2008-06-15 -43 172

Evil Monkey

Biked to the beach on what turned out to be a really nice day. Arrived a bit later than I planned, around 12:40pm. Looked around but didn't see anyone who looked pale and xkcd-y. Carved XKCD and -43 172 into the sand nearby to mark the place. Wonder what someone who doesn't know XKCD will think when they see it.

Afterwards biked along a track to Bottle Lake Forest Park. Some nice walking and mountain bike tracks to play around in for an hour or so. Took a wrong track at one point that was for horses. It was bumpy but ridable, until it turned into dry sand. At that point there was no point biking. Thought I would continue pushing the bike but found it got no better. After a brief attempt at walking back through the forest, gave up and just returned along the track.

Fun afternoon had by all (well it was just me!). Ended up doing about 48 km on the bike going to New Brighton, round Bottle Lake and then back to Sockburn.

The end of Stout Street where I parked by bike.
Looking the other way out on the Pacific Ocean and the hash
Leaving my temporary mark on the world
You are here
About 3 km out to sea is the real hash
ME!
My bike parked against the sign telling me not the bring my bike on the beach
The sign telling me this track is for horses


Sun 15 Jun 2008 in Christchurch, New Zealand: -43.4753808, 172.7612767 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox