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This hashpoint was on the grass verge by to a small carpark next to a park in the southern outskirts of Leicester.  [[User:joehardflec|Joehardflec]] had claimed he would get there 'around 4pm', so [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] jumped at the chance to go to a hashpoint at which he would actually meet someone.  In the end the hashpoint was reached but Joe never showed up.
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This hashpoint was on the grass verge by a small carpark next to a park in the southern outskirts of Leicester.  [[User:joehardflec|Joehardflec]] had claimed he would get there 'around 4pm', so [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] jumped at the chance to go to a hashpoint at which he would actually meet someone.  In the end the hashpoint was easily reached, but Joe never showed up.
  
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Full write-up and photos to follow.
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== Expedition ([[User:Benjw|Benjw]]) ==
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Write-up to follow.
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== Photographic documentation ==
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<gallery>
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 park sign.jpg|Knighton Park, home of the geohash since 2009.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 hashpoint.jpg|And there's the hashpoint (under that flagpole).
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 gps.jpg|Easily found, at the bottom of a hedge.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 ben.jpg|[[User:Benjw|Benjw]] standing on the hashpoint.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 houses.jpg|The area around the hashpoint was tidy and pretty.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 blossom.jpg|The trees were out in blossom.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 park.jpg|Ben went for a stroll through the park.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 gardens.jpg|He found some pretty gardens.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 blackbird.jpg|And some wildlife.
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 geocache.jpg|And a geocache!
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Image:2009-03-24 52 -1 note.jpg|A note was left in the hedge in case Joe ever turned up.
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</gallery>
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== Shiny ribbons earned ==
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{{land geohash
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    | latitude = 52
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    | longitude = -1
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    | date = 2009-03-24
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    | name = [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]
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}}
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{{Hash collision
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    | latitude = 52
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    | longitude = -1
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    | date = 2009-03-24
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    | name = [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]
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    | id = GC10D2A
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    | link = http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3cc5b415-8185-45be-9a8e-9b9d1eefeacf
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    | distance = 375 m
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    | image = 2009-03-24 52 -1 geocache.jpg
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    | honor = yes
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}}
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{{consecutive geohash
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    | count = 2
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    | latitude = 52
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    | longitude = 0
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    | date = 2009-03-23
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    | name = [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]
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}}
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{{Minesweeper geohash
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    | graticule = Northampton, United Kingdom
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    | ranknumber = 4
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    | e = true
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    | se = true
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    | s = true
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    | w = true
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    | name = [[User:Benjw|Benjw]]
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}}
  
 
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
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[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates reached]]

Revision as of 11:19, 12 May 2009

Tue 24 Mar 2009 in Birmingham:
52.6026123, -1.1056386
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This hashpoint was on the grass verge by a small carpark next to a park in the southern outskirts of Leicester. Joehardflec had claimed he would get there 'around 4pm', so Benjw jumped at the chance to go to a hashpoint at which he would actually meet someone. In the end the hashpoint was easily reached, but Joe never showed up.

Expedition (Benjw)

Write-up to follow.

Photographic documentation

  • Knighton Park, home of the geohash since 2009.

  • And there's the hashpoint (under that flagpole).

  • Easily found, at the bottom of a hedge.

  • Benjw standing on the hashpoint.

  • The area around the hashpoint was tidy and pretty.

  • The trees were out in blossom.

  • Ben went for a stroll through the park.

  • He found some pretty gardens.

  • And some wildlife.

  • And a geocache!

  • A note was left in the hedge in case Joe ever turned up.

Shiny ribbons earned

Landgeohash.png
 Benjw earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (52, -1) geohash on 2009-03-24.
Hashcollision.png
 Benjw earned the Hash collision honorable mention
by discovering the geocache GC10D2A 375 m from the (52, -1) geohash on 2009-03-24.
2009-03-24 52 -1 geocache.jpg
Consecutivegeohash.jpg
 Benjw earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2009-03-23.
Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png
Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash 4.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png
Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png
Benjw achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Northampton, United Kingdom and 4 of the surrounding graticules.
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