2022-01-21 52 0

Fri 21 Jan 2022 in Cambridge, United Kingdom: 52.2291175, 0.2141189 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

A farmer's field near Stow cum Quy

Participants

PeterRoder

Expedition

I had planned to start at 14:00, but university work took longer than expected so I actually didn't leave home until about 17:40. After ~1km of familiar territory, I was on to Newmarket Road, the main stretch of the journey. At 18:50, I turned off of Newmarket and went through a tunnel under the A14. I emerged on what I had thought was a pedestrian footpath, but it turned out to be a single-lane road. It had a surprisingly high frequency of vehicles driving along it; there was about one every minute.

As I approached the field, I passed a sign that said "Please no parking. Large machinery exiting farm at all times", so imagine my surprise when I walk down that lane and reach the field, to see no large machinery exiting the farm whatsoever! Just as I'd turned onto a tractor track on the field, a car pulled up about 20m away. The driver got out and opened his boot, but didn't say anything to me, so I continued boldy on, acting like I wasn't just walking into some random farmer's field because the internet told me to. The track was very muddy, making me really wish I'd worn boots rather than trainers. I reached the hash at about 19:30.

I took the same route back, getting home at about 21:30.

Tracklog

Unfortunately I have no photos for this expedition because it was dark and I forgot to bring a device with a decent camera.

Achievements

Peter earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 0) geohash on 2022-01-21.

Peter earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 0) geohash on 2022-01-21 on foot, travelling a distance of 20km.