2019-07-21 52 6

Sun 21 Jul 2019 in Enschede: 52.5153539, 6.8441436 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

This Geohash is located on a path in a forest near Wilsum.

Participants

• Fippe

Expedition

From Hannover, I took the train to Neuenhaus via Herford and Bad Bentheim. In 1974, passenger trains stopped going to Neuenhaus. However, on 2019-07-07, the service resumed, putting this part of Lower Saxony in my reach.

However, because the previous train was late, I could not take the new train yet and had to wait an hour in Bad Bentheim. That meant that I could use this time to see the Bentheim Castle. Also, I got to see the legendary train station which was in the news a while back because the doors did not open and people had to go through the windows instead to get in and out.

After the hour passed, I finally took the new train. You can really tell that this is almost the Netherlands, I heard quite a few people talking Dutch, also the train announcements were both in German and in Dutch. From Neuenhaus, I inline-skated to the forest.

When I entered the forest, I switched the inline-skates for shoes again. I reached the coordinates on foot and recorded proof. On the way back, I took a different path through the forest, a shortcut which turned out to be a private path, but there only was a sign on one side of the path (where it touched the main street again) so I suppose it was okay to walk it starting in the forest.

Inline-skating back was significantly easier than the first time, the wind was in my back and there were more downhill ways than uphill ways. At one point, it was a bit too much downhill, I fell and raptors attacked my knee, but I was fine.

From the Neuenhaus train station, I took the train back to Hannover.

Photos

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  The Bentheim Castle

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  The Bentheim Castle

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  Proof

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  The Geohash

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  Surroundings

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  Surroundings

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  Surroundings

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  Surroundings

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  In Wilsum

Ribbons

Fippe earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2019-07-21.

Fippe earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (52, 6) geohash for 2019-07-21 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

Fippe earned the Moon Geohash Achievement by going geohashing on the 50th anniversary of the first step on the moon, reaching the (52, 6) geohash on 2019-07-21.

Fippe earned the XKCD-100 Honorable Mention Achievement by voyaging 200 kilometers to reach the (52, 6) geohash on 2019-07-21. Alas it was not a Saturday.

Fippe achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Enschede, Netherlands and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Dortmund, Germany and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Emden, Germany and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Rheine, Germany and 6 of the surrounding graticules.