2024-05-09 51 -1

Thu 9 May 2024 in 51,-1: 51.7268575, -1.4290879 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Between Standlake Allotments and the Horns Way footpath.

Participants

• Dan Q and his dog

Plans

I originally though I'd cycle out here in the evening and see if I could reach the hashpoint, but with the weather so delightful (and the dog clamouring for a walk) I opted to adapt my lunchtime plans to go to Standlake Post Office (rather than the only-slightly-closer Eynsham Post Office) to post a parcel and take the dog for a walk... and check out the hashpoint at the same time!

Expedition

Success! The dog and I parked near the Post Office, and tired firstd walking through the allotments, but they don't go as far back as I thought they might and we couldn't really get close to the hashpoint. So we doubled back, with the anticipation of going via the churchyard, when I spotted a convenient footpath sign (for a footpath not marked on my map), so we followed that. Conveniently it turned out to be a shortcut to Horns Way, the alternative route I'd considered to try to get close to the hashpoint. Travelling along it, we found an (also not on the map) back gate into the allotments: we could've just come this way, after all! We'd later use this route to get back home.

Approaching the hashpoint, we needed to push through a thicket of trees and jump a ditch, but this delivered us into a delightful meadow. We reached the hashpoint at 13:44, took the requisite silly photo, and set off back. On returning to the footpath (by a decidedly inferior route) we discovered a bench (with a dedication on it) that also wasn't listed on OpenStreetMap nor on OpenBenches. I took a photo and pushed it to OpenBenches. There should be an achievement for that.

I added the missing footpaths, gate, and bench to OpenStreetMap and we set off back to the Post Office, delivered the parcel, then returned home.

Tracklog

My GPSr keeps a tracklog.

Photos

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  Hard to find a way out of the allotments.

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  Made it into the meadow!

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  Success!

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  Not-so-silly grin.

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  Pretty silly pup.

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  A new addition to OpenBenches!

Achievements

Dan Q earned the OpenStreetMap achievement by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (51, -1) geohash on 2024-05-09.

Dan Q earned the OpenBenches achievement by by contributing to OpenBenches based on their expedition to the (51, -1) geohash on 2024-05-09.