2024-11-23 52 7

Sat 23 Nov 2024 in 52,7: 52.4452558, 7.9971067 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

This Geohash is located on a field in Sögeln.

Participants

• Fippe

• Gaboversta
• Beardygrade
• Loipho

Expedition

Fippe

In the afternoon, I took the train to Hesepe and walked the rest of the distance.

The coordinates were on a field. By walking through tractor tracks, I reached the coordinates at 16:00 and recorded proof.

Afterwards, I walked back to Hesepe and took the train back home to Osnabrück.

Gaboversta, Beardygrade, Loipho

Unfortunately, we were too late to meet Fippe.

We took the Train NWB RE 18 from Oldenburg to Bramsche and fetched the NWB RE 58 to Hesepe, where we arrived at about 16:50. We then walked along mostly small rural streets towards the coordinates while the daylight rapidly receded. When we passed the cemetery it was already too dark for any reasonable pictures, but we nevertheless tried it with flashlight. Immediately, wind started to blow and it got some degrees cooler and a flock of geese passed overhead with loud calls.

After Beardygrade stepped onto the dark field and didn't disappear, the others eagerly followed until two phones independently signalled the arrival at the right spot. We took a mutual selfie and made our way back towards the train station. We took the NWB RE 58 to Delmenhorst and changed onto the NWB S3 to Oldenburg.

Photos

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  The site of the Geohash

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  The Geohash

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  Surroundings

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  Proof

Flags

• The flag of Germany defaced with a Saxon Steed inside the geographic outline of Lower Saxony, inscribed "Niedersachsen / Wir sind die Niedersachsen" ("Lower Saxony / We are the Lower Saxons"), notably not the flag of Lower Saxony
• The flag of East Frisia defaced with its coat of arms, inscribed "Deutscher durch Geburt / Ostfriese durch die Gnade Gottes" ("German by birth / East Frisian by the grace of God"), not to be confused with the flag of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic
• A Jolly Roger and the flag of Germany on the same mast

Gaboversta, Beardygrade, Loipho

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  Triple stupid grin in utter darkness

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  Proof

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  The Geohash

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  Another, perhaps more spooky version of the jolly roger flag

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  The only luminous object nearby. Olfactorily identified as a cowshed

Ribbons

Fippe earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 7) geohash on 2024-11-23.

Fippe earned the xkcd Quinquaginturion achievement by attending 53 Saturday meetups.