2015-10-12 52 1

Mon 12 Oct 2015 in Norwich, UK: 52.5133096, 1.1603769 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

A farmyard in Tacolneston, Norfolk, UK. Surprisingly it was accessible. aboard.jets.puns

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

Expedition two of two spanning midnight - 2015-10-11 52 1 - 2015-10-12 52 1 - ETA 00:00.

Expedition

There was space to park in a field entrance at the start of the public footpath. This was a grassy lane with a sweet corn crop on the left and woodland on the right. After the field, the path crossed the woods for a few metres. Then the public footpath veered to the right to rejoin the main road. My plan was to veer to the right about 60 metres too soon and if challenged by irate farmers in pyjamas, plead ignorance of the correct path which was true because I still have not found it.

There was a deep hole full of water which I managed not to fall into. This was big enough to accommodate a full sized fallen tree. Beyond the hole, there was a castle sized stack of compressed straw from the wheat or barley crops. These are used for animal bedding, burned as fuel and some are used as walls in new buildings. Once rendered and clad, this works well and the insulation is excellent. Then I got into the farm yard. This was quite far away from the houses so I risked zeroing the distance. There was an old land rover next to the hashpoint. I didn't want to lurk for too long so I grabbed a screen shot and departed, retracing my original route. I didn't pass any "no entry" signs or climb any gates or fences. As there was no livestock that sort of security was not needed.

Back in the car, I discovered that the access road was gated and closed so my approach from the back was the correct plan.

Photos

• 

  Proof

• 

  Track in Google Earth

Achievements

Sourcerer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 1) geohash on 2015-10-12 in the middle of the night.

Expeditions and Plans

2015-10-12
Buffalo, New York	Pedalpusher	Edge of the Pine Lawn Cemetery
Norwich, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	A farmyard in Tacolneston, Norfolk, UK. Surprisingly it was accessible. aboard.jets.puns...

Update this list.

Sourcerer's Expedition Links

2015-10-11 52 1 - 2015-10-12 52 1 - 2015-10-13 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.