User:MagicIan

About Me

This geohasher lives in Norfolk.

40 / m / 52,1

Hi, I'm Ian, and contrary to my username I have yet to discover anything magical about myself! I live near Norwich, England and I started Geohashing in late 2009 as a way of exploring the region to which I had recently moved. I completed lots of hashes in 2010 before having a bit of a lull. Nowadays I use Geohashing as a suggestion of where to go for cycle rides etc when I have a spare weekend.

I have access to car, motorbike, bicycle(s) and kayak(s) and have used them all at some point in to achieve a variety of ribbons, although I am yet to use public transport to get to a hashpoint - something I hope to fix in the future. About 1/3 of my home graticule is the North Sea so if I can find someone with a seaworthy boat then that will increase my range of possible hashes in the area!

When I go out of my home graticule I try to make a point of looking where the hashpoints are located, but usually they require a large detour from whatever activity I have planned. One of these days I would like to do a hash or two while I am in a foreign land.

When I started Geohashing I didn't have a GPS device, so I used to print out the satellite view of the hashpoint from GoogleMaps to identify the it using local topographical features, but now I use the Geohash Droid app on my phone to give an indication of how close I am.

I was quite pleased to achieve a Tron Ribbon, and am now turning my attention to other achievements. I keep trying to do a Hashcard one so I ensure I take fellow Geohashers' addresses with me when I go out, but have yet to find any villages selling postcards. Guess I'll just have to keep trying! Others on my radar are the Juggernaut and, having got a Reverse regional ribbon by getting getting to hashpoints in Norfolk and Suffolk in 52,1, I would like to get the Regional ribbon by getting to bits of Norfolk or Suffolk that are in 52,0

Achievements

I got within a couple of hours of achieving the Virgin Graticule for 51,1 but Sourcerer just beat me to it!

MagicIan earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 4 hash points on 2010-06-20. It's an Ultra Hash.

MagicIan earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2010-03-30.

MagicIan achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in 52,1 and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

MagicIan achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in 52,0 and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

MagicIan achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in 52,-0 and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

MagicIan earned the Reverse regional achievement by reaching hash points in all 2 regions of the Norwich, United Kingdom (52, 1) graticule on County level.

MagicIan earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (52, 1) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2010-07-24.

MagicIan earned the Speed racer achievement by passing through the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-03-31 at 60 mph.

MagicIan earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 64.1km to the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-07-25.

MagicIan earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-07-24 on foot, travelling a distance of 18.1km.

MagicIan earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (52, -1) geohash on 2010-06-20.

MagicIan earned the Police Geohash Achievement by returning to find a police dog van parked next to his car while attempting the (52, -0) geohash on 2010-06-20.

MagicIan earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2009-11-27.

MagicIan earned the There might be alligators! consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2013-02-15 by an impassable and unforeseen boggy wetland (and probably lurking alligators).

MagicIan earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2010-03-24.

My Geohashes

I've completed 21 successful geohashes in 6 graticules, with 1 failure. I have now done a hash on each day of the week, and 11 months of the year (just missing January)

A map of my various Geohashes can be seen here:

01 Friday 27-11-2009, 52.805965° 1.252814° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - My first geohash!

02 Monday 08-03-2010, 52.611723° 1.355975° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - At the sewage works

03 Wednesday 24-03-2010, 52.585326° 1.354230° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Failed due to being on private property

04 Sunday 28-03-2010, 52.762632° 1.176329° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Cycle along Marriot's Way

05 Tuesday 30-03-2010, 52.627771° 1.291378° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - The Forum in the centre of Norwich

06 Wednesday 31-03-2010, 52.509096° 1.137942° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Consecutive day and Speed Racer achievements earned near Tacolneston

07 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -1.19297° (Birmingham, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #1 - Leicester

08 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° -0.19297° (Northampton, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #2 - Crowland, Peterborough

09 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 0.192969° (Cambridge, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #3 - Wisbech

10 Sunday 20-06-2010, 52.667024° 1.192969° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Four-in-a-day #4 - Ringland

11 Saturday 2010-07-24, 52.375840° 1.294163° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Tron walk via North Burlingham

12 Sunday 2010-07-25, 52.518213° 1.641496° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 40 mile cycle to Somerleyton

13 Friday 2010-08-20, 52.595317° 1.471424° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 13 mile cycle to Buckenham train station with gnomes

14 Monday 2010-08-25, 52.445590° 1.370603° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Kayak on Horsey Mere (done on the 30th)

15 Friday 2010-09-24, 51.585859° 1.022777° (Canterbury, United Kingdom) - Almost achieved a virgin graticule for 51,1 but was beaten by Sourcerer

16 Tuesday 2011-08-16, 52.563615° 1.226250° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - On the Tas Valley Way near home

17 Tuesday 2011-10-18, 52.224587° 1.349444° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Motorbiked to Framlingham in the dark

18 Monday 2012-05-21, 52.543366° 1.262612° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Short cycle to Newton Flotman

19 Thursday 2012-12-27, 53.367184° -2.121222° (Manchester, United Kingdom) - In Hazel Grove over the Christmas holidays

20 Sunday 2013-02-10, 52.447437° 1.349072° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - 30 mile cycle to Denton

21 Friday 2013-02-15, 52.559777° 1.553342° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Kayak to Reedham Ferry (done on the 16th)

22 Thursday 2013-02-21, 52.590684° 1.243271° (Norwich, United Kingdom) - Cycle to Intwood Lane after work