2009-08-24 50 -1

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Mon 24 Aug 2009 in 50,-1:
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Location

Near to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. From the Google maps satellite photos, we couldn't tell whether the co-ordinates actually lie within the grounds of Osborne House. Not wanting to spend £8.40 per person to enter (although we could have won the Admit One achievement!), we planned a route avoiding the main entrance to the house.

Participants

04housemat
Mahahahaneapneap
Owen Roland


Plans

Multihash. Go to Moreton train station ride to the hash in the Weymouth graticule. Complete hash. Get train from Moreton to Brockenhurst (Southampton graticule), and then change for Lymington pier. Ferry across to IOW. Cycle from ferry terminal to the chain ferry at Cowes, then cycle to the hash site.

Expedition

Matt got the train from Hamworthy expecting Ali to already be on it. He wasn't. He was in bed. At Wareham, Matt and Owen went to get some food from the only shop in the entire town. Ali then phoned and said that he was going to be even later as he had forgotten the satnav. So Owen and Matt got on a train to Poole, where Ali got on and told us that he had it in his bag all along. We went to the Isle of Wight as planned. The ride was long and very hill but we continued with determination. After a while we found the a location which seemed like it could be close to the hash point. We then rode back and got the ferry and trains home.

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