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== Location == | == Location == | ||
| − | + | Near a sewage works North of Littleport | |
== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
| − | + | * [[User:PeterRoder|PeterRoder]] | |
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== Plans == | == Plans == | ||
| − | + | Trains to Littleport arrive at 4 past the hour, and trains from Littleport leave at 8 past the hour. Google maps said the walk from the station to the hash was 32 minutes, so I decided to try to get to the hash and back in an hour, rather than spending most of an hour waiting around. | |
| + | Because of this time constraint, I chose to use the quickest route recommended by google maps: mostly walking along the side of the A10. | ||
== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
| − | + | My train was running slightly late, and reached Littleport station at 12:06. Of course, the A10 had no footpath alongside, so most of my journey was walking on long and wet grass. As I approached the turn-off to the hash, I checked my GPS to find that it was out of battery. I didn't have spare batteries with me, and I also didn't have internet access, so I had to rely completely on memory from this point onwards. | |
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| + | I reached the vicinity of the hash at 12:32. I knew the hash was very close to the ditch separating a track from a farmer's field. In the ditch was a small creek, which looked frozen, but I wasn't going to risk trying to walk on it. Instead, I walked along both sides of the ditch, and took pictures at my best guess of the hash's location. | ||
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| + | |[[Image:2022-12-09 52 0 north.jpg|frameless|upright]]<br>I knew for sure that the hash was visible in this picture | ||
| + | |[[Image:2022-12-09 52 0 east.jpg|frameless|upright]]<br>My guess as to the hash's location, viewed from the track opposite | ||
| + | |[[Image:2022-12-09 52 0 me.jpg|frameless|upright]]<br>Me, sitting on the edge of the ditch with my feet at my best guess of the hash's location | ||
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| + | I left the area at 12:42, meaning that to be back in time for the 13:08 train I had to be no slower than I was on the outbound journey. My determination to not spend an additional hour in Littleport gave me the energy needed to reach the station at 13:04. Thankfully, the wet grass had mostly cleaned the mud off my shoes before I got on the train. | ||
| − | + | Once on the train, I had internet and checked the actual hash location. It was significantly further North than I thought; the closest I actually came to it was probably about 100m away. | |
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| − | + | This expedition cost me £5.60 (for the train). | |
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== Achievements == | == Achievements == | ||
{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}} | {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}} | ||
| − | + | {{Blinded by Science | |
| + | | latitude = 52 | ||
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| + | | date = 2022-12-09 | ||
| + | | reason = because his GPS ran out of battery | ||
| + | | name = [[User:PeterRoder|Peter]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:54, 24 May 2024
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Location
Near a sewage works North of Littleport
Participants
Plans
Trains to Littleport arrive at 4 past the hour, and trains from Littleport leave at 8 past the hour. Google maps said the walk from the station to the hash was 32 minutes, so I decided to try to get to the hash and back in an hour, rather than spending most of an hour waiting around. Because of this time constraint, I chose to use the quickest route recommended by google maps: mostly walking along the side of the A10.
Expedition
My train was running slightly late, and reached Littleport station at 12:06. Of course, the A10 had no footpath alongside, so most of my journey was walking on long and wet grass. As I approached the turn-off to the hash, I checked my GPS to find that it was out of battery. I didn't have spare batteries with me, and I also didn't have internet access, so I had to rely completely on memory from this point onwards.
I reached the vicinity of the hash at 12:32. I knew the hash was very close to the ditch separating a track from a farmer's field. In the ditch was a small creek, which looked frozen, but I wasn't going to risk trying to walk on it. Instead, I walked along both sides of the ditch, and took pictures at my best guess of the hash's location.
 I knew for sure that the hash was visible in this picture |
 My guess as to the hash's location, viewed from the track opposite |
 Me, sitting on the edge of the ditch with my feet at my best guess of the hash's location |
I left the area at 12:42, meaning that to be back in time for the 13:08 train I had to be no slower than I was on the outbound journey. My determination to not spend an additional hour in Littleport gave me the energy needed to reach the station at 13:04. Thankfully, the wet grass had mostly cleaned the mud off my shoes before I got on the train.
Once on the train, I had internet and checked the actual hash location. It was significantly further North than I thought; the closest I actually came to it was probably about 100m away.
This expedition cost me £5.60 (for the train).
Achievements
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Peter earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize
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