2009-12-26 48 8

Location

Today's location is between trees on the steep slope next to the Stunzach creek near Gruol, a borough of Haigerloch.

Country: Germany; state: Baden-Württemberg (EU:DE:BW); administrative region: Tübingen; district: Zollernalbkreis

Weather: great sunshine, about 1 °C

Expedition

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I went to Lake Constance for a Christmas visit to my grandparents (and to meet my parents who were there, too), so I had to drive along the Autobahn A81 from one end to the other. I took the exit Empfingen and quickly reached Gruol. Near the trout farm I parked my car on the side of the road next to the fishing pond and started to walk towards the hashpoint. The ground was icy and slippery and I mostly walked on the grass next to the road. After half the distance, I found out that I had left the paper with the coordinates on it in the car, so I walked back. It was going downhill and I had some fun by "surfing" on the icy road. Then I set out again and I soon was near the hashpoint. The whole time the sun was shining and I enjoyed it very very much, since because of the short autumn/winter days and my long working hours (and bad weather on my days off) I haven't been touched by sunshine for weeks.

The hashpoint was on the slope leading down to the creek, and that slope was very steep (about 100% decline or more), but I managed to reach the hashpoint without falling down (which would have meant to fall down, down, down and into the water, with broken bones from hitting all the trees). I took some pictures and thought about building a marker, but I didn't have much time so I didn't do that.

Instead I crawled back up the slope and went back to the car. There I tried to pet the horses that were held in a pasture next to the fishing pond, but they ignored me, so I drove on. The roads to the Autobahn (I aimed for a different exit in order to avoid a detour) were still lined and sometimes covered with snow, but I got there without wrecking the car. At the restaurant where my family was having lunch I arrived only 20 minutes later than planned, and before the first course was served.

This was my one hundredth attempt at visiting a hashpoint.

Church service is finished in Gruol
Trout farm
Road to the hashpoint, with slide marks
Almost there, now down the slope
GPS
Coordinates reached!
the Sturzach
The movement just isn't caught in the picture :-(
Horses! In the background are the trout fishers at the fishing pond


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