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About Me

Hi, I'm Ian, and contrary to my username I have yet to discover anything magical about myself!

I've only just started Geohashing, but hope to do many more in the future.

Currently I don't have a GPS device, so am relying on GoogleMaps and good old paper OS maps to locate the hashes.

I live near Norwich, England (right here 52.646387,1.411553 in fact!) and hope Geohashing will help me discover some nice bit of countryside around Norfolk, and hopefully some friendly fellow-geohashers at the same time. If I get fitter in the process then it's all good :-)

I have access to car, motorbike, bicycle(s) and kayak(s) so I'm hoping to use them all at some point in the future to achieve a variety of ribbons, as well as using public transport and my own legs!

About 1/3 of my home gradicule is water (North Sea or the Broads) so if I can find someone with a boat then that will increase my range of possible hashes; otherwise I will attempt to make a hash or two around the rest of the UK if they aren't too far out of the way on my weekend travels.

My Geohashes

2009-11-27, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom):

My first Geohash! Not very adventurous as I took the car and only had to walk a few meters off the road. No fences to climb over, no people to tell I was "from the internet", no velociraptors. A bit of a disappointment really. Made note to get there under my own steam and try and meet up with fellow-geohashers next time...

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 == About Me ==
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 I've only just started Geohashing, but hope to do many more in the future.
 Currently I don't have a GPS device, so am relying on GoogleMaps and good old paper OS maps to locate the hashes.
 I live near Norwich, England (right here 52.646387,1.411553 in fact!) and hope Geohashing will help me discover some nice bit of countryside around Norfolk, and hopefully some friendly fellow-geohashers at the same time. If I get fitter in the process then it's all good :-)
 I have access to car, motorbike, bicycle(s) and kayak(s) so I'm hoping to use them all at some point in the future to achieve a variety of ribbons, as well as using public transport and my own legs!
 About 1/3 of my home gradicule is water (North Sea or the Broads) so if I can find someone with a boat then that will increase my range of possible hashes; otherwise I will attempt to make a hash or two around the rest of the UK if they aren't too far out of the way on my weekend travels.
 == My Geohashes ==
-. 2009-11-27, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom): My first Geohash! Not very adventurous as I took the car and only had to walk a few meters off the road. No fences to climb over, no people to tell I was "from the internet", no velociraptors. A bit of a disappointment really. Made note to get there under my own steam and try and meet up with fellow-geohashers next time...
+* 2009-11-27, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom):
+My first Geohash! Not very adventurous as I took the car and only had to walk a few meters off the road. No fences to climb over, no people to tell I was "from the internet", no velociraptors. A bit of a disappointment really. Made note to get there under my own steam and try and meet up with fellow-geohashers next time...