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I walked to the nearest Vélo'v station (I haven't replaced my stolen bicycle yet) and temporarily re-enabled the location services so the app would let me pick a bicycle. Then Vélo'v 42013 and I went north along the Saône river and around the hill, entered Gorge de Loup and reached the coordinates at 13:55, after a 4 km ride. | I walked to the nearest Vélo'v station (I haven't replaced my stolen bicycle yet) and temporarily re-enabled the location services so the app would let me pick a bicycle. Then Vélo'v 42013 and I went north along the Saône river and around the hill, entered Gorge de Loup and reached the coordinates at 13:55, after a 4 km ride. | ||
| − | The geohash was located in the middle of a small strip of lawn, in front of a community centre (currently closed). After recording proof, we went back to the Old Lyon district and I bid farewell to Vélo'v 42013. | + | The geohash was located in the middle of a small strip of lawn, in front of a community centre (currently closed). After recording proof, we went back to the Vieux Lyon (Old Lyon) district and I bid farewell to Vélo'v 42013. |
=== Under the hill === | === Under the hill === | ||
| + | Vieux Lyon and Gorge de Loup are connected by the Metro D line that goes '''straight''' (kinda) through the hill. Perfect for a [[Juggernaut achievement]]. After a short stop at home, I walked to the Metro station, took a train and arrived at Gorge de Loup a couple of minutes later. I walked the remaining 200 meters to the geohash, reached the coordinates at 14:59 and recorded proof (again), then promptly returned back home, just in time to watch France beat Italy 50-10 in the Six Nations Championship. | ||
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| + | I tried to record a GPX tracklog, but as expected I had no signal during most of the journey. So I had to rely on OpenStreetMap and my knowledge of the layout of the Vieux Lyon Metro station to draw the track. According to my calculations, my deviation ratio was about 1:26. | ||
=== Over the hill === | === Over the hill === | ||
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| name = [[User:Baarde|Baarde]] | | name = [[User:Baarde|Baarde]] | ||
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| + | | name = [[User:Baarde|Baarde]] | ||
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Revision as of 21:08, 6 February 2021
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Location
On a strip of lawn, next to a community centre in Lyon.
Participants
Plans
The location is 2 km from home. I will bicycle there in the afternoon.
And then go there by public transport.
And then walk run there.
Expedition
The geohash was located in Gorge de Loup, a district of Lyon, on the other side of the iconic Fourvière hill. There are 3 ways to go there. You can go around the hill, under the hill, or over the hill.
Around the hill
Cycling is my default mode of travel, so obviously I started with that. As I've been living in Lyon for 8 years and know the city relatively well, I decided to try the No Batteries Geohash achievement and turn my phone's location services off. To make sure that I wouldn't get lost, I wrote the turn-by-turn directions on a piece of paper with a sketch of the location.
I walked to the nearest Vélo'v station (I haven't replaced my stolen bicycle yet) and temporarily re-enabled the location services so the app would let me pick a bicycle. Then Vélo'v 42013 and I went north along the Saône river and around the hill, entered Gorge de Loup and reached the coordinates at 13:55, after a 4 km ride.
The geohash was located in the middle of a small strip of lawn, in front of a community centre (currently closed). After recording proof, we went back to the Vieux Lyon (Old Lyon) district and I bid farewell to Vélo'v 42013.
Under the hill
Vieux Lyon and Gorge de Loup are connected by the Metro D line that goes straight (kinda) through the hill. Perfect for a Juggernaut achievement. After a short stop at home, I walked to the Metro station, took a train and arrived at Gorge de Loup a couple of minutes later. I walked the remaining 200 meters to the geohash, reached the coordinates at 14:59 and recorded proof (again), then promptly returned back home, just in time to watch France beat Italy 50-10 in the Six Nations Championship.
I tried to record a GPX tracklog, but as expected I had no signal during most of the journey. So I had to rely on OpenStreetMap and my knowledge of the layout of the Vieux Lyon Metro station to draw the track. According to my calculations, my deviation ratio was about 1:26.
Over the hill
Achievements
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Baarde earned the Land geohash achievement
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Baarde earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
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Baarde earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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Baarde earned the Walk geohash Achievement
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Baarde earned the Two to the N achievement
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Baarde earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
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Baarde earned the Juggernaut achievement
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