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Revision as of 19:17, 27 May 2013

Location

In the wetlands at Wümme river, near Bremen.

Participants

Plans

It's close to Bremen, so I'll do a bicycle tour there. Not sure if the geohash itself is reachable (according to OSM it's a swamp).

Expedition

Well, it's no swamp, it's wetlands; which doesn't make it much better.

The cycling tour itself was uneventful but rainy, and I quickly reached a point shortly behind Wümme bridge where I left the bike and continued by foot. As promised by OSM there was a path leading into the fields, which I followed to its end. From there I was able to go on by walking through the field, checking at each step whether the ground was sufficiently solid. There was still hope to reach the geohash this way - but only for maybe 50 meters. Finally, a ditch in the flooded field made clear that this territory belonged to the water rather than the land. Seeking for a crossing I walked along the ditch for some ten meters, but was blocked by the water joining from the field itself. A boat wouldn't have helped either; but maybe rubber boots, wooden planks, a tractor or a horse would have been successful here. Having brought neither of these, I finally gave up and went back to the bike.

Trying to enter the fields from another place up the road wasn't any more successful, so I turned around and drove home. Interestingly, the road where I left my bike is part of the D7 national cycling route on its way from Hamburg to Bremen, so at least I could enjoy excellent cycle ways on my way back home.

Photos

The Wümme
Into the wild blue-green yonder
End of the line...

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 In the wetlands at Wümme river, near Bremen.
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 [[User:Oliver|Oliver]]
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 It's close to Bremen, so I'll do a bicycle tour there. Not sure if the geohash itself is reachable (according to [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.11459057&mlon=8.96006199&zoom=15 OSM] it's a swamp).
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 Well, it's no swamp, it's wetlands; which doesn't make it much better.
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