2021-05-11 53 10

Location

on a field in Wilstedt, Schleswig-Holstein

Participants

MikroKosmos
π π π (talk)

Plans

MikroKosmos

Going outside - Sports in the evening

Expedition

MikroKosmos

N53°44.221 E010°03.383, Wilstedt, Schleswig-Holstein

According to an air photo, the hash lays on a horse lane around a green field.

Cycling north I reached the area after 8 km. I parked my bicycle and went between two fields straight beside a "Knick" (lane of bushes and trees). 1 had to go 360 m. Soon my shoes and sox got wet entirely because of the high wet grass. Behind these fields there is another one with a horese-lane around it.

And directly beneath the horse-lane was the hash. The last meters were easy-going on the horse-lane. :-) Luckily there were no riders. I took some photos and immediately returned to my bike, to cycle home before the next rain came.

π π π

I wasn't enthusiastic about geohashing that day, but this hash was in a neighbouring town, so I had to go. At first I wanted to take a train to save some distance, but realised that in effect, I'd save about 2 km but lose 3 minutes, so eventually decided against it and cycled the 10.3 km there in the early evening. I came across two hares and a quite large open mining pit on way. As the hash lay in the middle between two roads, I had to walk 330 m along the edge of a field, which proved quite difficult because there was little no space and I often had to duck under trees or walk around bushes.

I located the hashpoint right on a path at the edge of a large meadow. It was directly in view of a riding centre, and the people (and horses) there definitely saw me. I was concerned they'd come over, but nobody did, so I ate a waffle and went along the path, trying to find another way back. But the path abruptly ended at a field, so I walked along its edge back to my bike.

I thought about whether MikroKosmos might've been at the coordinates earlier in the day, but had seen no sign, and from his report above deduce that he was probably there after me. Of course, I had failed to either post my plans on the wiki beforehand or leave an x on the ground, both of which I usually do. My mistake, sorry MikroKosmos! One day, we'll meet up again!

I then cycled a slightly different route home, stopping to explore a cool derelict shelter on the way.