2015-07-05 52 0

Sun 5 Jul 2015 in Cambridge, UK: 52.9733926, 0.9997449 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Blakeney National Nature Reserve in the salt marshes, Norfolk, UK.

Participants

Sourcerer

Plans

High tide is at 22:00. Aim to arrive well before this. The hashpoint might be reachable at high tide because, although close to a spring tide, it's not near the equinox when the water levels rise higher. This point is 17 metres from the border with the Norwich graticule.

Expedition

• Arrived. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.9734,.9997 20:52, 5 July 2015 (GMT+01:00)

I was worried that the bird nesting fenced areas would prevent me getting to the hashpoint. There were two very large fenced areas which I avoided. At the Hood, I headed inland. The Hood is a small sand dune area. There is a long shingle spit parallel with the coast. There are mud flats and salt marshes inland. I had to cross 160 metres of salt marsh. At the hashpoint I got some photos. In that short time, the creeks turned from still water to fast flowing incoming tide. This is where planning and local knowledge is critical. I headed towards the sea and regained the shingle spit before I was cut off. Someone with no local knowledge could have headed towards the mainland but they would be cut off by deep fast flowing tidal creeks.

The outward walk was on firm sand and shingle in the inter-tidal zone. On the return the solid ground for walking got narrower and narrower as the tide came in. In the end, I had to walk on the soft shingle which is much harder work with feet sinking into the loose stones on every pace. I would not have missed this though. This nature reserve is particularly beautiful, as is much of North Norfolk.

Photos

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  Mary Jane

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  Birds Nesting

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  Horned Poppy

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  Horned Poppy

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  Horned Poppy

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  The Hood

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  The Hashpoint

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  Proof. @52.9734,.9997

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  Track in Google Earth

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  Sunset

Achievements

Expeditions and Plans

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