2015-10-08 53 8

Thu 8 Oct 2015 in Bremen: 53.6379896, 8.0620073 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The Geohash is located in a glade near Hooksiel.

Participants

• Fippe

Plans

My plans for today are to do a double hash:

• Home
  • 10km bike ride
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  • 10km bike ride
• Quakenbrück
  • 120km train ride
• Wilhelmshaven
  • 20km bike ride
• 2015-10-08 53 8
  • 20km bike ride
• Wilhelmshaven
  • 110km train ride
• Essen (Oldenburg)
  • 10km bike ride
• Home

Expedition

After the hash in Grönloh, I rode my bike back to Quakenbrück and got on the train to Wilhelmshaven.

Once in Wilhelmshaven, I tried to go in the general direction of the hash, but ended up lost near a navy base. Wilhelmshaven is a relatively young city, it was founded by (and named after) Kaiser Wilhelm I to have a port for the Prussian, and later German Navy. Apparently it still is a major seat of the navy today, judging by how many military license plates I saw.

After getting on the right way, I rode my bike north to the hash. After getting out of Wilhelmshaven, I came across the JadeWeserPort which prevented me from riding next to the North Sea for a part of the ride. After the port passed I was able to do so, and saw some sheep. I took a break at some point to look at the sea and sit at the beach for a while.

After continuing, I eventually reached Hooksiel. It's entrance is a drawbridge which had been risen at the time I arrived, since two ships wanted to pass. I was very hungry at this point, since I haven't had lunch yet, but I told myself to get to the coordinates first, and then get something to eat.

After passing the bridge and a short ride on the peninsula, I got the closest distance to the hash without leaving the bike path. Unfortunately, there were some bushes between me and the coordinates, but luckily, there was a nearby foot path which led to the glade the hash was located in. Finally, the coordinates were reached.

After this, I bought three Fischbrötchen for lunch. They were great.

Photos

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  Welcome to Wilhelmshaven!

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  “Wilhelm the Great, German Emperor. On 17 June 1869, King Wilhelm came here, founded our city and gave Her His name.”

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  The ports of Wilhelmshaven and Qingdao have a Treaty of Friendship.

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  The ugly JadeWeserPort

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  Some sheep

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  The North Sea

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  That part of Germany you never see due to Bavarian propaganda: Our beautiful beaches

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  Some seaweed

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  A ship in the Hooksieler Binnentief

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  The bike path at Hooksiel

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  The foot path leading to the Geohash

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  The Geohash

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  Proof

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  The glade

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  Some plants near the coordinates

Achievements

Fippe earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (53, 8) geohash on 2015-10-08.

Fippe achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Rheine, Germany and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Bremen, Germany and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Bielefeld, Germany and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Hannover, Germany and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 40km to and from the (53, 8) geohash on 2015-10-08.

Fippe earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 2 hash points on 2015-10-08. It's a Double Hash.