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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
 
East side of Syde; side of a Syde Farm field.
 
East side of Syde; side of a Syde Farm field.
  
 
== Participants ==
 
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== Plans ==
 
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== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
Success! Details to follow when I'm safely home.
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Given that I was driving half way from home to this hashpoint to run an errand ''anyway'', I figured I might as well push the battery on the EV a little further. Coming over the graticule line would, if successful, expand my [[Minesweeper Geohash|Minesweeper score]], and as it's such a beautiful frosty morning it seemed like great conditions for a bit of an explore.
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I'd hoped to drive most of the way to the hashpoint and only walk a short distance, but I soon discovered that the nearest road is signposted as being for access to Syde Farm only (and is narrow enough that passing a vehicle coming the other way would be extremely awkward), so I parked up near geocache [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1WXE1_a-road-anarchy-a417-stand-deliver GC1WXE1] and hiked along a frozen bridleway to get closer to the hashpoint.
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Reached the hashpoint around 10:15, turned around, and headed back, [https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=29b2ca20-b778-4dde-81ac-f69e649b88dd nabbing the geocache] on the way. By the time I reached the car my hands were freezing and it was only as I returned my GPSr to my coat pocket that I remembered that I'd been carrying my gloves all along.
  
 
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=== Walking part (after I remembered to start tracking it) ===
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Download: [[:File:activity_7994361945.gpx]]
  
 
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Image:20211222_074253.jpg | Sunrise this morning
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Image:20211222_094912.jpg | I found a footpath!
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Image:20211222_101008.jpg | Zero point
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Image:20211222_101017.jpg | Silly grin (out standing in my field)
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Latest revision as of 14:51, 8 February 2022

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/2021/12/22/geohashing-expedition-2021-12-22-51-2/

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Location

East side of Syde; side of a Syde Farm field.

Participants

Plans

I'm going to be going half way here anyway on an errand. Might as well enjoy a morning hike and expand my Minesweeper grid, if I can.

Expedition

Given that I was driving half way from home to this hashpoint to run an errand anyway, I figured I might as well push the battery on the EV a little further. Coming over the graticule line would, if successful, expand my Minesweeper score, and as it's such a beautiful frosty morning it seemed like great conditions for a bit of an explore.

I'd hoped to drive most of the way to the hashpoint and only walk a short distance, but I soon discovered that the nearest road is signposted as being for access to Syde Farm only (and is narrow enough that passing a vehicle coming the other way would be extremely awkward), so I parked up near geocache GC1WXE1 and hiked along a frozen bridleway to get closer to the hashpoint.

Reached the hashpoint around 10:15, turned around, and headed back, nabbing the geocache on the way. By the time I reached the car my hands were freezing and it was only as I returned my GPSr to my coat pocket that I remembered that I'd been carrying my gloves all along.

Tracklog

Entire journey


Download: File:Track_2021-12-22 51 -2.gpx

Walking part (after I remembered to start tracking it)


Download: File:activity_7994361945.gpx

Photos

Achievements

Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png
Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash 5.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png
Minesweeper geohash empty.png Minesweeper geohash flag.png Minesweeper geohash empty.png
DanQ achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 5 of the surrounding graticules.