2022-02-06 40 -4

Sun 6 Feb 2022 in 40,-4: 40.3886040, -4.3483988 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In the waters of the reservoir Embalse de San Juan near Pelayos de la Presa.

Participants

Wingman (talk)

Expedition

This was my first expedition towards a geohash in the water, but I did not know this in the beginning, because I started as a mystery tour, like expeditions 2022-01-10_40_-4 and 2022-01-16_40_-4. I did not check out the location in advance, but just entered the coordinates in the navigation device, which indicated a riding distance of 25 km, and followed the directions.

This took me to Pelayos de la Presa and then off the main through road, which I already had travelled frequently before. In the outskirts of the village, I had to leave the paved road, and the navigation device wanted to send me onto a path which was impassable for the heavy Goldwing. Thus, I parked the bike there and checked out the location of the geohash on the Droid.

At that moment I realized that it was in the waters of the nearby reservoir. This was not the season for swimming or for boat rental, so it was clear that I cannot reach the geohash. However, it was not far, so I decided to try to get to the shore as close as possible. Unfortunately, I had to find out that this coastal area was a closed settlement, only accessible for registered residents.

Finally, I wanted at least to reach somewhere the waters that host the geohash, even if far from the actual location. And this I did.

Tracklog

Start of the track (green) is where I parked the Goldwing, first photo. I first tried to get North on foot cross country and then with the bike on the road, all unsuccessful. Finally, I rode to a kind of beach resort which I knew and walked down to the water, where the track ends (red), last photo. The water level in the reservoir was lower than assumed in the map, so I got to the end point with dry feet.

Photos

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  Parking by the side of the road, looking in the direction of the geohash.

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  The Droid shows it's in the waters, 1.76 km from the parking place as the crow flies.

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  After passing by a fountain construction site, I continue North with a fence to my left…

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  … but I'm stopped soon by an East-West fence.

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  I return to the fountain site and follow a fence westward…

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  … until the North direction becomes open again.

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  A fence comes up to my left, but I can still continue North.

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  There is a settlement of weekend houses behind the fence.

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  The terrain gets a bit tough.

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  The fence turns to the right, eastward, and then again, forcing me back southward.

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  I loose somewhat direction on the way back, but then I see the fountain construction site…

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  … and finally the Goldwing.

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  I try to continue with the bike on the paved road, but it leads to a closed settlement I can't enter.

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  I turn around and ride to an access to the reservoir I know, albeit further away from the geohash.

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  At the waters in which the geohash resides, behind the boat docks about three kilometers to the left.