Difference between revisions of "2012-11-04 52 -1"

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Location

1) In a field 42 metres off a narrow rural lane. The nearest big town was Uttoxeter.

2012-11-04 52 -1 :: 2012-11-04 52 -0 :: 2012-11-04 52 0

Participants

Expedition Failed

This was attempt one of three on this day. Neil was returning from one of his beer and curry themed visits to good friends. Looking at Google maps and Street-view, the hash looked easy to reach. Indeed it was but it was located in a private field 42 metres from the little lane. Had this been obviously agricultural, Neil might have trespassed but it failed the "don't upset the locals" test.

Expeditions and Plans

2012-11-04
Shepparton, Australia	Felix Dance	In a field south of Violet Town at night.
Gainesville, Florida	Grumpa	A stand of trees on a pasture in the middle of a bunch of private property....
Tecate, Mexico	LucasBrown	A lot fenced in on three sides off Tavern Road in Alpine, CA
Brighton, United Kingdom	Haberdasher	just outside a commercial building in Chichester.
Northampton, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	2) On a field boundary halfway between Melton Mowbray, famous for pork pies...
Birmingham, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	1) In a field 42 metres off a narrow rural lane. The nearest big town was U...
Cambridge, United Kingdom	Sourcerer	3) On the centre line of the A149 trunk road close to Sculthorpe Airfield. ...

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Sun 4 Nov 2012 in Birmingham, UK: 52.8422319, -1.7904151 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox