2024-10-14 50 8

Mon 14 Oct 2024 in 50,8: 50.0036423, 8.7160791 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On a stream river called Hengstenbach surrounded by trees, at the eastern town limit of Dreieichenhain (suburb of Dreieich), in Offenbach district, Hesse, Germany.

This day’s weather: overcast with a hint of sunshine – it started raining between 16:00 and 17:00 (CEST).

Participants

• Green guy! (talk)
• Green guy!’s mother
• Green guy!’s father
• GeorgDerReisende

Plans

Green guy!

Due to this day being a Monday, unfortunately, many delightful restaurants are closed, leaving just a single option!

1. Drive towards Dreieichenhain and have lunch at the restaurant of the sports center Turnverein 1880 Dreieichenhain (it closes at 14:00)
2. Drive into Dreieichenhain and park next to the castle Burg Hayn in der Dreieich
3. Go on a walk to visit the hashpoint
   • note for GeorgDerReisende: An earlier time is not possible for us, mainly due to restaurant planning and my mother having an appointment in the forenoon.
4. Walk around the castle
5. Drive back home

GeorgDerReisende

For me it seems that the stream flows some meters north of the hash, but it looks all as private and closed area. But I will try it. I leave Kassel at 8:23, and will arrive at the bus stop Burg Hayn at 11:55. From there are some meters to the hash area. Look out for a man in yellow and black!

Expedition

Green guy!

A nice expedition, but we couldn’t reach the coordinates – a combination of a bit No Trespassing (many barriers) with mainly My Kingdom for a Boat (as the supposed stream turned out to be a river of several meters in width) made this unfeasible.

Note: Not feeling like writing the report (and adding pictures) anytime soon, but I added my tracklog down below.

Having lunch at the restaurant

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GeorgDerReisende

Arrived in time, walked to the entrance of the hash area, found a gate, walked around the whole area, looked again to the gate, walked around the village, didn't see a group of three. A stopover of one hour.

Tracklog

Green guy!: Walking to the hashpoint, then visiting Burg Hayn

• Direction: starting in the southeast, going north towards the hashpoint, then northwest, finally going towards the castle and back southeast
• GPS accuracy: medium (lower accuracy near building and castle walls)
• Markers show all locations where I took photos – many of them are taken for OpenStreetMap surveying and not uploaded here.

Pictures

GeorgDerReisende

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  the gate

Achievements

Green guy!

First-time

I earned these for the first time from this geohash.

Green guy! earned the My kingdom for a boat consolation prize by being prevented from reaching the (50, 8) geohash on 2024-10-14 by an impassable and unforeseen river that was incorrectly mapped as a (passable) waterway=stream in OpenStreetMap.

Recurring

I already earned these from an earlier geohash, but fulfilled the conditions again on this one.

Green guy! earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (60 m away) reaching the (50, 8) geohash on 2024-10-14.

I’m not sure if this actually counts as No Trespassing since the river itself would have likely prevented us from reaching the hashpoint even without the presence of barriers and signs.