Difference between revisions of "2012-03-27 55 -3"

Latest revision as of 05:42, 20 March 2024

Location

A roundabout on a busy road near Asda on the edge of Edinburgh

Participants

Shane
Kenny
Bruce

Plans

The weather was fantastically warm for March in Edinburgh. Shane persuaded Kenny to incorporate a trip to the location in to a longer evening bike ride.

Expedition

At the last minute, Bruce joined the trip too. He was reluctant to divert to the location, but came along away. We weren't able to make it for 4pm, but we weren't much after half-past.

The location wasn't suitable for a picnic - Shane had to wait for a break in the traffic before he could be photographed standing in the exact spot. As we left he cycled through it too.

We didn't have any GPS gadgetry, but the position was clear on the poster we'd brought, and fixed to the nearest lamp-post as a marker.

Photos

Car Passing
On the Exact Spot
The nearby lamppost with the marker

Achievements

Shane and Kenny earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

Shane and Kenny earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling to the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

Shane earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

Shane and Kenny earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (55, -3) graticule, here, on 2012-03-27.

Shane earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Bruce to the (55, -3) geohash on 2012-03-27.

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+__NOTOC__
+== Location ==
+A roundabout on a busy road near Asda on the edge of Edinburgh
+== Participants ==
+* [[User:Shane|Shane]]
+* Kenny
+* Bruce
+== Plans ==
 The weather was fantastically warm for March in Edinburgh.
-[[User:Shane|Shane]] persuaded Kenny to incorporate a trip to the location in to a longer
+[[User:Shane|Shane]] persuaded Kenny to incorporate a trip to the location in to a longer evening bike ride.
-evening bike ride.  At the last minute, Bruce joined the trip too.  He was reluctant to
-divert to the location, but came along away.  We weren't able to make it for 4pm, but we weren't
-much after half-past.
-The location wasn't suitable for a picnic - Shane had to wait for a break in the traffic
+== Expedition ==
-before he could be photographed standing in the exact spot, but did later cycle through it too.
+At the last minute, Bruce joined the trip too.  He was reluctant to
+divert to the location, but came along away.  We weren't able to make it for 4pm, but we weren't much after half-past.
-We didn't have any GPS gadgetry, but the position was clear on the poster we'd brought, and fixed
+The location wasn't suitable for a picnic - Shane had to wait for a break in the traffic before he could be photographed standing in the exact spot.  As we left he cycled through it too.
-to the nearest lamp-post as a marker.
-[[Image:carpassing.jpg|200px|Car Passing]] [[Image:spoton.jpg|250px|On the Exact Spot]] [[Image:lamppost.jpg|200px|The nearby lamppost with the marker]]
+We didn't have any GPS gadgetry, but the position was clear on the poster we'd brought, and fixed to the nearest lamp-post as a marker.
+== Photos ==
+<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
+Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
+-->
+<gallery perrow="5">
+Image:carpassing.jpg | Car Passing
+Image:spoton.jpg | On the Exact Spot
+Image:lamppost.jpg | The nearby lamppost with the marker
+</gallery>
 ==Achievements==
 {{ Land geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-03-27 | name = Shane and Kenny | image = }}
 {{ Bicycle geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-03-27 | name = Shane and Kenny }}
-{{ Virgin graticule | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-03-27 | name = Shane and Kenny }}
+{{No_batteries_geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-03-27
+| name = Shane | image = spoton.jpg }}
+{{ Graticule unlocked | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-03-27 | name = Shane and Kenny }}
 {{ drag-along | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-03-27 | name = Shane | partner = Bruce }}
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 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
 [[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
+{{location|GB|SCT|EDH}}


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