2023-09-08 51 4

Fri 8 Sep 2023 in 51,4: 51.9223781, 4.6164133 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a park in Krimpen aan den IJssel, South Holland province.

Participants

FelixTheCat (talk)

Expedition

Today's hash was in a park in the town of Krimpen aan den IJssel. This is mostly a commuter town on the edge of Rotterdam. It's slightly inconvenient to reach by public transport since there are no train, tram or metro connections: the only way to get there is by bus. Still, it would only take about an hour to get there, so I went for it. I took the train from Delft to Rotterdam Blaak, then the Metro to Capelsebrug, followed by a bus to Krimpen. I found the park, but when I tried to get to the hashpoint, it turned out to be in water that wasn't shown on either Google Maps or Openstreetmap. I recorded my failure and then walked around the town a bit, before taking the bus, metro and train back home.

Photos

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  The Sprinter train from Delft to Rotterdam Blaak.

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  The Metro line B from Blaak to Capelsebrug.

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  The number 196 bus from Capelsebrug to Wilhelminahoeve in Krimpen.

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  The sunlight through the trees makes for a beautiful scene. Perhaps a bit less beautiful if you realise that the country is on smog alert these days.

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  This tree has separate homes for little owls (Athene noctua) and for bats.

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  Our destination is apparently called Park Boveneind.

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  The point is somewhere around here. But that water isn't supposed to be there...

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  GPS reception is not great, but we've definitely not reached the point.

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  Lloyd is disappointed.

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  The estate agent selling this house has a sense of humour: instead of hanging up a "sold" sign, they wrote "too late".

Achievements

FelixTheCat (talk) earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (51, 4) geohash on 2023-09-08 by an impassable and unforeseen watercourse.