2011-01-01 52 0
| Sat 1 Jan 2011 in Cambridge: 52.2318223, 0.8856161 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Contents
Location
A muddy field near the A14 trunk road north of Woolpit, Suffolk, UK.
Participants
Another geohash "lurker" visited this point at about 4am. Sourcerer is encouraging him to log the expedition here.
Expedition
Neil reached the vicinity at about 23:40 on new year's eve in 2010. He parked in a side road and set off walking. At first the field perimeter was grassy and only slightly damp. Later the perimeter was overgrown but he found tractor tracks. These were very soft and wet so with feet sinking to ankle depth in cold mud Neil struggled towards the hashpoint. There was a lot of evidence for partying. Intermittent fireworks could be seen shooting skywards. There were lots of candle-powered hot-air paper-balloons crossing the sky. Very pretty! The route, close to the A14 trunk road, might have been noisy but there was little traffic. At about 23:59, Neil made his final approach across the mud. He reached the hashpoint at exactly midnight, celebrated by a renewed burst of fireworks. He therefore claims the first 2011 UK geohash (in the GMT time zone). Was anyone else mad enough to be out at this time?
Photo Gallery
Google Earth Track
Garmin Mapsource Evidence
Achievements
 |
Sourcerer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
|
 |
Sourcerer earned the New Year's Party Geohash
|
 |
Sourcerer earned the Consecutive geohash achievement
|
Expeditions and Plans
| 2011-01-01 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque, New Mexico | Redaragorn, 4 yr old son | On the downhill slope of the west mesa at the far end of Southern west of R... |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado | Nathan Powell, Rolando Marroquin, Kristin Rapp, Kayleigh Thiel | 1468 Newton Rd, Pueblo, CO 81005, USA (38.23182, -104.88562) 42.3 miles awa... |
| Newark, New Jersey | Jevanyn | An office complex just off I-95 in Bucks County, PA. |
| Bern, Switzerland | Crox, Elisa | Staldenried, Switzerland |
| Nantes, France | ClementB | In a field near the Canal de la Martinière. There is a risk that the field ... |
| Mannheim, Germany | ilpadre | In a field near the Rhein-Neckar-Arena in Sinsheim. |
| Cambridge, United Kingdom | Sourcerer | A muddy field near the A14 trunk road north of Woolpit, Suffolk, UK. |
| Helsinki, Finland | PPP, Sipander, Sipander's daughter, brother | In Lassila, a suburb of Helsinki, on a small hill between apartment buildin... |
Sourcerer's Expedition Links
2010-12-31_52_1 - 2011-01-01_52_0 - 2011-01-08_51_0 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.
