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Real name
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Mike
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Based in
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Bursledon, Southampton, UK
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Education
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Southampton Uni Maths grad, 1986.
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Job
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Software developer
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True vocation
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Composer/Author (I'm working on both, just in case. When I go either blind or deaf, I'll know which way to turn...)
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xkcd history
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Fan since the first mention on BoingBoing in 2005
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Home turf
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approximately here
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Trivia
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Mike can close his nose without touching it, which makes him fart-proof. He eats at least forty times his own body weight every century, is a part-time English language nitpicker, and loves writing, music, his son and Transhumanism - but not in that order. Give him an inch and he takes a mile. Give him a pinch and he makes a pile. He is a full-time sceptic, part-time father, one-time rock star and all-time champion awful punster.
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Geohashing Song
Mike has also written a song about Geohashing, and had it played on his local radio station. Click this image for the official video
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My Hashscot
This is Chuck, my hashscot. Being one of the greatest adventuring scientists who ever lived, rather exhausted after his voyage on the Beagle, family tragedy and the years and years of work on his well-known book, this 200-year-old explorer decided to take it easy, and now travels to random locations with me.
He enjoys looking at the countryside on our travels, and gets rather animated when by chance we spy a finch or lowly earthworm. I often have to remind him to calm down before he punctuates his equilibrium. I am looking forward to the day when my bicycle chain breaks so I can ask him, in jocular fashion, to go and find the missing link.
Planned Hashes
Weekend of March 7th
I'm having a good think about the next three days. I have a week off work so I'm more flexible than usual.
If I go anywhere on Saturday it will be to 51,-0 where there's a hash by a road, with a pub fairly nearby. Good for a meetup, I think, but still over an hour's drive for me.
On Sunday there's an easy one in 52,-2, a grat I need to level up on my Minesweeper achievement - however, it's 141 miles by road so quite a long haul.
On Monday there's a perfect pair in 50,-2 near Dorchester. The standard hash looks doable, and it just happens that my most likely next Displaced Origin target is also near Dorchester. So I might do the required 126-mile round trip and get both, since I have the day off!
Hash Log
Standard Hashes
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ID
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Location
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Information
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New People
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034
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2020-02-29 51 -1
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Bentley Wood, West Tytherley
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85
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3
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033
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2014-05-03 50 -1
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Berry Business Village, Hedge End
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6
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032
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2014-04-27 52 -0
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Biggleswade Rugby Club
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377
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031
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2014-04-23 51 -0
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Marlow, near Reading
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225
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3
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030
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2014-04-17 50 -1
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Fox and Hounds pub, Bursledon
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3
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029
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2013-03-24 50 -1
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Fritham, New Forest
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4
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028
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2010-02-17 51 -0
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Thame, Oxfordshire
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10
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027
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2009-11-17 50 -1
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Forest of Bere
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24
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1
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026
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2009-10-31 50 -2
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Long Crichel, Blandford Forum
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130
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025
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2009-10-24 52 -1
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Aston-upon-Trent, near Derby
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86
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024
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2009-10-23 51 -1
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Hockley, Winchester
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1
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023
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2009-10-18 51 -2
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West Kington, Chippenham
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241
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022
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2009-10-18 51 -3
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St. Bride's-Super-Ely, Cardiff
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1
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021
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2009-10-13 50 -1
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Chandlers Ford, Southampton
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28
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020
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2009-10-11 51 -0
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Stedham, Midhurst
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2
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019
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2009-10-02 51 -0
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Highmoor Cross, Reading
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197
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4
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thepiguy,srs0
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018
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2009-09-29 51 -1
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Ashmansworth, Hampshire
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132
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017
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2009-09-27 50 -1
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Eastleigh
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33
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2
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davidc,Dee,JonRead
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016
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2009-09-18 50 -0
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South Harting
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100
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4
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015
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2009-09-13 50 -1
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Hilsea recreation ground
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43
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3
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Maoi-taoi
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014
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2009-09-10 51 -1
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Litchfield
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136
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6
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013
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2009-09-06 50 -1
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Harbridge, New Forest
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63
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46
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2
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012
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2009-09-02 50 -2
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Iwerne Minster
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195
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011
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2009-08-30 51 -1
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Barton Farm, Winchester
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59
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Mapaholic
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010
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2009-08-15 50 -1
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Bierley, Isle of Wight
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40
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12
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68
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DavidMiller
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009
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2009-08-10 50 -1
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New Forest, near Hythe
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5
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19
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15
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008
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2009-08-08 50 -2
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Chesil beach, Portland, Weymouth
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233
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16
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1
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007
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2009-08-07 50 -1
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Field near Rockbourne
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9
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006
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2009-08-01 50 -2
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Charlton Marshall, Dorset
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148
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1
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04housemat,Mahahahaneapneap
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005
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2009-07-27 50 -1
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Romsey, Hampshire
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192
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1
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004
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2009-07-27 51 -0
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Flitwick, near Luton
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248
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003
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2009-07-22 50 -0
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The Road To Bognor
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93
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2
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002
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2009-07-18 50 -1
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Hambledon Cricket pilgrimage!
