2015-11-08 52 1

From Geohashing
Sun 8 Nov 2015 in Norwich, UK:
52.9053471, 1.1586973
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Location

In a field entrance, south of Bodham close to All Saints Church, Norfolk, UK.

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

Expedition two of two spanning midnight - 2015-11-07 52 1 - 2015-11-08 52 1 - ETA 00:00.

Expedition

Original

It was possible to park at the road-side. Being ahead of schedule, I had time to explore the start of the public footpath and have a look at the adjacent field. Part of the wheat crop had been left unharvested. Seed eating birds and mice will be happy! So will the owls and hawks.

Whilst exploring, I saw two unusually brilliant meteor trails, much brighter than any I saw during the Perseid shower back in August. Google tells me that the Taurid shower produces a few fireballs (brighter than usual trails) and 2015 is a peak year. I have heard meteors on the radio. The ionised trail acts as a mirror and VHF stations a thousand kilometres away can be heard for a second or two until the ions recombine. VHF radio is normally line of sight, perhaps 50 km.

At midnight, I got the evidence photos and departed for home.

It's worth looking at the church using Google Street view. The Google car drove right inside the building or they used a portable version of the cameras.

Retro - 2016-01-04

Expedition one of four spanning midnight - 2015-11-08 52 1 Retro - 2016-01-04 52 1 - 2016-01-04 51 1 - 2016-01-05 52 0 - ETA 20:25.

This added about three minutes to the journey time to 2016-01-04 52 1. It was on the route and the hashpoint was only 15 metres from the road.

Photos

Achievements

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Sourcerer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
by reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2015-11-08 in the middle of the night.

Expeditions and Plans

2015-11-08
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McMinnville, Oregon Someone went In the middle of a logging road near Pittsfield, Oregon
Kecskemét, Hungary Codae In a field in rural Hungary, closer to Szabadszállás than anywhere else of ...
Innsbruck, Austria TheOneRing on a meadow between Raisting and Pähl.
Bamberg, Germany Uvok A wood on a quiet street between Schwanfeld and Obereisenheim.
Nürnberg, Germany Klaus, parts of his family in a field between Hohenpölz und Brunn
London West, United Kingdom PaintedJaguar, MrsPaintedJaguar On the entrance road to Chells Park, Stevenage.
Rotterdam, Netherlands FelixTheCat On the old fortifications of Brielle.
Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Tongs/B In a small field adjacent to Trent Road, Stone.
Norwich, United Kingdom Sourcerer In a field entrance, south of Bodham close to All Saints Church, Norfolk, U...



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Sourcerer's Expedition Links

2015-11-07 52 1 - 2015-11-08 52 1 - 2015-11-10 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.