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A field at North Green, Suffolk, UK.

One of two spanning midnight - 2016-05-16 52 1 - 2016-05-17 52 1 - ETA 23:10.

This point was probably reachable but there were multiple problems.

I forgot my hand held GPSr.
My phone lost GPS lock.
There was a closed road.
My Android tablet with free SatNav software put me into a routing loop back to the closed road.
Using the moon for direction I got out of the routing loop.
350 metres away there was nowhere to park.
A poultry farm blocked one of the routes. This looked as though there might be security so a trespass was not advisable.
At an alternative approach path I nearly put my car in a ditch while trying to park.
Returning home to pick up my GPSr for expedition two, I used the closed road. The closure was on the far side of my destination so I could have ignored the diversion signs - Drat and double drat!

Time to give up and know when you are not wanted.

Sourcerer earned the Blinded by Science Consolation Prize

by failing to reach the (52, 1) geohash on 2016-05-16 because two devices failed and one got left at home.

2016-05-16
New York, New York	Elipongo, OtherJack	In the back yard of a small apartment building in Wakefield, North Bronx
Buffalo, New York	Pedalpusher	Wiley Field in Masten park in Buffalo
Grand Rapids, Michigan	Mcbaneg, Katja	Lawn of Fair Haven Church, Hudsonville, MI
Fulda, Germany	Q-Owl, Q-Owla	In a wood between Birstein and Steinau an der Straße
Norwich, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	A field at North Green, Suffolk, UK.
Kajaani, Finland	PPP, No visible trace of any other e	In the Paltamo on the lake Oulujärvi.

2016-05-15 52 1 - 2016-05-16 52 1 - 2016-05-17 52 1 - KML file download of Sourcerer's expeditions for use with Google Earth.

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 # 350 metres away there was nowhere to park.
 # A poultry farm blocked one of the routes. This looked as though there might be security so a trespass was not advisable.
-# At an alternative approach path I nearly put my car in a ditch while trying to park
+# At an alternative approach path I nearly put my car in a ditch while trying to park.
+# Returning home to pick up my GPSr for expedition two, I used the closed road. The closure was on the far side of my destination so I could have ignored the diversion signs - Drat and double drat!
 Time to give up and know when you are not wanted.


Mon 16 May 2016 in Norwich, UK: 52.3422204, 1.3877336 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox