Cambridge, United Kingdom/2010

In 2010, there were 27 expeditions undertaken by Benjw, MagicIan and Sourcerer. In the previous year there were only 19 so it's pleasing to see an increase in activity.

Expeditions

26 December 2010 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a deeply frozen field between Castle Acre and Lexham, north of Swaffham, Norfolk UK arriving at about 7.30 pm.

25 December 2010 (Sat): Sourcerer failed to reach a wetland with mature trees standing in pools of water covered with ice. West of Great Hockham, Norfolk, UK. It was the first hour of Christmas day.

28 November 2010 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a snowy wood of beech and oak, west of Snettisham, Norfolk UK, logged on Wikiloc

2 November 2010 (Tue): In a field north of Stansfield, Suffolk. Benjw was there at about 3:30pm.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of October 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 5 successful expeditions.

28 October 2010 (Thu): In Thetford Forest. Benjw was there just after 4 pm, and enjoyed both the tranquility of the pine woodland, and a rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner from the nearby RAF base.

20 October 2010 (Wed): Between woodland and a field, north of Bury St Edmunds. Benjw went, but couldn't get permission to access the point, despite local tenants egging him on.

12 October 2010 (Tue): In a field west of Soham. Benjw cycled a 27-mile round trip, along nearly every type of road and path known to man.

11 October 2010 (Mon): On the A14 just north of Newmarket. Benjw drove through the hashpoint at 8:39 pm.

2 October 2010 (Sat): On a public footpath outside Stretham, near Ely. Benjw arrived at about 6:30 pm and found a geocache a mere ten metres away.

1 October 2010 (Fri): Under a hedge in a field near Harston, south of Cambridge. Benjw visited, although it took two attempts to get the right spot.

24 September 2010 (Fri): A grassy area between two houses east of Boston, Lincolnshire. Sourcerer arrived 90 seconds before midnight and waited for the hashpoint to vanish. This was hash 5 of a pentahash taking in Canterbury, London East, London West, Northampton and the Cambridge graticules.

19 September 2010 (Sun): A conifer plantation between the Peddar's Way long distance footpath and Great Hockham, Norfolk. Sourcerer visited this spot. The GPS path is available at Wikiloc.

4 September 2010 (Sat): A sugar beet field east of Royston. Sourcerer visited this spot. It was the fourth point of a quad-hash covering Hull, Skegness, Northampton and Cambridge.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of August 2010 in the category total expeditions by being the location of 8 expeditions.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Mostly Active Graticule achievement

for the month of August 2010 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 6 successful expeditions.

16 August 2010 (Mon): Off a footpath in a cornfield somewhere in the Fens. Benjw visited at 1:41 am as part of an over-midnight triple-hash expedition.

15 August 2010 (Sun): In a cornfield off the A1101 northwest of Littleport. Benjw made it a midnight geohash as part of a triple expedition.

14 August 2010 (Sat): Off a footpath through Easty Wood, near Cavendish, Suffolk. Benjw wasn't able to make a 4pm meetup, but went later in the evening.

13 August 2010 (Fri): A field, this time still full of corn, on the edge of Littleport. Benjw visited in the pouring rain at 4:30pm.

11 August 2010 (Wed): In a harvested cornfield at the south end of Soham. Benjw visited in the dark, at about 10:30pm.

10 August 2010 (Tue): At the edge of a field near North Pickenham, Norfolk. Benjw eventually found the village, but was halted by a "keep out" sign on the farm track.

7 August 2010 (Sat): In an elderberry tree near Syderstone. Sourcerer visited as part of a day trip to the north Norfolk coast.

2 August 2010 (Mon): On conservation land in Lakenheath Warren. Benjw discovered that it is inaccessible during the summer months.

30 July 2010 (Fri): By the side of a road west of Saffron Walden. Benjw visited in his lunch break.

27 July 2010 (Tue): On a public footpath through the golf course in Longstanton. Benjw cycled, and then on to the Northampton grat expedition.

22 July 2010 (Thu): Benjw drove through the hashpoint at nearly 70mph, on the A11 sliproad at Six Mile Bottom.

19 July 2010 (Mon): Benjw strolled up a hill and around a field near Little Shelford on the way home from work.

20 June 2010 (Sun): MagicIan completed this hash - his third of 4-in-a-row on this day - in an orchard near Wisbech.

7 January 2010 (Thu): Benjw attempted to get to a field in Hauxton, but was refused permission to enter private property.

Active geohashers

Graticule talk page

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