| Fri 16 Oct 2015 in Cambridge, UK: 52.2485925, 0.0818851 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
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
Achievements
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Sourcerer earned the Speed racer achievement
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Expeditions and Plans
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| 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 ... |
Sourcerer's Expedition Links
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.
