Difference between revisions of "2015-08-23 51 0"

Latest revision as of 01:17, 7 August 2019

Location

In a field just outside Grays, Essex.

Participants

Huinesoron (talk)

Plans

Well, how can I not take a stab at this one? It's less than three miles from my house; that's practically an honorary Couch Potato!

Expedition

This turned out to be... exactly as easy as I thought it would be. I parked on the kerb opposite the entrance to the field, walked along the edge until I was lined up with the tree from Google Maps, and then paced the 50m across the stubble-filled field until I reached the hash.

The only real concern I had was that the ominous-looking four-wheel-drive vehicle sitting by the field might contain a mob of angry farmers with shotguns... but it didn't, so that was all right.

Photos

I think littering is Essex's national industry.
Will the farmer hunt me like a rabid animal? Nah, it's empty.
I line up on a tree...
... and follow the geohashing farmer's tracks.
You thought I was joking about the farmer, didn't you? (Well, I guess I was)
I forget how zoom works.
Yeah, what's with all the windmills?

What's With All The Windmills?

I've highlighted pictures of windmills in three of my last five reports (the other two being 2015-08-10 52 -3 and 2015-08-22 51 0). What's up with that?

Well... this:

Achievements

Huinesoron (talk) earned the Tilting At Hashpoints Achievement (Level 1)

by encountering windmills/wind turbines at 3 hashpoints including the (51, 0) geohash on 2015-08-23.

(It goes up a level with each 3 you photograph; turbines have three blades, see.)

Huinesoron (talk) earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2015-08-22.

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 == Location ==
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+In a field just outside Grays, Essex.
 == Participants ==
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+*[[User:Huinesoron|Huinesoron]] ([[User talk:Huinesoron|talk]])
 == Plans ==
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+Well, how can I ''not'' take a stab at this one? It's less than three miles from my house; that's practically an honorary Couch Potato!
 == Expedition ==
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-== Tracklog ==
+This turned out to be... exactly as easy as I thought it would be. I parked on the kerb opposite the entrance to the field, walked along the edge until I was lined up with the tree from Google Maps, and then paced the 50m across the stubble-filled field until I reached the hash.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+The only real concern I had was that the ominous-looking four-wheel-drive vehicle sitting by the field might contain a mob of angry farmers with shotguns... but it didn't, so that was all right.
 == Photos ==
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+Image:2015-08-23 51 0 LooksPleasant.jpg | I think littering is Essex's national industry.
+Image:2015-08-23 51 0 OminousCar.jpg | Will the farmer hunt me like a rabid animal? Nah, it's empty.
+Image:2015-08-23 51 0 LandmarkTree.jpg | I line up on a tree...
+Image:2015-08-23 51 0 HashingFarmer.jpg | ... and follow the geohashing farmer's tracks.
+Image:2015-08-23 51 0 HashLookBack.jpg | You thought I was joking about the farmer, didn't you? (Well, I guess I was)
+Image:2015-08-23 51 0 StupidCloseup.jpg | I forget how zoom works.
+Image:2015-08-23 51 0 DarkSatanicTurbines.jpg | Yeah, what's with all the windmills?
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+== What's With All The Windmills? ==
+I've highlighted pictures of windmills in three of my last five reports (the other two being [[2015-08-10 52 -3]] and [[2015-08-22 51 0]]). What's up with that?
+Well... this:
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+| latitude = 51
+| longitude = 0
+| date = 2015-08-23
+| achievement = Tilting At Hashpoints Achievement (Level 1)
+| description = encountering windmills/wind turbines at '''3''' hashpoints including the
+| name = [[User:Huinesoron|Huinesoron]] ([[User talk:Huinesoron|talk]])
+| image = 2015-08-23 51 0 DarkSatanicTurbines.jpg
+}}
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+(It goes up a level with each 3 you photograph; turbines have three blades, see.)
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+{{consecutive geohash 2
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+| latitude = 51
+| longitude = 0
+| date = 2015-08-22
+| name = [[User:Huinesoron|Huinesoron]] ([[User talk:Huinesoron|talk]])
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Sun 23 Aug 2015 in London East, UK: 51.4770078, 0.3592578 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox