Difference between revisions of "2024-10-21 53 7"

Latest revision as of 23:44, 1 November 2024

Location

A road in Klein Isums, south of Wittmund. Actually, the name of the road is "Isums" as well.

Participants

Beardygrade

Expedition

Since I had a work meeting in Wilhelmshaven, somewhat about 20 km from the geohash, I decided to bring my bike on the train and try to make it to the geohash after work. I also looked forward to cycling to the meeting instead of using the bus. Of course, somehow I got lost on the strets of Wilhelmshaven and almost didn't make it in time to the meeting.

Afterwards, I started cycling toward Wittmund, using roadside signs for navigation which are quite helpful. At day. To be honest, this particular day had been overcast and never got very bright. But shortly after I started, it got more and more dark. Since these bicycle path signs are smaller than the signs for cars, are installed 2 m above the ground and often rather off-center, chances are very small that your average bicycle light will fall on them. In consequence, I ended up stopping at crossings and looking for the signs, until I switched to smartphone navigation. Which still meant having to stop every so often. But nevertheless, one of these signs directed me towards a small street called Langsamstrasse - "slow street". It is a street crossing mostly farm land and forest and on every corner there is a place to sit, a piece of art, or another interesting station. In the waning light, I only made a picture of the tall flowers.

Some time later, I passed the brewery of Jever in the town Jever. The last few kilometers were on a street without any lanterns and it was really dark by this time. But I managed to stay on the (otherwise empty) roads and found the spot without any problems.

Throughout the day, I was unsure whether I would try to cycle all the way to Oldenburg. Considering the navigational issues in utter darkness I finally decided at 20:04 to take the train from Wittmund. Which would depart at 20:14. I speeded through the countryside and through Wittmund, only to arrive at the station at 20:17. But luckily, this train was delayed and pulled up two minutes later.

Tracklog

The bicycle part of the journey.

File:2024-10-21_18-07_Mon.gpx

Photos

Flower sculptures along slow street.
Proof. @53.5524,7.7873
Surroundings.
Stupid grin at night. @53.5356,7.7817

Achievements

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 == Location ==
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 A road in [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isums Klein Isums], south of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittmund Wittmund]. Actually, the name of the road is "Isums" as well.
 == Participants ==
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 * [[User:Beardygrade|Beardygrade]]
 == Expedition ==
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+Since I had a work meeting in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven], somewhat about 20 km from the geohash, I decided to bring my bike on the train and try to make it to the geohash after work. I also looked forward to cycling to the meeting instead of using the bus. Of course, somehow I got lost on the strets of Wilhelmshaven and almost didn't make it in time to the meeting.
-... more to come soon ...
+Afterwards, I started cycling toward Wittmund, using roadside signs for navigation which are quite helpful. At day. To be honest, this particular day had been overcast and never got very bright. But shortly after I started, it got more and more dark. Since these bicycle path signs are smaller than the signs for cars, are installed 2 m above the ground and often rather off-center, chances are very small that your average bicycle light will fall on them. In consequence, I ended up stopping at crossings and looking for the signs, until I switched to smartphone navigation. Which still meant having to stop every so often. But nevertheless, one of these signs directed me towards a small street called [https://www.schortens.de/portal/seiten/die-langsamstrasse-900000185-20840.html Langsamstrasse] - "slow street". It is a street crossing mostly farm land and forest and on every corner there is a place to sit, a piece of art, or another interesting station. In the waning light, I only made a picture of the tall flowers.
+Some time later, I passed the brewery of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jever_Brewery Jever] in the town [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jever Jever]. The last few kilometers were on a street without any lanterns and it was really dark by this time. But I managed to stay on the (otherwise empty) roads and found the spot without any problems.
+Throughout the day, I was unsure whether I would try to cycle all the way to Oldenburg. Considering the navigational issues in utter darkness I finally decided at 20:04 to take the train from Wittmund. Which would depart at 20:14. I speeded through the countryside and through Wittmund, only to arrive at the station at 20:17. But luckily, this train was delayed and pulled up two minutes later.
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 The bicycle part of the journey.
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+Image:Flower_slow_street.jpg|Flower sculptures along slow street.
 Image:2024-10-21_53_7_beardygrade_1729533661334.jpg|Proof. [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.55244840&mlon=7.78727460&zoom=16 @53.5524,7.7873]
+Image:20241021_53_7_Surroundings.jpg|Surroundings.
+Image:2024-10-21_52_8_beardygrade_1729624715088.jpg|Stupid grin at night. [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.53560833&mlon=7.78174167&zoom=16 @53.5356,7.7817]
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