Player: Morseman
Team: En Dash!

GD97-IXUM is near Hurstmonceux, United Kingdom.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2009-07-14, 3, 3, GD97-IXUM, United Kingdom, , 50.8723, 0.3443, 66 m

New extreme east visit this year for United Kingdom: GD97-IXUM
New extreme south visit this year for United Kingdom: GD97-IXUM
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Number of previous hunts by Morseman: 180

The Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley dash

My first go at this was from a rad near a church and I couldn't get close enough
on the footpath, despite going past a castle and round the back of a sewage
tank, which must be for the castle I guess.

So, I decided to drive round to the front of the castle and see if there was a
better access, as I'd seen other footpaths marked on streetmap.co.uk.

This took me to an observatory and the road got me to just over 100m, but I
found an Amateur Radio station, being a radio amateur myself aerials are always
things I spot, and I drove out of the front gates again and into a lay-by near
another bridleway. This got me round the back of the observatory, between two
pools and within scoring range. The dashpoint is inside an area marked off by
fencing and looked very marshy, so I did not attempt to zero it.

On a blue plaque (which are found all over the UK commemorating famous or
important people) there are details of Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley, who
apparently was the 11th Astronomer Royal and studied the galaxy from the
observatory.

Three points for En Dash! and Morseman please.

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