2013-11-12 51 9

Tue 12 Nov 2013 in 51,9: 51.2741173, 9.7888744 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The hash lies in the forest about 2 km above Großalmerode.

Participants

GeorgDerReisende

Plans

I want to go there by hitchhiking, look for the hash, take some photos, walk around in the forest, hitchhike home.

Expedition

		I started at home at 10:15. I took the trams 7 and 8 to the beginning of the national road B7. The third car stopped. I got a lift to Helsa, then I walked to the end of Helsa at the national road B451. There the first car stopped and with this I reached Großalmerode, which is the village, where my walk began. This place is about 380 meters high.
		Above the village I reached the forest. The first thing I had seen, had been this barrier. This was not my way, but I was confused. It said "Today Hunting - No Trespassing - Danger of Life". Here I walked to the right, following my trail.
		Then I found two of such barriers, the right one is the path, where I wanted to go, the left one is the path, which I have later taken. Also the last possible way was blocked (Kohlenstraße).
		Then I saw, that a car passed such a barrier. (The green one between the trees on the left.) I walked to the place, where the car passed and I found two men, who opened the barrier. I asked them, if the way is now open. They answered me, that the opening vould take place at 13:00. So I waited for some minutes, then I started to walk into the forest. (The white car is a cooler van, to transport away the dead animals.)
		Then I walked some zigzag through the forest and found back the right way to the hash. I followed this way for ten minutes, but then I found this situation. The hash is about 50 meters away, but the way is not passable. I tried it.
		At first I tried to cross the meadows. It looked harmless, but on the first meters I found a very wet ground. Not knowing if it was only wet grass or something like a moor, I tried to find a way around. While doing this, I found this little brook.
		A view to across the meadow. Somewhere is the hash.
		The way above the meadows, which I took to cross the creeks.
		Then I found something like a path beside the meadow. The stone wall shows, that all these areas are man made.
		A view across the meadow, I walked along the other side upwards.
		About 20 meters away from the hash, but a small creek blocked my path. I walked around it. At least it looked like a spring.
		proof
		The hash and a view from the hash.
		I found traces of the hunting.
		grrrin
		After visiting the hash, I walked to the Bilstein tower, the highest peak of the Kaufunger Wald.
		From the tower I saw the horses of the hunting.
View to Kassel. Bad photo.	The Hoher Meißner.	View to the Rhön mountains. They are 90 kilometers away, today bad view.
		the way down the Bilstein into the forest
		I had been asked, why I can find so much shelters in the forests. Today I found this.
		By trying to hitchhike home from Großalmerode to Kassel the third car stopped and I got a lift directly to Kassel. On my way home I had been hindered by this accident. So I arrived 30 minutes later.

Achievements

GeorgDerReisende earned the Thumbs Up Geohash Achievement by hitchhiking to the (51, 9) geohash on 2013-11-12, and withstanding the Vogon poetry of the driver.