2022-02-08 51 -1

Tue 8 Feb 2022 in 51,-1: 51.6885877, -1.4189051 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Edge of a field, Kingston Bagpuize.

(Bagpuize is pronounced /ˈbæɡpjuːz/, by the way: bag-pyooz.)

Participants

• Dan Q

Plans

This looks eminently achievable: it's about half an hour's cycle from my house: in fact one of my favourite evening cycle routes normally takes me to the nearby junction of the A415 and Appleton Road before I go the other direction along it, up the hill to Appleton then on to Cumnor. I've never been this way down Appleton Road.

At a glance, it looks like the hashpoint is alongside the road, over a dyke. Street level photography makes it look like it'll be possible to jump over, and the hashpoint is probably on the "public highway" side of the tree line rather than in the field itself.

The challenge will be timing. My Tuesdays are hectic as I juggle work in the mornings and evenings with childcare in the afternoons. If I can get far enough ahead of my work (e.g. starting early on Tuesday) I can probably justify the cycle as part of my lunch break. Alternatively, I could come down for a spot of night-hashing after the children are in bed (it's my night off on the bedtime-story-rota, so I can probably get out before the sun completely sets). It's hard to commit to which time is best, but as I'm likely to be the only hasher there I don't think I need to refine my plans any more than that at this point!