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Today's hash is just inside some woodland near a school playing field in North Watford.
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Today's hash is just inside some woodland next to a football training pitch, a school playing field and some houses, in North Watford.
  
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[[User:Benjw|Benjw]] is vaguely thinking of going, because he can turn the expedition into a visit to a friend, Richard, who lives nearby.  He mentioned this to Richard, gave him the coordinates and asked if the spot would be publicly-accessible.
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== Expeditions ==
  
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Richard answered in the affirmative, ''and also successfully accessed the geohash location!''  (Shame it was on the wrong day.)  Two photos are below.
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=== Richard ===
  
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Ben is going to try to get Richard to go to the spot again on the correct day, especially if he (Ben) goes himself.
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Richard lives less than 3km from the hashpoint, and is a friend of [[User:Benjw|Benjw]].  When the weekend's coordinates were announced, Ben was vaguely thinking of going, and sent the coordinates to Richard, asking if he thought the woodland would be publicly accessible.
  
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== Gallery ==
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Not only did Richard answer in the affirmative, but he took the trouble to visit the hashpoint on the Saturday morning (thus a day early) and took a couple of photos!
  
 
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 house.jpg|The house next to the hashpoint.
 
Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 house.jpg|The house next to the hashpoint.
 
Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 railings.jpg|The railings at the edge of the woodland.
 
Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 railings.jpg|The railings at the edge of the woodland.
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=== [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] ===
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After Richard's excellent effort on the Saturday, Ben was encouraged to visit the hash himself.  Accordingly, he arranged to meet Richard in Watford on the Sunday evening, with the intention of visiting the hashpoint just beforehand.  Unfortunately it was a bit later than planned by the time he got to the hashpoint, as the M1 motorway was closed because of an accident, which meant that traffic conditions in the area were generally awful.
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The hashpoint ''was'' visited, but it was getting dark by that time, so not many photos were taken.  Ben also met a young family at the point -- not hashing, but searching the woodland for their missing cat, which wasn't found this evening either, sadly.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 mosque.jpg | A mosque about 500m from the hashpoint.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 sunset.jpg | Lovely sunset over the football club as I arrived.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 gate.jpg | Gate into the woodland. The hash is behind the first tree.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 tree.jpg | Tree growing at the hashpoint.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 gps.jpg | Proof of hash.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 football club sign.jpg | The local football club, whose training field I crossed.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 traffic1.jpg | Immense traffic jam on the A41 south.
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Image:2009-03-15 51 -0 traffic2.jpg | Traffic jam, from the footbridge.
 
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Revision as of 21:46, 15 March 2009

Sun 15 Mar 2009 in London West:
51.6810282, -0.4051872
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Today's hash is just inside some woodland next to a football training pitch, a school playing field and some houses, in North Watford.

Expeditions

Richard

Richard lives less than 3km from the hashpoint, and is a friend of Benjw. When the weekend's coordinates were announced, Ben was vaguely thinking of going, and sent the coordinates to Richard, asking if he thought the woodland would be publicly accessible.

Not only did Richard answer in the affirmative, but he took the trouble to visit the hashpoint on the Saturday morning (thus a day early) and took a couple of photos!

  • The house next to the hashpoint.

  • The railings at the edge of the woodland.

Benjw

After Richard's excellent effort on the Saturday, Ben was encouraged to visit the hash himself. Accordingly, he arranged to meet Richard in Watford on the Sunday evening, with the intention of visiting the hashpoint just beforehand. Unfortunately it was a bit later than planned by the time he got to the hashpoint, as the M1 motorway was closed because of an accident, which meant that traffic conditions in the area were generally awful.

The hashpoint was visited, but it was getting dark by that time, so not many photos were taken. Ben also met a young family at the point -- not hashing, but searching the woodland for their missing cat, which wasn't found this evening either, sadly.

  • A mosque about 500m from the hashpoint.

  • Lovely sunset over the football club as I arrived.

  • Gate into the woodland. The hash is behind the first tree.

  • Tree growing at the hashpoint.

  • Proof of hash.

  • The local football club, whose training field I crossed.

  • Immense traffic jam on the A41 south.

  • Traffic jam, from the footbridge.

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