Difference between revisions of "2021-04-11 52 4"

Latest revision as of 16:57, 11 April 2021

Location

On the beach outside Bergen aan Zee, North Holland province.

Participants

FelixTheCat (talk)
Kat the Awesome

Expedition

Today's hash was on the beach somewhat to the north of Bergen aan Zee. The point appeared to be right on the edge of the beach at low tide, so I checked the tide calendar and found out we should be there at around 12:30. Kat responded enthusiastically to my suggestion of taking a long walk on the beach, so we drove to Bergen together. Luckily it was rather cold and cloudy, so the roads towards the coast were not busy. After parking the hashmobile we began to walk. The hash point was about two kilometres away, but it took quite a bit of effort due to a strong headwind. When we got near the point it turned out to be within reach of the waves, and therefore tricky to reach without getting my feet wet. It took several tries of waiting for the water to retreat, running forward towards the point, then running back to safety, before I managed to score zero distance on my GPS.

We then walked around a bit further and finally went back to Bergen on a path through the dunes. We had a small snack in the village (chips and a kroket) before driving home again.

Photos

We've arrived in Bergen aan Zee. On a warmer Sunday this car park would have been overflowing on all sides.
It's nice and quiet on the beach too.
The hash is up ahead near those poles.
Somewhere around here, that is. It's a bit too cold to just take off my shoes and wade in.
After several attempts I managed to push this stick into the ground at the right point.
GPS proof.
Lloyd celebrating.
Looking back towards the dunes.
After climbing one of them we're greeted by this beautiful landscape.

Achievements

FelixTheCat (talk) and Kat earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (52, 4) geohash on 2021-04-11.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-<!-- If you did not specify these parameters in the template, please substitute appropriate values for IMAGE, LAT, LON, and DATE (YYYY-MM-DD format)
+{{meetup graticule
-[[Image:{{{image|IMAGE}}}|thumb|left]]
-Remove this section if you don't want an image at the top (left) of your report.   You should remove the "Image:" or "File:"
-tag from your image file name, and replace the all upper-case word IMAGE in the above line.
-And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
--->{{meetup graticule
 | lat=52
 | lon=4
@@ Line 14: / Line 6: @@
 __NOTOC__
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+On the beach outside Bergen aan Zee, North Holland province.
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+* [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]])
--->
+* Kat the Awesome
-== Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Today's hash was on the beach somewhat to the north of Bergen aan Zee. The point appeared to be right on the edge of the beach at low tide, so I checked the tide calendar and found out we should be there at around 12:30. Kat responded enthusiastically to my suggestion of taking a long walk on the beach, so we drove to Bergen together. Luckily it was rather cold and cloudy, so the roads towards the coast were not busy. After parking the hashmobile we began to walk. The hash point was about two kilometres away, but it took quite a bit of effort due to a strong headwind. When we got near the point it turned out to be within reach of the waves, and therefore tricky to reach without getting my feet wet. It took several tries of waiting for the water to retreat, running forward towards the point, then running back to safety, before I managed to score zero distance on my GPS.
-== Tracklog ==
+We then walked around a bit further and finally went back to Bergen on a path through the dunes. We had a small snack in the village (chips and a ''kroket'') before driving home again.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2020-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 1.JPG | We've arrived in Bergen aan Zee. On a warmer Sunday this car park would have been overflowing on all sides.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 2.JPG | It's nice and quiet on the beach too.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 3.JPG | The hash is up ahead near those poles.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 4.JPG | Somewhere around here, that is. It's a bit too cold to just take off my shoes and wade in.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 5.JPG | After several attempts I managed to push this stick into the ground at the right point.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 6.png | GPS proof.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 7.JPG | Lloyd celebrating.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 8.JPG | Looking back towards the dunes.
+Image:2021-04-11 52 4 FelixTheCat 9.JPG | After climbing one of them we're greeted by this beautiful landscape.
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
+    | latitude = 52
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+    | longitude = 4
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
+    | date = 2021-04-11
-[[Category:New report]]
+    | name = [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]]) and Kat
+}}
-<!-- ==REQUEST FOR TWITTER BOT== Please leave either the New report or the Expedition planning category in as long as you work on it. This helps the twitter bot a lot with announcing the right outcome at the right moment. -->
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- If all those plans are never acted upon, change [[Category:Expedition planning]] to [[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]. -->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|NL|NH}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


Sun 11 Apr 2021 in 52,4: 52.6865853, 4.6324570 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox