Difference between revisions of "2013-03-03 53 7"

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Location

Near the village of Vlagtwedde

Participants

Plans

Go there by car, walk a little bit, write some postcrossing cards, be back in time for dinner.

Expedition

It was quite easy. For the first time in human history (ie in my somewhat skippy checking of Geohashing) the hash in the Emden graticule was actually in a spot feasible to get to without travelling at least 100 km. As I had to work at 15:30 PM this was quite convenient. So I decided to go for it!

I drove the A7 until Winschoten, then turned right towards Vlagtwedde. Then I turned left towards Bourtange (wonderful old fortress town - but as I'd been there before I've not visited it now). Because the Dutch police frowns on taking pictures while driving (whyever would that be) I haven't got any of the journey there. To compensate I took pictures of a few things in my car (before setting off) and took some extra near the hashpoint.

Exactly as I surveyed, I first came across a small canal to the left and then to a lock in a bigger canal. Since the road from there looked earthy and muddy I decided to abandon car and continue on foot. I didn't fancy explaining geohasing to the local farmers while they pulled my car out of the muck.

It was exceptionally quiet and a bit bleak. The only people I met were a few cyclists. I also met three horses (behind a fences). I looked first for a bend in the canal and then for a kind of 'dip' in the opposite shore that was near the hashpoint. Lo and behold, there turned out to be no fence around the hashpoint! Apparently farmland near Vlagtwedde is so quiet that this is not necessary. Since the hashpoint was at the very edge of the field in the middle of some tractor tracks I figured it wouldn't hurt if I actually went there. (I wouldn't have done that if there had been a fence or plants that I could have trod on. The Dutch law concerning right of way says that you can't go somewhere if there's a fence or ditch obviously restricting access, or if you can damage the produce; I decided that none of these were applicable here.)

Yay, hashpoint reached! I wrote some postcrossing cards when I was back at the track and mailed them from a mailbox in Vlagtwedde. And that was that - a succesful hash. But none yet in my home graticule of Groningen unfortunately. Soon...

Photos

Preparations: my "map". (I didn't actually use it.) Points for anyone who understands even part of my scribbling...
Odd title for a song...
... ah, it just means that my CD player hasn't come to terms with special characters yet.
Said lock in the canal. This is also where I left my car.
Not sure if creative.. or just took a picture without meaning to.
Retreating cyclists (you sure need courage to go cycling here on a cloudy Sunday afternoon in early March)
The dip that indicates my hashpoint being near.
View from hashpoint
View of hashpoint after having reached it
Happy geohasher
What's that? Ooooh, I almost thought it was going to be springtime! Except that it was almost freezing.
My sent postcards - there should be a postcrossing geohashing achievement!

Achievements

elwingelfje earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (53, 7) geohash on 2013-03-03.

elwingelfje earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (53, 7) geohash on 2013-03-03.

elwingelfje achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Enschede, Netherlands and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+Near the village of Vlagtwedde
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
+[[User:Elwingelfje|Elwingelfje]] ([[User talk:Elwingelfje|talk]])
--->
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
+Go there by car, walk a little bit, write some postcrossing cards, be back in time for dinner.
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+It was quite easy. For the first time in human history (ie in my somewhat skippy checking of Geohashing) the hash in the Emden graticule was actually in a spot feasible to get to without travelling at least 100 km. As I had to work at 15:30 PM this was quite convenient. So I decided to go for it!
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+I drove the A7 until Winschoten, then turned right towards Vlagtwedde. Then I turned left towards Bourtange (wonderful old fortress town - but as I'd been there before I've not visited it now). Because the Dutch police frowns on taking pictures while driving (whyever would that be) I haven't got any of the journey there. To compensate I took pictures of a few things in my car (before setting off) and took some extra near the hashpoint.
+Exactly as I surveyed, I first came across a small canal to the left and then to a lock in a bigger canal. Since the road from there looked earthy and muddy I decided to abandon car and continue on foot. I didn't fancy explaining geohasing to the local farmers while they pulled my car out of the muck.
+It was exceptionally quiet and a bit bleak. The only people I met were a few cyclists. I also met three horses (behind a fences). I looked first for a bend in the canal and then for a kind of 'dip' in the opposite shore that was near the hashpoint. Lo and behold, there turned out to be no fence around the hashpoint! Apparently farmland near Vlagtwedde is so quiet that this is not necessary. Since the hashpoint was at the very edge of the field in the middle of some tractor tracks I figured it wouldn't hurt if I actually went there. (I wouldn't have done that if there had been a fence or plants that I could have trod on. The Dutch law concerning right of way says that you can't go somewhere if there's a fence or ditch obviously restricting access, or if you can damage the produce; I decided that none of these were applicable here.)
+Yay, hashpoint reached! I wrote some postcrossing cards when I was back at the track and mailed them from a mailbox in Vlagtwedde. And that was that - a succesful hash. But none yet in my home graticule of Groningen unfortunately. Soon...
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_map.jpg | Preparations: my "map". (I didn't actually use it.) Points for anyone who understands even part of my scribbling...
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_cd_player.jpg.JPG | Odd title for a song...
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_cd_in_question.JPG | ... ah, it just means that my CD player hasn't come to terms with special characters yet.
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_lock.JPG | Said lock in the canal. This is also where I left my car.
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_artsy.JPG | Not sure if creative.. or just took a picture without meaning to.
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_cyclists.JPG | Retreating cyclists (you sure need courage to go cycling here on a cloudy Sunday afternoon in early March)
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_dip.JPG | The dip that indicates my hashpoint being near.
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_view.JPG | View from hashpoint
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_hashpoint.JPG | View of hashpoint after having reached it
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_me.JPG | Happy geohasher
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_sign_of_spring.JPG | What's that? Ooooh, I almost thought it was going to be springtime! Except that it was almost freezing.
+Image:2013_03_03_53_7_postcards.JPG | My sent postcards - there should be a postcrossing geohashing achievement!
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 53
+| longitude = 7
+| date = 2013-03-03
+| name = elwingelfje
+}}
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+{{No_batteries_geohash
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
+| latitude = 53
-[[Category:New report]]
+| longitude = 7
+| date = 2013-03-03
+| name = elwingelfje
+}}
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+{{Minesweeper geohash
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
+| graticule = Enschede, Netherlands
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+| ranknumber = 2
--->
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| w = true if graticule to the west has been hashed (optional)
+| name = elwingelfje
+}}
-<!-- An actual expedition:
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 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
+[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
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-<!-- if you reached your coords:
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+{{location|NL|GR}}
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-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition:
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
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