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The hashpoint is in the village of Oxborough, Norfolk. The hashpoint is by the side of the main road passing through the village. It's very accessible.

Strictly speaking, the exact point determined by the hash is very well-labelled as being in private property. It appears to be under a tree just within a walled garden. Standing on the other side of the wall that separates the public road from the hashpoint will get us within metres of the point.

However, the property belongs to Oxbrough Hall, a National Trust property, and geohashing purists can pay £4.90 each (house costs more, children half price) to gain access to the gardens. The hashpoint is in these gardens. They are Victorian and look nice - a French parterre, a herbaceous border, an orchard and kitchen garden.

Wet Weather. A yellow warning of rain has been issued for Sunday by the Met Office for the east of England. As of Saturday evening, aAccording to the forecast by the BBC, it will rain all day. The Tongs will make a final decision on Sunday morning, but we will probably still go (with waterproofs and a strong geohashing spirit), and go to the pub at lunch.

Location

In the northeastern corner of the grounds of Oxbrough Hall, Oxborough, Norfolk.

Participants

All four of the Tongs.

Plans

(TL/DR: Meet at the hashpoint at 3pm)

Since the hashpoint is trivial to visit, we've got some other plans for the day. It turns out there are other things to do besides visiting the garden:

The Bedingfeld Arms is a few hundred metres from the hashpoint, a modernised 18th century inn. It offers what looks like a decent evening bar menu and a special Sunday menu, but stops serving at 4pm and begins again at 7pm. During this interval no food is available.
There are plenty of nature walks nearby, including woodland in the grounds of the Hall and along the River Gadder. We have some plans to visit some geocaches nearby.

Our plan is as follows: We're driving up from Cambridge. We'll be at the hashpoint at 3pm. We'll have a picnic in the gardens of Oxbrough Hall, or somewhere else pretty. For the rest of the day, we'll walk around Oxborough and maybe do some geocaching. We may go for a drink in the pub around 6pm if people want to, or, more likely, we'll go to the pub at lunchtime. Others are very welcome to join us for any of this.

Changes to the plan will appear here. If you want to come, to help coordination, you can email us at tongs.org.uk, prepended with geo@, and we'll give you our mobile number. Alternatively keep in touch via @52n0e on Twitter. One of us will be wearing a reflective vest at or around the hashpoint, to aid identification.

Expedition

(to appear)

Tracklog

We'll make a tracklog of the day on our GPS receiver.

Photos

Achievements

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 However, the property belongs to [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/oxburgh-hall/ Oxbrough Hall], a National Trust property, and geohashing purists can pay [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/oxburgh-hall/prices/ £4.90 each] (house costs more, children half price) to gain access to the gardens. The hashpoint is in these gardens. They are Victorian and look nice - a French parterre, a herbaceous border, an orchard and kitchen garden.
-'''Wet Weather.''' A [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=ee&fcTime=1440802800 yellow warning of rain] has been issued for Sunday by the Met Office for the east of England. As of Saturday evening, aAccording to the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2640737 forecast by the BBC], it will rain all day. '''The Tongs will make a final decision on Sunday morning!'''
+'''Wet Weather.''' A [http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&regionName=ee&fcTime=1440802800 yellow warning of rain] has been issued for Sunday by the Met Office for the east of England. As of Saturday evening, aAccording to the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2640737 forecast by the BBC], it will rain all day. '''The Tongs will make a final decision on Sunday morning, but we will probably still go (with waterproofs and a strong geohashing spirit), and go to the pub at lunch.'''
 == Location ==
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 * There are plenty of nature walks nearby, including woodland in the grounds of the Hall and along the River Gadder. We have some plans to visit [https://www.geocaching.com/seek/nearest.aspx?origin_lat=52.58255496646275&origin_long=0.5715287217047944 some geocaches nearby].
-Our plan is as follows: We're driving up from Cambridge. We'll be at the hashpoint at '''''3pm'''''. We'll have a picnic in the gardens of Oxbrough Hall, or somewhere else pretty. For the rest of the day, we'll walk around Oxborough and maybe do some geocaching. We may go for a drink in the pub around '''''6pm''''' if people want to. Others are very welcome to join us for any of this.
+Our plan is as follows: We're driving up from Cambridge. We'll be at the hashpoint at '''''3pm'''''. We'll have a picnic in the gardens of Oxbrough Hall, or somewhere else pretty. For the rest of the day, we'll walk around Oxborough and maybe do some geocaching. We may go for a drink in the pub around '''''6pm''''' if people want to, or, more likely, we'll go to the pub at lunchtime. Others are very welcome to join us for any of this.
 Changes to the plan will appear here. If you want to come, to help coordination, you can email us at tongs.org.uk, prepended with geo@, and we'll give you our mobile number. Alternatively keep in touch via [https://twitter.com/52n0e @52n0e] on Twitter. One of us will be wearing a reflective vest at or around the hashpoint, to aid identification.


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