Difference between revisions of "2012-11-29 54 -3"

Latest revision as of 00:03, 14 August 2019

Location

Lower Birkrigg Common, near Ulverston.

Participants

Plans

My plan is to cycle there, as it's not too far from my home on Walney Island. The ride there was uneventful, and I arrived on Birkrigg near 4pm.

Expedition

On arrival, I used the Android Geohashing app to find the location. That wasn't so easy because Birkrigg is home to lots of spiny, spiky gorse bushes. This made it difficult to use the "walk in straight lines until the hash is achieved" technique. There seemed to be no other geohashers on the common, just a few walkers looking slightly puzzled about the guy carrying his bike over gorse bushes. By the time I had found the hash, it was 16:17 and dusk was turning to night. I shot two photos and left. The air temperature had steadily decreased during the ride to about -3 Celcius, and I was starting to feel it.

Tracklog

http://www.alxsmith.talktalk.net/xkcd/20121129.gpx

Photos

Droid Geohash app showing my proximity to the geohash point.
Auto-photo at the geo-hash.

Achievements

Alexandersmith earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 18 miles. to and from the (54, -3) geohash on 2012-11-29.

Alexandersmith earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (54, -3) geohash on 2012-11-29.

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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+On arrival, I used the Android Geohashing app to find the location. That wasn't so easy because Birkrigg is home to lots of spiny, spiky gorse bushes. This made it difficult to use the "walk in straight lines until the hash is achieved" technique. There seemed to be no other geohashers on the common, just a few walkers looking slightly puzzled about the guy carrying his bike over gorse bushes.
+By the time I had found the hash, it was 16:17 and dusk was turning to night. I shot two photos and left. The air temperature had steadily decreased during the ride to about -3 Celcius, and I was starting to feel it.
 == Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+http://www.alxsmith.talktalk.net/xkcd/20121129.gpx
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
+<gallery perrow="2">
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
+Image:20121129_GeohashAchieved.jpg | Droid Geohash app showing my proximity to the geohash point.
--->
+Image:20121129_GeohashAutoPhoto.jpg | Auto-photo at the geo-hash.
-<gallery perrow="5">
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
-{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
+{{bicycle geohash | latitude = 54 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-11-29 | name = [[User:Alexandersmith|Alexandersmith]] | distance = 18 miles. | bothways = true }}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Land geohash | latitude = 54 | longitude = -3 | date = 2012-11-29 | name = [[User:Alexandersmith|Alexandersmith]]}}
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|GB|ENG|CMA}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition:
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


Thu 29 Nov 2012 in 54,-3: 54.1625608, -3.0977453 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox