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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
  
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Eastleigh, near the railway station, off Campbell Road, hopefully on publicly accessible land. I originally thought it was within the train depot, but when i looked again it seems perhaps you can get to it from behind those houses. In any case, i plan to give it a good try!
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Eastleigh, near the railway station, off Campbell Road. [[User:Dee|Dee]] has checked it out and reports that the hash point is easily accessible. The area is mainly grass and mossy concrete.
  
 
== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
  
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* [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] - definite
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[[Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_group.jpg | thumb | left | All 5 of us at the geohash ]]
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* [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] - definite
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* [[User:Dee|Dee]]
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* [[User:donks169|donks169]] - possible but later on
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* [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]]
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* Richard, a colleague of [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] - possible
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* [[User:JonRead|JonRead]]
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* [[User:Davidc|davidc]]
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* [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]
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== Plans ==
 
== Plans ==
  
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Let's try for a 4pm meetup, hang around for a few hours, hopefully meet up with our friends from Poole, get something to eat in the evening. Perhaps we should bring something to hack our way through if there has been long grass growing all summer. If it is publicly accessible i suspect there will be a lot of rubbish there, so some bin bags might be useful for the geotrashing achievement!
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Archived to [[2009-09-27 50 -1/Plans]]
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== Expedition ==
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=== [[User:Sermoa|sermoa]]'s trip ===
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[[Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3497.JPG | thumb | right | Fire at Colden Common]]
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I had a transportation #fail by jumping on the first train i saw without checking if it stopped in Eastleigh. It didn't! Never mind, it was such a nice day and i had plenty of time, so i just walked the mile back from Southampton Airport Parkway. On the way i saw thick smoke and briefly wondered if it was coming from the hash point! I worried whether the hashpoint would be inaccessible due to fire brigade cordoning it off. I wondered whether the geohashers would get accused of starting the fire! (smoke signals gone wrong?!) But as i got closer i realised it was way beyond the geohash - in fact later on i learned that [http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4651553.Firefighters_battle_blaze_at_caravan_park/ the fire was in Colden Common].
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I caught up with [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] and together we walked over the bridge of Campbell Road. We saw [[User:JonRead|JonRead]] drive past and then [[User:Dee|Dee]]. We all made our way to the geohash. We were a little bit worried about trespassing, but in fact it seems as if kids go in there all the time.
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[[Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3510.JPG | thumb | left | Locating the geohash]]
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The land is nice and flat and big and open and great for geohashing ... except the geohash landed right at the edge in a bundle of brambles which were way more overgrown than either google or bing seemed to indicate! Still, we weren't going to let brambles hold us back so ignoring all threat of velociraptors, Mike charged right in and found the geohash. Followed shortly by the rest of us.
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[[Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3581.JPG | thumb | right | We left a poster for the world to see]]
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Having marked the geohash, we set about the usual rituals ... hashscots, photos, videos, food. [[User:Davidc|davidc]] arrived and added Rabbitfox to the snuggling hashscots! We ate a few blackberries and did some geotrashing. We tried to attract some ants with honey to spell out XKCD, but only 2 ants were in the slightest bit interested! I played The Lying Down Game at the geohash ... and attracted more ants than the honey did!
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Before we left, we put a poster on the nearest pole we could find. Some kids went over to look at it straight away, and it seems within 15 minutes they'd [[Talk:2009-09-27_50_-1|left a message on the talk page]]! [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] likes this! :D We then all went to the Crickters Arms in Eastleigh for food and drinks! yay!
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=== [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]]'s trip ===
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Not much to add to the above in terms of event reports, but I just wanted to say that it was great to meet [[User:Dee|Dee]], [[User:JonRead|JonRead]] and [[User:davidc|davidc]] and it was nice to have such a large group for a change!  I think 3 people has been my maximum attendance geohash prior to this one.  The location was definitely interesting, and I'm glad that my fears about access were unfounded.  Strictly speaking, we did go through a fence: however, it was clearly a well-used path onto abandoned land and there was a second fence further in to keep people off the actual train tracks.  Had a nice meal at the pub afterwards too - all in all, a lovely evening, despite my headache, although today I have noticed a number of raptor scratches from my first foray into the stupidity radius :)  My thanks to everyone for coming along!  --[[User:Macronencer|macronencer]] 12:06, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
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=== [[User:davidc|davidc]]'s trip ===
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I had rented a car the day before, ready for a week of exploration. Although I was born in England, I haven't lived here for nearly 10 years. This was my first geohash outside of [[Berlin, Germany|52,13]].
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I arrived at the end of the road around 16:30 and was booting up my 3G card to check the map when Macronencer called and gave me directions.
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I don't really have anything to add to the reports above, other than that it was great to meet everyone and experience the English Geohash, in particular the novelty of the Lying Down Game. Unfortunately after a quick bite I had to leave the party to return home to finish up some work.
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{{Davidc/Autumn_2009_series}}
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow="4">
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3497.JPG | From this angle i was momentarily scared there was a fire at the hash point!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3499.JPG | Campbell Road starts with a bridge over the railway track
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3507.JPG | Going over the railway bridge into unfamiliar territory
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3508.JPG | This is where we stop to debate whether we should really go in here - and decide we will!
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Image:2009-09-27_16.13.13.jpg | So, the geohash is about 8 metres into THAT!
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Image:2009-09-27_16.15.24.jpg | [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] decides to check it out. We all wait for Mike to stomp down the brambles first!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3510.JPG | Coordinates reached! Proudly marking the geohash!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3538.JPG| And there it is!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3513.JPG | Two hashscots getting comfortable
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3519.JPG | Checking coordinates and other geeky stuff
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3531.JPG | Free geohashing food! I actually ate that blackberry and it was made of yum!
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Image:2009-09-27_16.34.28.jpg | [[User:Davidc|davidc]] arrives! and by this time we'd found the easier way in.
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Image:2009-09-27_16.37.14.jpg| Three happy hashscots
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3535.JPG | Checking for nearby geocaches, but the closest was the other side of a huge loop of track.
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Image:2009-09-27_16.33.49.jpg | xkcd marked in honey, hoping to tempt a swarm of ants
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3541.JPG | one ant comes to have a sniff
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3564.JPG | another ant almost drowns in honey
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3542.JPG | a shrine to geohahsing!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3545.JPG | Everyone goes around taking photos of things and stuff
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3549.JPG | Time for some geotrashing!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3546.JPG | [[User:JonRead|JonRead]] getting into the geotrashing spirit
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3547.JPG | [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] not quite so enthusiastic!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3553.JPG | Found a BOMB! don't worry, it had already exploded!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3567.JPG | YAY! geotrashing achievement accomplished!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3569.JPG | Time to leave
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3573.JPG | Back through the bushes
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3575.JPG | Kids come through here all the time; why shouldn't we?!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3578.JPG | Back over the fence
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3580.JPG | We left a sign on the nearest pole we could find
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3581.JPG | Close-up of the sign
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_3585.JPG | Geotrash safely disposed
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</gallery>
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=== Additional photos (Macronencer) ===
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_01.jpg | Plenty of raptors guarding the co-ordinates!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_02.jpg | Yay!  1m :)
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_03.jpg | Stupid grins from [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]] and Jon
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_04.jpg | Railway insulator - gratuitous pr0n for the train geeks.
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_05.jpg | [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] executing her checklist!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_06.jpg | Apple tree
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_07.jpg | Free food!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_08.jpg | Geotrashing
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_09.jpg | [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] found something icky - can't remember what!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_10.jpg | XKCD in honey.  Bit of a FAIL, but maybe in the Summer it will work better.  Perhaps I really need ant pheromone to make this happen!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_11.jpg | [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] playing The Lying Down Game (tm).  Braver than I, to face the raptors!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_12.jpg | Danger sign
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_13.jpg | Posting a notice (which later got a Talk page contribution!)
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_Macronencer_14.jpg | [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] checks that the QR code works.
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</gallery>
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=== Additional photos ([[User:davidc|davidc]]) ===
  
