Difference between revisions of "2015-10-09 52 4"

Latest revision as of 05:24, 15 August 2019

Location

Den Hoorn, municipality of Midden-Delfland.

Participants

FelixTheCat

Plans

Judging from Google Maps, the hash appeared to be in water. But it was close to home and easy to get to, so I thought I'd try it and see how close I could get.

Expedition

Got on my bike and rode towards the hash. It was located right at the edge of a pond/stream behind some glasshouses (where they grow cucumbers, tomatoes and apparently also grapes; who knew?). I walked as close to the water as I dared (tricky because the edge wasn't very sturdy), and I did manage to get within the margin of error of my GPS. Took a few pictures and rode home again.

Photos

The hash is right at the edge of the water.
Standing on the edge.
Lloyd happy to reach the hash.
GPS proof.
View of the polder.
These signs show the ground and water levels through the ages (with an offset to prevent them from having to dig below the current ground level). Currently we're about 1.5 - 2 metres below sea level.

Achievements

FelixTheCat earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 15.8 km to and from the (52, 4) geohash on 2015-10-09.

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 == Location ==
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+Den Hoorn, municipality of Midden-Delfland.
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]]
 == Plans ==
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+Judging from Google Maps, the hash appeared to be in water. But it was close to home and easy to get to, so I thought I'd try it and see how close I could get.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Got on my bike and rode towards the hash. It was located right at the edge of a pond/stream behind some glasshouses (where they grow cucumbers, tomatoes and apparently also grapes; who knew?). I walked as close to the water as I dared (tricky because the edge wasn't very sturdy), and I did manage to get within the margin of error of my GPS. Took a few pictures and rode home again.
-== Tracklog ==
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 == Photos ==
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+Image:2015-10-09 52 4 FelixTheCat 1.JPG | The hash is right at the edge of the water.
+Image:2015-10-09 52 4 FelixTheCat 2.JPG | Standing on the edge.
+Image:2015-10-09 52 4 FelixTheCat 3.JPG | Lloyd happy to reach the hash.
+Image:2015-10-09 52 4 FelixTheCat 4.png | GPS proof.
+Image:2015-10-09 52 4 FelixTheCat 5.JPG | View of the polder.
+Image:2015-10-09 52 4 FelixTheCat 6.JPG | These signs show the ground and water levels through the ages (with an offset to prevent them from having to dig below the current ground level). Currently we're about 1.5 - 2 metres below sea level.
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
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+{{bicycle geohash
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+    | longitude = 4
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+    | date = 2015-10-09
+    | name = [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]]
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+    | distance = 15.8 km
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