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Dan Q also wrote about this expedition on his blog. For more details and higher-resolution pictures, see this expedition's log at https://danq.me/2018/08/22/2018-08-22-52-1/

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Location

Field with public footpath, East Adderbury.

Participants

Dan Q

Plans

I'm keen to get to level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement, and this far-South-of-graticule hashpoint represents an opportunity to achieve that. I'll be at work during the day, but - energy levels permitting after what'll have been a long day! - I'll find a way to get up here and see if I can get to the hashpoint, aiming to arrive probably around 18:30.

Expedition

It had been a long day at work, but it looked to be a beautiful evening and I promised myself a pub dinner if I made it to the hashpoint, so I set out by car and by foot to East Adderbury, the village nearest to the hashpoint. The village itself is stunning: lots of old stone buildings, a very traditional bridge, and beautiful green spaces. I spotted not one but two candidate pubs (The Red Lion and The Coach & Horses) as I passed through the village, which was a reassuring start, and then pressed on down a lane which quickly became a narrow trail, waving to some cows along the way (why do I always seem to meet cattle on my hashing adventures?).

The trail was full of blackberries so I wasn't short of a snack, but it soon became clear that it wouldn't get me any closer than 35m to the hashpoint. I returned to the entrance to the cows' field and, hopping a stile, crossed it. The cows looked puzzled as I paced around, getting to ground zero, but didn't object. After shooting the traditional silly grin, I turned tail and headed back into the village and to the Coach & Horses, which proved to be the very essence of a British village pub: a husband and wife couple running it, dogs everywhere, a jar of pickled onions behind the bar, and more beers than you can shake a stick at.

I did enjoy a rather unusual conversation at the bar, though -

 Me: Can I get a ham, egg, and chips please. And a pint of bitter shandy.
 Barman: One egg or two?
 Me: Oh! Two, please.
 Barman: (Pause) We haven't got any eggs.
 Me: Uhh. Okay; no eggs then.
 Barman's wife: We've got one egg.
 Barman: We've got one egg.
 Me: I'll have one egg, then.
 
 (I go and sit outside; after a while, my meal arrives. There are two eggs.)
 
 Barman's wife: I found another egg.
 Me: ...

A fuller description of the entire adventure can found in the vlog I made along the way.

Tracklog

Download full GPX tracklog

Video

I filmed my adventure in a vloggy format, complete with doubling-back, talking to cows, and anecdotes about pub food. Watch it on YouTube or below:

Photos

A little overgrown, but I've hiked along far worse
Eventually, I ended up in a field of cows
Silly grin as I reach the hashpoint
Ground Zero
A convenient stile post filled with rusty pins, just 35m from the hashpoint, provided the perfect place to put a poster up
Ham, chips... and TWO eggs...?
Interesting bit of the track log: the walk around East Adderbury

More photos, in a higher resolution, and other goodies can be found at https://danq.me/2018/08/22/2018-08-22-52-1/.

Achievements

Dan Q achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Dan Q earned the Last man standing achievement

by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2018-08-22.

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 == Expedition ==
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+It had been a long day at work, but it looked to be a beautiful evening and I promised myself a pub dinner if I made it to the hashpoint, so I set out by car and by foot to East Adderbury, the village nearest to the hashpoint. The village itself is stunning: lots of old stone buildings, a very traditional bridge, and beautiful green spaces. I spotted not one but two candidate pubs ([https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/oxfordshire/red-lion/ The Red Lion] and [https://sites.google.com/view/coachandhorses-adderbury/home The Coach & Horses]) as I passed through the village, which was a reassuring start, and then pressed on down a lane which quickly became a narrow trail, waving to some cows along the way (why do I always seem to meet cattle on my hashing adventures?).
-SUCCESS! Details to follow, but the short of it is: beautiful village, hash point defended by cows, awarding myself a celebratory egg and chips at the Coach and Horses.
+The trail was full of blackberries so I wasn't short of a snack, but it soon became clear that it wouldn't get me any closer than 35m to the hashpoint. I returned to the entrance to the cows' field and, hopping a stile, crossed it. The cows looked puzzled as I paced around, getting to ground zero, but didn't object. After shooting the traditional silly grin, I turned tail and headed back into the village and to the Coach & Horses, which proved to be the very essence of a British village pub: a husband and wife couple running it, dogs everywhere, a jar of pickled onions behind the bar, and more beers than you can shake a stick at.
+I did enjoy a rather unusual conversation at the bar, though -
+  '''Me:''' Can I get a ham, egg, and chips please. And a pint of bitter shandy.
+  '''Barman:''' One egg or two?
+  '''Me:''' Oh! Two, please.
+  '''Barman:''' ''(Pause)'' We haven't got any eggs.
+  '''Me:''' Uhh. Okay; no eggs then.
+  '''Barman's wife:''' We've got one egg.
+  '''Barman:''' We've got one egg.
+  '''Me:''' I'll have one egg, then.
+  ''(I go and sit outside; after a while, my meal arrives. There are two eggs.)''
+  '''Barman's wife:''' I found another egg.
+  '''Me:''' ...
+A fuller description of the entire adventure can found in [https://youtu.be/LjC_ES4fhLo the vlog I made along the way].
 == Tracklog ==
 <!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+* [https://danq.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Track_2018-08-04%20HASH%2051,%20-1.gpx Download full GPX tracklog]
+{{tracklog | Track_2018-08-22_52_-1.gpx}}
+== Video ==
+I filmed my adventure in a vloggy format, complete with doubling-back, talking to cows, and anecdotes about pub food. '''[https://youtu.be/LjC_ES4fhLo Watch it on YouTube]''' or below:
+<youtube>https://youtu.be/LjC_ES4fhLo</youtube>
 == Photos ==
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 Image:2018-08-22 52 -1 Silly grin.jpg | Silly grin as I reach the hashpoint
 Image:2018-08-22 52 -1 Zero point.jpg | Ground Zero
+Image:2018-08-22 52 -1 The Internet was here.jpg | A convenient stile post filled with rusty pins, just 35m from the hashpoint, provided the perfect place to put a poster up
 Image:2018-08-22 52 -1 Ham, chips, and TWO eggs.jpg | Ham, chips... and TWO eggs...?
 Image:2018-08-22 51 -1 track-log.png | Interesting bit of the track log: the walk around East Adderbury
 </gallery>
+More photos, in a higher resolution, and other goodies can be found at [https://danq.me/2018/08/22/2018-08-22-52-1/ https://danq.me/2018/08/22/2018-08-22-52-1/].
 == Achievements ==
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+{{Minesweeper geohash
+    | graticule = Swindon, United Kingdom
+    | ranknumber = 2
+    | n = true
+    | e = true
+    | name = Dan Q
+}}
+{{Last man standing
+    | latitude = 52
+    | longitude = -1
+    | date = 2018-08-22
+    | gender = man
+    | name = [[User:DanQ|Dan Q]]
+}}
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