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This is, on reflection, one of the more interesting geohash locations I've seen, though not quite picturesque!  It's surrounded by train yards and next to a sewage farm.  Wonder what it's like living in those houses?  Good idea with the geotrash thing.  I've just been looking again at the satellite image, and I really can't see any sign of a fence between the hash point and that children's playground - so I'm now rather more optimistic about access!  I think this could be good. I used to live practically in Eastleigh, so I'll start thinking about good eating places. btw, look at this - someone's got a particle accelerator in their back garden! http://bit.ly/vi8rT  :) --[[User:Macronencer|macronencer]] 19:27, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
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<gallery perrow="4">
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_IMG_1646.JPG|Rabbitfox is unimpressed with the use of a TomTom for hashing.
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_IMG_1648.JPG|Disused train wash.
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_IMG_1649.JPG|Geotrashing the right way.
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</gallery>
  
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The location is inside the old railway works car park which was, on last investigation, surrounded by high fence (Corner of the service road, north east to the track), but entrance looked possible with a bit of effort.
 
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If not, the land to the south east, between it and the park is accessable, but very overgrown.
 
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The rest of the railway works has had a very nice solid fence installed a few months ago making entrance to that part of it very unlikely --Dee (Not a real user yet) 21:29, 25 September 2009
 
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:Wow - thanks Dee!  That's useful.  It sounds as if the triangular overgrown patch to the North of the playground is the accessible bit, from what you wrote.  If so, I'd guess we can get about 15m from the target... with any luck, Google has its satellite image misaligned (does happen) and we might even be closer than that... as long as we're willing to hack through a few bushes.  Sensible clothes, people, OK? --[[User:Macronencer|macronencer]] 20:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 
  
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== Expedition ==
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=== Additional photos ([[User:JonRead|JonRead]]) ===
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR_2114.jpg | "It's in THERE??"
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2116.jpg | Are you *sure* it's in here???
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2120.jpg | Yup, it's in here alright!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2135.jpg | The shrine.
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2139.jpg | Close enough for Mr iPhone and me.
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2149.jpg | [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]], [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]], [[User:davidc|davidc]] and [[User:Dee|Dee]]
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2159.jpg | [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] Geotrashing.
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2171.jpg | Lovely day for it!
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2185.jpg | Yeah... so... I still don't get this.
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Image:2009-09-27_50_-1_JR2202.jpg | [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]] pinning up the notice.
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</gallery>
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== Achievements ==
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    | other = each other
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(I will use the picture of all 5 of us when Dee uploads it!)
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{{Geotrash
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    | date = 2009-09-27
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    | name = [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]], [[User:Macronencer|Macronencer]], [[User:Dee|Dee]], [[User:JonRead|JonRead]], [[User:Davidc|Davidc]]
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    | image = 2009-09-27_50_-1_3567.JPG
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}}
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Location

Eastleigh, near the railway station, off Campbell Road. Dee has checked it out and reports that the hash point is easily accessible. The area is mainly grass and mossy concrete.

Participants

All 5 of us at the geohash


Plans

Archived to 2009-09-27 50 -1/Plans

Expedition

sermoa's trip

Fire at Colden Common

I had a transportation #fail by jumping on the first train i saw without checking if it stopped in Eastleigh. It didn't! Never mind, it was such a nice day and i had plenty of time, so i just walked the mile back from Southampton Airport Parkway. On the way i saw thick smoke and briefly wondered if it was coming from the hash point! I worried whether the hashpoint would be inaccessible due to fire brigade cordoning it off. I wondered whether the geohashers would get accused of starting the fire! (smoke signals gone wrong?!) But as i got closer i realised it was way beyond the geohash - in fact later on i learned that the fire was in Colden Common.

I caught up with Macronencer and together we walked over the bridge of Campbell Road. We saw JonRead drive past and then Dee. We all made our way to the geohash. We were a little bit worried about trespassing, but in fact it seems as if kids go in there all the time.

Locating the geohash

The land is nice and flat and big and open and great for geohashing ... except the geohash landed right at the edge in a bundle of brambles which were way more overgrown than either google or bing seemed to indicate! Still, we weren't going to let brambles hold us back so ignoring all threat of velociraptors, Mike charged right in and found the geohash. Followed shortly by the rest of us.

We left a poster for the world to see

Having marked the geohash, we set about the usual rituals ... hashscots, photos, videos, food. davidc arrived and added Rabbitfox to the snuggling hashscots! We ate a few blackberries and did some geotrashing. We tried to attract some ants with honey to spell out XKCD, but only 2 ants were in the slightest bit interested! I played The Lying Down Game at the geohash ... and attracted more ants than the honey did!

Before we left, we put a poster on the nearest pole we could find. Some kids went over to look at it straight away, and it seems within 15 minutes they'd left a message on the talk page! Sermoa likes this! :D We then all went to the Crickters Arms in Eastleigh for food and drinks! yay!

Macronencer's trip

Not much to add to the above in terms of event reports, but I just wanted to say that it was great to meet Dee, JonRead and davidc and it was nice to have such a large group for a change! I think 3 people has been my maximum attendance geohash prior to this one. The location was definitely interesting, and I'm glad that my fears about access were unfounded. Strictly speaking, we did go through a fence: however, it was clearly a well-used path onto abandoned land and there was a second fence further in to keep people off the actual train tracks. Had a nice meal at the pub afterwards too - all in all, a lovely evening, despite my headache, although today I have noticed a number of raptor scratches from my first foray into the stupidity radius :) My thanks to everyone for coming along! --macronencer 12:06, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

davidc's trip

I had rented a car the day before, ready for a week of exploration. Although I was born in England, I haven't lived here for nearly 10 years. This was my first geohash outside of 52,13.

