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Location

In the forest close to the Naturfreundehaus Billtalhöhe.

Participants

Monotof

Plans

The hash point was near a path in a nearby forest, and the sunny Saturday beckoned me outside.

Expedition

To the hash point

I took my bike and rode to the local train station. From there, I transferred to a bus after three stops to reach the quaint town of Königstein (im Taunus). On the bus, I noticed some passengers wearing beautiful medieval robes. It turned out there was a medieval fair in the castle ruins of Königsstein that weekend. However, without proper attire and with my bike, I didn't enter the fair.

From the beautiful old town center, I followed the Woogbach around the hill where the castle ruins sit, enjoying the amazing scenery along the way. After crossing the Rombach, the path became more intense, with a 200m climb without respite until I reached the hash point.

At the hash point

The hash point was in the forest about 20m off the path. It was relatively easy to reach since it was dry and had minimal underbrush. However, the exact hash point was in the middle of some bushes and small trees. Nevertheless, I managed to locate it accurately. Even though it was just a random spot in the forest like many others, it was still very pleasant, with soft moss under my feet, the sun shining through the leaves, and birds chirping in the wind.

I arrived early at 15:33, so after taking the prerequisite pictures, I enjoyed a well-deserved afternoon lunch break. Since no other hash point hunters showed up by 16:10, I got back on my bike to make the longer but mostly downhill trip back to Oberursel, where I transferred from the train to the bus.

Back home

Riding past the Naturfreundehaus Billtalhöhe, I reached the B8 (Limburger Straße), which was exciting because of its super smooth asphalt and steep downhill section, allowing for high speeds. However, it was a busy "highway" without any separated bike lanes. Fortunately, I only needed to ride on it for 1.2 km, which flew by at quite high speeds. Once I branched onto forest paths again, I rode up my final small climb into Falkenstein.

A significant portion of this entire region is quite wealthy, and Falkenstein boasts some incredibly beautiful houses. It is a prime location next to the forest, on top of the hill, offering great views.

I followed the Arbeiterweg out of Falkenstein, which turned into the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Weg and, finally, the Altkönigweg. At the last crossing, near the Emminghaushütte, I realized a major blunder with this trip: the superb Flowtrail Bad-Endbach started there (and went in the right direction), but I was on my regular city/touring bike, not my mountain bike.

Unfortunately, I didn't realize I would come across the Flowtrail on this trip, so I didn't think to bring the mountain bike. Therefore, I had to skip it and ride straight to my destination of Oberursel. With a few minutes to spare before catching my train, I explored the historic town center of Oberursel, which was very nice and definitely worth another expedition.

Overall, the nearly 14 km ride back was pure bliss because it was mostly downhill the entire way. I definitely made the right call in that regard.

Photos

Serene scenery at the Woogbach
More picturesque scenery
Castle ruins with ongoing medival fair
View over Königstein
Within 1m of the hash point
Stupid Grin
View of the hash point, its pretty much in the center of the image
Panorama from in front of the hash point
Nice house in Falkenstein

