2008-12-13 50 9

Sat 13 Dec 2008 in Fulda: 50.0352845, 9.8161160 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Today's location is in the forest in the Homburg castle ruin nature reserve near Gössenheim and Karsbach, not far from Karlstadt am Main.

Expedition

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I had a car for this expedition because I have to fetch the car's owner from Frankfurt airport tomorrow, otherwise the hashpoint would be out of reach this time of the year. I started at 15 o'clock and did not leave the B27 highway from where the car was parked until Gössenheim. Then I took a small road until I reached the Homburg castle ruin nature reserve's parking lot at 15:40. The rest of the way I went on foot along the fields and forest tracks, jogged the last part to save time and arrived near the hashpoint at 16:04. Then I started watching the display of the car's navigation system, going one step ahead / two steps back / three steps to the right and cha-cha-cha all the time. When after about 15 minutes the exact coordinates had not shown up (but every other coordinate had), I went back to the car. I arrived back home at about 17:30 in total darkness.

I walked about 4.5 km, distance by car was 75 km.

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  Gössenheim town sign

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  Homburg castle ruin nature reserve, with rare bats. Homburg castle built in 1018, in decay since about 1680.

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  The hashpoint is getting nearer

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  Around the hashpoint are tire tracks from forest machines

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  Coordinates reached. I don't know where exactly, but I trampled everything in reach

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  In degree-minutes-seconds mode the hashpoint was quickly found...

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  ...but in degree mode it was a little more difficult. GPS is still on daylight saving time.