I arrived at the end of the road around 16:30 and was booting up my 3G card to check the map when Macronencer called and gave me directions.

I don't really have anything to add to the reports above, other than that it was great to meet everyone and experience the English Geohash, in particular the novelty of the Lying Down Game. Unfortunately after a quick bite I had to leave the party to return home to finish up some work.

This geohash was part of davidc's European tour in Autumn 2009:

England:

  1. 2009-09-27 50 -1 - Eastleigh, Hampshire.
  2. 2009-09-29 51 -0 - Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey (Failed: No Public Access)
  3. 1978-11-27 51 -0 on 2009-09-29 - my Origin Geohash in Bramley, Surrey.
  4. 2009-09-29 51 -1 - Ashmansworth. Speed racer!
  5. 2009-09-30 52 -2 - Herefordshire. Virgin graticule!
  6. 2009-09-30 52 -1 - Sibford Gower, Oxfordshire.
  7. 2009-10-01 51 -0 - Reigate, Surrey (Failed Ambassador)

Portugal:

  1. 2009-10-07 38 -9 - Cabo Espichel, Sesimbra

Gallery

  • From this angle i was momentarily scared there was a fire at the hash point!

  • Campbell Road starts with a bridge over the railway track

  • Going over the railway bridge into unfamiliar territory

  • This is where we stop to debate whether we should really go in here - and decide we will!

  • So, the geohash is about 8 metres into THAT!

  • Macronencer decides to check it out. We all wait for Mike to stomp down the brambles first!

  • Coordinates reached! Proudly marking the geohash!

  • And there it is!

  • Two hashscots getting comfortable

  • Checking coordinates and other geeky stuff

  • Free geohashing food! I actually ate that blackberry and it was made of yum!

  • davidc arrives! and by this time we'd found the easier way in.

  • Three happy hashscots

  • Checking for nearby geocaches, but the closest was the other side of a huge loop of track.

  • xkcd marked in honey, hoping to tempt a swarm of ants

  • one ant comes to have a sniff

  • another ant almost drowns in honey

  • a shrine to geohahsing!

  • Everyone goes around taking photos of things and stuff

  • Time for some geotrashing!

  • JonRead getting into the geotrashing spirit

  • Macronencer not quite so enthusiastic!

  • Found a BOMB! don't worry, it had already exploded!

  • YAY! geotrashing achievement accomplished!

  • Time to leave

  • Back through the bushes

  • Kids come through here all the time; why shouldn't we?!

  • Back over the fence

  • We left a sign on the nearest pole we could find

  • Close-up of the sign

  • Geotrash safely disposed

Additional photos (Macronencer)

  • Plenty of raptors guarding the co-ordinates!

  • Yay! 1m :)

  • Stupid grins from Macronencer and Jon

  • Railway insulator - gratuitous pr0n for the train geeks.

  • Sermoa executing her checklist!

  • Apple tree

  • Free food!

  • Geotrashing

  • Sermoa found something icky - can't remember what!

  • XKCD in honey. Bit of a FAIL, but maybe in the Summer it will work better. Perhaps I really need ant pheromone to make this happen!

  • Sermoa playing The Lying Down Game (tm). Braver than I, to face the raptors!

  • Danger sign

  • Posting a notice (which later got a Talk page contribution!)

  • Sermoa checks that the QR code works.


Additional photos (davidc)

  • Rabbitfox is unimpressed with the use of a TomTom for hashing.

  • Disused train wash.

  • Geotrashing the right way.


Additional photos (JonRead)

  • "It's in THERE??"

  • Are you *sure* it's in here???

  • Yup, it's in here alright!

  • The shrine.

  • Close enough for Mr iPhone and me.

  • Sermoa Geotrashing.

  • Lovely day for it!

  • Yeah... so... I still don't get this.

  • Sermoa pinning up the notice.

Achievements

Meetup.PNG
 Sermoa, Macronencer, Dee, JonRead, Davidc earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting each other at the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-09-27.
2009-09-27 50 -1 3535.JPG

(I will use the picture of all 5 of us when Dee uploads it!)

Geotrashribbon.png
 Sermoa, Macronencer, Dee, JonRead, Davidc earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
by cleaning up the (50, -1) geohash on 2009-09-27.
2009-09-27 50 -1 3567.JPG
TwoToN.png
 Macronencer earned the Two to the N achievement
by reaching 24 hashpoints on 2009-09-27 50 -1 and is promoted to Level 4 (Coordinates reached).

Short links

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