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== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
| − | + | [[User:MattLondon|MattLondon]] went -- as close as was legal. | |
== Plans == | == Plans == | ||
| − | Cycle along the Grand Union Canal (Brentford Branch), walk over the lock to "Osterly | + | Cycle along the Grand Union Canal (Brentford Branch), walk over the lock to "Osterly Lock" (according to the OS map). |
I don't drive, so I can't use the M4; the railway has no passenger trains. | I don't drive, so I can't use the M4; the railway has no passenger trains. | ||
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== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
| − | + | Osterley Lock looked overgrown, and there was nowhere to leave my bike. I continued along the canal to Trumpers Way, locked my bike to a fence and crossed the railway via the footpath. It was easy to follow the little-used path near the edge of the railway towards the motorway. | |
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== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
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Image:2011-05-10_51_-0_19-21-08-669.jpg | Standing against the railway fence. The point is under the bridge. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.49612784385681&lon=-0.33528149127960205&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @51.4961,-.3353] | Image:2011-05-10_51_-0_19-21-08-669.jpg | Standing against the railway fence. The point is under the bridge. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.49612784385681&lon=-0.33528149127960205&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @51.4961,-.3353] | ||
| − | Image:2011-05-10_51_-0_20-16-02-446.jpg | I think the point is in the middle, a few metres in front of the blue sign is. | + | Image:2011-05-10_51_-0_20-16-02-446.jpg | I think the point is in the middle, a few metres in front of where the blue sign is. |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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| + | 49m from it, according to the GPS on my phone, or the width of 4 lanes of motorway. Does that count? It's my first one, I don't know. | ||
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Revision as of 19:38, 10 May 2011
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Location
In the exact middle of an M4 motorway bridge, in the exact middle of a freight-only railway, near Brentford/Hanwell.
Participants
MattLondon went -- as close as was legal.
Plans
Cycle along the Grand Union Canal (Brentford Branch), walk over the lock to "Osterly Lock" (according to the OS map).
I don't drive, so I can't use the M4; the railway has no passenger trains.
Expedition
Osterley Lock looked overgrown, and there was nowhere to leave my bike. I continued along the canal to Trumpers Way, locked my bike to a fence and crossed the railway via the footpath. It was easy to follow the little-used path near the edge of the railway towards the motorway.
Photos
Standing against the railway fence. The point is under the bridge. @51.4961,-.3353
I think the point is in the middle, a few metres in front of where the blue sign is.
Achievements
