2015-06-29 52 0

Mon 29 Jun 2015 in Cambridge, UK: 52.9736694, 0.8670989 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

2) On the mud flats north of Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

Leave home at 17:00. Park at about 18:50. Walk for 2:15 to the hashpoint arriving at about 21:00. Walk back another 2:15. Drive for 30 minutes and walk to 2015-06-30 52 0.

I'll start walking about one hour after high tide and will follow the water line as the tide recedes. I might be delayed if the creek wades are still too deep. On my return, the tide should be low, giving a wide safety margin. The moon is nearly full and the weather likely to be clear and mild so there should be good light. Even so, this expedition is riskier than most being over two hours walk from dry land, partly at night and on tidal sands and mud. I made a similar expedition in full daylight on 2011-06-26 52 0.

Expedition

• Arrived. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.9737,.8671 21:24, 29 June 2015 (GMT+01:00)

The creek was too deep to wade so I waited for an hour and ate some sandwiches. Then it was geoflash time, wading the creek, chest deep carrying a bag of clothes and tech toys above my head like in the jungle movies but without the leeches. The hashpoint was easily reached although the walk was long. I fell down a hidden rabbit hole which swallowed most of one leg. I was not injured. The hashpoint was unexpectedly dry. There had been no unusually high tides and little rain.

I love the marshes, dunes and woods near Wells Next the Sea. It was like a private beach. I saw only two people excluding the 100 metres near the car park. They were illegally camping. I don't mind that sort of law breaking. They, like me, were doing no one any harm.

At the furthest point from civilization, I found a message carved huge, into the wet tidal sand. "Sandro <heart shape> <cock and balls shape>". Perhaps "civilisation" was closer than I thought.

Photos

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  Tide is still too high. @52.9654,.9153

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  Proof. @52.9737,.8671

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  Mud flats. @52.9737,.8671

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  Mud flats. @52.9737,.8671

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  Terrain. @52.9737,.8671

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  Selfie

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  Track Log and Accidental Retrohash

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  Zoomed In

Achievements

Sourcerer earned the Geoflashing Achievement by stripping off at the (52, 0) geohash on 2015-06-29 to wade a deep tidal creek.

Expeditions and Plans

2015-06-29
London East, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	1) Very close to a public footpath, Nayland, Suffolk, UK.
Kassel, Germany	GeorgDerReisende	The hash lies in the main street of Alfeld-Hörsum.
Cambridge, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	2) On the mud flats north of Wells Next the Sea, Norfolk, UK.

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