2025-03-18 50 14

Location

On Skopec alley in Brnky, Zdiby.

Participants

Kripakko

Plans

I plan to:

Catch bus 411 at Kobylisy metro station at 17:35
Arrive at Zdiby,Brnky bus stop at 17:52
Explore the area: have a look at Zámek Brnky and visit the hashpoint
Catch bus 411 at Zdiby,Holosmetky bus stop at 18:46 and get back to Kobylisy metro station.

Looking at maps and aerial photos, I am not absolutely sure whether the alley is legally accessible, but I believe it should be. Depending on how accurate the maps are, the hashpoint may actually be slightly off the alley into a yard, but getting to within GPS uncertainty should be possible.

Expedition

I left from Vestec early enough that I would reach Kobylisy about 15 minutes before the bus departure time. It turned out to be a good idea since all the buses were more or less late. I caught bus 339 which was already a bit late, then got stuck in traffic and eventually reached Budějovická metro station about five minutes late. Then I rode metro C to Kobylisy and had nine minutes to find the correct bus stop. I followed signs towards buses to Zdiby, which put me to the surface near a junction with no bus stops in sight. Fine, no problem, I will just figure out which way to go... I saw a street sign, oriented the map accordingly and began to walk in a direction that led to a bus stop like I expected. However, it was a wrong bus stop, so I dug out the GPS receiver to see which way I had walked. It turned out that I had followed the wrong road, but I thankfully still had enough time to reach the correct stop. I quickly walked there with a couple of minutes to spare and was very thankful for having reserved the extra time.

I rode bus 411 to Brnky and started to slowly walk towards the hashpoint. The village was very beautiful, consisting of houses and big yards around a valley, and I could not resist stopping often and taking a lot of photos. I got to Skopec alley pretty easily, but there I sadly found out that the hashpoint was four metres into a fenced yard that I could not access. Damn! I had hoped that I could get within GPS uncertainty, but minimal surveying error and the fence right next to the alley made it impossible. I did not want to trespass, and nobody was home, so I could not even ask for a permission to enter. Oh well, it was still a nice little adventure, and I got a bunch of good photos. I walked to the bus stop where the returning bus 411 would leave and caught it as planned. Once in Prague again, I took metro C to Kačerov and bus 138 to Krč without much difficulty.