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For Guy Fawkes' night, we have a hashpoint which falls in the grounds of Homerton College, on a small lawn immediately adjacent to a car park. It's incredibly convenient for those of us who live in Cambridge, but it's also on private land, and without permission, we can't visit it. Is there anything we can do? Tongs (talk) 09:44, 4 November 2015 (EST)
It's acceptable for the public to use the car park, so this shouldn't be a problem (http://www.homerton.cam.ac.uk/abouthomerton/contact says "For short term parking, park in the main entrance car park and report to the Porter's Lodge for a temporary parking permit."). If you're really paranoid, print out a map with directions to the Faculty of Education (next building along on Hills Road), wander in to the car park looking lost, get out your GPS, discover you're not at the Faculty of Education, and leave again. PaintedJaguar (talk) 06:16, 5 November 2015 (EST)
Location
Just within the grounds of Homerton College, Cambridge.
Participants
Plans
- Benjw's office is less than a mile away, so he will pop over mid-afternoon -- about 2:30 or 3pm ish.
- PaintedJaguar might or might not be able to manage a post-evening-out visit on the way home, sometime after 11:30pm!
- Tongs/B can make it now, either 5.30pm-6pm-ish or can even wander over any time after about 9pm (I live in central-ish Cambridge). Does anyone want to meet?
Expedition
Tongs
Absurdly easy. We met at 5.10pm at the train station, walked over the railway bridge, and got to the car park at Homerton College. As others noted, Tongs/B's fear of trespass was unnecessary, and certainly no cover stories were needed (though those that were contributed were noted beforehand, just in case). The GPS (also unnecessary) led us to a thirty-metre walk across the car park toward a brightly-lit building. The hashpoint was on a small lawn, around a metre from its edge. We reached it around 5.30pm. Afterwards, we headed off to an excellent chemistry lecture by Dr. Andy Szydło, with more smoke flashes and bangs than could be even be seen on Midsummer Common.
Tracklog
Photos
A screenshot of the GPS. Backlight required.
Immediately preceding the sixth photo attempt, F and B realise looking at each other and not directly into the flash yields marginally better results.
