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Location
A small lawn, 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.
- 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?
- PaintedJaguar might or might not be able to manage a post-evening-out visit on the way home, sometime after 11:30pm!
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.
PaintedJaguar
Equally easy. Walked into the car park at about 23:40, doubtless trying overly hard to appear sober despite having had several beers during the evening, headed for the target lawn, got the photo, left and headed home. There were plenty of other people returning to the college and wandering around the grounds having had a night out.
Tracklog
Photos
PaintedJaguar
Proof!
Main entrance to Homerton College; the hashpoint was on the grassy area in the centre of the photo.
Tongs
A screenshot of the GPS receiver. 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.
B shows his ineptitude at taking geohashing selfies and his facial subcutaneous fat, while F looks more photogenic with his bicycle, in front of the same building depicted in PaintedJaguar's picture.
