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Latest revision as of 04:43, 15 August 2019

Fri 7 Aug 2015 in Norwich, UK:
52.5252822, 1.2376178
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Location

In a lake! Lower Tasburgh, Norfolk, UK.

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

Expedition two of two spanning midnight - 2015-08-06 52 0 - 2015-08-07 52 1 - ETA 00:00? This does not look reachable but it's worth a try.

Expedition

Attempt One

I arrived a few minutes before midnight only to find almost military grade fences with an electrified wire running along the top. There was no way to sneak through this without doing damage, even if the electrics were not live. In any case the Google Earth view showed the hashpoint in a lake. After the initial failure I made a half hearted attempt to locate another approach from the north. There was access to a cricket pitch but this probably did not connect with the lakes. I could not find another route heading south. I abandoned the scene just after midnight to ensure it was not a failed retrohash.

August is proving to be a bad month for the Norwich graticule. We are a week into the month and have managed only one reachable hashpoint. Perhaps our luck will improve. Of course it could be much worse; at least I'm not based in Texel! 2015-08-03 52 1 was obviously in the garden of a private house. On the other fail-days, the hashpoints were in the north sea. The next three hashpoint coordinates are now available and two are in the sea. Sigh! Perhaps I'll visit Cambridge again.

I added the lakes to OpenStreetMap so at least the outing was not totally wasted.

Attempt Two

800px-2015-08-07 52 1 Sourcerer 0.jpg

The midnight stealth approach is sometimes useful but not always. Today, a "bold as brass" drive onto the site worked better. I had spotted speed limit signs (5 mph). That seemed odd for private land so I Googled Taswood Lakes. It turned out to be a carp fishery with three lodges that holiday makers can hire and the fishermen can get day and season permits. So I arrived at the reception/shop and enquired about the lodges. I got a price list and a brochure and more importantly, permission to have a look around. Three minutes later I was close to the hashpoint. Under the trees, the satnav lock was a little unstable but my distance dropped to four metres. The hashpoint was close to the water's edge. Perhaps I should have done a small wade!

And the electric fences were to keep otters out. Otter + Carp = Nom-nom!

And there was access via the cricket pitch but a night trespass would have been unsociable.

This is a beautiful spot, ideal for fishermen and convenient for the city of Norwich. If I didn't live so close, I'd love to stay here.

Photos

  • Closest approach. @52.5253,1.2369

  • Track in Google Earth

  • Electric Fence in Four Languages.

  • Barbed Wire on top of the gate.

  • Ornamental Lakes

  • Near the Hashpoint

  • Otter Prevention

  • Electric Otter Fence

  • Cricket Pitch

  • More Lakes

Achievements

The no trespassing applied to my midnight visit. The following day, I got permission.

Notrespassing.gif
 Sourcerer earned the No trespassing consolation prize
by almost (49 metres) reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2015-08-07.

I added the access road, lakes and some footpaths.

Osm.png
 Sourcerer earned the OpenStreetMap achievement
by contributing [1] to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (52, 1) geohash on 2015-08-07.
Birthday.PNG
 Sourcerer earned the 5th Hashiversary achievement
by attempting a hash point exactly on the 5th anniversary of his inaugural geohashing expedition.

Expeditions and Plans

2015-08-07
Buffalo, New York Pedalpusher Shoulder of Jamison Rd in front of Moog
Erfurt, Germany Reinhard On the road between Lippelsdorf and Schmiedefeld, Thuringia, Germany.
Norwich, United Kingdom Sourcerer In a lake! Lower Tasburgh, Norfolk, UK.



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Sourcerer's Expedition Links

2015-08-06 52 0 - 2015-08-07 52 1 - 2015-08-08 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.

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