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| + | With a few minutes to spare, I headed for the Sizewell beach car park for a few tranquil minutes. The lighthouse at Southwold was flashing every 8 or 9 seconds. There were many other marker buoys flashing out at sea. There were many lights at an offshore tax free ship re-fuelling zone. As midnight approached I retraced my route towards the hashpoint. | ||
| + | Oops - Busted! I parked at the roadside and left my side-lights on. There was a handy hole in the hedge. The hashpoint was 150 metres away - perhaps a five minute round trip. I reached the point and noticed a car turning round in the road. I got the proof photo and the car started flashing its lights. Oh dear - what excuse can I get away with this time? I headed towards the field perimeter and reached it just as the police emerged through the hedge hole. There followed a strange exchange. I was muttering things about owls and nightingales. They seemed to be checking that my car was not abandoned and that I was OK. They didn't seem too suspicious and I didn't have to identify myself or get my car tax and insurance checked. I was not breath tested either. Perhaps they were about to go off-shift. In any case I'd have passed all the tests. | ||
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| + | This is a somewhat sensitive area less than 2km from Sizewell nuclear power station. It's possible that my unusual pattern of behaviour was picked up by site security and I was being checked up on. In that case they get 10/10 for their response time. | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
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| + | Image:2016-05-06 52 1 Sourcerer Proof.jpg | Proof | ||
| + | Image:2016-05-06 52 1 Sourcerer Track1.jpg | Google Earth Track | ||
| + | Image:2016-05-06 52 1 Sourcerer Track2.jpg | Google Earth Close-Up | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Achievements == | == Achievements == | ||
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| + | | date = 2016-05-06 | ||
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Revision as of 00:12, 6 May 2016
| Fri 6 May 2016 in Norwich, UK: 52.2093183, 1.5943178 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In a field between Leiston and Sizewell, Suffolk, UK.
Participants
Plans
Two of two spanning midnight - 2016-05-05 52 1 - 2016-05-06 52 1 - ETA 00:00.
Expedition
With a few minutes to spare, I headed for the Sizewell beach car park for a few tranquil minutes. The lighthouse at Southwold was flashing every 8 or 9 seconds. There were many other marker buoys flashing out at sea. There were many lights at an offshore tax free ship re-fuelling zone. As midnight approached I retraced my route towards the hashpoint.
Oops - Busted! I parked at the roadside and left my side-lights on. There was a handy hole in the hedge. The hashpoint was 150 metres away - perhaps a five minute round trip. I reached the point and noticed a car turning round in the road. I got the proof photo and the car started flashing its lights. Oh dear - what excuse can I get away with this time? I headed towards the field perimeter and reached it just as the police emerged through the hedge hole. There followed a strange exchange. I was muttering things about owls and nightingales. They seemed to be checking that my car was not abandoned and that I was OK. They didn't seem too suspicious and I didn't have to identify myself or get my car tax and insurance checked. I was not breath tested either. Perhaps they were about to go off-shift. In any case I'd have passed all the tests.
This is a somewhat sensitive area less than 2km from Sizewell nuclear power station. It's possible that my unusual pattern of behaviour was picked up by site security and I was being checked up on. In that case they get 10/10 for their response time.
Photos
Proof
Google Earth Track
Google Earth Close-Up
Achievements
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Sourcerer earned the Police Geohash Achievement
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Sourcerer earned the Midnight Geohash achievement
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Expeditions and Plans
| 2016-05-06 | ||
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| Norwich, United Kingdom | Sourcerer | In a field between Leiston and Sizewell, Suffolk, UK. |
Sourcerer's Expedition Links
2016-05-05 52 1 - 2016-05-06 52 1 - 2016-05-07 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.
