1965-05-06 51 0
| Thu 6 May 1965 in 51,0: 51.7181858, 0.4274975 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In a field next to Hylands Park, Chelmsford
Participants
Plans
Origin Geohash :)
Expedition
Knowing that my Origin Geohash was in a field near Chelmsford, I realised that a return journey from my parents' house in Norfolk was too good an opportunity to miss!
When I got up the weather looked rather nasty but I brought a few props and celebratory items just in case. It turned out to be a good move!
After 2.5 hours I arrived at the chosen car park, which turned out to be Hylands Park, a public area! This was good. Not only that, but the very wet weather into which I had been driving all the way down had given way to blue skies at the last minute.
When I saw the metal railings and thick plantation of trees between the public park and the field containing the hash point, I grew wary. Then I looked at a map on a gate and discovered that the hash was actually on farm land. However, a quick conversation with some locals followed by a reccy revealed that the field was perfect! No crops or livestock, no buildings overlooking it, and not even long grass: it was cropped short like parkland. I had the whole place to myself and nobody would even see me! :)
I returned to the car and grabbed my equipment. I had planned to do this right, so had brought camera, tripod, blanket, A4-size baby photo of myself to put over my face - and last but not least, a hash cake (ha ha, not that kind! The kind from Tesco) to which I had added exactly zero candles (I counted them twice) in honour of birthday 0.
There followed five minutes of joy at having achieved the Origin Geohash, then I packed up and left, as I had TWO official hashes to get to on my way home: Flitwick and Romsey.
Photos to follow soon.
Photos
Jeeves! Lay out my taking-the-day-off-work-to-go-geohashing suit, there's a good fellow.
Not an encouraging start to the day... unless I want the drowned rat award!
Wow! A blue sky at the last minute :)
I was parked half way up the left of the orange area. The hash is in the field to the left of that.
I saw several hippie couples heading that way.
The moment of truth lies about 20m through the trees...
PERFECTION! :)
The Lying Down game (TM)
Proof part I
Proof part II
Rejuvenation
Cutting the #cake
Happy Retrobirthday!
