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== Location ==
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On a minor road east of Little Chesterford, near Cambridge, UK.
 
 
 
 
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== Location ==
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On a minor road east of Little Chesterford, near Cambridge, UK.
  
 
== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
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* [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]]
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* [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]
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{{:User:Benjw/multihash|2011-02-20 52 0|2011-02-20 52 -0}}
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* [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] retro on 2015-12-28 (Mon).
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== Plans ==
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[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] noted that he would be passing this conveniently-placed hashpoint at about 8am on his way to the airport, and created the expedition page in preparation.  [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] had nothing much to do at 8:00 on a Sunday morning, so added his name to the meetup.
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== The expedition ==
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=== [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ===
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WooHoo! After 36 lonely expeditions, [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] finally got to meet another Geohasher on outing 37. Thank you [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] for making an early Sunday start to make this possible. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]], Neil, was flying from London, Luton to Nîmes, France today and this hashpoint added only 7 miles to the 1297 km Journey. Sorry about the mixed units. It was a drive-through geohash making the Speed Racer achievement possible. We met at about 07:50am and hung around long enough to take some photos.
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Sadly the Sunday and Monday hashpoints in Nîmes, France are both in the sea! The good news is the hotel WiFi works well enough to check out the future days.
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=== [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] ===
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Ben was not at all put out by his early Sunday start and welcomed the chance to meet another hasher.  He was up and out of the house ahead of schedule, and left Cambridge on a route he knew well, and that would take him within a few hundred metres of the hashpoint.  All that was needed was to turn left at the appropriate roundabout, park up and find the hash.
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First, though, Ben drove slowly up the road to find the exact spot.  As expected, it turned out to be on the tarmac, so he turned round and drove back through the hashpoint, this time at the legal speed limit of 30 mph.  That done, the entrance to a field provided a helpful parking spot, and Ben went to find the point again, this time on foot.
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Photos were taken, and just as he was finishing this, another car turned up the road and parked next to Ben's.  It turned out to be [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]], who was also ahead of schedule.  The two hashers exchanged greetings, compared the hashpoint location on their GPSs, took photos and, given Sourcerer's need to get to the airport, departed.
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Since Ben was up and about, he then took the opportunity to enjoy a leisurely drive through the morning mists to the [[2011-02-20 52 -0|Northampton hashpoint]].
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=== [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] retro on 2015-12-28 ===
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One of three today - [[2011-02-20 52 0|2011-02-20 52 0 Retro]] - [[2015-12-28 52 0]] - [[2015-12-28 52 1]]
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This was 370 metres off my route to hashpoint two. It was a drive-by hashpoint and totally easily done.
  
[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]]
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<gallery>
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 Retro Sourcerer.jpg | Retro Proof
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</gallery>
  
== Expedition Plan ==
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== Photographic documentation ==
  
[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]](Neil) is flying from London Luton to Nimes France today and this hashpoint adds only 9 (maybe fewer) miles to the Journey. It should be a drive-through geohash with a possible speed racer achievement. Neil should be there at about 8am and will not be waiting around.
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<gallery>
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Image:2011-02-20_52_1_Sourcerer_1.jpg|A seven mile diversion to reach the point.
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Image:2011-02-20_52_1_Sourcerer_2.jpg|Neil's 1297 km journey to France.
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Image:2011-02-20_52_1_Sourcerer_3.jpg|Neil's photo of Benjw.
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Image:2011-02-20_52_1_Sourcerer_4.jpg|No stopping on this road! Oops, we already did!
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Image:2011-02-20_52_1_Sourcerer_5.jpg|Neil's Speed Racer Evidence. It was a 30 mph limit.
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</gallery>
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<gallery>
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 speed racer.jpg | Ben 'speeding' through the hashpoint
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 gps.jpg | Hashpoint also available on foot
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 looking east.jpg | Looking east further up the road
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 looking west.jpg | Looking west back towards the main road
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 looking south.jpg | Looking south across the field
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 morning mist.jpg | 'Twas a misty morn, all in the month of ... er, February
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 happy hashers.jpg | Two happy hashers
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 sourcerer.jpg | Sourcerer on the hashpoint
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Image:2011-02-20 52 0 sourcerer departs.jpg | Sourcerer goes to catch a plane
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</gallery>
  
