Difference between revisions of "2024-10-17 51 3"

Latest revision as of 17:52, 5 November 2024

Location

Just outside of Middelburg

Participants

MyrtleGlacy

Expedition

It was 15:30 on a Thursday and all was well. As usual, I decided to check the hashes for the day after. Nothing good for the Friday, but I suddenly noticed that the Thursday hashes fell in a good region for the 51 3 graticule to be possible. So I checked 51 3 for once. And there it was. A hash in Middelburg, reachable and well. But I still had to work….. and I had other things to do that evening, right? Right? So I told my co-workers that I would be leaving early. And I told the people that I should have been meeting in the evening that something more important was happening.

I ran to the train to Middelburg. It’s not a great connection by any means, having to go through Rotterdam and finally changing again in Roosendaal.

By the time I reached Middelburg, it was dark outside. The train station was right outside of the city, but I wouldn’t be going into the city. The hash was right on the other side of the station, into nowhere land. It was a cold and wet evening as well, so I once again got to wonder while walking in the dark whether doing these night time hashes in unknown towns is a good idea in general. At one point, I had to cross a street and there was no way for pedestrians to safely cross. Even the tunnel under the street was not a good connection.

The hash was right on the edge of town, on a strip of land outside of a sub-urb. Nothing of interest, and I still wonder why no-one called the police on the man walking in the grass next to the road waving around his phone frantically.

After reaching the hash, I still had to eat, so I want to the McDonalds. This is only notable because the ticket had two meme numbers. I went back to the train station afterwards and traveled home. In the end, I was home after midnight, which was not my plan when I left home in the morning. Happy to finally do a hash in this graticule, and in Zeeland.

Photos

Not as busy as imagined
It’s honestly pretty, sadly I didn’t have to walk into town for this hash
The construction works at the station had these panels around them
They are quite poignant
Didn’t look very inviting
On the right, a dark park. I prefer the path
The hash was below the streetlight
Proof!
As is tradition
It ain’t much
Great view
Lol funny number

Achievements

MyrtleGlacy earned the 4-in-a-row achievement

by achieving a connection of 4 graticules in a row (51 3 to 51 6) after reaching the (51, 3) geohash on 2024-10-17.

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 == Participants ==
 *[[User:MyrtleGlacy|MyrtleGlacy]]
+== Expedition ==
+It was 15:30 on a Thursday and all was well. As usual, I decided to check the hashes for the day after. Nothing good for the Friday, but I suddenly noticed that the Thursday hashes fell in a good region for the 51 3 graticule to be possible. So I checked 51 3 for once. And there it was. A hash in Middelburg, reachable and well. But I still had to work….. and I had other things to do that evening, right? Right? So I told my co-workers that I would be leaving early. And I told the people that I should have been meeting in the evening that something more important was happening.
+I ran to the train to Middelburg. It’s not a great connection by any means, having to go through Rotterdam and finally changing again in Roosendaal.
+By the time I reached Middelburg, it was dark outside. The train station was right outside of the city, but I wouldn’t be going into the city. The hash was right on the other side of the station, into nowhere land.  It was a cold and wet evening as well, so I once again got to wonder while walking in the dark whether doing these night time hashes in unknown towns is a good idea in general. At one point, I had to cross a street and there was no way for pedestrians to safely cross. Even the tunnel under the street was not a good connection.
+The hash was right on the edge of town, on a strip of land outside of a sub-urb. Nothing of interest, and I still wonder why no-one called the police on the man walking in the grass next to the road waving around his phone frantically.
+After reaching the hash, I still had to eat, so I want to the McDonalds. This is only notable because the ticket had two meme numbers. I went back to the train station afterwards and traveled home. In the end, I was home after midnight, which was not my plan when I left home in the morning. Happy to finally do a hash in this graticule, and in Zeeland.
+== Photos ==
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="250px">
+-10-17_51_3_Busy_Train.jpeg| Not as busy as imagined
+-10-17_51_3_Beautiful_Middelburg.jpeg| It’s honestly pretty, sadly I didn’t have to walk into town for this hash
+-10-17_51_3_Under_construction.jpeg| The construction works at the station had these panels around them
+-10-17_51_3_More_construction.jpeg| They are quite poignant
+-10-17_51_3_Feels_safe.jpeg| Didn’t look very inviting
+-10-17_51_3_Dark_paths.jpeg| On the right, a dark park. I prefer the path
+-10-17_51_3_Almost_there.jpeg| The hash was below the streetlight
+-10-17_51_3_Hash_reached.jpeg| Proof!
+-10-17_51_3_Selfie.jpeg| As is tradition
+-10-17_51_3_The_hash.jpeg| It ain’t much
+-10-17_51_3_Panorama.jpeg| Great view
+-10-17_51_3_Great_ticket_number.jpeg| Lol funny number
+</gallery>
+== Achievements ==
+{{inarow
+    | latitude = 51
+    | longitude = 3
+    | date = 2024-10-17
+    | level = 4
+    | graticule1 = 51 3
+    | graticule2 = 51 6
+    | name = [[user:MyrtleGlacy|MyrtleGlacy]]
+}}
+[[Category:Expeditions]]
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|NL|ZE}}


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