Cambridge, United Kingdom/2015

2015

Expeditions

There was a photo finish for second place in 2015 with Mannheim, Germany. They won by 2 expeditions and 1 coordinates-reached. We were pipped at the post in the last week of December. Congratulations to Mannheim! Third is still a pleasing result.

• 81 expeditions
• 74 coordinates-reached
• 3 retro meetups

Participants - Count

• Benjw - 11 expeditions, 10 reached
• MagicIan - 1 reached
• PaintedJaguar - 6 expeditions, 5 reached, once with MrsPaintedJaguar
• Sourcerer - 61 expeditions, 58 reached plus 3 retro meetups
• SpiritofMaurice - 1 reached
• Tongs - 5 reached

Details

• 31 December 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field west of the A1101 from Littleport to Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK.
• 30 December 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited Thetford Forest Park south of Elveden, over the border into Suffolk, UK.
• 29 December 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field between the rivers Nene and Great Ouse, west of Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UK.
• 28 December 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a field west of Saffron Walden, Essex, UK.
• Retro - Sourcerer revisited 2011-02-20 52 0 on 2015-12-28 on the way to 2015-12-28 52 0.
• 27 December 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer failed to reach a paddock at Freckenham, Suffolk, UK.
• 23 December 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited Thetford forest north of Elveden, just over the border into Norfolk, UK.
• 19 December 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a field between Thorpe Morieux and Hitcham, Suffolk, UK.
• Retro - Sourcerer revisited 2015-01-15 52 0 on 2015-12-18 on the way home from 2015-12-18 52 0.
• 18 December 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited Woodhouse Wood, north east of Stanstead (different spelling - not the airport), Suffolk, UK.
• 17 December 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field, south of West Row, south of the Mildenhall air base, Suffolk, UK.
• 16 December 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field, a few yards off a public footpath, north of the A14 and west of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk UK.
• Retro - Sourcerer revisited 2015-08-25 52 0 on 2015-12-15 as it's 220 metres from 2015-12-16 52 0.
• 15 December 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter point close to the A11, just west of Thetford, Norfolk, UK.
• 7 December 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer failed to reach the danger area of a golf driving range, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, UK.

• 30 November 2015 (Mon): PaintedJaguar visited the ruins of St James Church, on the outskirts of King's Lynn.
• 27 November 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field close to the A1141 between Cockfield and Button's Green, Suffolk, UK.
• 25 November 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field between Cavenham and the A14, Suffolk, UK.
• 24 November 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer failed to reach a field east of the A11 and north of Eccles, Norfolk, UK.
• 23 November 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a gravel lane off the B1066 between Brockley and Hartest, Suffolk, UK.
• 14 November 2015 (Sat): PaintedJaguar failed to reach the hashpoint in a field near the village of Lolworth, just off the A14 outside Cambridge.
• 12 November 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer and MagicIan independently visited a road hashpoint south of the A47 near Wendling, Norfolk, UK.
• 5 November 2015 (Thu): Several people visited a small lawn just inside the grounds of Homerton College, Cambridge.
• 4 November 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field, close to a public footpath, north of Hopton, Suffolk, UK.
• 2 November 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited woodland just south of the A11 and 1000 metres west of Elveden War Memorial, Suffolk, UK.

• 29 October 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field south of Wells next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 27 October 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field west of Market Weston, Suffolk, UK. This is under 100 metres from and in line of sight to the Mill Inn so it was a pub geohash.
• 22 October 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field north of the A14 between Woolpit and Elmswell, Suffolk, UK.
• 21 October 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited the point south of a wind farm south east of Swaffham, Norfolk, UK.
• 17 October 2015 (Sat): PaintedJaguar visited the middle of Snettisham Common, near the coast of The Wash.
• 16 October 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer (independently), and Benjw and Tongs (who met up), visited a road hashpoint between Oakington and Girton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
• 15 October 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field south of Stretham, Cambridgeshire, UK.
• 14 October 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited the sand flats west of Wells life boat station, Holkham Bay, Norfolk, UK. Low tide is at midnight - perfect.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of September 2015 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 10 successful expeditions.

• 30 September 2015 (Wed): Two Tongs visited a field just outside Ely. Benjw considered an afternoon bus ride.
• 29 September 2015 (Tue): Benjw cycled, The Tongs drove, and PaintedJaguar caught the train, in three separate expeditions to a footpath alongside a field between Foxton and Newton.
• 27 September 2015 (Sun): The Tongs visited a field between the villages of Haddenham and Wilburton.
• 26 September 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a field with public footpaths close by, north of Hadfield, Suffolk, UK. wings.recruiter.discussed
• 21 September 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter south of Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, UK.
• 20 September 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter close to Little Snoring, Norfolk, UK.
• 19 September 2015 (Sat): PaintedJaguar visited a track on the Icknield Way long distance trail, somewhere near Honington Airfield, in the middle of nowhere between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds.
• 15 September 2015 (Tue): SpiritofMaurice visited a field just outside the North Norfolk Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; more specifically, just south of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 13 September 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a front drive at Battisford Tye, Suffolk, UK - hindering.bronzer.printout.
• 12 September 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter point north of Lavenham, Suffolk, UK - telephone.scraper.question.