== Other Geohashing Expeditions and Plans on This Day ==
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== Shiny ribbons earned ==
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{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
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{{land geohash
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    | latitude = 52
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    | longitude = 0
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    | date = 2011-02-20
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    | name = [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] and [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]]
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    | image = 2011-02-20 52 0 gps.jpg
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}}
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{{speed racer
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    | latitude = 52
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    | longitude = 0
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    | date = 2011-02-20
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    | name = [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] and [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]]
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    | image = 2011-02-20 52 0 speed racer.jpg
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    | speed = 30 mph
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}}
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{{meet-up
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    | latitude = 52
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    | longitude = 0
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    | date = 2011-02-20
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    | name = [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] and [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]
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    | other = each other
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    | image = 2011-02-20 52 0 happy hashers.jpg
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}}
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{{earliest geohasher
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    | latitude = 52
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    | longitude = 0
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    | date = 2011-02-20
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    | name = [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]
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    | image = 2011-02-20 52 1 Sourcerer 3.jpg
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}}
  
{{expedition summaries|2011-02-20}}
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{{Sourcerer_links
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  | prev = 2011-02-06 52 1
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  | curr = 2011-02-20 52 0
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  | next = 2011-02-23 43 4
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  | date = 2011-02-20
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}}
  
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
 
[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 
[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
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[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
[[Category:Meetup on 2011-02-20]]
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[[Category:Retro meetup]]
[[Category:Meetup in 52 0]]
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[[Category:Retro coordinates reached]]
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Latest revision as of 05:36, 9 August 2019

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Sun 20 Feb 2011 in Cambridge:
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Location

On a minor road east of Little Chesterford, near Cambridge, UK.

Participants

This expedition was part of a multihash by Benjw. For the other parts, see:  
2011-02-20 52 0 2011-02-20 52 -0

Plans

Sourcerer noted that he would be passing this conveniently-placed hashpoint at about 8am on his way to the airport, and created the expedition page in preparation. Benjw had nothing much to do at 8:00 on a Sunday morning, so added his name to the meetup.

The expedition

Sourcerer

WooHoo! After 36 lonely expeditions, Sourcerer finally got to meet another Geohasher on outing 37. Thank you Benjw for making an early Sunday start to make this possible. Sourcerer, Neil, was flying from London, Luton to Nîmes, France today and this hashpoint added only 7 miles to the 1297 km Journey. Sorry about the mixed units. It was a drive-through geohash making the Speed Racer achievement possible. We met at about 07:50am and hung around long enough to take some photos.

Sadly the Sunday and Monday hashpoints in Nîmes, France are both in the sea! The good news is the hotel WiFi works well enough to check out the future days.

Benjw

Ben was not at all put out by his early Sunday start and welcomed the chance to meet another hasher. He was up and out of the house ahead of schedule, and left Cambridge on a route he knew well, and that would take him within a few hundred metres of the hashpoint. All that was needed was to turn left at the appropriate roundabout, park up and find the hash.

First, though, Ben drove slowly up the road to find the exact spot. As expected, it turned out to be on the tarmac, so he turned round and drove back through the hashpoint, this time at the legal speed limit of 30 mph. That done, the entrance to a field provided a helpful parking spot, and Ben went to find the point again, this time on foot.

Photos were taken, and just as he was finishing this, another car turned up the road and parked next to Ben's. It turned out to be Sourcerer, who was also ahead of schedule. The two hashers exchanged greetings, compared the hashpoint location on their GPSs, took photos and, given Sourcerer's need to get to the airport, departed.

Since Ben was up and about, he then took the opportunity to enjoy a leisurely drive through the morning mists to the Northampton hashpoint.

Sourcerer retro on 2015-12-28

One of three today - 2011-02-20 52 0 Retro - 2015-12-28 52 0 - 2015-12-28 52 1

This was 370 metres off my route to hashpoint two. It was a drive-by hashpoint and totally easily done.

Photographic documentation

Shiny ribbons earned

Landgeohash.png
Benjw and Sourcerer earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20.
2011-02-20 52 0 gps.jpg
Speedracer.png
by passing through the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20 at 30 mph.
2011-02-20 52 0 speed racer.jpg
Meetup.PNG
Sourcerer and Benjw earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting each other at the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20.
2011-02-20 52 0 happy hashers.jpg
Earliest.jpg
Benjw earned the Earliest geohasher achievement
by arriving first at the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20.
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Expeditions and Plans

2011-02-20
Tucson, Arizona Wyle, RoadRunner, Wyle & RoadRunner Just off yet another dirt road
Northampton, United Kingdom Benjw The corner of a field between Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, and Biggleswade, Be...
Cambridge, United Kingdom Sourcerer, Benjw On a minor road east of Little Chesterford, near Cambridge, UK.



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Sourcerer's Expedition Links

2011-02-06 52 1 - 2011-02-20 52 0 - 2011-02-23 43 4 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.