2009-10-03 51 -1

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Sat 3 Oct 2009 in 51,-1: 51.0763820, -1.3614881 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Geohashers plus our wonderful ambassador!

Location

A field off Dean Lane, between Winchester and Sparsholt. Two miles from Winchester station, one mile from Weeke. Here's the route from the station to the geohash.

Participants

• Sermoa
• Mapaholic
• DavidMiller - with partner and kids!
• Thepiguy
• Srs0

Plans

Thepiguy and Srs0 are coming on the train for London. Sermoa will meet them at Winchester station, at 13:18. We're going to do a quick tour of Winchester, see the Round Table, the cathedral, the museum, go to the best coffee shop in Winchester (Coffee House on Jewry Street). I'm really tempted to take a taxi to the geohash, think it would be so funny to tell the driver, "Please drive to 51.0763820, -1.3614881"! DavidMiller plus partner and kids are making their own way to the geohash after a walk up St Giles Hill. Mapaholic should hopefully also be able to meet us there. We will have food and drink to share.

Expedition

Sermoa's report

I met Thepiguy and Srs0 from Winchester train station to do the tour of Winchester as planned. It was great! We met DavidMiller and family in town, went for a coffee together and then took a taxi to the geohash! I actually told the taxi driver the coordinates, much to my amusement -- and the driver's bemusement!

And we entered the field. And we located the hash point. And we took photos. And then ... DavidMiller saw a tractor in the distance! I will let So DavidMiller and Thepiguy went off to try and obtain an ambassador achievement. I'll let one of them explain what happened ... but after a while they came back smiling - the farmer walking with them!

"You're all totally bonkers!"

Farmer Nicholas called us all bonkers (we didn't deny it!) and we all went back to the geohash point to continue the fun and frivolities!

Ambassador Nicholas was totally great, participating in photos and even signing our marker! We had a picnic, played The Lying Down Game (tm) did juggling and poi, had a great time! Our very deep heartfelt gratitude to Nicholas for allowing us nutters into the field and being totally cool about everything we wanted to do!

Walking back, we briefly visited the Eden Development cubicle geohash (our Canadian friends couldn't miss the opportunity to witness the world's closest recorded cubicle geohash!) before going back home. I already invited Thepiguy and Srs0 back for pizza without knowing that there was an abduction geohash achievement ribbon! Accidental ribbon achieving, ftw! :D

Gallery

Sermoa's photos

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  Geohashers caught on camera! Thepiguy and Srs0 arrive in Winchester

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  Our very kind taxi driver, having just dropped us off at the geohash field

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  Taxi drives away, driver completely baffled as to why we wanted to stop in the middle of nowhere!

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  Entering the field

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  First view of the geohash field

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  Located the spot, getting the hashscots comfortable

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  Hashscots Monica and Murray taking in the view

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  Young geohashers!

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  This one has the potential to be a real pro!

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  Thepiguy and DavidMiller return with the farmer -- who is smiling! :D

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  "So what do you think of all this?!"

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  All of us at the geohash -- including Farmer Nicholas!

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  Farmer Nicholas signed the geohashing marker for us! FTW!!

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  Picnic! :)

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  Sermoa and Mapaholic decide it's time for a lie-down.

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  The marker is left at the edge of the field for by-passers to spot!

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  Kevin and Steven wanted to visit my cubicle geohash from 2009-08-30 51 -1 - it was almost on the way home, anyway! :)

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  Abduction achievement! Thepiguy and Srs0 come back to the home of Sermoa and Mapaholic for pizza and ice cream!