Difference between revisions of "2015-07-26 51 1"

Latest revision as of 16:31, 26 March 2020

Location

On the south side of Alton Water, Suffolk, UK.

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

Expedition one of two spanning midnight - 2015-07-26 51 1 - 2015-07-27 52 0 - ETA 21:46

Expedition

Arrived. -- Sourcerer (talk) @51.9820,1.1264 21:38, 26 July 2015 (GMT+01:00)

This was a very pleasant location. Alton Water is a man-made reservoir with foot and cycle paths all round it. The small part I sampled was delightful, if damp. The hashpoint was close to the water. Close by, there was a tall poll with a platform on top that looked like a stork's nest. No stork was in evidence. I have only ever seen them in Portugal and Andalusia, much further south. Google reveals that there have been stork sightings. It would be good if they nested. Lower on the same poll there was an owl box with a lot of hissing noises coming out.

The next day I found out that a young man had died nearby. In hot weather he had jumped off the bridge into the reservoir and was unable to swim to the shore. That explained the rows of flowers tied to the bridge railings.

Photos

Proof. @51.9820,1.1264
Track in Google Earth

Achievements

Sourcerer earned the OpenStreetMap achievement

by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (51, 1) geohash on 2015-07-26.

Expeditions and Plans

2015-07-26
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Newark, New Jersey	OtherJack, Liz	A thickly wooded front garden in Ridgewood
Canterbury, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	On the south side of Alton Water, Suffolk, UK.

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2015-07-25 52 0 - 2015-07-26 51 1 - 2015-07-27 52 0 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.

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+Expedition one of two spanning midnight - [[2015-07-26 51 1]] - [[2015-07-27 52 0]] - ETA 21:46
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+*Arrived.  -- [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.98201001&lon=1.12644732&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @51.9820,1.1264] 21:38, 26 July 2015 (GMT+01:00)
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+[[File:2015-07-26 51 1 Sourcerer 1437942379653.jpg]]
+This was a very pleasant location. Alton Water is a man-made reservoir with foot and cycle paths all round it. The small part I sampled was delightful, if damp. The hashpoint was close to the water. Close by, there was a tall poll with a platform on top that looked like a stork's nest. No stork was in evidence. I have only ever seen them in Portugal and Andalusia, much further south. Google reveals that there have been stork sightings. It would be good if they nested. Lower on the same poll there was an owl box with a lot of hissing noises coming out.
+The next day I found out that a young man had died nearby. In hot weather he had jumped off the bridge into the reservoir and was unable to swim to the shore. That explained the rows of flowers tied to the bridge railings.
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+Image:2015-07-26_51_1_Sourcerer_1437942962323.jpg | Proof. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=51.98200464&lon=1.12644196&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @51.9820,1.1264]
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