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 == Plans ==
-The Hash point was close to a path in a relatively nearby forest, and the sunny Saturday was beckoning me outside.
+The hash point was near a path in a nearby forest, and the sunny Saturday beckoned me outside.
 == Expedition ==
-==== To the hash point====
+==== To the hash point ====
-I took my bike and rode to the local Train Station. From there only three stops down the line i transferred to a bus to finally arrive in the quaint town of Königstein (im Taunus).
+I took my bike and rode to the local train station. From there, I transferred to a bus after three stops to reach the quaint town of Königstein (im Taunus). On the bus, I noticed some passengers wearing beautiful medieval robes. It turned out there was a medieval fair in the castle ruins of Königsstein that weekend. However, without proper attire and with my bike, I didn't enter the fair.
-Already in the bus there were some passengers in beautiful medival robes, turns out in the castle ruins of Königsstein there was a medival fair this weekend. But with my bike and without proper attire i did not go into the fair.
-From the beautiful old town center i followed the Woogbach around the hill the castle ruins sit on, with some amazing scenry along the way.
+From the beautiful old town center, I followed the Woogbach around the hill where the castle ruins sit, enjoying the amazing scenery along the way. After crossing the Rombach, the path became more intense, with a 200m climb without respite until I reached the hash point.
-Once i crossed the Rombach my path got more intense, climbing 200m without respite, until finally reaching the hash point.
 ==== At the hash point ====
-The hash point was in the forest about 20m off the path. Pretty easy to get to as it was dry, and there was not a lot of underbrush. The exact hash point however was prety much in the middle of some bushes/small trees.
+The hash point was in the forest about 20m off the path. It was relatively easy to reach since it was dry and had minimal underbrush. However, the exact hash point was in the middle of some bushes and small trees. Nevertheless, I managed to locate it accurately. Even though it was just a random spot in the forest like many others, it was still very pleasant, with soft moss under my feet, the sun shining through the leaves, and birds chirping in the wind.
-Still i was able to get pretty much exactly on it.
-Even if its just a random spot in the forest like many others its still very nice, with soft moss under my feet, the sun glitening throught the leaves and birds chirping on the wind.
-I arrived early at 15:33, so after taking the prerequisite pictures i enjoyed my deserved afternoon lunch break.
+I arrived early at 15:33, so after taking the prerequisite pictures, I enjoyed a well-deserved afternoon lunch break. Since no other hash point hunters showed up by 16:10, I got back on my bike to make the longer but mostly downhill trip back to Oberursel, where I transferred from the train to the bus.
-After waiting until 16:10 with no other hash point hunter showing up i got back on my bike to make the longer but mostly downhill trip back to Oberursel where i transferred from train to bus.
 ==== Back home ====
-Riding past the Naturfreundehaus Billtalhöhe i got to the B8 (Limburger straße) which was exiting, because super smooth asphalt steep downhilll, so high speed, but also a busy "highway" without any seperated bike lanes.
+Riding past the Naturfreundehaus Billtalhöhe, I reached the B8 (Limburger Straße), which was exciting because of its super smooth asphalt and steep downhill section, allowing for high speeds. However, it was a busy "highway" without any separated bike lanes. Fortunately, I only needed to ride on it for 1.2 km, which flew by at quite high speeds. Once I branched onto forest paths again, I rode up my final small climb into Falkenstein.
-Fortunatley i only needed to ride on it for 1,2 km which flew by at quite high speeds. Branching onto forest paths again i rode up my last small climb into Falkenstein.
-A lot of this entire Region is quite wealty, but wow, there are some VERY nice Houses in Falkenstein. It is a prime location next to the forest, on top of the hill with pretty great views.
-I followed the Arbeiterweg out of Falkenstein which turned into the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Weg and finally the Altkönigweg.
+A significant portion of this entire region is quite wealthy, and Falkenstein boasts some incredibly beautiful houses. It is a prime location next to the forest, on top of the hill, offering great views.
-At that last crossing, at the Emminghaushütte i noticed the major blunder i had with this trip: The superb Flowtrail Bad-Endbach starts there (and actually goes in the right direction), but i was on my normal city/touring bike, not my mountainbike.
-Unfortunately i did not notice i would be coming across that Flowtrail on this trip so did not think to bring the mountainbike. So unfortunately i had to skip that, and ride straight for my destination of Oberursel.
-With a few minutes left before catching my train i had a look around the historic town center of Oberursel, its very nice, very well worth another expedition.
-Overall the nearly 14km ride back was pure bliss because it was pretty much downhill the whole way, definitely made the richt call in that regard.
+I followed the Arbeiterweg out of Falkenstein, which turned into the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Weg and, finally, the Altkönigweg. At the last crossing, near the Emminghaushütte, I realized a major blunder with this trip: the superb Flowtrail Bad-Endbach started there (and went in the right direction), but I was on my regular city/touring bike, not my mountain bike.
+Unfortunately, I didn't realize I would come across the Flowtrail on this trip, so I didn't think to bring the mountain bike. Therefore, I had to skip it and ride straight to my destination of Oberursel. With a few minutes to spare before catching my train, I explored the historic town center of Oberursel, which was very nice and definitely worth another expedition.
+Overall, the nearly 14 km ride back was pure bliss because it was mostly downhill the entire way. I definitely made the right call in that regard.


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