2015-10-16 52 0

Location

A road hashpoint between Oakington and Girton, Cambridgeshire, UK.

Participants

Plans

Sourcerer: Expedition five of six spanning midnight.

2015-10-15 52 1 - 2015-10-15 52 0 - 2015-10-15 52 -0 - 2015-10-16 52 -0 - 2015-10-16 52 0 - 2015-10-16 52 1 - ETA 00:25.

Benjw: Not planning to be out and about at that time, so I shall aim for the canonical time of 4pm. Will either walk or cycle, as it's only a few km from home.

Tongs/B: Ordinarily, I'd be at home on a Friday, but I have a meeting I have to go to in London. Bah! However, this is astoundingly close, and I may be able to make it, if only in the evening. My plan is to get to Cambridge station at about 18.30, then take the Citi 3 at 18.42, changing onto the Citi 5 at 19.01 at Christ's College, to get to Girton Farm at 19.17. I'm therefore aiming to be at the hashpoint at 19.30. I might be able to adjust the times a bit if it means meeting someone. I will confirm my plans tomorrow afternoon on @52n0e. Tongs/B (talk) 15:47, 15 October 2015 (EDT)

Benjw: Always good to aim for a meetup! -- will therefore aim for 19:30, and can adjust that based on what's put on Twitter. I'll either walk or cycle, as before.

Great! It looks like we'll finally get to meet. The only possible issue would be a train delay. I'm cutting it a little fine, since I'm arriving at 18:34, leaving 8 minutes to get to the bus stop. There are backup options, but that means arriving at 20:00. Would that be too late? It might help you to know what I look like. I'm the one on the left in this photograph. Tongs/B (talk)

I checked with my manager, and it's fine that I get the 17:44. I'll update Twitter if there are any delays. Tongs/B (talk)

Expedition

Sourcerer

Arrived. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.2486,.0818 00:41, 16 October 2015 (GMT+01:00)

16 minutes behind schedule, I reached the hashpoint in the road. There was no traffic so I could get the evidence photos parked at the roadside. I drove a little further, turned round at the "self storage" entrance and accelerated up to 40 mph, passing through the hashpoint a second time. This was the speed limit and safe on the empty road. Speed racer achieved.

I never got to the "Old Crown" a little south of the hashpoint. If it's still a pub, this might be a good place for a post expedition chat for Benjw and Tongs/B. This is a sore point. Recently I walked miles to a pub only to find it had been changed into an estate agents. Have a pint for me if you make it to the pub!

Photos Sourcerer

Proof. @52.2486,.0818
Track in Google Earth
Speed racer

Photos Tongs/B and Benjw

I made the bus with four minutes remaining, and not another one for an hour.
The clearest image I've ever taken of my GPS receiver's screen.
The flash on the iPhone is too bright for some people.
This torchlit scene is the least flattering photo I've taken of myself that I've put on the internet.
A station on the world's longest guided busway.

Achievements

Sourcerer earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (52, 0) geohash on 2015-10-16 at 40mph.

Expeditions and Plans

2015-10-16
Northampton, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	4) In a field south west of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Cambridge, United Kingdom	Sourcerer, Benjw, Tongs/B	5) A road hashpoint between Oakington and Girton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Norwich, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	6) In the middle of Freelands (road), Mendlesham, Suffolk, UK - no need to ...

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2015-10-16 52 -0 - 2015-10-16 52 0 - 2015-10-16 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.


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