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Location

on a field in the Naturschutzgebiet Duvenstedter Brook in Wohldorf-Ohlstedt, Wandsbek, Hamburg

Participants

Leidenfrost

Expedition

Another hash in Hamburg, lucky me!

During the day, I wasn't sure if I'd be able to make this expedition due to time-constraints and possible thunderstorms in my area, but they fell through at the last minute and it looked like the storm was passing me by, so off I was!

I got to Farmsen and took the U1 until its end in Ohlstedt, arriving at 19:19, with only ~3km to walk left. Being a nature preserve, the walk through the woods was serene, the sky was dark grey and I started habitually checking the DWD WarnWetter-app and the Kachelmannwetter Pflotsh Storm-app, both of which reported a thunderstorm in my vicinity, but I figured that I could avoid it if I hurried, so I took the nearest path, growing steadily more worried about the weather, I finally arrived at my location and tried to cross the field to the hash, but there was a small river in the way …, damn, gonna have to walk around this one … for a few kilometres, *sigh*, this is the last time I only used google for my walk, it's now time I double-check every hash-field if there is a river in the way. Well, time to walk ar— thunder fuckfuckfuck, time to run away to the nearest housing-structure, I think I saw a church a bit back. But I took the wrong turn, which, after a while, sent me to a small section of Duvenstedt, I hurried onwards, now it looked like the storm would either be coming for me, or at least pass me by very closely. I hurried back to the train station and ~30min later I was there again. It was getting dark now and I wanted to be home at a reasonable time, but having just missed the train, I waited a bit more, and it looks like the thunderstorm hadn't just passed me by, it had disappeared and turned into regular rainclouds, I'll take a 90% chance of rain over any chance of a thunderstorm. I had to hurry, the sun was setting, thankfully there wasn't any risk of not getting home since I only had one stop and this train ran through the night.

And so I set off once again from the station, this time armed with the knowledge that I'd have to avoid the river, but also more weary. A few minutes after leaving, the last of the direct sunlight was gone, leaving only twilight, so I continued in the now dark forest, a bit squeamish every time I heard an unusual noise. I took the correct turn to avoid the river, and was now on a footpath between two fields, and, as the field was harvested, I decided to cut across it, seeing a deer on the way. I jumped across a gate and was on my merry way again, crossing a bridge (huzzah!), and, soon after, another field. I was now at the hashfield, but, once again, a river cut this field, thankfully I could walk around it, arriving at a service-way where I could walk along the edge of the field until it was time to cross onto it. On the way, I saw to two bicyclists, who stopped at a bench overseeing the hash, rather odd to be out at this time, especially since it was properly dark now, but who am I to judge. I walked on the field, in full view of the two people on the bench, hashdanced, took the requisite proof and pictures, let out a triumphant noise, greeted the two people, and was on my way back again. I opted for the more illuminated, if longer, path on my way back, and especially after I saw lighting in the sky, kept to a road with houses on my way back. I arrived in Ohlstedt a bit after 22, and took the U1 home.

This expedition was a lot harder than it should have been, this was definitely my hardest solo-expedition and one of my hardest expeditions overall. If I hadn't had goals and achievements in mind, I would not have gone back a second time, so, thank you to the concept of gamification?

Photos

where I was foiled on my first attempt
a watergate I saw in the woods
a really pretty pond
couldn't decide between the two pics
looks like the storm is passing
one arduous walk later at the hash
at the hash
proof1
proof2
taken at the hash
some sleeping cows I saw on the way back, made for a good motif for…
art.

to clarify, this piece of art is qualified for the geobrush-achievement, I took inspiration from an image from the expedition and then I made art that is not just a photograph