Difference between revisions of "2015-01-22 52 1"

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Location

Beside a pool between Ilketshall Saint Margaret and Saint James South Elmham, Suffolk, UK.

Participants

Expedition

Arrived. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.3895,1.4126 16:36, 22 January 2015 (GMT)

The Hash Fairy has been on a roll for the last few weeks, providing easily reached points in eastern England. On Monday I reached six points in one day. Tuesday and Wednesday were good candidates but sadly I was busy with work related matters. Today the hashpoint was 12 km from my home and 15 metres from a public footpath. That is about as easy as it gets.

There was concrete hard standing for loading sugar beet onto lorries. This made an ideal dry car parking place. The public footpath was opposite the car park and it was dry and in perfect condition. The hashpoint was about 600 metres down the path.

With about 15 metres to go, I was on the wrong side of a fence. There was quite a large pool of inky black water. Would the hashpoint require a quick January 3 Celsuis dip?

I backtracked and found a way into the next field. The Hash Fairy came up trumps with the point on the dry banks of the pool. The sight conjured up images from "Lord of the Rings". The air was completely still and the inky black water was reflecting the trees just like a mirror. Sadly no hobbits or dwarves were in evidence.

Having had time, more carefully to review the photo, I'm almost sure there's an Ent photobombing the image.

In fading light, I took a selfie and temporarily blinded myself. Drat!

Finally I set off home leaving Mirrormere behind. On the drive home, I passed a sign towards "Eel's Foot". This led down an alternative footpath to the hashpoint. Perhaps this is the correct name for the pool.

Retro-Hash

Sourcerer re-visited this hashpoint on 2015-02-24 because he had 5 minutes to kill and it was only 80 metres from the 2015-02-25 52 1 point. This allowed an exact midnight arrival at 2015-02-25 52 1.

Photos

@52.3895,1.4126
The Hashpool, Eel's Foot / Mirrormere
Drat - Temporarily Blinded
Retro Proof

Achievements

Sourcerer earned the OpenStreetMap achievement

by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (52, 1) geohash on 2015-01-22.

Sourcerer earned the Mythical Beast Achievement

by spotting an Ent photobombing one of his evidence photos. (52, 1) geohash on 2015-01-22.

Other geohashing expeditions on the same day

Expeditions and Plans

2015-01-22
Boston, Massachusetts	Someone went	Near Lexington high school
Mannheim, Germany	DODO, Q-Owl	In the middle of a field between Schifferstadt and Waldsee.
Norwich, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	Beside a pool between Ilketshall Saint Margaret and Saint James South Elmha...

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 Finally I set off home leaving Mirrormere behind. On the drive home, I passed a sign towards "Eel's Foot". This led down an alternative footpath to the hashpoint. Perhaps this is the correct name for the pool.
+== Retro-Hash ==
+[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] re-visited this hashpoint on 2015-02-24 because he had 5 minutes to kill and it was only 80 metres from the [[2015-02-25 52 1]] point. This allowed an exact midnight arrival at [[2015-02-25 52 1]].
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 Image:2015-01-22 52 1 Sourcerer 1.jpg | The Hashpool, Eel's Foot / Mirrormere
 Image:2015-01-22 52 1 Sourcerer 2.jpg | Drat - Temporarily Blinded
+Image:2015-02-25_52_1_Sourcerer_2.jpg | Retro Proof
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+[[Category:Retro meetup]]
+[[Category:Retro coordinates reached]]


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