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== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
=== KerrMcF === | === KerrMcF === | ||
| − | I took the bus to Glasgow and then the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk High. This was then followed by a 5km walk to the geohash. Along the way, I found a set of stairs that were not displayed on OpenStreetMaps, so I added them to this | + | I took the bus to Glasgow and then the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk High. This was then followed by a 5km walk to the geohash. Along the way, I found a set of stairs that were not displayed on OpenStreetMaps, so I added them to this. The approximate view of the geohash is highlighted in one of the below images. The route to the geohash required crossing a railway line and a canal, the first was done by tunnel and the second by bridge. Unfortunately, I did not reach the geohash until 75 minutes after I had originally planned due to struggling to find the entrance to the field it was located in, but I eventually did reach it and successfully completed my first geohash! |
I had researched earlier if there was a nearby geocache, and there was! I went to find it after my geohash and although I was able to find it only 342m away from the geohash, the presence of a hill prevented them from being within sight of each other. I also forgot my pen. No hash collision today. I didn't take any photos of it as I'm only just now realising the honourable mention conditions but I'll link the listing below and claim that anyway. | I had researched earlier if there was a nearby geocache, and there was! I went to find it after my geohash and although I was able to find it only 342m away from the geohash, the presence of a hill prevented them from being within sight of each other. I also forgot my pen. No hash collision today. I didn't take any photos of it as I'm only just now realising the honourable mention conditions but I'll link the listing below and claim that anyway. | ||
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File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Woods.jpg | Entrance to the woods I walked through | File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Woods.jpg | Entrance to the woods I walked through | ||
File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Stairs.jpg | The OSM missing stairs | File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Stairs.jpg | The OSM missing stairs | ||
| + | File:2023-08-17 55 -3 OSM.jpg | Obnoxious red circle/arrow highlighting the rough location of the geohash | ||
File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Tunnel.jpg | A very echoey tunnel under the railway line | File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Tunnel.jpg | A very echoey tunnel under the railway line | ||
File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Geohash.jpeg | Reached the geohash | File:2023-08-17 55 -3 Geohash.jpeg | Reached the geohash | ||
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== Achievements == | == Achievements == | ||
{{land geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2023-08-17 | name = KerrMcF}} | {{land geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2023-08-17 | name = KerrMcF}} | ||
| − | {{Public transport geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2023-08-17 | name = KerrMcF }} | + | {{Public transport geohash | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2023-08-17 | name = KerrMcF}} |
| − | {{Hash collision | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2023-08-17 | name = KerrMcF | link = https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2X5DM | id = GC2X5DM | distance = 342m | honor = yep }} | + | {{OpenStreetMap achievement | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2023-08-17 | name = KerrMcF | OSMlink = 140030270}} |
| + | {{Hash collision | latitude = 55 | longitude = -3 | date = 2023-08-17 | name = KerrMcF | link = https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2X5DM | id = GC2X5DM | distance = 342m | honor = yep}} | ||
[[Category:Expeditions]] [[Category:Expeditions with photos]] [[Category:Coordinates reached]] | [[Category:Expeditions]] [[Category:Expeditions with photos]] [[Category:Coordinates reached]] | ||
Revision as of 00:42, 18 August 2023
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Location
In a field near Falkirk, roughly 5km from the Falkirk High train station.
Participants
Plans
This will be KerrMcF's first geohash and, as his home graticule's coordinates are in water, travelling east is easier. Since he is volunteering from 11-2, he expects to arrive at the location around 4:15pm and will do so mostly via public transport to Falkirk.
Expedition
KerrMcF
I took the bus to Glasgow and then the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk High. This was then followed by a 5km walk to the geohash. Along the way, I found a set of stairs that were not displayed on OpenStreetMaps, so I added them to this. The approximate view of the geohash is highlighted in one of the below images. The route to the geohash required crossing a railway line and a canal, the first was done by tunnel and the second by bridge. Unfortunately, I did not reach the geohash until 75 minutes after I had originally planned due to struggling to find the entrance to the field it was located in, but I eventually did reach it and successfully completed my first geohash!
I had researched earlier if there was a nearby geocache, and there was! I went to find it after my geohash and although I was able to find it only 342m away from the geohash, the presence of a hill prevented them from being within sight of each other. I also forgot my pen. No hash collision today. I didn't take any photos of it as I'm only just now realising the honourable mention conditions but I'll link the listing below and claim that anyway.
Returning home was not as easy, my phone died on the way back to the train station (must bring a battery pack on future expeditions!) and managing journey times was far more difficult than it needed to be. The bus I had gotten into Glasgow does not run after 5:30pm so I had to improvise with the infrequent train journeys back home. Both the journey in and back took 90 minutes each.
Photos
Bus tickets no longer seem to be a thing here
Fortunately train tickets are
Entrance to the woods I walked through
The OSM missing stairs
Obnoxious red circle/arrow highlighting the rough location of the geohash
A very echoey tunnel under the railway line
Reached the geohash
First panorama of the geohash
Second panorama of the geohash
Route of the walk from the station to the geohash and back
Achievements
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KerrMcF earned the Land geohash achievement
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KerrMcF earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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KerrMcF earned the OpenStreetMap achievement
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KerrMcF earned the Hash collision honorable mention
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