2011-02-20 52 0

Sun 20 Feb 2011 in Cambridge: 52.0552236, 0.2204629 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On a minor road east of Little Chesterford, near Cambridge, UK.

Participants

• Sourcerer
• Benjw

This expedition was part of a multihash by Benjw. For the other parts, see:
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• Sourcerer retro on 2015-12-28 (Mon).

Plans

Sourcerer noted that he would be passing this conveniently-placed hashpoint at about 8am on his way to the airport, and created the expedition page in preparation. Benjw had nothing much to do at 8:00 on a Sunday morning, so added his name to the meetup.

The expedition

Sourcerer

WooHoo! After 36 lonely expeditions, Sourcerer finally got to meet another Geohasher on outing 37. Thank you Benjw for making an early Sunday start to make this possible. Sourcerer, Neil, was flying from London, Luton to Nîmes, France today and this hashpoint added only 7 miles to the 1297 km Journey. Sorry about the mixed units. It was a drive-through geohash making the Speed Racer achievement possible. We met at about 07:50am and hung around long enough to take some photos.

Sadly the Sunday and Monday hashpoints in Nîmes, France are both in the sea! The good news is the hotel WiFi works well enough to check out the future days.

Benjw

Ben was not at all put out by his early Sunday start and welcomed the chance to meet another hasher. He was up and out of the house ahead of schedule, and left Cambridge on a route he knew well, and that would take him within a few hundred metres of the hashpoint. All that was needed was to turn left at the appropriate roundabout, park up and find the hash.

First, though, Ben drove slowly up the road to find the exact spot. As expected, it turned out to be on the tarmac, so he turned round and drove back through the hashpoint, this time at the legal speed limit of 30 mph. That done, the entrance to a field provided a helpful parking spot, and Ben went to find the point again, this time on foot.

Photos were taken, and just as he was finishing this, another car turned up the road and parked next to Ben's. It turned out to be Sourcerer, who was also ahead of schedule. The two hashers exchanged greetings, compared the hashpoint location on their GPSs, took photos and, given Sourcerer's need to get to the airport, departed.

Since Ben was up and about, he then took the opportunity to enjoy a leisurely drive through the morning mists to the Northampton hashpoint.

Sourcerer retro on 2015-12-28

One of three today - 2011-02-20 52 0 Retro - 2015-12-28 52 0 - 2015-12-28 52 1

This was 370 metres off my route to hashpoint two. It was a drive-by hashpoint and totally easily done.

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  Retro Proof

Photographic documentation

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  A seven mile diversion to reach the point.

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  Neil's 1297 km journey to France.

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  Neil's photo of Benjw.

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  No stopping on this road! Oops, we already did!

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  Neil's Speed Racer Evidence. It was a 30 mph limit.

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  Ben 'speeding' through the hashpoint

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  Hashpoint also available on foot

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  Looking east further up the road

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  Looking west back towards the main road

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  Looking south across the field

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  'Twas a misty morn, all in the month of ... er, February

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  Two happy hashers

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  Sourcerer on the hashpoint

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  Sourcerer goes to catch a plane

Shiny ribbons earned

Benjw and Sourcerer earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20.

Benjw and Sourcerer earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20 at 30 mph.

Sourcerer and Benjw earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting each other at the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20.

Benjw earned the Earliest geohasher achievement by arriving first at the (52, 0) geohash on 2011-02-20.

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Expeditions and Plans

2011-02-20
Tucson, Arizona	Wyle, RoadRunner, Wyle & RoadRunner	Just off yet another dirt road
Northampton, United Kingdom	Benjw	The corner of a field between Hinxworth, Hertfordshire, and Biggleswade, Be...
Cambridge, United Kingdom	Sourcerer, Benjw	On a minor road east of Little Chesterford, near Cambridge, UK.

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Sourcerer's Expedition Links

2011-02-06 52 1 - 2011-02-20 52 0 - 2011-02-23 43 4 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.