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49
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9
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001
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2009-06-28 50 -1
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Hedge End Recreation Ground
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5
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Sermoa
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Retro Hashes and Special Expeditions
Hashing Statistics
Note: only reached co-ordinates on standard hashes are counted here
Score Card
Calendar - 2020 only
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Long-term Intentions
Origin Displacement Retrohashes
Earn various Displaced origin geohash achievements (some of these are rather ambitious, I'll admit!)
Continent
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Country
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Hash
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Comments
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Optimism score 0-100
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 50 -2
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Right on a footpath by a river in Dorchester
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99
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 52 0
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Marginally within somebody's front garden, but arguably public as within GPS accuracy of public land
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85
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 54 -2
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In the Pennines, in the middle of a moor I think. A bit of a hike from the road but doable once in the area
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80
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 53 -0
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Hull, waterside business park, I think, right next to the Humber - should be easy once there!
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80
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 53 -1
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Next to a canal and the M62 near Sheffield. Sounds inaccessible, but satellite imagery makes it look relatively easy.
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80
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 51 -3
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On a green (or the fairway?) on the Aberdare golf course near Cardiff in Wales :)
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70
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 52 -2
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Telford, not sure about access, looks like some houses but fairly urban
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40
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 50 -1
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On the Isle Of Wight: 100m from path, in a field - needs careful permission planning
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30
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 51 -2
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Dursley, 30m from a path but is in a field!
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30
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Europe
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UK
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1965-05-06 52 -3
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Dyfnant Forest, Wales: In some sort of field but it looks rugged so might be accessible but I'm dubious
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20
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Europe
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Mallorca
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1965-05-06 39 3
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Next to a road but not ON it. Looks like an orchard.
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10
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Asia
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Japan
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1965-05-06 35 139
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A normal-looking street in Tokyo! Could be done.
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Undefined
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Hawai'i
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1965-05-06 20 -156
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On Maui - therefore expensive to get to. Thought it was a short walk into the hills... but it seems it might be restricted access
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Africa
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Nigeria
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1965-05-06 5 6
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(I liked the pattern of 5 and 6!) Only about 50m from a road, but it’s in trees, and near a house.
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Nepal
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1965-05-06 27 86
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About 300m from a trail in the foothills of Mount Everest. I might try this one day if I'm feeling foolhardy.
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Other
- Do a Buccaneer Geohash on Talk Like a Pirate Day (yyyy-09-19)
- Visit the hash point from the original comic: 2005-05-26 37 -122 - it's in the Mt. Tam state park near San Francisco.
- Do a DST-based Time-traveller achievement (there's a fair chance, as I'm not too far from the Greenwich Meridian).
- Leave a variety of unusual xkcd signs
- One made out of ants (attempted on 2009-09-27 50 -1 without success)
- One in ASCII binary (probably already been done)
- One in Morse code (ditto)
- One in Turncode (something I've invented)
- Collar someone with a boat and do a big Water geohash, probably in the Solent, or the river Itchen or Hamble.
- Buy a small boat (kayak?) and do a small Water geohash, probably in a lake or small river.
- Gain the Minesweeper Geohash ribbon because it's shiny! Probably centred on the Swindon graticule.
Completed!
- Earn the Origin geohash achievement by visiting 1965-05-06 51 0 in a field near Chelmsford
- Leave an xkcd sign in Braille
- Leave an xkcd sign that can only be seen from the right angle (like the Channel 4 logos on TV)
VERY long-term intentions
- Complete a hash expedition in all 64,800 graticules. Hey, I'm a life-extensionist and I think big, what can I say? The real question is: centuries from now, will geohashing exist? Come to that, will the Dow Jones exist? I think Gene Roddenberry would probably say "Let's hope not". So there ya go.
Journal
Old journal entries archived here
Achievement Ribbons
Ongoing
by attempting to reach 2
5 hashpoints on
2014-04-27 52 -0 and is promoted to
Level 5 (Expeditions).
by reaching 2
4 hashpoints on
2009-10-02 51 -0 and is promoted to
Level 4 (Coordinates reached).
Completed
Template:Virgin graticule
Consolation Prizes
Gratuitous Ribbons
Micronencer Achievements
(my son, who may get his own page one day!)
2014-04-23 51 -0