Difference between revisions of "2012-11-20 41 -70"

Latest revision as of 05:22, 6 August 2019

Location

A few miles north of where the Acushnet River meets Buzzards Bay, the long-silent massive brick mills have once again fallen silent, as the projects to renovate them into loft apartments, studio condos, and yet more little shops await a freshened economy. The shoreline is littered with decaying pilings, rusting fences, piles of pallets and broken concrete. A geotrasher would barely know where to begin!

Participants

Vbob

Plans

The original plan was to take off early after lunch on a REALLY slow school day, and head west for 2012-11-20 41 -71; but an unexpected errand to the east meant I would be PAID to drive towards this hashpoint....but without pausing to announce same.

Expedition

I wandered around one end of a curious brick building only to find chain link fence running down into the water. A hole in the fence led to more broken glass and poison ivy than seemed worth wading through. Around the other end of the building was long concrete wall - but it was broken down at the north end, giving easy access to a gravelly patch of low weeds and the hashpoint of desire.

Photos

behind this building
but maybe not this way
much broken glass and poison ivy through here...
easy walk around the other end through break in concrete wall
hard to know what is Geotrash, and what is precious construction materials....
as close as I can tell
Vbob

Achievements

Vbob earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (41, -70) geohash on 2012-11-20.

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-A few miles north of where the Acushnet River meets Buzzards Bay, the long-silent massive brick mills have once again fallen silent, as the projects to renovate them into loft apartments, studio, condos, and yet more little shops await a freshened economy. The shoreline is littered with decaying pilings, rusting fences, piles of pallets and broken concrete. A geotrasher would barely know where to begin. I wandered around one end of a curious brick building only to find chain link fence running down into the water. A hole in the fence led to more broken glass and poison ivy than seemed worth wading through. Around the other end of  the building was long concrete wall - but it was broken down at the north end, giving access to a gravelly patch of low weeds and the hashpoint of desire.
+A few miles north of where the Acushnet River meets Buzzards Bay, the long-silent massive brick mills have once again fallen silent, as the projects to renovate them into loft apartments, studio condos, and yet more little shops await a freshened economy. The shoreline is littered with decaying pilings, rusting fences, piles of pallets and broken concrete. A geotrasher would barely know where to begin!
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 == Expedition ==
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+I wandered around one end of a curious brick building only to find chain link fence running down into the water. A hole in the fence led to more broken glass and poison ivy than seemed worth wading through. Around the other end of  the building was long concrete wall - but it was broken down at the north end, giving easy access to a gravelly patch of low weeds and the hashpoint of desire.
-== Tracklog ==
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 == Photos ==
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+Image:2012 11 20 40 -70 A.jpg | behind this building
+Image:2012 11 20 40 -70 B.jpg | but maybe not this way
+Image:2012 11 20 40 -70 C.jpg | much broken glass and poison ivy through here...
+Image:2012 11 20 40 -70 D.jpg | easy walk around the other end through break in concrete wall
+Image:2012 11 20 40 -70 F.jpg | hard to know what is Geotrash, and what is precious construction materials....
+Image:2012 11 20 40 -70 G.jpg | as close as I can tell
+Image:2012 11 20 40 -70 H.jpg | Vbob
 </gallery>
-photos pending re-location of camera USB cable...
 == Achievements ==
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+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 41
+| longitude = -70
+| date = 2012-11-20
+| name = Vbob
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-As reported elsewhere [[2012-11-20 41 -71]], this is NOT the hash I was looking for...
-But errands headed me in this direction, so the opportunity to be PAID while driving to the hashpoint was irresistable.
-Found a bit of scruffy ground with piled pallets, broken concrete, a major mill complex being desultorily converted into lofts, ALMOST had to get my feet wet.
-Photos to follow once I find the right USB cable for my phone.  [[User:Vbob|Vbob]] 13:29, 20 November 2012 (EST)


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