2023-07-27 51 -1

Dan Q also wrote about this expedition on his blog. For more details and higher-resolution pictures, see this expedition's log at https://danq.me/2023/07/27/geohashing-expedition-2023-07-27-51-1/

Thu 27 Jul 2023 in 51,-1: 51.7874680, -1.5066508 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Northern boundary hedge of West Witney Primary School, Witney.

Participants

• Dan Q

Expedition

I wasn't supposed to be here. I was supposed to be on the Isle of Man with my partner, celebrating our 0x10th anniversary. But this week's been a week of disasters: my partner lost her job, our plane to the Isle of Man got cancelled, and then I got sick (most-likely, I got to catch airport germs from people I got to sit next to on an aircraft which was then cancelled before it had a chance to take off). So mostly this week I've been sat at home playing video games.

But the dog needed a walk, and my partner needed to go to the supermarket, so I had her drop me and the geopooch off in West Witney to find the hashpoint and then walk to meet them after she'd collected the shopping. I couldn't find my GPSr, so I used my phone, and it was reporting low accuracy until I rebooted it, by which time I'd walked past the hashpoint and had to double-back, much to the doggo's confusion.

I reached the hashpoint at 14:16 (and probably a few points before than, owing to my navigation failure). I needed to stand very close to the fence to get within the circle of uncertainty, but at least I didn't have to reach through and into the school grounds.

Tracklog

My smartwatch kept a tracklog:

• Download: File:Activity_11654052401.gpx

Photos

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  Proof (from the app)

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  Looking East from the hashpoint

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  Looking West from the hashpoint

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  A pair of silly grins