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My pigeon brain failed. This is the bit responsible for homing and navigation. Of course this was inherited from a common ancestor, probably marine and not in direct line from a pigeon. So a most inefficient route was followed, arriving 50 minutes later than planned. There was tall wet vegetation for most of the route. I could hardly have got wetter by wading a waste deep stream.
  
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Approach one from the north was potentially successful but over 100 metres of crop trampling would have been needed. Abort!
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Approach two through a recreation ground with children's swings and slides and soccer goal posts also led to the correct field. A bushwhack through head high nettles and brambles led into the field. A wet perimeter path led close to the hashpoint. There were multiple tractor tracks where crop sprayers had negotiated a path round what might have been a world-war-two bomb crater. These led to the hashpoint. Several more craters can be seen in the Google Earth Image.
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With 15 minutes to spare before my GPSr turned back into a pumpkin, success!
  
 
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Image:2016-06-15_52_1_Sourcerer_1466030655000.jpg | Arrived. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.85941958&lon=1.04350805&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @52.8594,1.0435]
 
Image:2016-06-15_52_1_Sourcerer_1466030655000.jpg | Arrived. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.85941958&lon=1.04350805&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @52.8594,1.0435]
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Image:2016-06-15_52_1_Sourcerer.jpg | Google Earth Track
 
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Revision as of 08:27, 16 June 2016

Wed 15 Jun 2016 in Norwich, UK:
52.8594641, 1.0435540
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Location

A field North East of Melton Constable, Norfolk, UK. There is a public footpath quite close.

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

One of two spanning midnight - 2016-06-15 52 1 - 2016-06-16 52 1 - ETA 22:55.

Expedition

My pigeon brain failed. This is the bit responsible for homing and navigation. Of course this was inherited from a common ancestor, probably marine and not in direct line from a pigeon. So a most inefficient route was followed, arriving 50 minutes later than planned. There was tall wet vegetation for most of the route. I could hardly have got wetter by wading a waste deep stream.

Approach one from the north was potentially successful but over 100 metres of crop trampling would have been needed. Abort!

Approach two through a recreation ground with children's swings and slides and soccer goal posts also led to the correct field. A bushwhack through head high nettles and brambles led into the field. A wet perimeter path led close to the hashpoint. There were multiple tractor tracks where crop sprayers had negotiated a path round what might have been a world-war-two bomb crater. These led to the hashpoint. Several more craters can be seen in the Google Earth Image.

With 15 minutes to spare before my GPSr turned back into a pumpkin, success!

Photos

Achievements

Expeditions and Plans

2016-06-15
Norwich, United Kingdom Sourcerer A field North East of Melton Constable, Norfolk, UK. There is a public foot...



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Sourcerer's Expedition Links

2016-06-14 52 1 - 2016-06-15 52 1 - 2016-06-16 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.