2022-03-22 41 0

Tue 22 Mar 2022 in Lleida, Catalonia: 41.5135882, 0.8685902 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On Carrer dels Pirineus, Les Borges Blanques, Catalonia.

Participants

SastRe.O

Plans

This had to be a fast expedition. Well fast, a few hours of train, but I only had 1:30 hour in Les Borges Blanques or I would miss the last train to Barcelona.

Expedition

And the train arrived in Les Borges Blanques with 20 minutes delay, so I only had 1 hour ¿^^ Les Borges Blanques is the capital of its "county" (comarca Les Garrigues) but it feels like a village. The whole province of Lleida is very rural.

So the first thing I did is walk directly towards the hash. It supposedly located on a street by an empty slot. But imagery from Street Viewer is from 2009 or something like that. More recent images also suggested that the slot next to the hash is still empty so I didn't fear much for reachability.

I arrived with no complication and could locate the hash rather easily. A few steps into the vegetation but nothing unsuspicious. So, hash located successfully. And a cherry worthy one :)

The I went towards the centre of the village, to at list visit it and with some luck maybe find a geocache. I was pleasantly surprised by a nice park, with some shade and a little pond with ducks. Then, on some narrow streets, I found a bakery to get me something to eat and lastly visited the church. But my time was running out..

I made a fast attempt to a geocache, had some success and lastly towards the train station again. I arrived with 15 minutes to spare, but I really didn't want to risk missing the last train, it would have been problematic otherwise.

I wish to visit this graticule more often in the future and with more time. So many places to discover.

Photos

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  Train station of Les Borges Blanques.

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  Hash location, on the left.

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  Proof with GPSr.

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  Now from here to the inner part of the village.

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  Parc del Terrall.

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  Lake in the park.

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  Towards the church.

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  View of the church.

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  Saying goodbye to Les Borges Blanques.

Achievements

SastRe.O earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (41, 0) graticule, here, on 2022-03-22.

SasteRe.O earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (41, 0) geohash on 2022-03-22 using public transit.

SastRe.O earned the XKCD-100 Honorable Mention Achievement by voyaging 187km to reach the (41, 0) geohash on 2022-03-22. Alas it was not a Saturday.

SastRe.O achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Lleida, Catalonia and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

SastRe.O achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Andorra la Vella, Andorra and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

SastRe.O achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Tarragona, Catalonia and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

SastRe.O earned the Last man standing achievement by being the the only hasher world-wide to go on a geohashing expedition on 2022-03-22.

Other Geohashing Expeditions and Plans on This Day

Expeditions and Plans

2022-03-22
Lleida, Spain	SastRe.O	On Carrer dels Pirineus, Les Borges Blanques, Catalonia.

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