2010-09-10 41 2

Fri 10 Sep 2010 in 41,2: 41.8520529, 2.5179132 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

• Near Sant Hilari, or rather the C-25, Catalonia, Spain

Participants

• relet 17:07, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Plans

Drive by that geohash, see how accessible it is, and then on to Olot.

Expedition

I navigated the mess that is Barcelona (only traffic-wise) quite quickly, and was soon on the road to Vic. From there in direction of Saint Hillary, along small roads, and parked in the proximity of the hash. The arrow pointed towards the brushy hills, and the number said 800m.

I had spent the whole time thinking about where I could have left the USB car charger for my phone. Suddenly, I realized, that I had left stuff in two of my drawers in the hotel room back in Barcelona. Hence the change of plans to head back to BCN for the evening - travelling without t-shirts is no fun.

Being optimistic that fresh clothes would await there, I headed into the thick brush on a steep hill on a sunny day in Spain. I followed something like a track for about 100m, and was greeted by frantic dog barking somewhere uphills, and a thick wall of brush. What a great expedition.

I headed back, and decided to drive a little further in the direction of Sant Hilari, since the mountains looked nice. Surprisingly, the arrow of the GPS eventually found a place even closer to the geohash. I was at about 450m, where some offroad tracks headed in direction of the hills. I decided to park and try my luck another time.

Tracklog

I do have a tracklog this time! Let's see where I can save it.

Photos

View down on the highway  Not the proof picture I was looking for - stupidity distance 36m  The path I had taken so far  Coordinates reached (proof by stupid grin?)  A look in the distance  Zona privada de caza - birds is what you hunt with shotguns, right?