stop on an over-midnight triple-hash, at 3:32 am.
- 2010-07-27 52 -0: Benjw cycled to Conington from Cambridge for a double hash expedition.
- 2010-06-20 52 -0: MagicIan reached this geohash - his second of 4-in-a-row this day - in a field near Crowland
2009
- 2009-10-29 52 -0: Just off the Welham/Bowden Lane. Joe did this one just after 4.
- 2009-10-02 52 -0: Footpath between Burton Overy and Kibworth. Joe completed a 17km walk geohash.
- 2009-09-30 52 -0: Ampthill. Benjw is coming from Cambridge to meet davidc, who is coming from Germany via Cardiff, and thepiguy and srs0 who are coming from Canada via London. Sort of. Meeting at the hash at about 4:15pm.
- 2009-09-22 52 -0: Gumley. Joe visited on foot as a 14km walk geohash.
- 2009-09-19 52 -0: It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day and, as luck would have it, our geohash is in Rutland Water! Happyhannah plans to dress up as a pirate, drag some friends along and try to reach the hash by boat. However, it seems that boats are not available in this area of the reservoir... improvisation might have to occur...
- 2009-09-01 52 -0: A sports ground in Corby. Joe went in the pouring rain to try for a MNIMB/Drowned Rat geohash, but had to settle for a 'no trespassing' consolation.
- 2009-08-29 52 -0: Field between Billesdon Coplow and Houghton. Joe went at Sat. meetup time, and met Happyhannah nearby, who made her very first Geohash adventure! Joe went on to complete an ambassador geohash to reach the exact point.
- 2009-08-28 52 -0: Gartree Road footpath, near Shangton Care Vilage. Joe visited just after noon.
- 2009-08-06 52 -0: Field near Medbourne. Joe planned to go at around 2-3pm. Aborted due to thunderstorm. MNB.
- 2009-06-10 52 -0: A field near Tugby, access by footpath. Joe went around 1:30pm.
- 2009-04-27 52 -0: In the middle of the road in Eastrea. Benjw got his second speed racer achievement, only 22 minutes after his first in the Cambridge graticule.
- 2009-04-23 52 -0: In Waresley Wood, near Little Gransden. Benjw visited in the early afternoon as the first stop on an all-bicycle double hash.
- 2009-03-11 52 -0: Another field, visited by Benjw as part of another Prime Meridian Double Geohash expedition.
- 2009-03-09 52 -0: A field just outside Peterborough. Benjw paid another visit from Cambridge as part of a Triple Geohash.
- 2009-01-26 52 -0: Today's coordinates fell onto wasteland by the Serpentine Green shopping centre near Peterborough. Benjw paid a visit from the Cambridge graticule to try out his new GPS receiver.
2008
- 2008-09-20 52 -0: Pre-emptive balloon flight and a Déjà-Vu Geohash by Joe.
- 2008-09-12 52 -0: Joe got close to the geohash location just outside King's Norton, Leics, by cycle in an attempt to achieve the Bicycle Geohash. Photos on the expedition page.
Local geohashers
- 7thSpringRunner is in Oxford during term-time, and Bicester the rest of the time, so not far from MK hashes.
- Benjw lives in Cambridge but often makes a foray across the border on a double hash expedition.
- Happyhannah lives in Oakham, Rutland and is pedal, petrol and occasionally Avgas powered.
- jonqrandom lives in Peterborough, Cambs, and is with insanejane and veg-oil powered :)
- insanejane lives in Peterborough, Cambs, and is with jonqrandom :)
- Transhumanist lives in Warboys, near Huntingdon, and is currently foot/bus-powered but working to improve that.
- The Tongs are just outside this graticule in Cambridge, but can see themselves wandering into it at some point.
- PeterRoder lives in Milton Keynes when he's not at uni in 52,0
Inactive
- Joe lived just across the graticule border near Leicester, but has now moved further away. Not currently checking hashpoints.
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