2022-01-10 40 -4
| Mon 10 Jan 2022 in 40,-4: 40.2249027, -4.0832810 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
On the other side of the motorway, on a field near Valmojado.
Participants
Plans
Expedition
I was eager to try something out and therefore I went on this expedition although it was a working day. I quit (home) office a bit earlier and departed at 16:20. This did not leave much time before dark and I should have known that some time reserve could be important for what I wanted to try.
So far, for all expeditions on which I went, I had in advance checked out the location of the geohash on the Maps, checking if it seemed to be accessible and looking for the best way to reach it. Now, how about going on a real mystery tour? Just enter the coordinates into the navigation device and follow the directions, without any idea where it may take you!
All I knew when I started was that it were 37 km to ride and should take about 40 minutes. It took me along roads I had traveled many times, last time on expedition 2022-01-02_40_-4, to Valmojado. There I had to cruise through the city and suddenly, just when I was passing a cemetery, the paved road ended.
The unpaved continuation of the road didn't look convenient for the heavy Goldwing, so I continued on foot. The remaining distance seemed barely to be manageable within my time constraints. Unfortunately, I couldn't continue far, because the navigation device had given me an impassable route. I didn't have some time reserve to search for alternatives, so I gave up.
Although this first mystery tour was not successful in reaching the geohash, it was successful in the sense that it was quite an exiting expedition. I will definitely try it again. Maybe the mystery tour would make up a nice category or even an achievement.
Tracklog
Photos
Here the paved road ends, still 1.8 km to go says the navigation device.
I park the Goldwing across from the cemetery in the background and continue on foot.
About 100 meters further, I am stopped by a motorway. The geohash is on the other side, still 1.2 km as the crow flies.
The navigation device thinks I can cross the motorway here…
… but no way! Note the cemetery in the lower left and the Osborne bull visible in previous photos in the upper right.
I give up and return to the cemetery to explore it a bit…
… Has a certain ambience…
… This sculpture obviously designed for vertical position but laid down horizontally strikes me as strange.
