2024-11-15 55 -4

Location

Opposite a BP garage in Bearsden.

Participants

KerrMcF

Plans

KerrMcF

I have no plans after 1pm, which is when my lecture ends. I'll get the bus back from university to the other end of the Garscube Campus before walking a short distance to the geohash. I should reach it around 1:30pm and aim to do so under the No Batteries conditions. Afterwards, I'll walk home. Later, I'll walk to the geohash from my house and back in a Tron style, similar to my 2024-09-18 55 -4 expedition. This shouldn't take long. I believe this expedition will also qualify for the Déjà Vu achievement. I may bring someone with me on one of my expeditions, and I may go more than the two times I have planned; it depends on how I feel on the day.

Expedition

KerrMcF, Expedition 1

My university lecture finished a little later than it should have, so I had to rush slightly to make it to the shop to buy lunch and back in time for the bus. I was able to do so, just, and got onto the bus back to Bearsden. I got off of the bus at the stop near to the Garscube campus and began my walk to the geohash. This was done without using GPS, as I know the area very well, and I was able to reach the point successfully, confirming this by checking my location once I had reached it. From there, I walked to my grandparents' flat. I had originally planned to walk home, but I messaged my grandad earlier in the day to check if he would want to go for a walk, and he said yes! This meant that the journey from my university to my grandparents' flat was the entirety of my first expedition, and it took 36 minutes total, earning the Speedrun achievement.

KerrMcF, Expedition 2

Once I reached my grandparents' flat and said hello, my grandad and I began our walk to the university campus. I told him about 8 minutes into our walk that we were actually geohashing, which was an activity I had told him about before but that he had not yet been able to do. We reached the geohash after roughly 10 minutes - at just after 2pm - and continued our walk. This was, again, without GPS. Our total walk was 37 minutes long, matching my first expedition almost exactly. There wasn't much of note during this expedition, and after spending more time at my grandparents' flat, I got the bus for the short distance home.