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Thu 29 Dec 2016 in 52,0: 52.1366193, 0.0196567 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The corner of a field (surrounded by public footpaths/byways) near the village of Barrington, south-west of Cambridge.

Participants

• PaintedJaguar
• MrsPaintedJaguar

Plans

PaintedJaguar and MrsPaintedJaguar plan to get the 1025 train from Ely (1055 at Cambridge) to Shepreth (arriving 1108), and then walk to the hashpoint via the public footpaths to the south-east of Shepreth Wildlife Park and then through the centre of Barrington village. We'd then head to The Royal Oak in Barrington for lunch, before returning to the train station. It's approximately 2.5 miles from the station to the hashpoint via our proposed route, so we'd probably be at the hashpoint around 12:15, and then a further 1.5 miles back to the pub, so, allowing for a bit of faffing time at the hashpoint, we'd be at the pub sometime between 13:00 and 13:15. Others are welcome to join us if they wish to work off the Christmas excesses with a short stroll, and/or then replace the excesses with a pub lunch.

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  Planned walking route to hashpoint

Just spotted this nearby hashpoint. I'll be at work tomorrow so will, with regret, decline to join you for the stroll and lunch, but I'll do my best to meet you at the hashpoint at 12:15! — Benjw  _{talk} 23:38, 28 December 2016 (UTC)

Expedition

PaintedJaguar and MrsPaintedJaguar

It was a classic winter's day: clear skies, low sun and cold (but not too cold). Any ground in shade was still rock solid and covered in overnight frost, whilst any that had been exposed to sun had thawed and returned to excessive mud. For most of our walk there was nobody else around, with only the chimney from the nearby Barrington Cement Works providing an ever-present visual accompaniment. As we got to within a half a mile or so of the hashpoint (where there was alternative road access), we suddenly we started encountering families and dog walkers, who were obviously out for a shorter stroll than ours.

The hashpoint was found at the corner of the field as expected, and had a very convenient access point from the adjacent track into the field (for a while as we approached we had been thinking we might have had to cross a ditch). A fallen branch from nearby was inserted into the ground to mark the hashpoint, and a chalk marker message written on one of the nearby trees lining the field. Benjw had texted us to say that he wasn't going to be able to make it at lunchtime after all, so we didn't hang around, and instead headed to the pub. We took one wrong turning around the edge of a field, but made it to the pub without any real difficulty.

Tracklog

PaintedJaguar's tracklog to follow.

Photos

PaintedJaguar's photos to follow.