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Expedition one of two spanning midnight - [[2015-07-13 52 1]] - [[2015-07-14 52 1]] - ETA 22:05. | Expedition one of two spanning midnight - [[2015-07-13 52 1]] - [[2015-07-14 52 1]] - ETA 22:05. | ||
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There have been four days of marine hashpoints. Now at last there's a land geohash. | There have been four days of marine hashpoints. Now at last there's a land geohash. | ||
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I found the access road easily but it had changed. Google earth showed a horticultural supplies warehouse. In real life it looked like an up-market farm with security systems and attack dogs. I didn't like the look of that route. | I found the access road easily but it had changed. Google earth showed a horticultural supplies warehouse. In real life it looked like an up-market farm with security systems and attack dogs. I didn't like the look of that route. | ||
| − | A short backtrack led to a public footpath and a safe parking place. I followed this in roughly the right direction. Sadly it led back to the fancy farm. Before I abandoned my attempt, I spotted my first ever real live badger with the distinctive black and white pointed nose. I have only ever seen roadkill before. Then I followed tractor tracks in a barley field, trying to get closer. I spotted a dot of light like a lit L.E.D. This seemed improbable in the middle of a barley field. I tool a photo which came out as a one pixel dot on a black background. Then I had a closer look with a torch. There was a glow-worm sitting on a stalk close to the ground with its light emitting bum pointing upwards. The torch didn't disturb it and it continued to glow steadily. I believe these are extremely rare. | + | It was cloudy and damp. There was no moon. The city lights were far away. So it was darker than usual. A short backtrack led to a public footpath and a safe parking place. I followed this in roughly the right direction. Sadly it led back to the fancy farm. Before I abandoned my attempt, I spotted my first ever real live badger with the distinctive black and white pointed nose. I have only ever seen roadkill before. Then I followed tractor tracks in a barley field, trying to get closer. I spotted a dot of light like a lit L.E.D. This seemed improbable in the middle of a barley field. I tool a photo which came out as a one pixel dot on a black background. Then I had a closer look with a torch. There was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampyris_noctiluca glow-worm (Lampyris_noctiluca)] sitting on a stalk close to the ground with its light emitting bum pointing upwards. The torch didn't disturb it and it continued to glow steadily. I believe these are extremely rare. |
| − | So I failed to reach the hashpoint. I wet my trouser legs by wading through the damp barley. I got covered in clay mud. And I got two lifetime firsts wildlife spotting. | + | So I failed to reach the hashpoint. I wet my trouser legs by wading through the damp barley. I got covered in clay mud. And I got two lifetime firsts, wildlife spotting. Result! |
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Latest revision as of 04:21, 15 August 2019
| Mon 13 Jul 2015 in Norwich, UK: 52.1072906, 1.0731050 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In woodland or perhaps a quarry, Clay Pit Grove, north of Little Blakenham, Suffolk, UK.
Participants
Plans
Expedition one of two spanning midnight - 2015-07-13 52 1 - 2015-07-14 52 1 - ETA 22:05.
Expedition - Fail
There have been four days of marine hashpoints. Now at last there's a land geohash.
- Fail. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.0994,1.0785 22:34, 13 July 2015 (GMT+01:00)
I found the access road easily but it had changed. Google earth showed a horticultural supplies warehouse. In real life it looked like an up-market farm with security systems and attack dogs. I didn't like the look of that route.
It was cloudy and damp. There was no moon. The city lights were far away. So it was darker than usual. A short backtrack led to a public footpath and a safe parking place. I followed this in roughly the right direction. Sadly it led back to the fancy farm. Before I abandoned my attempt, I spotted my first ever real live badger with the distinctive black and white pointed nose. I have only ever seen roadkill before. Then I followed tractor tracks in a barley field, trying to get closer. I spotted a dot of light like a lit L.E.D. This seemed improbable in the middle of a barley field. I tool a photo which came out as a one pixel dot on a black background. Then I had a closer look with a torch. There was a glow-worm (Lampyris_noctiluca) sitting on a stalk close to the ground with its light emitting bum pointing upwards. The torch didn't disturb it and it continued to glow steadily. I believe these are extremely rare.
So I failed to reach the hashpoint. I wet my trouser legs by wading through the damp barley. I got covered in clay mud. And I got two lifetime firsts, wildlife spotting. Result!
Photos
Fail. @52.0994,1.0785
Gardens. @52.0994,1.0785
Glow Worm! @52.0994,1.0785
Track in Google Earth
Achievements
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Sourcerer earned the OpenStreetMap achievement
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Expeditions and Plans
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| Upper Hutt, New Zealand | Quaternary | Totara Park, Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
| München, Germany | TheOneRing | next to a street right at the exit of Türkenfeld. |
| Cambridge, United Kingdom | Benjw | In a wheat field between Foxton and Fowlmere, south of Cambridge. |
| Norwich, United Kingdom | Sourcerer | In woodland or perhaps a quarry, Clay Pit Grove, north of Little Blakenham,... |
Sourcerer's Expedition Links
2015-07-08 52 1 - 2015-07-13 52 1 - 2015-07-14 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.
