Difference between revisions of "2024-07-23 47 8"

Latest revision as of 19:42, 25 July 2024

Location

In a small wooded area near Illnau.

Participants

Coyotebush

Plans

I will be changing trains at Zürich HB this afternoon, so in between I might take an S-Bahn + bicycle trip out here. Coyotebush (talk) 05:45, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

Expedition

I woke up in Salzburg and caught the 9:56 Railjet to Zurich. It arrived perfectly on time at 15:20, so I had 15 minutes to find the platform for the next train to Illnau. I didn't find the elevators until I returned, but I got my Brompton and everything down on the escalators. No ticket purchase needed since I was already using my Eurail pass for the day.

Just boarded an S3 train. -- Coyotebush (talk) 15:34, 23 July 2024 (GMT+02:00)

Return trains were scheduled in 5, 35, and 65 minutes, so I aimed for 35. From the Illnau station, both Google and Garmin sent me biking on various roads and I picked the more direct option. This turned out to be a busy road and I eventually noticed a parallel bike path - much nicer. Turn across the busy road, friendly wave to folks on a bench, road turned to gravel. Got close, then checked satellite imagery and saw a tree-less passage leading closer, so I walked in there. Walked the border of a bramble patch before concluding the point was right in the middle - fortunately it was low to the ground.

Photos and hurried back out. On the return ride, I kept following the bike path as it diverged from the main road, and it eventually led close to the station. Made it with 5 minutes or so to spare, and I think the train was even a bit late. This time I had company in the bike area from food delivery riders.

Photos

Bike on train @47.4200,8.6194
Path and sunflowers!
Familiar from Street View: the wood behind the field @47.4015,8.7314
Alpacas! @47.3973,8.7389
Path passing house
Bike stops here @47.3984,8.7373
In there... @47.3981,8.7377
Grin @47.3980,8.7379
Screenshot

Achievements

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 == Expedition ==
+I woke up in Salzburg and caught the 9:56 Railjet to Zurich. It arrived perfectly on time at 15:20, so I had 15 minutes to find the platform for the next train to Illnau. I didn't find the elevators until I returned, but I got my Brompton and everything down on the escalators. No ticket purchase needed since I was already using my Eurail pass for the day.
+*Just boarded an S3 train.  -- [[User:Coyotebush|Coyotebush]] ([[User talk:Coyotebush|talk]]) 15:34, 23 July 2024 (GMT+02:00)
+Return trains were scheduled in 5, 35, and 65 minutes, so I aimed for 35. From the Illnau station, both Google and Garmin sent me biking on various roads and I picked the more direct option. This turned out to be a busy road and I eventually noticed a parallel bike path - much nicer. Turn across the busy road, friendly wave to folks on a bench, road turned to gravel. Got close, then checked satellite imagery  and saw a tree-less passage leading closer, so I walked in there. Walked the border of a bramble patch before concluding the point was right in the middle - fortunately it was low to the ground.
+Photos and hurried back out. On the return ride, I kept following the bike path as it diverged from the main road, and it eventually led close to the station. Made it with 5 minutes or so to spare, and I think the train was even a bit late. This time I had company in the bike area from food delivery riders.
-*Just boarded an S3 train.  -- [[User:Coyotebush|Coyotebush]] ([[User talk:Coyotebush|talk]]) 15:34, 23 July 2024 (GMT+02:00)
 == Photos ==
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+Image:2024-07-23_47_8_coyotebush_1721762695453.jpg|Path passing house
 Image:2024-07-23_47_8_coyotebush_1721762622537.jpg|Bike stops here [https://openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.39836944&mlon=8.73728333&zoom=16 @47.3984,8.7373]
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