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[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] (Neil) visited this haspoint as it was close enough to the dog food shop he was visiting. With a 15kg bag of Turkey and Rice Kibble in the boot, he drove north to Winterton passing a signpost to California. He got to within 14 metres of the exact point and was well inside the circle of uncertainty of his GPS receiver. The terrain was uneven waste land covered in tall vegetation and nettles. The site differed from the Google Earth image which showed marine sand dunes merging into dry land vegetation. In reality, there were new houses, not yet occupied, and new holiday chalets. This was a beach geohash and could have been wonderful but the English weather was cool and dull.
 
[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] (Neil) visited this haspoint as it was close enough to the dog food shop he was visiting. With a 15kg bag of Turkey and Rice Kibble in the boot, he drove north to Winterton passing a signpost to California. He got to within 14 metres of the exact point and was well inside the circle of uncertainty of his GPS receiver. The terrain was uneven waste land covered in tall vegetation and nettles. The site differed from the Google Earth image which showed marine sand dunes merging into dry land vegetation. In reality, there were new houses, not yet occupied, and new holiday chalets. This was a beach geohash and could have been wonderful but the English weather was cool and dull.
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Revision as of 12:37, 25 November 2010

Location

In a nettle patch behind the sand dunes at Winterton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, UK. There is a GPS path on Wikiloc.

Tue 17 Aug 2010 in Norwich:
52.7146890, 1.6946664
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Participants

Sourcerer

Expedition

Sourcerer (Neil) visited this haspoint as it was close enough to the dog food shop he was visiting. With a 15kg bag of Turkey and Rice Kibble in the boot, he drove north to Winterton passing a signpost to California. He got to within 14 metres of the exact point and was well inside the circle of uncertainty of his GPS receiver. The terrain was uneven waste land covered in tall vegetation and nettles. The site differed from the Google Earth image which showed marine sand dunes merging into dry land vegetation. In reality, there were new houses, not yet occupied, and new holiday chalets. This was a beach geohash and could have been wonderful but the English weather was cool and dull.

Other geohashing expeditions on the same day

Expeditions and Plans

2010-08-17
Tōkyō, Japan starbird In a park in Shimo-Ochiai, a neighborhood of Tokyo between Shinjuku and Ike...
Newark, New Jersey Jevanyn Stelton Rd., Edison
Cleveland, Ohio jSchleappi, Many Someone elses? The official hash is in someone's backyard, so an alternate meet up locatio...
Portland, Oregon Jim On McGuire Island SE of Goverment Island in the Columbia River
Norwich, United Kingdom Sourcerer In a nettle patch behind the sand dunes at Winterton on Sea, Great Yarmouth...
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom Someone went Somewhere



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