Difference between revisions of "2018-05-21 50 6"

Revision as of 21:15, 26 May 2018

Location

In the forest near Großhau, kreis Düren, Germany.

Participants

Kat the Awesome

Expedition

Today being the 10th anniversary of Geohashing, of course I wanted to go on an expedition. Alas, no easily reachable points were nearby, the closest candidate being in 50,6 near Aachen. But luckily today was a national holiday and I had no other plans. I managed to convince Kat to go on a day trip, first to do some sightseeing in Maastricht (and eat some vlaai, or pie, the local delicacy), and then to take a walk in a forest just across the border in Germany.

It was quite a long drive (about 2.5 hours each way) but we had a lot of fun both in Maastricht and in the forest. The weather was nice, we found the hashpoint and a good time was had by all :-)

Happy Geohashing Day everyone!

Photos

First stop: Maastricht. Eating vlaai in a cute little café.
The entrance road into the forest.
The road becomes less and less paved.
And even less.
And for the last bit there isn't even a path. The hash is about 150 metres ahead from here.
Right here! X marks the spot.
GPS proof.
Lloyd celebrating Geohashing Day.
The surroundings.
And the hashpoint again.

Achievements

FelixTheCat (talk) earned the 2018 Geohashing Day achievement

by celebrating in the (50, 6) graticule on May 21st 2018.

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 == Location ==
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+In the forest near Großhau, kreis Düren, Germany.
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]])
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-== Plans ==
+Kat the Awesome
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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+Today being the 10th anniversary of Geohashing, of course I wanted to go on an expedition. Alas, no easily reachable points were nearby, the closest candidate being in 50,6 near Aachen. But luckily today was a national holiday and I had no other plans. I managed to convince Kat to go on a day trip, first to do some sightseeing in Maastricht (and eat some ''vlaai'', or pie, the local delicacy), and then to take a walk in a forest just across the border in Germany.
+It was quite a long drive (about 2.5 hours each way) but we had a lot of fun both in Maastricht and in the forest. The weather was nice, we found the hashpoint and a good time was had by all :-)
-== Tracklog ==
+Happy Geohashing Day everyone!
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 == Photos ==
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+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 1.JPG | First stop: Maastricht. Eating ''vlaai'' in a cute little café.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 2.JPG | The entrance road into the forest.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 3.JPG | The road becomes less and less paved.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 4.JPG | And even less.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 5.JPG | And for the last bit there isn't even a path. The hash is about 150 metres ahead from here.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 6.JPG | Right here! X marks the spot.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 7.png | GPS proof.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 8.JPG | Lloyd celebrating Geohashing Day.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 9.JPG | The surroundings.
+Image:2018-05-21 50 6 FelixTheCat 10.JPG | And the hashpoint again.
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 == Achievements ==
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+{{Geohashing Day
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+    | year = 2018
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+    | coorddate = 2018-05-21
+    | name = [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]])
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