View source for 2023-05-27 65 27

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== Location ==
On Luokanvaara hill in Syöte national park.

The point on a topographic map:
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== Participants ==
* [[User:Kripakko|Kripakko]]

== Expedition ==
After missing all previous Geohashing Days and Mouse Over Days due to unlucky locations or circumstances, this year I got a bit more lucky. At first, none of the points in nearby graticules looked too good. Given a chance, I would prefer points in virgin graticules. I gave some thought for [https://geohashing.info/2023-05-27/s/z:8/66,23 66,23] which looked interesting but not really accessible, but then I realised there was an accessible point here in 65,27. If I brought a bicycle in a bus, I would have a doable distance to cycle and plenty of time. Depending on where I would get off the outgoing morning bus and get on the returning evening bus, I would have 6&ndash;7&nbsp;hours to cycle 50&ndash;65&nbsp;kilometres.
 
I decided to take the bus leaving from Oulu at 8:30 and to get off at the bus stop of Syöte junction at about 10:15. I would then cycle via the hashpoint to Taivalkoski where the returning bus would stop at 17:05 and arrive back in Oulu at 19:20. The weather was partly cloudy with the temperature around 10&nbsp;&deg;C &ndash; a surprisingly annoying temperature because if I wore only a t-shirt, I would get cold due to wind, and if I covered myself any more, I would get too hot due to body heat. I ended up wearing, in addition to light sweatsuit trousers and shoes, only a t-shirt most of the time and just ignoring the slight cold. Occasional sunshine and long uphills really helped with getting warm.

I left from home at 8:00 and cycled to the bus station where I got on the bus. I started cycling from the bus stop as planned and made my way to the hashpoint via Salmiperä, Iso-Syöte and Syötekylä. The road was very hilly, similar to what I am used to in North Karelia, but here the hills are much larger. I visited a few geocaches, shops in Iso-Syöte and Syötekylä, and Vattukuru, a beautiful rocky ravine in the national park. Since I had plenty of time to spare, I could take my time stopping in interesting locations. Finally, I parked the bicycle by the road and walked the last 300&nbsp;metres. The forest was easy to traverse, and a strip of forested bog was almost completely dry except in a few narrow ditches. I reached the hashpoint at 15:00 and had two hours to walk back and cycle 25&nbsp;kilometres to Taivalkoski. No big deal &ndash; I could still stop to find a few geocaches and to take some photos. I arrived at Taivalkoski bus stop at 16:55, ten minutes before the bus would arrive. After the bus ride back to Oulu, I quickly visited a store in Raksila and cycled back home, where I arrived at 19:40.

I forgot to take distance readings from the GPS receiver, but I believe I cycled about 75&nbsp;km and walked about 1&nbsp;km in total. I could get more accurate values by analysing the tracklog, but I do not care enough to do it. I had to pay 65.60&nbsp;EUR for bus tickets including 14.00&nbsp;EUR for bringing the bicycle.

== Tracklog ==
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== Photos == 
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_01-bus1.jpg | At Oulu bus station in the morning, the bus is leaving soon.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_02-river.jpg | The Naamanganjoki river.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_03-road.jpg | Regional road 858 near Rengasvaara. Save for occasional nice views, the landscape was mostly this for the whole trip.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_04-reindeer1.jpg | A lone reindeer on the road.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_05-ridge.jpg | On a tiny ridge by Naamankajärvi lake where I found a geocache.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_06-pikkusyöte.jpg | View towards Pikku-Syöte fell.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_07-isosyöte.jpg | View towards Iso-Syöte fell.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_08-reindeer2.jpg | Two more reindeer that I saw.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_09-vattukuru.jpg | Boulders and woods in Vattukuru. Not all snow has yet melted.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_10-bogview.jpg | View to Lakisuo bog.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_11-bicycle.jpg | Where I parked the bicycle, about 300&nbsp;metres to go.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_12-hashpoint.jpg | The hashpoint was located pretty much under the birch.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_13-gpsr1.jpg | Proof of location.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_14-gpsr2.jpg | Proof of date and time.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_15-selfie.jpg | Stupid Grin&trade; at the hashpoint.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_16-lakeview.jpg | View to Luokanjärvi lake and some distant hills.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_17-taivalkoski.jpg | At Taivalkoski centrum bus stop, waiting for the returning bus.
Image:2023-05-27_65_27_18-bus2.jpg | Back in Oulu.
</gallery>

== Achievements ==
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