Difference between revisions of "2013-05-25 52 -1"

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Location

In a farmer's field north-east of Moira, on the border between Leicestershire and Derbyshire, UK.

Participants

Plans

Aiming for a 4pm meetup. Bring a towel. This will be my first hash with my new phone, and also my longest return bike journey, so there's plenty of potential for disaster. Fans of chaos should probably attend.

A toast! Quiet! Shut up! I'm ah, I got words. I'm saying. This is an auspicious day. We all know what day it is.
- What's auspicious? What day is it?
A glorious day for all the proud members of the allied planets. #towelday and #mouseoverday

Expedition

Well, the good news is I got there. But two punctures on the way didn't help - and it turns out 30 miles up and down hills (and on off-road trails) takes a lot longer than 30 miles on the flat. Yeah, I know, that's kind of obvious, right? So I got there late for the meetup. Not that anyone else turned up.

Apart from the punctures it was a nice trip. Alternating sections of gravel paths on cycle route 63 (the 'Ivanhoe trail') and quiet country roads. Needless to say it was the roads, not the gravel paths, that caused the punctures. Returning home, I skipped Leicester, and detoured via Enderby to get home without too much traffic. Total travel time was about eight hours, thanks to the punctures.

A nice man in the neighbouring cottage allowed me into the right field, and I got as close as the newly-planted growing crop would allow. I'm calling it a success. As my Nexus 4 battery died before arriving at the geohash, the only proof I have is the Strava ride track below, taken off my BlackBerry, which outlived the Nexus. But that's good enough, right?

A nice side note was that the village (well, eight houses and an empty phone box) of Short Heath is apparently famous for being the "Centre of England". Who knew? And now I've been there, thanks to xkcd. Cool.

Did I mention I got two punctures?

Tracklog

I've put the route to the geohash on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/56247197

And the route home in two parts: http://app.strava.com/activities/56261042 and http://app.strava.com/activities/56261039

Photos

The geohash is in the centre of this field
The internet was here... in the field
These little baby sweetcorn were occupying the field
Geohashing to the centre of the ... country. Good pick for #towelday

Achievements

This user earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (52, -1) geohash on 2013-05-25.

Nickholden earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 97.9km to and from the (52, -1) geohash on 2013-05-25.

This user earned the 2013 Mouse Over Day achievement

by taking his towel to the geohash in the (52, -1) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2013.

Other geohashing expeditions on the same day

Expeditions and Plans

2013-05-25
Hyderabad, India	Root2, Raghu, A farmer, his son, 9 buffaloes	In an open field that was being harvested with lots of buffaloes nearby.
Atlanta, Georgia	NWoodruff	At the back part of a public park in West Atlanta.
San Jose, California	Someone went	On a boring hillside outside Tracy.
Washington (West), District of Columbia	OfficeLinebacker, Allison	In some woods in Bristow, VA
Corning, New York	Hic Sunt Laganum	A Sign at the Woods
Lansing, Michigan	Someone went	Mouseover Day in Lansing, Michigan: On Washington Square South near the intersection of West Lenawe...
Boise, Idaho	Eldin	In a corn field between Star and Middleton.
Seattle, Washington	Thomcat, OtherJack	Near the House of Awakened Culture, on Suquamish land, in Kitsap County
Basel, Switzerland	Frizzy, Hijackal	In Bad Bellingen, on the German side of the Rhine north of Basel. Ther...
Stuttgart, Germany	chemluth	Near Ebersbach. Mouse over + Towel Day!
Mannheim, Germany	Draradech, Rincewind, Mampfred	In the woods In a swamp-like forest area near Gernsheim next to the Autobah...
Würzburg, Germany	Danatar	in an empty field near Reicholzheim, not far from Wertheim. Country: Germa...
Birmingham, United Kingdom	Nick Holden	In a farmer's field north-east of Moira, on the border between Leicestershi...
Malmö, Sweden	Llavids	In Harlösa, Skåne, Sweden.
Moscow, Russia	vb	River Moskva, near Novodevichy Convent.
Seinäjoki, Finland	Pastori, The Wife	Near the center of town Ilmajoki, in the middle of a field.

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 == Expedition ==
-Well, the good news is I got there. But two punctures on the way didn't help - and it turns out 30 miles up and down hills takes a lot longer than 30 miles on the flat. Yeah, I know, that's kind of obvious, right? So I got there late for the meetup. Not that anyone else turned up. A nice man in the neighbouring cottage directed me into the right field, and I got as close as the newly-planted growing crop would allow. I'm calling it a success. As my Nexus 4 battery died before arriving at the geohash, the only proof I have is the Strava ride track below. But that's good enough, right?
+Well, the good news is I got there. But two punctures on the way didn't help - and it turns out 30 miles up and down hills (and on off-road trails) takes a lot longer than 30 miles on the flat. Yeah, I know, that's kind of obvious, right? So I got there late for the meetup. Not that anyone else turned up.
+Apart from the punctures it was a nice trip. Alternating sections of gravel paths on cycle route 63 (the 'Ivanhoe trail') and quiet country roads. Needless to say it was the roads, not the gravel paths, that caused the punctures. Returning home, I skipped Leicester, and detoured via Enderby to get home without too much traffic. Total travel time was about eight hours, thanks to the punctures.
+A nice man in the neighbouring cottage allowed me into the right field, and I got as close as the newly-planted growing crop would allow. I'm calling it a success. As my Nexus 4 battery died before arriving at the geohash, the only proof I have is the Strava ride track below, taken off my BlackBerry, which outlived the Nexus. But that's good enough, right?
+A nice side note was that the village (well, eight houses and an empty phone box) of Short Heath is apparently famous for being the "Centre of England". Who knew? And now I've been there, thanks to xkcd. Cool.
+Did I mention I got two punctures?
 == Tracklog ==
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 I've put the route to the geohash on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/56247197
+And the route home in two parts: http://app.strava.com/activities/56261042 and http://app.strava.com/activities/56261039
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