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Location
A remote meadow near Münsingen-Magolsheim
Expedition by Ekorren
So this was Geohashing Day. A day so much overloaded by expectations of "do your best expedition ever", "celebrate with everything you have" etc. that it could only not meet the expectations. And when the coordinates came out, they were totally disappointing. Nothing special, just a selection of remote fields and forests in reachable distance.
Ok, I chose a place. I reached it. It was one of my good expeditions. I took an historic train, explored an interesting area, found a triangulation tower, went through a beautiful landscape for hours, found shelter in the middle of nowhere when thunderstorms passed. Under normal circumstances I would probably gladly start writing now, telling you something about the Schwäbische Alb mountains, about the huge abandoned military training ground I circled. But it wasn't any exceptionally special expedition. There was nothing to really celebrate. And right now, I don't feel at all like writing it up. Maybe later. Sorry. Will post pictures soon, anyway.
Gallery
Gomadingen station from a train driver's perspective
Historic class 796 railcar in non-historic livery at Münsingen
Some abandoned barracks
wtf?
Finally some wildlife that didn't run away before I had the camera ready
Built as a triangulation tower, used as a military observation tower later, now a viewtower
View into forbidden land
Modern windmills
Coordinates reached
Hash Tree
Hash Meadow
Mortal Danger! Absolutely forbidden to enter off marked ways. The entire area is contaminated with ammunition and other warfare agents
Forbidden track
Older, bilingual sign: German: "closed", French: "Forbidden area"
Old horse stables
Military observation tower
Prototype windmill, didn't prove to be any good
Black and white (see also Revisited)
Beware of ice droppings (well, the water was fluid, but there was too much of it in the air)
Down into the valley
Down in the valley
