Difference between revisions of "2021-08-07 52 5"

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Location

In a forest near Soesterberg, Utrecht province.

Participants

Expedition

The past few months have not yielded any doable geohashes around here, so I was happy to see that today's was in a well-accessible spot in a forest. I left home around 08:30 and arrived at a small car park at the forest's entrance about an hour later. The forest is officially a military training area, but no-one was there on a Saturday morning in August. I walked through the forest for about 10 minutes and found the hash just a little off the footpath. After taking the required pictures I further explored the forest and the surrounding area. Afterwards I vitited a museum in Bunnik about the New Dutch Water Line, which was recently added to the World Heritage List. After that I went home again.

Photos

The entrance to the forest.
There are ripe blackberries everywhere. I kept stuffing my face with these throughout the expedition.
The path near the hash.
My feet at the exact spot.
GPS proof.
Lloyd posing, with a hash-beetle.
A bit further on is this hilltop called Stompert (51 metres, one of the tallest peaks of the Utrecht Hill Ridge). There's a little cabin at the top. I'm not sure what it does; it's surrounded by a fence.
On the other side of the main road is an old country estate named "Paltz". This is the rather grand main road.
There's a folly named "Hermit's Cave" inside a maze.
Over near Bunnik, there's a museum dedicated to the New Dutch Water Line. One of the exhibits is a model where you can try inundating certain areas to see what happens.

Achievements

FelixTheCat (talk) earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (52, 5) geohash on 2021-08-07.

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+The past few months have not yielded any doable geohashes around here, so I was happy to see that today's was in a well-accessible spot in a forest. I left home around 08:30 and arrived at a small car park at the forest's entrance about an hour later. The forest is officially a military training area, but no-one was there on a Saturday morning in August. I walked through the forest for about 10 minutes and found the hash just a little off the footpath. After taking the required pictures I further explored the forest and the surrounding area. Afterwards I vitited a museum in Bunnik about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Water_Line#New_Dutch_Waterline New Dutch Water Line], which was recently added to the World Heritage List. After that I went home again.
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+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 1.JPG | The entrance to the forest.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 2.JPG | There are ripe blackberries everywhere. I kept stuffing my face with these throughout the expedition.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 3.JPG | The path near the hash.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 4.JPG | My feet at the exact spot.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 5.png | GPS proof.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 6.JPG | Lloyd posing, with a hash-beetle.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 7.JPG | A bit further on is this hilltop called Stompert (51 metres, one of the tallest peaks of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_Hill_Ridge Utrecht Hill Ridge]). There's a little cabin at the top. I'm not sure what it does; it's surrounded by a fence.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 8.JPG | On the other side of the main road is an old country estate named "Paltz". This is the rather grand main road.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 9.JPG | There's a folly named "Hermit's Cave" inside a maze.
+Image:2021-08-07 52 5 FelixTheCat 10.JPG | Over near Bunnik, there's a museum dedicated to the New Dutch Water Line. One of the exhibits is a model where you can try inundating certain areas to see what happens.
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