Difference between revisions of "2021-04-02 52 4"

Latest revision as of 14:31, 15 April 2021

Location

Voorschoterweg, Leiden, South Holland province.

Participants

Expedition

FelixTheCat (talk)

Today's hash was on the edge of a road at the southern end of Leiden. I actually had time to go there during the daytime, because my new employer considers Good Friday to be a holiday (it is not a national holiday; while schools and government offices are closed, the private sector generally keeps working). The exact location looked slightly tricky, right on the edge of a busy road. Nevertheless I got on my bike and rode through Delft, Rijswijk, Voorburg, Leidschendam and Voorschoten to reach the Voorschoterweg in Leiden. Because the road was rather busy (as it usually is), my strategy was to stand on the bike path and wait for a lull in traffic, then quickly scoot forward to grab the hash point and retreat to safety. This worked surprisingly well, and I managed to reach the point. Then I rode home again.

Palmpje

I saw this hash was located in a convenient drive-through place. So, because of my ambition to fill my geocaching dates found calendar I picked two caches near today's hashpoint. I managed to hit the hashpoint almost exactly at hash o'clock but 100m further at the crossing I realized that I drove at 50 km/h but that actually the maximum speed was probably 70 km/h. So I did a U-turn a bit further on, returned and did another U-turn to be able to hit the hashpoint at 70 km/h. Hm. I accidentally set the speed control to 75 and thus the car showed 73 km/h at the hashpoint. Not bad, because prbobably that is actually closer to doing 70 km/h because of the fact that they always show a bit higher than actual. So I claim a success for the speedracer here!

After this I parked and walked to the roadside and took a few pictures. Then I went to find the two caches and was likely leaving the area when FelixTheCat arrived. A near miss sadly!

Photos

The hash is right ahead, just on the edge of the carriageway.
Looking south, towards Voorschoten.
Looking north, towards Leiden. Waiting for traffic to calm down for a second.
After quickly stepping forward, we reach the hash!
Lloyd celebrating.
Palmpje drives through at 4pm
Palmpje claims the speedracer
Estimating the actual hashpoint
View to the hashpoint
Speed limit

Achievements

FelixTheCat (talk) earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 38.8 km to and from the (52, 4) geohash on 2021-04-02.

Palmpje earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (52, 4) geohash on 2021-04-02.

Palmpje earned the Speed racer achievement

by passing through the (52, 4) geohash on 2021-04-02 at 73 km/h (actual speed 70 km/h).

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 == Participants ==
 [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]])
-[[User:Palmpje|Palmpje]] drove through the hashpoint at hash o'clock and will write his report later.
+[[User:Palmpje|Palmpje]] ([[User talk:Palmpje|talk]])
 == Expedition ==
+=== [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]]) ===
 Today's hash was on the edge of a road at the southern end of Leiden. I actually had time to go there during the daytime, because my new employer considers Good Friday to be a holiday (it is not a national holiday; while schools and government offices are closed, the private sector generally keeps working). The exact location looked slightly tricky, right on the edge of a busy road. Nevertheless I got on my bike and rode through Delft, Rijswijk, Voorburg, Leidschendam and Voorschoten to reach the Voorschoterweg in Leiden. Because the road was rather busy (as it usually is), my strategy was to stand on the bike path and wait for a lull in traffic, then quickly scoot forward to grab the hash point and retreat to safety. This worked surprisingly well, and I managed to reach the point. Then I rode home again.
+=== [[User:Palmpje|Palmpje]] ===
+I saw this hash was located in a convenient drive-through place. So, because of my ambition to fill my geocaching dates found calendar I picked two caches near today's hashpoint. I managed to hit the hashpoint almost exactly at hash o'clock but 100m further at the crossing I realized that I drove at 50 km/h but that actually the maximum speed was probably 70 km/h. So I did a U-turn a bit further on, returned and did another U-turn to be able to hit the hashpoint at 70 km/h. Hm. I accidentally set the speed control to 75 and thus the car showed 73 km/h at the hashpoint. Not bad, because prbobably that is actually closer to doing 70 km/h because of the fact that they always show a bit higher than actual. So I claim a success for the speedracer here!
+After this I parked and walked to the roadside and took a few pictures. Then I went to find the two caches and was likely leaving the area when [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] arrived. A near miss sadly!
 == Photos ==
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 Image:2021-04-02 52 4 FelixTheCat 4.jpg | After quickly stepping forward, we reach the hash!
 Image:2021-04-02 52 4 FelixTheCat 5.JPG | Lloyd celebrating.
+Image:20210402 52 4 HashOClock.jpg | Palmpje drives through at 4pm
+Image:20210402 52 4 SpeedRacer.jpg | Palmpje claims the speedracer
+Image:20210402_52_4_Location.jpg | Estimating the actual hashpoint
+Image:20210402_52_4_TheRoad.jpg | View to the hashpoint
+Image:20210402_52_4_SpeedLimit.jpg | Speed limit
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+{{land geohash | latitude = 52 | longitude = 4 | date = 2021-04-02 | name = [[User:Palmpje|Palmpje]] }}
+{{Speed racer | latitude = 52 | longitude = 4 | date = 2021-04-02 | name = [[User:Palmpje|Palmpje]] | speed = 73 km/h (actual speed 70 km/h) }}
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