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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 01 Hash on Map.png | The hash location caught my eye immediately.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 02 Hash from Orbit.png | From orbit, you can see what sort of terrain it is.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 03 Hash from Orbit Close Up.png | This shows that it seems to be right on the tarmac path.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 04 In Car Entertainment.jpg | This would be a long trip. I deployed the heavy artillery for in-car entertainment: Jonathan Cecil reading Wodehouse.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 05 A Long Way to Go.jpg | That's a long radius... said the bee to the crow.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 06 Renovation.jpg | The place was being renovated.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 07 Ticket Machines.jpg | These are similar to the one in Queen Elizabeth Country Park the other day. Number Plate Recognition.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 08 Cycle Hire Was Closed.jpg | Good job I didn't need a bike!
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 09 Definitely Cycling-Oriented.jpg | Yeah, this place is mostly about cycling. Which is great!
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 10 Two Paths.jpg | Of course, if you're a pedestrian, you're made to walk on the muddy puddles track. It's a sort of class system.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 11 They Have a Fast Lane.jpg | They even have a fast lane for really fit people.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 12 Proof.jpg | Made it! The hash point was definitely somewhere on the tarmac, but the GPS wouldn't settle on less than 5m.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 13 Chuck By The Hash Point.jpg | Chuck is happy.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 14 Stupid Grin At Last.jpg | I finally remember to do a stupid grin.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 15 Macronencer And Chuck.jpg | Me and Chuck.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 16 The Hash Point.jpg | This is where the point actually lay.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 17 Intriguing Terrain.jpg | Intriguing terrain!
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 18 Beech Leaves I Think.jpg | I think these are beech trees. So perhaps "Betteshanger" really is pronounced like "Beech hanger"...
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 19 Tree.jpg | Lovely tree.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 20 Drainage Ditch.jpg | Drainage Ditch.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 21 Activity Area.jpg | Activity Area.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 22 Is This a Slime Mould 1.jpg | Is this is slime mould?
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 23 Is This a Slime Mould 2.jpg | I really think it must be.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 24 MTB Sign.jpg | MTB sign.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 25 Hillock.jpg | I want to be up there. Why should cyclists have all the fun?
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 26 View From Hillock.jpg | That's better! Wow, this place really reminds me of a race track.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 27 Looks Familiar.jpg | There might be alligators. For once, this isn't between me and the hash.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 28 Red Route.jpg | It's called a Red Route because of all the blood, of course.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 29 Plank.jpg | Planking.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 30 What Is This.jpg | That is this thing? Looks like an inflatable roof!
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 31 Construction Work.jpg | Construction work is ongoing. It will probably be finished by this summer. Shame it wasn't open.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 32 Please Wait.jpg | The ticket machines were offline, but I used my nerdy I.T. skillz to restore them to functionality (I tapped the screen a few times).
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 33 Marden.jpg | Marden is very pleasant!
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 34 Old Post Office Mural.jpg | This mural is in the Old Post Office coffee house; it's entirely hand-painted.
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Image:2020-03-13 51 1 Macronencer 35 Signature.jpg | I spotted this little character and was told it was the artist's "signature"!
 
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Revision as of 23:40, 13 March 2020

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Location

On a cycle track in Betteshanger Park, near Deal, Kent, United Kingdom

Participants

Plans

Macronencer, being utterly mad, is planning a 300-mile round trip to this hash point because the alternative is to stay at home and tidy up his office. The Power of Procrastination strikes again!

Expedition

Co-ordinates reached. Report later.

Tracklog


Photos

  • The hash location caught my eye immediately.

  • From orbit, you can see what sort of terrain it is.

  • This shows that it seems to be right on the tarmac path.

  • This would be a long trip. I deployed the heavy artillery for in-car entertainment: Jonathan Cecil reading Wodehouse.

  • That's a long radius... said the bee to the crow.

  • The place was being renovated.

  • These are similar to the one in Queen Elizabeth Country Park the other day. Number Plate Recognition.

  • Good job I didn't need a bike!

  • Yeah, this place is mostly about cycling. Which is great!

  • Of course, if you're a pedestrian, you're made to walk on the muddy puddles track. It's a sort of class system.

  • They even have a fast lane for really fit people.

  • Made it! The hash point was definitely somewhere on the tarmac, but the GPS wouldn't settle on less than 5m.

  • Chuck is happy.

  • I finally remember to do a stupid grin.

  • Me and Chuck.

  • This is where the point actually lay.

  • Intriguing terrain!

  • I think these are beech trees. So perhaps "Betteshanger" really is pronounced like "Beech hanger"...

  • Lovely tree.

  • Drainage Ditch.

  • Activity Area.

  • Is this is slime mould?

  • I really think it must be.

  • MTB sign.

  • I want to be up there. Why should cyclists have all the fun?

  • That's better! Wow, this place really reminds me of a race track.

  • There might be alligators. For once, this isn't between me and the hash.

  • It's called a Red Route because of all the blood, of course.

  • Planking.

  • That is this thing? Looks like an inflatable roof!

  • Construction work is ongoing. It will probably be finished by this summer. Shame it wasn't open.

  • The ticket machines were offline, but I used my nerdy I.T. skillz to restore them to functionality (I tapped the screen a few times).

  • Marden is very pleasant!

  • This mural is in the Old Post Office coffee house; it's entirely hand-painted.

  • I spotted this little character and was told it was the artist's "signature"!

Achievements


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