User:Benjw/Bike expeditions

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I've cycled a total of 700.3 km (435.2 miles) in my cycling expeditions (which may also include public transport) so far, visiting 21 hashpoints (and one failure) in 16 separate trips.

You can see all my expeditions on my expeditions page.

Expedition Distance Notes
2009-04-03, Cambridge 7.4 km (3.4, 4.0) Returned via work to see if I'd got the cubicle geohash (no -- it was 1.04km). First bike hash.
2009-04-07, Dullingham 44.3 km (21.0, 23.3) Out on roads, back mostly on bridleways.
2009-04-23, Little Gransden and Cambridge 59.8 km (25.5, 28.3, 6.0) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. First bike double-hash; was almost a triple-hash attempt.
2009-04-24, Great Shelford 14.4 km (6.9, 7.5) Returned a different way for photos.
2010-07-27, Longstanton and Conington 43.4 km (10.8, 10.2, 22.4) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home. Nearly a Tron achievement.
2010-10-12, Soham 43.5 km (21.5, 22.0) Total 3 hours cycling due to bridleways and footpaths on route.
2012-08-19, Boxworth and Longstanton 51.2 km (20.0, 12.2, 19.0) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home.
2012-08-20, Grantchester and Longstowe 46.7 km (7.3, 16.3, 23.1) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 -> home.
2012-08-24, Guilden Morden and Duxford 80.8 km (29.2, 28.2, 23.4) Double hash; distance is home -> 52,-0 -> 52,0 -> home. Third double bike expedition within a week.
2012-09-12, Coveney and Wennington 61.5 km (28.0, 14.9, 18.6) Double attempt; distance is home -> 52,0 -> 52,-0 attempt -> home.
2012-09-15, Wentworth 46.3 km (23.15, 23.15) Almost exactly the same route as the last expedition.
2012-09-17, Stoke Ferry 126.5 km (65.9, 60.6) Took seven hours due to fields and crap farm tracks. Third bike expedition within a week. Longest trip so far.
2012-09-18, Cherry Hinton 17.1 km (10.1, 7.0) Distance recorded from online maps, as the GPS wouldn't stay on. Went via orchestra practice.
2012-09-19, Hunstanton 10.8 km (6.1, 4.7) Distance recorded from online maps, and is home -> station (via work); station -> home.
Transit hash. Also travelled about 130 km by train, 53 km by bus and 3 km on foot.
2012-09-26, Elmswell 10.8 km (6.1, 4.7) Distance as previous expedition.
Transit hash. Also travelled about 110 km by train and 5 km on foot.
2013-07-20, Sawston 35.8 km (20.1, 15.7) Attempted a Tron achievement, but took a wrong turning on both the intended route and subsequent detour.