Birmingham, United Kingdom

The Birmingham graticule is at latitude 52, longitude -1.

Local Geohashers

Active

kimble lives in Birmingham. Has bike, will travel.
Joe is in Fleckney, now has both car and GPS, will 'hash whenever he can (mostly Leicester area).
omniscient resides in Leicester and will attempt Saturday meetups when possible. Bike, bus or rail powered with benefit of GPS.

Inactive

archiewood will try to get to weekend meetings when doable. Has car, but no GPS.
waq will try to attend weekend meetups when he can (when they occur in Leicester/Loughborough).
krypto & friend will try to be there when he can.
jez Is a foot or bike distance away from Loughborough only kind of guy. (cars are evil!)
sminkybazza is also a Lufbra person. Limited to bike, buses and rail and saturdays.
anseth currently has no car but will attempt to make saturdays.
PodRED is now based in London but will GeoHash in Loughborough area if he is visiting in future.
Becky is Loughborough based but planning to geohash whichever graticule she finds herself in on Saturdays. Car powered but lacking GPS tech.
Walrus Rider goes to Warwick uni and lives in Leamington Spa. No easy means of transport.
RoadieRich is Nottingham based, and is limited to bus, trains, and a pair of old faithful hiking boots.
powdarrmonkey resides in Alcester/Stratford and works in Warwick, so will try for Saturday meetups if he's not doing shows. Has car but no GPS.
jon resides in Lichfield (where he also works). He has no car, but has a fine pair of legs.
Haradan is at Birmingham university, with no car. May obtain transport from a housemate with a car.
Albert Herring is on the southern edge of Nottingham. Has car, prefers bike. Doesn't need no steenking GPS, knows how to read a map and memorise details on satellite photos. Probably.
blane is slap bang in the middle of Leicester. So middle, the town centre is his back garden. Bike bus and rail for the win good fellows.
M0rt lives in Leamington Spa and goes to Warwick Uni. Have car. Will Geohash.
PkmnTrainerJ lives in Loughborough and is willing to travel via train to places, or car pool with others. Can only attend Sunday & Monday meets usually.
KaynSlamdyke, despite recently gaining his bike license doesn't have the Rebel 250 of his dreams yet, and so is limited to the Derby city center.
Pinny lives in Burton-upon-Trent and has a car, and should be able to make Saturday meetups, and possibly weekday evenings if they are near home/work.
Locster is in Leamington Spa, has car, handheld GPS, cake. Will be checking Saturday locations.
Metallics lives in Coventry and has access to a car, but works saturdays and distances of travel are limited.
BlueNovember is also studying at Warwick Uni. Geohashing; could there be a better way to procrastinate?
Tahrey lives in the north edge, and works at the west edge of Brum METRES within graticule. Has a car that's all kinds of old and busted, but still works well (a necessity, at least for now). Generally fails at hashing - ambitious, but rubbish.
SilentSpring Lives in Stechford, will get to saturday meetups when he can. Has a bus pass, and knows how to read a map.
Scunner Lives in Leicester and attends Leicester Uni. I have a motorbike so i have the 50 miles around Leicester covered.
Strawberry Utopia goes to Warwick Uni. ~~Has a car and some sort of satnav that may work...~~ Will consider geohashing.

Mailing List

birmingham-east-geohashers

The mailing list is for discussing upcoming locations/meets, activities, car pooling, and all things geohashing.

Notes

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There is also a facebook group.

Meetups

Planned

None yet. Add you plans here.

2010

Saturday 2010-07-24

2010-07-24 52 -1: Omniscient is planning on finding this one in a field, either before or after visitng twycross zoo.

Saturday 2010-07-17

2010-07-17 52 -1: Omniscient assailed the grassy verge with friends.

Friday 2010-06-25

2010-06-25 52 -1: Joe visited this one in Croft.

Sunday 2010-06-20

2010-06-20 52 -1: MagicIan completed this hash - his first of 4-in-a-row on this day - in a field beyond Anstey cemetery.

Wed 2010-06-16

2010-06-16 52 -1: Joe went to this one on the outskirts of Leicester / Grove park.

Mon 2010-02-15

2010-02-15 52 -1: Joe visited.

2009

2009-11-02

2009-11-02 52 -1: Kim took a detour from her regular cycling route to visit this one.

2009-10-07

2009-10-07 52 -1: Joe Hardman went to this one near Shawell.

2009-09-30

2009-09-30 52 -1: davidc, on loan from Berlin, Germany, visits a field near Banbury and enjoys the English countryside.

2009-08-13

2009-08-13 52 -1: A school in Earl Shilton. Joehardflec headed over there and walked down the track/footpath by the side of the playing fields, getting as close as was possible

2009-08-02

2009-08-02 52 -1: Field near the M1, footpath from Willoughby Waterleys. Joe Hardman went using new GPS.

Tuesday 2009-03-24

Report here. The entrance to a park in Oadby. Benjw visited from the Cambridge graticule and was at the hashpoint from 3:50pm until 4:45. Joehardflec had said that he would "be there around 4pm" but didn't show up.

2008

Sunday 2008-06-22

Report here: SminkyBazzA and Bluecont found a tractor.

Friday 2008-06-20

Report here: Albert Herring wandered down to the hashpoint at about 19:00, as it was just around the corner. It turned out to be in a private garden in a housing estate at the edge of Keyworth.

Sunday 2008-06-08

Report here: Becky investigated, and even took chocolate biscuits, but the hashpoint was in a private garden.

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