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This hash location was in the Derbyshire Dales, in the hills above Matlock Bath.
 
This hash location was in the Derbyshire Dales, in the hills above Matlock Bath.
  
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_a.jpg|The "Heights of Abraham" cable car on the other side of the dale.
The "Heights of Abraham" cable car was on the other side of the dale.
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_b.jpg|Riber Castle is also nearby, but that's another story.
 
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_c.jpg|Some approaches to the location were blocked by nasty signs.
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_d.jpg|The town of Matlock.
 
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_e.jpg|A game of Cricket.
Riber Castle is also nearby, but that's another story.
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_f.jpg|Stinging nettles made me decide that it wasn't important to get to the ''exact'' coordinates!
 
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_g.jpg|This metal shed is the nearest building to the point.  You can see it on [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=53&long=-2&zoom=17&abs=1 Google Earth].
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_c.jpg]]
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_h.jpg|This out-of-focus (sorry) shot shows the remains of the abandoned poly-tunnel greenhouses that can also be seen on the aerial photos.  The whole area is pretty overgrown.
 
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_i.jpg|The coordinates are about five or ten metres behind me and to my right, perhaps in line with the stone gate-post.
Some approaches to the location were blocked by nasty signs.
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_j.jpg|In total I cycled 57 miles (92km) this afternoon.  The sides of the dales are quite steep!
 
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_k.jpg|In Matlock Bath there were hundreds of weekend bikers.
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_d.jpg]]
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Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_l.jpg|I stopped for fish, chips and a pint of bitter-shandy.  The pint was nice, but I could feel it sloshing about all the way back to Nottingham.
 
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The town of Matlock.
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_e.jpg]]
 
 
 
A game of Cricket.
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_f.jpg]]
 
 
 
Stinging nettles made me decide that it wasn't important to get to the ''exact'' coordinates!
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_g.jpg]]
 
 
 
This metal shed is the nearest building to the point.  You can see it on [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-24&lat=53&long=-2&zoom=17&abs=1 Google Earth].
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_h.jpg]]
 
 
 
This out-of-focus (sorry) shot shows the remains of the abandoned poly-tunnel greenhouses that can also be seen on the aerial photos.  The whole area is pretty overgrown.
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_i.jpg]]
 
 
 
The coordinates are about five or ten metres behind me and to my right, perhaps in line with the stone gate-post.
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_j.jpg]]
 
 
 
In total I cycled 57 miles (92km) this afternoon.  The sides of the dales are quite steep!
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_k.jpg]]
 
 
 
In Matlock Bath there were hundreds of weekend bikers.
 
 
 
[[Image:2008-05-24_53_-1_l.jpg]]
 
 
 
I stopped for fish, chips and a pint of bitter-shandy.  The pint was nice, but I could feel it sloshing about all the way back to Nottingham.
 
 
 
  
 
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
 
[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 
[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
 
[[Category:Coordinates reached]]

Revision as of 16:40, 6 February 2009

Sat 24 May 2008 in Sheffield:
53.1266480, -1.5475331
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On 2008-05-24, in the Sheffield (53,-1) graticule, attendance was in single-figures, even in binary.

This hash location was in the Derbyshire Dales, in the hills above Matlock Bath.