Birmingham, United Kingdom

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The Birmingham graticule is at latitude 52, longitude -1.

Local Geohashers

• waq will try to attend weekend meetups when he can (when they occur in Leicester/Loughborough).
• krypto & friend will try to be there when he can.
• jez Is a foot or bike distance away from Loughborough only kind of guy. (cars are evil!)
• sminkybazza is also a Lufbra person. Limited to bike, buses and rail and saturdays.
• anseth currently has no car but will attempt to make saturdays.
• PodRED is now based in London but will GeoHash in Loughborough area if he is visiting in future.
• Becky is Loughborough based but planning to geohash whichever graticule she finds herself in on Saturdays. Car powered but lacking GPS tech.
• Walrus Rider goes to Warwick uni and lives in Leamington Spa. No easy means of transport.
• RoadieRich is Nottingham based, and is limited to bus, trains, and a pair of old faithful hiking boots. However, he is reliant on public web access, so is not always able to get up-to-date geohashes.
• omniscient resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.
• powdarrmonkey resides in Alcester/Stratford and works in Warwick, so will try for Saturday meetups if he's not doing shows. Has car but no GPS.
• jon resides in Lichfield (where he also works). He has no car, but has a fine pair of legs.
• Haradan is at Birmingham university, with no car. May obtain transport from a housemate with a car.
• Albert Herring is on the southern edge of Nottingham. Has car, prefers bike. Doesn't need no steenking GPS, knows how to read a map and memorise details on satellite photos. Probably.
• blane is slap bang in the middle of Leicester. So middle, the town centre is his back garden. Bike bus and rail for the win good fellows.
• M0rt lives in Leamington Spa and goes to Warwick Uni. Have car. Will Geohash.
• PkmnTrainerJ lives in Loughborough and is willing to travel via train to places, or car pool with others. Can only attend Sunday & Monday meets usually.
• KaynSlamdyke, despite recently gaining his bike license doesn't have the Rebel 250 of his dreams yet, and so is limited to the Derby city center.
• Pinny lives in Burton-upon-Trent and has a car, and should be able to make Saturday meetups, and possibly weekday evenings if they are near home/work.
• joehardflec is in Fleckney, now has both car and GPS, will 'hash whenever he can (mostly Leicester area).
• Locster is in Leamington Spa, has car, handheld GPS, cake. Will be checking Saturday locations.
• Metallics lives in Coventry and has access to a car, but works saturdays and distances of travel are limited.
• BlueNovember is also studying at Warwick Uni. Geohashing; could there be a better way to procrastinate?
• Tahrey lives in the north edge, and works at the west edge of Brum METRES within graticule. Has a car that's all kinds of old and busted, but still works well (a necessity, at least for now). Generally fails at hashing - ambitious, but rubbish.
• SilentSpring Lives in Stechford, will get to saturday meetups when he can. Has a bus pass, and knows how to read a map.
• Scunner Lives in Leicester and attends Leicester Uni. I have a motorbike so i have the 50 miles around Leicester covered.
• Strawberry Utopia goes to Warwick Uni. Has a car and some sort of satnav that may work... Will consider geohashing.
• rvsmortimer lives in Leicester (DMU) and will endevour to get meetups if he's in the area and doesn't have a hangover with public transport.

Mailing List

birmingham-east-geohashers

The mailing list is for discussing upcoming locations/meets, activities, car pooling, and all things geohashing.

Notes

There are discussions on the Talk page, please contribute to them.

There is also a facebook group.

Meetups

2009-09-28

2009-08-13 52 -1: Between Kimcote and Lutterworth. Joe might do this one.

2009-08-13

2009-08-13 52 -1: A school in Earl Shilton. I may well head over there this afternoon and at least walk down the track/footpath by the side of the playing fields, if I can't get in to the hashpoint itself. --Joehardflec 10:00, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

2009-08-02

2009-08-02 52 -1: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. Joe Hardman went using new GPS.

Tuesday 2009-03-24

Report here. The entrance to a park in Oadby. Benjw visited from the Cambridge graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45. Joehardflec had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.

Sunday 2008-06-22

Report here: SminkyBazzA and Bluecont found a tractor.

Friday 2008-06-20

Report here: Albert Herring wandered down to the hashpoint at about 19:00, as it was just around the corner. It turned out to be in a private garden in a housing estate at the edge of Keyworth.

Sunday 2008-06-08

Report here: Becky investigated, and even took chocolate biscuits, but the hashpoint was in a private garden.