Difference between revisions of "2023-01-07 50 8"

Revision as of 22:05, 7 January 2023

Location

In a field next to the Nidda in Bad Vilbel.

Participants

Monotof

Plans

The Hash point seemed reasonably easy to reach by bike and cycling along the river Nidda is always nice, so i went for it.

Expedition

To the hash point

I started off cycling my normal route to Burgholzhausen, there i went off the main road into the fields.

On the upside, cycling mostly through fields on quiet service roads with sunset views of Frankfurts skyline was pretty nice. On the downside, there was a decent headwind, which might have been obvious as the route passed directly beneath some wind turbines. Also some of the cycle paths Google Maps and OsmAnd found for me were not well suited for my road bike.

Finally i met the Nidda in Dortelweil, already very close to the hash point.

At the hash point

The hash point was in a fallow field (as it is January), next to the river Nidda in Bad Vilbel. There is a foot and cycle path between the field and the Nidda itself. On the other side of the field is the backside of some medium industry buildings of Hassia, a local producer of Mineral Water (and other beverages). It was easy to reach the precise hash point as the field was damp but not too muddy.

After a short snack and tea break i get back on my bike for the ride home.

Back home

Following the Nidda downstream i got to see a bit of the center of Bad Vilbel. Its quite nice and especially the public library looks pretty cool being build above and across the Nidda.

There was some major construction happening at the Train station Bad Vilbel Süd, and i had to alter my route a bit (keeping the Tron challenge in mind).

In Harheim i left the Nidda and instead followed the Eschbach upstream. Both streams were very nice to cycle along.

Finally in Bad Homburg i left the Eschbach and make my way home on my usual bike route from Frankfurt.

Tracklog

If the track looks a little too clean: I had to clean up the first half as my phone kept going into a power saving mode and loosing GPS tracking, therefore i fixed the missing parts manually. If necessary you can cross check with the metadata of the photos.

Photos

Sunset views of Frankfurt am Main
Wind Turbines
Bad path for road bikes
My Lightcycle of choice in front of the hash point
Hash point reached within 0.5 m
Stupid Grin(TM)
View of the Nidda from the footpath near the Geohash
The path is blocked by construction
Taking a bridge over the construction site

Achievements

Monotof earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (50, 8) geohash on 2023-01-07.

Monotof earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 31.3 km to and from the (50, 8) geohash on 2023-01-07.

Monotof earned the Tron achievement

by reaching and returning from the (50, 8) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2023-01-07.

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 == Plans ==
-As the Hash point seems reasonably easy to reach by bike and cycling along the river Nidda is always nice, i went for it.
+The Hash point seemed reasonably easy to reach by bike and cycling along the river Nidda is always nice, so i went for it.
 == Expedition ==
-=== To the Geohash ===
+=== To the hash point===
 I started off cycling my normal route to Burgholzhausen, there i went off the main road into the fields.
-On the upside cycling mostly through fields on quiet service roads with sunset views of Frankfurts skyline was pretty nice.
+On the upside, cycling mostly through fields on quiet service roads with sunset views of Frankfurts skyline was pretty nice.
-On the downside there was a decent headwind, which might have been obvious as the route passed directly beneath some wind turbines. Also some of the cycle paths Google Maps and OsmAnd found for me were not well suited for my road bike.
+On the downside, there was a decent headwind, which might have been obvious as the route passed directly beneath some wind turbines. Also some of the cycle paths Google Maps and OsmAnd found for me were not well suited for my road bike.
 Finally i met the Nidda in Dortelweil, already very close to the hash point.
-=== At the Geohash ===
+=== At the hash point ===
-The hash point is in a fallow field (as it is January), next to the river Nidda in Bad Vilbel. There is a foot and cycle path between the field and the Nidda itself. On the other side of the field is the backside of some medium industry buildings of Hassia, a local producer of Mineral Water (and other beverages). It was easy to reach the precise hash point as the field is damp but not too muddy.
+The hash point was in a fallow field (as it is January), next to the river Nidda in Bad Vilbel. There is a foot and cycle path between the field and the Nidda itself. On the other side of the field is the backside of some medium industry buildings of Hassia, a local producer of Mineral Water (and other beverages). It was easy to reach the precise hash point as the field was damp but not too muddy.
 After a short snack and tea break i get back on my bike for the ride home.
-=== Back Home ===
+=== Back home ===
-Following the Nidda downstream i get to see a bit of the center of Bad Vilbel. Its quite nice and especially the public library looks pretty cool being build above and across the Nidda.
+Following the Nidda downstream i got to see a bit of the center of Bad Vilbel. Its quite nice and especially the public library looks pretty cool being build above and across the Nidda.
-There is some major construction happening at the Train station Bad Vilbel Süd, and i had to alter my route a bit (keeping the Tron challenge in mind).
+There was some major construction happening at the Train station Bad Vilbel Süd, and i had to alter my route a bit (keeping the Tron challenge in mind).
-In Harheim i leave the Nidda and instead follow the Eschbach upstream. Both streams are very nice to cycle along.
+In Harheim i left the Nidda and instead followed the Eschbach upstream. Both streams were very nice to cycle along.
-Finally in Bad Homburg i leave the Eschbach and make my way home on my usual bike route from Frankfurt.
+Finally in Bad Homburg i left the Eschbach and make my way home on my usual bike route from Frankfurt.
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Sat 7 Jan 2023 in Frankfurt am Main: 50.1945437, 8.7492250 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox