Difference between revisions of "2018-08-23 50 -1"

Revision as of 10:18, 24 August 2018

Location

Hyden Wood, near Chidden. The woods look to be criss-crossed with footpaths, so this might be pretty achievable.

Participants

Dan Q

Plans

I'd originally planned on heading to 2018-08-23 51 -1 because I anticipated that it'd be on or near my route travelling South along almost the entire length of the 51 -1 graticule, but I didn't bargain on such a Northerly hashpoint so I've changed plans and am now aiming to get to this one some time in the morning (I'm hoping to be in Winchester by lunch).

Expedition

SUCCESS! Despite thick woods, swampy conditions, leech attack, and nonexistent paths, I was able to reach the hashpoint. Details to follow.

Tracklog

Photos

Edge of the woods
Panorama of the Natural Burial Site that I passed through
Looking across the valley, I can see the woods on the other side that I believe to contain the hashpoint
This path looks like the best route towards it
Success! You can't get closer than this!
Panorama of the hashpoint, which surprisingly fell on a disused and unmarked trail
Silly (and damp) grin
A clever geocache container is in this photo...
Full tracklog map, including my drive all the way down from Oxford
Annotated map showing the walking part of the expedition

Achievements

DanQ earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2018-08-22.

DanQ achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Swindon, United Kingdom and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

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+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 A Edge of the woods.jpg | Edge of the woods
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 B Natural burial site - panorama.jpg | Panorama of the Natural Burial Site that I passed through
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 C View across the valley to the woods with the hashpoint.jpg | Looking across the valley, I can see the woods on the other side that I believe to contain the hashpoint
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 D Path to the road to the woods with the hashpoint.jpg | This path looks like the best route towards it
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 E Zero point.jpg | Success! You can't get closer than this!
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 F Hashpoint - panorama.jpg | Panorama of the hashpoint, which surprisingly fell on a disused and unmarked trail
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 G Silly (damp) grin.jpg | Silly (and damp) grin
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 H Clever geocache hide.jpg | A clever geocache container is in this photo...
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 Full-tracklog.png | Full tracklog map, including my drive all the way down from Oxford
+Image:2018-08-23 50 -1 Foot-portion-of-trcklog-annotated.png | Annotated map showing the walking part of the expedition
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