2015-02-27 52 1
| Fri 27 Feb 2015 in 52,1: 52.2028909, 1.9041980 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
12 miles out at sea on a bearing of about 140 from Southwold Harbour, Suffolk, UK.
Participants
Plans
Find someone with a boat willing to make a 24 mile round trip. The weather is OK for late February but this is a long shot! If successful, the record set by Atlanta in 2009 will be in real danger!
Expedition
- Now boat hunting in Southwold. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.3176,1.6669 10:58, 27 February 2015 (GMT)
- Spoke to harbour master. I'm doomed. My kingdom for a boat. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.3208,1.6621 11:13, 27 February 2015 (GMT)
- Now heading towards Beccles Airport, Rainair. Maybe I can get a 30 minute trial flight. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.3367,1.6683 11:20, 27 February 2015 (GMT)
- OK I could go skydiving but no one is doing trial flights. -- Sourcerer (talk) @52.4337,1.6187 11:48, 27 February 2015 (GMT)
What fun failure can be!
Photos
High performance trip boat not operating
Southwold Harbour looking nice
The closed base for the trip boats
Trip boat information
The harbour master's office
Yessss! It's open. Drat - no trips are running in the winter.
Beccles Airport - Training flight - touch and go
Beccles Airport - Taxiing
Beccles Airport - Sky divers on the ground
Beccles Airport - Taxiing
Beccles Airport - Sky diver in flight
Track Log (Southword Harbour)
Track Log (Beccles Airport)
Achievements
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Sourcerer earned the Organisational Failure Achievement
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