2009-09-14 50 9

Location

Today's location is in shrubbery next to a horse pasture near Elfershausen, between Hammelburg and Bad Kissingen.

Country: Germany; state: Bayern (Bavaria, EU:DE:BY); administrative region: Unterfranken; district: Bad Kissingen

Weather (18:00): Light but constant rain

Participants

Expedition

Danatar

After work I drove towards the hashpoint. I didn't find the note I had prepared with the coordinates on it so I used the GPS's overview mode to find the way to Trimberg, then at about 17:15 I parked the car near the train station when the track's quality diminished. I continued on foot along the track which quickly changed into a narrow piece of meadow with tire tracks along a field. A narrow piece of wet meadow, that is, it was raining lightly all the time. After passing a woman playing with her dog I reached a pasture with three horses on it only a few dozen metres from the hashpoint. Directly next to the pasture an apple tree was growing with apples lying on the ground under it. I picked up one of those and went to the horses. They were very shy at first and ran away (once when I almost slipped on the wet grass, and then when I moved my umbrella too fast) but they soon came to be fed and petted. I went to get more apples, took a few bites out of the best-looking one and shared them with the horses.

Next I went to the Fränkische Saale river (on the other side of the pasture) to take some pictures before looking for the hashpoint. When I took the GPS out of my pocket I found the note with the coordinates. It must have magically eluded my first search but now I could go and find the exact spot instead of a satellite-image approximation (which would have been difficult). After a short moment I stood at the edge of a patch of wet shrubbery, 4 metres from the hashpoint. Hm, close enough? thepiguy and srs0 would only arrive about 20 minutes later and I didn't want to stand around that long, so I squeezed myself through a small opening (with cocklebur) under the bushes and then followed the GPS to get to the exact spot. Then I saw something... oh dear!

It was a deer (Capreolus capreolus) and, judging by the lack of antlers, a roe doe. It had been there for a while, and something had fed on the neck and the hind quarters. When I sat down next to it to take pictures of my GPS, I heard a loud buzzing and then saw a large insect fly around the carcass. It looks like a wasp but it is bigger... it's a hornet (Vespa crabro)! Hornets are rare, even counted as an endangered species, so I was happy to see one. Since I knew that they aren't dangerous (except if attacked) I stayed where I was. The hornet soon landed on the deer. After taking pictures of my GPS, the hornet and the dead deer I left the shrubbery.

At 6 pm I saw srs0 and thepiguy walk towards me.

thepiguy, srs0

Achievements

thepiguy & srs0 achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Würzburg, Germany and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Danatar & thepiguy earned the Hashhorse Ribbon

by finding a horse and stopping to pat it near the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14.

Rey earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14.

Rey earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14.

Rey earned the Midnight Geohash achievement

by reaching the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14 in the middle of the night.

Rey earned the Earliest geohasher achievement

by arriving first at the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14.

Rey earned the Sunrise Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14 to smile at the first rays of sun to cross the horizon.

Rey earned the Camping geohash achievement

by camping at the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14, from sundown to sunrise.

Rey has visited an Easy Geohash

by reaching the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14 without really trying.

Rey earned the Geoflashing Achievement

by stripping off at the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14.

Rey earned the Beast of burden geohash achievement

by reaching the geohash under the power of one or more living, non-human animals at the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14.

Rey earned the Trail of blood consolation prize

by being too injured to reach the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14 ..

Danatar, srs0 & thepiguy certifies that Rey earned the Coffin Potato Achievement

by occupying a coffin at the (50, 9) geohash on 2009-09-14.

Pictures

WARNING! Some of the following images are of a graphic nature. Those with a weak stomach should hope they read this warning before looking at the pictures.Too late, harr harr

Hashhorses running to meet Danatar
Danatar feeding the hashhorses
the Fränkische Saale
Rey the Reh
Rey at the hashpoint
Vespa crabro and Rey
thepiguy and srs0 arriving


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