The Cambridge, United Kingdom graticule (52 0) earned the Most Active Graticule achievement for the month of August 2015 in the category coordinates reached by being the location of 12 successful expeditions.

• 30 August 2015 (Sun): The Tongs visited Oxbrough Hall in Oxborough, Norfolk.
• 26 August 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited Brett Vale Golf Club - with a public footpath close to the woodland clearing hashpoint, Suffolk, UK.
• 25 August 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field, a few yards off a public footpath, north of the A14 and west of Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk UK.
• 24 August 2015 (Mon): A field near Stradishall, Suffolk. Benjw visited in the rain, mid-afternoon.
• 23 August 2015 (Sun): A field northeast of Littleport, Cambs. Benjw made a lunchtime trip by car, but was thwarted by "private property" signs.
• 22 August 2015 (Sat): A gateway in Swaffham, Norfolk. Benjw visited at 9:30pm having already been to the London East hashpoint that afternoon.
• 21 August 2015 (Fri): A field perimeter hashpoint north of Golden Gates, Holkham Hall, Norfolk, UK. Sourcerer dropped by at 10:15pm.
• 20 August 2015 (Thu): A field in Ickleton, near a public footpath. Benjw made a quick visit on his lunch break.
• 9 August 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a wood south of Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk, UK.
• 8 August 2015 (Sat): Just off a dirt road in Fulbourn, near Cambridge. Benjw, Sourcerer, PaintedJaguar and MrsPaintedJaguar all met up at 4pm.
• 6 August 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter, east of Sudbury, Suffolk, UK.
• 2 August 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited a field close to a public footpath north of Twinstead, Essex, UK.
• 1 August 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a field perimeter east of Great Barton, 1.3km from 2015-02-11 52 0, Suffolk, UK.

• 29 July 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field next to and west of the A1075, south of Griston and Wayland Prison, Norfolk, UK.
• 27 July 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a barley field south east of Fakenham, Norfolk, UK.
• 25 July 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited the point a few metres off a public footpath, east of Wyken Hall, Suffolk, UK.
• 20 July 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a farmyard at North Lopham, Norfolk, UK, 500 metres from the east graticule border.
• 13 July 2015 (Mon): A field of wheat in Foxton, south of Cambridge. Benjw walked over from Newton on his lunch break.
• 5 July 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited Blakeney National Nature Reserve in the salt marshes, Norfolk, UK.

• 30 June 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer failed to reach a field north of Twyford Hall, Twyford, Norfolk, UK.
• 29 June 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited mud flats north of Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 27 June 2015 (Sat): Sourcerer visited a a field north of Belchamp Walter, Essex, UK.
• 16 June 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field east of Kettlebaston, Suffolk, UK.

• 29 May 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field east of RAF Sculthorpe Airfield, Norfolk, UK.

• 27 February 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field close to a public path in the grounds of Clopton Hall, west of Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
• 24 February 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited a field close to and west of Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK.
• 20 February 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited a field close to Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.
• 18 February 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint close to a public footpath behind St Mary's church, Market Weston, Suffolk, UK, arriving as the bells tolled midnight.
• 17 February 2015 (Tue): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint just south of the river Lark, Pinford End, Suffolk, UK.
• 15 February 2015 (Sun): Sourcerer visited King's Lynn Sewage Works. This was hashpoint number two today!
• 12 February 2015 (Thu): Benjw found today's hashpoint just before sunset, in a field just off a farm track outside Sutton, west of Ely.
• 11 February 2015 (Wed): Sourcerer visited a field S.E. of Great Barton, Suffolk, arriving at 22:45.
• 10 February 2015 (Tue): Benjw more-or-less reached the hashpoint, which was on a private driveway in the Fens, between Manea and March.
• 9 February 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint near Thetford Forest Park, Great Hocking, Norfolk.

• 29 January 2015 (Thu): At midnight, Sourcerer visited a field between Hadley and Ipswich in Suffolk.
• 19 January 2015 (Mon): Sourcerer visited a muddy field, east of Boston, Lincolnshire. His 7th of 7 today.
• 15 January 2015 (Thu): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint on the main road north of and through Long Melford, Suffolk.
• 9 January 2015 (Fri): Sourcerer visited the hashpoint between Withersfield and Temple End north of Haverhill, Suffolk.