thanx to victor & ed for the proxy try
which is never an easy thing to pull off in any case
but it was an interesting exercise
& you are correct peter
my original request & description are in message 7379
which on retrospect was not much of a lead to go on
oldtimers may recall that brendan once visited & photographed
this binational quadripoint aka border cross
class c
a close shot to be sure
but based simply on the rough pattern of the corn plantings
rather than on precise alignment of the monumentation
& it didnt occur to me that not everyone would remember or be
able to even find the right cornfield on a map
not to mention the added difficulty involved in visiting class a
which would have required finding & cross eyeballing the 4
markers
etc etc
but anyone who can & would continue to pursue this cherished
quest object to its infinitesimal conclusion is cordially entreated
to do so
especially now that the corn has most likely been cropped & the
views cleared
only 2 other such points in the world have been confirmed
of which only the one at jungholz has yet been visited class a
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@y...>
wrote:
> Victor, I think you might have been looking at the wrong point.
The
> border cross is not on a road but in a field. It is where enclaves
H1
> and H2 are connected. See for example the map at Eef's site (
>
http://home.wanadoo.nl/~eefberns/baarle-map%20met%20encl
ave-
> aanduidingen-center.jpg ). Since you were standing on a road,
maybe
> this was in between the Dutch enclaves N3 and N5. I visited
this spot
> myself once, and the near miss is something like you
describe.
>
> Peter S.
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Victor Cantore <drpotatoes@y...>
wrote:
> > sorry mike according to ed the border cross as you
> > call it is a near miss by something like 20-30 meters.
> > i stood in the street and saw the markers for myself
> > on a map it looks like it is but it aint.
> >
> > vc
> >
> >
> > --- acroorca2002 <orc@o...> wrote:
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Victor
> > >
> > > > and yes mike i did have a wonderful time in
> > > Baarle, Ed
> > > > is a wonderful host.
> > >
> > > i feel that too as your armchair companion
> > >
> > > i am excited for a report
> > >
> > > did you bag the border cross